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wheel-of-fish · 4 years

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By the Numbers: Ben Crawford, Ali Ewoldt, Jay Armstrong Johnson

By the Numbers: The Ben Crawford/Ali Ewoldt/Jay Armstrong Johnson Stream, August 22, 2020

[long-awaited submission from Aldebaran; I’m putting it behind a cut]

Oh my gosh, an epic stream deserves an epically long and epically late By the Numbers! Come with me back in time, all the way back to two weeks ago, which in pandemic days is a month and a half. Before we were treated to Giant Ivan and Tiny Tamara in Moscow, there was The Swagger, The Disney Princess and The Bot…

This was a fantastically fun boot to watch as part of a group of enthusiastic Saturday Streamers! Plusses included an earlier-in-his-run Ben “The Swagger” Crawford as the Phantom, with the spotlight on his booming baritone voice, and Ali “Paris’s Sweetheart” Ewoldt as an enchanting Christine. And—Jay Armstrong Johnson (we’re pretty sure) as Raoul. Or some semblance of Raoul. Something was up with Raoul in this performance and the consensus was there may have been robotics involved. I won’t say more here; the streamers have it covered below and a fantastic set of memes by Onthevirg/faunaproductions caught tons more great moments. Very very nice filming job by a master who clearly knew the show well and anticipated major moments and character moves in a smooth manner. Not a bot though. As far as we know. And featuring an AIAOY– let’s just say that has to be seen to be believed.

Some stats on the stats: An asterisk * indicates a recurring category. All numbers are accurate except where they are not. I was tempted last week to resort to making crap up for this recap, but resisted the temptation. I will occasionally add in a missing letter or two. If a person’s train of thought is split up, I will ignore intervening commentary and put that thought back on track. Occasionally, by design or by mischance, a comment or two will be moved slightly out of original chronological order. Or wildly out of chronological order to cater to a theme. Or a whim. Only when it’s funny. There is also no clean way to say the word “organ” which pops up a lot in this stream. (See what I mean? It can’t be done.)

*Suggested names for this boot: The Animatronic Boot, The Better Than Cooper Boot, The It’s Alive! Boot, Robot Roll Call Boot (Okay, nobody suggested these. It was me. I suggested these)

*Statistician’s Favorite Boot Name: mechanical hands down, The RaoulBot Boot

*Wow, we like to talk about Phantoms: It has become clear to me that we like to talk about everybody. And everything. Phantoms, Christines, Raouls, Mandalorians. Here are most of the people mentioned in the stream. There is no context. Just like a real stream!!!

John Riddle (9), Gina Beck (8), Ramin (6), Rob Houchen (2), Ethan (1), Eiji (1), Uwe (3), Jordan Craig (2), Sierra (1), Steve Barton (3), David Shannon (2), Norm (14), Earl (1), Cooper (2), Darua (4), Thiago (11), Rachel Barrell (1), Meghan Picerno (2), Cherik (19), Pedro Pascal (1), B*rbour (7), Eva Tavares (4), Ted Keegan (5), Maree Johnson (2), Quentin Oliver Lee (1), Jeremy Hays (1), Ben Jacoby (3), Andrew Keenan Bolger (1), Greg Mills (1), Michael Maliakel (1), KKA (8), Jordan Donica (1), Kyle Barisch (8), Andrew Ragone (3), Paul Stanley/Stankey (3), Hannah Gadsby (2)

Residual Stolle Thirst: Residual Stolle Thirst from the stream a week prior to this one, plus Mr. Stolle’s appearance as Passarino AND the Conductor in this boot resulted in >32 mentions. There may or may not have been comparisons between his Raoul and this boot’s Raoul. I certainly wouldn’t put it past us.

Epithets for Ben Crawford: Ubiquitous mentions of Crawdaddy and The Swagger. More personalized and clearly personal epithets: Big Ben—ktarinajones, BENBENBENBEN—whereisthepersian, OH HELLO VOICE—butdreamsofbeauty, my horny bastard and I love him—ktarinajones

Epithets: reader’s choice as to which Phantom(s) the following apply to (no one in this stream): Fuckface McGee–therosenpants Sir Scruffsalot—snows Voldemort—Benny-Lynne Traschcan–therosentpants

Antici_____pation:

I can’t wait for jay I honestly thought they’d slapped a human face on a robot and called it a day—angedelamusique

Let’s all just have fun trying to spy hints of actual emotion in Jay’s Raoul—GlassPrism

Oh there will be memes. Ben Crawford is a walking meme and there will be a robot on stage—ktarinajones

Oh boy, here we go—GlassPrism

We love a trainwreck:

I love this stream crowd because you all show up for trainwrecks just as enthusiastically as you do for good actors—wheel-of–fish

We love a trainwreck!—butdreamsofbeauty

we’re ready—angelofthelake

trainwrecks are v satisfying—christinegrrl

We’re here with roses, we’re here with rotten fruit, we’re versatile! A good tirefire is a marshmallow roast–snows

Debut of RaoulBot: Before the show even began, JAJ’s Raoul had a name:

RaoulBot—ktarinajones at 20:01:33 (historic occasions get timestamps!)

wait they can’t moisten the raoul if he’s a robot, can they?—butdreamsofbeauty

they can oil him—ktarinajones

oil the raoul, perfect—butdreamsofbeauty

He has a silicone exterior—Benny-Lynne

wd-40—wheel-of-fish

How do we know he is waterproof? Let’s see if he sparks when he hits the Raoul Hole—Aldebaran

Earliest Meme Generation: Our intrepid memester Virg had material for a meme within 8 minutes 27 seconds of the start of the stream.

Love is in the Air: There was a lot of love in this stream

Ali Love: >32

Laird Love: 28

Carlotta Love: 20

Filmer Love: 5

Extreme John Riddle love: 2

when there’s video of John Riddle the filmer can have a kidney if they want—ktarinajones, seconded by christinegrrl

And then there was Jay:

Oh he did a head nod. Well done.—Bozzleboz

At least Jay doesn’t shoot a policeman—PureAnon

Several head turns in succession there. Getting ambitious.–Bozzleboz

Illumination!: Auction Raoul set the tone for the evening to come, and the chandelier seized the moment to shine.

OMG, his jaw moves just like a real person….or a nutcracker—Aldebaran

His batteries are running down. Maybe they will wire him for the new electricity.—Aldebaran

Robot Raoul is using all the electricity—Aldebaran

That chandelier isn’t rising—Ladyrock18

It’s not rising because they have to unhook the cables that power Raoulbot—DocTy

The chandelier shows more emotions than Jay as Raoul—Maze-zen

Erik made a Raouldoll to add to his collection?—Benny-Lynne

The chandelier shows the full range of human emotions. That is why it was cast.—haunted-hideaway

The chandelier is more expressive than this Raoul—Carole

The chandelier can actually sing in morse code—DocTy

Meanwhile backstage Raoulbot is recharging in his alcove—Aldebaran

If you listen closely you can hear diesel generators in the background recharging the batteries—DocTy

C’mon guys, he’s solar powered—ktarinajones

is that why he stops working in the dark during AIAOY–christinegrrl

Statistician Aldebaran wonders if she will be able to handle viewing Cherik:

Oh I finally finished the 90’s miniseries! I have thoughts!—Abberina

Abberina do you have thoughts other than “I hurt, I am in pain”?—snows

@snows the ending was WILD—Abberina

Abberina, I spent the whole day lying and crying after the 90s miniseries, are you allright?—Carole

“Wild”??? How are you still living! That ending! Gghh!—snows

Do you need something? A glass of water? Therapy?—Carole

My heart hasn’t recovered yet. And I watched it 4 years ago.–Carole

Christine Who?: One would think that Christine’s debut in Hannibal would have the streamers’ full attention. But no. All eyes were on Raoul in his box. Or maybe just unpacked from the box he came in.

can it be? can it be a robot?—christinegrrl

can it be chreeeestineeee—butdreamsofbeauty

engage clapping program—Aldebaran

clap beep boop clap clap—angelofthelake

beep boop clapping action beep boop—Jadowdra

EXECUTE EMOTION—missbuster

Stache or cache?: Once we were beginning to get an idea of the limits of Raoulbot’s programming, we turned our attention to his most character defining feature—the mustache.

omg mustache—MelancholysChild

His mustache is a little full for me. Oh well. I guess that’s where he hides his secrets.—haunted-hideaway

wowWWWW—put that boy in a floofy shirt and stick him in the pirates of the caribbean ride at disney, damn—snows

it’s where he hides his processer—therosenpants

haunted he needs something to cry into—ashadeintheshade

That is not a mustache, that is fiber optics—Aldebaran

although he is stiffer than the other robotic pirates—snows

Haunted, his secret is his charger entrance—Carole

You keep your secrets then, Raoul—haunted-hideaway

Autocorrect Follies:

Pinging = Piangi–Bozzleboz

Paul Stankey = Paul Stanley—IamErik771

Ironic Statement is Ironic:

I always forget there’s an elephant–yiks

Cooper finds a role:

[as Buquet appears] oh hey look it’s cooper!—snows finally a role for cooper, buquet all the way—Aldebaran ohh wait sorry it’s the other scruffy creepy nasty weirdo—snows

*Best from Onthevirg’s Mom: “like stolles passarino cooper should always be buquet—it’s a fitting role”

Joseph Buquet job performance review:

DO YOUR FREAKING JOB BUQUET. –madamefaust I’ll never get over that line “i promise i wasn’t doing my job!!!!!”—butdreamsofbeauty

The Boy Ain’t Right: Little Lotte made it very apparent that Raoul may have been compromised.

Don’t make fun of him, you guys. The tiny alien in his head driving his body is doing his best, ok?—haunted-hideaway

li tt le l ott e—tearoses

So….Erik’s looking like an awesome choice right about now…–HerbalPath

Usually i’m r/c but uh not today—yiks

His hat is just an excuse he’s going to recharge a bit—Carole

That was almost threatening how he said little lotte—Ladyrock18

*Vintage MadameFaust: Don’t quote me too much, my knowledge is based on judicious use of Wikipedia;-)

[inspired by Raoul’s Little Lotte performance] CHOCOLATES

HUMANS LOVE CHOCOLATES *Biggest Organ in Paris: The mirror scene included a thunderous organ accompaniment. It took me ten minutes to write a non-filthy sentence that conveyed that information while containing the word “organ.” The Saturday Streamers were fired up! Except for a certain statistician–

WOAH—therosenpants THAT ORGAN—PureAnon ORGAN—haunted-hideaway Wow—DocTy ORGAN!—butdreamsofbeauty did you hear that??????—therosenpants organ—DocTy Orrgannnnn—Xyloghost that roused me from Lore Olympus—therosenpants ORGAN!—Jawodra What’s with the loud organ?—maze-zen organ AWESOME—snows THE ORGAN WAS PERFECT—whereisthepersian I loved it!—MelancholysChild Is that new? that’s BADASS–snows Organ <3—Carole The organ is loud because Ben is loud—PureAnon Erik is playing his pocket organ–Abberina It’s the phantom of the phantom of the opera—wheel-of-fish

Oh God now I have to count Organ mentions (>20) and everyone is going to judge me—Aldebaran

*What scent are the Phantom’s candles: Previously established in the official “Love That Lair” candle line, in addition to Vanilla Brown Sugar, Cucumber Melon, Tobacco Spice, Underground Despair, and Hopeless Mist, the newest entry unveiled for this stream was Sepulchral Solitude, a light and airy blend of ennui, nihilism and condensation, perfect for occasional bouts of midnight composing.

*The Phantom’s pillows mentions: 2

obligatory pillow mentions, they are a nice colour scheme–missbuster

Baritone Love Fest:

we! love! a baritone! phantom!—butdreamsofbeauty

Baritones are the best!–PureAnon

Yes!—JacobZ

Yes to baritones. To whatever they ask.—Aldebaran

baritones are incredible—angelofthelake

I like em big and boomy—Bozzleboz

yes they are—MelancholysChild

The deeper and boomier, the better—PureAnon

*Erik has Skillz:

Okay so Ben just flipped through about six alternate personalities in a single line, and that’s impressive—snows

his voice is like chocolate sauce—Benny-Lynne

His voice is so deep I wanna scuba dive in it—Benny-Lynne

The Swagger at Rest:

Sir must you spread your legs so—snows

snows yes he MUST—ashadeintheshade

nice stance—MelancholysChild

Oo. Manspreading—Bozzleboz

but like… the good kind–snows

Sweet Music’s Throne: Ben’s nascent aggression came out in his organ playing. The INSTRUMENT!

OMG HIS KNEES This is really funny to me—madamefaust

He is def using his knees a lot—christinegrrl

Oh he’s….trying to play the keyboard—missbuster

He’s putting his back into that organ playing, there—haunted-hideaway

he’s definitely a more aggressive phantom I think—wheel-of-fish

A good squat workout I guess?—christinegrrl

Lift with your knees man—haunted-hideaway

The key to being an organist is all in the lumbar–Jacobz

Ben’s stance remains a source of….let’s call it concern. Yes, concern:

He’s got good stance—ashadeintheshade

why are his legs SO far apart though—butdreamsofbeauty

because they’re so loooong—missbuster

power stance—MelancholysChild

is he riding an invisible horse?—jadowdra

And, inevitably, boner mentions: 5 (You know who you are. Good thing, because I was watching Ben.)

The Phantom is pleased to announce: boner mentions are ummm holding firm

Christine makes questionable choices:

oh she looked down—christinegrrl

she totally looked down and then bolted but let’s be real WHY RUN—snows

Boner-adjacent vocabulary:

Horny and variants (>17)

Lusty (2)

Organ—THE INSTRUMENT!! (>20)

Christine does not stan a crafty Phantom:

he’s doing so well then he has to bring Barbara into it—Virg’s mom

SEE? I MADE THIS FOR YOU?

OOPS

THAT DID NOT GO TO PLAN—haunted-hideaway

Strange Ships: The debut of a long overdue category highlighting all the really random ships that are proposed during a given stream.

Erik/RaoulBot—haunted-hideaway

Andre/Carlotta–????

Barbara/severed Hannibal head—????

Christine/Luigi—ashadeintheshade

Barbara/new and improved sexbot from LND—Onthevirg

RaoulBot/Barbara—DocTy {streamers were split here that Barbara shouldn’t settle versus OTP}

Yes, I know, it’s a great disservice to Barbara but still, maybe they can bond over replacement parts—DocTy

Only in this streams I walk away with either a new favourite actor, a fanfic recommendation and/or a new pairing to ship—Jadowdra

*Education of the Innocent: Several seminars were held this stream. First, a wide ranging and frank discussion of historically accurate ballet rats, pimping and ummm social diseases. We segued from a dissertation on our own Madame Giry as a probable pimp to the topic of the hierarchy of French Royalty. These topics heavily featured our resident history buffs therosenpants, angedelamusique, PureAnon and madamefaust, with varying degrees of participation in the pimping and social disease discussions. Second, a discourse on “the catch” and variations, the catch being allowed in London and not on Broadway due to union rules. A variant unknown to me, the “half catch” was mentioned. Third, a sadly eye-opening (for some) discussion of the “horsey dance”:

Look, Norm was directed to do the horsey dance. Anything is possible on Broadway.—madamefaust

sorry a HORSEY DANCE—butdreamsofbeauty

HORSEY DANCE???—onthevirg

horsey dance…??—angelofthelake

ah yes the ever classic jumping up and galloping horsey dance—madamefaust

It was more of a forceful trot during ‘Order your fine horses’ in Final Lair—madamefaust

faust you can’t just drop that in chat and not explain yikes—butdreamsofbeauty

someone link the gif—andgedelamusique

[fatefully the gif was linked]

thanks, I hate it!—butdreamsofbeauty

OH I thought that was a JOKE, that was REAL?—ashadeintheshade

oh noooo I saw that in like a compilation of funny phantoms and i thought it was a joke oh no—ashadeintheshade

The Horsey Dance claims more victims–Aldebaran

STYDI Sound effects:

[the Phantom collapses]

plorp—wheel-of-fish

plorp—MelancholysChild

Now I want to hear his palms squeak on the ground—madamefaust

I’m Jewish and I don’t approve of this level of ham Curse youuuuu—JacobZ

Prior to Il Muto the organ makes another appearance. The INSTRUMENT!!!:

Organ boop!—Bozzleboz

Organ again. Oh God now I said it.—Aldebaran

Aldebaran, you can’t escape the organ. The Phantom’s organ WILL find you.—PureAnon

this Erik is so extra he took the organist’s place in the orchestra—DocTy

Il Muto Pillow Mentions: 1

Fascinating discussion about which is worse/better, bad actors or boring actors:

It’s the old argument between what’s worse bad or boring—GlassPrism

is it better to burn out or fade away—wheel-of-fish

Is it more fun to watch an Uwe or a Thiago—GlassPrism

Thiago activates my RAGE setting.—madamefaust

AIAOY is never make me watch this again: Words cannot capture AIAOY. Nevertheless we tried. Here are selected comments.

EXECUTEEMPATHY2.0—missbuster

Maybe there is a rat driving him by his mustache like in Ratatouille. Raoultatouille.—missbuster

turn.her.90.degrees—Aldebaran

if she shakes him, I bet we can hear him rattle—DocTy

Raoul.exe has stopped working—christinegrrl

he bluescreened—butdreamsofbeauty

error 404—angelofthelake

can you even play Doom on this Raoul?—Jadowdra

Does he even like her?—madamefaust

He’s just staring into the abyss—angelofthelake

Why did no one tell him that wooing does not involve low-level dread—JacobZ

<10> no more talk of darkness GOTO20—snows

<20> forget these wide eyed fears GOTO30—snows

his wooing program has bugs–Aldebaran

YOU ARE NO BETTER THAN MY ARCH-ENEMY THIAGO–madamefaust

are they actually kissing?—madamefaust

now you must place your face upon her face and remain still—butdreamsofbeauty

this is depressing—virg’s lil sister

It’s more fun to suffer as a group—wheel-of-fish

Prevailing Theory:

The Phantom clearly switched Raoul with a mannequin—Maze-zen

Fondly Remembering Christian Lund during this AIAOY: 4

Fondly Remembering “the Boop” during this AIAOY: 5

*Requests for AIAOY Kiss replay: 0

Priorities Straight: Host Fish caller for dog pictures on her blog during the stream, resulting in the following mentions

Dogs (35, may need to be adjusted as one of Flora’s dogs is large enough to count as two), Goats (6), Cats (9), Rabbits (5), Chickens (3) Regular non-Cherik deer (1) Pig (1) Cherik deer (9) actual human children (1)

The Masquerade, or as some wags had it due to the mannequins on the staircase, the de Chagny family reunion:

Let’s see the robot try to dance—katarinajones

dance.exe—whereisthepersian

dance.exe failed to start—phantomofthebasement

He is going as a robot to the masquerade–Aldebaran

People gonna trip over his charging cable—whereisthepersian

Relief is the wrong emotion to feel when the Red Death arrives:

Why at a costume party is everyone afraid of a costumed man? How do they know to be scared? Do they hear the background music?—JacobZ

It’s his authoritative stance—madamefaust

Christine’s reaction maybe?—ktarinajones

I think they’re afraid he’s going to drop another chandelier on them. Which, valid.—madamefaust

They saw the bead work. They know who it is.—haunted-hideaway

*Sad comment is sad: commenting on the ornate bow on the score for Don Juan Triumphant

He wraps it up like the present he never received.—haunted-hideaway

*Fathering Gaze lyric: 1

*That staff tho:

“I’m going to a graveyard. I should take my shooty stick with the skull on it!”—haunted-hideaway

We passed the Point of No Return long ago. From the auction, in fact:

his accent, lol–ashadeintheshade

Accent—Bozzleboz

itsa me…—Aldebaran

ITSA HIM—madamefaust

I hate you all—wheel-of-fish

And Ben plays videogames backstage. His inspiration is literally Super Mario.—madamefaust

That was some nice cup stroking—GlassPrism

The Raoul Hole holds no dangers for Raoulbot:

Oh no he’s going to rust and shut down in the lake—wheel-of-fish

They spray him down and moisten him before he jumps in, otherwise he’ll just float on top—haunted-hideaway

Raoul’s wifi is down once more:

Is the boat stuck? Oh, there it goes—madamefaust

The radio signals running Raoul confused the boat—Aldebaran

The organ makes a return in Down Once More: The INSTRUMENT!!!!: 2

Veil Fluff Mentions: 2

he didn’t fluff the veil—ashadeintheshade

I like the veil fluff–ashadeintheshade

Veil Yeet Mentions: 11

The Kiss. An actual human kiss, unlike AIAOY:

ohhh he bends into the kiss—Aldebaran

Aw he’s TRYING to figure out how to kiss—Flora-Gray

He done touched a lady.—haunted-hideaway

That was a good kiss—Abberina

Bozzleboz breaks me, as the Phantom approaches hanging Raoul with a candle:

I burn him now, yes?–Bozzleboz

The Phantom breaks us:

oh god. He just broke me.—Bozzleboz

ohhhh poor angel—Aldebaran

aw erik :(–angeloflake

he’s so resigned:(–Benny-Lynne

we love an exhausted depressed sewer man—butdreamsofbeauty

This Phantom survives just so he can go disassemble Raoul—Aldebaran

Looks Like We Made It:

Time to go plug Raoulbot in for the night—angelofthelake

Performance Comparisons for Raoul/Career Suggestions for Raoul, You Decide:

Nutcracker—Aldebaran

Mannequin Bride—coroaline

Tin Man—christinegrrl, yiks

Edward Scissorhands—GlassPrism

Calculon from Futurama—IamErik771

C3PO—wheel-of-fish

Automaton—ktarinajones

Dalek–missbuster

Cardboard Cutout—haunted-hideaway

Hat Stand–Bozzleboz

*Things I wish I had said:

Christine in Final Lair: She has to go put Raoul in a bag of rice but she’ll be back—Benny-Lynne

*Statistician Aldebaran’s two favorite personal quotes:

little known fact, the red scarf is actually a fanbelt from Raoulbot

19 years on the score, 1 year on the bow

Phew! See you shortly with the By the Numbers of Moscow from LAST week!!! Aldebaran

#saturday streams #aldebaran #by the numbers #submission

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nuadox · 4 years

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Machine learning generates realistic artificial genomes

- By Estonian Research Council -

Machines, thanks to novel algorithms and advances in computer technology, can now learn complex models and even generate high-quality synthetic data such as photo-realistic images or even resumes of imaginary humans.

A study recently published in the international journal PLOS Genetics uses machine learning to mine existing biobanks and generate chunks of human genomes which do not belong to real humans but have the characteristics of real genomes.

"Existing genomic databases are an invaluable resource for biomedical research, but they are either not publicly accessible or shielded behind long and exhausting application procedures due to valid ethical concerns. This creates a major scientific barrier for researchers. Machine-generated genomes, or artificial genomes as we call them, can help us overcome the issue within a safe ethical framework," said Burak Yelmen, first author of the study and Junior Research Fellow of Modern Population Genetics at the University of Tartu.

The pluridisciplinary team performed multiple analyses to assess the quality of the generated genomes compared to real ones. "Surprisingly, these genomes emerging from random noise mimic the complexities that we can observe within real human populations and, for most properties, they are not distinguishable from other genomes from the biobank we used to train our algorithm, except for one detail: they do not belong to any gene donor," said Dr Luca Pagani, one of the senior authors of the study and a Mobilitas Pluss fellow.

Image: A chromosome emerges from random digital noise. Credit: Burak Yelmen.

The study additionally involves the assessment of the proximity of artificial genomes to real genomes to test whether the privacy of the original samples is preserved. "Although detecting privacy leaks among thousands of genomes could appear as looking for a needle in a haystack, combining multiple statistical measures allowed us to check all models carefully. Excitingly, the detailed exploration of complex leakage patterns can lead to improvements in generative model evaluation and design, and will fuel back the machine learning field," said Dr Flora Jay, the coordinator of the study and CNRS researcher in the Interdisciplinary computer science laboratory (LRI/LISN, Université Paris-Saclay, French National Centre for Scientific Research).

All in all, machine learning approaches had provided faces, biographies and multiple other features to a handful of imaginary humans: now we know more about their biology. These imaginary humans with realistic genomes could serve as proxies for all the real genomes which are not publicly available or require long application procedures or collaborations, hence removing an important accessibility barrier in genomic research, in particular for underrepresented populations.

Source: Estonian Research Council

Full study: “Creating artificial human genomes using generative neural networks”, PLOS Genetics.

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009303

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#neural networks #machine learning #ai #artificial intelligence #genomics #chromosome #dna #computing #health tech #bioinformatics #biology #genetics

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rip-a-dip-dip-you-potato-chip · 4 years

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NINJAGO NOVEMBER DAY 3

"OTP"

Skylar and Kai are a fun, Jay and Nya are just adorable. Don't get me wrong Lava, Plasma are lovely, I love thoughs ships to. Its not the fact these implied/real in cannon. Lava is actually one of my favorite ships. I just think Kailor dosent get a whole lot of love like Jaya. Pluss I see these four going on double dates, but its really just a excuse to for Kai to spy on jay and nya and I love it.

Also, SHORT JAY RIGHTZ!

#ninjago #lego ninjago #kai smith #my art #ninjago nya #nya smith #ninjago jay #jay walker #ninjago skylor #kailor #jaya

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misfit-group-chat · 5 years

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Message One - Formation

CAMERON started the chat!

CAMERON named the chat “Group Project Cunts”

CAMERON added ERIC and MATT to the chat

Cameron: Alright Cunts what we doing about this goddamn English project

Eric: can’t high

Matt: hi, Matt’s roommate Jay here. Matt is off his mind on 9 edibles

Cameron: 9? Aren’t those 100 mili each?

Matt: Yep

Matt: Also ...

MATT changed their name to iNutterButter

iNutterButter: that’ll be fun when he not off his mind

Cam: Cna I have one?

Cam: *Cam

Cam: *Can. FUCK

iNutterButter: Nah, Swagger has the last one

Cam: Swagger?

ERIC changed their name to Swagger [High]

Swagger [High]: Sup

Cam: how are you communication?

Cam: not fixing that

Swagger [High]: I am a highly functioning stoner

Swagger [High]: Pluss I didn’t take nine fucking edibles

iNutterButter: Matt is not here to make a sarcastic retort, please a message after the beep

iNutterButter: BeeP

Cam: god I’m going to have to be responsible for once to get anything done

CAM changed their name to Fitz This Mess

Fitz This Mess: also, nothing is getting done on this group project

Swagger [High]: noPe

Fitz This Mess: you somehow managed to pop a p in text and I applaud you.

Fitz This Mess: Now lets change the stupid chat name

Swagger [High] renamed the chat “We’re Doing Drugs”

Fitz This Mess renamed the chat “DONT DO FUCKIG DRUGS”

Swagger [High]: I’m only keeping that since I’m too lazy and my roommate just brought me Tom the Dank Engine

iNutterButter added JAY to the chat

JAY changed their name to creamsTHICCle

creamsTHICCle: nobody tells Matt any of this.

Fitz This Mess: God this is chaos already and there’s only three of us here.

#gay baby gang #misfits #misfits podcast #goodguyfitz #mccreamy #inotorious #swaggersouls #college au #group chat au #1

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rapzips · 5 years

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NOZ BEST OF 2019

I stopped making these zips cause it takes so much time and also Spotify exists now but Noz is always on point so I stole this and from his Light Sleeper page and repackaged a zip that I found in the comments (by eas). Be sure to check his decade wrap ups on the best of Thugger, Future and Sosa too.

1. Lil Nas X – “Old Town Road” (Young Kio) 2. Polo G f/ Lil Tjay – “Pop Out” (Iceberg Beatz & JD On Tha Track) 3. City Girls – “Act Up” (EarlOnTheBeat) 4. NLE Choppa – “Shotta Flow” (Midas800) 5. NBA Youngboy – “Slime Belief” (Beatmonster Marc) 6. Sada Baby – “Back End” (?) 7. Denzel Curry – “Ricky” (FnZ) 8. Playboi Carti – “Molly/No Stylist” (Pi’erre Bourne) 9. ShooterGang Kony – “Charlie” (?) 10. DaBaby – “Suge” (Pooh Beatz & JetsonMade) 11. Injury Reserve f/ Rico Nasty & Pro Teens – “Jawbreaker” (Melik XYZ, Pro Teens & Injury Reserve) 12. Quando Rondo – “Gun Powder” (Tahj Money) 13. Roddy Ricch – “Down Below” (Scott Storch) 14. Lil Keed f/ YNW Melly & Lil Uzi Vert – “Pull Up” (JetsonMade) 15. Megan the Stallion f/ DaBaby – “Cash Shit” (LilJuMadeDaBeat) 16. Billy Woods – “Checkpoints” (Kenny Segal) 17. Gunna f/ Young Thug – “3 Headed Snake” (Wheezy) 18. Suga Free – “Premium Game” (L-Finguz) 19. Queen Key – “Evil” (Enviyon) 20. Young Thug – “Just How It Is” (Wheezy & Nick Mira) 21. Tree & Vic Spencer – “Easy” (Tree) 22. Flo Milli – Beef (Flomix)” (Ethereal – “Beef“) 23. Maxo Kream – “Meet Again” (Teej & Mike Dean) 24. Lil Tjay – “FN” (MB13 Beatz) 25. Dreamville f/ Young Nudy – “Down Bad” (Pluss) 26. Mavi – “Willpower” (ovrkast) 27. Dee Watkins – “Bad Ass Jit” (Rocktee) 28. G Herbo – “Scratchy & Itchy” (Helluva Beats) 29. Earl Sweatshirt f/ Mach Hommy – “4N” (Earl Sweatshirt & Mach Hommy) 30. Stunna Girl – “Runway” (Helluva) 31. Young Nudy f/ Lil Uzi Vert – “Extendo” (Pi’erre Bourne) 32. Female Mula – “Gats In Ya Face” (Rippa On The Beat) 33. Jim Jones f/ Cam’ron & Fred The Godson – “Pity In The Summer” (Heatmakerz) 34. Mustard f/ 1TakeJay – “Intro” (Mustard) 35. Lil Uzi Vert – “Free Uzi” (DJ L Beats – “Gangway“) 36. Noname – “Song 32” (Phoelix) 37. YNW Melly – “Beat A N***a Block” (Ey3lowbeatz) 38. Teejayx6 – “Swipe Story” (KDen Ju) 39. Xanman – “Pink” (Xanman) 40. Shordie Shordie – “Bitchuary (Betchua)” (YG Beats) 41. Duke Deuce – “Yeh” (Ayoza) 42. BlocBoy JB – “Mercedes” (Dilip & Otxhello) 43. Junglepussy – “I’m In Love” (Ben Bradley & Shy Guy) 44. Lil Gray – “Crash” (Mannyvelli & Johnny Caravaggio) 45. Cash Kidd – “Who Shot You” (?) 46. Shy Glizzy – “Demons” (Supah Mario) 47. Trefuego – “90MH” (Kevin Katana) 48. Peezy – “New Car Smell” (Marc Boomin) 49. Tobe Nwigwe f/ Paul Wall – Juice” (Lanell Grant) 50. Lil Tecca – “Ransom” (Nick Mira & Taz Taylor) 51. Comethazine – “Stand” (N/A) 52. Ruby Yacht – “No Word For Wack” (AlgernonCornelius) 53. BbyMutha f/ Ttbby – Spooky Mutha Mansion” (?) 54. Rod Wave f/ Kevin Gates – “Cuban Links” (Yung Tago, Tre Gilliam & TnTXD) 55. Showbiz & Milano – “Tears” (Showbiz) 56. G-Eazy f/ Young Miami & Juvenile – “Throw Fits” (London On Da Track) 57. DuffleBag Boog – “No Sleep” (Liteease) 58. Tierra Traniece – “Fool Me Once” (Rippa On The Beat) 59. Droop-E f/ Cousin Fik & Stressmatic – “Won’t Fold” (Droop-E) 60. Doja Cat – “Rules” (Dr. Luke, Danielle Alvarez, Salaam Remi & Ben Billions) 61. Tisakorean f/ Huncho Da Rocksta & Kblast – “The Mop” (Mighty Bay) 62. Rahli – “Perc 30” (Yung Glizzy) 63. Allblack f/ Kossiko – “304” (StraightDropVanilla) 64. Mo3 – “2 Nineteen” (Stovall) 65. Nefew – “Blocklife Souljas” (Senzo Luciano) 66. E-40 f/ Scarface – “Watch The Homies” (Proptheproducer) 67. Lil Gotit – “Da Real HoodBabies” (Bankroll Got It) 68. Griselda – “Cruiser Weight Coke” (Beat Butcha & Daringer) 69. UnoTheActivist – “Adam Sandler” (Spiffy Global) 70. Trifln’ – “Huh” (Pay$ean) 71. Future – “Krazy But True” (Distance Decay, Corbin, Frankie Bash & Wheezy) 72. Wiki – “The Act” (Slauson Malone) 73. Chief Keef f/ Lil Pump – “Old Heads and Regretful Hoes” (Zaytoven) 74. AG & Cuns – “Get The Feeling” (Cuns) 75. Longmoneykese – Stickwalk” (?) 76. Rico Nasty – “Sandy” (Kenny Beats) 77. Babyface Ray – “Trill Spill” (?) 78. Homeboy Sandman f/ Kurious & Aesop Rock – “Lookout (Remix)” (Mono En Strereo) 79. Baby Smoove – Losing My Mind” (Michigan Meech) 80. ZaeHD & CEO – “Robotics” (Yvngquan) 81. Rick Ross f/ Gunplay – “Nobody’s Favorite” (Trop) 82. Mach Hommy f/ Tha God Fahim – “Mozambique Drill” (Nicholas Craven) 83. Earthgang – “Bank” (Big Korey & Ant Chambers) 84. Offset f/ J Cole – “How Did I Get Here?” (Metro Boomin & Dre Moon) 85. Danny Brown – “Savage Nomad” (Playa Haze) 86. Bandhunta Izzy – “How to Rob” (PYREXWHIPPA) 87. Conway the Machine – “E.I.F.” (JR Swiftz) 88. FMB DZ f/ DaBoii – “GiveNGO” (Jay Johnson) 89. Baby Fifty – “Spank His Ass” (?) 90. OMB Peezy – “Big Homie” (SephGotTheWaves & Drum Dummie) 91. Gucci Mane f/ Kodak Black – “Big Boy Diamonds” (London On The Track) 92. Pop Smoke – “Welcome To The Party” (808Melo) 93. Kevin Gates – “Walls Talking” (Roark Bailey & Richie Souf) 94. Lil Reese f/ Chief Keef – “BBQ” (Chief Keef) 95. MoneyMarr – “Cable Box” (Earl On The Beat) 96. Baby Keem – “Invented It” (Ambezza, Keanu Beats & Baby Keem) 97. Saweetie – “My Type” (London On Da Track) 98. Nuk – “Experiments” (?) 99. Kool Keith f/ Paul Wall – “Foot Locker” (Psycho Les) 100. Ambjaay – “Uno” (Almighty Quise)

HERE’S THE ZIP

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not-so-childsplay · 2 years

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𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄.

name: Celexa Dust eye optic color: Yellow hair style / color: Short and ‘wild’, silver, with three ‘hair pins’ holding most of the hair out of one side of their face, has twin hair ‘ahoges’ that can be slid into their head, or slid out (depends on how they want to appear that day). Best reference for their overall hairstyle would be this image (but flipped for which way the hair goes). height: 5′ 2″ / 158.5cm (roughly) clothing style: Loose and light, mostly tank tops and long pants (black or dark blue for all clothes) + a jacket tied around their waist (refuses to go out in public without one, unless they’re fighting). They wear only things in grayscale, save the rare moment when they’ll don something that’s dark green, dark purple, or dark blue. best physical feature: “The fact that everyone thinks I’m a guy even now is kinda funny, not gonna lie.”

𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐎: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄.

your fears: “Fears I have? Dude, where do I start? Failure, abandonment, being anything less than perfect, losing my family, water deeper than my waist, fucking bees--” your ambitions for the future: “Honestly, at this point? I don’t really have any. Why make any when some new disaster hits Ninjago every six months or so and completely obliterates whatever I was doing? All I really do between battles at this point is try to help repair some of the damage... But If I could have a future again that didn’t involve all of Ninjago being destroyed or not... I guess I’d want to pursue that drawing career I used to think about, back when the multiverse was just a fictional concept.”

𝑻𝑯𝑶𝑼𝑮𝑯𝑻𝑺.

your first thoughts waking up: “Breakfast is at 6AM. The guys will be up at 7:30AM. Wu will be up at 5:30AM. I have thirty minutes to myself...shit.” what you think about before bed: “Honestly... I’d.... Rather not answer.” (Commonly has panic attacks/thinks about a lot of things that make them anxious about the future as they lay there, waiting and begging for sleep to take them. As a robot, melatonin is no longer a valid option for quick sleep... And they have yet to even think about how they could easily ‘turn on’ sleep mode. Adult stupid.) what you think your best quality is: “...my best?...I guess... Kindness?...”

𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻’𝑺 𝑩𝑬𝑻𝑻𝑬𝑹?

single or group dates: “Single dates. I’ve... Considered group dates before, but... That experience was one I’d rather not repeat. Feel free to ask Jay.” to be loved or respected: “Loved. Because love would imply respect.” beauty or brains: “Brains.” dogs or cats: “Each have their plusses, but... I used to own a few cats, years ago, so... Yeah, I personally prefer cats. Kinda wish the team could adopt a few, but.... Don’t wanna get any pets mixed up in our messes.”

𝑫𝑶 𝒀𝑶𝑼…

lie: “I try not to, but I have.” believe in yourself: “More than I used to.” believe in love: “As a chemical reaction? Yes. As a force of nature? Yes. As a superpower or literal weapon? No.” want someone: “...not sure what you’re implying here, but I am seeing someone.”

𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑩𝑬𝑬𝑵…

been on stage: “Yep.- I used to be an actress ages ago, it was pretty fun!” done drugs: “If you count caffeine or melatonin, then yes! If you don’t... Then no.” changed who you were to fit in: “Constantly. Very, very constantly.”

𝑭𝑨𝑽𝑶𝑹𝑰𝑻𝑬𝑺.

favorite color: “Yellow. Always.” favorite animal: “Dragons, close second is wolves.” favorite movie: “Don’t have one!” favorite book: “Also don’t have one.” favorite game: “I guess you could claim Minecraft, since I return to it every other month or so. Y’know, it gets a lot more weird when you can actually put yourself in the game.”

𝑨𝑮𝑬.

day your next birthday will be: “February 21st, though I... Don’t really age anymore.” how old will you be: “Like I said, I don’t age. If you count the death of my physical body as my final age, I’ll always be 25.... If you’re going based on what age of myself I designed this body on... Um... It’s kinda a mix? Just call me an adult and we’re good.... But everyone still thinks I’m a freaking child...”

𝑰𝑵 𝑨 𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑶𝑵.

best personality: best eye color: best hair color: ”I don’t like to claim that there’s a ‘best personality’, or ‘best eye color’, or ‘best hair color’. I’ve seen memories of my other selves, and plenty of them are with beings that are far cries from Zane... And some are with beings that are incredibly similar. Hell, I know a version of me that’s fallen for Bill freaking Cipher. The guy who tried to cause WEIRDMAGGEDON. And over here in Ninjago, I personally fell for a stoic ice-ninja with a metaphorical heart of gold. So... Fuck saying there’s a ‘best personality’, ‘best eye color’, and/or a ‘best hair color’.”

best thing to do with a partner Zane: “Honestly?.... It’s just... Nice to relax with him after a really rough day. I know his hair is a solid mass, but it’s still fun to run my hand along the top while we just... Chat, or read some books.”

𝑭𝑰𝑵𝑰𝑺𝑯 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬.

i love: “--my team.” i feel: “--like I could shatter at any moment.” i hide: “--how scared I am of the future.” i miss: “--having opposable digits.” i wish: “--that this world would stop going through Backstory Events. The record’s five, and I’m---.... I’m at three. No alternate of me has ever survived beyond five before...”

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Tagged By: @mourrow (EYYYYY) Tagging: Mmmmmm you saw this, go for it mate!

#[continue on this winding road/strengths within must start to show: robot!celexa verse]#[pulling their weapon to their side/loading it full of their goodbyes/holding an enemy across the line: season five ninjago verse]#[master breaker on the loose: dash games]#[-*kinda post-S5 but I don't have a tag for S6 yet so fight*-]

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nygeesthoughts-blog · 6 years

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“Your presence and participation is requested for the recording sessions of the upcoming compilation album Revenge of The Dreamers III”.

Rapper J.Cole went on his Instagram(@realcoleworld) on Sunday, January 6th to let us know that the third installation of Revenge of The Dreamers is on the way. There is still no exact release date for the follow up to Revenge of The Dreamers II which was released three years prior, however, Cole and the gang will be on their social media platforms giving us a first-hand look into the 10 recording session( Jan 6th - 16th) taking place in Atlanta, Georgia. Other than the obvious Dreamville artist expect to hear features from B.I.G Krit, Wale, Young Nudy, Westside Gunn, TDE’s newest artist Reason and etc. Dreamville executive Ibrahim Hamad went on his twitter( @KingofQueez) to ask New Orleans rapper Curren$y to be apart of the project no response yet so let’s keep our fingers crossed for that. Cole also brought in one of the hottest producers in the game Tay Keith to be apart of the project as well as a few others. A full list of everyone included on this project is listed below. Make sure you stay locked into the Dreamville Label’s Instagram(@dreamville) for all the behind scenes footage of the ten-day recording session.

ARTIST

Ari Lennox

Bas

B.I.G Krit

Cozz

Deante Hitchcock

EarthGang( Jonny Venus, Doctur Dot)

J.Cole

J.I.D

K-Camp

Lute

Omen

Big Pooh

Reason

Westside Gunn

Wale

Young Nudy

Curren$y(maybe)

DJ’s

DJ Dark Knight

DJ Komari

DJ Nitrane

Producers and Engineers

Anonxmous(producer, produced Nicki Minaji’s Anaconda)

Big Gator Bossman(producer, produced singles of Kyle’s Light of Mne)

Black Metaphor(producer, produced Rick Ross’ Idols Becomes Rivals)

Brian “Malik” Baptiste(producer, produced Earth Gang’s Stuck)

Cardiak(producer, produced Cole’s Immortal)

Ced Brown(producer/engineer)

Chase the Money(producer, produced J.I.D’s Off Deez)

Childish Major(producer, produced J.I.D’s Never)

Christo(producer, produced Bas’ Tribe)

D-Sanders(producer, signed to TDE)

Deputy(producer, produced Cole’s ATM and Neighbors)

Ducko McFli(producer, produced Drake’s Draft Day)

DZL(diesel)(producer, produced 6lack’s Ex Calling

Elite(producer, produced J.I.D’s Ed,Edd, and Eddy)

Jay Kurzweil( producer)

Juro”Mez” Davis(producer)

Kal Banx(producer)

Meez(producer)

Needlz(producer, produced for Lupe Fiasco and 50 Cent)

OG Parker(producer, Migo’s producer)

Pluss(producer, signed under Mike Will Made It produced tracks for Rae Sremmurd)

Pyrex(producer)

Ron Gilmore(producer)

Symbolyc One(S1)(producer, produced Kanye West’s Power)

Supah Mario(producer)

T-Minus(producer)

Tay Keith(producer)

#tay keith #jcole #earthgang #nygeealii #atlblogger #atlanta #hiphop #TDE #atlantablogger #blogpost

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hangtimemagazine · 3 years

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A Closer Look: Jay Pluss and Tenten's "ASHIGARU"

A Closer Look: Jay Pluss and Tenten’s “ASHIGARU”

It’s always a good day when someone sends you music, asking for your honest thoughts. It helps me break the monotonous routine of listening to Phantogram and Kanye West all day. This time around, it was New York’s Jay Pluss and his new tape, “ASHIGARU,” a collaborative effort with producer Tenten, herading from Harare, Zimbabwe. Salutations to these two kings, or should I say,…

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#Artist #ASHIGARU #Bandcamp #GAM #Hip-Hop #Jay Pluss #Music #New York #Producer #Rapper #Review #S!LENCE #Tenten #Zimbabwe

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serene-sun · 2 years

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Slight tw: transphobia?

I’m so sick of going into public and people assuming my pronouns, like the cashier at hobby lobby Fr looked me up and down and said, “have a good day MAM.” Like wtf dude I Fr had my work cloths on and it said on the jacket “my name is: Jay *slang for my first name*, my pronouns are: he/him and they/them.

LIKR BRUH WTH??? The one day I feel awful about my gender everyone HAS to fuck it up even more. And WHY does my mood on my looks change so much, like one minute I’m like wow my honkers are pretty ima wear this revealing dress around the house too oh wow I’m double bind bc my honkers are too big and I don’t feel real.

This isn’t the 1800’s people need to grow up and realize that the populations are changing and that not everyone is a Christian so don’t use that as an excuse to rule over my body and my rights. That’s probably the worst thing about living in America is that the majority of the country is Christian and will use their beilive system against EVERYONE, I’m not saying it’s every Christian but it’s most and that’s what upsets me. Just realize that not follows your faith.

LIKE WHY CANT I DECIDE?!

At this point I just have to expect that almost EVERYONE is going to call me by my middle name *dead name*.

I mean being locked inside the closet since I was 13 kinda made me get used to it but I hate it so much when people call me by my deadname, and it’s always family too.

Like why can’t I just feel like a normal boy? Why can’t I ever just be normal? AND why on gods green earth do trans gay relationships feels so straight? Why can’t I get masculine compliments and it just feels like nobody treats me as a boy and it’s just so frustrating bc it makes EVERYTHING worse. Like the closet was on the verge of breaking since I was 12. PLUSS my legality is being limited rn as a “women with a uterus” and trans, AND gay, so that’s just great.

I don’t know why but I know that no matter how I dress or how much mediation I take I’ll never be a real boy and it just hurts so much that I don’t know how to handle myself :(

#vent post #not that sad #not that anybody asked

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novossamples · 3 years

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Listen/purchase: ASHIGARU (Dungeons of Rap) by JAY PLUSS x TENTEN

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processes · 6 years

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PREPARING ONE’S CONSCIOUSNESS FOR THE AVATAR

GILLIAN CONOLEY

Was a rare sun its sudden mouths, shrugs and voices.

A birth a sleep a forgetting a God

or scientist or brain. Or when in mind or on a freeway a red/orange sign

drops down says

do not neglect, nor demonize the demons. The lice are feasting.

Drafts, computations, clean for more space, rid unnecessary surfaces

bottled water Augua pura, sabor perfecto.

Avatar, avataristic just a brief, lettristic shuffle avatar chiefly Hindi,

manifestation of a diety or released soul in bodily form

on earth (are you? maybe, don’t flatter me) from the Sanskrit

ava “down” + tar “to cross,”

and atavistic origin 19th century (in your dreams) from the Latin

atavus “forefather” via French

atavisme. Frankenstein bewildered at his limp or rising member

still a little angry re: parlor game his cheek tingles nuzzles and buries

itself in verdant marl. World welcomes more world in sun

the young muscled amputee in basketball shorts heading cheerfully,

quickly to the ferry. Don’t stir

the trash

writes Sappho,

It’s you and I in pursuit counter-pursuit

in the long epiphany of having a face. Was it 16th century——

to simulate rain——water spray was released over mechanical dolls

sent flying near the masterpieces—— Or was that you who were tired

of not being

and so began calling for help?

If I were a mothering belly

would I

heave or contract out your tangled, wires tissues a silkworm

cocoon, put your head at my feet and we’ll pretend.

You would not think it is this young Russian

who wants us all to live forever. Walking earth down

to basalt, shale, slate.

Sea-roaring is the blood

in sparrows if the Holy Ghost

a ting, ting in bell tower.

Maritime, lorikeet, sleet. Dimitri Itskov

(pale yellow Borelli blazer,

rose-gold watch, 32, a mild mannered, internet billionaire)

is non-plussed, sweet of face

which someone

(David Hanson, of Hanson Robotics) in Plano, Texas,

is duplicating, carefully

paused above a tiny haired brush for the eyelids in the Times.

36 motors to reproduce facial expressions and voice.

“No more world hunger,” says Dimitry Itskov. At least for you. While the others are always

hungry. So some refrigerators will have to stay, some sent to dump

in silver or white array—— look in, look away.

— — — — — —

how to figure when to leave the body

summer’s blue jay calling caw caw caw quick diving down to peck

the calico/tortoise mix, who waits so stoic, still. Only

to pounce later. Do you play cat or bird? Blue jays lift and spin

the clean sheet on the line, turn

into a tumescent sub-group, the organs of our fancy . . .

Felonies and phantoms

of DNA like sharp notes

cleared of choir

while floats a

yellow post-it, postage size, cropped fabric/memory of my dead

father’s blue/grey wet plaid swim trunks—— a flash——

they burled hand-rest at the end of the burnt stairway——

Time to clean, to clean and polish, the figures and friends

are coming over, the ones who read, command and trail us,

hello canary, hello reptile,

parrot brother sister and oh wow, is that you celebrity? and child.

If you don’t see them now you

will soon—no turning back—

they are mostly atavistic, powerful in what

they get us to look like, do and say. At least you—still in production—don’t

have to sleep next to them, or wake up and wing it—

The wind bellows and rattles the house.

Ice, ice drops another cube. Tiny tinny birdsong.

Wild red fox purple zinnia stone pelican raven.

The celebrities scrub themselves down to the shine.

My mother who is now speaking

in sentences of no more than four words

reclines on the armchair

to watch

like a bony glamorous cheetah, an unwrinkled sleeve stilled

in the complementary then analagous

color theory of the room, the

debris box they are taking away

a week from Friday. One of the figures

has died. And jumped into the debris box.

One of the figures trailing the friends. Delete, clean.

Old sound of empty chimney when wind dips down

into sudden clang. Is that you again—uniting, hiding, expansive in

the silence after sound? OK, I will give you my childhood

neighbor who sat in the backyard painting her china plates,

her dyed black hair done up in a knot—

Breasts loose in a housedress. Her wondrous teats

fallen over her waist above the astonishingly small petals

she is painting on the plates with tiny-haired brushes.

The rotting garage behind her. And what’s this?

Cloudy afterimage of myself and cousin in her upstairs bed her

funeral night? Cool, old, dark, empty house.

Fooling around in the riverbank’s low grasses

the day before? The same

cousin, at least.

Blue palette extending

beyond sky over windless sidewalks that tilt and buckle

at most tree-rooted spots. I know this way

like I have trudged it all along

every new street. Immortality, if you are coming, you are

the last figure off the boat. I am the one who gently pushes the boat

away, and wishes you well, the friends and figures slowly extinguishing

then enlivening the word love, and the love in gone and ever.

#sorry there's no read more on mobile #gillian conoley #avatar #consciousness #literature #poetry #palette #color

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rip-a-dip-dip-you-potato-chip · 4 years

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will this be a legit tumblr fic series? no, absolutely not I just felt like writing something. Everything else will be bullet points since I can knock out like, two to three seasons in one go.

Shannon (Shan) Maywether.

Oc introduction P1

This takes place in between season 1 episodes 10 and 11 in like a mini sode I like to call "Eye of Unfairness" its a play off the fact Shan means unfortunate and unfair in Scottish (something I recently learned)

Also feel free to change out Shannon's/Shans name for your OC if you want to! I don't mind! Keep in mind this fic was made with Shannon's personality and physical condition in mind. I also wouldn't mind feed back!

Third person POV

A day had passed since the reveal of the green ninja. It was a surprise to learn that Lloyd, a kid, was the supposed chosen one. It was shock to, well everyone on board the Bounty.

It was Wednesday, so Shannon was tasked with cooking for the day. She stood, cutting vegetables for the side dish she was wiping up alongside the English breakfast she had made. Her mind was filled with ‘what if's’. As an older sister to 10 younger brothers, 4 of which that happen to be around Lloyd’s age it was startling for her. There was no telling when the 'Final Battle' will take place and what would happen during it, took the focus from the sharp edge of the blade she was holding.

"ow, damn it-" dropping the knife on the cutting board as she cursed. Bringing the cut wound to her lips she sucked on it as she searched for the bandages they kept in the kitchen just incase if kind of thing happened.

After finding bandages and bandaging the cut Shannon finished fixing up the salad. Just as she set the freshly tossed salad on the table the other residents of the ship walked in.

"Morning Shannon" "Mornin' Zane"

The other ninja mumbled a good morning as well as they took their set's at the table and began eating the breakfast prepared.

"Hay Shannon what happened to your hand?" Lloyd asked looking at the older girls hand.

"Oh, accidently cut myself." She replied placing her coffee cup down looking over at the small blonde. She ruffled his hair earning a ‘stop it’ from the boy, and chuckled at how messy his hair was now.

The rest of breakfast went without much problem seeing as how everyone was still riding down from the adrenaline that was yesterday. It all seemed peaceful still Garmadon walked in.

Shannon's POV

Garm walked in, late as usual. And as usual we where all kinda put off with what he was eating. Dark matter grubs I think there called? Never payed much attention to this sorta thing really. I just can't get the truth we uncovered yesterday. Lloyd being the green ninja. Its going to hard for him I can tell.

Letting out an tried sigh I got up with my now empty plate and made my way over to the sink.

"Shannon, the Bounty is landing in a bit. You wanna come run groceries with me?" Nya asked as I passed her.

"Uhh, sure just tell me when you're planning on leaving." "You got it!"

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Third person POV

As stated by Nya the Bounty had landed not long after they finished washing the dishes. The boys were outside training. Shannon seated cross-legged on the steps just watching with Wu. Garmadon had disappeared back into the ship, probably his room for the time being. Lloyd was hanging around the place too, inside reading. And Nya was getting ready to head out.

It wouldn't be for another 10 minutes till Garmadon emerged from where ever he was.

And unfortunately for everyone he was at the steps of the ship leading to where the ninja were training, and felt like causing some chaos.

Now it's not the man's fault, he has the venom of an equally evil snake brooding in his veins.

He knew he couldn't mess with the ninja, it was like a principle thing seeing as how they where tolerating his presence on the ship. Wu literally came to what might have been hell to most folks and brought him back to Ninjago to save his son. Nyas off limits, and as much as he wants to, his son, Lloyd is probably still shaken from not just the green ninja thing, but the snakes as well.

Which left Shannon.

The young lady had made it clear since there first interaction, that she held nothing against the dark lord. In fact she even played along with his bullshit if she felt like it. Best part, she can hold her own too. She may not train with the boys often but she knows spinjitzu, and has proven to be a good fighter, Shans just lax and a go with the flow kind of person.

With that in mind, he decided to make a comment.

"Not going to change?"

"What's wrong with what I'm wearing?" Shannon questioned, she didn't bother to look at him, as she took a swig from her tea that Wu had generously offered.

"With the amount of purple you wear you might get mistaken for a snake"

"Phff, at least I don't look like a took a bath in tar"

With that, a swift yet not powerful smack to the back of the teens head was earned. It was supposed to be playful, harmless but as the force of the hit passed through the youngers head, the sound of heavy glass hitting wood made itself known. This caused the boys to stop and turn there attention back over to the steps on the deck. As Shannon looked up, it became evidently clear she was missing her right eye.

Panic ensues.

Jay, Cole, Kai, and Zane screamed at the fact there friends eye was now just gone. Garmadons just standing there questioning if he put more power than he initially thought he did. Wu went wide eyes as he stared at the girl next to him, seeing small streams of blood leak out the now empty eye socket. Lloyd and Nya came running out to only to scream themselves.

With a sigh Shannon picked up her Eye and monical that had fallen.

"Guys, chill out!" She yelled.

"CHILL OUT! SHAN YOU EYE FEEL OUT OF YOUR HEAD" the Blue ninja yelled. Pointing at the eye in the Burnetts hand.

"Its a glass eye bolts for brain's" Shan retorted.

"Glass eye?" Cole repeated.

"Yes, a glass eye! Why did you think I wore a monocle instead of regular glasses? Sure I can't see jack with my right eye but it acts as a shield of sorts!"

"I-im so sorry, are you okay Shannon?" Garmadon asked.

"Ya, im fine" she answered.

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After that everyone had gone inside. Zane grabbed the medical kit to disinfect and put a temporary patch over Shannon's eye. Garmadon had taken the glass eye and with the recommended disinfectant Shannon just so happen to have on her, put the bloody thing in a black glass cup filled with warm water and the disinfectant liquid mixture, to clean it. He may be the bad guy, but he's never really hurt anyone to the point they lose something like an eye.

Once done he gave the glass to Shannon who was now sitting in the armchair.

"So, umm how'd you uh- you know lose you eye?" Kai asked weirly, he feared there might be some sort of trauma along with it and didn't want to trigger it.

"You don't have to tell us!" Nya quickly added.

"Na its fine" Shannon said as she waved off there concerns.

"I was about seven when it happened. Home invasion. The guy had a gun. I had heard sound from downstairs and curiosity got the best of me. I think your all smart enough to piece together what happened next" she said. Everyone kinda relied back at the mear mental image.

"Yikes" Jay, shivered at the thought of it.

"I mean it’s not all that bad I guess. Altho I didn't have a say in whether or not I got a fake eye"

"What do you mean you didn't get a say in it?"

"It’s exactly as I say it is. When I woke up my depth perception was crap, but I had both my eyes. It wasn't until the doctor told me my parents were admit about me having one"

"So are, you like going to be ok or?"

"I'll be fine green bean, if anything this was a good thing, means I need a new one. Thankfully I shot my brother text about one lot long ago." Shannon said dismissively

"Brother?" Wu questioned.

"Okay, Nya you ready to got out?"

"Ya but it can wait-" "I'm good, I swear Nya lets go" the older girl instead as she got up and dragged Nya out the ship for their planned outing. (She put the glass with the eye in the table as they left)

"Well that was, concerning" Cole said as the two girls disappeared.

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It was around midday the girls were not back yet. Jay was still unnerved by the eye in the cup being in such an open area, moved it over to the kitchen counter. Training was cut short because of the incident. Wu taking into account not just the mental impact of one of his charges eyes popping up in front of them, but the buildup of stuff they'd been having to deal with since his absence. Besides when the girls get back they all need to talk of a plan to get the Fang Blades back from the Serpentine before they can awaken the Devourer.

Wu and his brother where out front on the deck talking, it felt like forever to the two of them since they last spoke in such good terms. The guys (pluss Lloyd) where inside playing video games as a pass time. It wasn't long after when the sound of a car, a taxi, could be heard coming there way. As the taxi came to a stop the guys had logged off there game and stepped out to grate the return of the only two females on their team.

But instead of the raven and green tipped brunette haired, a blond tipped brunette boy stepped out the vehicle (not before paying of course) and made his way over to the Bounty.

“umm, dumb question since there aren't many flying ships around, but is this the Destiny's Bounty?” The Boy asked as he neared the ship. upon closer inspection the boy was wearing a leather jacket with a white under shirt, and jeans with a pair of black converse. He had a mailman bag slung over his shoulder.

“ya it is, what bring you all the way out here though?” Cole answered as he crossed his arms. attempting to look menacing which seemed to be working.

“uh, I came to drop something off for my sister, Shannon?” The boy answered.

“Shannon, as in the monocle waring Shan?” Jay asked

“yes! that one!”

“Cool, Cool... wanna climb on board?” Kai asked him.

“Would I!” The boy, Shannon’s brother made is way up on the Bounty.

“By the way, what you name” Zane asked as the brunet dorded.

“Shane, Shane Maywather and might I say it’s a pleasure to meet the guys my sister has been staying with after all this time.” He, Shane replied.

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“wait, so let me get this straight” Cole stood with his hands on his head, clearly confused by what was said.

Its been about an hour since Shane was let on borde and the guy could see why his sister liked it here so much.

“there are 10 of you? including Shane makes 11″ Cole sated. Shane just nodded as he let the earth ninja racape what Shane had told them. Wu and Garmadon where in the kitchen intently listening to the conversation they were having.

“yup, Shan and I are the oldest, there where are the quads; Jason, Mayson, Tyson, Carson.” He started again listing his younger siblings.

“Then the triplets; Asher, Carter and Xavier. Then the last set of twins; Franklyn and Merlyn” Shane finished.

“No wonder Shannon can deal with us so well” Jay said looking astonished.

“ya she had to deal with 9 younger brothers and one older one” Kai remarked. Shane snickered before correcting him.

“Shannon is the oldest, in fact despite us being twins, she’s technically a year older than me.”

“But isn't being twins, like two people being born on the same day?” Zane inquired.

“True, but you see, my mom had Shannon on december 31st 1995, at around 11:55pm, I then happened on january 1st 1996 at 00:02am in the morning” Shane explained.

“dude” Jay commented. Shane laghed.

“yup,Shannons the ‘big sister’ of the house” He said glancing about.

“i'm surprised though, i though Shannon would have at least mentioned something about you guys to us” Lloyd pipped in. He enjoyed Shannons company she made him feel welcome. And when she caught him setting up the prank for Kai as his uncle had asked him to, she gave him some pointers on how to eviscerate Kai’s high score. Even took some pressure off him as she stayed in the room in anticipation for the fire ninja so they wouldn't get too suspicious. To learn Shan had several younger brothers, like Jay commented, meade scene in how she was not only dealt with them but was able to deal with his father so well.

“Honestly,it's do be expected. Because Shannons the oldest our parents are hard on her... We come from a fairly well of family to the point where money is more or less a play thing to our folks” Shane started, the ninja(pluss Loyd)went wide eyed.

“so you're saying you guys are rich?” Jay asked dumbfounded. Shane fidgeted with his fingers.

“Y-Ya pretty much. But Shannon, and our parents, they... They don't get along at all. For all i can remember, the only time i've ever had with Shan was when she wasn't in any of her classes or extracurriculars. They pushed her to be perfect, and at the same time pushed her away. Looking back there where countless arguments over a lot of what they where doing” Shane said looking down at his lap.

“There was this one argument that just hit the nail in the head though, a couple years back, it was during dinner and our parents had invited a business associates family over. They had a son, about three years older then Shannon and I. Our parents had announced that he would be Shannons fiance and thighs went downhill fast” Looking up once more Shane let a had run though his hair as he relieved the memory. The guys were taken aback by this, seeing as how Shan was arguably one of the most level headed people they knew.

“sounds stressful” Kai quipped not really knowing how to respond to that, bur as a brother to a sister himself he could understand the feeling of not wanting your sibling to do be forced into doing something they don't want to.

“You don’t half of it” Shan said with a sigh.

“After that, she stormed out never to be seen scene again. At least physically, she managed to keep contact with me, we talk but not as much as either of us would like...” He finished leaning back and letting the surprisingly soft couch engulf him.

“I’m glad though,she deserves a break after everything” Shane commented.

“ya well if you call fighting an army of skeletons, snakes and eventually Garmadon a brake, then you my friend are in need of a vacation as well” Jay replied plopping down next to Shane with a dorky grin. The tenshin that had been building in Shane dissipated, yup he could really see why his sister liked it here so much.

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Dropping the topic of who much his and Shannon's parents where that talked about other random things. It was a little bit later when the girl got back. The two where catting about, something girl related when they walked into the main room of the Bounty.

“Hey! Welcome back! And guess how came to visit?!” Jay sang, gesturing to Shane who was seated next to him. Shannon looked over at her bother in shock she thought-

"Good to see you again Sister!~" Shane said as be bolted form where he was sitting to envelope Shannon in a hug. As he did Shannon dropped the bags she was holding, seemingly shocked that her blood brother was here.

“Shane?” She breathed, then hugged him back, leaning into it.

After a bit the two separated.

“It’s good to see you again Shane! How have you been?” “Good, good, what about you? what happened to your eye? Where is it?”

Shan laughed a little and shook her head.

“There was an accident this morning, Garmadon hit the back of my head and it just popped out” Shane stood still. Taking in the information. Once complete he turned and tried to lunged to where Garmadon was, if it wasn't for Shannon having grabbed him in that split second. He probably would have gone into a full on fist fight with the dark lord.

“Lemme go! I'm going to eviscerate him!” Shane hissed struggling against his sisters grip. Thank the First Spinjitzu Master that Shannon trained with the boys ocashinaly.

“Calm down little brother it was an accident” “Like HELL”

The two go back and forth a little more till Shane camls down. Garmadon rightfully spooked at the fact that this, well mannered, e-boy looking, kid was threatened to ‘eviscerate’ him.

“Fine, I won’t attack him, doesn't mean I won’t like it” Shane said mutting that last bit.

“Seriously (1)Balach Milis, if you applied this anger properly, you wouldn't have to deal with what Eric and Lizzibeth right?” Shannon said as she let him go. picking up the grocery bags, and placed them on the counter.

“(2)Flùr Gaoithe, you know when it comes to Mama and (3)Athair I can’t do do that!” He complained like a small child.

“You really need to grow a backbone” Shane said shaking her head.

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Things had settled down since then.

“It’s getting late, I should get going, I have band practice tomorrow and need the rest.” “boo, skip and just stay here for the week” “Flùr Gaoithe” “Balach Milis“

With that The younger twin got up, gave his sister the new glass eye she had asked for, said his goodbyes, shot Garmadon one last glar, and left.

“Your brother seems like a nice person” Gramadon said looking over the the greet tipped girl.

“Ya, he’s awesome. Wish he was less of a pushover tho”

Jay feeling thirsty, walked over into the kitchen. He spotted the black glass cup, completely having forgot about the eye inside it. Now you can't really see anything at the bottom. And Jay, in his infinite wisdom, thinking it was just some random cup of random water that had been left on the kitchen counter, and drank from it.

“OH GOD”

“Did Jay drink from the eye glass?” Lloyd asked his uncle who was watching from the blue ninja form the table.

“He drank from the eye glass” Wu confirmed. The others erupted into a fit of laughter and giggles.

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(1)Balach Milis - Sweet boy

(2)Flùr Gaoithe - Wind flower

(3)Athair - dad

this was translated using google translate, the language being Scottish Gaelic. I know Ninjago was based off of asian culture. But like I said, Shan it scottish for unfortunate and unfair. Also nothing in the lore of the show explicitly states that Ninjago is the only continent on the planet.

I HC that there are different parts of the world. its safe to say Ninjago is the main land where a lot of the exciting things happen, but across who knows how long away there are different countries. And Shannon’s family like immigrated to Ninjago, during it’s early years where big contributors and financial support, in building the city.

but ye this is a mini sode, i came up with. criticism is always welcome! I will be doing bullet notes for Shan and Melody, and maye Gold to since i have an active fic about her that i haven't updated in, forever but yaaaaa.

till next text post i guess lol

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