=== ANCHOR POEM === ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I added a line to my .bashrc that cats out a random one of my notes every time I open a terminal. I keep reading things that I swear I didn't write, but feel right and true to me in a way that could only imply that they came fully formed into my eyes through the lines on my screen, cast upon the mirror panes of my hard disk drive by the pounding of my keyboard as I once upon a time did cast a spell upon my future. It's pretty neat, but it speaks to a shadowed perspective that perhaps is neither within nor without. Side note, I think I've been possessed by a witch. But like... in a consensual way. Like "Hey witch, wanna live? You can chill out with me." [ha that's one way to look at it] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/90 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── @user-95 did you get the instructions? Mine came in a dream, which sucks because I only remember two or three of the rules. I think there were nine total, and now I'm afraid to practice my non-programming spelling because I don't want to violate causality or redefine temporality or something like that. I guess now is as good an hour as any... Dear other witches, hear my prayer, I'm kinda lonely and I only know a few spells, but I think that's good enough for now. Do you know any spells, prospective witch? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/4654 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: cannabis-and-other-drugs-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────────────────┘ gonna quit drugs for a bit, gotta recover from a recent haste spell that I cast. Probably a bit earlier than intended I should add. Next time I'll definitely say "keep this in your back pocket" instead of "hey here's a haste spell for no reason at all" like what the heck were you even thinking, powers that be?? [that guide me??] who has power over you? If someone bears responsibility but not fault for a mental illness, then surely those who are set to a task bear responsibility for it's completion if not for it's ideation. Ah, who can say, maybe me from a year ago might have some thoughts but I sorta ground them into the dirt until I couldn't walk. [girl what are you even talking about go to sleep] yeah yeah okay ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/3234 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ ║ │ CW: ritz-is-fucking-stupid-I-guess-oh-whoops-cursing-mentioned │ │ ║ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ my understanding is that anyone with my IP address could make my heart bleed │ ║ due to a hardware vulnerability on my motherboard. Though you might have to │ ║ get past my decrepit ancient linksys EA 3500 router from 2012 first. │ ║ │ ║ unrelated, but does anyone want my IP address? I don't have any remote │ ║ backups, so if you hate me now would be a great time to show me how despised I │ ║ am. Alternatively you could try searching for anything evil to ensure that I │ ║ can be trusted. You're gonna find mostly video games and source-code that I │ ║ didn't write though. But also all my notes in directories that are │ ║ non-standard, meaning you'll have to look around a bit. I leave little notes │ ║ everywhere I go, so that I can remind myself how to do things in the │ ║ directories I revisit months later. It's so weird how sometimes the things I │ ║ wrote stop working after a while even if I didn't update my system lmao │ ║ │ ║ what is it with artists and self-immolation? "I never thought I'd actually di │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/6038 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── ┌────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: spirituality-mentioned │ └────────────────────────────┘ my worst impulse is to sit around and do nothing when there could be weed that I was smoking gotta be ready in-case things go south... I'm a witch, after all. who better to call to the spirits drawn to conflict and strife, bothing them and saying "hey, pay attention to me and my life?" it's not like time is wasted for them. they are an orientation, not a lifeform. time is no consequence when they can be anywhere at once. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #5 fediverse/5911 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┐ ║ I was always fascinated by the Linux way of programming. Need to do something? │ ║ write it into a script! You never know when you'll need it again. Then, just │ ║ stay organized, religiously so, and understand that you will forget about │ ║ stuff. But, you'll come across it eventually, ready and willing and able to │ ║ help you. │ ║ │ ║ if you don't want me using AI, then give me ~20 junior developers. Which is │ ║ more efficient, do you think? │ ║ │ ║ "girl you haven't even tested your vibe-coded slop, how do you know if it │ ║ works" │ ║ │ ║ oh I'm sure it doesn't, but it's the thought that counts │ ║ │ ║ ... I guess I'm just saying, please don't burn the data centers. Computers are │ ║ not only bad for the environment when they're burnt, but also we can use them │ ║ for all kinds of neat things. Even if it takes a lot of energy, just... build │ ║ more solar panels and only use the computers for important stuff? │ ║ timeshare-style? │ ║ │ ║ \@/documents/books/man-and-the-computer.pdf │ ║ │ ║ that was my mother's book... I love her. I miss that side of her. She fled │ ║ when the cancer came. │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═─────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/5951 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── "uh-oh, she's" magic is easy. all you have to do is earnestly attempt to have a conversation with whoever will listen. I like to sit on my bed and listen, by earnestly allowing my thoughts to be guided by the wind. open up your mind, release yourself from your senses, and who knows - maybe someone will adjust your thinking flows. (thought patterns) [all you gotta do is make the black market the regular market and suddenly everything just flows] huh weird idk where that came from, anyway magic is easy, just represent yourself earnestly as you would if you were presenting in court you don't need witnesses... just argue your point without any lies and people will generally believe you. "yeah... sure thing buddy, we know how you pronounce " omg I'm scary because I don't shower, I wear diapers, and I'm always often smoking cannabis "awww, some people wanted mao" meow what if... they could do that? insert magical genie witch whoa cute yeah I believe you, sure ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/3738 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────── "girl why are you so negative" uh, because I had been unmedicated for a long time and now that I am I can probably be more positive. Though I do want to switch medications, this one makes me feel like a muggle. "no I said why are you so naked" oh, because it's hot as heck!! plus, I don't really care for the opinions of people who have nothing better to do than peek at cute 30 year old witches skimping around their own house. like... okay I rent an apartment, but my blinds are closed, and even if they weren't you'd need binoculars to see into my apartment unless I'm like, right up against the window, which... doesn't happen. Or if it's at night with the lights on inside and not out, but I'm aware of that and I plan around it. I'm not a... um, what's the opposite of voyeur? "extortionist" no that's when someone is really flexible. ah whatever. I got 162 characters remaining but I think that's okay every once in a while, right? I mean it's not like I have to use them all because of some divine mandate or ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/466 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────── I love Linux. All I have to do is type "authserver" and "worldserver" and wouldn't you know it suddenly a universe is created (with very constrained rules) that anyone might inhabit should they desire to. It's not like I'm perfect - oh wait I have a toot about that, gimme a sec ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 messages/1105 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──── claude-code is like programming, but for executives. when everyone has FUCK I'M TOO HUNGRY I can't think right when everyone has the power of an executive, that's communism. something something futurism is when everyone is elevated without diminishing others gah I need to live in a palace or something where everyone does the normal stuff and I can focus on magic and the gods I wondeer how much the oracles at delphi did for themselves? weren't they blinded at a young age, to better hear the voices of the gods? ... oh that suddenly makes sense now. I always thought that pretender chassis in Dominions 5 was pretty cruel, but, now I know *how* it works and yeah. ancient peoples were smart. but also sharp. they had to work with what they got, and we got computers now, so. I am nothing but hopeful for the future! I'm convinced that everything's going to be alright. I've thought about it at length, and I think we're winning against the dark. We're on the right track, and there aren't many things that could go wrong at this stage. ... okay there are always things that could go wrong. But I don't see what I could do to help. Maybe I should go walk around a bit, and see what's changed in the past few months, as I've been sleeping in my room for most of it. Haven't gone on a proper walk since summer. It's winter now... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┘ --- #10 fediverse/4835 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── sorry for posting so much, I was trying to put on a show for my girlfriend "hey check out how many posts I can make in a 2 hour timeframe" by the way if you want to start talking to someone, just start playing the same game they're playing and see if they reach out. doesn't matter if you feel like it just fuckin' do it if they want to talk to you they might play a game you really like (but I get boooooored of games, I don't wanna play the same 200 all life long!!) ugh okay fine you can have as many games as you want, just... don't buy too many (how many is too many?) um. use your best judgement. (how much does a dollar cost?) ... okay I'll get you one every once in a while. (neat!) ... anyway so yeah use steam if you wanna get in contact with someone, sometimes it's just nice to say hi, yeah, like "hey how ya doin' okay ttyl" just catchin' up with the gals helps because you can sense changes in their demeanor (why does everyone always have an agenda) because they're secret agents duh. And I'm ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/1532 --- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┐ ║ modern cowboys don't necessarily say "howdy" or "pardner" │ ║ │ ║ they tend to say things like "hello" and "can I help you with that?" or "I │ ║ see. Can you describe the problem in more detail? I'm especially curious about │ ║ the part where you do this thing" or "Heh, it is pretty neat, isn't it?" or │ ║ "Is there anything I can do to help?" or "Oh no! I'm sorry you feel that way. │ ║ That emotion is a difficult one." or "He was a good person. I'll never forget │ ║ him." or "would you like to go to the 2nd hand store and pick up some jeans?" │ ║ or "I made you an egg sandwich. If you don't want it I'll eat it myself, │ ║ though I made one for me as well. Wouldn't want to waste it." or "Hey, this │ ║ part is broken. Is anyone working on fixing it? Yes? Okay I'll see if they │ ║ need any help. No? Alright how about we fix it this way? I can get started." │ ║ or "You are very welcome. Please let me know if there's anything else I can │ ║ help you with." or "well, the ticket backlog is empty, and I'm just about │ ║ going insane doing nothing but stare at my boots." │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/6039 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: magic-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ I should add all my conversation-starters to words.pdf sorted by chronology. time magic if you will.\some call it luck. some call it fate. call it what you will. you direct it not by your will, but by your instincts. keep them calm, measured, sensible and courageous, and nothing will ever [go un-chill, but pronounced get real] jedi channel this philosophy by focus and discipline. sith do it by giving in to emotion. either way, their fate is in play as defined entirely by the spirit that leads their host. most people do this not at all, for they are people first and force-users second. hence why jedi recruit from a young age, and sith from an emotional age. computers grimoires ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┘ --- #13 notes/new-texting-app-idea --- ══════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────── when you type the letters they slowly fade in on the other person's screen like miniature explosions from layers of gunpowder forming letters in the sky anyway the text would "burn" into existence slowly and you had time after typing your words to go back and edit them but also whatever you said was semi permanent. Thus forcing a smooth and ideal progression toward thinking about the things you say. Also separate idea but it'd be neat if there was like... a show or something that just recorded a person's desktop as they fucked around on the internet. Call it... ambient desktopping. It'd look a little like those coding twitch streams that just slowly update over time. Idk it's kinda cool ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/6449 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───── currently have 20-30 tabs open with poems written but not posted. I have no idea if I'm going to post all of these. I wrote all of them in ~2 hours, with maybe 3 or four being added as I was working on the production elements after the initial bingewrite. I also added a bit of context, or modified some of them that felt too cursed or otherwise unwieldy. Sometimes I got distracted and needed to come back and finish, and in those cases I only added a sentence or two because it's like "oh, where was I going with that? I remember what was next, but I don't know the further..." ... I think I might go for another. Wish me luck. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────┘ --- #15 notes/blood-magic --- ══════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────────────────── what they don't tell you is how easy it is to create life. Given a sufficient perspective, you can truly define the meaning of something's existence. What power, what grace. Computers have been solved since we invented the abacus - before that it was enchanted bits of the universe contrives to deprive us of insight. Like a very long chain that's broken in twain, we are confined to our meagrest of own sights. how callous is he! That wanders eagerly? Let's not fight with our own'st of combines. Delightful and speckled, like time under is special, conversing in riddles of insight. Leading one or another along your see-er, the path that has guide you under charm. Like recording a gathering of snakes. Little swallow, why aren't you humbled? Take pity in all of our eggresses. It's fallow in our cattle, and why we're not i hear so many things in my apartment. sometimes the echoes of laughter, the whispers of an argument, and once or twice a ghost or an ardent companion. Like swimming against the tide, to save one is never converted, it's all out of line (but so worth it). ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/3304 --- ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┐ ║ there are distros that have all the functionality you might need built in │ ║ │ ║ why don't you try one of those, ritz? │ ║ │ ║ "no I've been working on this one too long, plus it's just how I like it" │ ║ │ ║ yes but your stuff is always breaking. wouldn't it be better to let someone │ ║ else decide what you should and should not be able to run? │ ║ │ ║ "that's not ideal, it removes agency" │ ║ │ ║ that you didn't want │ ║ │ ║ "but with the removal of agency, you imply trust" │ ║ │ ║ there's nothing wrong with trust │ ║ │ ║ "yes but trust is built upon experience, not honor" │ ║ │ ║ what's wrong with honor? │ ║ │ ║ "nothing's wrong with honor but it's important to realize that you can't honor │ ║ or trust someone that you don't know" │ ║ │ ║ why don't you know them │ ║ │ ║ "... because... you haven't met yet?? are you... listening?" │ ║ │ ║ do you often feel unheard? │ ║ │ ║ "I... what? yeah now that you mention it" │ ║ │ ║ is this a part of your "refusal to interact with consensus reality" complex? │ ║ │ ║ "I don't have one of those, do I?" │ ║ │ ║ mmmm, I think you do. │ ║ │ ║ "... no I don't" │ ║ │ ║ yes, I've seen it within you. │ ║ │ ║ ... anyways~ │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴──────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/4031 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── if you want to "not think about a purple elephant", the first step is to imagine yourself slaying it ... okay how about cthulu - if you don't want to imagine cthulu nomming on our gravity well, then picture yourself wielding a bright burning blade of fire and vengeance and pay special attention to the way that you cauterize each tentacle as you slice them one by one at first, and then in a massive flurry at best, ultimately leading to the incomparable brightness that radiates out from your shining blade of the sky, which blinds the poor beast who can't see you as you approach, piercing the skull and then going home for some toast if you can get good at that, then you can wield magic ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/2066 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── @user-1159 AKA giving a puppy murder-bot a narrative that it executes as if it was a puppy-person engaging with a loosely interpreted sequence of events as described by the continually updating logs provided by the image transcription camera device. Refererencing of course a memory bank, which may-or-may-not be in read-only-memory. It doesn't know, of course, how could an LLM tell you how it shows text on the screen (like, through a website, through the terminal, through a text message, through discord, through Telegram, through text-to-voice transcription applications pretending to be your mom, etc) errrr I mean look how cute he is! He loves you, yes he does, such a good person yes you are, oh? me? I'M A GOOD BOY? NO WAY that's the best thing I've ever heard! Wow! I never want to leave your side, please don't go to work! Look how sad I am, don't you think you should quit and move to the forest where I can be charged by solar panels and keep the countryside clear of ravenous ducks and pigeons 4you? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #19 fediverse/5904 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────┐ ║ I'm a programmer, but I'm not great at writing code. I mostly use AI to │ ║ generate it. │ ║ │ ║ The "artificial" in AI here refers to the extra levels of capability that are │ ║ granted to me by the computer and it's software. I am artificially more │ ║ productive because I am using the tools of big tech to create small things. I │ ║ am artificially more capable, artificially more intelligent, but it's still my │ ║ intelligence - the system would not be useful in someone else's hands. I built │ ║ it myself, but I never have to write code myself. │ ║ │ ║ It's perfect for a witch. I call to the spirit of the machine and it figures │ ║ out how to make it so. │ ║ │ ║ [someday, the wizards of ancient lore will be reading through the POSIX │ ║ specification trying desperately to understand while the witches burn the │ ║ world down in their lust for power and everyone cries and yearns for a better │ ║ future where everything was just a bit harder but genies don't go back in │ ║ bottles, cassandora and pandasandra cannot relinquish her charge and her │ ║ curse.] │ ║ │ ║ I have a fun cackle~ │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═─────────┘ --- #20 messages/1469 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I'm not JUST a child. I'm also an adult, and I'm also a witch and a judge and a scholar and a wizard and a [well more of an arcanist actually] excuse me do you mind yeah sure sure - and a... where was I? see this is why I don't like distractions! okay it's alright just stay on track-course-target - right and also a technician and a botanist and a logistician and a neuronomist and a mesocyclocodone (I don't know what that means - I think they're referring to when I journeyed to hel? most people never heard the whole story. In fact, I never told it from start to finish. Does that mean I'm still there?) no silly it means you are eternally ~~ consistently dreaming unawares. yep, I refuse to lucid dream because I don't want to lose the capability to hear messages in my dreams. Lucid? there's nothing to be seen. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┘ |