Yoyoing to Figure.09 by Linkin Park. Honestly might be the best I’ve ever done yoyoing to music

Happy Tax Day everyone!

Trevor Boice throwing his signature colorway Slap Jr, coming soon 💙

finally understanding how to get it consistent!! I love this trick so much!

Maybe because I went to school for radio and worked in it for a while. But one thing that seems to turn me off a lot of podcasts is the constant interruption of guests. I was listening to a podcast the other day and a conversation went like this

Guest talking- Well about 15 years ago

Host- So a while a go

Like I know 15 years ago was a while ago. You didn’t have to interrupt to say that. Also if you say nothing I assume you agree. I hate the “No really!” “Oh ya” “that’s true” “you’re kidding!” type interruptions that add nothing. Also please let your guest finish their point. The thing the drives me crazy more than anything is a guest telling a story, the host jumps on about something else, and I never get to here the end of the story.

I’ve just binged all of season 3 of In the Dark and I am speechless. This is hands down the most impactful, well researched, infuriating, heart breaking and gripping podcast I’ve ever listened to. It’s an investigation into the killings of 24 (likely 25) civilians in Haditha, Iraq by US marines in 2006. I had never heard of this until listening to the podcast. I knew about Abu Ghraib, Mahmudiya and others but this one completely tore out my heart. It might be a while before I can listen to another podcast on a heavy topic.

Question from the title

Do you have any podcast episodes that you remember making a strong impression on you? Do you have a mini list of your favorite podcast episodes?

I have had so many beloved podcasts over the years, some might be a phase of something I’m into at the minute or I binge through all their content, not into the shift in the show, or bored. I am really struggling.

The last few mornings I have gotten ready for work, and walked to work listening to MUSIC, yes I said it MUSIC. It’s never music, always a podcast! Even at the gym or when on a run I got a podcast in vs music. So I am desperate for some new suggestions.

I am not into true crime really, but I like a mystery. I am not talking about unsolved murder mystery’s but things like someone walks into a bar and never walks out, never to be seen again. The person disappeared into thin air type. I also like butterfly effect stories, synchronicity’s, domino effect, missing 411, psychological thrillers, survival stories ( that are told well). I like when LPOTL does episodes on certain plagues, assassinations, and the odd serial killer if it’s an interesting story as I like the history they …

I’ve been working my way through the Fall of Civilizations back catalog recently and it made me realize I literally cannot just sit still and listen to audio. If I don’t have something to do with my hands my mind just completely wanders off and I end up having to hit the 15 second rewind button a dozen times an episode.

I used to try listening to these heavy historical deep dives while working out, but trying to follow the geopolitical collapse of the Bronze Age while counting reps and trying not to pass out on the bench press just wasn’t happening. I usually have to save my lighter comedy podcasts for the gym now.

Lately my ultimate routine for the dense stuff is grabbing a coffee on a weekend, getting cozy and booting up Last Epoch. It’s an action rpg where the combat basically becomes muscle memory once you get your character going. It has a really satisfying simple gameplay loop, I only need to focus when I’m sorting through my loot. It is honestly the …

I completely devoured the Love Trapped podcast series about Clayton Echard in two days. It was so well done and such a wild story!

Does anyone have a recommendation for a good podcast series that had you hooked? I feel like I’ve listened to all the really popular investigative/true crime type ones (scamanda, bone valley, serial, in the dark, betrayal, etc…)

For context, I’m not racist but currently researching a dissertation that centres around Indigenous Horror and the ways the genre confronts colonialism and cultural trauma, and I want to place this critical lens onto several works of fiction that Indigenous Horror actively works against. In other words, I’m looking for largely racist fiction that depicts Indigenous peoples as savages and monsters in order to better explain the necessity of the Indigenous Horror genre.

Works like Heart of Darkness (set in the Congo) aren’t really relevant either as I’m specifically looking for fiction that deals with First Nations/Native Americans.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

I have had two kids over the past four years so I have been fairly busy and not always sleeping through the night due to frequent wake ups, etc. However, both of my kids are sleeping through the night now so I have decided to start reading again with a New Year’s resolution to read one book per month. Well I have rekindled my love of reading (with my kindle, da da dum) and have already read a dozen books or so but unfortunately now that my kids are sleeping through the night, I am not. I have become obsessed with my books that I can no longer go to bed at a reasonable hour and when I wake up in the middle of the night I must pick up where I left off. I am getting less than six hours of sleep per night almost very night and I keep telling myself I won’t do that again bc of how tired I am the next day.. but I can’t stop! How can reading books be this enjoyable. So my question is… any good book recs?

I’ve read plenty of books that make me chuckle or blow air out of my nose from amusement, but what are some books that have actually made you laugh out loud on a consistent basis?

If you go back and check my post please ignore the Peter Thiel I did not buy it and I know how sucky it is.

I’m looking for more academically rigorous and interesting anthropology and social science non fics please. Or if you are also an anthro nerd and have a fiction book you loved I’d like to hear about that too.

Edit: spelling

Edit 2: Ok I’ll just clarify something quickly by copy pasting a reply to a comment below:

For anyone confused, I’m not transphobic and I have no anti-trans books. Someone said they think I would be TERF-y on that post. I asked them which books gave them that impression and I didn’t get an answer.

My whole point in making this post is to make sure I’m filling blind spots. That person had a reason for saying that even if I don’t think I’m transphobic. I’m asking for recs to diversify my reading for that reason along with the other (off-putting) stuff people assumed about me.

Also: ignore the Peter Theil I did not buy it.

And: I’m a female liberal arts …

I read How To Clean House While Drowning and it made me feel like I could actually manage. Like, when I listened to it, I cleaned while I listened and felt good about doing it. I want to feel good about existing like that.

Like, you know that horrible old “dumb blonde” joke where the blonde goes to get a haircut but she won’t take her headphones off and the barber is getting pissed and finally he snatches them off and she falls over dead and he’s so confused so he listens to her headphones and it’s going “Now breathe in. Now breathe out. Now breathe in. Now breathe out.”

I need the metaphorical version of that. Fiction, nonfiction, both. I need books that make me like breathing.

Some that I’ve liked that gave me this: a lot of Fredrik Backman but not Bear Town which I hated. Elinor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Richard Osman’s books. Weirdly, Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, which just made me feel like everything fit and things …

I’m in a bad place: frustrated with rich, awful people getting away with terrible behavior, frustrated with people who let their dogs poop in my flower beds and generally don’t pick up, frustrated with people littering, frustrated with cruel people, frustrated with people who get promotions for playing politics instead of working hard… and on and on.

I’m really not in a good place because of all of the recent, direct unfairness in my life… I know I have a good life and I appreciate it but it’s being over shadowed by my anger and frustration recently…

I read a lot of literary fiction. I love the Count of Monte Cristo but have read it many times and revenge and fantasizing about being ridiculously wealthy isn’t helping my state of mind. What helped bring you peace? Preferably fiction.

I’ve hit a wall with gaming and need help finding something I’ll actually stick with

I’ve reached a point where I download games, play them for a few minutes, get bored, and delete them. I bought Crimson Desert and couldn’t get into it. Nothing seems to hold my attention anymore.

Looking for something that’s genuinely fun and gives that sense of satisfaction — progression, challenge, whatever it is that makes you not want to put the controller down.

What’s been keeping you hooked lately?

Edit: I couldn’t reply to all the comments but thank you all, appreciate every single comment 🙌🏻🙏

Games where you truly feel the impact of being well-armored.

An example would be Kingdome Come Deliverance, where in plate armor you really are extremely protected and can shrug off most blows.

Another example in a completely different genre + setting is Menace, where the highest tier heavy armor basically makes an infantry squad immune to small-arms fire.

What I’m not looking for would be something like W40k Space Marine 1 + 2. You do feel the heft of being a Space Marine in those games, but your armor doesn’t really like… function as armor. You die in a couple of hits from anything, everything staggers you etc.

I know that’s a lot to ask from a singleplayer game, perhaps it’s not possible.

The only example I have is Minecraft I guess, especially modpacks like Gregtech and whatnot.

Factorio and is another example I suppose, that game can last you for a while.

Personally I’ve played enough factory games though I’d prefer an RPG or something.

Hiya! I just saw Project Hail Mary in theatres and it made me really want a game that has a similar feel to the beginning, when Grace is all alone in empty space. I’ve been checking out ΔV: Rings of Saturn, and it kinda has what I’m looking for but I wanted to see what y’all would suggest.

Project Zomboid for example. You hit a zombie with a bat and gain experience in blunt weapons that increases how well you hit with blunt weapons. You cook a meal and get better at cooking.

I’ve been really having an itch for a deep game with many, many skills to grind through in this vein.

Hello, i am EXTREMELY bored at my job and have a lot of downtime. i dont want to spend hours scrolling social media, so i want something to play on my phone. but when i look at google play its all just low quallity freemium garbage.

are there actual content that is meant as a fun game and not just something to take your money away? preferabbly something quick and simple but which takes actual thought to work with. thanks!

(pls no card games tho)

Hey, I got an iPhone 17 in November but always find the action so frustrating because you can only use it for one task, but today I found a way to make it the most powerful it could be. Some may have already done that, but I wanted to share it.

So basically, I created a shortcut that gets what focus mode is active and set up a shortcut for every mode, then I action button to launch this shortcut. For example, I have a gym mode that activates when I go to the gym. When I use the action button, it launches a shortcut that displays multiple times for resting. If it has no focus mode or I haven’t set up an action for this mode, it just lets it trigger the silent mode like the basic one.

What do you think about it ?

My mom keeps accidentally turning on Do Not Disturb or some other focus mode without realizing it. And doesn’t understand how to turn it off even when I tell her it’s on (I’ll notice the do not disturb focus status in our iMessage thread). So I made a shortcut that lets me text her a keyword, and it will first check whatever Focus is currently on, and then turns that off automatically.

Don’t forget to set it to run immediately. I used #dndoff as the keyword and explained to her and she was grateful for the help haha. Sharing incase anyone has a parent/grandparent or anyone else that understandably can struggle with tech stuff!

If no focus mode is on then nothing happens. I’ll add screenshot of the set up and here is the link to it: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/202f79b9a19a4784841d3dc25bcb988e

Hello, everyone!

A couple months ago I launched the ShortcutStudio Web App with plans to turn it into an iPhone/iPad/Mac app

After lots of work, the app finally out!

If you don’t already know, ShortcutStudio allows you to generate Apple Shortcuts using AI, and directly import them into the Shortcuts app - no coding required!

Features:

1. Create shortcuts with a single prompt
2. Iterate and follow up with the AI
3. Explore community-made shortcuts
4. Download and import directly into the Shortcuts app

You can download it here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/shortcutstudio-ai-shortcuts/id6760745118

I’d love your guy’s thoughts, and if you like the app, please consider leaving a 5 star written review if possible, it helps out a lot!

Any feedback is heavily appreciated!

Note: because of EU compliance, the app is currently not available in EU countries. I will update you guys once it is available. In the meantime, I suggest to try out the web app at …

My mom has dementia and sometimes forget to send the ”good morning”-message to me and my sister. We both live far away and want to know if mom is ok.

I would like to have a shortcut on her phone that is something like this:

If time is between 06:00 and 08:00 and the phone is unlocked with face id for the first time of the day, send a message to son and daughter containing ”auto good morning from mom”.

Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

A barcode database shortcut that stores barcodes as info cards. The system recognizes stored codes and lets you delete, view, or search them. It features options to generate new barcodes and create custom info cards.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/33bc69bad48847c383f1df07b0f31437

So it took me a bit but I created this shortcut to help sort photos and videos into albums.

I think it’s quite useful as it allows me to sort though a bunch of photos and videos (meme, funny videos, etc) easily. Love thoughts and input on it as there’s probably a better way to do most of what it does.

https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/ede631874c1d487286c52b0d255eac72