#i skimmed it

[kuh-boose]

Have you ever read "The Dead Meat Script (from the Quarantine Book Club)" on Maxwell Atoms' Tumblr (as posed back in March 16th, 2020)? If so, what did you think of his cancelled "puppet apocalypse" movie?

... considering that post has like a hundred notes, this is a very niche ask. ...what...what made you think to ask me this? do I come across as someone with big opinions on canceled puppet apocalypse movies? is this code? am I being tested? is this a weird scam? is it like the blue waffles thing, is it traumatizing? I don't do trauma, I have anxiety, daily life is traumatic enough

anon I'm guessing the more interesting question is what do you think about the puppet apocalypse movie.

(Edit: ok so apparently maxwell atoms worked on a lot of cartoon network and nickelodeon stuff, like Billy and Mandy, so this ask...makes some sense? I guess?)

#slightly distressing tbh #what does one do to prompt requested commentary on this sort of thing #also #i skimmed it #something about cockroaches as interogators #sounds....like a bad trip

[wizard-of-interesting-failure]

Reblog this post to cast Crumb of Serotonin on whoever you reblogged it from

#wizardposting #wizard #wizard posting #secretly i will skim a little off the top every time

[beemovieerotica]

Hey... so there now appear to be AI-generated science articles on .org websites that are giving biologically incorrect "facts" on basic, for-children topics

The title is "Are There Freshwater Octopus Species?" which should be an incredibly straightforward thing to answer: No.

The article starts out decent:

"Despite their many fascinating features, there is no evidence to suggest that octopuses can survive in freshwater environments."

Cool. Okay. Next section.

"While most people associate octopuses with the ocean, there are some species that can survive in freshwater environments."

Wait. What?

"Freshwater octopuses belong to the genus Amphioctopus, which includes several species that are found in brackish water and estuaries. These cephalopods have adapted to life in freshwater environments and have been observed in rivers, streams, and even hydrothermal vents."

NO NO NO.

One species of freshwater octopus is Amphioctopus aegina...Another species, Amphioctopus marginatus...

THESE GUYS LIVE IN THE OCEAN. [Scrolls 2 more sections]

Freshwater octopuses are still a topic of debate among scientists. While some researchers claim that they do exist, others argue that there is not enough literature to support their existence.

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#science #it's so sus like I don't believe this was vetted by a real person #maybe the output was briefly skimmed by someone who was ESL and they just okayed it? #ai #this is extremely bad for kids

[luminarai]

hey, hi, I was just on the former bird app and came across this info from a brand new study and now I cannot stop screaming internally??? what the actual fuckkkk

theres' an article from the guardian here and here is the actual study:

#period products #menstruation #what the fuck what the fuck!!! #i know i probably shouldn’t be surprised but wtffff #idk what to tag this but #science #menstrual bleeding #heavy bleeding #period problems #reproductive health #alt text #described #physical health #blood mention tw #periods #edit: btw I skimmed the article overview and I’m glad to say it seems very inclusive #so once again: terfs can go fuck themselves in the not pleasant way <3 #it always bears repeating and I will ad naseum

[kithj]

games (mostly text-based) about houses and places-- exploring them, haunting them, feeding them:

childhood homes (and why we hate them) - after a decade, you return home.

return - a text-based horror game about coming home.

singing from the far side of the hill - about a trans woman, homeless after a bad breakup, who rents a stranger's spare room. it's a decision she comes to regret.

anatomy - Explore a suburban house, collect cassette tapes, study the physiology of domestic architecture.

leave house - leave house

the open house - We at Northtree Real Estate (in partnership with Optix Dynamix Labs) are proud to present our new, state-of-the-art, open house simulator!  Come and take a quick tour of 15615 Hollow Oak Lane, a familiar and comfortable showcase home in one of our premier developments!

what girls do in the dark - This little game is based off one of the greatest fears they had as a teenage girl: showing up late to a stranger's slumber party.

unbecoming - a sonically-textured interactive horror fiction exploring cycles of trauma and unspeakable forces of nature in a mythic rural American landscape.

13 laurel road - an interactive fiction game about the relationships we have with places and reconciling with trauma. You play as a young man named Noah who has been tasked with picking up some things from his cousin’s old house.

domvs - a gothic mystery game in which you rely on your environment to uncover the truth.

flesh, blood, & concrete - you find yourself in a vast, empty apartment complex.

i am still here - a short, unconventional ghost story and vignette reflecting on the end of a long lockdown.

vacant - Film a ghost-hunting show.

#on a haunted house kick #some of these are like. a stretch i suppose #but all of them revolve around places or exploring them in some way #people seemed to like that last list i posted surprisingly lmfao #this is just from what i've personally played #it's kinda hard to search for a niche subgenre....i skimmed some of the haunted house tag on itchio #but as soon as you get into 'horror' over there you just get some real awful schlock #edit: I CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT GONE HOME..... #games

[radxianixe]

hate that even tho i'm very happy abt idkhow doing stuff (i see dallon and i!!! it's the guy!!! dallon!!!!!! :D) my brain is sooo preoccupied by will wood and it doesn't wanna share even for the first two hours of a new single. let me be happy, brain. i love will, sure, but like. i love dallon and everything i'm hearing and seeing about this single is so good. let me be happy.

#at least let me read the FUCKING INTERVIEW god #i skimmed it #and got the general idea #but like #fuck dude #i'd be really really happy if i was way more stoked than i am now #I SHOULD BE #LET ME BE HAPPY #>:((((

[heritageposts]

[...] During the early stages of the war, the army gave sweeping approval for officers to adopt Lavender’s kill lists, with no requirement to thoroughly check why the machine made those choices or to examine the raw intelligence data on which they were based. One source stated that human personnel often served only as a “rubber stamp” for the machine’s decisions, adding that, normally, they would personally devote only about “20 seconds” to each target before authorizing a bombing — just to make sure the Lavender-marked target is male. This was despite knowing that the system makes what are regarded as “errors” in approximately 10 percent of cases, and is known to occasionally mark individuals who have merely a loose connection to militant groups, or no connection at all. Moreover, the Israeli army systematically attacked the targeted individuals while they were in their homes — usually at night while their whole families were present — rather than during the course of military activity. According to the sources, this was because, from what they regarded as an intelligence standpoint, it was easier to locate the individuals in their private houses. Additional automated systems, including one called “Where’s Daddy?” also revealed here for the first time, were used specifically to track the targeted individuals and carry out bombings when they had entered their family’s residences.

In case you didn't catch that: the IOF made an automated system that intentionally marks entire families as targets for bombings, and then they called it "Where's Daddy."

Like what is there even to say anymore? It's so depraved you almost think you have to be misreading it...

“We were not interested in killing [Hamas] operatives only when they were in a military building or engaged in a military activity,” A., an intelligence officer, told +972 and Local Call. “On the contrary, the IDF bombed them in homes without hesitation, as a first option. It’s much easier to bomb a family’s home. The system is built to look for them in these situations.” The Lavender machine joins another AI system, “The Gospel,” about which information was revealed in a previous investigation by +972 and Local Call in November 2023, as well as in the Israeli military’s own publications. A fundamental difference between the two systems is in the definition of the target: whereas The Gospel marks buildings and structures that the army claims militants operate from, Lavender marks people — and puts them on a kill list.  In addition, according to the sources, when it came to targeting alleged junior militants marked by Lavender, the army preferred to only use unguided missiles, commonly known as “dumb” bombs (in contrast to “smart” precision bombs), which can destroy entire buildings on top of their occupants and cause significant casualties. “You don’t want to waste expensive bombs on unimportant people — it’s very expensive for the country and there’s a shortage [of those bombs],” said C., one of the intelligence officers. Another source said that they had personally authorized the bombing of “hundreds” of private homes of alleged junior operatives marked by Lavender, with many of these attacks killing civilians and entire families as “collateral damage.” In an unprecedented move, according to two of the sources, the army also decided during the first weeks of the war that, for every junior Hamas operative that Lavender marked, it was permissible to kill up to 15 or 20 civilians; in the past, the military did not authorize any “collateral damage” during assassinations of low-ranking militants. The sources added that, in the event that the target was a senior Hamas official with the rank of battalion or brigade commander, the army on several occasions authorized the killing of more than 100 civilians in the assassination of a single commander.

. . . continues on +972 Magazine (3 Apr 2024)

#free palestine #palestine #gaza #israel #ai warfare #this is only an excerpt i hope you'll at least skim through the rest of the piece #there's an entire section on the 'where's daddy' system #(seriously just typing the name out feels revolting)

[ssalballoon]

rot and ruin

this was heavily inspired by thatkorka's lovely fic! please check it out, it's such a good take on Gale's arc :')

#btw astarion is doing the flehmen response in the 4th pic... cat fr #TO CLARIFY ITS THE CAT FLEHMEN RESPONSE... THE HORSE ONE LOOKS SCARY OHMYGOD #i was thinking of the spaced out look cats have with their mouths hanging open when there's a smell they're trying to parse #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #gale dekarios #gale of waterdeep #astarion #astarion ancunin #my art #bg3 fanart #bloodweave #please skim over the text im verbose and allergic to making sense #i started this in late october.. i'm never making comics again (lying) #these two are too curious for their own good

[starlit-mansion]

one of the best things about hbomb's new video is the ending where. he just talks about the difference between plagiarism and transformative works/making information more accessible to people who prefer video/being inspired. it's a nice way to deescalate the witch hunt and turn the energy the video fills the viewer with to a more productive place.

the other best thing is opening the video with dissecting the actions of someone trying to minimize and brush over their plagiarism, priming the viewer to be able to parse the coverup tactics of the plagiarists he's exposing in real time. that's EXTRAORDINARILY clever.

#these are the two things that i didn't see other people comment on in a skim of the top posts #hbomberguy

[pokeberry5]

inspired by those textposts about dick rocking up to the rest of titans with tim for the first time and kori et al. being like: is that the stalker kid???

bonus:

warm ups:

#sart #dc #koriand'r #tim drake #victor stone #dick grayson #dick & tim #'i'll do a quick meme redraw between things' <- A FOOL #i was skimming ntt issues for costume refs and im. So concerned #also apologies to the people who've actually read ntt i could not for the life of me tell who was and wasnt still part of the roster #by the time tim is fully robin and hanging with dick #i dont think i did kori's hair justice :') #and i chickened out of her og costume bc it's. a Lot #also this is unironically my favorite nightwing look #MULLETWING MY BELOVED #GONE TOO SOON #at least in batman collected stuff #ig i have to read ntt too at some point #ALSO if anyone knows the textpost im talking about!!! pls lmk #bc i cant find it

[skylessnights]

2.02 | 2.08 CARMEN "CARMY" BERZATTO and SYDNEY ADAMU

#the bear fx #the bear hulu #the bear #carmen berzatto #sydney adamu #carmy berzatto #sydney x carmy #sydcarmy #jeremy allen white #ayo edebiri #thebearedit #tvedit #tvgifs #televisiongifs #dailycolorfulgifs #tvcentric #cinematv #“that's something” #watch that become “THEIR” thing #I only noticed this yesterday while skimming through their scenes

[stromerisms]

the raven king is definitely not a comedy

#i'm skimming the books to find these and i stopped at chapter eleven for this one #i just kind of probably correctly assumed that there wouldn't be much comedic value in the latter half of trk #all for the game #the raven king #neil josten #andrew minyard #david wymack #kevin day #dan wilds #nicky hemmick #jean moreau #riko moriyama #mine

[peachieflame]

Trying to remember how I to draw them

#zukka #atla #zuko #sokka #d's art #my art #can someone recommend zukka fics plsss I don't have time to skim through the ao3 tag #I missed drawing sokka HES my guy forever

[howlonomy]

starlo is going to break down into the saddest sloppiest tears ever isnt he

he couldnt do anything for 5 minutes bc he was too busy sobbing until he couldnt breathe

#undertale yellow #monster clover au #starlo uty #clover uty #my art #I FEEL BAD i kind of skimmed over his reaction but my canvas was screaming at me to stop adding more #but yeah. he super did #mcau doodle

[riemmetric]

S4E02 || S4E14

#911 #911 abc #911edit #911 fox #athena grant #bobby nash #the way i GASPED when this happened #compositional symmetry my beloved!!!! #i'm watching 911 in a very unhinged way btw. technically i'm watching the episodes in order #and i made it to s2 episode 16 this way #but i also constantly read the synopses of the episodes on imdb and watch the ones that intrigue me #s4 e14 is the first 911 episode i watched because i wanted to see the eddie gets shot scene play out. after seeing it in gifs #then i watched the bits in s3 where athena gets assaulted and kept skimming through the beginning of s4 to see how the trauma plays out #and when she said that line i was like. man hold on a second. HOLD ON. A FUCKING SECOND. is that. yes. yes it was #i love them so much 🥺🥺🥺 #mine:edits #sorry if this has been made before but making gifs is also my hobby...

[szfiction]

they were so insane for this. Doflamingo using Luffy's romance friendship with Law to taunt him. Sneering Luffy's nickname for Law at him, telling him essentially that Law was waiting for him (his miracle worker) to come save him, and that he failed to. How Luffy lashes out and calls him a liar, gets visibly pissed off and it looks like makes himself bleed out of genuine distress.

#Lawlu #Lulaw #One Piece #Trafalgar Law #Monkey D. Luffy #donquixote doflamingo #no but I love this trope SO much #it's the 'villain taunts main character using their love for their love interest against them' #I'm obsessed. the way he uses 'traffy' specifically makes me askdjhlasjdsakdsa #I was skimming through scenes looking for another thing and found this and it made me YELL