#data science skills set

[royal-cupidity]

Something happened and I thought that this is gonna make some funny fic.. since I can't write, maybe you can do it? (I'm not forcing you, its ok if you don't do it) This is really embarrassing.. before I tell it, I WAS ON MY LOWEST POINT. I was ovulating, horny, single and research was killing me.

I had fun with a test tube.. it almost got stuck. I tried to pull it out but it was really slippery and I thought of using forceps but I was scared that it might break it inside so I had no choice to get it out with my fingers.

I'm so sorry you had to read this. A few days ago I was defending you from some fools on the internet and now this.

This isn't how I usually talk but I have used up all my grammar skills due to our research paper. I'm so tired. College makes you do questionable things.

“In Vitro, In You.”

Rating: T+ (mild sexual content, no actual smut) Pairing: Senku Ishigami x Reader (I found this EXTREMELY FUNNY and too good to pass up. Thank for you sharing lmfao— took my mind off of my wisdom teeth consultation…)

You weren’t going to die like this. You refused.

Not on the laboratory floor, pants halfway down, staring at a poster of Marie Curie and wondering if she’d be proud of your “curiosity.”

The test tube was still inside you.

You were still inside your lowest moment.

One ovulation-induced, thesis-writing, brain-rotting moment of weakness. You'd seen it lying there, glinting under fluorescent lights like a siren from hell. Slim. Smooth. Sterilized. And, regrettably, conveniently phallic. And in your hormonal haze, you’d thought:

“Science is exploration.”

Not even two minutes later, you were on your back trying to remember if borosilicate glass had a tensile strength strong enough to survive vaginal suction.

You’d panicked. Reached for the forceps. Recoiled. Visions of ER visits danced behind your eyes. You imagined explaining it to your gynecologist. Worse: a male gynecologist. Worse still: Senku Ishigami, who was, tragically, your partner for this semester’s Advanced Experimental Design.

That was when the lab door opened.

Click.

Rustle.

“Yo. You forgot your data sheets—”

And then silence.

You couldn’t even look.

“...You know, there are safer methods for artificial insemination,” Senku said dryly, voice echoing off your pride. “Unless this is some radical new protocol you forgot to mention during hypothesis design.”

You wanted to die. No, you wanted to evaporate. Maybe combust. Something quick and volatile that left no body, no evidence, no test tube.

“I can explain,” you croaked, not moving. “Actually, I can’t. But I can theorize. Hormones. Stress. Sleep deprivation. A warped sense of agency.”

“You’re giving me citations while a test tube is still halfway inside you?”

“Please stop talking.”

Senku crouched, annoyingly calm. He set your data sheets on the counter, adjusted his lab coat, and leaned forward with the investigative interest of someone studying fungal growth in petri dishes.

“You want help?”

You turned your head sharply. “No!”

He raised a brow. “Then stop clenching.”

You whimpered. “I wasn’t clenching until you walked in!”

“You’re literally creating negative pressure,” he muttered, and—oh god—he reached for gloves. Snapped them on. Powdered latex and your dignity now mingled in the air like acid and base.

“Senku, if you even think about going near—!”

He pulled back. “Relax. I'm not gonna go spelunking in your sin cave, jeez. I was going to hand you the lubricant from the prep kit, but if you’d rather do this raw—”

You flung a hand toward him without looking. “Give it!”

He placed the small bottle in your palm like a soldier passing a grenade.

Five minutes of slippery, shameful maneuvering later, you managed to retrieve the test tube with a soft pop and an echoing sense of lost innocence.

You lay there, limp, glaring at the ceiling. “If you ever tell anyone about this, I’ll spike your food with potassium cyanide.”

He snorted. “You wouldn’t waste good cyanide on me.”

“Don’t tempt me.”

Senku grabbed a disinfectant wipe, flicked the tube clean with an almost too-practiced motion, then held it up to the light.

“...Still intact. Glass is more durable than most people assume. Honestly, I’m impressed. You chose a high-quality one.”

“Are you complimenting my taste in emergency sex toys?”

“No, I’m complimenting your subconscious material analysis skills under stress.”

You sat up, face hot enough to sterilize the entire counter. “I can’t believe I’m in love with you.”

The words fell out. Just—slipped. Like everything else today.

Senku paused. Like someone who just got an unexpected positive result in a wildly unethical experiment. Slowly, he turned to you.

“Oh?” he said, voice infuriatingly smug. “So that’s why you were willing to risk internal lacerations in the name of biology. You were thinking about me.”

“No I wasn’t.”

“You literally just said—”

“Shut up! That was a—heat of the moment—delirium confession!”

He leaned in, way too close. “So you’re saying if I ran a controlled trial—let’s say, increased proximity and chemical stimuli—you’d still deny any feelings?”

“Don’t you have platinum to purify or something?”

“You’re deflecting.”

“I’m threatening to kill you.”

Senku’s grin was a slow-burn reaction, heat rising without a single spark. “Alright then,” he said. “When you’re ready to write your case report on how not to use lab equipment as a coping mechanism, let me know. I’ll peer-review it.”

He turned to go.

But before he reached the door, he looked over his shoulder.

“And hey,” he said. “If you’re still curious about inserting things for science—”

“GET OUT.”

[chase-solidago]

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[kimyoonmiauthor]

Why Spell Check (and some grammar check) isn't AI

So I've seen in the wake of Nanowrimo some people claim that spell check is AI and thus is like Gen AI, and I saw the claim originator on Twitter, but when I pressed them, they basically tried to say they had a degree in computer science, so when I pressed into them if they knew what they were talking about, they couldn't answer because obviously don't know about AI.

For some background I've done some light programming (If you look at the Korean name generator, that's all me). And I also have relatives that did programming.

Here, I can lay out how spell check works without AI or a fancy algorithm.

The oldest spellchecks didn't use AI or Gen AI, they used what is your basic corresponding tables.

If you use something like google sheets (database), you can do this pretty quickly yourself though with a lot of manpower.

Here is a list of commonly misspelled words.

Add that with another table with how they are commonly misspelled.

Then you need a table with "common typos"

Then you need one more table for "Words the user adds."

The algorithm is basically this: Set up a loop. A loop is a mechanism that has an algorithm (or set of instructions in it) which repeats until a certain instruction is met. This loop with this algorithm will check for words. In this case, anything with letters, usually encompassing ' and - (though some programs ignore dashes).

So[,][ ]it[ ]will[ ]look[ ]at[ ]letters[ ]in[ ]this[ ]sentence[ ]and[ ]figure[ ]out[ ]if[ ]it[ ]is[ ]spelled[ ]correctly.

The first loop in the previous sentence will look at the word "so" by selecting everything it knows to be a letter in English. Tada "S, o" Then correspond that to the dictionary. So shows up in the dictionary listing it has of English words. Thanks Webster. (If you're British, the OED)

The Algorithm concludes the word is spelled correctly. No more work needs to be done on So. The next word is it "i, t" correspond that to the dictionary and so on.

If you have a "bad word" for example "alot" then the work is, word is spelled incorrectly. Next "work to be done" is to find out if this word is in the "commonly misspelled" words list. If yes, then underline the word in red to get it corrected.

AKA run Algorithm to underline word (usually a few lines of code if you're doing it the old way).

Then the algorithm moves on. The function of right click/Cntrl click is saying, OK, this word, "alot" is it commonly misspelled? Here are a list of corrections according to this other table. This is the work that needs to be done: We need a popup table. We need to pull from the database this misspelling, and then we need to pull from this other database and pull corresponding correct spellings based on this. Then you set up an if-then If the user clicks on this word, change highlighted word.

This is your basic spelling algorithm. You do not need gen AI for this or AI.

Grammar works similarly. You need a table, the type of speech it is (n, v, adv, adj) and then to load in "rules" one should use. You do not need AI. You need some basic programming skills. On the table of somewhere between "Hello, world" (1) and "OMG, I created artificial intelligence like Data " (10) My "Korean name generator" is like 2.5? in difficulty (minus all of the language and cultural knowledge). Haha. Still mocking myself. But a Spellcheck is not far from that. it is like 3. You could build one fairly easily with PHP and database access to a dictionary and misspelled words with corrections.

But Google pulled from the Enron Emails.

In this case, you can sorta fuzzy logic it and create bigger algorithms, mostly to sort out the *grammar* and *New words* that were used that aren't already in the database, which basically is another loop, but with an add to database function. (i.e. table). Then you would correspond this with another loop to look at "odd grammar" and flag it.

You can use AI to sort it faster than a basic algorithm, but nope, you do not need AI to correspond it. A basic algorithm would do. You can also use AI for "words that look similar to this one" and "Words commonly used in place of this one"

But overall, You do not need AI for a grammar check. You only need a dictionary, a set of commonly held rules of English and exceptions (maybe some Noam Chomsky, though he's controversial), and then some programming skill to get past the hurdle.

But Grammar check could use AI

AI as it stands is basically a large algorithm to match large datasets to the words you use. But the problem is that the datasets are taken from users who did not volunteer to put in that information.

It is not Data on Enterprise have novel experiences of every day and learning how to function in the human world by processing it through a matrix of quantum computing.

So WHEN grammar check does use AI, the AI is mostly doing the crunching of the corresponding the information into a more neat table option, as I understand it. It is not the same thing as Gen AI or your average spell check and Microsoft algorithm from say 2000.

Those are not equal things. Instead, adding Gen AI to say, Microsoft Word, is more like stealing your words for the machine (which BTW, Microsoft absolutely did and you need to transfer out to Anti-AI programs/Apps.) and corresponding them for Gen AI future use for people who can't write worth a damn, and then "averaging" it out. Elew. Who wants to write to the average? That's anti-Creative.

And just because it uses an Algorithm, doesn't automatically use AI.

Look, I can write a algorithm now:

Loop: If you want to be strong...

Go outside.

Do cardio.

Go lift weights.

Make sure you eat a healthy diet and balanced which includes reducing refined sugars and do not eat bad fats.

That equally is a set of instructions, but that's not automatically AI.

I programmed my calculator to spit out the quadratic formula. And this isn't even officially programming, this is a script. Dudes, if you're going to call that AI, then you need help with learning computer programming.

The threshold for making AI v spellcheck is a lot, lot higher programming than a set of simple tables and a loop that looks for letters and spaces corresponding it to an existing dictionary. If that's you're threshold for AI, then when you type words, you are caught in an algorithm. Ooooooo... OMG, when you pull up a dictionary to spellcheck yourself, that's AI. C'mon. The threshold is a might higher to make AI or "victim of algorithm" as in Twitter.

So anytime someone says, "All Spellcheck uses genAI/AI" Laugh in their faces and say no. 'cause like, I'm a terrible programmer, and even I'm like, Meh, not that hard to set up spell check, give me a solid dictionary database and I'll do ya.

That said, A human will beat AI on grammar anytime and will be able to sort weird spellings faster and A-OK, or not.

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Writing Notes: Scientific Inquiry

Scientific Inquiry - a form of problem-solving and questioning that helps people come to a greater understanding of observable phenomena.

An understanding of this style of scientific reasoning forms the basis upon which the nature of science itself rests.

Once you become familiar with scientific inquiry, you can use it for specifically science-related study or as just one additional tool in your arsenal of critical thinking skills.

Core Elements of the Scientific Inquiry Process

From encouraging scientific questions to facilitating well-reasoned conclusions, the scientific inquiry process helps illuminate our understanding of the world. Here are 7 core elements to the scientific inquiry process:

Asking constant questions: At the center of both the scientific method and general scientific inquiry lies the ability to ask questions well. Make observations about a particularly interesting phenomenon and then pose questions about why such a thing happens. Let preexisting scientific theories guide your questioning, but keep in mind every theory continues to be just that—a theory—until scientific inquiry definitively proves or disproves it.

Testing your inferences: Scientific progress hinges on your ability to experiment and test inferences about evidence. To do so, you need to set up an independent variable (something you will use to test) and a dependent variable (the thing or things you are testing). Seeing how well your inferences or predictions match up with the reality of a given experiment is essential to scientific inquiry.

Making connections: As you make observations about a specific phenomenon, make connections with every other relevant topic you can remember from your past science lessons or research. Scientific knowledge is as much a result of old realizations as it is of new discoveries.

Seeking evidence: As you seek to understand the natural world, there’s no substitute for hard evidence. Collect data and gather evidence relentlessly throughout your scientific investigations. The more evidence you have to answer your initial questions, the more ironclad your ultimate case will be when you draw conclusions.

Classifying data correctly: Science is as much a process of data collection and classification as it is of asking and answering questions. This means knowing how to elucidate or graph out your discoveries in a way other people can understand. It also means using citations from other scientific journals and texts to bolster your ultimate argument as to why a particular phenomenon occurs.

Drawing conclusions: Eventually, you need to draw conclusions from the data you collect. After you’ve made an exhaustive study of your specific focus, use inductive reasoning to make sense of all the new evidence you’ve gathered. Scientific ideas are always malleable and never completely concrete—alternative explanations are always possible, and new evidence should lead to new questions and conclusions.

Sharing findings: Science is an innately group-centered discipline. The more people interpret data, the better chance there is to ensure there are no loopholes in new research. No one person’s understanding of science content is infinite, so it’s important to let other qualified people ask questions of your conclusions. Natural science is more of a never-ending collaborative process than one with a concrete point of termination.

Teaching science means ensuring learners understand how to conduct qualitative and inquiry-based learning.

Science teachers must utilize a pedagogy that foregrounds hypothesizing, experimenting, and drawing on other scientific knowledge in both theoretical and practical ways.

Educational research indicates that it can help students see the correlation between scientific inquiry and everyday life, whether in elementary school or high school.

This sort of analogization helps people understand that a scientific frame of thinking is quite intuitive when you observe it within more commonplace parameters.

As a simplistic example, imagine a student has a hard time understanding the effect of heat as an abstract force.

Allowing them to observe the degree to which bread burns at different temperatures in a toaster would help make the point clear in a more hands-on way.

Source ⚜ More: Notes & References ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

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Queer Adult SFF Books Bracket: Round 3

Book summaries and submitted endorsements below:

The Locked Tomb series (Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth, and others) by Tamsyn Muir

Endorsement from submitter #1: "An extremely fun, humorous romp! A heart-breaking, soul crushing catharsis inducing tragedy! A thoughtful piece on imperial structures and trauma. On queerness, Muir flawlessly and without announcement, cracks gender open like an egg and spills its disproven guts across the page. The Locked Tomb does it all also bones, bitch."

Endorsement from submitter #2: "Lesbian necromancers in space. So many fascinating, sort of fucked up sapphic relationships going on."

The Emperor needs necromancers.

The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.

Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won't set her free without a service.

Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will become an immortal, all-powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier.

Without Gideon's sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some things are better left dead.

Fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, humor, series, adult

The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson (The Space Between Worlds series)

Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there’s just one catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara, whose parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying—from disease, turf wars, or vendettas they couldn’t outrun. Cara’s life has been cut short on 372 worlds in total.

On this Earth, however, Cara has survived. Identified as an outlier and therefore a perfect candidate for multiverse travel, Cara is plucked from the dirt of the wastelands. Now she has a nice apartment on the lower levels of the wealthy and walled-off Wiley City. She works—and shamelessly flirts—with her enticing yet aloof handler, Dell, as the two women collect off-world data for the Eldridge Institute. She even occasionally leaves the city to visit her family in the wastes, though she struggles to feel at home in either place. So long as she can keep her head down and avoid trouble, Cara is on a sure path to citizenship and security.

But trouble finds Cara when one of her eight remaining doppelgängers dies under mysterious circumstances, plunging her into a new world with an old secret. What she discovers will connect her past and her future in ways she could have never imagined—and reveal her own role in a plot that endangers not just her world, but the entire multiverse.

Science fiction, multiverse, politics, mystery, series, adult

[h3llh0undhe4rt]

Ancients and Beasts in hsr, lore and gameplay wise!

Ancients:

Pure vanilla cookie: Lore wise, I think he would follow the Path of Erudition, in the Intelligentsia Guild. Being a teacher like Dr Ratio, his science being like magic, like The Herta’s. Gameplay wise, he would be on the Harmony path, a quantum weakness.

Hollyberry cookie: Definitely preservation follower, lore and gameplay wise. Idk what faction she’ll be in, but she’ll be a physical preservation.

Dark cacao cookie: Lore: the Hunt. Gameplay: The Hunt. Need I say more? Probably be a general in the Xianzhou Alliance, the two dragons being his spirit gifted by Alliance’s leader. Electric The Hunt.

Golden cheese cookie: Abundance. Literally. Lore and gameplay wise, SHE’S THE FREAKING LIGHT OF ABUNDANCE DAMMIT. Probably be set in Penacony, with her wanting to become the richest in the galaxy. Her gameplay will be similar to Lingsha’s, attack equals healing. Except GC will be Imaginary type character.

White Lily cookie: She’ll be in the Genius society, then rejoins after the witches fiasco. I originally thought, gameplay wise, she’ll be nihility due to her lore. But after thinking about more, she’ll be either on the Erudition or Nihility, being wind type. She’ll gain stacks after each skill is used by her.

Shadow milk cookie: Former Genius Society member when he was the Fount of Knowledge. After corruption, he’ll probably follow the Enigmata with the History Fictionologist, spreading lies and deceit all over the cosmos, or maybe the Riddlers? Despite that, he’ll be erudition, quantum gameplay wise.

Mystic flour cookie: Self-Annihilator, simple at that. “Everything in the universe is meaningless” that’s the first line of the Self- Annihilator page in the Data Bank. She’ll be imaginary nihility, being similar to Fugue gameplay. Before corruption however, she’ll be Xianzhou Alliance, being a master diviner. Burning spice cookie: Destruction. In his literal title. He’ll be in the Antimatter Legion, with fire destruction. His gameplay would involve taking health from the whole team. Before corruption, he’ll be a galaxy ranger.

Eternal sugar cookie: Beyond the Sky Choir follower of the Order, before corruption she’ll be The Family in Penacony, The Iris family specifically, crafting a paradise of happiness. Even after corruption, she still crafts the paradise. Gameplay wise, she be Harmony for sure, probably ice type.

Silent salt cookie: The hunt gameplay wise. The Stelleron Hunters lore wise. We still don’t know what path the Stelleron Hunters follow. Previous a galaxy ranger like Burning Spice, now a a hunter of cancer of Cancer of All Worlds. Physical type character on the Hunt.

Goodnight ya’ll!

[jade-gemstone]

Danganronpa Ultimate Categorization

Welcome back to another episode of: Jade is a nerd about something absolutely useless! Today's topic: Talent classification in Danganronpa/Fangans.

In the process of making my own fangan/s, I've created a classification system for the types of talents you can give characters. These classifications are...

Arts: Talents that are involved in the visual arts, performing arts, or fashion. Encompasses performers of all types, any type of visual artist, or anyone involved in fashion. (Ex. Actor, Abstract Artist, Model)

Practical: Talents that focus on a specialized skill or work with your hands. Also includes any talents that are religious or spiritual in nature. (Ex. Mechanical Engineer, Detective, Shrine Maiden)

Academic: Talents that are recognized by how much knowledge or experience a character has in an academic field. Covers most science, literature, math, and research based talents. (Ex. Chemist, Theologian, Archaeologist)

Sports: Talents relating to athletic skill. (Ex. Footballer, Kickboxer, Bowler)

Novelty: Talents given to a person who is special simply by existing. Can also be given to characters who win a contest for their talent. Includes Lucky/Unlucky Students, royalty, and non-human characters. (Ex. Lucky Student, Student, Princess)

This system of classification was based on my experience in the community over about three or four years, seeing many other people's original characters as well as creating my own. I found many fell into these categories. My "perfect" ratio, which my friends and I used as a guideline for making our fangan casts, is 4 arts : 4 practical : 4 academic : 2 sports: 2 novelty. I felt this ratio kept things even and grounded.

A few months ago, I began to wonder if my "perfect" ratio was more of my own creation than an actual pattern I saw. I thought, in the event it was, that I would come up with a mathematically accurate ratio that better represented the talent distribution of Danganronpa and its fan projects. This was my attempt at doing just that.

Data Collection

For this, I tried to collect as varied of a sample as possible. I included the three mainline Danganronpa games and sixteen fangans, ranging from very popular ones to very obscure ones. The fangans sampled for this analysis were...

Danganronpa Another

Super Danganronpa Another 2

Danganronpa Despair Time

Brave Danganronpa Coward's Paradise

Project Eden's Garden

Danganronpa He(art)less Deceit

Danganronpa Hushed Whispers

Danganronpa Muave

Danganronpa Despair's Revival

Danganronpa Re:Birth

Danganronpa Twisted Truths

Danganronpa Survivor's Guilt

Danganronpa Despair's Flame (my fangan! also the one where the talent ratio originated)

Danganronpa Cyberspace

Danganronpa Akeda Amusements

Danganronpa Lost Paradise (my other fangan that isn't released anywhere but I'm counting anyway)

I figured out the talent ratio for each individual game by looking through their casts and sorting them with my classification system. Ultimate ???'s were thrown out if possible (such as in the case of Akeda Amusements, where Hanari was thrown out due to the fangan having seventeen participants) and if not, they were counted as novelty.

Also, shout out to Yuki Maeda and Teruya Ōtori for managing to count for two different data sets despite my best efforts at finagling a way to keep them confined to one.

Observations

The first thing I noticed in looking at the ratios for canon Danganronpa was that Academic ultimates are underrepresented compared to what I initially remembered. It had been a while since I revisited the mainline games, and it was a shock to be reminded of that. I was also reminded, but not quite as shocked by the greater emphasis on practical ultimates.

In fangans, the focus on practical ultimates continues to be heavy, with none having less than two. There was also less focus on sports ultimates, with the majority having only one or two compared to the three that the mainline games had a majority of the time. They also tend to have more academic ultimates.

I think that this could be explained by looking at the types of people who make fangans. The majority of people I know who make fangans have very particular knowledge about certain fields due to experience or heavy research, and more often than not these fields do not include sports. They are more likely to make characters based on their experiences and knowledge that they can then insert into the story to make it seem more authentic.

I also, unsurprisingly, found that my "perfect" ratio was not reflected in many of the fangans I looked at. There was only one besides my own that followed that ratio.

Now, if my "perfect" ratio is not the mathematically perfect ratio, then what is?

According to the data collected for the canon games, this is.

This just so happens to also be the ratio for Trigger Happy Havoc.

According to the data collected from the fangans, this is the perfect ratio.

The only fangan that followed this ratio exactly was Akeda Amusements. V3 also had this distribution.

When considering both mainline and fan made games, the perfect ratio was this.

Ironically, not a single mainline game or fan game followed this ratio.

Out of curiosity, I also calculated the standard deviation for each data set.

Canon Danganronpa has little to no variation, conveying that talent ratios are quite consistent between games. The biggest variation would be in the novelty category, making sense as V3 scaled down the amount of novelty ultimates compared to the other two games.

The fangans are shown to have a much larger variation. Though I can't be surprised by this, as perhaps it is an unfair comparison. The mainline Danganronpa games were written by mostly the same team and had less to sample from, while the fangans have not only a larger sample size in which to deviate, but many different writers that think differently about talent distribution.

Final Thoughts

In putting this all together, I found that my classification system, while not perfect in any sense of the word, has some validity to it. If I wanted to, I could definitely make some improvements to it (especially in distinguishing between certain academic and practical fields from novelty), but as of now it works perfectly fine as an aide in cast creation for me.

My ratio is also not perfect, which was an expected outcome. Really none of the ratios I found are perfect, with none of them representing more than one or two of any mainline or fan made game. While ratios like the ones I found can be good for making sure you have a balanced distribution of talents, they aren't required to make a good cast. Personally, I'll continue using my personal "perfect" ratio as a baseline for any cast I make in the future.

I also had a lot of fun making this, and hope I can find a way to make more posts like this in the future. Thank you for reading this.

[childlost1313]

Elmo is a Jerk and NPR Reporters are Meanies!

by Marie Newman

May 7

I started formulating my opinions about Elmo and PBS a long time ago. About twenty years ago, I interviewed a PBS viewer, and he shared, “yea I don’t like him, he makes me be nice, when I don’t wanna.” That young viewer was my son, age 6 at the time. Clearly, Elmo was trying to influence my son.

I get it, really. The current president has had some negative experiences with both PBS stars and NPR news. They have asked him questions he does not want to answer. Rude!

Let’s examine Big Bird, weirdly tall, always happy (God only know what meds he is taking?). Also, there is always a chance he might be linked to a terrorist group or gang. Then there is Burt and his ever-present friend, Ernie. People do not like how cozy they are. Very suspicious. HMMMMMM.

I am equally concerned with programs like Masterpiece Theatre and Downtown Abbey. Absolutely subversive. Very stuck up, if you ask me.

And do not get me started with those doo-doo heads at NPR. They are always “investigating” or “exploring new worlds” or providing “Fresh Air.” All that truthing and incisive investigative work is exhausting. Then the cultural exposure to others’ traditions - good Lord, who wants all that interesting and enlightening stuff coming at you all the time? Their calm and earnest demeanors are just sneaky, I think. Yikes, you cannot trust a reporter who is not yelling at you with hyperbolic claims without data. Everybody knows that. Duh.

So Really, Tell Me What Has PBS Done for Children?

Studies have shown that PBS programs, particularly Sesame Street, have a positive and measurable impact on children's educational development. Here are some key stats on their effectiveness:

Literacy and Literacy Skills:

Research indicates that children who watch Sesame Street between ages 3-5 demonstrate:

Higher literacy scores (approximately 1 year ahead in reading readiness) compared to non-viewers.

Significant gains in letter recognition, phonemic awareness, and vocabulary.

School Readiness:

A study published in the Journal of Educational Psychology found that children exposed to PBS early childhood programs showed:

Better readiness for kindergarten.

Improved social-emotional skills and self-control.

Long-Term Academic Benefits:

Longitudinal research shows that children who engaged with PBS early learning content tend to:

Perform better in school in subsequent years.

Have higher graduation rates later in life.

Impact on Underserved Communities:

In low-income populations, PBS programs and resources have contributed:

To narrowing the achievement gap in early literacy and numeracy skills.

Increased access to quality educational content outside of classroom settings.

Cost-Effectiveness:

The Children’s Television Workshop (now Sesame Workshop) estimates that for every dollar invested in Sesame Street, there is a return of approximately $12 in societal benefits related to improved education and social outcomes.

What the Heck Does NPR Do -Why Do We Need It? Turns out quite a bit…

Audience Reach:

As of recent data, NPR reaches approximately 30 million Americans each week through radio, digital platforms, and podcasts.

NPR's digital content garners over 50 million unique online visitors monthly, indicating substantial engagement.

Trust and Credibility:

Surveys, such as those by Edelman, show that NPR consistently ranks among the most trusted news sources in the U.S., with over 60% of Americans trusting NPR for accurate and balanced news coverage.

The Pew Research Center reports that NPR is one of the most trusted media organizations, especially among adults seeking in-depth, unbiased reporting.

Informational Impact:

A Nielsen study found that 70% of NPR listeners feel more informed about current events after listening.

NPR's coverage of critical issues like politics, health, and science helps shape public understanding and debates.

Educational and Civic Engagement:

NPR's programming encourages civic participation, with many listeners stating that NPR coverage motivates them to vote or engage in community issues.

NPR podcasts have increased awareness of social issues; for example, podcasts like Code Switch and Hidden Brain have millions of downloads, expanding public discussion on race, psychology, and societal challenges.

Diversity and Access:

NPR's commitment to diverse voices and topics reaches underserved communities and minority populations, fostering inclusivity and broader societal understanding.

That, right there, just proves it, right? We, as a country just cannot be opening up people’s minds all the time. Too expensive and scary! We certainly can’t be giving parents a break while kids are viewing the likes of Cookie Monster, Julia, Count von Count or Tango. Those characters will certainly not help kids be more confident, comfortable in the world, articulate, interested in learning or joyful. Nope. They must go.

As for NPR, Whew! Let’s get rid of those talented reporters, producers, on-air talent, production teams that have delivered robust Peabody-award/Pulitzer-prize winning stories and interviews. All that fact-based, objective reporting cannot be good for anyone. Yuck!

Historical Record: Republicans have been trying to remove funding for PBS and NPR forever…

The efforts by some Republicans to defund PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) and NPR (National Public Radio) have been ongoing for several decades, reflecting broader debates over government funding of public media and its role for a half -century!

Early 1990s: Criticism of public broadcasting emerged from conservative circles concerned about perceived biases, content, and the cost to taxpayers. Some legislators proposed reducing or eliminating federal funding for PBS and NPR, but these efforts generally did not succeed in enacting significant cuts.

2000s: During the George W. Bush administration and subsequent years, there remained occasional proposals from some Republicans to cut federal funding for public broadcasting, often citing concerns over ideological bias or fiscal conservatism.

2011: A notable milestone occurred when the Republican-controlled House of Representatives proposed budgets that included substantial cuts to federal funding for PBS and NPR. This was part of broader austerity measures. While some funding was reduced, many of these cuts were not fully enacted or were reversed in later budget negotiations.

Recent Years: The debate has persisted, with some Republican lawmakers continuing to push for defunding or restricting federal support for public media, arguing it’s unnecessary government expenditure or that it promotes biased content. Conversely, supporters argue that public broadcasting provides an important educational and informational service, often serving underserved communities.

The attempts to de-educate Americans is nothing new, but must be stopped. As usual, use your voice and tell your story.

What Can Be Done?

1. Let the U.S. senate Majority Leader and Speaker of the House know how you feel ans share a story about how NPR and/or PBS have helped your family. Call your own senator in your state and then call:

Leader John Thune: 202-224-2321

Speaker Mike Johnson: 202-225-4000

2. Write An Opinion Editorial in your local paper

Have a great week folks and keep going my friends,

[graznot]

Midnight Burger theorizing and pondering post season finale in no particular order.

Spoilers abound

Little Brother makes the constructs. He’s who Croc is afraid of and who the fancy weapons are for because Croc has no idea how to kill him. Little Brother did something and he’s why existence is how it is now. Croc isn’t trying to save the universe, he’s trying to save himself. The idea that he could end terrifies him. His claims of saving the universe are justification.

Both Leif and David have had Buck Rogers references applied to them and other dimension David ended up with a robot arm like Leif.

The Sisters never talk about their moms and no one asks about their moms. They make a point of saying Croc left before they were grown and never knew him, so why do they never talk about their moms?

I’m so happy for Gloria where she ended up.

The constructs are never churches not because a church can be anywhere as the Mucklewaynes posed, but because a church automatically excludes people. It excludes those who are not of that faith, those who that faith say are wrong.

As fans we know the Mucklewaynes are friendly. But there are many people, who upon hearing a Christian radio station playing overheard at a business will default assume that space is probably not be safe for them. I think if David walked into the diner, not knowing Casper was there, and heard the Mucklewaynes giving a LORD heavy speech there’s a good chance he’d back out without ordering a meal.

Little Brother has been honing the constructs and then people he gathers for them. First he just let constructs gather whoever it happened to gather. That gave him data, a pattern of what the constructs like. 2 science people: 1 physical & 1 theoretical. 2 non-science people: 1 with a skill or knowledge set specifically related to the construct’s form & 1 wild card. There’s a lot of overlap in the functions of the non-science roles. The sciences people worked themselves out but to combat Croc’s bullshit Little Brother made it so the constructs could more actively acquire its preferred people . It should feel like the cat distribution system. The constructs need pets, those pets just happen to be people.

Either Little Brother doesn’t know about the Mucklewaynes or doesn’t know Chuck made them to keep Casper company. There’s been a few examples of the Mucklewaynes being a distinction of the diner among all the constructs. I think Little Brother does know something is different about the diner and has been trying to reconstruct it. I think he wires the constructs to specifically look for Casper since the diner.

[bardic-tales]

Day 4 | Diana Ravenscroft | Day 6

31 days of FF 7 Headcanons: Day 5: Relationship with Materia

In the world of Gaia, materia is often treated with reverence, caution, or strategic utility. For Diana Ravenscroft, however, materia is not a means to survive or a conduit to the Planet’s will. It is a subject, a specimen, and a locked vault of planetary memory and divine architecture she has every intention of dissecting and decoding.

Today’s exploration delves into Diana’s uniquely clinical relationship with materia: not as a user or believer, but as a scientist seeking to master the unmasterable. This entry examines how her fixation on materia’s genetic, divine, and metaphysical properties reflects the core of her worldview. Her fixation is one where understanding demands domination, and awe is always forced to kneel before knowledge.

Possible Trigger Warnings: body horror, experimentation, forced implantation, medical trauma, non-consensual modification, scientific exploitation, violence

Diana Ravenscroft’s relationship with materia is one of scientific detachment and intellectual scrutiny rather than mystical reverence or practical reliance. She views materia not as a tool for battle or survival, but as a rare biological and metaphysical phenomenon: a crystalline compression of planetary will that can be categorized and weaponized. In her eyes, materia represents the intersection of science and the divine, a place where her obsession with understanding supernatural forces can be made manifest. Unlike typical Shinra operatives who use materia for combat efficiency, Diana prefers to extract and analyze them in controlled laboratory settings, stripping away their mythos to reveal their inner workings.

While she is more than capable of using materia herself, Diana rarely does unless absolutely necessary. Her style of work doesn't lend itself to battlefield magic. She delegates that to enhanced test subjects, SOLDIER prototypes, and controlled experiments. When she does wield materia, she does so with surgical precision, preferring types like Contain, Gravity, or the elusive Enemy Skill materia. Her use is never emotional or instinctive. It’s calculated, data-driven, and often tied to live experimentation, especially when testing the resilience of genetically modified subjects.

During her obsession with the divine and Bianca Moore, her fascination with materia intensified following the discovery that certain individuals can naturally absorb or synthesize materia-like energy without external conduits became an obsession. Diana began experimenting with materia implantation, theorizing that materia could be used as a medium for permanent genetic alterations if properly stabilized. Her labs became host to grotesque trials in which subjects were forcefully fused with materia, often resulting in catastrophic failure, but in the rare case of success, she documented cellular regeneration.

This belief turned into an obsession, pushing her to experiment with corrupted and forbidden materia: dark, unstable shards extracted from ruins or rumored to have been tainted by proximity to the Planet's wounds. She wasn't content with the standard elemental and command sets. Diana sought materia tied to ancient knowledge and the boundary between life and death. Her fixation reached a crescendo when she attempted to create a hybrid materia using a demonic cells extracted from Bianca and an Odin summon materia. Though the project failed catastrophically, it marked another pivotal moment in Diana’s descent into scientific fanaticism.

In the end, Diana doesn’t see materia as a source of wonder or connection to the Planet. She sees it as a key. A key to unmaking death, to controlling gods, and to rewriting the boundaries of human evolution. Her relationship with materia mirrors her relationship with people: cold, instrumental, and exploitative. Yet, buried in her clinical approach is a flicker of awe she will never admit. This is an unspoken reverence for the cosmic architecture of a world that still dares to defy her scalpel.

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[supermanshield]

@t-oriand said:

i’ve been thinking a lot abt bruce helping clark do some research on his kryptonian features. like does clark need food? or just sun? how long can he go without the sun? thinking a lot of tender moments in the bat cave, and bruce realizing how much clark trusts him,,, that sort of thing. also could be some fun gadgety stuff bruce makes to measure clark’s various skills and fun training montage type stuff with superman running comically fast on a treadmill

I'm really sorry this prompt fill is - checks calendar - 4 months late, but here it finally is. I hope you still enjoy it! I'm trying to get back into things and writing a bit more again.

I love this prompt! I changed it a little bit (hope it's okay) and now we're not in the bat cave anymore, we're only testing one thing, not many gadgets involved, and I went with a pretty smug Clark and Bruce with the biggest crush on him. I hope you like it!

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The icy blue clouds of Neptune drain the red from Clark's costume, leaving him clad in monotones of navy and black. He reaches up again, extending his arms and straining the fabric of his suit, distracting Bruce once more, and they haven't even started yet. He's only setting up all the equipment they've brought over.

"I want to test my strength again and I need someone on the controls. Do you want to help?" Clark had asked the day before, a welcome break in Bruce's more-boring-than-boring monitor duty.

"Yes," he'd replied too fast and too eager.

A hesitant smile danced around Clark's lips. "Okay... Now you'll have to tell me whether you got so excited because you actually want to see me exert myself or because you want to record the data for the sake of the League."

"Who says it can't be both?" Bruce had dared to say.

And so, now they're setting up equipment from the fortress and the watchtower on Neptune, because Clark didn't want to mess with Earth's gravity. He had said it so casually, but it reminded Bruce how nothing was normal for a man who could push planets. Something as simple as maxing out on squats or shoulder press had to be done at the edge of the solar system.

Even from behind the thick glass shielding and inside the body of inch-thick metal of their ship, Bruce can sense the weight of the equipment Clark is putting in its place, as he goes over his controls and monitors inside the rig one more time.

"Ready?" Clark's voice finally crackles through the comms. Outside he's already holding up one thumb and grinning at Bruce, the question echoed in his eyes. It should not send butterflies to Bruce's belly but it does.

"All set," he replies.

Clark gets into place, and he looks comically small underneath the structure he's about to test the limits of. It should not be possible. It isn't physically possible, and yet there Clark is. It still breaks Bruce's brain a little after all this time. Clark still breaks Bruce's brain a little.

"Batman? Don't tell me you're bored," Clark teases through the comms.

"Right." Quite the opposite, he thinks. He's supposed to initiate the countdown. He scrambles for the controls, pressing the logging button and locking in Neptune's position to be able to monitor that Clark doesn't accidentally move it. Gravity is about 14% higher here, which they've accounted for in their calculations, and should help mitigate the risk of breaking laws of physics.

They start. As Clark is pushing up against the thing, and Bruce incrementally increases the force pushing down on him past what he's ever seen him lift, he's reminded once again that Clark is always holding back, and hopes he never has to see him use all his strength. It seems impossible, but he's afraid he might get scared. Scared of what it all means, scared of what it would do to his perception of the world and to science. Scared of Clark. Scared of what it would do to Clark.

"Superman," Bruce has to break their steady back and forth after a while. "The weight is approaching critical mass. That of the planet you're standing on."

"Hrm." At least Clark sounds like he's actually reaching his limit. His biceps are bulging, his suit pulled taut across his abs and thighs, and still Clark is smiling right at him. Bruce bites his lip to refrain from sighing at the sight.

"No conclusive answer today, I'm sorry." Bruce slowly turns down the dial again. The scientist in him is disappointed, but maybe it's just as well, he thinks on a different level. Because now hope remains that there's always a way

At least now I know what I can lift," Clark says, predictably, too stubborn to admit the test was not satisfactory. Too stubborn to acknowledge that there might be a limit to who he can help, because there's always a way. 

Clark waves at him after he sets down the structure again. “Your heart rate is elevated. Everything okay?”

“Uhh, yes, all good,” Bruce scrambles to say. “So is yours.”

Clark laughs. It's a warm thing, as if Bruce made a joke that only he understands. “I just lifted a planet, Batman.” 

“Which you now still have to bench press, Superman.” Bruce doesn't mean to, but he's smiling. Clark just draws it out of him. 

“Alright, alright.” Outside, Clarks small figure moves around and starts disassembling and reassembling his setup. Bruce wonders how often he uses it in the fortress. As Clark casually displaces a ton of weight over his head, his voice crackles through the comms again. “It's always good watching you lift your weights in the cave. Thought I'd return the favor for once.”

Bruce almost chokes. If he didn't know any better he'd swear Clark was flirting with him. “Ugh, you don't know half the things you do to me,” he mutters under his breath. 

“What was that? The atmosphere is thinner up here. You have to use the communicator, B.” Of course Clark could still hear him. 

“I said I'd spot you but I can't exactly return that favor,” he manages somehow.

“And yet, you're doing literally just that right now.” Clark turns to watch him.

All Bruce is doing is pressing buttons and reading dials, and yet Clark finds a way to bring him to his level. Maybe that's his only power that matters. He smiles, and lets his feelings for Clark wash over him. It's warm. It's good to be in love. Suddenly, Bruce doesn't mind. But Clark doesn't need to know that, yet.

“Hrm. Focus, Superman. There's still a lot to be done.” 

Clark shakes his head. “You're insufferable,” he says, and gets into position again. Out there, in the icy blue clouds of Neptune lifting the weight of the earth for warm up sits the man Bruce is madly in love with. He'll tell him, some day. After all, there's always a way. Bruce just has to find the right time. 

[ismellpestilence]

No one has ever come up with a justification for generative AI* that isn't flimsier than tissue paper.

I use it because I'm not very good a drawing/animating/whatever.

Practice makes perfect. Any skill worth having is worth working hard for.

I use it to find recipes for dinner.

Literally google it. Easy recipes. [Insert cuisine here] recipes. Buy a cookbook.

But I need it to tell me what I can make with the ingredients I already have.

That already exists. There are apps and websites that do that, if you could be bothered to look for them.

I need it for things I don't know how to make, like resumes.

Once again, google it. There are templates everywhere. Ask a friend for help.

Okay but I'm not very good with writing and grammar, so I need it to proofread for me.

Ask a friend to do it for you. Read it out loud to yourself. Have your computer read it back to you. Set it aside and come back a few hours later.

I need it to summarize course material for me so I can understand it better.

That's already out there. Spark Notes. Cliff Notes. Khan Academy. Get a friend to help you. Get a tutor. Ask your teacher. Use Reddit if you're desperate.

I only use it to write essays for classes that I don't need for my major. Colleges these days have too many bullshit requirements + I'm not even going to college. I'm going into a trade so I don't need to know classic lit or any of that nonsense.

That's just a skill issue. Sorry, except I'm not. I live and die by my skills alone. Yes, I do think I'm better than you, because I am.

Do you think children are taught animal sounds because they might need them for their careers? Of course you don't. It is tremendously important that people have a well-rounded knowledge of the world. You may think you don't need to know about classic lit or chemistry, but you are more than your job. You are a member of society. You are a voter, and may be a parent. History, art, literature, and science are very, very connected to politics right now, and it's important you understand those things. You need to understand how the world works.

You need to be capable of working even when you don't want to, and thinking through tough concepts. Your brain is like a muscle. If you've ever tried to do something after a long time and discovered that you can't remember how, then you know that, like a muscle, your knowledge will atrophy if you don't use it. If you refuse to sit down and think, even when it's inconvenient, you will lose the ability to do so.

Anyone who uses generative AI is making themself lazier and dumber. Don't do that. Have some self respect.

*I say generative AI because I am not again all AI on principle. There are some ways that it could, if done right, be very helpful. My beef if with the scrape-for-data-and-spit-it-back-out AI.

[huntingteeth]

hi, hey, hello, this is blatant classroom wish list propaganda for next school year, but hear me out: i have a classroom for high-support needs students and next year, my classroom is basically doubling in size. it's a little wild to think about and plan for, especially as i want my classroom to be as neuro-affirming and accessible to my students as possible. a lot of my students are nonwriters and nonreaders, so i have to get incredibly creative in order to show student output and that students are learning while in my care. i have to build out a lot of my curriculum from the ground up, based on middle school level standards and make them attainable for my students who are not at a middle school grade-level instructional level, all while collecting continuous data on not only their academics, but behavior and life skills as well. and on top of all that, my students are also tested in the following areas according to state alternative testing: ela, math, social studies, and science. i have to hit grade-level essential standards for three different grade levels to make sure my kids are prepared for their testing that happens twice a year.

if you've ever thought, "hey, i would like to support this person in fandom," or "if deerie wrote a book, i'd buy it," or just have a soft spot in your heart for students who need a lot more support than your average student, please consider taking a look at my classroom wish list for next school year. i've added notes to each of the items describing what they would be used for in the classroom. some items are definitely just for fun -- activities to do during indoor recess, a much needed sensory break in the middle of the day -- and some things are definitely just aesthetic items -- bulletin board materials, fun-colored drawer carts -- but a lot of the items are either items we use daily, academic items, or items to organize and set up work systems in the classroom.

and if you feel called to help out my classroom, but can't access the amazon wish list for whatever reason, i also have a paypal account -- please dm me for the information. even just reblogging this post would help a ton.

okay, bye, love ya bunches.

[askviktor]

I want to go into environmental science as a career but im worried im just not smart or disciplined enough for that. I want to help the earth but i know its a lot of work to get there and im worried I won't be able to push through to do that. Any thoughts?

Environmental science does indeed require discipline — data acquisition, research, lab hours, field work, systems thinking — and demands a mind agile enough to combine ecology, chemistry, policy, and humanity itself. It is also a field in which one encounters loss regularly, be that through species extinctions or capitalistic negligence.

However, keep in mind that you do not have to be perfect to be useful. You need only care enough not to give up. Intelligence is not fixed, but something which continually evolves and expands. Skill sets take time to acquire, methodologies require practice. What matters is your own curiosity, resilience, and humility. Science is an immensely humbling field. I constantly confront how little I know, how ill-equipped I am to understand the vastness and complexity of our universe. But I care about what I do and I have developed a resilience to adversity by pacing myself. Allow yourself, too, to grow gradually.

Pursue your dreams scared if you must. But pursue them. Often the most difficult of challenges are the most worthwhile. I wish you the very best as you move forward, whatever path you may travel.

[stone2stars]

Not science questions but I thought it'd be an interesting ask anyway. Consider this as.. data collection.

1) What do you think is the most important skill/ability to have, to grasp scientific concepts easily?

2) Where's the line that separates being confident from being egotistical? Is there such a line in the first place?

[People do say that being overly self assured can lead one to overlook their own faults but (speaking from an academic setting's pov), as long as one is aware that they aren't immune from making mistakes & that there's always room to learn and improve; can that extra confidence really pose a hurdle in their learning journey?]

Most important skill?

Pattern recognition.

Not memory, not intelligence, not even math.

Scientific understanding comes from noticing the invisible threads between ideas. Whether you're looking at chemical reactivity, data points, or a star system's behavior, it’s all pattern logic. People who train their brains to ask "What’s repeating?" and "What changes when I tweak this variable?" pick things up faster because they don’t memorize. They connect.

Confidence vs ego.

The line’s real. It's subtle. It moves.

Confidence says “I’ve studied enough to try this.” Ego says “I don’t need to study to be right.”

The difference isn't loudness, it’s feedback tolerance. A confident person can still hear criticism without combusting. An egotistical one treats it like radiation.

You’re right that self-assurance helps—hell, it’s vital in a field where half your work is going to fail. But once your belief in your own ideas outweighs your willingness to stress-test them? You’ve already started mislearning.

Bottom line: It’s not about humility vs arrogance. It’s about keeping your mind porous enough to let better answers in.

Otherwise, you’re not doing science. You’re doing cosplay.

[petrolstationflowers]

Up to your neck in true crime and feel you can really get into why burglars keep stealing your toilet? Then perhaps the Criminal Psychologist career is for you! This was another request from Catrillion and I had to do a fair bit of digging to make sure this one was accurate.

This job is available for YA - Elder, and you can join via the Police Station. Please note you will need University installed as one of the requirements is the Science skill!

No opportunities or books.

If you want to use this, you must have Nraas Careers installed for it to show up!

There are three custom tones to level your skills:

Build a Rapport (Logic) Write Your Report (Writing) Study Previous Cases (Science)

Coworker tones are the same, and skill tones and uniforms appear from level four. The carpool doesn't appear until level three -- you're a poor postgrad, after all!

Levels under here:

Positive Postgraduate - 10 simoleans p/h, 09:00 - 17:00, M-F Description - It’s been a long road to graduation – plenty of sleepless nights watching true crime documentaries and making flash cards for exams, because Watcher forbid you muddle up the Hansford Prison Experiment and the Toto Doll study. You’ve decided you want to jump right in and get an internship, but where to start? Better start cozying up to your professors and making some phone calls! Enthusiasic Intern - 15 simoleans p/h, 09:00 - 18:00, M-F Description - After laying on the praise and asking very nicely, you’ve managed to secure an internship for the year. The pay is nothing special and the hours are long, but you’re learning a lot, working at the local police station, accompanying jail, and the mental health unit over at Sunset Valley General. You’ll be profiling offenders and writing out risk assessments for those living with Unstable personalities, writing recommendations to make the prison nicer and holding therapy sessions. Better hope they’ve got good coffee! Criminal Psychologist In Training - 30 simoleans p/h, 09:00 - 18:00, M-F Description - If you thought you escaped the classroom, think again. Sure, you’re finally getting to put your skills to use, but while you’re still helping out at the precinct, you’re also trying to put together where your skills lie. Would you be best working at HMS Sunset Valley, overseeing prisoner rehabilitation, or in the interview room at the police station working on a report for Sunset Valley Plumbbob Court? Best find a quiet spot in the legal library and do some studying – oh, and your manager wants those reports by the end of the day.

Junior Criminal Psychologist - 40 simoleans p/h, 09:00 - 18:00, M-F

Description - You’re not quite working in the big leagues yet, but you’re getting there. You’ve been assigned to the psychiatric unit, triaging those who have been sent your way and helping out with various studies being conducted around the facility. You are, however, getting to sit in on diagnostic intakes and occasionally are being trusted to write up your own. Hopefully if you format the reports nicely enough, you’ll be allowed to steer the ship yourself.

Clinical Researcher - 70 simoleans p/h, 09:00 - 18:00, M-F

Description - Now you’ve found your feet, you’ve been assigned to work on a clinical research program. Sure, it’s only a contract job, but you’re learning about kleptomania and why certain sims are compelled to steal street lights. Lots of note taking, interviewing people, and staring at graphs until the numbers blur, but when you finally see patterns and correlations, it’ll all be worth it!

Treatment Psychologist - 80 simoleans p/h, 09:00 - 18:00, M-F

Description - The data about street lights proved fruitful, and the local government have decided that the results are valuable enough to be put into practice. Sunset Valley General has set up a specific ward for those suffering from kleptomania, and you’ll be setting up therapeutic workshops and treatment programs to try and cut down on their thievery. It’ll take time, patience, and empathy – luckily, you’ve got those in spades.

Psychologist - 100 simoleans p/h, 09:00 - 15:00, M-F

Description - Out on your own now, with an office and everything! No longer chained to a hospital or a ugly precinct storage room, you’re free to pursue topics that interest you and studies that make your brain light up. It’s back to assessing and evaluating patients, setting up group studies and making recommendations for them to take a long holiday to Barnacle Bay for the sake of their health. The hours are shorter and pay is better – maybe you’re finally at the top?

Senior Psychologist - 120 simoleans p/h, 10:00 - 17:00, M-F

Description - Business is booming, but there’s something missing; counselling snobby sims through their affluenza or prescribing pills for cowards who can’t stop running away from Bonehilda isn’t as fulfilling as it used to be. You’ve been keeping an eye on local job postings and there’s one that’s caught your eye; something about working with the police force to uncover exactly how their minds work. Perhaps it’s time to spruce up your CV…

Investigator in Training - 150 simoleans p/h, 09:00 - 18:00, M-F

Description - You’re back to long hours and endless studying, but this one is paid well and comes with lots of benefits; namely, finally getting to study some of SimNation’s most intriguing criminals up close. You’re not being turned loose quite yet, so for the moment you’ll need to shadow your fellow officers and write up dictated reports on just why you think the Tricou family died and who had the motive to arrange Bella Goth’s disappearance. Keep your nose to the grindstone and soon you’ll be free of hours long recordings and into the interrogation rooms yourself.

Criminal Investigator - 200 simoleans p/h, 09:00 - 18:00, T,W,U

Description - That work has paid off and you’re finally where you wanted to be – sitting across the table from some of the most dangerous people in SimNation. When Circe Beaker has been hauled in for illegal experimentation and Roderick Synapse has finally been arrested for kidnap, it’s your job to sit down with them and pick apart their alibis. You’ll need to walk the fine line between professional and friendly, keep a cool head when you’re hearing the horrors, and be able to put together everything you’ve learned in a well written report – best get the coffee ready.

Translations: I've included the English Strings in the file; if anyone is talented enough to translate, I would be incredibly grateful, so please let me know in the comments!

With thanks: To MissyHissy's career building tutorial!