#for about 30 minutes after

[thedirtwitchk]

Man, it hits different when you’re listening to the climax of an audiobook alone on the freeway at night and you’re free to scream and holler and cry as loud as you actually need to while the twist is twisting your soul up and wringing out your heart…

(Book spoilers in the tags)

I’m at the “end” of Don’t Fear the Reaper.. 1hr 49mins left 💀

[yukaro353]

Sokka isn't against it, but he's sick of putting up with them, I mean, it's only fun when he's one of the ones involved, not when it's their silly little brothers.

[noornight]

Let's dance

[blueskittlesart]

love your rabbit comic! How invested were you on warrior cats or watership down as a child?

clocked me instantly 😭😭😭 this was literally my inspiration page from the cottontail pitch

[meangreennunseen]

I never knew crow bois suffered not even from one but from two genetic flaws they got from their Primarch as genetic gift.

Worthy cortenders to Blood Angels

[normieauaskblog]

Autistic meltdown

Yeah this is the post this week lol

Just a shitty doodle

Its just edd having an autistic meltdown because err hashtag relatable

[jackfuckingtwist]

— You know, I mentioned before I've been doing this for 12,000 years. But somehow you have managed to surprise me. bonus:

[alacants]

The source of those rumors is a guy from Carlos's family's tennis club who is close to Kiko Navarro & knows some members of Carlos's team & is a regular collaborator with Punto de Break. According to him (he's said this before) Carlos & Juanki had a significant fight towards the end of 2023. But the claim that they nearly split up back then came from someone else who's less reliable.

As for 2025, the first guy says Carlos's dad has apparently not been happy with what Juanki is doing for a while... but it seems like Carlos doesn't agree. If things don't turn around after clay season his family might push for changes to the team.

From my perspective it's hard to understand the coaching strategy sometimes. Like you said Juanki's strength is not tactics but it seems like that's what Carlos really needs. This is just one example but I think it's crazy that he sat on court in silence for three sets without suggesting Carlos change his return position v Djokovic - Carlos eventually figured it out... in the last game of the match. And that was honestly the main factor in him losing. You could argue Juanki wanted him to figure it out himself but why on earth did they not discuss that beforehand when it also cost him massively at the Olympics (which Carlos said he didn't even think about before the match?)

I know Juanki's whole thing is treating team like family but there are a lot top coaches who say that after 5ish years a coach has nothing to give a player anymore & I wonder if their partnership has run its natural course. Carlos doesn't seem any more tactically equipped than he was two years ago & his technicals have mostly not improved either (return... backhand...).

thanks for this background - after replying to some earlier asks i dug around and saw some folks citing punto de break but not any specifics so this is appreciated. this does immediately increase the credibility to me bc i know pdb values their access and would not jeopardize it for nothing lmao. tho if it's like, a guy who sometimes writes for them and is mostly posting on his own time... i guess that's somewhere in the middle. (btw i still haven't seen anything other than reports of reports of reports? if you've got links i would very much appreciate them!)

as usual i think we're looking at two questions here: could carlos benefit from a different coach, and does carlos want a different coach.

i think we are all in agreement that for carlos to continue to develop as a player he needs something he's not getting at the moment, whether we're thinking in terms of incorporating a new addition to the team or making a wholesale switch. and i don't disagree with you at all about the natural lifespan of a coaching relationship. i've cited this before in discussions of juanki's own career (stuck with one guy; was it a mistake?) and of ferru's (split but waited too long; chalked the delay up to personal feelings).

but as long as it's presented to carlos as an all-or-nothing choice i don't think he's there yet and i would not be surprised to find out that his recent post-match declarations were a message. (tbc it very much MIGHT be an all-or-nothing choice, regulars here know i have plenty of thoughts about the academy lmao.)

the thing is that at this point the unknowns are still really, really risky. if you've had the same coach for most of your teen/adult years and you're ready to strike out and try something new, then that's exciting and stimulating and you're in a good place to make the best of it. but if you're dragging your feet? if you feel like you've been pushed? maybe someone else could give you more, but you have to be ready to receive it, you know? if you're an environment that you know enables you overall to perform at a high level (4 grand slams), where you feel overall confident and supported even if you're lacking direction in some big matches, where you get value from your coach's presence above and beyond the specifics of tennis--it is inherently going to be a risk to make a big change and if you're not all in on doing so the risks will be even more likely to find you.

that's why i keep saying is that i don't see it happening unless carlos' results gets much worse than this--or, potentially, unless a voice that holds as much weight with him as juanki's (so, his dad) gets strong enough that he listens to it. that might be where we're headed!

(incidentally i have feinted at this without saying so explicitly, but there is an unbelievable amount of money riding on carlos' success or lack thereof--i don't mean prize money, i mean his brand as a star--and it would be naive to pretend that's not a factor in decision-making. that's one of the reasons i've pointed to a sustained slump, rather than one or two disappointing slams. when the results start to affect the brand.)

just talked this over with friend who compared the ideal set-up to darren/simone for jannik--supervisory coach + tactical/court coach. if so, then the question is whether they come to that same conclusion and get the set-up in place before the decision is out of their hands, so to speak.

[no-light-left-on]

some very quick watercolour studies of dishonored characters

[moregraceful]

Actually what happened was the urgent care doctor said, oh I think this is only kind of bronchitis, what I really think is your childhood asthma came back. I'm going to put a bunch of steroids in you and later when the pharmacy opens you are going to experience the epic highs and lows of albuterol, something you have not experienced since age 11. And I said, so you're telling me I'm so allergic to the city of Philadelphia that it BROUGHT BACK A CHILDHOOD DISEASE? and he said 👍 make a follow up appointment with a doctor. any doctor. Also stop taking theraflu that shit sucks, get the evil sudafed.

chat tell me honestly is this rizz

[patolemus]

rewatching the death cure right now. i am not coping well. i expect newtmas fix it fics in my future

[kibibarel]

don't let my supervisor know that every time he says something disrespectful to me, i log onto tumblr to write Pokemon discourse on company time. it's our little secret

[theolderguards]

scrolling through tumblr and loving the fact that because The Pitt has become quite popular, people are going back to watching ER (WHICH WAS MY WHOLE LIFE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW!!!) and now there's always a lot of ER gifsets on my dash and it makes me so happy but I'm also sitting here wishing someone would gif one of my favorite scenes from my favorite episode....

and then I remembered I MAKE GIFS NOW 🤣🤣🤣

[starry-sophrosyne]

(non reblog post) ok but literally just thought of this, drabble of the after events of @pen--anon 's "always by your side"; not canonic, heavily inspired (no im not over the fic still why do you ask) :

VERY long post underneath the cut btw, it probably won't get as much recognition bc i cut it but idm, it's a bit too long (￣ ￣)

brent who DID in fact get sick from staying by sophist's side, now feverish and somewhat delirious. vern chastising him all the while sophist has gotten a bit better, atleast enough to stand up and move around a little. sophist approaching brent's bed side, forced to stay a little away for his own sake, as vern worries what will happen to his recovery if he does get sick. nick manages to get vern off his case, atleast for a little bit, earning him a small smile from sophist as he ushers vern out of the room, giving him his own lecture about taking care of himself. meanwhile?

sophist slowly caressing brent's cheek, which is squinted shut in a little bit of sickly agony. brent's eyes slowly fluttering open when he feels his touch, letting out a hoarse whisper of "sophist?.." while he sluggishly turns to face what he can only assume is sophist, albeit a humanoid blob in his eyes. brent closing his eyes again, head throbbing and dulling any complicated thoughts as he lethargically moves his arms, cupping his own hands around sophist's hand, all the while muttering words of delirium just a bit too softly for him to hear. sophist chuckling while moving just a bit closer to hear what brent's saying, only to freeze as he hears brent pleading for sophist to not leave him, a single tear falling from his closed eyes. sophist letting out a soft sigh of apology, but smiling softly as he continues to caress brent's cheek, with slow murmurs of how he's right by his side. his gaze softening even more when brent relaxes, as his brow unfurrows and gaze visibly relaxes at this reassurance. all the while, he keeps repeating the same thing over and over.

"don't go. don't leave me. stay, please."

nick coming over to change the compress resting on brent's forehead, noticing sophist's visibly worried expression towards brent. chastising him with "you're worried about brent when you almost died just a day ago? c'mon, he'll be fine, he's strong. you need to get some more rest, otherwise vern will scold you again for getting too close to brent."

nick noticing the soft smile that sophist gives him disappearing as he turns to look at brent again, guilt and worry evident in the glint of his eyes. nick pulling up a stool and sitting down next to sophist, resting his head on his shoulder.

"hey. he'll be alright. and so will you. we're all in this together, and nobody leaves anybody behind." chuckling, as he continues: "besides, he's definitely in love with you. i've never seen him that scared..." he paused, expression contorting as he struggled to find the right words, before continuing with a sigh: "... that scared to lose anything or.. anybody, well, since i've known him." nick pausing again, before finally finding the words he'd been trying to get at. "brent saying all this doesn't mean anything against you, it just goes to show how much he cares for you. you'll still be by his side. besides, he's sick right now. the bozo doesn't even know what he's saying."

sophist quietly smiling with genuine relief and relaxation for once, thanking nick before teasing him for the sappiness in his words that he struggled to get out. nick, exasperated, rolling his eyes but unable to stop a chuckle. silence returning to the air as nick rests his head back atop sophist's shoulder, and they both close their eyes. minutes later, vern showing up to check up on nick and the others just to see all 3 of the boys bundled up together, in an adorable sight that makes his heart melt. vern being careful not to make any sudden noises as he drapes a blanket over nick and sophist's shoulders, who are now both soundly asleep, with quiet snores filling the air. vern then pulling up a stool and lowering himself to the ground to prop his head and arms up on the stool, as he joins them for the night.

when they all finally wake up, groans fill the air of different amounts of back pain and stiffness. all the while, brent laughs, his fever having gone down significantly. quietly, he turns to look at sophist, pressing his hand to his cheek one more time in quiet recognition. sophist noticing this and giving him a soft smile before going off to stretch, as vern tiredly yawns about his necessity to check up on both sophist and brent again. nick making fun of him again for caring about the two more than himself, and while they start a little unserious argument, sophist can't help but laugh. nick was right about last night, they will always be together. not just him and brent, but all four of them. they're all destined to remain buddies and partners, through thick and thin, no matter what struggles the world throws at them. they will face them all together, as a group.

[chirpsythismorning]

We never really left

[prairieprayer]

Church of Null is definitely using AI for its songs... not even gonna twiddle my thumbs with the "maybes" anymore :^P

After being convinced Church of Null is using Suno AI despite the song generator artist's claim that it isn't AI, I did further research by.. gag... making a Suno AI account to look more closely at MD generated songs on the platform, including their voices.

I found two accounts that, while I don't think that they're Electrical Ink, are certainly in the same vein and later on were inspired by them. They're perfect examples of Suno AI voices, compositions, and lyrics that are incredibly similar to all Church of Null songs.

The first is The Solver, who was making MD AI songs before Electrical Ink, but who is too Uzi focused to make me think they're the same person. (click read more to check the comparisons out).

First MD AI song on the account (Oct 2) , the first one uploaded by Electrical Ink was Oct 7th

First Cyn song on their Suno (Oct 16)

This voice vs. Electrical Ink's Jax song

This AI N song with the same voice as Church of Null's N song, but the Suno AI generated one came first (Oct vs. Dec)

This account starts making church themed Cyn/Cyn worship songs in Nov, but it's possible these were inspired by the Church of Null ones (a few of the early songs did get 50k+ views). Here's one of them.

The second is supreme_solver, who made a handful of Cyn heavy AI songs, including one referencing Church of Null. This account made their first MD song on Oct 20th. They made a Church of Null song on Nov 11th, using the same male AI voice on many of the Church of Null songs.

Nothing will give you an ear for AI generated music and lyrical habits like listening to them for like, two hours. Kill me.

The Church of Null songs are, definitively, 100%, AI generated songs, and Electrical Ink is just a plain ol' internet liar who didn't want to be dismissed or demeaned for using AI. But, I think lying about it is worse than just using it and owning up to it. And pretending to have 6 friends/“coworkers” who adore your fic and help with it and the songs when really it’s just a bot churning AI slop out is incredibly depressing.

Also, Electrical Ink appears to have manually comment moderation on, meaning only comments manually allowed will show. I thought it was a word filter for AI words, but no comment I make shows up when I'm logged out, so comments aren't being auto approved, meaning manual is turned on (that's how you check if your comment was removed/not posted; it will show to you if logged in, but will be gone when logged out/viewed by others). So, if anybody were to suggest AI, it would be unlikely to be approved (mine asking 'Suno' 3 days ago was not).

Okay. I'm done with this sleuthing now :P don't think anybody cares much about CoN anyways. But what a load of AI dude-bro tomfuckery. I'm tired of AI people playing pretend to get headpats and taking up spots from real human musicians and artisans, then blatantly lying to your face about it (lookin at u, DA AI spam accounts, and AI slop farms on Spotify).