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[cybereliasacademy]

HyperTransformer: G Additional Tables and Figures

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[princess-angelheart]

age-appropriate beauty activities🧼🐤🛁

hi guyssss this is basically a post of some cute activities to do while you're regressed, but are health/beauty/hygiene related. sometimes when we're little, doing things like applying makeup isn't a good idea, because it could go in our mouths, or we could poke ourselves, etc.! this post is a list of things you can do to still fill that need while being safe. these activities can also help you regress 🫧🧼🐤🛁🌟🧽🐳🐠✨🪮

!! will be editing post as i think of more stuff !! small tw for EDs at the bottom

THIS POST IS NOT FOR YOU IF YOU ARE A NSFW OR K!NK ACCOUNT

ages 2-5 🫧🧼🐤 🫧brushing/combing hair, your own or a doll's 🫧styling hair your own or a doll's 🫧hair clips, bows, headbands 🫧chapstick 🫧lip gloss  🫧lotion  🫧bubble bath  🫧body glitter 🫧bath bombs  🫧fun scented body wash, shampoo, and conditioner  🫧nail polish 🫧 fun shaped loofahs 🫧 fun towels 🫧 play dress-up! 🫧pretend makeup (plastic eyeshadow, plastic lipstick, plastic blush, etc) 🫧pretend hair tools (straightener, curler) 🫧video games where you can style hair, paint nails, or apply makeup 🫧draw/print a picture and add hair, nail polish, or makeup to it

ages 5-10 🛁🌟🧽 🛁all previous, and: 🛁apply makeup to a doll or Barbie head 🛁body spray 🛁kids version of getting mani/pedi 🛁face masks made for kids 🛁other skincare for kids 🛁sticker earrings 🛁rhinestones to decorate face 🛁temporary tattoos 🛁using rollers to curl hair (not heat tools) 🛁play makeup (i mean differently from pretend makeup; this is actual makeup that goes on your skin, but it's often softly pigmented or in bright colours. it's restricted to things like eyeshadow, blush, and lip gloss, and doesn't include things like foundation, concealer, or mascara) ages 11-13 🐳🐠✨ 🧽all previous, and: 🧽real earrings 🧽face masks made for teens 🧽pore strips 🧽simple skincare routine 🧽dying streaks or tips of hair (may require supervision) curling or straightening hair with heat (also may require supervision) 🧽fake nails (may not be appropriate for everyone) 🧽real makeup, but still age appropriate(clear or soft mascara, pencil eyeliner/eyebrow pencil, blush, neutral/softly pigmented eyeshadow, concealer, powder, lipstick, skin tints, highlighter) 14+ 💄👗🪥 🐳all previous, and: 🐳 these following activities may not be suitable for everyone, check with yourself and/or your cg! 🐳whitening teeth 🐳acrylic nails 🐳beauty services like adult mani/pedis or eyebrow maintenance 🐳dying hair completely 🐳full face of makeup

what is NEVER okay, no matter your big or little age⛔🚫👎 🚫starving yourself 🚫 engaging with diet culture in general 🚫comparing yourself and your eyes, hair, makeup, face, beauty, etc. to others 🚫 hurting yourself to look more beautiful 🚫not taking proper safety precautions (for example if you are clumsy without a cg, then make sure you have one around when handling hot tools!) 💗 your body, your face, your lack of hygiene, does not make you less of a regressor or less of a person. we all struggle and we are all beautiful in our own ways. i hope by taking care of yourself like this you can appreciate and show yourself some love!

→ where can i buy some of these things? ✨ you can get a lot of cheap makeup, hair accessories, and hairbrushes at the dollar store, toy stores, or claire's! ✨ i would NOT recommend putting dollar store makeup on your face if you have sensitive skin, but it's okay for giant barbie head. she has special skin that doesn't get irritated and is happy to model it for you!! ✨ toy makeup you can obviously get at toy stores or online, and it's pretty easy to DIY some ✨you can get fun scented soaps and lotions at the dollar store (sometimes), department stores such as walmart or target, claire's and bath and body works. ✨ bath bombs can be found at lush and department stores ✨ face masks/skincare for kids: department stores, claire's, toy stores (maybe? haven't checked) ✨ sticker earrings, rhinestones, temporary tattoos: claire's, online, toy stores

→ help! i used a new soap/lotion/etc. and now my skin is irritated! oh, no, i'm so sorry!!! you should let your cg know, if you have one. then also check the bottle for instructions on what to do. it will probably say wash the area with mild, non irritating soap and warm water. discontinue use of the product as well! you will most likely be okay after removing it from your skin. and remember to never drink or consume any cosmetic item, no matter how yummy it smells or looks or even TASTES :0 i hope this was fun to read and you get to do fun stuff !!! say safe everyone, i love u, and i'm taking suggestions as well for stuff to add!! lots of love 💗🪽

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Fergie Frederiksen - Ulysses 31 1981

Ulysses 31 (Ulysse 31 in France and Uchu Densetsu Yurishizu Satiwan or Space Legend Ulysses 31 in Japan) is a French-Japanese science-fiction/action/adventure/drama anime series. As the name implies, it is based on Homer's The Odyssey (Odysseus is Ulysses in Latin) and heavily borrows plot elements from it as well as various plot elements and characters from other famous Greek myths. It was conceptualized and written by French writer and animation producer Jean Chalopin (who went on to create The Mysterious Cities of Gold (poll #545) and Inspector Gadget (poll # ? :) ) in the following years) and French writer Nina Wolmark (who later created Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea), and co-produced by Tokyo Movie Shinsha studios and DiC Entertainment under the artistic supervision of illustrator Bernard Deyriès.

In the 31st century, spaceship commander Ulysses flies home from a galactic conflict he helped end peacefully on the planet Troy. On the way back to Earth where his beloved Penelope awaits, he rescues his son Telemachus and two young blue-skinned aliens, Yumi and Numinor, from a sacrifice by destroying a cyborg creature called the Cyclops. But this action by Ulysses angers the gods who rule the universe of Olympus, from which it came. Zeus curses Ulysses by dragging his ship, the Odysseus, into the Olympus galaxy, putting his crew in suspended animation, and erasing the ship's memory files that contain Earth's location, until he finds the Kingdom of Hades, at which point his crew will be revived and he will be able to return to Earth.

The series, the first known French-Japanese collaboration in animation, is an unusual product of international collaboration that is still to this day rather unique in its quality. A second season was planned but ultimately cancelled. It was originally planned to be animated by computer, but the single wireframe model generated (a torus) was still too complex to render for the machines used by the production companies at the time. So, the only computer animation left is the opening credits.

Most of the original soundtrack was composed by Denny Crockett and Ike Egan, with six additional themes composed by Shuki Levy. The Japanese version has a different soundtrack. The music was composed by Wakakusa Kei, who made the soundtrack in both the series and pilot that was produced in 1980. An official soundtrack was released in 1986 on vinyl and on CD in 1988. The English version of the intro was sung by Dennis "Fergie" Frederiksen, an American rock singer best known as the former lead singer of Trillion, Angel, LeRoux, and Toto, as well as providing backing vocals for Survivor.

"Ulysses 31" received a total of 69% yes votes!

[the-meme-monarch]

Hello, very big fan of the work you do and the art you make. Given the release of the recent dandy's world animatic, I'm curious! What are your HC's for the handlers? All of their designs are unique and well thought out enough I figure they must have some information behind them. -Despairing because I wish I had the confidence to make an animatic that good, from StarSailor.

hm ! I don’t think I really have many, i kinda just saw their in-game models and thought ‘1 those uniforms are atrocious, 2 lets get you some ears” i did change austin(astro’s handler)’s hair to be A Little More Cool I Guess. it’s kind of a side shave :] other than that just kinda giving them a little more varied body types

but as for Actual Headcanons I’ve got:

shanon(shelly’s handler) is shelly’s hypeman honestly. would tell the kids on tours how cool and smart shelly is and Don’t You Want Her Autograph Or To See Her Themed Room? There’s Bones In There ! bc "everyone forgets about shelly" hurts my heart. not her handler Please

veronica(vee's handler) seems a bit nervous about getting attention, going off of her portrait, so inversely i like to think vee is Her hypeman :]

devan(dandy & pebble’s handler) does weightlifting :] he’s fat and also jacked. i think itd be funny he was allergic to dogs. good thing pebble is a toon rock that just Acts like a dog. wait actually would it be funnier if pebble Still set off his allergies

sam(sprout’s handler) acted about like how sprout acts Now. sprout is coping with the situation by acting like them, just kind of distant/aloof and maybe a little irritable. also this Isnt a headcanon but sam canonically uses they/them that makes me happy and i just wanted to mention

its a little funny i dint think i have anything for austin but from the sounds of it he's the creator's favorite Of the handlers. hopeful to learn more abt him and the rest of them !

their portraits in the animatic are Of Course redraws of their in-game ones, but they’re technically redraws of the redraws i did of them originally ⬇️! i thought it felt off that 3/5 of the handlers didn’t look happy to have their picture taken, and with them all being in the same place like it was Planned and Set Up and everything didn’t seem right. like this is your job these are gonna be big ass pictures put on the wall lighten up a little HDHDHDH so the redraws i made it more as "this was kinda just jumped on them" like someone came up with a camera while they were on duty and said "smile!" and they generally didnt have time to react properly. little did they realize these were going to be made into big ass pictures and put on the wall

as for Other Handlers that we Dont know about yet Assuming There Are More, my sibling and i are thinking that Not Every Toon Has A Designated Handler. like it’s more than just the five as seen here but (from here idk their thoughts and dont speak for them) but so like i figure the mains get their own but the rest there's maybe 1 handler for every 3-4 toons, and they dont look after anyone specifically. just Someone has to be watching them it doesn't matter who. but like with cosmo and sprout always hanging out together its probably Just Sam supervising. they always have to remind the two to turn off the oven

[vrystalius]

GENERAL HC: demons usually have nests, not traditional like straw and fur nests but little tucked away areas they tend to guard.

Muzan and Kokushibo’s nests are in the infinity castle

Douma’s nest is very comfortable. Very demure. (He tears up pillows and goes apeshit. And then makes his cult members clean up and make a larger pillow for him. Because beds are for basic bitches)

Akaza probably has his nest in the infinity castle too, but he’s a bit more secretive, and prob has somewhere else

Gyutaro has his nest in the red district, (it’s filled with bones and all trinkets he likes.)

(Hantengu + clones bc I LOVE THEM) they probably have a nest in the infinity castle since he and his clones need separate areas to keep them from strangling each other… but JANEHWJ

Urogi has a more traditionally bird nest (he steals shit and makes it into his BED)

Sekido just has a bed. Shames everyone else for having a messy nest

Karaku’s nest is very soft. DO NOT BELIEVE HIM THERES SOME FREAKY SHIT IN TYERE- I know he told me :3

Aizetsu’s nest is a few rocks. He feels he doesn’t deserve a proper nest. (Get him some damn pillows. It’s causing back pain for everyone)

ENMU MY LOVE, his nest is inside the train station, idk the word but it’s where all the trains go when not in use, it’s very comfy! No sunlight, he probably uses train lights to illuminate for his human mate

TURNING HC’S (TW HUMAN EATING MENTION)

Muzan isn’t used to being gentle, and seeing his former human mate in such pain to become a demon like him. He has all his servants tend to them; Kokushibo at the door guarding, Douma out going to get nesting supplies for the newly formed demon liege, Akaza getting human meat for them. Fun stuff! 🤩 he throws a massive festival for his new demon spouse. (It’s an excuse to execute random demons)

Kokushibo has a smaller situation, he brings you a small personal feast, (well hidden human meat so you don’t feel guilty) and goes to some people to have them make human meals (just with human meat instead of beef) and personally brings you his nesting materials

Douma has everyone in the cult, and has a sacrifice for your “ascension” (cult bullshit to explain demons) and how you’d need to be quarantined for awhile (cuddles while you calm down from bloodlust) and you two eat the sacrifice

Akaza calms you by taking you out with him. Probably uses a muzzle so you stop biting him… he doesn’t try and keep you contained so much, just supervising so you don’t hurt yourself… or get caught-

Gyutaro has you and Daki in his nest, pampering you both and is hopeful his sister approves of his mate, power wise and demon appearance. (She’s just excited to have another demon to talk too dw)

Hantengu and his clones are waiting on you hand and FOOT, his clones’ mate shall have the same respect as Muzan, since Muzan chose you to be his demon mate.

Enmu puts you to sleep while this happens, easing the growing pains and hunger, you wake up basically the same just a demon bc of the dreams he gave you. 10/10 very nice.

This was very long 👍

I took pictures just in case if tumblr ate this.

This was so good!! I keep thinking about clawing and skinning Douma during the transformation while he just giggles and laughs loudly. Also, I love the nests- Gyutaro’s would probably stink of decay while Daki’s is the most prestige and comfortable. Only the most expensive fabrics and jewrely is allowed to come even near her nest.

I’m not the biggest fan of Hangengu’s clones, but Urogi stealing things for you and dropping it off at his nest, or trying to feed you foods he stole out of people’s hands like a seagull seems super funny to me XD

Also, I think Enmu tried more than once to nest inside a train but never could decide wich one to settle in since his favourite train model changes almost every week and it would be exhausting to change nests so many times, so probably decided to stay near or inside the busiest train station he could find. And yes, he will kick his feet in delight when watching a train pass by or stop to let passengers in.

Akaza probably is letting you chew and rip his forearms apart as much as you like during your transformation, he literally doesn’t care. Also, he’ll probably try to convince you to don’t eat women as well, but doesn’t mind if you eat them anyway. As long as you’re happy and fed.

I can see Muzan getting ashamed of nesting. He’s the demon kind and supposed to above such animalistic behaviours, but he can’t help to hoard the finest and highest grade pillows/blanket. He likes it comfortable and prestige. Muzan would probably spray some cologne over all of it as well to make sure it smells divine, just like him.

Muzan is probably being a little annoyed at how long your transformation is going. He’s gonna stand there, tapping his foot and checking his watch. He might even get worried and check you for any signs of a bad transformation.

Perhaps I should write more headcanons, those are fun!

[companion-showdown]

Who is your favourite companion?

TOURNAMENT MASTERPOST

Propaganda

Sarah-Jane Smith

Sarah was a great companion who got on well with FOUR Doctors across Classic and New Who (Three, Four, Ten, and Eleven); she was a feisty feminist whose line about there being nothing 'only' about being a girl rang with truth in her delivery; she was capable of dealing with aliens and robots with either a gun or compassion as needed; she earned so much love from the fans that she got a shot at two spin-offs (K-9 and Company, which didn't go to series, and The Sarah Jane Adventures, which went three seasons and only ended with Lis Sladen's death) ; she was a role model for so many of my fellow Classic Who fans who watched her growing up; and then as an adult, she mentored her own young companion generation in The Sarah Jane Adventures. She was the Doctor's first "best friend" and set a high standard for so many companions who followed on after.

Jamie McCrimmon

He's the longest running companion (113 episodes!), the original companion with romantic tension with the Doctor, loyal as can be, on the same footing with the doctor despite being an 18th century highlander, he wears a kilt in space, and he was so devoted to the Doctor that he had to be forced away and have his memory erased, and the Doctor had to be grounded, for his run to end. Also really just watch a video of them they're so gay

What can I even say. It's Jamie Mccrimmon. He never would have chosen to leave the doctor, he's the doctor's most loyal companion. He's so Scottish and I love it! Always wears his kilt, gets excited when he hears bagpipe music and sees the Scottish Highlands on the Tardis screen, speaks Gàidhlig, what's not to love. (@gothicacetheatrekid )

Jamie is the longest running companion in all of Doctor Who. He is arguably the doctor’s first best friend and has been haunting the narrative ever since his departure in 1969 (even in 2024 “Boom” he is referenced!! The 10th doctor uses his name in s2e2, and the doctor-turned-master in s13 plays the skyeboat song, which only became a huge part of Doctor who because of Jamie, who was a Jacobite! Several classic doctors meet/reference Jamie in tv and extended universe media, and if you’re an I, TARDIS fan you’ll find Jamie’s entry is the only one where it’s explicitly referenced that Doctor - and the TARDIS! - loved him). He is a very complex character, who might be dismissed but is much more intelligent than he is given credit for. He’s brave and kind. He has a huge fan theory that gained enough traction to become canon through tv stories and audios - “s6b” - in which he works with the Doctor under time lord supervision. He came into the show at its most crucial watershed, the first regeneration, and impacted so much of what we consider core to doctor who today through his friendship with the second doctor. He’s a companion from the past who is quick to learn and adapt, and was the first companion who wanted to join the tardis AND never wanted to leave, until he was forcibly removed. Jamie was with the doctor for pretty much his whole second body, and Doctor who would not be what it is today without Jamie.

[dwellordream]

Parents Should Ignore Their Children More Often

By Darby Saxbe, clinical psychologist and professor of psychology at the University of Southern California

I recently spoke with an anthropologist named Barry Hewlett who studies child-rearing in hunter-gatherer societies in Central Africa. He explained to me that children in those societies spend lots of time with their parents — they tag along throughout the day and often help with tasks like foraging — but they are rarely the main object of their parents’ attention. Sometimes bored, sometimes engaged, these kids spend much of their time observing adults doing adult things.

Parents in contemporary industrialized societies often take the opposite approach. In the precious time when we’re not working, we place our children at the center of our attention, consciously engaging and entertaining them. We drive them around to sports practice and music lessons, where they are observed and monitored by adults, rather than the other way around. We value “quality time” over quantity of time. We feel guilty when we have to drag our children along with us to take care of boring adult business.

This intensive, often frantic style of parenting requires a lot more effort than the style Professor Hewlett described. I found myself thinking about those hunter-gatherers last month when I read the advisory from the surgeon general, Vivek Murthy, warning that many parents are stressed to their breaking point. There are plenty of reasons for this worrisome state of affairs. One is that we don’t ignore our children often enough.

The modern style of parenting is not just exhausting for adults; it is also based on assumptions about what children need to thrive that are not supported by evidence from our evolutionary past. For most of human history, people had lots of kids, and children hung out in intergenerational social groups in which they were not heavily supervised. Your average benign-neglect day care is probably closer to the historical experience of child care than that of a kid who spends the day alone with a doting parent.

Of course, just because a parenting style is ancient doesn’t make it good. But human beings have spent about 90 percent of our collective time on Earth as hunter-gatherers, and our brains and bodies evolved and adapted to suit that lifestyle. Hunter-gatherer cultures tell us something important about how children are primed to learn.

A parenting style that took its cue from those hunter-gatherers would insist that one of the best things parents can do — for ourselves as well as for our children — is to go about our own lives and tote our children along. You might call it mindful underparenting.

Children learn not only from direct instruction, but also from watching and modeling what other people around them do, whether it’s foraging for berries, changing a tire or unwinding with friends after a long day of work. From a young age, that kind of observation begins to equip children for adulthood.

More important, following adults around gives children the tremendous gift of learning to tolerate boredom, which fosters patience, resourcefulness and creativity. There is evidence from neuroscience that a resting brain is not an idle one. The research tells us that the mind gets busy when it is left alone to do its own thing — in particular, it tends to think about other people’s minds. If you want to raise empathetic, imaginative children who can figure out how to entertain themselves, don’t keep their brains too occupied.

An excellent way to bore children is to take them to an older relative’s house and force them to listen to a long adult conversation about family members they don’t know. Quotidian excursions to the post office or the bank can create valuable opportunities for boredom, too.

Leaving kids’ screens at home on such trips can deepen the useful tedium. It also forces parents to build up their tolerance to their child’s fussiness, an essential component of underparenting. Parents too often feel the need to engage their children in “fun” activities to tempt them away from screens. But by teaching children to crave constant external stimulation and entertainment, intensive parenting can actually worsen screen dependence.

To be sure, when kids are upset, in danger or require guidance, parents can and should swoop in to help. But that is precisely the point: It is only by ignoring our children much of the time that we conserve the energy necessary to give them our full attention when they actually need it.

In recent years there has been a lot of hand-wringing about so-called helicopter parents and their hopelessly coddled children. But we rarely talk about what parents ought to do instead. In an ideal world, we would set children loose to roam free outdoors, unsupervised. As a small-town Ohio kid in the 1990s, I spent hours with my brothers playing in the creek behind our house, with plenty of time to get good and bored. When that sort of “free range” experience is not an option, however, mindful underparenting is the next best thing.

This approach can take the form of bringing children with you not just on boring errands, but also when you work, socialize or exercise. I was at my gym the other day when a father came in with his 4-year-old son. The two of them took turns working out with a trainer teaching them martial arts moves. When it wasn’t his turn, the 4-year-old scrambled around the gym and, when he got tired, lay on his belly on the mat and watched his father practice kicks. Observing the boy, his big eyes taking in a ton of social information, I thought about all the parents who say that they have no time to exercise because they’re too busy with their kids.

At the same time, I thought about all the gyms that bar small children. Even as parenting has gotten more intensive, public spaces, especially in the United States, seem to have become more hostile to the presence of children. I wrote most of my Ph.D. dissertation alongside my toddler in a coffee shop in my neighborhood that had a mini play area with stacking toys, board books and room to park a stroller. That coffee shop is gone now, replaced by a sleeker cafe where it’s hard to picture a stray plastic toy, let alone a rambunctious 2-year-old.

Parents have it easier in countries such as Germany and Spain, where you can find beer gardens and tapas bars situated right next to playgrounds, or in Denmark, where parents routinely park their infants in strollers outside cafes while they socialize. In such places you can relax and catch up with friends while children romp around — a reminder of how much easier parenting gets when we enjoy the social trust born from shared investment in care.

In other words, underparenting requires structural change, and not just the obvious changes that we think of as parental stress-relievers, such as family leave and paid child care. It also requires that as a society, we build back our tolerance for children in public spaces, as annoying and distracting as they can be, and create safe environments where lightly supervised kids can roam freely. In a society that treated children as a public good, we would keep a collective eye on all our kids — which would free us of the need to hover over our own

[inber]

CW: pet loss (remembering Cas in photos; nothing graphic under cut, just there in case you're going through grief, too) 🧡

When I went to my local shelter 10 years ago, I wasn't sure what I was looking for. I needn't have worried; the moment I opened Cas' door to say hello, he reached forward to headbutt my forehead and lick my nose. I hadn't even read his info sheet, but the matter was settled. From day one, he slotted into my life like he'd been there all along.

Just like me, he was not into summer. Summer was time for going flop with your tummy out.

He was a man of many talents and hobbies; a businessman, gardener, arts appreciator, and avid gamer.

He was a big brave (supervised) adventure cat.

He was a highly sought-after foot model.

Actually, he was just a model in general. He had the look and the range. It was hard to keep the paparazzi away (it was me I was the paparazzi)

Above all, he was my little man. My best friend. Gentle, funny, loud, soft, and cuddly. I am so, so grateful that it was me who opened his shelter cage door that day. Although he was already seven and had lived another life, I got the extraordinary privilege of spending ten years with him in mine.

There were times a few years ago when things were hard financially, and people here helped him so generously. I want to thank you again for your kindnesses.

Finally, thank you for letting me share him with you all, especially this last time. Who he was is with me forever, written in time; nothing can change that. There's only love. 🧡

[fearfulfertility]

CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM

DRC, Black Ops Command, Covert Acquisition Unit

To: Director [REDACTED]

From: Administrator [REDACTED], Covert Acquisition Unit

Date: [REDACTED]

Subject: Surrogate Recruitment via Social Media Application

Executive Summary

This memorandum summarizes the initial pilot testing of "Broodr," a mobile dating application developed by the DRC Covert Acquisition Unit as an identification and capture tool of viable surrogate candidates within the Los Angeles metropolitan region.

The Broodr pilot program aims to:

Test effectiveness in luring suitable surrogate candidates aged 18-25.

Assess the app’s capability to profile and locate high-fertility individuals discretely.

Evaluate the overall success rate of transitioning online interactions into physical capture operations.

Operational Procedure

Broodr was launched covertly through standard digital app distribution channels. It is marketed as a casual social/dating application targeted at young, romantically single men. Four other apps in the market were also disrupted to reduce competition and increase public awareness. The application utilizes advanced profile analytics to identify users displaying surrogate-compatible traits based on fertility indicators such as age, athletic status, height, genetic background, and health metrics.

Once identified, candidates receive targeted messaging from AI bots and doctored profiles using altered photos of athletes and models designed to entice them to designated physical meeting locations. These meeting spots are strategically placed within zones easily secured by DRC rapid response capture teams.

Initial Test Results

Since the pilot launch [REDACTED] weeks ago, Broodr has attracted over [REDACTED] registered users within the target demographic.

[REDACTED]% of identified high-value targets initiated interactions leading to physical meetings.

Capture success rate currently stands at [REDACTED]%, exceeding initial operational goals.

Captured surrogates demonstrate above-average fertility rates, with an average fetal load of 12-16 embryos upon initial insemination.

Key Incident

On [REDACTED], Broodr successfully identified, seduced, and facilitated the capture of a high-profile fitness celebrity at our DRC detainment site in [REDACTED], Beverly Hills.

Mr. [REDACTED], a 23-year-old fitness influencer known for his muscular physique, extensive social following, and endorsements of health products, was identified as a prime surrogacy candidate due to exceptional fertility markers (5'11", 174 lbs pre-pregnancy, optimal athletic conditioning). 

Four real profiles and 28 tailored AI-generated profiles initially contacted him, depicting attractive, athletic personas that closely matched his profile's interests. This sophisticated digital interaction rapidly evolved into sexually graphic exchanges, successfully convincing him to attend what he believed to be a home address for a physical engagement.

“Hey, handsome ;)  Hott as fuck! A stud like you promising an unforgettable night got me seriously curious. What are you into? I would love to work out all your kinks, physical and sexy!” - Copy of Chat Log

Upon arrival at the designated location, a rapid response team swiftly and discreetly apprehended Mr. [REDACTED]. Upon completion of on-site insemination, secured transport protocols were immediately enacted, moving Mr. [REDACTED] to the nearby Paternity Compound 141, best equipped for his subsequent gestation, birth, and expiration. Mr. [REDACTED] was assigned the surrogate ID S-141-548-P (which will be used henceforth to identify the surrogate).

Post evaluations confirmed highly successful insemination, resulting in an exceptionally high fetal load of sexdecuplets (16 embryos), and in under 33 days, S-141-548-P's weight jumped to 534 lbs (+360 lbs) with an abdominal circumference of 96 inches (+64 inches), rendering the surrogate wholly bedridden and dependent on continuous medical supervision. Despite his extreme size and rapidly declining mobility, regular medical evaluations confirmed that S-141-548-P's health remained within acceptable operational parameters.

"I can barely process what's happened—my body’s unrecognizable. I used to flex these abs for millions online, and now they're buried beneath a mound of babies. I'm so enormous and heavy that breathing feels like a workout! I never thought I'd feel this helpless—or this big." - S-141-548-P, Gestation Day 21

Labor commenced on day 33 of gestation, and over 22 hours, all 16 fetuses were successfully delivered. Upon completion of delivery, vital signs deteriorated rapidly, culminating in S-141-548-P’s expiration approximately [REDACTED] minutes after the last fetus was expelled. Post-mortem assessments indicated complete [REDACTED] shutdown, extensive [REDACTED] to the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] system. 

"I can't stop it! They’re coming! Everything's ripping apart, and every contraction feels like my belly's splitting open. Oh God—I can’t move, I can't breathe, but my body... I'm just so... fat…" - S-141-548-P, Gestation Day 33

Of particular note is that S-141-548-P was well known on social media channels for exemplifying his abdominal muscles, mainly using the moniker “All Core, No Compromise.” The primary cause of expiration was confirmed to be the macroscopic tearing and rupture of all abdominal muscles, a typical result for surrogates subjected to such high fetal loads.

Recommendations

The capture and subsequent pregnancy of such a notable public figure not only significantly boosted internal operational morale but also underscored the strategic efficacy of Broodr as an unprecedented method of securing high-value surrogate candidates. This incident has provided robust proof-of-concept evidence, strongly supporting further investment and nationwide deployment of the Broodr initiative.

Based on the Los Angeles pilot:

Expand Broodr's implementation to additional high-density urban areas (e.g., New York City, [REDACTED], San Francisco).

Increase application analytics capabilities to enhance fertility trait profiling.

Implement additional security protocols to ensure continued operational secrecy.

Conclusion

The pilot deployment of Broodr in the Los Angeles metro area confirms the application's high efficacy as a discreet surrogate recruitment and capture tool. Expansion into additional metropolitan zones is recommended to bolster surrogate conscription efforts further nationwide.

Prepared by: Assistant Director [REDACTED]

DRC, Black Ops Command, Covert Acquisition Unit

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[cybereliasacademy]

HyperTransformer: A Example of a Self-Attention Mechanism For Supervised Learning

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[intothefairiesland]

Stop All the World Now - Masterpost

This was Miss Emma Watts' mantra ever since her family placed a brush in her hand at the age of seven. Clever, funny, gentle, and wise, but also sharp, nervous, headstrong, and messy, Miss Emma Watts had all the qualities to become one of the most successful artists of her time.

However, she was a woman in a man's world and, as such, was not allowed to express her creativity as she wished.

In the early dawn of 1815, with the support of her family, Emma secured a position as a model to gain access to night lessons at the prestigious Royal Academy of Arts in London. There, Emma would not only find new ways to improve her art, but she would also cross paths with the wickedly annoying yet captivating Benedict Bridgerton.

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Pairing: Benedict Bridgerton 💙 Original Female Character(s)

Rating: General audiences, except some chapters (they will be indicated) 18+/minors DNI (chapters will be underlined in red).

Disclaimer: This story draws on several narratives connected to the world of Bridgerton (all seasons included) and contains some intentional historical inaccuracies to better fit the author's narrative. However, as a history enthusiast, I'll do my best to remain as true to reality as possible. The timeline will follow the events of Season 2. In this version of the story, Benedict remains an art student at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. The school's founding was significantly influenced by two women, Mary Moser and Angelica Kauffman, although female students were not permitted in the classrooms at that time. Miss Emma Watts will be one of four women granted permission to attend some night classes at the Academy under the supervision of a professor. In exchange, they will pose nude for anatomy classes.

Noted that English is not my maternal language, please feel free to add in comments somes advices to improve myself. This is my first time publishing a fanfic, so please be gentle!

The title of the story comes from an album by Howie Day, which features the song "Collide." The chapter titles will most likely reference Taylor Swift songs (sorry, not sorry).

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I don’t know how tags work, but if you want to be tagged, leave me a message. - Abby xx

Chapters

Chapter I — "secret garden in my mind"

Chapter II — "champagne problems"

Chapter III — "invisible string"

Chapter IV — "enchanted"

Chapter V — "gorgeous"

Chapter VI — "fearless"

Chapter VII ― "cowboy like me"

Chapter VIII ― "willow"

Chapter IX ― "guilty as sin"

Chapter X ― "the lake(s)"

Chapter XI ― "august"

Chapter XII ― "this is my trying"

Chapter XIII ― "illicit affairs"

Chapter XIV ― "you are in love"

[queen0fm0nsterz]

IS IT INTERROGATING CAROLS HOUR??? LETS GOOO!!!

Baby Lady this, Old Lady that, I wanna know what she was like during her teen years. (I hc that she was an absolute menace)

HILARIOUS ask thank you for giving me the excuse to ramble and doodle.

So, I figured her teenage years musn't have been the easiest, considering how she'd have to pass from being a scrawny and generally messy kid to the epitome of perfection. The initial transition between the "persona" and herself might have begun even prior to her becoming the acting Lady (being under the supervision of teapot and whatnot...) but she realizes that if she wants to survive in the Maw, she'll have to adapt. And adapt she does.

Of course I have taken notice of her little ribellous streak, with how she styles her hair and even with the lack of makeup, so while she's not actually as perfect as she'd like to be perceived, what counts is the image. As an adult, she can keep the appearence up just fine, but as a teen...

... It's a lot to get accostumed.

Honestly, I can see her adapt both quickly and fairly well considering her situation. But there is some things which she just won't do -- like wearing make up for example. I always thought it was cute how her face model has little to none. If you consider her huge lashes to be natural, then she might as well have a completely clean face, which is unheard of for someone in her position (irl at least but for the sake of the argument, for her predecessors as well), but you could chalk it up to teenage angst that never really left. She's just built like that💔

SPEAKING of teen angst that never really left... I know her ass was self isolating as a teen. She's a loner and she will always be a loner. Natural inclination. She cannot attend a function unless she has 5 days to rest afterwards.

Now, when it comes to magic... Personally I interpret the Lady as someone who is curious by nature. She likes to study stuff. You could say that she has a lot of interests, but most of them are superficial - at least in my opinion. Just stuff to keep herself entratained. One thing she does practice seriously is magic. I can see her being excited at the perspective to use it rather than disliking it or being scared, and I can also see her getting too ambitious with it too quickly.

Still, she has a lot to learn by this point and she genuinely wants to do it. She's locked herself in for days on end studying the magic tomes of those who came before her -- and even older, and she immediately dives into what she finds more interesting.

Just a weird girl trying to casually create life from scratch.

This is mostly preteen stuff - as of her actual teenage years she has already started to lose her original self to her persona - but I think it's still fun to explore.

[ryuu242]

SKHR — "SCHNEE EULE" —

Strategische Kampftaktiker Hilfe Replika

(Strategies Combat-Tactician Help Replika — "Snow Owl")

Type: Generation 5 Combat Tactician

Frame: Biomechanical Frame ,Polyethylene , Bullet-Resistant Armor Plating

They're the same as the common EULR unit but slightly heavier due to their equipment upgrade

Model Development:

SKHR (Strategische-Kampftaktiker Hilfe Replika), (Strategic Combat-Tactician Assistance Replika 'Snowy Owl') or Schnee-Eule, are Generation 5 specialized units developed by the Eusan Nation. These units were built based on the common Eule, enhancing their capabilities for battlefield deployment and combat support. SKHR being deployed at Rotfront specifically

The SKHR "Schneeeule" Replika was developed as a specialized response to the shortcomings of earlier EULR units in high-conflict zones. While EULRs excelled at domestic and logistical tasks, they were ill-suited for combat or tactical operations. To fill this gap, the SKHR model was created, combining the light, agile frame of an EULR with upgraded combat and tactical support capabilities.

Its neural pattern was derived from a Rotfront gestalt known for sharp analytical skills, leadership capabilities, and a deep sense of loyalty. However, its origins also carry emotional vulnerabilities, as the neural donor experienced trauma related to abandonment and survivor’s guilt, which heavily influences the unit’s Persona. The SKHR is equipped to function as both a frontline combat unit and a support specialist, assisting in battlefield triage, supply coordination, and tactical planning.

SKHR units tend to exhibit quiet, contemplative behavior when not engaged in tasks. They often exhibit subtle nesting tendencies, organizing their quarters in meticulous ways that reflect their desire for control and order in the middle of chaos.

Combat Attributes

SKHR units occupy a unique position in the command chain, bridging the gap between strategic planning and frontline combat. Deployed as field tacticians, they operate under the direct supervision of senior officers but are granted considerable autonomy during missions.

Battlefield coordinator, ensuring troop efficiency and survival. Support unit for wounded soldiers and logistical supply management.

Exceptional analytical skills for quick tactical decision-making. Adept at both mid-range combat and first aid procedures.

Although not as heavily armored as other common frontline combat models, making them vulnerable to sustained fire along with their emotional tendencies can sometimes impair their objectivity in high-stress situations. A common strategy is pairing them closely with a younger STAR or STCR unit

Equipment

Schnee-Eule units are optimized for the rigors of the battlefield, equipped with Biomechanical Frame ,Polyethylene Shell, Bullet-Resistant Armor Plating and Sophisticated-Sensor Arrays to navigate and engage in dynamic environments.

Beak Mask that is fixed to the frame, deploys automatically in combat mode to enhance targeting, filter toxins, and provide night vision.

Repair Spray, Autoinjector and multiple Repair Patch Stored in thigh pouches

Submachine Gun Lightweight weapon suited to the unit’s mobility and mid-range combat role.

Known Issues

「Replika Known Issues」

CLASSIFIED INFORMATION - Commander Eyes Only

Previous experience with these Replika models has given us insight into irregularities in their behavior that stem from the original neural patterns used for these units. Due to the sensitive nature of this information, this document should be destroyed after reading.

SKHR units may form strong attachments to specific personnel or units, which can lead to emotional instability if those individuals are lost in combat.

Their neural pattern predisposes them to survivor’s guilt, especially if they perceive themselves as failing to protect others.If left in prolonged isolation or repeatedly exposed to high-casualty scenarios, SKHR units may experience accelerated Persona degradation, resulting in erratic or self-sacrificing behavior.

[leafdroids]

AMSR(P) flock

Auxiliar-Mnemostabilisator-Replika (Prototyp) - 'Amsel' - (Auxiliary Mnemostabilizator Replika (Prototype) 'Blackbird') Type: Generation 6 High-tech Bioresonance Specialist Frame: Biomechanical with Polyethylene Shell Height: 170 cm

Exclusive for VVH Program facilities on Vineta, Amsel prototype is a new step into the brighter future of Eusan Nation's people.

These bioresonant units serve as psychologists for Gestalts of the facility, providing humanitarian approach to them while helping them adapt in their liberated home. They also work as Protektor assistants, taking their part in control work of the facility staff.

Amsels' soft, empathic demeanor and friendly but distant approach make them perfect for executing their main function: memory stabilisation. Their specific Bioresonance module is able to alter memories in an unnoticeable way. They wield an approved set of memories, which are implemented into Gestalt's mind. With that, Amsels are a great help in reducing adaptation issues, such as defection, facility work disruption and rioting.

- Known issues -

As Amsel units are Prototypes, we are only to discover and fix their flaws. However, testing period revealed some issues, which, while being fixable, might disrupt facility work if not supervised.

Being a Bioresonant model, Amsels wield an unstable neural pattern susceptible to others' influence. Although they usually do not amplify and broadcast emotions, they work with memories – which means they are in constant risk of provoking their own Persona degradation. This risk is especially high with other Replika units. Hence, it is recommended to limit Amsels' contacts with them and keep them busy working with Gestalts.

Amsels make a united, harmonious Cadre which is able to stabilise itself via regular intervisions. Having enough intervision time every cycle is a must for these units, as they share their experiences and knowledge, process and regulate each other's emotions and help erasing troublesome memories. One degraded Amsel may drag the others down quickly through memory sharing, which would lead to the whole Cadre decommission.

Because of their original neural pattern, Amsel units are inquisitive and wilful. They require a strict schedule with an exact amount of time for any action. They also must have constant access to their Fetish objects – incenses – to define their workspace.

[softly-sirius]

Fred's Lucky Tie

Or, You give Fred a gift he cherishes for the rest of his life (1.7k)

Warnings: The reader is briefly mentioned to share a dorm with a girl. The reader wears a dress. Reader is mwntioned to eventually be Freds 'wife'

Your hands run up and down all the fabrics on display. Each was soft, but your fingers lingered on the dark purple silk. It felt cold to the touch and your pointer glided down the sample.

It was the perfect shade, perfect because it was Fred’s favourite colour. You had come shopping with your friend in hopes of finding some inspiration for your dress. Fred was always the better dresser of the two of you, even though his lack of funds didn’t often allow him to dress how he wished. 

He already had his robes, his mum had lovingly picked them out for him and after a few magical adjustments, he managed to get them to his liking. Only it didn’t stop you from asking the shop assistant for some of the fabric, it was pricey, and it cost almost an entire term's worth of Hogsmeade money, but you knew it would be worth it. 

Just like how spending the whole week trying to transform your dress into something suitable was going to be worth it. 

You already had more knowledge than most about spells to dye things, mostly hair, but a little about clothes too. It only took a day of tweaking with Lee’s help to get the colour exactly right. Then it was the exhausting back and forth of trying to get each measurement perfect, trying the dress on, taking it off again, making the adjustments and then checking to make sure you had done it right. You dared not try the spells while the dress was on your body after seeing the marks left on Hannah Abbot's shoulders when she tried to tighten her spaghetti straps one hot day at the lake. 

Compared to your dress, making Fred's tie was easy. You decided to make it by hand, just to make it feel extra special. You knew how much Fred loved the sweaters his mum made, even if he did think they were a little dorky. He still wore them all the time, far more often than you had seen Ron or Percy. Seeing him cherish those sweaters made you love him even more and it made you want to try your hand at some kind of craft. So far a tie has been the least daunting option. 

There was a girl in your dorm who loved to sew, she had a sewing machine she claimed was passed down in her family from generation to generation. It had been bewitched to never make a crooked stitch. When you asked her for help she seemed ecstatic, even telling you all about old ball traditions, while you hand-stitched with her supervision. 

It was the day before the ball and you were so nervous, not because you thought Fred would think you anything less than stunning in your dress. You were sure you could walk down wearing anything, a sack even and he would tell you how beautiful you were. You were nervously trying to make sure that your tie was perfect, ironing it over and over. 

You were both going to try on your outfits for the ball together in his dorm. Before you could even come up with an excuse for your suggestion Fred was beaming. “Just can’t wait until tomorrow, huh love?” 

You rolled your eyes at him, shoving him in the back as you sat on his bed. It wasn’t like a fashion show was unheard of between the two of you. If one of you got something new for a special occasion you would always do this. One of you would splay out on Fred's bed while the other modelled the new outfit. 

It had started when Fred and George had first joined the quidditch team, they had both been ecstatic and as the best friend you were, you asked to see them in their uniforms, cheering them as they both emerged, uncharacteristically shy in their second-hand uniforms. Until you had begun narrating on the sidelines. 

“And here come Gryffndor's newest beaters, their shirts can barely even contain their bulging muscles. The Slytherin team must be shitting themselves.“

Somehow it had become a tradition, even more so when you and Fred started dating. Fred hurried off to the bathroom, normally he would change in front of you, wiggling his brows and laughing as you would whistle or slap his ass. During a fashion show though, he never wanted to spoil the surprise. 

While he was gone you made quick work of stripping off and getting into your dress. He always took forever, he blamed his long limbs, so you knew you would have time. You grabbed the gift box you had put the tie into. 

You lifted the lid slightly, careful not to disturb the bow on top, wanting to check it was still perfect. You almost dropped it when Fred barged out of the bathroom, doing his best model pose. 

The two of you stared open-mouthed at the other. Fred visibly gulped as his eyes raked you up and down, dressed in his favourite colour. You weren’t much better, eyes widening at the way his pants clung to his thighs. 

“You look-”

“Merlin-”

You both erupted in giggles, a little taken aback by the cheesiness of it all. You both move instinctively forward, Pulled to the other as your hands reach out, your hand rests on Fred’s chest, playing with his lapel while his hands cup your face. 

He presses a kiss to your forehead, mind whirling wondering how he managed to be so lucky. You had been dating for so long now, but still, you managed to give him butterflies. He could never tire of your smile, your laugh, your theatrics. 

Fred had never understood how love could make people so foolish. As a first-year, he would laugh at the couples kissing in the hallways and cringe whenever his dad would give his mum a sloppy kiss on the cheek. 

Now he would look at his mum and dad and hope that you and he would be like that one day. 

He enjoyed doing everything with you. He loved pranking with you, hearing your laugh echo through the corridors as you would run hand in hand. He loved the times you would spend relaxing, sneaking into the prefect bathroom because you insisted he needed it after quidditch. He loved the feeling of you raking your fingers through his hair, to help him de-stress or when you would do it up in ridiculous styles to cheer him up. He loves listening to you talk about the things you enjoy, even when he knows nothing about them, how animated you get until you are completely lost in your world. Hell, he even enjoys arguing with you, the cute furrow you get in your brow and the pout you give him when you just need him to give in. He loves feeling you melt into him when he wraps his arms around you, even when you’re still mad at him, because you love him too. 

“I don’t think words can do your beauty justice,” Fred grinned. You duck your head bashfully, but Fred's finger hooks under your chin, bringing your gaze back up to him. 

You kiss him, lips sickly sweet as they peck his over and over again until you finally will yourself away. “You look so handsome, Freddie” You sigh, voice nothing but sincere. “But…” You trail off.

Still resting in your hand that isn’t pressed against his chest is a gift box. Too preoccupied with you to pay attention to anything else, it’s only now he finally notices it as you hold it out between you. 

“You got me something?” He hesitates and you can see it in his eyes. 

Gifts, except on birthdays and Christmas, can be a sore spot for him. He doesn’t have the money to buy you things, even if he wants to. It’s difficult to accept things when he doesn’t feel he has anything to offer you in return. Only he has everything you’d ever need, love, affection, and an endless supply of humour. 

There's only one exception to the unspoken rule of no gifts. 

“I made you something” You correct, smiling when he finally takes the gift from you. He opens his mouth, but you cut him off because you already know what he’s going to say. “I’m not expecting anything back, it’s more a gift for me than anything, I wanted us to match.”

“Oh yeah?” Suddenly all his hesitancy is gone and he’s ripping the box open like a kid on Christmas morning. 

When he holds it in his hand and feels the fabric, he looks from his tie to your dress. The colours perfectly matched. “This is…you made this?”

“Yeah, I..” You feel a little bashful as he studies your gift, taking in every little detail as he turns it back and forth. You scratch the back of your neck “ I saw the fabric in Hogsmeade and I thought of you,”  

His eyes catch on a homemade label with a red heart and your initials embroidered onto the lining on the back. His thumb rubs over it and when he finally tears his gaze away from the tie and looks at you instead your chest leaps at the redness of his eyes. 

You worry you’ve done something wrong, that maybe the label came across as possessive instead of as a symbol of all the love you sewed the tie with. He diminishes your worries when he looks you into a bone-crushing hug and he’s gushing into your shoulder about how much he adores it. 

You end up tying his tie for him, both of you internally relishing in the domesticity of it all. You kiss him all sweet once his tie is on properly. Both of you daydreaming about your lives when you finish Hogwarts. 

Fred uses any chance he gets during the ball to tell everyone that his girl made his tie for him. He boasts about how good it looks, along with how good you look and especially how great you look together. 

It soon becomes his lucky tie, he wears it the first day the shop opens and any important day after. If the two of you are having an anniversary he makes sure to wear it. He even insists he wants to be buried in it. You make him more things, a scarf with Molly's assistance, a waistcoat which took months to perfect and even more ties to add to his collection. 

He still never stops wearing the first you made him though, even when it looks a little worse for wear. He even wears it on your wedding day. Laughing as your hand tugs on it to bring him in for your first kiss as man and wife.

[grimoiremanifest]

ooh can you tell me about the bogdanoff scandal :3

WE ARE ALL GOING TO THE FUCKING BOGGGGGGGGGGG

im really fucken tired rn so i can't go incresibly in depth but heres the cliff notes on the Brothers Bog

the boggers were well-known French television personalities back in the 80s, mostly just in the general french sci-fi scene in how they covered English scifi shit to the French public who afaik didnt. really have much of a scifi scene to begin with (in that time period at least). that doesnt necessarily matter here but it's context.

what's particularly notable (and far more controversial) is their presence in pop science. i would place more emphasis on the 'pop' but to their credit they actually DID show a decent-ish understanding of the fields they covered - or at least they did in the areas that weren't anything less than basically proven fact - and they had a background in applied mathematics. they wrote a book or two that were interesting in how they combined a genuinely very good adaptation of concurrent scientific models for a general audience with complete hokey bullshit? or at least like it was very obvious if you had, like, a passing interest in general science. it was ultimately pretty harmless, though, as the material they produced wasn't intended to be used in scholarly settings - like, some books straight up were just treated as hard sci-fi and nothing more, although it did piss them off whenever their work was referred to as fiction (aside from the actual novels they wrote ofc) - so they were mostly fine. pretentious and a bit scummy, but largely above board.

UNTIL THEY TRIED TO SPEEDRUN A DOCTORATE IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS

so it's 1991. the bogdanov's most successful show Time X had ended two years prior, and they had kinda fallen out of the limelight in terms of television since. but their careers in science writing were doin Pretty Fuckin Well with their books reaching a pretty wide audience. they publish this hot new book, GOD AND SCIENCE, based on their interviews with some fuckin priest idk that IMMEDIATELY becomes a french bestseller. unfortunately for the brogs, this smash hit brings fame, and with it a SCATHING CONTROVERSY FROM THE SCIENCE WORLD...

an uh. accusation of plagiarism from Professor motherfucking Trinh Xuan Thuan about them ripping off his 1988 book The Secret Melody. (and as a quick note - Trin Thuan is basically like the 'real' version of what the brothers were trying to be, and has a very respectable number of books under his belt that are all about presenting complex scientific topics to a general audience. He's even a world-renowned specialist in extragalactic astronomy, and has made an insane amount of contributions to the field. like, check him out, he's cool). so this goes to court, but the judge pretty quickly taked Trin Thuan's side on this and the bogs agree to settle out of court. the suit was over in a pretty short amount of time, but it did lead to some pretty unpleasant scrutiny towards the brothers' cred: why did they have 'Dr.' in front of their names if they didn't have doctorates?

it's theorized that this caused the brogthers to seek out a fast track to PhDs - fast track being relative to higher education, that is - and in 1993, they began working on their doctorates at the U of Burgundy under Moshé Flato. Flato died in 1998, so their supervision was completed under Daniel Sternheimer of CRNS (france's National Center for Scientific Research). It is worth noting that Daniel Sternheimer is not a theoretical physicist. Mathematical physicist, sure, but not theoretical physics.

This is noteworthy because both Bogdanovs applied for a degree in theoretical physics in 1999, and here's where the story really gets going. Grichka receives a PhD in mathematics the same year, but only after being told to make EXTREME revisions to his thesis, with most of the alterations aimed at the physics contents within it. Igor, meanwhile, DID actually receive a PhD in theoretical physics - THREE YEARS LATER in 2002, as he failed to properly defend his thesis and was only allowed to receive a doctorate if he.. published three peer-reviewed papers in a journal, for some reason?? So he did. He actually published five, alongside his brother as co-author.

Getting one article in was pretty impressive. Getting five in two years is even more so! But what was most impressive about all of this is that all of them were completely fucking nonsense, and had STILL managed to make it into several established and respected peer-reviewed journals. The Bogdanov papers' main claims centered around what went down during the Planck period, aka the comically short period of time immediately after the 'Big Bang' (and i mean INFINITESIMAL. Like, zero-point-followed-by-a-ridiculous-amount-of-zeroes-zero-one seconds, I think it's 10^-43) which is something that most people have deducted should be impossible to deduct. If that didn't convince you, don't worry, because the Bogliacci articles also claimed to find evidence from BEFORE THE UNIVERSE EVEN FUCKING EXISTED. They had literally gotten speculative fiction published as academic material.

The first to privately 'discover' that they were full of shit, physicist Max Niedermaier, didn't even think they were real and suggested they were just a prank. He sent his thoughts along with some abstracts in an email to fellow physicist Ezra Newman, equating them to just fucking buzzwords. AND LIKE LOOK AT THIS SHIT -

"We demonstrate that the lorentzian signature of the space-time metric (+ + + −) is not fixed at the Planck scale and shows 'quantum fluctuation' between the lorentzian and euclidean (+ + + ±) forms until the 0 scale where it becomes euclidean (+ + + +)."

IT'S LITERALLY MEANINGLESS. THIS AB ALONE GOT INTO TWO FUCKING JOURNALS.

eventually, a copy of the niedermaier email reaches one mathematician and noted netizen John Baez (who, somewhat unrelatedly, proposed and authored The Crackpot Index, which i have an immense fondness of). in 2002, he creates a discussion thread about the Double Boggle Disaster on a pretty popular (for the time, lmao) newsgroup sci.physics.research where he compares the situation to the infamous Alan Sokal incident of '96. This caught a LOT of people's attention, including the Bog Bros themsevles, who then proceeded to wage the most dedicated forum 'war' with anybody that dared to call their hoax a hoax, including a frankly impressive amount of alt account sock puppets. this worsened their situation by getting the general media's attention, but the Bongo Boys remained undeterred - much to their credit, too, because afterwards they were just written off in word alone. they got to keep their doctorates and everything!

they kept on trying to get their shitass theory going in the public eye, at least - in 2004, they had another science show called X Rays where they covered their own theory in parallel with 'proper' generally accepted theories in a 'cosmology special', but all it really did was re-ignite the controversy. They tried again in the same year with their book Before the Big Bang (which was literally just...their PhD theses, written to be more commercially digestible), which did sell pretty well but quickly became maligned for being full of basic mistakes and innacuracies.

After all that, they just kinda fell out of the science world. The last notable thing that came of out of the hoax was in 2011 when they filed for violation of copyright against astrophysicist Alain Riazuelo for sharing and criticizing an unpublished version of Grichka's thesis online, and for some fucking reason Riazuelo was actually convicted. However, the Bogchamps were only awarded a single euro in damages, which is the funniest fucking thing to me.

oh yeah and then they became a 4chan redpill meme but that honest to god scares me a lot and i dont think it had any connection to the science scandal thsnkfully