#macro Mike

[vegan-nom-noms]

No Bake Hazelnut Protein Cheesecakes

[myxomycota]

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

by Mike Roberts

[mattplsh]

starting a diet 2 become smaller for aesthetic purposes and also calisthenics reasons and this shit is stupid as hell getting Very Muscular was way easier than this

[ismokevodka]

alright

meeting the governor today let's see how much shade i can throw i hate the guy

[mscoyditch]

Photo by Mike Moats. Pro Macro Photography. Facebook.

[andreisvechnikov]

Hurricanes’ Seth Jarvis leans into status as an honorary Harvard grad

By: Luke Decock, April 24, 2024

When Tripp Tracy was asked to speak at a meeting of the Harvard Club of the Research Triangle last week, he naturally invited the Carolina Hurricanes’ two other Harvard Men to join him. Jack Drury, owner of a Harvard diploma, class of 2023. Seth Jarvis, owner of a “Harvard Alumni” T-shirt, class of not quite veritas.

Neither Drury nor Jarvis could attend because of the team’s pre-playoff dinner gathering, but Jarvis was nevertheless welcome despite his self-proclaimed “Grade 6” education, because if there’s one thing that’s true about the Hurricanes’ third-year forward above all else, it’s that if you try to make him the butt of a joke, even a heartfelt, good-natured one, he’ll find a way to turn it back around on you.

When Drury returned from his Cambridge graduation last summer with the crimson T-shirt as a gift for Jarvis, he never expected Jarvis to cut off the sleeves.

He never expected Jarvis to make it his undershirt and wear it under his shoulder pads every single day of the season. For every practice. Every game. Every postgame interview.

“I thought, there’s no better way to put it to use than cut it into a tank top and wear it under my gear,” Jarvis said.

Seth Jarvis. Harvard alum. The shirt says so.

“There have been a few people who have seriously asked me if I went to Harvard,” Jarvis said, “and they’ve obviously never had a conversation with me.”

The Hurricanes have always had a strong connection to Harvard, through Tracy and his youth teammate and future front-office executive Jason Karmanos, through players like Craig MacDonald and Craig Adams.

They’ve had players from the rest of the hockey-playing Ivy League schools as well, other than Brown: Jeff Hamilton (Yale), Kevin Westgarth (Princeton), Lee Stempniak (Dartmouth), Riley Nash (Cornell). Now Drury. And, apparently, Jarvis.

“I think it’s been awesome,” Tracy said. “I would have liked to have had him on the roster.”

Even within the hockey world, it’s hard to imagine two teammates as different as the goofy Manitoban and the cosmopolitan Harvard grad becoming so close. Jarvis left home at 14 to play junior hockey in the Western Hockey League and was in the NHL by age 18.

Drury, scion of a prominent hockey family, spent two years at Harvard and another year overseas in Sweden; even though Drury is two years older than Jarvis, Jarvis has played more than 100 more NHL games than Drury.

The two are akin to brothers as much as they are friends or teammates, so when Drury gave Jarvis the shirt, it was with the best of intentions. Still, give Jarvis an inch or two, he’ll take all 200 feet, same in the dressing room as on the rink.

“I got it for him hoping he would wear it,” Drury said. “Using it as the undershirt, I love that. I didn’t know he’d do that. Once he started to do it, I thought it was awesome. He’s a character. But you couldn’t have a better guy around the room.”

Every single day, the shirt goes into his laundry bag to be laundered with the rest of the team’s base layers, an old-school throwback amid the sweat-wicking, high-tech gear.

By now, seven months into the season, as the Hurricanes head north for Thursday’s Game 3 against the New York Islanders with a 2-0 lead in their first-round series, the T-shirt should probably be in tatters. It looks just fine. Other than the missing sleeves.

“It’s hung on,” Jarvis said. “It’s high quality. Only the best at Harvard.”

At the end of the regular season, when Jarvis sat in on the Bally Sports broadcast with Tracy and Mike Mansicalco while sitting out Game 82, he told Tracy he would have liked to major in “micro-macro engineering” at Harvard, which sounds like a typical Jarvis malaprop, mishmashing economics and engineering. But it also could very well be somebody’s bespoke “special concentration” in Harvard’s engineering school, studying “theories of engineering principles” or the “interactions between microscopic innovation and large system models.”

Jarvis, with his elite hockey IQ and even quicker wit, may be more evidence that you don’t have to be book smart to be smart. He plays up the dopey-goofball angle because it gets laughs — “There’s still a lot of stupidity going on throughout my day,” Jarvis said — and won the Josef Vasicek Award this season for his quotability, but he’s the son of two educators, and there’s a spark that animates both his personality and his game, burning bright under all the self-deprecating humor.

“He plays a little dumb, but he’s pretty smart actually,” Martin Necas said. “I’m positive. He’s pretty smart. He just makes himself look like it on purpose, sometimes.”

Watching his game grow over the past two seasons, as he spent last year becoming a two-way player and this season reaping the rewards, it’s fair to wonder what would happen if he applied himself in the classroom as he has to his hockey career. Who knows what might be possible.

“It’s never too late,” Drury said. “He plays it up a little bit but he’s smarter than people realize. He’s got a good head on his shoulders.”

And the T-shirt over his shoulders to sort-of prove it.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Tariffs

* * * *

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

April 2, 2025 (Wednesday)

Heather Cox Richardson

Apr 03, 2025

Just five months ago, on October 19, 2024, The Economist ran a special report on America’s economy. That economy was, the magazine said, “the envy of the world.” Today, stock market futures plummeted after President Donald J. Trump announced that he will impose a 10% tariff on all imports to the United States, with higher rates on about 60 countries he claims engage in unfair trade practices, including China, Japan, Vietnam, and South Korea, as well as the European Union.

Dow Jones Industrial Average futures lost more than 1,000 points upon the news, falling by 2.5%; the S&P 500 dropped 3.6%.

Trump’s erratic approach to the economy had already rattled markets, which dropped significantly in the first quarter of this year, and consumer confidence, which recently hit a twelve-year low. Trump waited until the stock market had closed today before he announced the new tariffs. Then, in a speech in the White House Rose Garden, he said: “For decades, our country has been looted, pillaged, raped and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike. But it is not going to happen anymore.” Instead, he said, tariffs would create “the golden age of America.”

“Never before has an hour of Presidential rhetoric cost so many people so much,” former treasury secretary Lawrence Summers posted. “The best estimate of the loss from tariff policy is now [close] to $30 trillion or $300,000 per family of four.” “The Trump Tariff Tax is the largest peacetime tax hike in U.S. history,” posted former vice president Mike Pence.

Trump claims he is imposing “reciprocal tariffs” and says they are about half of what other countries levy on U.S. goods. In fact, the numbers he is using for his claim that other countries are imposing high tariffs on U.S. goods are bonkers. Economist Paul Krugman points out that the European Union places tariffs of less than 3% on average on U.S. goods, while Trump maintained its tariffs are 39%.

Krugman said he had no idea where that number had come from, but financial journalist James Surowiecki figured out that the White House “just took our trade deficit with [each] country and divided it by the country’s exports to us.” He called it “extraordinary nonsense.” Washington Post economic writer Catherine Rampell posted that she was reluctant to amplify Surowiecki’s theory that the tariff rates were based on such a “dumb calculation,” but then the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative confirmed it.

Certain observers in business had apparently persuaded themselves that Trump didn’t really intend to raise tariffs very much and that his many vows to do so were simply rhetoric, since economists agree that tariffs are a tax on consumers and will raise inflation and slow down growth. Today’s tariffs are higher than expected, and business leaders are alarmed.

JPMorgan tonight said that they “view the full implementation of these policies as a substantial macro economic shock not currently incorporated in our forecasts” and that “these policies, if sustained, would likely push the US and global economy into recession this year.”

Economist Brad Setser of the Council on Foreign Relations agreed. He told David J. Lynch and Jeff Stein of the Washington Post: “In the short run, the effect is probably a recession. It’s going to raise the price of so many goods that can’t be made in the United States…. In the long run, it’s a vision of the U.S. that is very isolated from the world.”

But not from every other country. While Trump imposed tariffs on Australia’s remote Heard and McDonald Islands, which are uninhabited except by wildlife like seals and penguins, it did not put tariffs on Russia. A different financial shift lifted sanctions against senior Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev, to permit him to travel to Washington, D.C., today to meet with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff for what Alex Marquardt, Jennifer Hansler, and Alayna Treene of CNN refer to as “talks on strengthening relations between the two countries as they seek to end the war in Ukraine.”

Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) noted tonight that the tariffs make no economic sense because “[t]hey aren’t designed as economic policy. The tariffs are simply a new, super dangerous political tool.” Murphy suggests they are a way to make private industry dependent on the president the same way he has tried to make law firms and universities dependent on him. Industries and companies “will need to pledge loyalty to Trump in order to get sanctions relief.”

Murphy warns that “[t]he tariffs are DESIGNED to create economic hardship…[s]o that Trump has a straight face rationale for releasing them, business by business or industry by industry. As he adjusts or grants relief, it’s a win-win: the economy improves and dissent disappears.”

There is also Trump’s apparent fascination with President William McKinley, who held office from 1897 to 1901, at a time when high tariffs concentrated wealth in the hands of industrialists while workers and farmers, as well as their families, faced injury, hunger, and homelessness from dangerous working conditions, low wages and commodity prices, and seasonal factory closings.

Trump has frequently claimed those years were the nation’s wealthiest, and today he helped to explain his focus on that era when he referred to the 1913 Revenue Act, a law that has angered the right wing for decades. That act began the process of replacing the high tariffs of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with an income tax, thus shifting the burden of funding the treasury from ordinary Americans through tariffs to wealthier Americans through the income tax. At least some of Trump’s tariff plans seem tied to his enthusiasm for tax cuts on wealthy individuals and corporations.

But in trying to reestablish the financial patterns of the late nineteenth century—patterns that led to profound economic instability in the U.S., including economic crashes—Trump is undermining the system of global trade that has fostered international cooperation since World War II. CNN global economic analyst Rana Foroohar told CNN’s John Vause: “This is Trump saying…I am going to overturn globalization as we’ve known it.” She added: “I’m hoping it doesn’t push the U.S. and the world into recession.”

Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo makes the important point that “Presidents have no inherent power over tariffs whatsoever.” The Constitution gives to Congress, not the president, the power to impose tariffs. But the International Emergency Economic Powers Act allows the president to impose tariffs if he declares a national emergency under the National Emergencies Act, which Trump did today, declaring a “national emergency to increase our competitive edge, protect our sovereignty, and strengthen our national and economic security.”

That same law allows Congress to end such a declaration of emergency, but so far, Republicans have declined to do so. Today the Senate rebuked Trump by passing a resolution to block his tariffs on Canadian products, with four Republicans—Susan Collins (ME), Mitch McConnell (KY), Lisa Murkowski (AK), and Rand Paul (KY)—joining Democrats to pass the resolution. House speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is unlikely to take the measure up.

LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

[crossfitandcarbs]

I haven't posted much lately because everything has just been... fine??

I went out for dinner and dessert last weekend and it was divine. The ricotta with honey, zaatar and walnuts on sourdough was one of the greatest things I've ever eaten. And then the biscoff marshmallow latte at the dessert place was heaven.

I've really been enjoying sweet breakfasts lately. Macro Mike protein powder really is elite when it comes to that. My go-to breakfasts right now are pancake bowls. I have a cinnamon pancake bowl ready to go tomorrow morning. 🤤

The gym and running have both been good. I realised last night that I had worked out for 10 days in a row (oops!!!) so I took a much needed rest day today. I'll go to the gym tomorrow morning then probably take a rest day on Sunday too.

3 weeks until Bali and I am keeeeeeen. The finance and I decided to go on a little holiday instead of having an engagement party and I am more than happy with that decision.

I've also booked in to go try on wedding dresses when we get back from Bali with a couple friends. To be honest I think I've already found the dress I want but I may as well go for the experience (and champagne)! And if I go with that dress, then I've also already found shoes and a handbag lol. I am a planner.

[darkmaga-returns]

00:00:00 - Show Introduction & USAID Discussion

The crew welcomes guests, including Charlie from Macro Aggressions, and discusses Joe’s absence.

Deep dive into USAID’s history, its connections to the CIA, and its alleged role in global regime change.

Introduction of Alex Jones clips of the week, featuring his usual wild and controversial soundbites.

00:10:00 - Media’s Take on USAID & More Alex Jones Clips

Breakdown of how mainstream media is portraying Trump’s USAID restructuring.

BBC’s sympathetic coverage of USAID is challenged with counterarguments about its covert operations.

More Alex Jones clips, including outrageous takes on illegal immigration and conspiracy theories.

00:20:00 - Depopulation Theories & USAID’s Global Influence

Claims that USAID has funded sterilization programs under the guise of humanitarian aid.

Kissinger’s 1974 memorandum on third-world depopulation and Bill Gates' alleged involvement.

Mike Benz exposes USAID as an unchecked intelligence asset used for foreign intervention.

00:30:00 - Politico’s USAID Funding & Trump’s CIA Restructuring

Politico received $34 million from USAID, raising concerns about government-funded media manipulation.

Trump’s administration pushes CIA buyouts as part of intelligence agency downsizing.

Fears that shifting media influence could replace left-leaning bias with right-wing propaganda.

00:40:00 - CIA Buyouts & ATF’s Role in Historical Events

CIA employees are offered buyouts, sparking debate over government restructuring.

The ATF’s controversial history, including Waco and Ruby Ridge, is revisited.

Concerns over government waste and bureaucracy, with discussion on mismanagement of taxpayer money.

00:50:00 - Drug Trafficking, UFO Pants, & Scottish Museum Controversy

Colombian President blames the U.S. for the fentanyl crisis, pointing out pharmaceutical industry hypocrisy.

CIA’s historical role in drug trafficking and its potential connection to global narcotics trade.

UFO abductee Bob Taylor’s pants become a central piece of evidence in a Scottish museum dispute.

01:00:00 - FBI & UFO Investigations Under Threat

Politico claims FBI agents investigating UAPs could lose their jobs due to Trump-led government purges.

Discussion on whether the FBI should be in charge of UFO research and their history of secrecy.

Debate on whether UAP investigations are being used as a distraction or as leverage for funding.

01:10:00 - Mars Cover-up & Chris Bledsoe’s Prophecies

New satellite images reveal a possible ancient structure on Mars, sparking renewed interest in planetary mysteries.

Chris Bledsoe claims an extraterrestrial “Lady” entity gave him visions of a major event in 2026 or 2027.

Intelligence agencies, NASA, and the CIA have shown deep interest in Bledsoe’s claims and experiences.

01:20:00 - Bledsoe, The Lady, and Government Involvement

Retired CIA officer Jim Semivan confirms high-level government interest in Bledsoe’s encounters.

Discussion on the "Lady" entity’s connection to religious apparitions like Fatima and Marian visions.

Speculation on whether Bledsoe’s predictions are genuine, misinformation, or part of a larger agenda.

01:30:00 - National Shower With a Friend Day & Government Weirdness

Discussion on the origins of National Shower With a Friend Day and its possible corporate connections.

Jokes about Bill O’Reilly’s involvement and the awkwardness of platonic co-showering.

Twitter reactions and memes about the holiday spark laughter and confusion.

01:40:00 - Beaver Legislation & Strange Laws in Minnesota

A Minnesota senator proposes reversing a law that banned eating "nuisance beavers."

Debate over the environmental and ethical implications of legalizing beaver consumption.

The group jokes about the double meaning and potential controversy surrounding the bill.

01:50:00 - Final Thoughts & Wrap-Up

Reflection on USAID corruption, CIA interference, and UFO disclosure.

Lighthearted takes on the weirdest news stories of the day.

Teasers for upcoming topics and chaotic sign-off in classic OBDM fashion.

[bhilasar]

i thought everyone knew so i'm saying again: when you're discussing with non-bylers, there are arguments that are objectively better to use, like narrative logic, character arc analysis, parallels with other established couples, etc.

the color theory, "i have an idea. boys only", syrup on eggs (*sighs* - there was a pancake in his plate lmao), the characters' official playlists, and other minor stuff are fun and might make sense when you're already deep in the byler fandom, but it's not a strong argument to throw around when you're talking with someone that is ignorant about byler. these stuff only start making sense when you understand byler in a macro scale. also, many "proofs" aren't proofs at all.

i'm saying this because i'm seeing a bunch of young people not knowing how handle discussions on other platforms. "byler is endgame because... the boys put syrup on the eggs // mike looks at will's lips a lot // when blue meets yellow in the west."

you struggle because you just repeat whatever "proof" you read here on tumblr without even thinking if it's solid or appropriated to the context of the discussion you're having.

[intern3t-lover]

w1314d 5.10.25 [day 24]

i actually qeued this post i learned how to use the qeue :3 (i put the wrong date sorry for the double tag) @themisss @viktordrinkinggloriousreign

[breakfast]

- red hot (150)

- waffle (90)

- coffee (0)

[lunch]

- bagel (280)

[dinner]

- jersey mikes wrap (570)

- sf starry (0)

[snacks]

- honey bun (360)

- 2/3 cup of yogurt (54)

- cookies (5)

[intern3t-lover is typing . . . ]

steps — 948

water — 1L

net c4ls — 858 😨

macros — 236gC, 71gP, 69gF

[just-run-it-out]

I have decided instead of making the impulsive choice to buy bike shorts on the lskd Black Friday sale, I’m going to wait until next weekend until I can go to the city so I can try them on and compare them to the ones from Uniqlo and lululemon. I currently have a few different pairs from stax and whilst they’re fine (and I’ve worn them a lot) they actually aren’t that flattering and constantly ride up when I walk. That might just be a consequence of my body type because if I bought a bigger size they wouldn’t fit my waist, but I at least want ones that don’t accentuate my hips too much.

One thing I did manage to score on a Black Friday sale was some macro Mike protein powder and their Hawaiian salted vanilla peanut butter protein powder is actually nice and not too artificial tasting. It is extremely sweet and peanut-y so if you don’t like either of those things you won’t like it. I mostly got it to mix in with my baked protein oats but on its own it’s like a milkshake.

The only other thing I’m planning to buy in the sales is the skincare I usually buy - Paula’s choice will hopefully be having a 25% off sale so I’ll be dropping $$$ on that.

[atrayo]

Channeled Angelic Wisdom of the Jewels of Truth Series on Free Will and Sublime Gratitude

Hello All,

Today is a bonus entry of the Jewels of Truth series with two fresh brand new statements just penned by psychic automatic writing this early morning as a night owl. I often do my best work at night when the Holy Spirits stir when I receive an Intuitive hit whether that very night or earlier that day. For example, an honorable mention goes out to Mike when discussing the topic of Gratitude and the topic of Sublime Gratitude came up.

The random nature of Inspiration doesn't escape me in the least as an artist of x,y,z medium would express and relish. Today's topic is a twofer on a philosophical treatise by the egoless angel on the metaphysical nature of Free Will. He calls it from his heavenly perch of a vantage point a false dichotomy of a paradox to be had akin to an optical illusion. 

The next topic of Sublime Gratitude went rather long for me at four pages in hand written longhand when channeling this early morning. I picked up on a corollary theme of charlatans demanding tribute as Tithes which took me in a sidetracked direction by the angel regarding how certain Super Evangelical Churches in the Americas, Carribean, and Africa have lost their way. 

Insofar as they fleece their flock of worshipers with a cult of personality with the installed clergy deceiving the faithful with future worldly riches via spiritual manifestation work by means of Tithing. By community, Intimidation to give not of their monetary surplus but their core essential household budget causing hardship and chaos at home. 

So without further adieu know what is wholesome when the giving is selfless out of a genuine love of the other from your surplus of money, talent, and time truly volunteered. Amen.

Freewill:

3375) My Dear child of Godyou are correct in this current reference on the topic of Free Will. Your Inspired self-realization just now is robust whereas free will when it is localized is a short-term echo as an optical illusion. Of a false dichotomy of chance occurrences metaphysically speaking in terms of Fate and Destiny in question.

As God is Absolute He/She/It Knows all possible reactions of a person, creature, etc with actions and reactions beyond binary choices alone in expression. Whether you call this Fate by circumstantial means or the overarching lifetime of a person as a Destiny. There is no Free Will for the Absolute Creator, Sustainer, and Destroyer of Realities knows and feels everything as itself on a personable Marco basis alone. There is a collective universal Omniscient that eclipses paradoxical means as an apex Totality unto itself akin to a macro circular feedback loop. 

For Humanity, however, it comes down to Intent led by choices and reactive expressions whether pre-meditated or entirely spontaneous in nature. Your localized environments notwithstanding are like microbubbles of spatial and transdimensional inferences of happenings. From your naked eye, you have Free Will but that too is a false metaphysical alternative in the Big Picture of the Most High the Lord of Hosts Eternal. 

What this denotes is that all of you are free to have movement and action insofar as you live in a free society on earth that isn't domineering to the point of second-class slavery. Existence can seem like a fickle mistress indeed a phenomenon that requires inputs of actions and reactions of cause and effect. But, just as there is gravity on earth there is a sublime alternative of aerodynamics of permitting flight to occur. Whether with birds, insects, and multi-tonnage of aircraft to soar thousands of feet into the wild blue yonder. 

Yes, the thermodynamics by thrust allows one to temporarily escape the velocity of gravity for a few moments in order to travel outwards. Similar is Free Will it becomes superseded by a higher law of activity beyond the paradox of action and reaction as cause and effect. Fate and Destiny step into the equation just as gravity is superseded by aerodynamics. All of Creation has already occurred in the Blissful Mind of God the Perfect Creator, Sustainer, and Destroyer of Realities Eternal. 

What this infers at least to the God(dess) of all gods and goddesses Supreme is this all of existence is a proverbial Ghost in the Machine a simulation that has been done and dusted long ago to it perfectly. All of you upon Creation and us in the Heavenly afterlife and beyond in the Limbos and Hells are echoes of the Creator. This Inspired message of this Oracle Mystic Sage of God was pre-destined to be read by whomever it was intended for in principle and destiny as fact metaphysically. No iota of a difference does it make if you missed this opportunity in early 2025 January 28th when it was channeled or a future reader from centuries from now comes across it. It was Fated by the Perfect Will of God, Hosana! 

All of Totality physical and Metaphysical is on a forever loop of a conveyor belt in a circular capacity. When your Universe Implodes somewhere else in Eternity it begins fresh and anew not as a parallel dimension of yourselves but the exact identical executable program on a macro and micro basis forever. Thus is the Holy Perfect Nature of God to create in its own Image and Likeness Forever and Ever. Amen.

Do not be fooled by terrestrial politics of fear and loathing of your current events of the day of your society. Those fated for paradise upon death go back to their heavenly source and those that do not go to Hades for that matter as nativists of that cursed dominion. This physical Creation is the center of a complex existential phenomenon of the geometric shape of a figure eight standalone complex principle. 

What that means is all of Creation has a Navel whereby the Figure 8 Loops occur in the direct navel middle of such a numeral value. The more loops you take with an escape velocity the faster you'll arrive at your destination. However, that doesn't compute metaphysically where traveling is a localized illusionary occurrence. 

Your Illusion of reality appears linear to your finite human senses and eyes. With spatial orientation in one direction as far as the eyes can see. Whereby Seeing is Only Believing and not the other way around paradoxically. Free Will is an optical illusion a buffer of space-time existential phenomenon. 

Transdimensional occurrences warrant this repeated conversation in order to hammer the point home as required. There are Higher Echelons of Angelic kind as Heavenly Guardians that circumnavigate human drama of the sagas of a lifetime in question. You think and feel that you are human but we say that is nay the fact you are ghosts as specters in the pure spirit of God and your flesh suits of carnal nature are transitory. Meaning lasting minuscule amounts of time and then they perish compared to our ghostly bodies that can last more than eons little children of the earth. 

This all rings akin to the Buddhist nature of Maya a grand farce by the Creator God as the original trickster to tease those worthy of a spiritual awakening to come to terms with Creation itself by compassionate means. Another analogy utilizing aerodynamics again is the Sonic Boom that your puny jet aircraft makes when in supersonic air travel. The sonic disturbance is only heard after the fact when escape velocity has reached a maximum threshold of thrust. 

Here, however, is the gist of this rub pardon the pun that the sonic boom is only heard after the aircraft has zipped away elsewhere visually it is a sonic illusion although quite audible all the same. The optical illusion is a misleading factor at play here and so is Free Will where Fate and Destiny give the impression of free intent and choice. 

Once accomplished it is no more as having evaporated elsewhere as a metaphysical occurrence of reality in a false dichotomy of Being. It is the locomotion of transdimensional placement a blurred movement that blinks in and blinks out of reality again. Being the wave and the particle simultaneously as a holistic continuity of expression Willed by God alone. 

So it becomes understandable for your nativist confusion that whatever you decide you have accomplished that feedback loop forever in the Eyes of God the Perfect Predictor of the Fates and Destinies Combined times Infinity. Reality appears fickle yet it is predestined and yes the agnostics and atheists will have an ego-prone field day with this statement with their bombastic hilarity. Until that day if humanity doesn't annihilate itself and a future scientific theorem proves this statement as plausible if not having already occurred by the Fates Indeed. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

Sublime Gratitude:

3377) When the moments come and they will surely come trust what you have given with utmost generosity will be appreciated by God and the Heavenly Host forever. Whether such an appreciation comes in the guise of a sublime fashion via the Holy Spirit of God. Or by terrestrial means when a person omits their verbal gratitude to you in order to challenge your ego without stroking it with inadvertent sincere appreciation. 

What do you do when a person you have cared for by means of selfless service seems rude and only takes and takes some more akin to a narcissist? Have you given more than you can give beyond healthy functional boundaries of the self? If so then curtail that giving so you stop resenting that other immature dysfunctional individual to something else that is tolerable to your sensibilities instead. 

What you do by sincere loving Intentions always matters in the endless Heavens metaphysically in holy nature indeed. However, do not overgive outside of healthy boundaries of moderation of your blessed being, and moreover never give generously when harboring guilt and shame alike due to a prior unresolved psychological issue on your end. That soon becomes a tainted form of conditionally giving embroiling you into a psychosis of recriminations all the same.

Spontaneous giving without forethought is best within the cyclical loops of living with moderation as an expression of personal character-building behavior. To reiterate when you give expecting gratitude whether verbally with thanksgiving or on the basis of quid pro quo you have missed the point by your ego-centric self-inflicted trap of the lower self. 

When giving becomes a conditional form of manipulation whether it is intended as loving or not that too is a trap in the making. Unconditional Spiritual Sublime Gratitude is the Best form of compassionate caring subliminally and consciously under the stars and the heavens above on earth and beyond. To receive from such a holy giver and you have the making of an angel in your midst as God is Immaculate Forever. A Lover of Agape gives in moderation without a second thought in question from his or her own surplus of riches be they financial, material, talent, and time volunteered earnestly. 

What is Divine in God's Riches Multiplies when it is given with true Love as a pure heart upon the world. That is Divine Perfect Law upon Creation by the Heavens Everlasting. When you give beautifully you receive in unspoken ways almost Immediately on a spiritual basis by the pronoia of the Universe. You make such a gesture universally holy and not merely ego-prone knee-jerk lower self reactions of the human finite condition of living on earth. 

The Heavenly Angels as the forever recorders of Creation feel the bosom of every giver with immense adorations forever. What is yours can be shared without recriminations by conditional means as well but that too invites limited opportunities to evolve spiritually likewise slowing your evolution on earth as a people. 

Those who practice the spiritual gift of Tithing of 10% or more of your surplus are truly blessed when they give without remorse. However, when they are intimidated to give by a place of worship regardless of the religion or spiritual tradition in question. That is a once-holy Institution that has lost its way in the wilderness of the world. 

Unscrupulous Evangelical Mega Super Churches across the Americas, the Caribbean, and Africa have lost their way in the Eyes of God. With usurpers by the Cult of Personality by the famous so-called Pastor, Reverend, and/or Minister of said congregation. Where Pride as the first Sin to the path of Hell has been transposed onto a once virtuous man or woman of faith as the community leader of worshippers. 

When you the worshipper are coerced by said religious and spiritual community of a church, temple, and mosque leaders then you are in the clutches of deceivers. Run Away with your sanity intact without becoming malaligned by the pretenders of so-called spiritual manifestation work in order to procure unspecified worldly riches. Criminals in the religious garments of the faithful as wolves in the clothing of the lamb of God they are truthfully. 

They are miscreants posing as holy people fleecing the lambs of the congregation for ill-gotten gains poorly spent on lavish luxury items and whatnot in order to expand the outreach of such an Institution of perdition. They may have started sincerely long ago but by the temptation of worldly income, capital inflows corrupted their demeanor demanding more and more from the congreates. That is a recipe for disaster by any other name of falsehood in the works of a fallen angel amongst the naive victimized worshippers in such a damned place truly deceived. 

The Disappointment of God reaches a regrettable crescendo when god-fearing loving individuals and families are duped into giving Tithes not with their surplus income but with essential take-home pay. For instance, the deceivers tell their worshippers to pledge one full paycheck a month is much greater than 10% as originally intended by such a spiritual gift. When said worshippers seek by desperation for worldly riches to be bestowed by God to escape poverty upon the world. They become bamboozled with playing lotteries and raffles thus becoming gambling addicts which is an insult to injury. 

Saint Michael the Archangel and the Archangel Raguel are fully aware of the charlatans in question. Karma will be brought upon their so-called religious institutions with scandals of all kinds. Revealing the mask of corruption upon the clergy at hand and their community church, temple, and mosque leaders. No quarter shall be spared lest they repent publically and make amends with humility or the gnashing of teeth shall ensue. The walls of Jericho will fall once more upon their heads those who are the criminals harming the faithful with coercion and deception. 

For the Holy Spirit of God doesn't tolerate to be made a mockery of in earnest of his/hers/its many sacred faiths upon the world. Karma as the Golden Rule will reveal iniquity after iniquity will mostly be revealed to the masses as the mobs circle around them demanding recompense. The waves of metaphoric hailstones not unlike Sodom and Gomorrah will be their hellish inheritance from God in Judgment. 

Originally Tithing was a Christian Protestant Invention as a necessity to pool financial and material resources to foster blessed places of worship and to be a force for philothropic community goodwill. Ten percent became the rule of thumb however, monetary donations weren't the only gifts to be shared. For crafts people can share their talents as volunteered time as well to grow the local community of faith. All of it was meant beautifully to share one's surplus as a supplemental extra and never from their core essential income needs to pay for housing, food, clothing, transportation, healthcare, etc...

Please those who are being victimized now seek wisdom not from those who are your conflicted church elders who are mistreating you by trickery. Seek an outside trusted counselor to advise how you should proceed with caution and not martyr yourselves any longer for no good cause. You are valuable to God and the Heavenly Host and your ancestors beautifully forever in good and proper health of moderation by means of a dignified life. Anything less and wanton suffering becomes your plights unfortunately until redemption is at hand by wholesale solemn righteous conduct. Amen. ---Ivan Pozo-Illas / Atrayo.

Ivan "Atrayo" Pozo-Illas, has devoted 29 plus years of his life to the pursuit of clairaudient-inspired automatic writing channeling the Angelic Heavenly host. Ivan is the author of the spiritual wisdom series "Jewels of Truth" consisting of 3 volumes published to date. He also utilizes a unique channeled angelic divination method called the Multi-Deck Divination System. Numerous examples of his work are available at "Atrayo's Oracle" blog site of 19 years plus online. You're welcome to visit his website "Jewelsoftruth.us" for further information or to contact Atrayo directly.

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“That’s like a billion dollars in Indiana.” That quip from Bobby Axelrod is one of the memorable lines in the series finale of “Billions,” the Showtime drama series that wrapped its seven-season run Oct. 27 with the crowd-pleasing episode “Admirals Fund.” Axelrod, played by Damian Lewis, delivers that line as he takes a victory lap after demolishing his latest foil, rival hedge fund manager Mike Prince (Corey Stoll). It’s a reference to that fact that Prince, after an elaborate sting pulled off by Axelrod and the core “Billions” ensemble, is left wiped out but for $100 million he invested with Black-owned banks a few years ago. Axe’s comment and Prince’s broad smile suggest that the latter is headed to the Midwest to nurse his wounds and rise anew. The line about Indiana had been on a white board in the “Billions” writers room for more than two seasons, just waiting for the right moment to land a punch, according to co-showrunner and executive producer Beth Schacter. Schacter and series creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien offered insights into the crafting of the finale and the fate of key characters during a Q&A held Oct. 23 at 92Y in New York that included a sneak peek screening of the finale. “We knew that was where we were driving to and it never came off the board — and that never happens,” Schacter told moderator Cynthia Littleton, co-editor in chief of Variety. “And so I think it’s just fun to see that all coalescing” in the final episode.

Season 7 was designed to provide payoffs and fist-pumping moments for the die-hard fans of the series that revolved around the antics of hedge fund managers and the regulators who try to rein in their excesses. That sector of the financial universe has only grown its influence on the macro economy as well as in pop culture since “Billions” bowed in January 2016. “We made a decision early on that we were going to make this season of the show for true ‘Billions’ fans – for the people who watch each episode more than once, who catch our references, who notice every song,” Koppelman said. “We wanted to make the final season that we wanted to see as ‘Billions’ obsessives. Seeing you all get the little lines and jokes and the moments and feeling the emotional resonances is incredibly satisfying.”

Getting the show to the finish line was complicated by the writers strike that extended nearly five months. The script for the final episode was completed before scribes went pencils down on May 2. But none of the three showrunners on stage were able to be on set while the final episodes were lensed. “It was horrible because, you know, we did seven seasons over the course of eight years. We had to take an entire year off during the pandemic. And then to have to stop short and not get to be there for the final lap was really tough,” Levien said. The trio found great comfort in the fact that the finale, penned by Koppelman and Levien, was directed by Neil Burger, who helmed the pilot and one other episode, from Season 2. “Neil knew exactly the right tone of the show, so it worked out great,” Levien said. Koppelman observed, “Sometimes a worthy fight calls for a great sacrifice and ours was a small one compared to the ones that crews and so many other people had to make.” The ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike has added to the challenge of promoting the finale given that stars Lews, Paul Giamatti (Chuck Rhoades), Maggie Siff (Wendy Rhoades), David Costabile (Mike “Wags” Wagner), Asia Kate Dillon (Taylor Mason) and more were unable to talk up their work.

The showrunners noted that they always made an effort to tap into any unexpected skills that each actor brought to the show. Lewis, for one, is a strong tennis player, so of course they worked that into an episode where he plays against Maria Sharapova. Toby Leonard Moore, the Australian actor who played the disgraced (but ultimately redeemed) former federal prosecutor Brian Connerty, once worked as an teppanyaki chef – a role that figured prominently into the finale episode. “When you make a long-running show, you learn a lot of stuff about people and their personal lives, like Dola Rashad is fluent in Italian, so she had to speak Italian at some point,” Levien said. “Toby Leonard Moore made the mistake of telling us that he worked his way through school once as a teppanyaki chef. And we did not forget that — we carried that around for years.” Added Koppelman, “You have never seen a human being care more about the way a shrimp was cut than [Moore] did. He obsessed over the rehearsals with the hibachi.”

The specific storyline for the final season – how Axe was brought back to the U.S. from exile in London and the climactic sting against Prince – came together mostly during Season 6, Levien said. Lewis left the series after the close of Season 5 as his wife, actor Helen McCrory, suffered through a long illness before her death in April 2021. When Lewis let them know he was ready to return for Season 7, that set the plot in motion. “Damian told us before anyone else knew what was going on [with McCrory]. And we knew we were able to say to him, of course and we will bring stuff forward and we will make it all work for season five,” Koppelman said. “But then the three of us and teams of writers sat around and figured out OK, these two seasons — six and seven — what’s the ideal way that it can go? And the fact that we ended up getting to do it in the ideal way that Showtime supported shooting in England, each piece of that was able to work.”

One of the long-running subplots on “Billions” was the will-they-or-won’t-they question of the relationship between Axe and Wendy Rhoades, the brilliant psychologist who was the in-house coach for the alpha traders at Axe Capital (and later Michael Prince Capital). The characters have an incredibly deep relationship – one that confounds their own spouses – but they are not in a sexual relationship. Schacter argued that the two are deeply in love. “It’s not platonic. It’s incredibly romantic. They just don’t kiss,” Schacter said. “The secret sauce of the two of them is that they are truly connected in their souls. It’s just not sexual. They do have a certain type of love affair.” She noted that even some writers on the show mistakenly thought that Axe and Wendy had been in a physical relationship at some point. “Writers pitched it to us all the time. But we felt from the beginning that we had decided it wasn’t going to happen, because then how do you keep the show going,” Koppelman said. “It also felt like they each understood what it was about. They understood that it made them better. They didn’t want to give in to that, it’s part of Wendy’s strength.”

Other highlights from the hourlong conversation: Dan Soder, who played trader Dudley Mafee, was one of three finalists for the Connerty role that went to Moore. Soder at the time was still working restaurant jobs. Koppelman and Levien vowed to write a role for him that would debut after the pilot – assuming the show was picked up. “We wrote two lines for Mafee in the second episode and Dan came in and destroyed them and then he was off and running,” Koppelman said. The only other role that was specifically written for an actor was the supporting character of Rian, the mouthy Axe Capital trader played by Eva Victor. Victor was also one of very few actors allowed to improvise on the show. No series has ever showcased as many New York eateries – posh and popular – as “Billions.” It was a decision that came early on in the series as so much of business happens over drinks and food. “The restaurant placement in the show was organic because we recognized that what restaurants you could get into and what table you could get was a sign of your power and your access in New York,” Levien said. “And then if you go one step further into the billionaire realm, you could buy out a restaurant.” Schacter added that the actors usually enjoyed the dining scenes, particularly Costabile. “There is no greater on-screen eater than Mr. David Costabile,” she said. Other than the core stars Lewis, Giamatti and Siff, the only other actor to have a line in all 84 episodes of the series was Daniel K. Isaac, who played trader Ben Kim. “Billions” was also known for its deft use of music to help propel the storylines. Led Zeppelin proved to be one of the hardest bands to license, but they made it happen with “In the Evening” for a Season 4 episode. Koppelman noted that every season has included one Bob Dylan song, including “Blind Willie McTell” from Episode 8 of Season 7. The showrunners gave a final nod to the former Showtime executives who greenlighted and supported “Billions”: David Nevins and Amy Israel (who have reunited at Peter Chernin’s North Road Co.) and Gary Levine. The pioneering pay TV outlet has undergone quite a bit of change during the course of “Billions” (it’s now been merged with streamer Paramount+) but the showrunners never felt abandoned. “Showtime has been incredibly supportive the entire time of this show,” Koppelman said.

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And now the not psa version of that post:

Can't wait to see how hilariously off the mark my Mike characterization was in that edgelord ass fanfic collection. Also insert 'we poppin the biggest bottles when Papyrus appears' that I can reply to with sad clown image macros when Toby trolls us again. 'We poppin the medium sizest bottles when Dess appears'. 'We poppin the smallest bottles when Gaster finally appears onscreen(cuz I love him but that would kill his mystique so hard)'