#wish i had a transcript

[notwiselybuttoowell]

Once again, I'm absolutely staggered by all the possiblities of seaweed if handled correctly

For World Ocean Day, Gaia Vince finds out how the planet’s seas could help us to generate clean power, capture CO2 and feed the world. Gaia is joined in the studio by science journalist and marine biologist Olive Heffernan. She dives into the controversy regarding the potential of mining in deep oceans and discusses whether the seas could become the location for Industrial Revolution 2.0.

We’re used to seeing seaweed wrapped around our sushi rolls but it’s so much more than that. As well as being a tasty addition to what we eat, seaweed plays a vital role in absorbing CO2. Gaia speaks to Vincent Doumeizel, a senior adviser on oceans to the UN Global Compact; he’s also the food programme director at the UK-based charity Lloyd’s Register Foundation. He’s confident that seaweed could enable us to sustainably feed a growing global population in the coming decades.

Phytoplankton – microscopic species of algae that exist on the surface of the sea – also absorb huge amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. Sir David King, founder and chair of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group and former chief scientific adviser to the UK Government has the radical idea that artificial whale poo could boost phytoplankton growth, leading to an increase in fish stocks and, consequently, improved biodiversity in the oceans. He tells Gaia about his project and the potential it has for carbon capture.

When we think of energy generation from the oceans, we tend to think of offshore technology such as wind turbines. But what about generating electricity using the water itself? Gaia speaks to Eco Wave Power’s Inna Braverman who reveals how her project harnesses the power of the waves by attaching to existing coastal structures such as piers and jetties, to provide a source of clean, renewable energy.

[galedekarios]

talking with my friend @voliialpha reminded me of how much content was cut from gale going from early access to the full release version of the game:

the two biggest scenes that were cut:

-the deer stew scene -the loss scene (which included another way to start the romance with him)

shorter ! conversations:

-his reaction after the fight in the abandoned temple of jergal -his reaction after you failed to save arabella / stood by to watch it happen -his reaction after talking to the paladins of tyr and agreeing to go after karlach -his reaction after edowin and the tadpole reveal -his reaction after mayrina giving ethel's wand to her or breaking it -his reaction after handing astarion over to the gur or defending him -his reaction to reaching the druid grove for the first time -his reaction to the player killing lae'zel after they feel the symptoms of ceremorphosis and comforting them -his reaction to reaching the goblin camp & looking for halsin -his reaction to killing the druids -his reaction to priestess gut & the brand & the cult of the absolute -his reaction after killing dror ragzlin and talking to the dead mind flayer -his reaction to the bugbear and the ogre couple -being able to give him the necromancy of thay book to read (not as an item to consume) -his various reaction after you dealt with ethel or made a deal with her -his reaction to the zhentarim chest -his reaction to the myconids after entering the myconid colony for the first time -his reaction to arabella dying

these were all conversations, marked with a !. some of the lines used in these conversation survived as ambient one liners ("the loot isn't for your pockets only." line for one).

i didn't realise it was this much. i was thinking about making a post with the actual transcripts of these conversation because it's just sad that they are all gone now. they gave a lot of insight into the character.

one of the few conversations that did survive are his reaction to nettie poisoning the protag, his story after saving mirkon, the story about the yawning portal after stepping in front of sazza, and his reaction to saving arabella from kagha.

[hello-eeveev]

I adored the scene between Orym and the Wildmother. I thought it was beautiful. they cannot make me hate either of them. but of course I must take it upon myself to address some responses to it that I’ve seen floating about, especially bc the way some people talk about emotions makes me concerned:

1) an appeal to emotion is not inherently manipulative. it’s a normal part of communication, and treating it as “playing dirty” will negatively affect yourself and your relationships with others. trust me. you are allowed to express your feelings, and other people are allowed to take your feelings into account and adjust their behavior. it’s actually a good thing! that’s healthy communication!

2) “see you soon” is not a death wish, nor is it a firm belief that he will die in the upcoming battle. it’s an acknowledgement that on the grand, cosmic scale of time, their separation is only for a short while. I suppose it would depend on the belief in an afterlife of the people around you, but have you never heard this sentiment expressed? not once?

[royalarchivist]

Pac: Fit. Where are you, Fit? Where are you, Fit? Where is my official gossip???

It's always very funny hearing Pac and Fit complaining when the other person hasn't logged onto the server yet, lmao.

[unpretty]

Thanks for the transcripts!! Your fake social media and chats are so fun, and they're even better with transcripts telling me who everyone's icon is :D I keep hitting kudos even tho I've left them before so here's some hearts for you directly ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

yeah, screen readers/transcript users get the secret bonus that sometimes i explain a visual gag or else make explicit which parts of the visual i consider important that you might gloss over in a screenshot (like notifications appearing and disappearing, or the extra cells in nominal that you have to read the formula bar for)

[the-holy-ghosted]

IM SORRY

[rokurookajima]

puhlease tell me about your waava ice age au 🥺🙏

LMAO I AM SO GLAD U ASKED

the answer is actually not that interesting but no one has ever questioned this header somehow. it was from the original ss waava chat room in 2013-2014. esp in the early days, we would constantly propose worse and worse au concepts, and sometimes people would write little bits of them that were.. deranged? most famous i remember someone wrote one where wan was a chair that for sure included lines like “sitting against his rock hard wood” and ended with “the life of a chair is great” (things that will never leave my mind).. and the infamous Thanksgiving Badsmut by @nyenuma and og mina which was… jesus christ. i do not remember who said “waava ice age au” (it coulda been me.. honestly .. who can say) as in like. the MOVIE. the movie ice age. something about those words struck a chord for me and i had to make it my header immediately…. and 11 years later i’ve never changed it

BUT i wish i remembered if we elaborated on this AT ALL.. i do not. i’ll never know who was sid the sloth now

[bistaxx]

Genuinely though I am curious why Elq decided to take Q's place for this... like outside of possibly genuinely not wanting Q to go through purgatory Elq also mentioned an 'operation' ... what does all of this have to do with whatever operation he's doing and why would've Q being there put it at risk...

Also Charlie, Phil, and Quackity's tickets being unique like- what was up with that???

And why did the cinematic single out these guys in particular 😵‍💫?!

[sporco-filth]

A tthought for the slob city setting. Water is out, and every variety of soda and sweet drinks are in. Yet, for many of these drinks, they are best had when they're cold. But if there's no clean water, how do they get ice? Or is it like the ice cubes made from liquid sugar or different drinks?

I will like to preface this by saying I actually don't drink soft drinks. I pretty much just drink water, tea (unsweetened) and sometimes milk. So I do not really consider things like this at all.

By liquid sugar, I assume you mean syrup (water/sugar mix). The problem with this and soft drink 'ice' is that the sugar makes it hard to freeze (it's a bit like how alcohol won't freeze easily). With a high enough water content, it could work. Otherwise I think it ends up like a slurry (according to a brief internet search).

The bigger point to consider though is how they would be consuming their drinks. Because to use ice, you need to pour it into a glass. And honestly, since 1) they're going to drink the whole bottle/can and 2) it's more effort to pour into a glass, I don't think they would even really use ice if they had it. 99% of the time I picture my slob characters drinking straight from the bottle.

Also if they just store it in the fridge or freezer (and let it melt a bit) then it should be cold enough if they don't leave it out.

This is such a minor issue but I am pleased you think enough about this world for minutiae like this to cross your mind. I'm sorry I don't have a great answer for you, so I'll leave you with this science fact:

Interestingly enough, adding sugar will decrease the temperature of water (for 100 mL of water, my calculations say it goes down by 0.2 degrees Celsius with each teaspoon you add (~4 g)), but you would need to add a lot of sugar to get a noticeable decrease (50 teaspoons for 10 degrees C) and at that point it might be saturated, especially since the drink probs already has sugar in it, so you'd just get syrupy stuff and the sugar will eventually crystalise out).

And on the subject of adding sugar to soft drinks, I am reminded of one of my favourite videos that has been lost to the sands of time: Chikaranese's "My Tribute to Junkfood". At one point, Chikara lists his junk food combos (frosting and caramel on doughnuts, marshmallows on pizza, etc) and one goes "soda is sweet, but it can always be made sweeter by adding syrup".

[rooolt]

does anyone remember what episode the shivering prick bit was in c3 it is SO IMPORTANT

[mesothulass]

nowhere on air is so good i love it when podcasts make me cry like out of context "i can face the world when its like this" ok sure but hearing jess say it at the end of the borrowed radio memory??? 😭😭😭 god so true bestie i CAN face the world when its like this

[irradiatedsnakes]

I KEEP FORGETTING. to fill in the who-calls-who-what spreadsheet when im watching mob.

[weirdbabs]

little did i know that while my dad doesnt. have it he does have the transcript including the date, continuing to shroud this in mystery

[a-cat-in-toffee]

my general test of if something feels ooc is if I can. imagine the player saying it in character. and so far I think that has worked for me but I worry abt it a lot

[savebylou]

Transcription:

The music industry is brutal, heartless and relentless. We give our souls to entratain people & create art. We are seen as comodities & not as people! I've experienced this first hand & experienced the devastating effects mentally! There ia not care to you as a person from 99% of people in the industry. You are a £ sign to labels and management. Nothing more. If me & the boys didn't have each other i couldn't walk this path or I wouldn't be here.

I was intensive care for 3 weeks & two people from the industry checked for me (Sam & Andy). You have to ask yourself, if you wasn't a musician earning people money would your paths cross, you will there hear your answer to who is there for you.

This being said, liam paynes Passing is yet another failing Of this machine That what we call then "Music Industry" Is the MONEY INDUSTRY for everybody Except the people that get hurt The most.

And to anybody new in the industry, Remember if you came into this game alone, that's the way you will leave it. Find peace within yourself outside of music. Confine in people you unequivocally trust your life with because THEY will be the ones that one day might save it.

Myles Stephenson, from the R&B boy-band Rak-Su (in 2017, they won the fourteenth series of The X Factor).

[whimsysalesman]

listening to Anark's Modern Anarchism essays at work and boy howdy to i love giving so few shits about a job that i will blast anarchist theory out loud for anyone to hear if they walk in. what're they gonna do, fire me?