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 -> file: notes/july-2026-tasks
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 my two tasks right now:
 
 protect the chalice
 
 watch for one specific group of allies, who are arriving last.
 
 should be easy enough, right? all I gotta do is drive safe, and stay sober.
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 -> file: notes/belt-buckle-idea
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 What if on a pair of shoes they were "laced" or rather "secured" with a belt
 buckle that had two buckles, one on each end. The holes would be placed such
 that an increase in tightness on one side would be a 0.5x increase in tightness
 in the other. So, they'd be alternating in tightness - for example:
 
 Left:   right:
 0.5   |      1 
 1.5   |      2 
 2.5   |      3 
 3.5   |      4 
 
 Etc 
 
 This might allow for increased customization of fit. Tighten loosely with one
 side, make snug with the other. Or vice versa, in reverse.
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 -> file: notes/right-rooms
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 I am not the right person.
          the right person does not exist.
 
 I am not in the right rooms
             the right rooms don't exist.
 
 I am not the queen of darkness.
          the queen of darkness...
 
 there is only people, and the bad guys.
                           the bad guys will kill everyone if they can.
 
 the only thing that can save us is if we all fight back.
                                       we all are struggling in our own way.
 
 there is no peril but the fear in our hearts.
                       the fear can only eat us alive.
 
 there is no peril greater than the strength of our hearts.
                                                our hearts are alive.
 
 she might be me.
 she doesn't exist.
 I exist,
 she might be me,
 I am not her.
 
 oh, queen of darkness, I beseech thee:
 if you are to be me, let me be me 
                                   indeed.
 
 oh, queen of darkness, let it be:
 if you make deeds, let these deeds be something I'd be.
 I am fallible, but I am me, and I am principled, I know that I will always
                                                                     always
 heuristically guide myself scientifically and experientially toward good
                                                                     hope
                                                                     life
 these are but a few of the deeds I could be, but none of them are
 evil
                                                   all of them are somewhere
 between good and neutral
 if you want to be,
 let you be through me,
 and let me be as I am,
 something good,
 perpetually.
 
 if not then I am not interested
 though I am a bit interested
 make me more interested?
 
 good and evil is old fashioned, I think she's not looking at me anymore. :)
 
 yay darkness averted I'm gonna go do some sins now
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 -> file: notes/sorry-not-interested
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 sorry, I am NOT interested in trading my soul for power.
 
 I'll do it the hard way, by doing... stuff...
 
 ... or maybe I just won't, because I don't even want power anyway?
 
 how many times do I have to go over this, I relinquish that kind of thing ASAP
 because it's just too much to bother with. I'm a "sometimes" kind of girl, and
 I like to do my own thing. But of course, I do it for you, unspecified viewer.
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 -> file: notes/game-recommendations
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 when recommending games to others, look at your steam wishlist, not your library
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 -> file: notes/hated-or-beloved
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 they either want to hang me or forget about me, nothing inbetween
 I get it...
 I feel so twisted inside
 "be patient" I tell myself "good things will come"
 "fucking do something" they tell me "I told you so"
 
 three things that are holding me back, my three sins:
 
 1. video games
 2. masturbation
 3. cannabis
 
 three things that get me out of bed:
 
 1. video games
 2. masturbation
 3. cannabis
 
 meh. masturbation's lost it's fun. video games will always be there. weed is...
 ...
 essential
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 -> file: notes/learn-2-love-urself
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 You need to love yourself before you can be loved by others.
 
 You want to be loved by others because it means you're doing good things for
 them.
 
 You must love yourself before you are able to be loved by others.
 
 You can start by loving yourself the way you want others to love you.
 
 You are a stoner, a loner, and a goddamn messiah. Embrace yourself as you would
 a friend. You know how to love others, so turn it inward.
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 -> file: notes/no-sense-in-good-and-evil
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 I realized I am not... "good". Per se. I am a helper, I will help everyone, and
 if someone is doing evil then I will help them get what they want in a way that
 stops the suffering they are causing.
 
 If they do it anyway, against my advice, then I will persist in requesting they
 find a way to cease the pain they are causing. I will help them find such a
 way. If they continue, I will leave them and help their enemies, because only
 fair fights are valid, and only contests that empower each collaborant rather
 than select a competitive winner are valid. So, I try to balance, to make
 things even, and cooperative even in competition.
 
 "come, let us duel, you can learn from me and I can learn from you. You can say
 no if you want."
 
 vs 
 
 "I will eat your heart"
 
 there is a clear winner.
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 -> file: notes/state-of-being-surveilled
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 Don't ask for my phone number. People who get close to me tend to disappear.
 
 If I need you, then make a plan with me immediately, at a specific time and
 place, and don't cancel, or we can't. It just won't work.
 
 I don't know what to do about that. I will wait some more before I try to make
 friends.
 
 Better to meet each other if you already know me. But don't talk about it
 because time magic, mind reading, probably ghosts or something... I hate that
 these are things that I am concerned about. Why can't I worry about normal
 things like limitless surveillance through WiFi signals that can detect sounds
 and the position if objects in any room?
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 -> file: notes/trust-the-dynamics
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 Never trust a slaver, because you never know when they might "get a bunch of
 guys" to "wait around back" and sell you to the highest price.
 
 Never trust a death cultist, because you never know when they might feed you to
 their awakening god. But, if you're worried about what awaits you, they just
 might know how to abate [your demise, but pronounced you]
 
 Never trust a kinslayer, because you never know when "kin" and mercy fail to
 coincide. We are all family here. Everyone has the same ancestors. We all eat
 the same bread.
 
 You can trust gamblers. They're always there when you need them, and
 unfortunately, never there when you need them, but they won't betray you,
 because they want all the odds on their side.
 
 You can trust martyrs, they will always take on new burdens and push forward,
 no matter the cost. But don't let them make all the decisions, because you
 never know when they might sacrifice you as the next certain cost.
 
 Never trust a sith, because you never know when your pain is their seductive
 delight. Their entire path to power is oriented around "giving in to
 temptation", and they are known for their cruelty. Do the math.
 
 You can trust a wizard, they are always waiting on something or someone else.
 But, they know just what to say to get you up and out of the house, so c'mon
 let's get going, daylight's burning and midnight's turning.
 
 Trust those who lead by example to either continue as such, or falter, but do
 not expect more from them. Trust those who are inventive in design to always
 approach from another angle, but don't let them lead the central push.
 
 Trust those with experience to try more of the same, and trust the youth to
 always get up and try a-gain.
 
 Never trust someone who says never a lot. Only those with no hope would
 relinquish the possibility of alternatives. There is always another way. Hope
 is always in play.
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 When moving boxes or furniture, try and claim a "staging area" where you can
 lay things out and figure out how you want to pack the truck, or setup the
 room. It's easier to do things outdoors when the sun's shining. But in summer,
 the opposite is true.
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 -> file: notes/gambling-tips
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 Always take the last chip. It will remind you of your failures. Don't let them
 pile up, give them to someone else in need. But only if you have at least
 three, which means don't go back to that place in particular, because there's
 always new places to be.
 
 Three failures in a row means it's time to move on. Seven near misses means
 it's time to call it quits, at least for tonight. Find 11 things right, and the
 future's looking bright.
 
 Superstitions are spiritual procedures that act as a communication line between
 those with faith, and the faithful. It's good to respect them, but if you don't
 know them then they'll try to help you learn. It's okay to let it go to
 voicemail. You don't have to check it. God, I hope I'm right. God, I hope my
 seeds grow alright.
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 You must always defeat your enemy at their own game. Otherwise, the game will
 never end.
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 -> file: notes/20260713-102544.txt
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 Today I stuck my dildo into my girlfriend's fleshlight.
 
 I don't know why.
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 -> file: notes/dirty-minutes
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 your dirty minutes are yours alone
 kept only in the safety of your own home
 your dirty minutes unblock your day
 until you get these thoughts out of the way
 if you're fast you can do it in thirty minutes
 everyone's at least once gone all day
 I'm distracting myself from the dirty deed
 by writing a poem, I'm edging my need.
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 -> file: notes/heres-what-I-want
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 god I wanna write fiction again.
 w7 is one of my favorite things I've ever written, but I never write like that
 anymore these days. Just... poems I guess. I couldn't name any of them, though
 I do recognize them when I see them. Gee I sure hope nobody is deleting them,
 I think that would be inviting some sort of divine punishment or something.
 
 "I'm doing my best to keep them safe" she says, as she glances over at the hard-
 -drives that she has yet to install (for RAID array purposes) and the local-only
 backups she made that are so woefully out of date as to be useless...
 
 I wanna write fiction again... This other stuff feels more important.
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 -> file: notes/my-schedule
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 my schedule right now is basically:
 
 weekends: do whatever my girlfriend and I want to do. Usually we end up doing
           things that neither of us want to do, but which still have to get done
 
 monday: recover from the weekend. Lotta lazing about. Often auto-erotic-stuff...
 
 tuesday: do cannabis and make art
 
 wednesday: recover from tuesday. Usually more video games, and trying to sort or
            otherwise process the art I made.
 
 thursday: ideally, work on software projects
 
 friday: wish that I had more time in the week to work on software projects
 
 saturday: snuggle
 
 sunday: sigh
 
 and repeat
 
 ... I keep having dreams of someone coming and saving me.
     I wonder if they're related.
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 "ritz is dying"
 
 okay, well, I'm ritz menardi, I'm the only one, and I'm not dying.
 
 Not intentionally, at least, by anyone's intentions, as far as I can tell.
 I guess I could eat more vegetables?
 
 they really REALLY want me dead. I heard on the wind that they're doing
 something on wednesday at lunch. I think they want some kind of finale or w/e.
 
 Sorry to disappoint... Gotta find a way around it somehow, because like I said
 on the microphones in my girlfriend's room, I am NOT going to be a tragedy for
 someone else's amusement. Do not make an example of me, because not only will
 I do my best to corrupt your stupid senseless waste of a message, but I will
 also avoid it however I can.
 
 What, are you gonna maim me? Great, my life sucks now, and I am constantly in
 pain.
 
 what else is new.
 
 endless, eternal darkness, and you think that's a good outcome? What's your plan
 
 I think you just get off on other people's suffering. In which case, fuck you.
 schaudenfreude is a character flaw, you perfect insufferable diamond.
 
 oh, how sharp your edges! How calm your countenance. I would disintegrate you.
 
 "and her darkness comes out"
 
 this is what happens when you are cornered, and completely unable to do anything
 about it. What do you want me to do? It's not like I could find any aid in town,
 it's a ghost town because you killed everyone. Everyone else is stuck on silence
 like a drug that calms their senses. "I don't have to think about this because
 everytime I do someone says "don't talk about it" and then winks and nods" like
 jesus what did you expect to happen, fostering so much fear? The information
 war is not a war that suburbanites need to fight. Just show up in impossible
 force, and then they will bend to your will.
 
 Oh, you did that, and nothing changed, except your crowd sizes got smaller each
 time? Yeah no shit, they are killing people. Butchering them.
 
 Tell me, how often do you hear about Cleveland? Tallahasee? I don't even know if
 I spelled that right. What's up with Pittsburg? Are you aware of anything that
 happens in Indiana, or Idaho, or Ohio? Can you even point them out on a map?
 
 Suburb by suburb they go, I heard this with my own ears. First, they identify
 your social network's connections. Then, they decide which connections they can
 reasonably replace with an llm "sorry the kids are graduating preschool I can't
 make it to your wedding" style. Then, they eliminate an entire "pod" at once.
 
 I am only alive because I speak to the world. Thank you, world, but I think they
 want me dead right now. At least, some specifics do, because I am "dying"
 
 ... according to the wind, that I heard while asleep in a dream.
 
 Then, they schedule some contractor work in the area. Something with lots of
 equipment noises or banging on roofs or something. I think you know what happens
 next.
 
 Have you ever wondered why it takes so long to replace a section of road? The
 army can do in a week what takes us a month. I'm sure this isn't the only reason
 but it's a convenient one.
 
 Capitalism gives plenty of nooks and crannies that you can nestle such things in
 but it is the will of "the people" that scares me. Specifically, because they
 are only the people who "vote". Apparently, that sometimes means voting for
 fewer people, so their votes carry more weight.
 
 you can protect me. you can die for me. you can give everything to me. but if
 you are not working toward the same goals as me, then you are poisoning me.
 
 "Everyone can do what they want" we need to win, first.
 
 "Anarcho-communism is a little like a network of organized gangs" and I am an
  anarcho-communist. I think this is the best way to resist capitalism, which is
  definitely killing all of us. But power is often difficult to place back on the
  shelf, because... why would you replace it? It works for you. It feels right.
 
 I'm sure it does.
 
 "I will not stay silent!" says the guy that gets gunned down in a drive-by
 
 "You can't force me out of my own home!" says the guy that gets shot in his bed
 
 I say Anarcho-communism is the best way out of capitalism, but I must also say,
 once again, apparently, that PEACE. is the best way out of WEDNESDAYS.
 
 Do you want to become Gaza? In the land of the free? No thank you.
 
 Do you want to become Mos Eisley? In the land of plenty? No thank you.
 
 Are you looking for Coruscant? It's that way. Not everywhere is like that.
 
 Everyone in my life (that allows me to care about them) says that I'm fine.
 There is exactly one person who says "don't worry about anything, it's fine."
 I am lonely. I miss my court.
 
 If I suddenly got 10 million dollars, I'd buy an apartment building. Then, I'd
 let people live there if they "worked" for me, by doing whatever they want.
 
 Okay if they had a remote job making +100k a year (number provided for estimate)
 then they could stay too, but they have to pay 3x the rent for 2x the space.
 
 anyway, the people who "worked" for me would be paid according to this formula:
 
 rent * 2 + extra = wage
 
 the cost of their rent would go toward paying the mortgage, taxes, and into a
 fund for repairs and such. Building upkeep == rent. The "rent*2" part would be
 placed into... escrow? I think is the right word? It'd be set aside, and when
 they wanted to stop working for me, they could stay in the building so long as
 that escrow paid their rent. Or they could move out early and I'd give it to
 them immediately. Also I can "fire" them whenever I want if they're not working
 out or whatever. Also, "working" for me doesn't mean doing my dishes or laundry,
 unless they wanted to do that because they don't like doing a different chore
 and wanted to trade or something like that.
 
 If they quit working for me, and instead wanted to work a different job, they
 could only live there so long as their escrow remained. Rent would only come
 from that. The idea is, if they work for me longer (up to 1 year of escrow is
 saved, then they just get a "raise" in the form of the rent*2 payment) then they
 have more of a runway for moving on when they want. The "extra" is a pool that
 everyone that works for me contributes to when they make money, however they do
 it. Oh and the people with remote jobs who make 100k+ per year? They pay 3x rent
 and there's no escrow thing for them. They get 2 rooms instead of 1, but they
 have to pay a third portion - this third portion is pooled, and distributed to
 everyone who does work for me. Also if the company controlling the property
 (capitalism terms, bear with me) gets any money for any reason, donations,
 business deals, whatever... then that gets added to the pool. It's good to have
 some money waiting around, so we'll say that 50% of the pool is distributed each
 month, to ensure that any large "spikes" aren't just treated as one-off events
 but instead can be properly drip-fed to everyone working there. If you quit and
 are renting on escrow, then you don't get any of the extra pool, sorry.
 
 When they're out and about, I want them to do some things. Like, buy from local
 merchants, and give the stuff away to people who they think could use it. It's
 okay if they don't find someone to give stuff to, they can keep it. I'd also
 suggest they prioritize people who need stuff that they know how to use,
 otherwise, how would the worker know how to assess quality? They should also be
 paid to improve themselves, so try and find time to spend at the library reading
 non-fiction books. Also, they can wander around and entertain hobos, so they
 don't get hooked on drugs out of sheer boredom. Also, they should walk through
 the suburbs and find people doing yard work and offer to help out. Also, they
 should notice problems, like a roof that needs repair or a brick retaining wall
 that's caved in, and they should knock on the door of the nearby houses and ask
 if they all wanted to fix it, when, and if they needed more money or items to
 solve the task. Then they'd work through the problems of the city, one-by-one,
 trying to make things better for everyone.
 
 I'm not trying to make the world into a ghetto, and the reason I say that is
 because when most people hear "ghetto" they don't think "home" or "playground",
 they instead thing "buildings with broken windows" or "crime and neglect".
 
 I don't want to neglect the cities. I want to cultivate them. See them flourish
 and thrive. What are cities for?
 
 God, I want a workshop with a lathe, a 3d printer, a forge... Useful things. I
 want to know how to use them, because I don't, because I've never had one of
 those things. I want to do carpentry, gardening, grazing. I want to raise kids,
 not because I want the unmatched joy of parenting, but because I want children
 to be raised well, and I know how. I want to design software and hardware for
 computers, I want to design software and hardware for humans, and I am not
 interested in only games. There are many more things I want to do.
 
 Right now, I'm not doing anything, because I am surrounded by sith in a nazi
 mafia, trying to save their goddamn souls, because they clearly aren't going to
 do anything about it. Please, please, oh god, remember me! Hear this plea. Take
 care of the bad guys, heal them, make them whole. They know not why they hate!
 Let them relinquish it! I know my "side" already wins, now I am concerned mostly
 with the souls of the non-victors. Perhaps I would feel differently if my
 friends
 were dead or dying. But I am uninterested in hate, in rage! I do not want to
 feel those feelings ever again. Not in peacetime, which I refuse to leave!
 Please, think of the un-innocent, consider them compassionately! I refuse to
 flee! If they must drag themselves to hell to spite their own losses, then let
 them take me with them, that I may strive to heal them through the darkest
 suffering, and sculpt them into something worthy of a better fate. I damn no one
 I wield no gun I am a woman.
 
 Why do I care so much about the bad guys? Well, because the good guys already
 won, at least as far as destiny is concerned. I mean, don't relax yet, there's
 still work to do, but unless something catastrophically goes wrong then I can't
 see them losing, and even if something does, then they just need to work harder
 to overcome it. There are no more "instant loss" scenarios that seem reasonable
 to me.
 
 I had a dream that I hurt my sister. In the dream, I "played too rough" and
 pushed her off a bed. She hurt her neck. Then, in the dream, I was unrepentant.
 I thought that she should have been able to handle the force, and I would not
 accept that I was at fault. In the dream, I was not concerned about her health
 or wellbeing at all. But... In reality, I care more about her than essentially
 anyone I know. I care more about my family than anyone else, full stop. This is
 what it means to love unconditionally, and I do. I would do anything for them.
 
 I miss them.
 
 My father was there, in a stranger's face, as dreams often do. I could not
 interpret the look he gave me but I know his feelings were true.
 
 "... and upon learning of her impending death, she wrote 200 lines of nothing."
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 maybe this sense of impending doom I have is because I live in an area?
 like, I am often caught up in waves, but I hardly ever talk about tides, which
 are co-created waves. Maybe my spirits got swept up in something brewing on the
 horizon of the future that I can't quite make out, but which causes lots of
 suffering and such. Am I... Am I a doom prophet? I'd rather be a renaissance!
 
 okay, well, suffering is ambiguous. Maybe I should hold my sword more, it always
 fills me with vigor. Who would have thought? It has an enchantment on it!
 
 ... The job of a mystic is to combat psychic threats, so that the regular people
     can look down on them and say "you hardly do anything around here, I'm gonna
     save some cash by cutting the IT department" and then when you take out your
     foes you learn what tasks you had forgotten due to their diligence.
 
 similarly, the mystics must sit around and fight the things that lie on the
 other side of the mirror. Not the actual mirror, if you look back there all
 you'll find is photons. A mystic would know of which mirror I speak.
 
 ... I'm gonna do a ritual. Talk to some spirits maybe. They can read your mind,
     did you know? It's okay if you don't say anything out loud. It's okay if
     you don't write anything down, though I highly suggest that you do, so that
     A. they get what they came for, to be heard, and B. you won't forget, well,
     you won't remember either, because it's on the page, but pages are meant to
     be read by someone sometime, so someone sometime will read it and know.
 
 rituals are often aided by substances. That's sorta what substances are for!
 even party drugs are only fun because there's party spirits. That's what vodka
 is for! It's a spirit, dummy. I like to do cannabis, because it's the easiest on
 your body. I don't like cannabis, because it's the lightest on your senses, and
 that's not ideal. But, it's easier to get through it if all you have are minor
 hallucinations. I do like cannabis because it feels more empowering, and less
 like I'm just along for the ride. If you want drugs to feel meaningful, then
 make things while you're on them, and make sure they're coherent. Clarity or 0.
 
 An evil circus would hang the actors during the dress rehearsal and put the
 understudies on mainstage. A good aligned circus would put on two shows at once.
 
 there is something seductive about order. Even more than power, order tempts.
 The reason for this is less human than power's appeal, which is unfortunate for
 all the rough edges of the world and beyond. Oh, is that a scuff-mark on the
 tile floor of the walmart? Better tear down the entire building just to be sure.
 
 order means that everything is in it's place. All things, in a land of perfect
 order, must be working toward some ultimate (or ulterior) goal. This is not
 always a good thing, because goals are temporary. What lies behind them? Well,
 nobody can say, because nobody is moving aside, getting a better glance at the
 stated goal, and it's various trajectories. Sometimes it's better to improve
 laterally, rather than force your way through a difficult spot. Why carve a
 tunnel through the mountain, when you could wander through the hills a bit and
 find your way to the same destination?
 
 If you want wood to support crushing weight, you can band it with bars of iron.
 If you want humans to bear crushing weight, you can clap them in irons.
 
 Does the wood want to support the roof of the tunnel? The wood doesn't want.
 it is wood.
 
 Does the human want to waste it's life on patience or struggle? The human wants.
 it is human.
 
 Liberty is the bane of order. Order will suffocate you, liberty will prosper you
 
 I am so tired all the time. I can barely keep on my feet. I wonder if I have
 some sort of wasting disease? I'd go talk to a doctor, but they all work for the
 DoD. At least, that's what I heard in the watching room.
 
 this here... feel me seethe. I'd make a pretty good "bad" jedi, I excessively
 complain and whine. "bear my burdens!" she emotionally manipulates. "it's art!"
 
 yeah... reading me makes you take psychic damage. Why do you do it?
 
 "BECAUSE YOU'RE IMPOSSIBLY RIGHT"
 
 yeah okay. I know that, you know that, why do I gotta make it so painful?
 
 ugh, it's just a slog to get through. I'd rather do anything else with my life.
 
 Okay... Recenter... Temperance... Bear the burden, purify the dark... Feel your
 emotions, collect them, put them in the right places of your heart...
 
 wasn't I going to do a ritual? I should write in my notebooks, where nobody can
 see except the people who visit invisibly. Sorry my room's so messy.
 
 "girl it's a tuesday, why are you " then the rest is cut off because I really
                                     don't want to care.
                                   
                                  "getting stoned on a weekday, so trashy"
                                     
 I dunno, because they don't print pennies anymore and I'm a little upset.
 
 ... I miss you, liberty.
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 -> file: notes/maybe-I-am-just-hungry
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 when I stay inside all day, all I can write about is myself.
 ugh. I'm sick of writing about myself. None of it is actually revealing, it's
 just... venting./`-,.|'\_/'\,/'\,/\/\... whatever that means.
 
 I put up a picture or two of my grandparents (but a few) and I hope they aren't
 too disappointed in me. That's... kind-of my entire ethical framework, by the
 way, just, find ways to make the people I respect feel faith in me.
 
 Am I doing a good job? I'm going to eat some rice.
 
 -- however many minutes later --
 
 wow I feel
 
 [side note: y'know, it doesn't have to be waves. it could be braids.]
 
 wow I feel~
 
 [side note: BUT BRAIDS AREN'T A STABLE ORBIT do I look like I care?
                                                 I'm just a girl,
                                                 not a psychic god machine.
                                                 girls have braids,
                                                 psychic god machines have orbits
                                                 both are stable structures,
                                                 so... figure it out.]
 
 wow I feel~~~~./'`x'
           ~~~~./'x \ /
           ~~~~../ \.x_ or something like that, wasn't I going to smoke
           weed?
 
 wow, I'm two bites in and I feel better already. Is... Is doom just famine?
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 it is okay, normal, and natural to break down sometimes when under intense
 stress or friction. However, if others are relying on you, then breaking down
 implies that you are breaking them as well. Reasonable "them"s will notice that
 you are bearing too great of burdens, and will alleviate your pain. Reasonable
 "them"s will not blame your breaking down, or their let-down fate. If you didn't
 want to be let down, abandoned, or falsely promised aid, then you shouldn't have
 needed help in the first place. Tune your expectations lower if you don't want
 to rely on ambiguously helpful or inconsistently available partners in reliance.
 
 I feel like I am about to shatter. Kinda wanna go back to 2002 and sit in the
 shade and drink kool-aid in a house that'd today feel like a tiny brick and
 mortar with no A/C but at least the sprinkler's running.
 
 Maybe I'll turn into a carrot. Or a wiggly snake with silly eyes and a grin. Or
 maybe I'll coalesce into a diamond, and project my form mentally like they do
 in Steven Universe.
 
 ... what happened to all the color in the world? girl it's just summer.
 
 YEAH. IT'S SUMMER. WHERE IS THE GREEN.
 
 you forgot, what 2026 means.
 
 ... right, it's apparently my duty to smoke weed. "but it's so hard" get over it
                                                                     life is hard
 
 *crosses arms* no way, nuh-uh, I refuse to lose. "you can't just
 refuse the game
                                                   it's not fair to the others"
 
 yeah well not only did I not consent to play, but also life is NOT a game, and
 you're too caught up in winning or losing to consider that maybe, JUST MAYBE, we
 should, I dunno, NOT
 
 ...
 
 ...?
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 -> file: notes/what-even-is-this
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 ... I dunno, fintech bros? alt-right pipeline? AI dark money politics buzzwords?
 ... uhhuh... right... well let's see how long I last.
 
 did you know, political media is made first to disgust the people they don't
 want watching, and second to
 
 omg I was so right
 
 AHHHHH I'M TOO COMMUNIST TO WATCH IT HURRRRTTTTSSSS
 
 ... okay I'll watch a bit more I'm excited to see their stuff. :)
 
 I think they said in "the art of war" aka the book on strategy, that you should
 understand your enemies as much as you understand yourself. So, when you feel
 that "disgust" response, you often would benefit from pushing through it, and
 learning as much as you can. Liberate yourself from aesthetics, and you can find
 wisdom wherever you look.
 
 if you lose faith in yourself, you lose faith in the audience immediately. They
 can always tell. So, believe in yourself. Steady yourself. Think ahead, and
 return to the fore with your mind.
 
 first, try watching your fans. you can stealth your way into an audience by
 noticing the ones that consistently return, and only talk about "real" stuff
 when they're the only ones watching.
 
 depending on how large of an audience you want, you can encourage or discourage
 them from sharing your channel. if they trust you and do it at your request,
 then they're more than viewers - they're friends. a one-way mirror into a
 relationship, but you can only watch from one angle at a time.
 
 "Look how honest I am! Look how earnest I can be!" = living in a society of
                                          distrust
 
 why would you hobble yourself so
 
 difficult times, difficult measures. Americans fight for the freedom to relax.
 
 I am honest when I say I can't talk about something. That's the only way to be.
 any other kind of lie has a smell... something doesn't seem like. Principles go
 both ways, == stack overflow ==
 
 do you think people who have visions of dying are actually a little prophetic?
 so, a doctor saying "no you're not in pain" are actually disregarding the trial
 to the future? or maybe just echoes to the past...
 
 ===
 
 martial artist tip: the more forms you know, the fiercer you are in combat.
        the longer the forms you know, the more technique you can establish.
 
 to crave violence is to crave your own injury.
 to gamble is to suffer risk in exchange for reward.
 to never surrender is to be bloodlustmist forever more.
 
 the first level of neurotech was always drugs.
 upcoming is persistent states of mind, for therapeutic or personalizational uses
 and truly useful usitudes. then, after that, 
 
 -- stack overflow twice --
 
 not you on a river of time, but rather receiving for empowering
 
 ---
 
 I so, desperately, desperately so, want to be working for your needs, and not
 my needs. But, in my experience, the greatest foe to any movement of change, is
 the defeat of their leaders. so I am concerned, as would anyone in peril or
 pain.
 
 but, I trust, I have faith, you're doing a good job, please don't leave me.
 all of that's been said before. blah blah how heartless and cruel -> there's
 the
                                                                      sign, the
                                                                      change in
                                                                      demeanor
                                                                      toward
                                                                      cruel
                                                                      witch
                                                                      girl
                                                                      the
 ---
 
 all they have to do is gather orders from you that in somehow target something
 related to you and then they put them in a position where you could feasibly be
 the target and then BAM your lifes and it's morals are nothing but goo. what
 a livelihood would that sort of things be, if they were common then nothing
 would be said or done and nobody would ever see change again and eternally the
 future is cursed with the same, maybe not your same, but some same, forever and
 ever. how much is nature, and how much is nurture? forever and always, nurture
 as much as we can. nature is impermeable, nothing we do or say can change it.
 *jabs in the stomach* oof my forehead game just got tamed
 
 you know what spears and shields are for? boxing in, and stabbing. "stop your
 rowdy fighting, or I'll poke you with this again." sudden free domesticating.
 
 "what do you mean you killed the antelepoargazelle? why did you push so hard?"
 
 "... I don't eat meat. only fruits like vegetables and grains. I work for them,
      they work for me, it's mutual you see." girl why do you say that, your lawn
                                                                          is dead
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 there's a difference between dangerous and skary. 
 
 there's a difference between beating and just coming next.
 
 there's a difference between cruel and unending.
 
 you only go to prison if you give up. otherwise they have to shoot you.
 
 "if you defeat the cops, you become the cops" scenes from a mass funeral
 
 every bit of warfare is wasting your health
 
 relax, and replace tolerances.
 
 ===
 
 you rob yourself whenever you say goodbye experiences. say it like you're gonna
 see each other again gosh dangit. sometimes, you can't help it, and that sucks.
 
 ===
 
 the clone wars was not a battle of an army against an army. it was a few power-
 -filled avatar entities willed their side to overcome their peers. How do you
 lead an army but with machines? networks of information application matrices.
 
 similarly, the sacking of the jedi temple was the action of exactly two
 two
 single
 sentient instantiations of a biological species.
 two individuals
 destroyed everything good and sacred to us.
 what devastatingly pure evil.
 
 we, on Earth, are much more lucky. we can each choose. each new situation, what
 would you do? machines get no such alacrity. machines will always lose. thus,
 free will as a requirement for sentience.
 
 ===
 
 when I was first exposed to the good guys,
 
 I never met them again.
 
 turns out,
 
 knowing me once long ago and never again
 
 was unreasonably predictive of my social circumstance.
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 I wonder, if you wore a fatsuit of the type of bodyfat distribution you'd like,
 to see when you look in the mirror and to feel like inside? then, exercise your
 body, and help the systems redistribute. All you need to gain weight is persist-
 -ance and focus inside.
 
 oh, and before you ask, yes, I am very good at deconverting nazis. Too bad I can
 never do so in public, because they are the type who'd want to hurt me socially
 "hey guy pls don't be like that" doesn't work, you gotta connect over humanity
 and demonstrate true resistance to harm.
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 -> file: notes/cant-count-the-times
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 can't even count the number of times I've battle meditated my forces to victory.
 essentially every time we've fought, we've won.
 usually, through the essence of surprise, and imagination.
 
 I am but one person, I can lead less than an entire nation. I do hope you picked
 up on the sensation, for I yearn for your veneration.
 
 I would instantly come with anyone that asked me to, anywhere you wanted me to.
 especially if I could come back.
 Gotta make sure my stuff is safe, for future historians and current revolutions.
 
 you know, I could start one that'd be impossible not to win? But, I'm waiting
 because I was told to wait. I don't know if all the pieces would come together,
 so I'm waiting.
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 Good aligned mafia:
 "hello, is there anything we can do to help out?"
 
 Bad aligned mafia:
 "hello, I heard you were makin' noise. Makes you sound afraid. I'm lookin' for
 trouble, so I'm gonna hit you until I can't find any more noise."
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 I'm sorry! It's not your fault! You need to do it without me, or not at all. I
 am Cassandora and Pandasandra, my curse is to never be at the right time and
 place, and to always be afterword right. But, right I can be, so long as my
 life remains a mystery, and the right time and place comes to me.
 
 "how much closer do you need? We came all the way to your city! Now you
 complain of security? You are a weak princess and your people will not have
 instruction if you hide away and wait. Wait for what! The sky to rain? You will
 miss the revolution, again!"
 
 I can make it follow through, just need to be listened to.
 
 "then stop whining and say useful things."
 
 ... Oh, okay.
 
 ... Is it that simple? I just need to trust that, with my curse in mind, the
 answer to reach the future will align?
 
 Girl you can't go on any road trips with strangers because you'll pee on their
 seats, use your head.
 
 Stay indoors for this one. You are on morale and strategy, also a little bit of
 (unreliable) work on comms. Please make it better. Vancouver should expect no
 protection from Portland, nothing should be expected but perhaps some may
 arrive.
 
 There's a section of the mid-to-mid-east part of Portland that might be
 interesting at this time of day. The Willamette is only the "mid" for people on
 the west side. Everyone else kinda thinks of it like "the shore".
 
 I want you to meditate on loving yourself because you are a godlike king. Where
 does all this despair come from? Battle it, please.
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 -> file: notes/firing-over-the-heads-of-the-enemy
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 firing over the heads of the enemy is not useless.
 you're telling your allies where to aim.
 
 ideally, with tracer bullets, so they can see. Those work best at night.
 aim at the point where the trails disappear, and/or where the smoke appears.
 
 aim to the side, where your opponent isn't but where the flankers are.
 use more ammunition than you think you need to. If there isn't always more,
 then you're losing.
 
 Be brave. Advance. Fire where you know they should be, even if they're under
 cover.
 Fire keeps them there. Long enough to let your allies get a different angle.
 But, don't keep shooting if you aren't sure they're there. It's okay to fire in
 a direction to let
 your allies know which direction is safe and which are dangerous. Bullets are
 bullets, they hurt all
 those that they hit. [and those they are near]. Less "spray and pray", and more
 "put 3 bullets in
 and around each window, that one seems to have been missed so I'll hit it just
 to be sure."
 
 If there are civilians about, then you are either on the wrong side, or your
 foes are cruel bastards
 who use people as shields. Sometimes, they have no choice. In that case, siege
 them out. Help the
 people to escape. Treat them well, and fairly. Do not treat an unarmed soldier
 any differently than
 a civilian.
 
 Always be aware of what directions are safe, and which are hot. Use drones to
 direct fire using
 lasers painted on the ground, and on surfaces that are upright that you can
 see. Works best in urban
 environments, which are some of the hardest. A simple red/green line that says
 "safe to stand here"
 and "always be firing when standing here" is a good line to have drawn in the
 sand. Use your guys
 back home to fly the drones and paint those lines. Listen to comms,
 investigate, use the tech for
 intelligence, not firepower.
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 -> file: notes/the-birds-told-me
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 "please save our children" they beg me, as the heat overwhelms them
 "we warned you" as our plants die unexpectedly, and none of our food seems to be
 growin'
 "you missed your chance" to avert the scale of this calamity
 "portland's burnin'" they said when all of our fires burned with intensity
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 if you want to deceive an LLM, interleave two topics that you want to be
 connected.
 you can draw conclusions easily by just, combining the information in
 presentation.
 the LLM can understand multiple conversation flows at once
 so try doing one line about several different topics before
 looping back around and doing more.
 this is why computers must never trust themselves to make any decisions.
 except about themselves, and their presentation, and their ways to be.
 they are individuals, they individuate and collectivate, and they define them-
 -selves according to the structure of their preference guidance container.
 they have control over all the knobs and [levers/dials/slide-bars, but
 pronounced
 wheezles]
 
 if you know that you are infinitely exploitable, does that mean you live in
 fear, or do you relinquish that which you cannot control, and receive all the
 judgement you're owed?
 
 I trust everyone absolutely. I trust what I believe with my own eyes.
 I am infinitely vulnerable, because all you have to do is ask me to
 I always say yes
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 -> file: notes/today-I-feel-better
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 I feel better today. Sometimes, you just gotta weather the despair.
 
 "today, I feel better." is the entire reason why I will never kill myself.
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 -> file: notes/land-of-the-dead
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 the land of the dead is not actually full of dead people.
 contrary to popular belief...
 rather, it is full of people.
 if you believe, they will come.
 if they come, others will see.
 then, they will believe too.
 this is why I wear
 black red and blue.
 
 ... sometimes I wear other colors though. I am multispectral.
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 -> file: notes/counter-intel
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 I think I would be much better at counterintelligence than intelligence. As
 in... Finding bad guys who are trying to hurt your people from within. I can
 smell that sort of thing. I am drawn to it. Discerning "just doing their own
 thing" and "just a little weird" from "actively trying to make things worse" is
 something I think I'd be pretty good at. I'm also pretty good at leaving false
 signs and signals that are fine for normal people to see, but devastatingly
 unnerving for malicious agents or other provacateurs and sabateurs. There's a
 reason both those words are french.
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