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(Under) Qualified 1
YouTube video by Moon of Pluto
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RAG...
Today in trying to find the right format for (Under) Qualified, my interactive story about grad school: leaning audio-only videos on youtube. upside: less immediate 'be there or be square' downside: how to do poll???
anyway the first two videos are up.
Today in trying to find the right format for (Under) Qualified, my interactive story about grad school: leaning audio-only videos on youtube. upside: less immediate 'be there or be square' downside: how to do poll???
anyway the first two videos are up.
dwarf beats to annoy ur muther to
July 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
dwarf beats to annoy ur muther to
Reposted by nix/tempy
Refutation: (works in natural numbers but easy to generalize to integers). Consider the smallest number which is in the set of uninteresting numbers. It is interesting because it is the smallest number in the set. Therefore, the set is empty.
June 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Refutation: (works in natural numbers but easy to generalize to integers). Consider the smallest number which is in the set of uninteresting numbers. It is interesting because it is the smallest number in the set. Therefore, the set is empty.
Reposted by nix/tempy
Theorem: There are no interesting numbers.
Proof: Consider an arbitrary number n. n is uninteresting. n has no nontrivial properties at all.
Proof: Consider an arbitrary number n. n is uninteresting. n has no nontrivial properties at all.
June 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Theorem: There are no interesting numbers.
Proof: Consider an arbitrary number n. n is uninteresting. n has no nontrivial properties at all.
Proof: Consider an arbitrary number n. n is uninteresting. n has no nontrivial properties at all.
"That’s not how your memory works. Your brain works in pictures. In sketched out commutative diagrams and hand gestures as you try to remember what maps to what and it does not work in complete sentences."
Next part of {Under} Qualified out in 4 hours: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Next part of {Under} Qualified out in 4 hours: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(Under) Qualified - A Grad School Interactive Audiodrama - YouTube
An interactive fiction series at a grad school where everything is exactly what it seems.It's time for our hapless hero's qualifying exam. Will he advance to...
youtube.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"That’s not how your memory works. Your brain works in pictures. In sketched out commutative diagrams and hand gestures as you try to remember what maps to what and it does not work in complete sentences."
Next part of {Under} Qualified out in 4 hours: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Next part of {Under} Qualified out in 4 hours: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Content warnings: verbal abuse, insect infestation, mild body horror.
(Under) Qualified IV is out - in which our hapless hero decides to take care of himself, for once.
"Even if I were to take pity on you, and let you pass this exam, you still wouldn’t be qualified."
youtu.be/ZPVp7WT7_AQ?...
(Under) Qualified IV is out - in which our hapless hero decides to take care of himself, for once.
"Even if I were to take pity on you, and let you pass this exam, you still wouldn’t be qualified."
youtu.be/ZPVp7WT7_AQ?...
(Under) Qualified – Part 4 | Interactive Fiction
YouTube video by Moon of Pluto
youtu.be
June 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Content warnings: verbal abuse, insect infestation, mild body horror.
(Under) Qualified IV is out - in which our hapless hero decides to take care of himself, for once.
"Even if I were to take pity on you, and let you pass this exam, you still wouldn’t be qualified."
youtu.be/ZPVp7WT7_AQ?...
(Under) Qualified IV is out - in which our hapless hero decides to take care of himself, for once.
"Even if I were to take pity on you, and let you pass this exam, you still wouldn’t be qualified."
youtu.be/ZPVp7WT7_AQ?...
“I just need to pass this exam. And then I’ll eat a vegetable and drink like five cartons of orange juice because I am pretty sure I have scurvy and I will sleep for a month. Two months. And then maybe I’ll prove something or something like that.”
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting
June 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“I just need to pass this exam. And then I’ll eat a vegetable and drink like five cartons of orange juice because I am pretty sure I have scurvy and I will sleep for a month. Two months. And then maybe I’ll prove something or something like that.”
#writingcommunity #amwriting
#writingcommunity #amwriting
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okay, headline chat: a bunch of you have asked me who writes them and how they work. I’ll talk about it but the tl;dr is that it’s complicated and can vary a lot depending on the specific writer(s) and editor(s) involved.
June 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
okay, headline chat: a bunch of you have asked me who writes them and how they work. I’ll talk about it but the tl;dr is that it’s complicated and can vary a lot depending on the specific writer(s) and editor(s) involved.
my hobbies include looking in reflective surfaces and describing myself to help out anyone trying to write my pov
June 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
my hobbies include looking in reflective surfaces and describing myself to help out anyone trying to write my pov
#HorrorWritersChat - I'm nix/TMP/Tempy! I'm writing interactive horror fiction set at grad school. my goal for june is try to stick to a biweekly schedule (sobs).
Here everyone we go with #HorrorWritersChat question 1:
Tell us who you are, what you write, and your writing goals for June.
Quote post, don't forget to include the hashtag!
No links, please. Save it for the outro.
Tell us who you are, what you write, and your writing goals for June.
Quote post, don't forget to include the hashtag!
No links, please. Save it for the outro.
June 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
#HorrorWritersChat - I'm nix/TMP/Tempy! I'm writing interactive horror fiction set at grad school. my goal for june is try to stick to a biweekly schedule (sobs).
If I keepmaking these grad school interactive fiction stories at some point I’m gonna have to be like oh yeah this is about being an international student in the us rn and this is about misogyny in academia and this is about if my field was comprised of Batman villains
June 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
If I keepmaking these grad school interactive fiction stories at some point I’m gonna have to be like oh yeah this is about being an international student in the us rn and this is about misogyny in academia and this is about if my field was comprised of Batman villains
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RAG...
Today in trying to find the right format for (Under) Qualified, my interactive story about grad school: leaning audio-only videos on youtube. upside: less immediate 'be there or be square' downside: how to do poll???
anyway the first two videos are up.
Today in trying to find the right format for (Under) Qualified, my interactive story about grad school: leaning audio-only videos on youtube. upside: less immediate 'be there or be square' downside: how to do poll???
anyway the first two videos are up.
(Under) Qualified 1
YouTube video by Moon of Pluto
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RAG...
Today in trying to find the right format for (Under) Qualified, my interactive story about grad school: leaning audio-only videos on youtube. upside: less immediate 'be there or be square' downside: how to do poll???
anyway the first two videos are up.
Today in trying to find the right format for (Under) Qualified, my interactive story about grad school: leaning audio-only videos on youtube. upside: less immediate 'be there or be square' downside: how to do poll???
anyway the first two videos are up.
(Under) Qualified part 2 is now up on youtube. All you need to know about part one is a mathematics grad student is coping with the Big Exam by getting sidetracked. Help steer him on the next step of his journey - will he advance to candidacy? You decide! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKS_...
(Under) Qualified 2
YouTube video by Moon of Pluto
www.youtube.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:08 AM
(Under) Qualified part 2 is now up on youtube. All you need to know about part one is a mathematics grad student is coping with the Big Exam by getting sidetracked. Help steer him on the next step of his journey - will he advance to candidacy? You decide! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKS_...
Have (mild) food poisoning so not sure I’ll be able to do the second part of underqualified today we’ll see
June 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Have (mild) food poisoning so not sure I’ll be able to do the second part of underqualified today we’ll see
Currently trying to decide if I should start doing pre-recorded stuff for stream (like for the interactive fiction stuff). Mainly bc terrible things were happening with the camera last time I did a live reading. Upside: better content. Downside: more effort for a thing that’s for me and two friends
May 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Currently trying to decide if I should start doing pre-recorded stuff for stream (like for the interactive fiction stuff). Mainly bc terrible things were happening with the camera last time I did a live reading. Upside: better content. Downside: more effort for a thing that’s for me and two friends
I do not demand my TV be good, merely that it be entertaining and I think doctor who for me has now hit the point of ‘let’s hope a rlly passionate fan resurrects you in 20 years’ and let it rest in peace till then
or maybe I’m just not 15 anymore and actually I’m the problem who’s to say
or maybe I’m just not 15 anymore and actually I’m the problem who’s to say
May 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I do not demand my TV be good, merely that it be entertaining and I think doctor who for me has now hit the point of ‘let’s hope a rlly passionate fan resurrects you in 20 years’ and let it rest in peace till then
or maybe I’m just not 15 anymore and actually I’m the problem who’s to say
or maybe I’m just not 15 anymore and actually I’m the problem who’s to say
It's qualifying exam time for one lucky graduate student and revision is going... poorly.
Can they join the ranks of the rarely-seen doctoral candidates? Or are they doomed to a lifetime of TA-ing to get their tea? You decide. Collectively. At twitch.tv/themoonofpluto, at 5:30pm PDT 30th May.
Can they join the ranks of the rarely-seen doctoral candidates? Or are they doomed to a lifetime of TA-ing to get their tea? You decide. Collectively. At twitch.tv/themoonofpluto, at 5:30pm PDT 30th May.
May 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It's qualifying exam time for one lucky graduate student and revision is going... poorly.
Can they join the ranks of the rarely-seen doctoral candidates? Or are they doomed to a lifetime of TA-ing to get their tea? You decide. Collectively. At twitch.tv/themoonofpluto, at 5:30pm PDT 30th May.
Can they join the ranks of the rarely-seen doctoral candidates? Or are they doomed to a lifetime of TA-ing to get their tea? You decide. Collectively. At twitch.tv/themoonofpluto, at 5:30pm PDT 30th May.
writing stream! come pomodoro sprint with me - www.twitch.tv/themoonofpluto as i work on my first draft
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nix. as productive people go, i'm not. mathematician, writer, causer of problems for myself and others.
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May 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
writing stream! come pomodoro sprint with me - www.twitch.tv/themoonofpluto as i work on my first draft
in order to sort out my life and get some work done im doing pomodoro sprint streaming of maths and writing over on twitch. come and watch me suffer for 25mins/5mins of break www.twitch.tv/themoonofpluto
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Twitch is the world
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May 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
in order to sort out my life and get some work done im doing pomodoro sprint streaming of maths and writing over on twitch. come and watch me suffer for 25mins/5mins of break www.twitch.tv/themoonofpluto
The scope crept on, ever forward towards the figure slumped over its keyboard.
“Add another storyline,” it hissed.
“But I’ve already got five PoVs,” mumbled the author.
“Imagine what a sixth could do!”
Almost imperceptibly, their fingers twitched at the keys.
#writesky #writingcommunity
“Add another storyline,” it hissed.
“But I’ve already got five PoVs,” mumbled the author.
“Imagine what a sixth could do!”
Almost imperceptibly, their fingers twitched at the keys.
#writesky #writingcommunity
January 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The scope crept on, ever forward towards the figure slumped over its keyboard.
“Add another storyline,” it hissed.
“But I’ve already got five PoVs,” mumbled the author.
“Imagine what a sixth could do!”
Almost imperceptibly, their fingers twitched at the keys.
#writesky #writingcommunity
“Add another storyline,” it hissed.
“But I’ve already got five PoVs,” mumbled the author.
“Imagine what a sixth could do!”
Almost imperceptibly, their fingers twitched at the keys.
#writesky #writingcommunity
“And there’s a will to it, but she’s falling down a road well laid, it’s easy. She hurtles, formless and bodiless, and her goddess grows larger and larger and the chains grow brighter and brighter.”
#WIPSnips #writesky
#WIPSnips #writesky
The #WIPSnips word for January 15 is "easy"
I know some of you like my earworms (sorry if you don't) so....
Take it easy... take it easy...
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
I know some of you like my earworms (sorry if you don't) so....
Take it easy... take it easy...
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My wip is not a dark academia novel at all but I realize if you told it from the love interests pov it def would be
go to university make a friend group protest the government cast forbidden magicks to bind the essence of divinity to your will… the usual
#writingcommunity #writesky
go to university make a friend group protest the government cast forbidden magicks to bind the essence of divinity to your will… the usual
#writingcommunity #writesky
January 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
My wip is not a dark academia novel at all but I realize if you told it from the love interests pov it def would be
go to university make a friend group protest the government cast forbidden magicks to bind the essence of divinity to your will… the usual
#writingcommunity #writesky
go to university make a friend group protest the government cast forbidden magicks to bind the essence of divinity to your will… the usual
#writingcommunity #writesky
“It’s like the scraping of nails on a chalkboard, like sucking on an ice cube until her head aches. Like staring into a contradiction, irrefutable proof that the world doesn’t make sense.”
@ myself dude she’s not a mathematician what are you on about
#writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting
@ myself dude she’s not a mathematician what are you on about
#writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting
January 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“It’s like the scraping of nails on a chalkboard, like sucking on an ice cube until her head aches. Like staring into a contradiction, irrefutable proof that the world doesn’t make sense.”
@ myself dude she’s not a mathematician what are you on about
#writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting
@ myself dude she’s not a mathematician what are you on about
#writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting
I was trying to work out tropes lists for my WIP and my friend suggested ‘who hurt you’ and the closest I could get was
Isken: who hurt you?
The pilgrim: like a whole mountain entirely full of wizards have you not been paying attention???
#writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting
Isken: who hurt you?
The pilgrim: like a whole mountain entirely full of wizards have you not been paying attention???
#writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting
January 14, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I was trying to work out tropes lists for my WIP and my friend suggested ‘who hurt you’ and the closest I could get was
Isken: who hurt you?
The pilgrim: like a whole mountain entirely full of wizards have you not been paying attention???
#writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting
Isken: who hurt you?
The pilgrim: like a whole mountain entirely full of wizards have you not been paying attention???
#writingcommunity #writesky #amwriting
The premise: he’s a wizard - a heretic from a far off mountain, she’s a saint beloved by her people… destined to be enemies… bound by fate…
The reality: the Pilgrim “babe I’m processing your trauma” Isken “BABE! I’m processing YOUR trauma!” both of them “babe…”
#writingcommunity
The reality: the Pilgrim “babe I’m processing your trauma” Isken “BABE! I’m processing YOUR trauma!” both of them “babe…”
#writingcommunity
January 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The premise: he’s a wizard - a heretic from a far off mountain, she’s a saint beloved by her people… destined to be enemies… bound by fate…
The reality: the Pilgrim “babe I’m processing your trauma” Isken “BABE! I’m processing YOUR trauma!” both of them “babe…”
#writingcommunity
The reality: the Pilgrim “babe I’m processing your trauma” Isken “BABE! I’m processing YOUR trauma!” both of them “babe…”
#writingcommunity
alright twitter has finally hit the point where my feed is more annoying than it is amusing time to flee the sinking ship like the rat that I am
October 18, 2024 at 4:54 PM
alright twitter has finally hit the point where my feed is more annoying than it is amusing time to flee the sinking ship like the rat that I am