u/howdydipshit

I live just down the road in Walkertown but am in Winston and Kernersville all the time. I’d like to make a public comment at a council meeting in one of those areas regarding the urgent privacy concerns associated with the increase in Flock camera installations all over Forsyth County. My questions are below, I’ve already looked up most of them online, but for a few questions, I just wanted to confirm with others that the information I found is actually correct.

1. Can I make a public comment at a meeting if I technically live in the next town over but within the same county?

2. Do I sign up ahead of time, or can I just show up and request to speak then?

3. Which meeting allows you to make public comments? My assumption as of now is that I could speak at the Board of Aldermen in Kernersville as well as the Winston-Salem City Council, did I get that right?

4. When you make a public comment, is it supposed to be on a specific, predetermined topic designated for that day, or can you discuss any of your concerns for the general public?

5. How long can individuals speak about their issue(s)?

Thanks so much for any insight you kind folks can provide. If you have any additional information that you think might be useful for myself and others, I’m all ears! I’ve spent a long time protesting and advocating for causes I care about, but I must admit that, unfortunately, I haven’t had the opportunity to participate directly in local politics as much as I’d like. Hoping to change that real soon!

Oh, and fuck Flock. 💖🖕💖

For those of you in Cybersecurity, I’m also curious about the following: do you currently/have you ever worked remotely? How’s the work life balance? Do you have decent benefits? How’s the money?

I understand this won’t be possible for bigger pieces or those that are more expensive/time-consuming to produce, but I was curious if anyone had tried this out for smaller items or possibly prints. Would love to hear your thoughts and experiences!

I thought this would be a fun little theory/creativity exercise (and I’m bored and want to read what you smarty-pants can come up with)!

RULES:
– Include the name of your chosen ideology somewhere in your comment.
– Describe it in a way you’ve never seen before. Keep it original.
– No dictionary definitions. Assume everyone here can Google.
– No recycled one-liners (we have suffered enough).
– Criticism is fair game. You don’t have to defend the ideology you choose (at the risk of me possibly judging you).

Some ideas for y’all to get started
–You can describe a contradiction, class relationship, assumption, mechanism, consequence, philosophical idea, or anything else related to your chosen ideology.
– It could be serious, educational, funny, poetic, cynical, absurd, bleak, unhinged, whatever your little leftist heart desires!
– You could write an analogy, metaphor, hypothetical scenario, mini story, joke, thought experiment, or some completely bizarre comparison.

Get creative folks! Have fun with it!!!!! :) :) :)

okay so i was a long time horror reader who was eventually convinced to read my first romantasy series (acotar, of course), and i immediately fell IN LOVE with the genre. i read most of the big booktok recs and just absolutely adored them. however, i decided to branch out and explore other genres over the past year, and i made a conscious effort to read authors who were not only gifted at story telling but excelled at writing beautiful prose too.

fast forward to the present: im trying to get back into romantasy, but im struggling to enjoy it because every book or series i start now reads like cringe fan fic to me. i honestly hate this because i really enjoyed the genre before!! i guess my taste has just evolved? like i think the storytelling alone was enough to keep me hooked previously but now it’s no longer doing the trick, especially since ive been exposed to better writing.

idk, im hoping that you guys can recommend some romantasy series that are perhaps lesser-known but have genuinely good writing that doesn’t make me second hand embarrassed to read. i like smut when it propels the plot but im fine without it too. darker, more serious themes are great, not a fan of cozy stories. stories that are rich with political plotting and action are my favorite. thanks sm lovies!!

Especially interested in hobbies with a low barrier to entry but would love to learn about any kinds, really! Thanks :)

I’m trying to read one book from every country over the next 3-5 years and this would be a great starting point for research and planning! I know it’s a little bit of a subjective question, but give it your best shot. If you feel a non-fiction author deserves a shout out, then by all means comment their name or book title!

For context, I’m a woman majoring in computer science. I previously majored in sociology (pre-AI), and I’m 28 years old, so I grew up actually writing papers the “old-fashioned” way. I’ve also held down a corporate job, and I would argue I’m well-equipped to handle technical and academic writing. Writing fiction just so happens to be a favorite hobby of mine as well.

I received a warning on my discussion post stating that I’m not to use AI in any future posts. I was honestly shocked because: 1) I haven’t, and 2) I don’t think it even sounded like AI semantically.

I sent my professor an email with several screenshots from the Version History to show my writing process from start to finish. I haven’t heard back yet, but this is so stressful as I have no clue what I could do to change the way my natural writing sounds.

No offense to my fellow CS majors, but most of you guys fucking suck at writing in an academic tone (I’m sorry, it’s true). So few people in my class use proper grammar and spelling, and almost none of their arguments are refined beyond what reads like a rough draft. I spend HOURS working on my written assignments, mostly because I struggle with the technical assignments already, so I try to make up for it there. Plus, it helps that I enjoy the writing process. I’m so sad that my work is being credited to AI, and I’m worried he’s not going to believe it was me.

After I saw the warning, I ran it through some AI detectors and all of them even said it was human written, so I genuinely have no clue what gave him the impression that it wasn’t written by me. UGH. Fuck AI.

Apologies if this isn’t allowed. Just something I’ve been curious about.

I can’t believe I’ve never watched this. This show is incredible so far. I fucking love the surrealism.

“I feel like I know her, but sometimes my arms bend back” CHILLS????? I actually saw a clip of this on TikTok and it was the entire reason I started watching, wasn’t expecting to see it so early in the show!

I literally have no clue what’s going on but I’m actually obsessed with this show already. It feels boundary pushing, not only for the time period when it was originally released but by today’s standards too.

Side note, I’m 28 y/o, and growing up I never liked watching movies/shows that were filmed pre-2000s (I know… silly). I’ve since done a 180 and I have a lot of catching up to do, so if anyone has any additional recs for me that are worth watching please let me know! I love horror, thriller, and fantasy the most. :)

**No spoilers for Twin Peaks pls <3