#off the seton path

[forfoxessake]

The podcast version is much longer at 52 minutes, but the YouTube version does a pretty good job of selecting the best moments.

It’s a lot about ghosts, about the black parade's haunted mansion, being a dad, being a tourist while touring, and Frank thinking he is hilarious talking about the Return without actually talking about it.

YouTube - Podcast

[bikepackinguk]

Day Twenty

Another day and another set of miles down!

Allowed myself a small lie in because why not, so after breaking camp and a good cuppa, we're back on the road by Longniddry for just before 9am.

The route from here is downhill all the way to the sea by Port Seton, where we get a nice view of the Fife coast across the bay, and have a nice ride along the coast including a stop off for water and some much needed fresh fruit!

Past Prestonpans and into Musselburgh the pathing and aignposts do get a bit of a mess, and ended up riding around the racecourse for a time as golf balls flew overhead, but some judicious map checking and rerouting took us past the River Esk and along into Edinburgh.

Once back to the main cycle route there was some lovely off-traffic riding past Holyrood Park and a long fun tunnel, before heading into Edinburgh cuty centre.

I'd been advised by some other riders that the route through was beat avoided as the signposting was poor and cobbled roads aboundes, but I suspect they had been on an alternate route as I found the signage pretty decent and had no real difficulty riding through, and stopping for an early lunch in The Meadows.

At this point, the run of sunny days finally came to an end and the rain finally caught up. Thankfully I'd been keeping an eye on the forecast and was already sheltered under a nice tree when the rain set in, and as I'm well used to riding in the UK it was time to break out the waterproofs.

They were sorely needed, as the heavens truly opened and a torrential downpour began for a couple of hours. So whilst I did enjoy a very wet ride past some of Edinburgh's beautiful monuments and highlights, I'm afraid there is a bit of a lack of pictures of them!

After heading down Princes Street past the castle, rather than keep diverting onto the side paths I decided on a straight run down the busy Queensferry road, which had partially turned into a river and featured being sprayed by passing motorists with waves of water over head height at times.

Once a few miles along and across the River Almond the bike path picks up proper again and I could finally get out of the traffic and continue on to arrive at the Forth Bridge Visitor Centre, when the rain finally eased off.

Had a good break here for a nice hot coffee and chat with some other visitors, and checking the waterproofs it looked like they jad succeeded in their job - whilst I was a little soggy underneath, it appeared predominantly to just be sweat.

Onwards! Across the impressive Forth Road Bridge! I had some nice nostalgia crossing here as the last time I rode over it was when riding Lands End to John O'Groates. At that time the newer Queensferry Crossing Bridge was still under construction, and the road bridge was bouncing quite significantly from all the heavy traffic. With this now routed across the new bridge, the journey over this time was far calmer and ideal for enjoying the ride.

Heading down the other side, it's a right turn past the junctions into Iverkeithling on route 76, and almost immediately there's some gorgeous views around the waterside past Saint Davids and Dalgety Bay. The path carries on hugging the Fife coast for a good while granting more beautiful views of the opposite shore.

The clouds had eased off at this point and the sun had returned anew, which swiftly dried off the soggier bits and returned us to a lovely afternoon's weather.

There were some more interesting points of course, including a diversion to avoid a larger road along an alternative path that turned out to be very thoroughly overgrown with nettles and thorns. After a little way I wondered if I'd made a significant mistake, especially as it was too narrow to turn around, but the path finally opened up to a beautiful ride right next to the water, with a forested cliff to the left that even featured a few waterfalls. I count that as worth a few stings!

Continuing along the shore past Burntisland, there was a very conveniently placed bench with some shelter from the wind to allow me to cook up some dinner and savour more of the views across the water.

I cut out an inland division of the trail by Kinghorn to keep heading round the coast to Kirkcaldy, before realising it was getting a little late and I should find a spot to sleep. I had underestimated the oength of the urban stretch here, but fortunately not having to be up the crack of dawn means I was still able to cruise out the other side of town and find some nice forested areas to set up for the night.

Not too bad a day's work all told! Whilst the NCN routes cut north at Kirkcaldy and miss the rest of the coast up to St Andrews, there are still plenty of local paths in place, so hopefully tomorrow I can continue along and not be stuck with roo much in-traffic riding as we work back around to link up eith the main route again.

G'night!

[beep-beep-kneecaps]

in a class a long time ago i was assigned to read the essay "living like weasels" by Annie Dillard and tbh it completely changed my brain chemistry so much that i printed it out and put it on my wall, so heres the essay in case anyone else wants to have their brain rewritten

A weasel is wild. Who knows what he thinks? He sleeps in his underground den, his tail draped over his nose. Sometimes he lives in his den for two days without leaving. Outside, he stalks rabbits, mice, muskrats, and birds, killing more bodies than he can eat warm, and often dragging the carcasses home. Obedient to instinct, he bites his prey at the neck, either splitting the jugular vein at the throat or crunching the brain at the base of the skull, and he does not let go. One naturalist refused to kill a weasel who was socketed into his hand deeply as a rattlesnake. The man could in no way pry the tiny weasel off, and he had to walk half a mile to water, the weasel dangling from his palm, and soak him off like a stubborn label.

And once, says Ernest Thompson Seton— once, a man shot an eagle out of the sky. He examined the eagle and found the dry skull of a weasel fixed by the jaws to his throat. The supposition is that the eagle had pounced on the weasel and the weasel swiveled and bit as instinct taught him, tooth to neck, and nearly won. I would like to have seen that eagle from the air a few weeks or months before he was shot: was the whole weasel still attached to his feathered throat, a fur pendant? Or did the eagle eat what he could reach, gutting the living weasel with his talons before his breast, bending his beak, cleaning the beautiful airborne bones?

I have been thinking about weasels because I saw one last week. I startled a weasel who startled me, and we exchanged a long glance.

Near my house in Virginia is a pond— Hollins Pond. It covers two acres of bottomland near Tinker Creek with six inches of water and six thousand lily pads. There is a fifty-five-mph highway at one end of the pond, and a nesting pair of wood ducks at the other. Under every bush is a muskrat hole or a beer can. The far end is an alternating series of fields and woods, fields and woods, threaded everywhere with motorcycle tracks— in whose bare clay wild turtles lay eggs.

One evening last week at sunset, I walked to the pond and sat on a downed log near the shore. I was watching the lily pads at my feet tremble and part over the thrusting path of a carp. A yellow warbler appeared to my right and flew behind me. It caught my eye; I swiveled around— and the next instant, inexplicably, I was looking down at a weasel, who was looking up at me.

Weasel! I had never seen one wild before. He was ten inches long, thin as a curve, a muscled ribbon, brown as fruitwood, soft-furred, alert. His face was fierce, small and pointed as a lizard’s; he would have made a good arrowhead. There was just a dot of chin, maybe two brown hairs’ worth, and then the pure white fur began that spread down his underside. He had two black eyes I did not see, any more than you see a window.

The weasel was stunned into stillness as he was emerging from beneath an enormous shaggy wild-rose bush four feet away. I was stunned into stillness, twisted backward on the tree trunk. Our eyes locked, and someone threw away the key. Our look was as if two lovers, or deadly enemies, met unexpectedly on an overgrown path when each had been thinking of something else: a clearing blow to the gut. It was also a bright blow to the brain, or a sudden beating of brains, with all the charge and intimate grate of rubbed balloons. It emptied our lungs. It felled the forest, moved the fields, and drained the pond; the world dismantled and tumbled into that black hole of eyes. If you and I looked at each other that way, our skulls would split and drop to our shoulders. But we don’t. We keep our skulls.

He disappeared. This was only last week, and already I don’t remember what shattered the enchantment. I think I blinked, I think I retrieved my brain from the weasel’s brain, and tried to memorize what I was seeing, and the weasel felt the yank of separation, the careening splashdown into real life and the urgent current of instinct. He vanished under the wild rose. I waited motionless, my mind suddenly full of data and my spirit with pleadings, but he didn’t return.

Please do not tell me about “approach-avoidance conflicts.” I tell you I’ve been in that weasel’s brain for sixty seconds, and he was in mine. Brains are private places, muttering through unique and secret tapes— but the weasel and I both plugged into another tape simultaneously, for a sweet and shocking time. Can I help it if it was a blank?

What goes on in his brain the rest of the time? What does a weasel think about? He won’t say. His journal is tracks in clay, a spray of feathers, mouse blood and bone: uncollected, unconnected, loose-leaf, and blown.

I would like to learn, or remember, how to live. I come to Hollins Pond not so much to learn how to live as, frankly, to forget about it. That is, I don’t think I can learn from a wild animal how to live in particular— shall I suck warm blood, hold my tail high, walk with my footprints precisely over the prints of my hands? — but I might learn something of mindlessness, something of the purity of living in the physical senses and the dignity of living without bias or motive. The weasel lives in necessity and we live in choice, hating necessity and dying at the last ignobly in its talons. I would like to live as I should, as the weasel lives as he should. And I suspect that for me the way is like the weasel’s: open to time and death painlessly, noticing everything, remembering nothing, choosing the given with a fierce and pointed will.

I missed my chance. I should have gone for the throat. I should have lunged for that streak of white under the weasel’s chin and held on, held on through mud and into the wild rose, held on for a dearer life. We could live under the wild rose wild as weasels, mute and uncomprehending. I could very calmly go wild. I could live two days in the den, curled, leaning on mouse fur, sniffing bird bones, blinking, licking, breathing musk, my hair tangled in the roots of grasses. Down is a good place to go, where the mind is single. Down is out, out of your ever-loving mind and back to your careless senses. I remember muteness as a prolonged and giddy fast, where every moment is a feast of utterance received. Time and events are merely poured, unremarked, and ingested directly, like blood pulsed into my gut through a jugular vein. Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is as everywhere present to the other, and as received and as unchallenged, as falling snow?

We could, you know. We can live any way we want. People take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience— even of silence—by choice. The thing is to stalk your calling in a certain skilled and supple way, to locate the most tender and live spot and plug into that pulse. This is yielding, not fighting. A weasel doesn’t “attack” anything; a weasel lives as he’s meant to, yielding at every moment to the perfect freedom of single necessity.

I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you. Then even death, where you’re going no matter how you live, cannot you part. Seize it and let it seize you up aloft even, till your eyes burn out and drop; let your musky flesh fall off in shreds, and let your very bones unhinge and scatter, loosened over fields, over fields and woods, lightly, thoughtless, from any height at all, from as high as eagles.

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An anal fistula is a painful and distressing condition that affects the area around the anus. It occurs when an infected tunnel forms between the inside of the anal canal or rectum and the skin around the anus. Anal fistulas can result from an abscess near the anus that doesn't heal properly. This article delves into the various treatment options available for anal fistulas, with the aim of providing relief and promoting healing. Incision and Drainage (I&D): For acute anal fistulas associated with an abscess, the initial treatment often involves incision and drainage. This procedure is performed under local anesthesia and involves making an incision to drain the infected material and relieve the pressure, which helps reduce pain and discomfort. While this may provide temporary relief, it does not cure the fistula itself. Seton Placement: Seton placement is a common treatment for complex anal fistulas. A seton is a piece of thread or latex that is inserted through the fistula tract to promote drainage and prevent the tunnel from closing prematurely. This helps in keeping the fistula open and allows it to heal from the inside out. Setons are typically left in place for several weeks or months until the fistula is ready for further treatment. Fistulotomy: Fistulotomy is a surgical procedure aimed at permanently curing simple or low anal fistulas. During the procedure, the fistula tract is surgically cut open and laid open to heal from the inside out. The procedure allows for complete drainage and closure of the fistula. Fistulotomy is most effective for fistulas that have a straightforward path and do not involve the sphincter muscles. Fibrin Glue Injection: Fibrin glue injection is a less invasive treatment option for certain anal fistulas. This procedure involves injecting a special medical adhesive into the fistula tract to seal it and promote healing. It is suitable for small, simple fistulas that are not associated with complex branching. LIFT Procedure (Ligation of the Intersphincteric Fistula Tract): The LIFT procedure is a relatively newer technique used to treat complex anal fistulas. It involves identifying and ligating the fistula tract near the anal canal, effectively closing it off. This procedure preserves the anal sphincter muscles, reducing the risk of incontinence, and has shown promising results in treating high and complex fistulas. Advancement Flap Repair: Advancement flap repair is another surgical option for complex anal fistulas, particularly those that pass through the anal sphincter muscles. During the procedure, nearby healthy tissue is used to cover and seal the fistula, promoting healing while minimizing the risk of incontinence. VAAFT (Video-Assisted Anal Fistula Treatment): VAAFT is a minimally invasive procedure that uses a video endoscope to visualize and treat the fistula tract. A special electrode is then used to close off the fistula from the inside. This technique offers a quicker recovery time compared to traditional surgery. Conclusion: Anal fistulas can be painful and challenging to manage, but with the right treatment approach, relief and healing are possible. The appropriate treatment method depends on the complexity and location of the fistula. Consulting with a qualified colorectal surgeon or gastroenterologist is essential to determine the best course of action for each individual case. Early intervention and comprehensive care can significantly improve the chances of successful healing and a better quality of life for patients dealing with anal fistulas.

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Celebrating the 2022-23 Outstanding Student Awards

Brandon Curl and Hadis Askari (Award Recipients) at the Texas Parents Ambassadors Council luncheon

In a pool of 52,000 amazing students who are all living the Longhorn life, it is an incredible accomplishment to be considered the best of the best. Two graduating seniors have done just that – standing out for their exceptional leadership, scholarship, character and service. Texas Parents is recognizing Hadis Askari and Brandon Curl with the 2022-23 Outstanding Student Award and adding their names to a prestigious list of award recipients spanning seven decades.

Like the honorees who came before them, these two high-talent students discovered there’s more than one way to be a Longhorn through student leadership roles, community involvement and academic accomplishments. They have pursued opportunities on the Forty Acres and beyond that will help them go on to change the world, following the paths of the award recipients before them. Many of these Longhorns for life have gone on to become leaders in education, public service, law, healthcare, business and philanthropy.

Meet this year’s award recipients and finalists below. Learn how they made campus a home away from home, explored who they are and whom they want to become, and find out their plans for after graduation.

Texas Parents Outstanding Student Award Recipients

Hadis Askari 

“My time at UT taught me leadership, teamwork and, most importantly, to see that my uncommon experiences were not negative, but they provided me opportunities to grow with other students.” 

College of Natural Sciences  

Major: Biochemistry Honors 

Campus Involvement: Senate of College Councils, Health Career Mentorship Program, Dell Medical School Health Leadership Apprentice, UT Refugee Mentor Program 

Community Involvement/Professional Experience: Texas Interdisciplinary Plan (TIP) course assistant, Biochemistry and Freshman Research Institute Maker Space Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UGTA), Medical Mission Trip (Mexico) volunteer, Dell Seton Medical Center College Volunteer Leadership Program, Freshman Research Initiative fellowship, Lenox Hill Hospital BRAINtern 

While UT Austin prepared Hadis Askari for her future career in medical education, she says it also helped her develop “kindness, patience and resilience.” Her journey of moving to America from Iran shaped her character as she discovered what it means to be a Longhorn. She succeeded on campus by developing research skills, creating a supportive community through student organizations and serving as a mentor to fellow students. Off campus in Austin and beyond, she applied what she learned in the classroom to healthcare industry apprenticeships, internships and volunteer roles. 

“Hadis is someone who goes the extra mile in whatever role she is placed in. She is someone who can handle anything thrown at her and then some,” shared College of Natural Sciences’ Freshman Research Initiative Specialist Niam Kuttanna who nominated Askari. 

Currently, Hadis is devoted to her honor research project and will pursue further research during the gap year before medical school. Additionally, Hadis will assist refugee students in navigating the U.S. educational system. 

Brandon Curl

“UT prepares and empowers students for success in the real world. I see it every single day in the students around me; we all come together to reach for the impossible. It does not matter who you are or where you came from.”

College of Natural Sciences  

Major: Physics Honors, Polymathic Scholars Honors Program

Campus Involvement: Society of Physics Students, Natural Sciences Council, UT Physics & Astronomy Prospective Students Day chair, Kids Who Code

Community Involvement/Professional Experience: Resident Assistant, Advanced Robotics Group, Computer Science Teaching Assistant, Physics Learning Assistant, MD Anderson Cancer Center

Whether in the lab or his residence hall, Brandon Curl is exploring new possibilities that will radically change people’s lives for the better. Alongside physicians, physicists and mathematicians at MD Anderson Cancer Center and UT Austin, he utilized 3D mathematical models to predict the way brain tumors respond to chemoradiation. In Creekside and Moore-Hill residence halls, he fostered a community supporting his residents’ health, well-being and academic journey, and helping them settle into their home away from home.

“Brandon thinks deeply about the purpose behind everything he does, finding value in his actions and moving him towards his goals. He sets the bar high, then blows it out the water,” shared College of Natural Sciences Honors Center Director Sara Corson, who nominated him for the award.  

Curl plans to work as a software engineer to expand his expertise in computer science before pursuing clinical and research doctoral degrees. He then plans to work in radiation oncology to combine his interests in healthcare, machine learning and imaging physics.

Texas Parents Outstanding Student Award Finalists

Ali Askari

College of Natural Sciences

Major: Biochemistry Honors

Campus Involvement: Natural Sciences Council, Health Careers Mentorship Program, Aptamer Database in Aptamer stream, College of Natural Sciences Student-Faculty committee

Community Involvement/Professional Experience: Translators without Border, Micah 6 Food Pantry, Beyond Boundaries, Research assistant, St. David's Medical Center Hospital student advisory committee, Dell Medical School camp counselor, Medical Mission Trip (Mexico) volunteer, Health Careers Mentorship Program intern, Vacation Studentship, Biochemistry of Society intern, Freshman Research Initiative Summer Research Fellowship intern

Ezequiel Lozano

College of Natural Sciences, College of Liberal Arts

Majors: Biology Honors, Government

Campus Involvement: Christian Students on Campus, Longhorn Run, Texas Blazers

Community Involvement/Professional Experience: University Leadership Network mentor, Texas Interdisciplinary Plan (TIP) Scholars mentor, Dell Seton Medical Center patient care technician, Texas House of Representatives intern, Dell Pediatric Research Institute intern, Vice President for Student Affairs student consultant

Caleb Yu

College of Natural Sciences, McCombs School of Business  

Major: Honors Computer Science, Business Honors and Finance

Campus Involvement: Texas Consulting, Management Consulting Association, Silver Spurs, Tejas Club

Community Involvement/Professional Experience: Meals on Wheels, founder/CFO of non-profit funding creative childhood education, Financial and Education Research Center proctor, AAK Tele-Science intern, Amazon intern, Bain and Company intern

Justin Zhang

McCombs School of Business  

Major: Business Honors and Finance  

Minor: Management Information Systems

Campus Involvement: Texas 4000 For Cancer, Guild of Carillonneurs, Honors Business Association, Friar Society, Canfield Business Honors Program peer advisor, President's Award for Global Learning, Business Unraveled Podcast, Readying Impactful Student Entrepreneurs

Community Involvement/Professional Experience: McKinsey and Company intern, Ernst and Young intern

The Outstanding Student Award recipients receive a plaque, a brick paver laid at the Student Services Building in their honor and a $1,000 grant given in each of their names to a registered student organization or campus program. Askari’s grant will go to the Refugee Student Mentor Program and Curl’s will go to the Society of Physics Students. Congrats to these recipients and finalists!

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danpatrickshow: New OTSP with @frankieromustdie link in bio... #mychemicalromance #mcr #otsp

[frnkieroukraine]

Dan Patrick Show: інтерв’ю з Аїро (укр. субтитри) [грудень 2018]

Балачки про привидів, моторошні місця, тури, нові проекти (як музичні, так і новий подкаст Аїро). Найважливіше: у цьому інтерв’ю Аїро каже, що реліз альбому Frank Iero and The Future Violents можливо відбудеться у квітні-травні, щоправда, сам каже, що не знає точно.

Інтерв’ю було взяте ще на початку грудня, за три тижні після того, як FIATFV закінчили записувати альбом. Нещодавно Dan Patrick Show нарешті опублікували це інтерв’ю у двох форматах: спочатку як епізод їхнього подкасту і пізніше як значно коротше відео. От відео ми переклали, а на повний 50-хвилинний епізод не наважилися. Проте там теж є трохи цікавинок, тому, якщо хочете знати більше, можете послухати за посиланням: https://player.pippa.io/off-the-seton-path/episodes/frank-iero

[callmeblake]

Screencap for howl tattoo also gets cute smile and scrunchy eyes ;) (X)

[quotes-by-dilanka]

Living Like Weasels by Annie Dillard

A weasel is wild.

Who knows what he thinks?

He sleeps in his underground den, his tail draped over his nose.

Sometimes he lives in his den for two days without leaving.

Outside, he stalks rabbits, mice, muskrats, and birds, killing more bodies than he can eat warm, and often dragging the carcasses home.

Obedient to instinct, he bites his prey at the neck, either splitting the jugular vein at the throat or crunching the brain at the base of the skull, and he does not let go.

One naturalist refused to kill a weasel who was socketed into his hand deeply as a rattlesnake.

The man could in no way pry the tiny weasel off, and he had to walk half a mile to water, the weasel dangling from his palm, and soak him off like a stubborn label.

And once, says Ernest Thompson Seton--once, a man shot an eagle out of the sky.

He examined the eagle and found the dry skull of a weasel fixed by the jaws to his throat.

The supposition is that the eagle had pounced on the weasel and the weasel swiveled and bit as instinct taught him, tooth to neck, and nearly won.

I would like to have seen that eagle from the air a few weeks or months before he was shot: was the whole weasel still attached to his feathered throat, a fur pendant?

Or did the eagle eat what he could reach, gutting the living weasel with his talons before his breast, bending his beak, cleaning the beautiful airborne bones?

I have been reading about weasels because I saw one last week.

I startled a weasel who startled me, and we exchanged a long glance.

Twenty minutes from my house, through the woods by the quarry and across the highway, is Hollins Pond, a remarkable piece of shallowness, where I like to go at sunset and sit on a tree trunk.

Hollins Pond is also called Murray's Pond; it covers two acres of bottomland near Tinker Creek with six inches of water and six thousand lily pads. In winter, brown-and-white steers stand in the middle of it, merely dampening their hooves; from the distant shore they look like miracle itself, complete with miracle's nonchalance.

Now, in summer, the steers are gone. The water lilies have blossomed and spread to a green horizontal plane that is terra firma to plodding blackbirds, and tremulous ceiling to black leeches, crayfish, and carp.

This is, mind you, suburbia. It is a five-minute walk in three directions to rows of houses, though none is visible here.

There's a 55-mph highway at one end of the pond, and a nesting pair of wood ducks at the other. Under every bush is a muskrat hole or a beer can.

The far end is an alternating series of fields and woods, fields and woods, threaded everywhere with motorcycle tracks--in whose bare clay wild turtles lay eggs.

So, I had crossed the highway, stepped over two low barbed-wire fences, and traced the motorcycle path in all gratitude through the wild rose and poison ivy of the pond's shoreline up into high grassy fields.

Then I cut down through the woods to the mossy fallen tree where I sit. This tree is excellent. It makes a dry, upholstered bench at the upper, marshy end of the pond, a plush jetty raised from the thorny shore between a shallow blue body of water and a deep blue body of sky.

The sun had just set. I was relaxed on the tree trunk, ensconced in the lap of lichen, watching the lily pads at my feet tremble and part dreamily over the thrusting path of a carp.

A yellow bird appeared to my right and flew behind me. It caught my eye; I swiveled around—and the next instant, inexplicably, I was looking down at a weasel, who was looking up at me.

Weasel! I'd never seen one wild before.

He was ten inches long, thin as a curve, a muscled ribbon, brown as fruitwood, soft-furred, alert. His face was fierce, small and pointed as a lizard's; he would have made a good arrowhead.

There was just a dot of chin, maybe two brown hairs' worth, and then the pure white fur began that spread down his underside.

He had two black eyes I didn't see, any more than you see a window.

The weasel was stunned into stillness as he was emerging from beneath an enormous shaggy wild rose bush four feet away.

I was stunned into stillness twisted backward on the tree trunk.

Our eyes locked, and someone threw away the key.

Our look was as if two lovers, or deadly enemies, met unexpectedly on an overgrown path when each had been thinking of something else: a clearing blow to the gut.

It was also a bright blow to the brain, or a sudden beating of brains, with all the charge and intimate grate of rubbed balloons. It emptied our lungs.

It felled the forest, moved the fields, and drained the pond; the world dismantled and tumbled into that black hole of eyes. If you and I looked at each other that way, our skulls would split and drop to our shoulders.

But we don't. We keep our skulls. So.

He disappeared.

This was only last week, and already I don't remember what shattered the enchantment.

I think I blinked, I think I retrieved my brain from the weasel's brain, and tried to memorize what I was seeing, and the weasel felt the yank of separation, the careening splash-down into real life and the urgent current of instinct.

He vanished under the wild rose. I waited motionless, my mind suddenly full of data and my spirit with pleadings, but he didn't return.

Please do not tell me about "approach-avoidance conflicts." I tell you I've been in that weasel's brain for sixty seconds, and he was in mine.

Brains are private places, muttering through unique and secret tapes-but the weasel and I both plugged into another tape simultaneously, for a sweet and shocking time.

Can I help it if it was a blank?

What goes on in his brain the rest of the time? What does a weasel think about?

He won't say. His journal is tracks in clay, a spray of feathers, mouse blood and bone: uncollected, unconnected, loose leaf, and blown.

I would like to learn, or remember, how to live. I come to Hollins Pond not so much to learn how to live as, frankly, to forget about it.

That is, I don't think I can learn from a wild animal how to live in particular--shall I suck warm blood, hold my tail high, walk with my footprints precisely over the prints of my hands?--but I might learn something of mindlessness, something of the purity of living in the physical sense and the dignity of living without bias or motive.

The weasel lives in necessity and we live in choice, hating necessity and dying at the last ignobly in its talons. I would like to live as I should, as the weasel lives as he should.

QAnd I suspect that for me the way is like the weasel's: open to time and death painlessly, noticing everything, remembering nothing, choosing the given with a fierce and pointed will.

I missed my chance. I should have gone for the throat. I should have lunged for that streak of white under the weasel's chin and held on, held on through mud and into the wild rose, held on for a dearer life.

We could live under the wild rose wild as weasels, mute and uncomprehending. I could very calmly go wild. I could live two days in the den, curled, leaning on mouse fur, sniffing bird bones, blinking, licking, breathing musk, my hair tangled in the roots of grasses.

Down is a good place to go, where the mind is single. Down is out, out of your ever-loving mind and back to your careless senses. I remember muteness as a prolonged and giddy fast, where every moment is a feast of utterance received.

Time and events are merely poured, unremarked, and ingested directly, like blood pulsed into my gut through a jugular vein.

Could two live that way? Could two live under the wild rose, and explore by the pond, so that the smooth mind of each is as everywhere present to the other, and as received and as unchallenged, as falling snow?

We could, you know.

We can live any way we want.

People take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience--even of silence--by choice. The thing is to stalk your calling in a certain skilled and supple way, to locate the most tender and live spot and plug into that pulse.

This is yielding, not fighting.

A weasel doesn't "attack" anything; a weasel lives as he's meant to, yielding at every moment to the perfect freedom of single necessity.

I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you.

Then even death, where you're going no matter how you live, cannot you part. Seize it and let it seize you up aloft even, till your eyes burn out and drop; let your musky flesh fall off in shreds, and let your very bones unhinge and scatter, loosened over fields, over fields and woods, lightly, thoughtless, from any height at all, from as high as eagles.

We could, you know. We can live any way we want.

People take vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience--even of silence--by choice.

The thing is to stalk your calling in a certain skilled and supple way, to locate the most tender and live spot and plug into that pulse.

This is yielding, not fighting.

A weasel doesn't "attack" anything; a weasel lives as he's meant to, yielding at every moment to the perfect freedom of single necessity.

I think it would be well, and proper, and obedient, and pure, to grasp your one necessity and not let it go, to dangle from it limp wherever it takes you.

Then even death, where you're going no matter how you live, cannot you part.

Seize it and let it seize you up aloft even, till your eyes burn out and drop; let your musky flesh fall off in shreds, and let your very bones unhinge and scatter, loosened over fields, over fields and woods, lightly, thoughtless, from any height at all, from as high as eagles.

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Do you have a take on what Phillip and Vera’s daemons would be? Or any of the other guests’ for that matter?

Hehehe yes I do, I've been waiting for this question for so long lmao I'm working on a new fic that is ATTWN written by the Agatha Christie of Lyra's world so I had to come up with daemons for all of them.

I'll start in reverse order, from Vera to Marston, since you asked about her first anon.

For Vera, I was torn between a brownish/greyish owl and a marmoset. I really can't imagine any other Vera than Maeve Dermody, and because appearance is important when thinking about Daemons (because daemons lend something of their animal form to the human, ie 'a serpent daemon usually has a human with a serpentine vibes' this was said by Philman in an interview), I think an owl would have suited her. She has big eyes, that are always darting around; she's often immobile, observing her surroundings. However, I think that a marmoset suits her better because Vera has a Hannah Relf quality to her (another marmoset daemon, in case you haven't read the HDM books). It's that silent attitude, keeping to herself, wary of her surroundings and while she seems weak and fragile, Vera is not afraid to act or reacts extremely if the situation calls for it. She is also very shrewd, and I chose the marmoset for her because there is something so appealing to see Vera, big eyes and shrewd attitude behind a mask of silly girl, with a daemon clinging to her neck, observing the room, tiny and silent, but just as clever as she is.

For Lombard, and this one was a no brainer, he has a panther. Show! Lombard would have a black panther, because it suits Aidan Turner's looks; for the book, it would still be a panther type, but a spotted leopard one. Book! Lombard is more earthy than Show! Lombard, hence his daemon having a lighter, more brown palette. As for the reason, there wasn't a lot of thinking when I chose this; in the book, Lombard is described many times like a panther: dangerous, lithe, moving quietly about the house. Everyone in the house feels this vibe and they know he is dangerous, and he sees them as prey (because one of them is the killer and he is just waiting to catch them). I think for a man like him, having a big, dangerous daemon, is very suitable. There is also something of Asriel in him, both in the show and book, so it's fitting they have the same/similar type of daemon.

For Blore, I knew it had to be a type of dog. Everything about Blore screams "barks more than it bites", and while he can be assertive and take control, he always defers to people if they say the right thing to him. Book! Blore would have a boring, but bigger dog, I imagine; he is described as a big man, and he has a very thuggish attitude. Maybe a German Shepherd. Show! Blore is more sleek and clever, less thuggish more alert and paranoid, but also more in control. He dresses nice, is rather vain specially towards his skills, so I gave him a black poodle, a small one though. Blore, although assertive, always is overwhelmed by Armstrong and Lombard, both men that have a bigger presence and willpower than he does.

For Armstrong, I was torn between weasel and a badger, and I think the badger suits him better. It's tempting to go weasel and say he was oh cunning and sleek, but I don't think that's true. While Show! Armstrong loses his shit fairly quickly, even in distress he maintains some control (like when he insists to take care of Mrs Rogers despite Rogers saying she was alright; or when they are all dancing and he is staring at Vera and Lombard, suspicious, trying to steady himself). The Badger fits him better: grounded, stable creatures but also very vicious if they have to be; if my doctor had a badger daemon I would feel safe, I think. Examples of badger daemons in the books I think it's Malcolm's mom, who is incredibly down-to-earth and assertive, which represents Book! Armstrong better, I'll be honest, but I can see Toby Stephens with a badger daemon as Armstrong as well. His character is a man with a sense of belonging, and he perceives his surroundings very well. In the book, Armstrong is more cool headed (for the show, him and Vera have their attitudes swapped, which I like but it's fair to mention here as well) and more in control of his motions. He moves around everyone and doesn't start dissent like in the show, which I think makes sense for his daemon. He doesn't fight unless he has too.

For Wargrave, and this was fun, but I was torn between a butterfly and a chameleon, and I ultimately decided for the butterfly because I thought the chameleon was too on the nose with his twist. This is for both show and book, and if there are changes it's probably just in colours and patterns. In the book, Wargrave is often described as someone with a reptile smile, hence why I chose the chameleon at first, but I think he is still a fragile man at his core. Butterflies are synonym of beauty and change; they tend to be associated with evolution and growth, and that's Wargrave's story I think. He is a man who spent his life working in law, seeing dozens and dozens of criminals come and go and die: he was known for having a high death rate, so I imagine he dealt with heinous crimes the most (I don't know for sure but I don't think they hanged people for stealing or whatever in the early 20th century, but take this with a pinch of salt lmao). Then one day Wargrave meets this Edward Seton, a total sadist (and a serial killer in the show) and he realised things about himself that he didn't know before. In the show, he has a line about Seton having a legacy of terror to be remembered, while he and everyone else would be forgotten and I think that's very much what the butterfly represents for Wargrave. When he finds out he is sick, he finds growth in pursuing his true passion, which was murder. The butterfly is also a very fragile daemon, and because of that she doesn't reflect his true physique (despite sick he is nowhere near as frail as he appears to be), and her beauty helps lure the trust of people, make him seem trustworthy (Vera on the show, Armstrong in the book). Just to add, he is also separated from her, and this is how he manages to fake his death well. (i was saving this twist for the fic but I might never finish it lmao)

For Miss Brent, this one had me thinking a lot. Like, a lot. I was torn between a toucan and a spider, and I ultimately decided to go for the toucan, mostly because I think it suits her better. Spiders are often associated with storytellers and creative people and Emily Brent is far from creative. She is judgemental, conservative, vain and nasty towards anyone she considers unworthy. In the show, she has an attitude towards the General, she likes him well and they don't quite explain why, but I think it's because he is from her generation - and social status - and she respects him for it. The same goes for Wargrave and Armstrong, but towards Armstrong she just respects his status, not his age. She sort of sees him as "still young but on the right path". She absolutely resents Lombard - as she does in the book, probably for the same reason: he is pretty much a living hands to mouth kind of guy and he is immoral according to her - and she doesn't think highly of Blore either, also because of social status. Anyway, I can do a separate post about this, but I chose the toucan because they are beautiful birds, a little menacing, and they have a bit of a bitchy attitude. No deeper thought to that to be fair lmao. Toucans make me think "vain" and I love this concept because Miss Brent loathes women who wear make up or show off, but I think this Is clearly a façade on her part, because she is also vain, in her own way.

For Rogers, I was torn between a big, posh dog and a fox. Now, this one is tough because we fall into that "good servants have dog daemons" rule, which I think it's too simplistic to define a person's nature. I'm more inclined towards the posh dog, mostly because I think that helps Rogers fit in with a crowd that isn't his; and sure, he is a cunning man (like a fox daemon would evoke) but I think a dog like a Dobermann suits Rogers best, in the book at least. A fox would suit show! Rogers better, but the dog suits him too physically (tall, slender, mean looking), so I'm sticking with the dog.

For the General, I think a hawk. A bird of prey. He was a soldier and he was fucking shrewd to send a man to die in such an inconspicuous way. Birds of prey Daemons have very passionate humans - Ma Costa, Tony Costa, Anthony Hassall, as well as Bud Schlesinger and Marcel Delamare with their owls - but while owls are tame and introvert, hawks tend to be extreme and out there, lashing out and being menacing with ease. This was a natural choice for me, although I also considered eagles for him later, but changed my mind. (On my notes I wrote "def not an owl" lmao)

For Mrs Rogers, I think a mouse would suit her, and I know this is painfully obvious, but that's the vibe she gives me. A small person, being coerced and oppressed by a petty tyrant, and she just lets things steer her by, absolutely not in control of her life. I also gave her a same sex type of daemon, because she just has that uncanny aura, I don't know how to explain it; I can see that affecting her life since childhood, and steering her towards a man like Rogers, who would take advantage of her loneliness. Same sex daemons are rare and the example we had was in someone extremely sensitive, and I feel that in Mrs Rogers.

And lastly, Tony Marston, and this one I had too many options, but I opted for a Margay, who was suggested to me in fact. It's a feline daemon, very slick and lithe but also very ethereal looking, which I think suits Marston: handsome but lacking substance (not lacking so much substance in the show tho lmao get it? cause he did cocaine? a substance? Haha please don't unfollow me). Frankly, because he dies first I didn't give this too much thought, but I knew it had to be a wild daemon, quick and lithe.

Honorable mention to Fred Narracott and his seagull daemon. Thanks for asking this anon, I had a blast!

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Pair of studies confirm there is water on the moon (Washington Post) There is water on the moon’s surface, and ice may be widespread in its many shadows, according to a pair of studies published Monday in the journal Nature Astronomy. The research confirms long-standing theories about the existence of lunar water that could someday enable astronauts to live there for extended periods. One scientific team found the telltale sign of water molecules, perhaps bound up in glass, in a sunlit region. Another group estimated the widespread prevalence of tiny shadowed pockmarks on the lunar landscape, possible shelter for water ice over an area of 15,000 square miles. Moon water has been eyed as a potential resource by NASA, which created a program named Artemis in 2019 to send American astronauts back to the moon this decade. Launching water to space costs thousands of dollars per gallon.

Colleges Slash Budgets in the Pandemic, With ‘Nothing Off-Limits’ (NYT) Ohio Wesleyan University is eliminating 18 majors. The University of Florida’s trustees this month took the first steps toward letting the school furlough faculty. The University of California, Berkeley, has paused admissions to its Ph.D. programs in anthropology, sociology and art history. As it resurges across the country, the coronavirus is forcing universities large and small to make deep and possibly lasting cuts to close widening budget shortfalls. By one estimate, the pandemic has cost colleges at least $120 billion, with even Harvard University, despite its $41.9 billion endowment, reporting a $10 million deficit that has prompted belt tightening. Though many colleges imposed stopgap measures such as hiring freezes and early retirements to save money in the spring, the persistence of the economic downturn is taking a devastating financial toll, pushing many to lay off or furlough employees, delay graduate admissions and even cut or consolidate core programs like liberal arts departments. “We haven’t seen a budget crisis like this in a generation,” said Robert Kelchen, a Seton Hall University associate professor of higher education who has been tracking the administrative response to the pandemic. “There’s nothing off-limits at this point.”

Thousands Forced to Evacuate From California Fires (NYT) Two firefighters were gravely injured and tens of thousands of Californians were forced to flee their homes on Monday as two new fires ripped through Orange County. About 90,800 residents in Irvine were put under mandatory evacuation orders because of the Silverado Fire and the smaller Blue Ridge Fire, said Shane Sherwood, a division chief for the Orange County Fire Authority. High winds and low humidity fueled the fires’ rapid growth. About 4,000 firefighters were fighting 22 wildfires across the state on Monday, according to Cal Fire, the state’s fire agency. As evening approached, the Silverado Fire had burned about 7,200 acres and the Blue Ridge Fire 3,000 acres. Later Monday night, the Orange County Fire Authority said that the Blue Ridge Fire had grown to 6,600 acres

Why N.Y.C.’s Economic Recovery May Lag the Rest of the Country’s (NYT) New York, whose diversified economy had fueled unparalleled job growth in recent years, is now facing a bigger challenge in recovering from the pandemic than almost any other major city in the country. More than one million residents are out of work, and the unemployment rate is nearly double the national average. The city had tried to insulate itself from major downturns by shifting from tying its fortunes to the rise and fall of Wall Street. A thriving tech sector, a booming real estate industry and waves of international tourists had helped Broadway, hotels and restaurants prosper. But now, as the virus surges again in the region, tourists are still staying away and any hope that workers would refill the city’s office towers and support its businesses before the end of the year is fading. As a result, New York’s recovery is very likely to be slow and protracted, economists said. “This is an event that struck right at the heart of New York’s comparative advantages,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, a Wall Street research firm. “Being globally oriented, being stacked up in skyscrapers and packed together in stadiums: The very thing that made New York New York was undermined by the pandemic, was upended by it.”

Asylum-Seekers Face Violent ICE Coercion (Foreign Policy) U.S. immigration officers have threatened, pepper-sprayed, beaten, and choked asylum-seekers from Cameroon to coerce them to sign their own deportation orders, the Guardian reports. A coalition of advocacy groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, filed a complaint earlier this month describing a “pattern of coercion” by ICE agents at a Mississippi detention center that it called “tantamount to torture.” According to multiple accounts in the complaint, immigration officials used the coercive tactics to compel detainees to sign documents that would waive their rights to further immigration hearings. At least one individual was hospitalized as a result. One man, identified by the initials C.A., described how officers broke his fingers as they sought to force his fingerprint onto a document. “Officers grabbed me, forced me on the ground, and pepper-sprayed my eyes. … I was crying, ‘I can’t breathe,’ because they were forcefully on top of me pressing their body weight on top of me. My eyes were so hot. They dragged me outside by both hands,” said the individual, who was prevented from speaking to his lawyer before signing the document. C.A. was placed on a deportation flight on Oct. 13 but was one of two Cameroonians pulled off the plane moments before takeoff, as an investigation had begun into the allegations of abuse. At least 100 asylum-seekers, including many from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, were deported on the same flight. For two consecutive years, the Norwegian Refugee Council has deemed Cameroon the world’s most neglected displacement crisis due to an insurgency in the north and a brutal government crackdown on two English-speaking separatist regions. Since 2016, the two conflicts have killed over 3,000 people and displaced more than 700,000.

Belgium’s former King meets estranged daughter for first time (Reuters) Belgium’s former King Albert has met his daughter Delphine for the first time, after she won a seven-year legal battle to prove that he is her father, earning recognition as a princess. The two met Albert’s wife, Queen Paola, last Sunday at their royal residence, the Belvedere castle, in the Brussels suburb of Laeken, the royal household said on Tuesday. “This Sunday October 25, a new chapter has opened, filled with emotions, calm, understanding and also hope,” the king, the queen and Delphine said in a statement. “Our meeting took place at the Belvedere Castle, a meeting during which each of us was able to express, calmly and with empathy, our feelings and our experiences.” “After the turmoil, the wounds and the suffering, comes the time for forgiveness, healing and reconciliation. This is the path, patient and at times difficult, that we have decided to take resolutely together.” Delphine Boel, 52, a Belgian artist, fought a seven-year legal battle to prove that the former king is her father. After a DNA test confirmed that, a court granted her the title of princess earlier this month. Albert, 86, who abdicated six years ago in favour of his son Philippe, had long contested Boel’s claim.

Germany cautions Thai king (Foreign Policy) Pro-democracy protesters in Thailand marched on the German Embassy in Bangkok to deliver a letter asking German authorities to investigate whether King Maha Vajiralongkorn “has conducted Thai politics using his royal prerogative from German soil or not.” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, speaking from Berlin, said the German government was “examining” the issue “and if there are things we feel to be unlawful, then that will have immediate consequences.”

Belarus Opposition Calls General Strike, as Protesters Gird for Long Fight (NYT) When Belarusians took to the streets in the hundreds of thousands in August, after Mr. Lukashenko claimed a re-election victory that was widely seen as fraudulent, many predicted that it was only a matter of days or weeks until the longtime authoritarian leader stepped down. Instead, Mr. Lukashenko and the large swath of the public that is arrayed against him have settled into a drawn-out test of wills, with their country’s future on the line. Protesters continue to turn out in the tens of thousands every Sunday, chanting “Go away!” and waving the white-red-white flag of the opposition. Mr. Lukashenko responds with waves of crackdowns by the police and, backed by Russia, appears determined to wait the protests out. “In such a tense situation, absolutely anything could turn out to be the trigger that topples the system,” said Artyom Shraibman, a Minsk-based nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Moscow Center. “It could end in the course of a week, or it might not die for a year. No revolution has ever gone according to plan.” The authorities’ use of violence to try to put down the protests appears to be escalating, further feeding the anger in Belarusian society. It was a bout of severe police violence early in the uprising that supercharged the protests.

World’s largest IPO shows power of mobile payments in China (Washington Post) Go to a store, hop in a taxi, or even stop by a street peddler’s cart in China, and you will see QR codes strung up on colorful laminated squares. These mobile payment codes are the default way money changes hands in China these days, and the reason Ant Group’s initial public offering is set to be the world’s largest. China’s Ant Group—the Alibaba spinoff behind the ubiquitous blue QR payment codes across the world’s second-largest economy—announced plans on Monday to raise more than $34 billion in a joint listing across Shanghai and Hong Kong. This would trounce last year’s listing of oil titan Saudi Aramco, the reigning IPO champion. Mobile payments have replaced cash and credit cards in China as the preferred payment method, thanks to easy-to-use apps made by Ant Group and its closest rival Tencent. Ant Group’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat Pay are similar in spirit to wildly popular U.S. stock trading app Robinhood, in that they are user-friendly enough that anyone with a smartphone and bank account can make complicated financial transactions with a click or swipe.

China sanctions U.S. weapons manufacturers (Foreign Policy) China will impose sanctions on three U.S.-based weapons manufacturers after the U.S. State Department approved the sale of $1.8 billion worth of weapons and equipment to Taiwan last Wednesday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said the sanctions were necessary “in order to uphold national interests.” It’s not yet clear what form the sanctions will take. More sanctions could soon be on the way, as the State Department approved a further $2.37 billion in weapons sales to Taiwan on Monday.

Vietnam evacuating low-lying areas as strong typhoon nears (AP) Vietnam scrambled Tuesday to evacuate more than a million people in its central lowlands as a strong typhoon approached while some regions are still dealing with the aftermath of recent killer floods, state media said. Typhoon Molave is forecast to slam into Vietnam’s south central coast with sustained winds of up to 135 kilometers (84 miles) per hour on Wednesday morning, according to the official Vietnam News Agency. The typhoon left at least 3 people dead and 13 missing and displaced more than 120,000 villagers in the Philippines before blowing toward Vietnam. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc ordered provincial authorities late Monday to prepare to evacuate about 1.3 million people in regions lying on the typhoon’s path. Phuc expressed fears that Molave, the latest disturbance to threaten Vietnam this month, could be as deadly as Typhoon Damrey, which battered the country’s central region in 2017 and left more than a hundred people dead.

Vaccines, not spy planes: U.S. misfires in Southeast Asia For months, by Zoom calls and then by jet, Indonesian ministers and officials scoured the world for access to a vaccine for the coronavirus that Southeast Asia’s biggest country is struggling to control. This month, their campaign paid off. Three Chinese companies committed 250 million doses of vaccines to the archipelago of 270 million people. A letter of intent was signed with a UK-based company for another 100 million. Absent from these pledges: the United States. Not only was it not promising any vaccine, but months earlier the United States shocked Indonesian officials by asking to land and refuel its spy planes in the territory, four senior Indonesian officials told Reuters. This would reverse a decades-long policy of strategic neutrality in the country. Washington’s campaign to buttress its influence in the region—part of its escalating global rivalry with China—has been misfiring, say government officials and analysts.

Bomb at seminary in Pakistan kills 8 students, wounds 136 (AP) A powerful bomb blast ripped through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Tuesday morning, killing at least eight students and wounding 136 others, police and a hospital spokesman said. The bombing happened as a prominent religious scholar during a special class was delivering a lecture about the teachings of Islam at the main hall of the Jamia Zubairia madrassa, said police officer Waqar Azim. The attack comes days after Pakistani intelligence alerted that militants could target public places and important buildings, including seminaries and mosques across Pakistan, including Peshawar.

Hopes for peace in Libya (Foreign Policy) The two main factions in Libya’s civil war agreed to a nationwide cease-fire at U.N.-backed talks in Geneva on Friday. Previous attempts to broker an end to the yearslong conflict have failed, but the new agreement has cautiously raised hopes that it will lay the groundwork for a peace deal. The cease-fire, signed by the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord and Gen. Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army, calls for all front-line forces to return to their bases and all mercenaries and foreign troops to withdraw within three months. The Libyan conflict has drawn in a multitude of international players, including Russia, Turkey, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates. Their actions in the coming months could make or break the cease-fire.

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My 2020 Winter Anime

2020 Winter anime I have watch and my ratings.

My Personal Top 10

1. Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! - Rating: 10/10 (Must watch)

An anime on how to make an anime, I didn’t expect this to be so good. but it is one of the best animes I have watched this season. I takes a different path from other similar anime and shows the various way anime is done and it unleash the creativity and imagination of the artists. It also shows how money is needed and used to fund the anime which most anime would never dare talk about.

2. Somali and the Forest Spirit - Rating: 10/10 (Must watch)

This is a fantastic fantasy anime. Most anime where an adult has to take care of a girl ends up being a little creepy later on in the series. But in this anime Golem only has a year and few months to live, so he will do whatever it takes to bring Somali to humans and also tries to make her happy as much as he can. 

3. Mairimashita! Iruma-kun - Rating: 9/10 (Strongly recommended)

Just when Iruma though his luck could not get worst, his parents sold him to the devil and he gets taken to the demon world. However things didn’t not turn out to be the Hell he was expected. This goodest boy get all the good things he deserve. Good friends, a family, a fun school and crushes from various girls. But also he might become the next demon king. 

4. Id:Invaded - Rating: 9/10 (Strongly recommended)

A computer system is development that allows humans to enter the mind of a criminal. Akihito Narihisago (Sakaido) enter this place that is made by the criminal ID well. While Koharu Hondoumachi is task to find the criminal in the real world. This is interesting detective psychological mystery. 

5. My Hero Academia Season 4 - Rating: 9/10 (Strongly recommended)

MHA continues with a school festival. A new villain attempt to hijack the event for his own purpose. Not really a big fan of the school festival trope. But the first half where they save Eri-chan from Overhaul was great and the ending where Endeavor has to prove to everyone he is worth being the number one hero is awesome as well.

6. Koisuru Asteroid - Rating 8/10 (Recommended) 

Moe anime meets science. Nice slice of life story about two girls trying to find an asteroid and name it. They are joined by various friends with other science related interest. 

7. Toilet-bound Hanako-kun - Rating 8/10 (Recommended) 

Nene Yashiro attemps to summon Hanako-kun only to find out he is a boy and also end up becoming his assistance and bound to him. This anime has lot of ship teasing and supernatural elements. She takes on the ‘Seven wonder’s of her school all which are supernatural entity with bad intention due to bad rumours. So she tries to take away those rumours and create good ones to help the various sprits. But someone doesn’t want them to have a happy ending.

8. Seton Academy: Join the Pack! - Rating 8/10 (Recommended) 

This comedy features anthropomorphic animals in a human settings, only there are not much humans left. The only human guy hates animals and hates the school. but finds a human girl. However an wolf comes along to take over his life by forcing him to join her pack. Lots of comedy and funny scenes. but do know there are quite a few ecchi scenes.

9. BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense - Rating 7/10 (Somewhat recommended)

An isekai anime but they can log out. A girl who focus her skill points on defends end up becoming a unbeatable opponent in a virtual online game. Some funny scenes and I like her turtle.

10. Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story - Rating 7/10 (Somewhat recommended)

An side story of PMMM which is also based on the mobile game. PMMM is one of my top anime of all time. However Magia Record doesn’t have the same thing going on. The story introduce uwasa or rumors which are based on legends or stories. They also introduce a magical girl’s doppel where the girl use her materialization of despair (which usually turn them to a witch) to fight enemies. But the fact remain that Kyubey caused this remains. 

Other anime I have watch this season.

Heya Camp - Rating 7/10 (Somewhat recommended)

Yuru Camp continues with a short series where the girls go on a stamp rally to various parks. 

Nekopara - Rating 7/10 (Somewhat recommended)

Based on a visual novel, a world where cat girls exist. A man take care of his two cat girls as they assist with his cake and pastry shop. The girls found and take home a young homeless cat girl. Now they have to teach her to be a proper cat girl. Be warn of some ecchi scenes.

Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It - Rating 7/10 (Somewhat recommended)

Two scientist fall in love but first they have to prove love exist because they are stupid. No really, they make actual scientist look bad. But there’s lots of funny moments.

Natsunagu! - Rating 7/10 (Somewhat recommended)

This is a short anime where a girl tries to find a fiend she met online after she hears the place her friend lived in was hit by an earthquake. Kinda nice story even though it was short.

In/Spectre  - Rating 6/10 (Slightly recommended)

Kotoko Iwanaga sacrifice one of her eye and leg to become goddess of wisdom and take care of issues that sprits or youkai has. But they spend a really long time trying to fight of a ghost know as the steel beam lady that was artificial created due to rumours and the internet. Personally, if anyone thinks it’s easy to create a rumour on the internet about a ghost, please be my guest. They also defeat the sprit by using lies not caring about how it would affect actual people who exist. This story fails on various details but I guess it’s still okay to watch.

Darwin's Game - Rating 5/10 (Average)

An battle royal like anime where people who join an app are given various power to help the fight each another. Not a big fan of this as the plot is pretty generic for a battle royal type anime.

Infinite Dendrogram - Rating 3/10 (Quite bad)

An isekai anime but they can log out. But like super generic and basic. Boring battles and useless plot. Hey the NPC seem so real and something is wrong, like there is a big conspiracy. I can’t recommend this unless you have to watch every isekai anime.

Ishuzoku Reviewers - Rating 2/10 (Bad)

If this anime is for ‘Man of Culture’ boy I am glad to be an uncultured swine. Just make it an hentai! why bother? They go around and have sex with different species. That’s is like a guy in our world going to different countries and having sex with different races and making a feedback on those experience. Just call yourself a racist and go home. Honestly some of the scenes are disgusting and gross. I understand people have fetishes but this anime takes that to a level never seen before. 

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