Wow! Its been just over 3 years of very casual throwing for me and this is one of my better combos. Its nothing crazy, especially for how long ive been doing this now but I’m still happy with it nonetheless. I mainly do this because its one of the purest forms of artistic expression im capable of, my penmanship is atrocious and I cant hold a tune. Even still I feel as tho im able to be creative in this medium. Its very freeing to just throw on some of your favorite music and freestyle to it. Sometimes you accidently do something baller and it feels so Satisfying. Heres to another year. Hoping this simple hobby brings as much joy to everyone else as it does to me. Have a good day, and if you read everything I wrote I thank you kindly. Happy throwing.

Pacing practice

Using the yotricks ultimate counterweight and an IYoyo Infinity X.

🪀: GSquared AL7 Evolution Unicorn Storm

I feel like I’ve seen a lot of newcomers on this sub lately. So I wanted to ask everyone what their #1 tips were for a new thrower? Mine would be:
Always take the alternative route especially if you are having trouble nailing a trick. This is how I started making up some pretty visually appealing tricks that I could call my own! In my experience, if they put you on a mount and tell you to land on the front string, land on a different one and see what you can do with it!
Can’t wait to see what you guy’s that are well more experienced than I have to say.

My son (14) is a huge fan of Brandon Vu and Offset. I picked this up from the sale they’re having right now as a Christmas gift for him. These will be his first yo-yos from Offset. I’m hoping he’s as excited to get them as I am to give it to him.

It’s really something else. One of the best podcast episodes I’ve heard for years. I cried at least three times though. Trigger warning for child neglect and childhood trauma. But fricking frick, it’s an amazing piece of storytelling. Someone in the comments on Spotify called it “beautiful and brutal” and that just sums up the tone.

I’m going to have to recover now.

Edit, in case you come to this post when it’s not the newest anymore – it’s called ‘Kevin’.

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/narrative-podcasts-gone-serial-over-my-dead-body-1235409945/

The subheading of the piece is: “When a new longform medium sprung up in the mid-2010s, journalists flocked to it. Then almost as quickly as it appeared, it was gone”.

I thought this was a great and really illuminating piece of journalism on the rise and fall of professionally produced narrative podcasts over the past decade. I highly recommend reading it for anyone who was or still is a fan of those kinds of narrative podcasts. I’m curious about your thoughts on it.

I remember I started getting into podcasts through S-Town early in 2017, and being an avid listener to Reply All afterwards. So I do have some history with narrative podcasts making the article a quite somber but still deeply compelling read.

So at the moment I’m bedridden with a lovely problem that results in a constant terrible headache. I’m tired of wasting my time watching movies and would like something educational, but I can’t handle anything too high level and complex right now. But I also don’t want overly simplistic podcasts that are barely based in fact. Topics I’m most interested in are: Science History Psychology But I’d accept plenty of others like linguistics, anthropology, political science, economics, etc. I like learning new things, so I’m open to most topics - except math because that would break my brain right now. Thanks for any help!

Edit to thank everyone for the many great suggestions! I’ve added enough podcasts to keep me occupied and distracted for a while ♥️

What are some good podcasts to fall asleep to? I like Midnight Burger, Desert Skies, Sleeping with Celebrities but one can only replay episodes so many times. Hit me with recommendations!

I recommend this British podcast called “ an Infinite Monkey Cage. The episode was called “ What’s the deal with eels?” Was a little slow to begin but once it got to the migration of eels from Europe it was amazing. It’s not a spoiler, I hope, but they end with the idea that this is the least understood thing we have eaten and continue to eat.

I know a certain kind of personality gets into podcasting, but I’m starting to lose my ability to listen past the insufferable self-important personalities. Where are the hosts that don’t have that annoying know-it-all quality?

I’m about to finish “Endurance” by Alfred Lansing and by god, it’s the coldest book I’ve ever read. It’s a fantastic book all around.

I’m looking for cold, wintry, snowy fiction, preferably with a literary bent (I don’t love contemporary).

I can think of some great cold short stories: “Master and Man” by Tolstoy. “To Build A Fire” by London. “The Interlopers” by Saki.

What else is there? Thank you my fellow winterfolk.

PS. feel free to throw out some cold nonfiction as well. “Endurance” is so good, I may want to stick with the real world.

aaaaand here’s the catch, almost all of my favorite books are considered sad / depressive, I want to stay in the aesthetic lane of those books but on the other side of the spectrum topic wise.

Ottessa Moshfegh’s work, Bunny by Mona Awad, Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood, Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder, Tennis Lessons by Susannah Dickey, Just Kids by Patti Smith, Yellowface by R.F. Kuang, The White Album by Joan Didion, George Orwell’s work, Sylvia Plath’s work, The Virgin Suicides, Convenience Store Woman by Sakaya Murata, Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors, Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami..

EDIT sort by new, amazing recommendations coming in that deserve to be seen!

New books that were first published in your country this year.

And if you can tell why, I’d be eternally grateful.

Here are mine:

Helm by Sarah Hall (genre: literary fiction)

Why? Did you like The Vaster Wilds? Do you enjoy books with gorgeous writing, nature and big themes? This is for you.

The Artist by Lucy Steeds (genre: historical literary fiction)

Why? Hot summer in France and recluse world renowned artist Tata, his niece and the journalist who travels to write about Tata. Exquisite.

Edit: I will be checking your books as long as this thread is visible. So keep them coming even if hours have passed. We live in different time zones and I will sort by new.

I’m looking for the one book that changed your life. Thank you ❤️

Looking for a book that reads like Ann Patchett or Louise Erdrich, something beautiful, but with Black characters. But I don’t want it to focus too heavily on the usual depressing issues like slavery, racism, poverty, prejudice, crime etc that I see in a lot of books. I want to read a plot that is interesting or meaningful (or even joyful!) and beautifully written, and the characters happen to be Black. (aka I’m not in the mood for Yaa Gyasi at the moment lol)

hopefully I’m explaining this well enough…Some other books I’ve liked are North Woods, Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow, Tom Lake, and Antelope Woman.

Hi everyone! I’m looking for a REALLY AMAZING book to read with my book club. We’re a group of mid—20s to early 30s people (mostly women) who will read any genre.

What I’m looking for: - About Asians in any way (I am Asian/American) - Ideally less than 400 pages - Ideally the book is relatively hopeful and uplifting in some way, no explicit assault - You personally highly recommend this book!!

Some popular past books: - Woodworking by Emily St. James - Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel - Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin - Piranesi by Susanne Clarke

I am a bit of a perfectionist and want my next recommendation to the book club to be an AMAZING read!! I’d love to hear any suggestions even if they don’t fit everything I’m looking for. Thanks for all your help :)

I spend 12 hours a day in a heavy labor work. And I spend the rest of my day preparing for the next day in my job. Six days every week. And so when I finally have some free time for myself during the sunday, start my PC, only to play as a care-free protagonist, nonchalantly traversing trough colorful fields, then it just tilts me the wrong way. So instead I want to play as literal slave, just to feel slightly better about myself.

Any games for this feel?

Let me explain. I love stories where you feel like massive events are happening around the character and there’s not much he can do about it. Like you’re in a war but you’re a simple soldier, or even just trying to survive it. Like the story is happening around you. I’m not sure it’s clear lol

I’d prefer fantasy or sci-fi but open to any suggestions.

Most game specific subreddits I’ve been a part of end up with tons of posts about how there’s nothing to do at endgame. What makes a good endgame? It seems difficult to make something people can pour hundreds of hours into without running out of worthwhile content. Who’s done it the best?

Any platform, I’m talking the games that not even fans of eurojank, niche Indies, or unplayable console games have ever heard about.

Less than 5k reviews? Good , Less than 1k? Better , Less than 100? Real shit.

Let’s just say you are unemployed and you just want to get the extra grey matter stimulation which every day life won’t be able to provide. What game are you turning on? I need more games like this, as I often feel like I find playing video games sometimes too mentally unfulfilling. Even souls games are too rudimentary.

EDIT: >!It can be any genre, on any platform, with any release date and any budget. But I would appreciate if it was single-player >:D!<

Looking for some fun games on PC with massive grinds for levels, gear and classes. I’ll post some requests to narrow things down a bit.

-Not turn based, I want something real time/faster paced

-Preferably has classes, gear, builds for characters in it

-Not really into seasonal style ARPGs, if you recommend a ARPG make it one that actually lasts

-Looking for something like a third or first person RPG; MMOs would be okay if no sub fee

-Dont recommend Borderlands, Warframe or Division. They’re good games but im not looking for a modern/scifi shooter of any kind.

-I actually like stylized graphics or older looking games so thats not a concern

I have had an iPhone for years and have only just discovered the power of shortcuts and automations.

I have ADHD and I really struggle staying motivated and completing daily tasks. I looked online to see if there were any tools that could help and I came across the Habits app. I enter the habits I want to do more and less of and then my phone tracks them.

The issue though is that although my phone reminds me to do them - I still struggle to actually do them and then open the app to tell it I’ve done it.

I decided to see if I could automate this in some way. For example, I often forget to take my medication.

My habits app reminds me every day to take my medication. I created a shortcut so that all I have to say is “Siri, I’ve taken my meds” and it automatically completes that task without me having to open the app. I find that saying out loud what I’m going to do, actually helps me to do it.

However, I don’t want to be in a situation where I look like a deranged person talking to …

They have to send the text in a specific format. For example- Remember to do your laundry (secret word) at 5:55 PM on 27/11/25

Next you have to set up an automation on your phone that runs this shortcut every-time they send a text containing the (secret word)

The title of the reminder will be lengthy but there is no way around that currently

TL;DR: Save this Shortcut, press the button, and it instantly picks a random incomplete reminder for you from your reminders app.
Video of shortcut in action: Link to video

Long time lurker! I use Apple Reminders a lot to externalize my to-dos. Adding tasks is super easy with the *“Hey Siri, remind me to do” voice gesture.* The real problem is actually choosing something from my To-Do list and task initiation. Digging through a long list of To-Do’s feels overwhelming and theres alot of friction.

So I made an Apple Shortcut that pulls a random incomplete To-Do from my Reminders (on Apple Reminder App). I just press a button, it picks one task at random, and I do whatever it gives me. It makes things feel way more manageable (and honestly a little fun), especially on days when picking a task is the hardest step.

It also doubles as a low-effort way to review (Tinder style) through random reminders when my brain is fried. Sometimes something pops up and I’m like “Oh crap, I really …

Hello! I compiled a list of existing Spotify URI schemes a couple months ago, but i’ve run across a bunch more so I compiled a new list. If you have any questions let me know!

Home

• home: spotify:home
  • home - audiobooks chip: spotify:home?facet=audiobooks-chip
  • home - music chip: spotify:home?facet=music-chip
    • music chip - following: spotify:home?facet=music-following-chip
  • home - podcast chip: spotify:home?facet=podcasts-chip
    • podcasts chip - following: spotify:home?facet=podcasts-following-chip

Track

• track: spotify:track:[song]
  • open playlist & play song: spotify:track:[song]?context=spotify:playlist:[playlist] (only opens playlist if the song is in the playlist)

Album

• album: spotify:album:[album]

Playlist

• playlist: spotify:playlist:[playlist] + user:[user]:playlist:[playlist] *the value of [user] doesn’t matter

Folder

• playlist: spotify:user:[user]:folder:[folder] *the value of [user] doesn’t matter

Concerts

• concert: …