#Chris Conover

[enchantedbook]

'The Wizard's Daughter, a Viking Legend ' by Chris Conover

[chris-conover]

Current and Future Uses of AI in Finance

Citigroup Inc. is a provider of financial services operating with a focus on economic growth and progress. The organization shares a depth of data with members of the financial industry, as well as the public, including insights into how artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting the modern financial landscape.

The financial industry has embraced the potential of AI for more than a decade. Some of the earliest uses of AI included fraud detection tools and automated credit scoring. As the years progressed, financial institutions began using AI for more nuanced operations, such as engaging with consumers as chatbots or supporting financial professionals as virtual assistants.

When correctly implemented, AI-powered financial tools can boost organizational efficiency and improve the overall banking experience for financial professionals and customers alike. However, the rates at which AI and related technologies have advanced has far outpaced regulatory oversight, resulting in many potential pitfalls and hazards.

Before understanding the function of AI in America's financial industry, it can be helpful to learn a few key phrases. While any machine or software designed to imitate human intelligence or problem-solving skills can be referred to as AI, there are several different types of AI. Generative AI, for instance, uses deep learning algorithms to create new content, such as text or images. Predictive AI, meanwhile, can be used by financial professionals to create complex data-driven models that forecast industry patterns and financial trends.

Generative AI is particularly popular among financial professionals. Nearly three out of five organizations use generative AI to improve employee productivity, with common tasks including AI-written emails and AI-powered presentations. A comparable number of banking leaders utilize generative AI to develop new marketing campaigns and to write software and app code. Generative AI is so popular, in fact, that 40 percent of companies use it to augment predictive modeling processes.

Properly managing AI processes can improve a financial institution's profitability by as much as 93 percent in just five years, mainly in the form of productivity gains. This is higher than AI-related boosts observed in other industries. On the other hand, mismanaged AI programs can reduce profits by almost 10 percent over the same period.

Looking to the future, AI will play a key role in bridging two very different trends in finance - scalability and personalization. Scalability refers to an organization's ability to expand services and increase production without encountering structural challenges or being hindered by resource availability. Scalability has become a tricky proposition for business leaders, who must now cater to the needs of a consumer base that desires hyper-personalized services and recommendations.

In the past, it simply was not possible to maintain scalability while providing customers with this level of personalization. Today, financial companies implement machine learning algorithms and artificial neural networks capable of recognizing and resolving problems without the need for human intervention. These algorithms can account for each potential customer's financial objectives and risk profiles when rendering services, as opposed to presenting consumers with a one-size-fits-all solution. The more personalized services are, the more loyalty financial professionals can create with customers.

Another AI trend to monitor in the future involves AI that can provide consumers with financial advice. These advanced apps will have the ability to assess an individual's financial situation and provide accurate, tailored insight. AI technology has not yet reached this level, but experts believe AI-powered financial advisors will be common as early as 2030.

[malemusk]

[moviesandmania]

MIND LEECH Canadian creature feature - reviews and free on Tubi, Amazon Prime (UK)

‘Sucks to be you’ Mind Leech is a 2023 Canadian horror film about a very persuasive leech that is wreaking havoc in rural Provinstate in 1998. On a mission to expand its horizons, our influential invertebrate enlists the help of the local townsfolk. The police are soon on the tail of our pesky parasite. Produced and directed by Chris Cheeseman and Paul Krysinski from a screenplay written by Chris…

[hbmmaster]

folks you'll never guess what happened

"chris grace: as scarlett johansson" is like easily in the top three things dropout's ever put out and I haven't seen a single post about it outside of actively looking through the tag for posts about it. I can't even reblog gifsets of my favorite bits from it because nobody's made any gifs of it

[dropoutpresentsdo]

🤣😭Now presenting: the trailer for Dropout's newest series, 'Dropout Presents'.

Dropout Presents is a series of live recorded specials that include stand-up, improv, and solo performances from Dropout cast members like Brennan Lee Mulligan to comedians like Hank Green and Chris Grace.

Directed by Jonah Ray Rodrigues and featuring beloved LA venues like Dynasty Typewriter (Hank Green), the Elysian Theater (Bigger!, The Big Team, From Ally to Zacky, Courtney Pauroso: Vanessa 5000, and Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson), and The Nocturne Theater(Adam Conover), each show will have a behind-the-scenes featurette to give viewers a look into the process of creating these live specials.

The series will premiere with Hank Green’s stand-up special “Pissing Out Cancer" and will be followed by additional specials set to release throughout the rest of the year:

📌Adam Conover: Unmedicated

📌Bigger! with Brennan & Izzy (featuring Brennan Lee Mulligan and Isabella Roland)

📌The Big Team (featuring Ify Nwadiwe, Carl Tart, Zeke Nicholson, Lamar Woods, Ronnie Adrian, and Ishmel Sahid)

📌From Ally to Zacky (featuring Ally Beardsley, Zac Oyama, Jacob Wysocki, Talia Tabin, Oscar Montoya, Victoria Longwell, Kimia Behpoornia, and Devin Field)

📌Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson

📌Courtney Pauroso: Vanessa 5000

[katranga]

i think it's really funny that they released adam conover's normal-ass stand up smack dab between chris grace (a meta comedy on race and media and self) and fucking vanessa 5000, a sexbot clown performance

like did i finish watching adam's special? no, it was just too normal for me sorry asdfgdfh

[wind-and-cloud]

Dropout Presents Trailer [Exclusive Specials Series] - YouTube

Hank Green: Pissing Out Cancer

Adam Conover: Unmedicated

Bigger! with Brennan & Izzy (featuring Brennan Lee Mulligan and Isabella Roland)

The Big Team (featuring Ify Nwadiwe, Carl Tart, Zeke Nicholson, Lamar Woods, Ronnie Adrian, and Ishmel Sahid)

From Ally to Zacky (featuring Ally Beardsley, Zac Oyama, Jacob Wysocki, Talia Tabin, Oscar Montoya, Victoria Longwell, Kimia Behpoornia, and Devin Field)

Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson

Courtney Pauroso: Vanessa 5000

[fedorahead]

Is there a masterlist of, like, actors and celebrities that have come forward for trans rights?

I know the internet has all sorts of collections of people who've done something messed up and those always depress me but reading about David Tennant being supportive in the face of the UK government and current legislation and stuff really hit me and I'd love to be able to see who else is out there standing up for us and what's right.

If not, here's a list I'm putting together, feel free to add to it or add context in the notes if you want! I'm including celebrities who have affirmed their support for trans family members even if they're not doing other activism. I'm also only listing celebrities I know of, and this list does not in any way endorse any problematic stuff any of them may have done outside of the topic.

Just making this list is cheering me up a lot tbh

David Tennant

Daniel Radcliffe

Emma Watson

Rupert Grint

Pedro Pascal

Jamie Lee Curtis

Ariana Grande

Lady Gaga

Don Cheadle

Taylor Swift

Gabrielle Union

Colin Mochrie

Andrew Garfield

K. A. Applegate

Cher

David Arquette

Jannifer Lopez

Angeline Jolie

Vanessa Carlton

Kevin Bacon

Nick Offerman

Sheryl Crow

Hayley Williams

Sade

Anna Paquin

Jon Oliver

Jon Stewart

Colbert

Keanu Reeves

Anthony Rapp

Charlize Theron

Zendaya

Kate Winslet

Shawn Mendes

LeBron James

Anthony Stewart Head

Gerard Way

Bea Arthur

Hozier

Wil Wheaton

Warren Beatty

Lynda Carter

Selena Gomez

Billy Ray Cyrus

Rihanna

Megan Thee Stallion

Cardi B

Shania Twain

Anna Kendrick

Kendrick Lamar

Dolly Parton

Drew Barrymore

Mark Ruffalo

Bruce Springsteen

Taron Egerton

Orville Peck

Charles Barkley

Yungblood

Sigourney Weaver

Bad Bunny

Emma Thompson

Liev Schreiber

Magic Johnson

Anne Hathaway

Chris Pratt

Ryan Reynolds

Chris Evans

Margot Robbie

Sandra Bullock

Christina Aguilera

Mariah Carey

Adele

Dua Lipa

Tony Hawk

Matt Berry

Harry Styles

John Leguizamo

Patrick Stewart

Jon Bernthal

David Lynch

Russel T Davies

Garth Brooks

Paris Hilton

Lucy Lawless

Bill Nye

Ally Sheedy

Miley Cyrus

Joan Jett

Mike Shinoda

Dick Van Dyke

Eric Idle

Ian Mackellan

Benedict Cumberbatch

Matthew Lillard

P!nk

Adam Conover

Megan Fox

Gwen Stefani

Terry Pratchett

Mara Wilson

David Attenborough

Michael Sheen

Joaquin Phoenix

Halsey

John Lithgow

Jim Norton

Mr Beast

M Shadows

John Cusack

Hugh Jackman

Penn Jilette

Janet Jackson

Brie Larson

Bjork

Britney Spears

Jenna Ortega

Selena Gomez

oh man there are so many more i can't even keep listing but here's a list of 500 feminists who signed an open letter supporting trans women and girls

[freetheshit-outofyou]

The list of US K.I.A.'s from Operation Just Cause December 20, 1989 – January 31, 1990.

Army

Name    Home of Record

SSG Larry Barnard            Hallstead, PA

PFC Roy D. Brown Jr.       Buena Park, CA

PVT Vance T. Coats           Great Falls, MT              

SPC Jerry S. Daves            North Carolina

SGT Michael A. Deblois   Dubach, LA

PFC Martin D. Denson     Abilene, TX

PFC William D. Gibbs       Marina, CA.

SPC Phillip S. Lear            Westminster, SC

SPC Alejandro Manriquelozano*               Lauderhill, FL

PFC James W. Markwell  Cincinnati, Ohio

CPL Ivan M. Perez            Pawtucket, R.I

PFC John M. Price            Conover, WI

PFC Scott L. Roth              Killeen, TX

PVT Kenneth D. Scott       Princeton, WV

1LT John R. Hunter           Victor, MT

CW2 Wilson B. Owens    Myrtle Beach, SC

CW2 Andrew P. Porter    Saint Clair, MI

PVT James A. Taber Jr.    Montrose, CO

Navy

LT(JG) John Connors         Arlington, MA

BM1 Chris Tilghman        Kailua, HA

ENC Donald McFaul         Deschutes, OR

TM2 Issac G. Rodriguez III           Missouri City, TX

Marine Corps

Name    Home of Record

Cpl. Garreth C. Isaak                      Greenville, SC     * denotes service member is laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.

[chris-conover]

Understanding the Digital Currency Ecosystem

The rise of digital payment and accounting systems means that traditional currencies are no longer the only transactional method available in contemporary finance and banking. While there are many types of digital currencies, they are all only accessible in electronic form, via computer or device. There is no associated physical asset, as with paper currency or coins. Since traditional institutional intermediaries are not involved, these digital currencies tend to have lower costs associated with them.

Digital currencies are either decentralized or centralized. Centralized currencies have traditionally included fiat currencies, which are physically issued by central banks of sovereign nations. On the other hand, many cryptocurrencies, such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, are decentralized and not tied to any one country or government agency.

The power of decentralized finance (DeFi) is that it eliminates banks, governments, and other intermediaries, and allows the democratization of financial services. Peer-to-peer transactions backed by a transparent public blockchain facilitate lending and borrowing, regardless of geographical location. Uniquely identifiable through cryptographic keys and asset tokenization, cryptocurrencies take forms that extend to any type of digital asset, such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which can be a branded icon, work of art, or video clip.

While the decentralization and anonymity of digital currencies offer distinct advantages since there are no central authorities overseeing transactions, this brings risks, as well. They can be extremely volatile, operating on participant supply and demand, and they lack the backing of a government and its insurance capabilities. Without regulatory oversight, they are also vulnerable to price manipulation.

Countries are now developing central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) that offer a crypto alternative backed and regulated by the state. More than 130 countries are in some stage of experimentation with CBDCs, with core aims of ensuring financial inclusivity and boosting the efficiency of transactions.

Another risk mitigation strategy centers on stablecoins, which aim to provide constant value, similar to other established investment assets and currencies. These are backed by underlying assets with proven and consistent market performance. Ideally, these assets are fiat currency, with deposits of equivalent amounts of hard currency used for redeeming tokens. Tether and other stablecoin issuers, however, back their coins with more speculative investments.

A fourth type of digital currency is the virtual currency employed within online gaming environments or virtual worlds. These unregulated currencies allow the purchase of an array of virtual goods and weapons, which are traded or used within the virtual ecosystem. The game or world developers (or an affiliated founding organization) usually control the supply of the virtual currencies. While transactions are seamless within the ecosystem, there is a risk of scams and fraud among users.

One additional way people categorize digital currency is as closed or open. This reflects the underlying operating system and whether it’s open to everyone for cross-currency trading purposes, or to only a select number of users. Most gaming system currencies are closed, as they are only usable in the virtual gaming environment. Airline miles rewards are also closed, in the sense that they have value only within the system when applied to air miles. Credit card reward points can be converted into reward items or cash that can be deposited into one’s account, and thus have closed and open elements. Further confusing boundaries, a number of blockchain-based games offer in-game currencies for sale using cryptocurrency.

Open digital currencies, such as Ethereum and Bitcoin, are convertible into various other cryptocurrencies, and also into certain fiat currencies. They thus have more importance for the broader economy and financial systems supporting it.

[oqmemphis]

alright there's been no new responses in a while so i'm calling it here. stats under the cut for anyone who's interested

The form had a total of 76 responses. The average response included 36 names (of the 346 listed on the survey), with the shortest list being 14 names and the longest being 91. No two people submitted the exact same list.

Only three respondents typed anything in the write-in box at the bottom; one person simply wrote "No", one wrote in Lou Wilson (despite him being listed on the form), and the third briefly explained their thought process and then gave me a compliment. Thanks, that one person!

31 cast members were included by at least half of respondents. They are:

Brennan Lee Mulligan (100%)

Zac Oyama (100%)

Ally Beardsley (99%)

Ify Nwadiwe (97%)

Mike Trapp (97%)

Grant O'Brien (95%)

Jacob Wysocki (95%)

Sam Reich (95%)

Izzy Roland (91%)

Jess Ross (91%)

Lily Du (91%)

Lou Wilson (88%)

Siobhan Thompson (88%)

Vic Michaelis (88%)

Katie Marovitch (87%)

Josh Ruben (80%)

Erika Ishii (86%)

Rekha Shankar (86%)

Brian David Gilbert (78%)

Jess McKenna (78%)

Raphael Chestang (76%)

Emily Axford (74%)

Oscar Montoya (70%)

Tao Yang (70%)

Anna Garcia (68%)

Aabria Iyengar (64%)

Brian Murphy (61%)

Ross Bryant (61%)

Amy Vorpahl (58%)

Jiavani (51%)

Becca Scott (50%)

30 people had an inclusion rate between 10% and 50%:

Paul Robalino (49%)

Carolyn Page (45%)

Carlos Luna (43%)

Jacquis Neal (42%)

Kimia Behpoornia (42%)

Rick Perry (41%)

Jordan Myrick (38%)

Zach Reino (37%)

Ryan Creamer (36%)

Rashawn Nadine Scott (33%)

Monét X Change (30%)

Michael Schaubach (29%)

Danielle Radford (28%)

Lisa Gilroy (25%)

Adam Conover (24%)

Chris Grace (24%)

Zeke Nicholson (22%)

Persephone Valentine (21%)

Michael Saltzman (20%)

Elaine Carroll (20%)

Jess Clemons (20%)

Mano Agapion (18%)

Alex Song-Xia (14%)

David Cyr Kerns (14%)

Ele Woods (14%)

Jeremy Culhane (14%)

Ruha Taslimi (14%)

Caitlin Reilly (12%)

Caldwell Tanner (11%)

Paul F. Tompkins (11%)

Performers in orange do not appear under the "Cast members" list on Dropout's Wikipedia page. That list additionally contains two people who were included by fewer than 10% of respondents: Jon Gabrus (8%) and Christine Medrano (4%).

Currently doing a survey to try and figure out who people consider to be in the "regular cast" of Dropout. If you're interested in filling it out, link's here:

Note: this form has a lot of names on it, but I promise it's not as time-consuming as it looks - most of them are folks who've only appeared a couple of episodes.

[hbmmaster]

"dropout presents" specials ranked:

Chris Grace: As Scarlett Johansson

Bigger! With Brennan and Izzy

Courtney Pauroso: Vanessa 5000

Hank Green: Pissing Out Cancer

Adam Conover: Unmedicated

[yidiaos]

好莱坞罢工和Netflix背后的流媒体血汗工厂

好莱坞的编剧和演员罢工已经超过了100天。我想借着Netflix的成本控制解释一下好莱坞罢工，有一点点长，希望大家可以明白为什么Netflix的成本控制可以这么强。

Netflix的超强成本控制之一是因为它不受到传统媒体的分润机制（residual payment）的约束，而这一分润机制源自于1960年的演员和编剧同时罢工。当时电影行业受到电视兴起的冲击，演员和编剧的收入受到影响，于是那年争取到了电影票房之后他们依然能从电视播放收益中收到5%的分润，分润也是后来大部分从业者的主要收入来源。后来1988年罢工也保证了DVD的分润。每一次新的媒体的出现都使得工会需要重新谈判分润制度。

而Netflix在内的流媒体因为早期规模较小，分润机制独立而且远少于电视和DVD，主要收入源自订阅人数，因此重播并不会增加编剧演员的收入。相比电视台每次重播有广告收入也需要支付重播费给演员编剧，而DVD销售数据透明，Netflix对数据的公开性也不够。虽然具体的分润取决于平台的订阅人数，观看时长，播放量，拍摄成本，但是具体到个人已经少了很非常多。

这里列出几个例子做对比：

Netflix最热的剧鱿鱼游戏的节目统筹（Showrunner）黄东赫只有原始合同的收入，没有一分钱分润收入。

编剧Adam Conover帮小电视台TruTV制作电视剧一年分润3万美元，帮Netflix制作节目一年只有500美金。

当年的热播剧《老友记Freinds》的六名主演2000年一年分润一百万美金，而主演之一Kimiko Glenn从Netflix的热播剧 《女子监狱Orange is the New Black》一年分到27.3美元。

Disney+的剧She-Hulk编剧Cody Ziglar 一集分润只有396美金。

出演Netflix电影Bright的Chris Browning说如果是卖DVD时代可以分到25k美金左右，而现在只有271美金。

黑寡妇的主演Scarlett（斯佳丽）曾经因为Disney将电影黑寡妇同时上线Disney+和院线提出诉讼，因为这会导致演员的收入减少上千万美元，最后双方达成庭外和解，应该是Disney补偿了票房分成的部分。这还是同步上映的成本缩减，如果只上映流媒体人员成本会有更高的缩减。

影视从业者的收入来源源自两部分，一部分是项目底薪，一部分是分润。前面解释了流媒体对分润的减少，实际上底薪也被Netflix减少了不少。编剧方面因为Netflix审稿方式的改变，编剧被迫接受Mini Room的创作方式，扣除通胀前十年平均收入减少了4%，扣除通胀后收入缩水将近1/4。

Mini Room意味着编剧自费请助手短时间内写几集剧本大纲，通过审稿之后Netflix只会给这几集的费用，剩下的由Netflix自己请更便宜的编剧甚至使用辅助AI去写完，因此我们会看到现在很多流媒体剧的编剧每一集都不一样，只是因为这样够便宜。

此外，过去编剧需要参与整个制作流程，在片场待命，随时可能因为具体的拍摄进度和情况去更改剧本，在不断参与制作中，编剧的水平才能得以成长。Netflix拒绝让编剧参与整个制作和拍摄，只需要写剧本的工具人，省下了成本。这一模式最大弊端是编剧水平难以提升，进而导致作品质量的下降。

演员方面，我们熟知的大明星占比只有0.2%，87%的演员收入不足26k美金（Forbes报道2023年美国人平均年薪$59k），不足工会申请保险的最低标准，大部分都是接项目来维生 （case by case）。市场不好的时候可能好几个月没有工作，只能靠分润来维生。目前片方并不会为这些人低收入人群提供医疗保险，这也是工会希望争取到的权益之一。

为了削减人员成本，好莱坞扫描人脸模型，由AI来生成演员的脸并且只需要支付一次性的授权费用。如果看过Black Mirror就很好理解这个问题了。比起在片场管理一百名群演，不如在电脑里管理一百个脸模。一次扫描，终身使用，足够便宜。工会目前争取的是片方合理使用AI，过度使用AI无异于杀鸡取卵。

如果Netflix和正在发展流媒体的传统好莱坞在内的愿意满足编剧工会的要求，加在一起一年支出只会增加4.3亿，相比之下Netflix一家的一个季度净利润就 18亿。

这次不同以往，片方的态度也很硬。Disney的CEO Bob Iger直接说他们的要求不切实际。原因就是流媒体很多都还在亏钱，这种情况下还要增加支出，高层自然不情愿。经济下行的时候华尔街更看重盈利能力而不是营收，烧钱抢市场并不能获得更高的估值，股价下跌迫使管理层必须更注重盈利能力，开源不成必须节流。但是别忘了高层的收入毕竟是普通从业人员的数百倍数千倍，他们自然不会关心底层的死活。

流媒体无法盈利是因为过去过度的烧钱扩张，不停地拍摄新剧新片去抢占市场，包括苹果和亚马逊在内的大量资本都涌入了这个行业，大量资本烧钱导致了无法盈利。经济下行的情况下，华尔街和流媒体需要将重点转移到盈利上，过去的巨大开销短时间内无法盈利也无可��非。

因此我们看到流媒体平台开始把制作投入到亚洲这样的市场，包括Netflix上的鱿鱼游戏，最近的Disney+的韩剧Moving。因为亚洲的拍摄成本更低，比如鱿鱼游戏成本只有20million，而迪士尼本土一部电影平均成本是200million美金。如果我们回看过去的全球化浪潮，美国把制造业转移到日韩台再转移到中国现在转移到东南亚和印度，是一样的道理。本地的工厂倒闭或者迁移，本地人失去工作机会，产生更大的贫富差距和各种社会不稳定因素。

这一现象目前正在发生在影视内容制作上。订阅制不仅在流媒体盛行，包括音乐行业和游戏行业也在沿袭这一付费方式去抢占市场，目前也有很多独立音乐人正在抵制这一方式。这一模式高增长的背后是牺牲大部分普通从业人员的权益去挤压更多利润。

Netflix之所以能这么做是因为过去的60多年里，逐渐完善的影视行业规则下积累了很多优秀的创作者。不停地有新鲜血液和人才因为热爱和各种原因而进入这个行业，他们不断积累经验并且分享给下一代。现在的从业人员和新人不但难以积累经验，甚至面临着生存危机。也许华尔街和投行会把Netflix称为创新者和变革者，但是请不要忘了流媒体的新规则是建立在对从业人员极致的压榨之上。而这些从业人员是过去好莱坞六十年来的日趋完善的行业机制培养出来的。

总而言之，超强的成本控制背后其实剥削了很多从业者的利益，如果根据历史经验，双方可能谈判出一个合理的新的分润机制并且满足工会部分要求，这势必会增加流媒体的运营成本，但是和夸张的利润比起来其实并非难以实现。不��这一次和过去不同的是这一次片方有谈判的资本，因为他们可以将内容转移让本土的内容制作转移到亚洲，一样能出热播剧一样能赚钱，因此这次的态度更为强硬。也许经济形势并不好的当下，可能双方的对峙还需要持续一段时间。

[woah-krayonder]

Americana: Prologue Excerpt  (2007) short film by Mitch Akselrad

This is an excerpt from Mitch Akselrad's short film Americana: Prologue (20 min).

The film serves as a prologue to a feature script Akselrad is writing. The story is about an engineer who figures out the key to a new technology and decides to build the fastest roller coaster in the world with it. The short looks at the character's fascination with the world of amusement parks and the origin of his love for roller coasters. Meanwhile, he tries to keep his girlfriend from leaving him.

This short excerpt features the resolution of Kyleen (Lauren Lopez) and Daryl's emotional argument. It goes on to show Daryl taking the first steps in pursuing his dream.

I did the sound design, voice over recording, music recording/mixing, and final mix for the film.

The wonderful music you hear was composed and performed by Steve Metz with Antwaun Stanley and Emily Berman singing.

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well, they're in the book, but since this is not a spoiler, here they are. with links!

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Author’s note: This is far from every source I have consulted in the writing of this novel, but I wanted to share a selection of books and online resources that have inspired and guided me. 

Agnew, Jeremy. Medicine in the Old West: A history, 1850-1900. Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., Publishers, 2010.

Collins, A. M. The great western cookbook, Recipes from the Old West. Middletown, Delaware: Self Reliance Books, 2021.

Conover, Adam. “Adam Ruins Everything - How Prostitutes Settled the Wild West.” YouTube. Accessed March 6, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMycRBIXTWk.

Dupuis, Ann, et al. Gurps Old West, Adventure on the American Frontier, Second Edition. Austin, Texas: Steve Jackson Games, 2000. 

Enss, Chris. How the west was worn: Bustles and Buckskins on the Wild Frontier. Guilford, Connecticut: TwoDot, 2006.

Foster-Harris, William, and Evelyn Curro. The look of the Old West. New York, New York: Skyhorse Pub, 2007.

McElroy, Sydnee, and Justin McElroy. Sawbones book: The hilarious horrifying road to modern medicine. US: Weldon Owen Incorporated, 2021.

Military history: The definitive visual guide to the objects of Warfare. New York, New York: DK Publishing, 2012.

Murray, Stuart. Wild west. New York, New York: Dorling Kindersley Pub, 2005.

“Native Knowledge 360°: Frequently Asked Questions.” National Museum of the American Indian | Smithsonian. Accessed March 6, 2025. https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/faq/did-you-know.

Rutter, Michael. Upstairs girls: Prostitution in the American West. Helena, Montana: Farcountry Press, 2010.

Stamm, Henry E. People of the Wind River: The Eastern Shoshones, 1825-1900. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010.

“Tribal Government: Eastern Shoshone Tribe.” Eastern Shoshone, September 24, 2021. https://easternshoshone.org/. Weiser-Alexander, Kathy. Frontier slang, lingo & phrases. Warsaw, Missouri: Legends of America, 2015.

if anything can describe the type of person i am, is the fact that i'm writing a bibliography for my romance novel.