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  <title>Amphobet's Antics</title>
  <subtitle>Could I interest you in everything, all of the time?</subtitle>
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    <name>Amphobet</name>
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    <title>Groundhog World</title>
    <published>2026-01-04T20:02:07Z</published>
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    <content type="html">For some reason my brain came up with an idea of a society that's stuck in a time loop. Like Bill Murray, from Groundhog Day. Except everyone remembers the day before, not just one person. But each day, everything is set to the exact state it was in on the day the time loop started.&lt;br /&gt;And I mean, like, mass chaos at first, right?&lt;br /&gt;Real purge shit. But like, it'd get old, yeah?&lt;br /&gt;And so eventually everyone settles down and basically re-establish the social contract&lt;br /&gt;And murdering and shit is just considered like, a total dick move.&lt;br /&gt;Eventually, every single person on earth will have lived out every permutation of the same 24 hour period. Everyone would have literally done everything.&lt;br /&gt;It would be extra fucked up if the time loop ended, and we had just a planet full of people who had lived millennia in a  world with no consequences, suddenly snapping back to the "real" world&lt;br /&gt;This weed is some good shit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=23192" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge (Game Boy, 1991): A Mini Review</title>
    <published>2026-01-03T19:32:27Z</published>
    <updated>2026-01-03T19:32:27Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/MMGB1-FrenteUSA.webp" alt="US Box Art"&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge (Game Boy, 1991): A Mini Review&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;It's like Mega Man, but smaller.&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Smaller 'cause it's on a Game Boy, but also smaller because it doesn't have as many levels as a typical Mega Man Game.&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Starts almost as an adaptation of the original Mega Man, except only 4 robot masters are available to fight: Cut Man, Ice Man, Elec Man, and Fire Man. Get through their stage, defeat them, get their powers, and then it's on to Dr. Wily's fortress. Yep, just 4 normal stages! You do fight four robot masters from Mega Man 2--Heat Man, Quick Man, Flash Man and Bubble Man--but they're all in one of those teleporter rooms located at the end of one of the Wily stages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mixing robot masters from two games is kinda fun, and there are original levels, enemies, and other elements that don't show up in the home console versions, so kudos to the handheld version for having the ambition to add to the series, rather than just adapting it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The smaller screen size means you have a tighter field of view than the NES versions, which may make this game even harder than the original Mega Man on NES.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I don't regret playing it, but I think my favorite part was at the end credits, where you get to see goofy portraits of all the robot masters go by. They look happy and silly for some reason! I haven't seen these portraits anywhere else, and I kinda love them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I played it on the 3DS and tried to avoid using save states, but my willpower crumbled on the last two levels.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Worth checking out if you're a fan of Mega Man and Mega Man 2.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=22839" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Mental Self-Care for Autistic People</title>
    <published>2025-11-29T17:17:50Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-29T17:17:50Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Notes on &lt;em&gt;Self-Care for Autistic People&lt;/em&gt; by Dr. Megan Anna Neff&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Mental Self-Care&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Internalized Ableism&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some signs of internalized ableism include:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Doubting your abilities due to being autistic&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Apologizing for acting neurodivergent&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Masking&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Internalized Stereotypes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Try to notice and challenge these thoughts as they come up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Embrace Stimming&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stimming has many benefits.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Helps you focus&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Provides control, homeostasis, comfort, and security&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Feels soothing due to brain chemistry&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Satisfies sensory seekers&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Regulate Emotions Through Movement&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Rhythmic movement like dancing, pacing, jumping, or skating helps to release pent-up energy, put you in touch with your body, and feel more grounded.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Identify your values&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;List your top five values, or search for an online "values card sort" such as &lt;a href="https://www.valuescardsort.com/" target="_blank"&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;. Living in sync with your values promotes positive mental health.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Engage in Your Special Interests&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Some positive effects:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Reduces stress&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Helps with emotional regulation&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Helps you to feel more energetic and grounded&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Can help you bond with others over shared interests&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Professional Help&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Building Your Health Care Team&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Find professionals experienced with autistic patients.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Get recommendations from local autistic communities&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;When receiving healthcare, be open about your sensory sensitivities, pain, medication history, and any side effects&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Write down a list of concerns before your appointments and refer to them during, so you don't forget anything&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Ask to record audio of your appointments if you need help remembering&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Make sure you are scheduling regular health check-ins and medication management appointments&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Learn about treatment risks and benefits and work with your providers to make informed decisions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Seeking Therapy&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Many autistic people do well with 
        &lt;ul&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/what-is-somatic-therapy-202307072951" target="_blank"&gt;Somatic Therapy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/relational-therapy" target="_blank"&gt;Relational Therapy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/interpersonal-psychotherapy" target="_blank"&gt;Interpersonal Psychotherapy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/internal-family-systems-therapy" target="_blank"&gt;Internal Family Systems (IFS)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) may be less effective for autistic people. The following alternatives may be a better fit:
        &lt;ul&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy" target="_blank"&gt;Acceptance &amp; Commitment Therapy (ACT)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/dialectical-behavior-therapy" target="_blank"&gt;Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Find a neurodivergent-affirming therapist that won't treat autism as a disorder to "fix," who can help you with issues such as internalized shame and neurodivergent trauma.&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Consult with your doctor or psychiatrist about managing co-ocurring conditions with medication&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Work with your therapist to develop healthy coping strategies&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;li&gt;Find and engage with a supportive neurodivergent community, whether online or in-person&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Neurodivergent-Affirming Providers&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The following are "green flags" (good signs) which may help you identify the right care provider:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Identity-first language. "Autistic Person" rather than "Person with Autism"&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Statements affirming neurodiversity and respecting neurodiverse identities&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Mentions of using an intersectional framework&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Emphasizing your autonomy, choice, and agency in treatment&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Offering accessability options such as flexible scheduling, sensory accomodations, and alternative communication methods&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Red Flags&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are some signs that indicate a provider may not be for you.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;ABA - Applied Behavioral Analysis&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Pathologizing language like "Autism Spectrum Disorder"&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;A focus on "fixing" you by curing autism or trying to make you more neurotypical&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Online Resources&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://ndtherapists.com/" target="_blank"&gt;NDTherapists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://neurodivergenttherapists.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Association of Neurodivergent Therapists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.therapyden.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Therapy Den&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Inclusive Therapists&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    <title>Self-Care for Autistic People: Emotional Self-Care, Part 2</title>
    <published>2025-11-09T17:16:25Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-09T17:16:25Z</updated>
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    <category term="thought mapping"/>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Notes on &lt;em&gt;Self-Care for Autistic&lt;/em&gt; People by Dr. Megan Anna Neff&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Emotional Awareness, Literacy, and Resilience&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Thought Mapping&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Jot down a central theme or problem in the center of a sheet of paper and circle it.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Identify subthemes or factors contributing to the main theme or problem.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Connect each related subcategory to the central circle with lines&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Add more bubbles to each subcategory, trying to pinpoint specific issues.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Keep expanding the web&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Reflect on your completed map and notice any patterns.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Grasp difficult emotions&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Visualize with tools like a &lt;a href="https://feelingswheel.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Feelings Wheel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.thewell.world/files/resources/permission.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Emotion Matrix&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href="https://www.ndapandas.org/wp-content/uploads/archive/Documents/News/FeelingsWordList.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Feelings List&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Read fiction and reflect on the characters' emotions, intentions, and motivations&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Journal about your emotions&lt;/li&gt;    
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Practice Gratitude&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;At the end of each day, list 3 good things that happened.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Replay them in your mind&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Put visual reminders in your environment to reflect on something you're grateful for&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Self-Compassion Statements&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;"This is a difficult moment. It will pass."&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;"I'm not alone in this. Others have felt this way before, too."&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;"I'm human, and it's OK to feel the way that I do."&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;"It's OK to feel what I feel right now."&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;"I trust my capacity to grow and learn from this experience."&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;"I'm going to get through this. I've faced tough times before and survived."&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;"I'm doing the best I can with what I have right now, and that's enough."&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Emotional Regulation&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Emotion Labeling&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Develop emotional awareness by identifying the physical sensations, thoughts, and behaviors that coincide with various emotions&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Use an emotions matrix or feelings wheel&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Track your mood with a worksheet or an app&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Practice mindfulness&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Journal about your emotions and the sensations that went with them&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Talk about your feelings with trusted friends and family&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Talk to a therapist to process emotions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;Anxiety vs. Sensory Overload&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Sensory overload is caused by external stimuli, such as loud noise, bright lights, or crowds&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Internal thoughts, worries, and emotional triggers can be a sign of anxiety or other emotions&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Take steps to stop and prevent sensory overload. "Sensory Dread" may feel like anxiety, but can be helped by planning ahead and using sensory blockers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Set a Worry Period&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Worry more effectively with this technique&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Set aside a consistend 10 to 20 minute time period each day as your official Worry Time&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;During this period, write or type out all your worries&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Identify the worries that are in your control (vs those you have no control over) and create actionable steps you can take to address them.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;If you find yourself worrying throughout the day, remind yourself that you will address your worries during your next worry period.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Raw Spots and Triggers&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Think about past experiences that triggered a strong emotional response. Document the events' context, reaction, and associated thoughts.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Note how your mind and body react when encountering triggers&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;See if there is an associated story you tell yourself&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Mindfully acknowledge and name the triggers when they activate&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Alternatives to Self-Harm&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Holding ice, putting your face into a bowl of ice water, or using a cold pack can create a jolt and release endorphins&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Try grounding techniques&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Try rapidly changing temperatures, such as a hot shower followed immediately by a cold one&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Intense movement like running, dancing, or jumping&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Soothing sensory self-care practices such as a warm bath or calming music&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Try using a &lt;a href="https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/15840-transcutaneous-electrical-nerve-stimulation-tens" target="_blank"&gt;TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) unit&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Support  from trusted friends, family, or therapist&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Put together a distress tolerance kit containing items such as stress balls, fidget toys, soothing lotions, meaningful objects, or your favorite book.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Anchor in the Present Moment&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Physical grounding: Focusing on physical sensations like cool water or gentle movement&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Mental grounding: Counting, mantras, cognitive distractions like puzzles&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Sensory grounding: 
        &lt;ul&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;Calming music or soothing textures or aromas&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;5-4-3-2-1 Grounding Technique&lt;/li&gt;
                &lt;ul&gt;
                    &lt;li&gt;Notice 5 things you see&lt;/li&gt;
                    &lt;li&gt;4 things you can touch or feel&lt;/li&gt;
                    &lt;li&gt;3 things you hear&lt;/li&gt;
                    &lt;li&gt;2 things you smell&lt;/li&gt;
                    &lt;li&gt;1 thing you can taste
                &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;
        &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Acceptance, Not Avoidance&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Journaling about thoughts and feelings to gain insight into your emotions, patters, and triggers to find clarity&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Mindfulness practice&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Therapy&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Express your emotions through art or music&lt;/li&gt;
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    <title>Self-Care for Autistic People: Emotional Self-Care, Part 1</title>
    <published>2025-11-03T23:17:58Z</published>
    <updated>2025-11-03T23:17:58Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Notes on &lt;em&gt;Self-Care for Autistic People&lt;/em&gt; by Dr. Megan Anna Neff&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Emotional Self-Care&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Autistic Burnout&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Signs of Autistic Burnout&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Constant Fatigue&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Heightened sensory sensitivity&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Decline in skills such as:
        &lt;ul&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;Focusing&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;Organizing&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;Problem solving&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;Speaking&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;/ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Increased anxiety, irritability, and feelings of overwhelm&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Decreased tolerance for change and more reliance on sameness and predictability&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Social isolation&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Loss of interest in hobbies and enjoyable activities&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Reduced ability to &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistic_masking" target="_blank"&gt;Mask&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

        &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Avoiding Burnout&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Identify methods of restorative rest that work for you, and prioritize them. Do not let internalized ableism lead you to burnout by attempting to "push through" or trying to live up to allistic expectations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Engage in a Sensory Detox when overstimulated. Determine what kinds  of sensory environment is healing and restful for you, and use it as needed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Prioritize&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Drop unnecessary demands when feeling overwhelmed. Before burnout strikes, develop a list of things that can be skipped or deferred when the situation demands.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Try making a 3 tiered list of responsibilities&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Green:&lt;/strong&gt; Can be skipped or defferred with little consequence&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Yellow:&lt;/strong&gt; Can be skipped or delayed sometimes when needed&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Red:&lt;/strong&gt; Necessary responsibilities difficult to skip or defer without consequences&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Comfort Media&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Familiar, comforting media can be restorative in times of stress. Keep a list of favorite books, movies, music, etc, and turn to them when needed.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Brain Dump&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You may find it helpful to clear your head by getting all your thoughts onto paper so they're not taking up space in your brain. Try the following:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;To-Do Lists&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_writing" target="_blank"&gt;Free Writing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Write down all your creative ideas&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;List the sources of your stress&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;List things you are grateful for&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;List your current emotions without judging them&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Write down anything on your mind before bed to help you sleep&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Boundaries &amp; Self-Advocacy&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Manage Hyper-Empathy&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;A consistent routine can keep you grounded&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Engage in your special interest to tune out overwhelming emtions and the world's problems&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Spend time with people who positively influence your mood.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Set and maintain healthy &lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_boundaries" target="_blank"&gt;boundaries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Manage your news consumption&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Use rituals such as visualization to release the weight of the world's pain and suffering&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Find ways to create positive change in areas important to you&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Evaluate your personal relationships for toxicity&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Are there recurring instances of criticism, manipulation, and control?&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Do they make you feel unsafe, anxious, or doubt your self-worth?&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Do they make you feel comfortable and safe?&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Do they openly criticize or ridicule you?&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Do you feel manipulated?&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Do they use affection as a control tactic?&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Do they try to control you?&lt;/li&gt;
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    <published>2025-10-30T17:35:03Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-30T17:35:03Z</updated>
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    <title>Self-Care for Autistic People: Body Care</title>
    <published>2025-10-28T13:55:36Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-28T13:55:36Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;h1&gt;Notes on Self-Care for Autistic People by Dr. Megan Anna Neff&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Body Care&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Interoception&lt;/h3&gt;
If you have trouble with &lt;em&gt;interoception&lt;/em&gt; (noticing the signals your body is sending you), try these.
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Use a visual schedule or visual reminders for eating, drinking, bathroom breaks, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Set alarms and timers to remind you when to take a break, check in with your body, etc.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Set a hydration goal for the day.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Use a checklist&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Simplify your routine when possible&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
You can also improve interoception by practicing a &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlWo7sqWLNk" target="_blank"&gt;body scan&lt;/a&gt;.

&lt;h3&gt;Food&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Keep frozen food on hand for low-energy days.&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Set up predictable meal routines, like "Taco Tuesday."&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Work from recipes with visual instructions&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Identify and stock up on safe foods (foods that you know you tolerate well)&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Many people with Autism benefit from taking the following supplements:&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;ul&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;Vitamin D&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;Omega-3 Fatty Acids&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;Magnesium&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;Zinc&lt;/li&gt;
            &lt;li&gt;B Vitamins&lt;/li&gt;
        &lt;/ul&gt;
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    <title>Self-Care for Autistic People: Sleep</title>
    <published>2025-10-27T14:13:19Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-27T14:13:19Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;h1&gt;Notes on &lt;em&gt;Self Care for Autistic People&lt;/em&gt; by Dr. Megan Anna Neff&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Sleep&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Go to bed and wake up at the same time &lt;strong&gt;every&lt;/strong&gt; day.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Remove distracting objects from your bedroom&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Decorate your bedroom with soothing and calming objects&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Only use the bedroom for sleep and sex, or screen your bed off from the rest of the room&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Keep the temperature low at night, and eliminate distracting lights and noises&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Don't use screens for one hour before bedtime&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Try breathing exercises, visualizations, or progressive muscle relaxation to relax for sleep&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Set up sensory cues to signal bedtime&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Try wearing an eye mask or using blackout curtains&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Try using a sound machine or app, or wearing earplugs&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Invest in quality, comfortable bedding&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Use a fan for air circulation&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;/ul&gt;
Try Cognitive Shuffling
&lt;ol&gt;
   &lt;li&gt; Start off by picking a simple word like “door” or “lamp.”&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Next, break it down by focusing on each letter of that word and thinking of other words that start with that letter. If you choose the word “lamp,” you could think of “lemon,” “ladder,” “laptop,” etc. Once you can’t think of any other “l” words, move onto “a” words, then “m” words, and then “p” words.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Keep going until the randomness of this mental exercise gradually makes you lose focus.&lt;/li&gt;
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    <title>Media Diet for October 21, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-25T16:32:53Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-25T16:34:52Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">&lt;h1&gt;Videos: 1 h 20 m&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;YouTube: 51 m&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07E4iQ5z9iY" target="_blank"&gt;
    &lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/07E4iQ5z9iY/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Why You Should Be A Socialist In 2024" by Second Thought&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
19 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggIBtdtypCw" target="_blank"&gt;
    &lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ggIBtdtypCw/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;
    "No Kings" Protests Defy GOP Expectations &amp; Jon Gives Trump a Royal Inspection | The Daily Show&lt;/a&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;
    19 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUn1A0sEDrc&amp;amp;" target="blank"&gt;
    &lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nUn1A0sEDrc/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
    &lt;br&gt;
    Sen. Bernie Sanders - Harnessing Energy From "No Kings" Rally to "Fight Oligarchy" | The Daily Show
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&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;h2&gt;Disc: 29 m&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;br&gt;
Alice in Wonderland
&lt;br&gt;
Various special features
&lt;br&gt;
29 m
&lt;h1&gt;Audio: 1 h 17 m&lt;/h1&gt;
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&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;A Man on the Moon&lt;/em&gt; by Andrew Chakin
&lt;br&gt;
45 m
&lt;h2&gt;Podcasts: 42 m&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a href="https://omny.fm/shows/better-offline/exclusive-heres-how-much-anthropic-spends-on-aws" target="_blank"&gt;Better Offline: Exclusive: Here's How Much Anthropic Spends on AWS&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;a href="https://cyberpunklibrarian.com/podcast/cyberpunk-librarian-episode-09-podcasting-podcasts/" target="_blank"&gt;Cyberpunk Librarian – Episode 09 – Podcasting Podcasts&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Other Activities&lt;/h1&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;Chores: 1 h 8 m&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Blogging: 1 h 5 m&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Self-Care: 34 m&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;Studying: 31 m&lt;/li&gt;
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    <title>Self-Care for Autistic People: Movement and Regulation</title>
    <published>2025-10-24T14:36:04Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-24T14:36:04Z</updated>
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    <content type="html">I've been taking notes on a book titled &lt;em&gt;Self-Care for Autistic People&lt;/em&gt; by Dr. Megan Anna Neff. I thought I might share them, in case someone finds them useful.
&lt;h1&gt;Movement and Regulation&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Managing Sensory Needs&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;If you have any "safe foods"--foods that you know you can eat without any sensory difficulties--embrace them during times of stress. One less thing to worry about.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Autistic people tend to have a strong preference for loose or tight clothing. Figure out what your preference is and dress in a way that makes you feel comfortable.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Take note of sounds that bring you comfort. You can play a recording of it or something similar when you need to calm down.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Deal with Stress Responses&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Fight-or-Flight&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Release energy by exercising&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Try relaxation exercises like Deep Breathing or &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86HUcX8ZtAk" target="_blank"&gt;Progressive Muscle Relaxation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h4&gt;Freeze or Fawn&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;You may be feeling emotionally numb, fatigued, or dissociated.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Try gentle &amp; soothing activities like a warm bath, swaying back and forth, or some &lt;a href="https://hr.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/JHEAP-Grounding-Techniques-to-Help-Control-Anxietypdf.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;grounding techniques&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagus_nerve_stimulation" target="_blank"&gt;Vagus Nerve Stimulation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Chanting, humming, gargling, or singing can both relax you and promote better stress resilience&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Move Your Body&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Focus on finding physical activities that feel good to you. These tend to be rhythmic. Some examples include skating, running, walking, swimming, and dancing&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Breathwork&lt;/h2&gt;
Try this breathing exercise to calm down
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Inhale while counting to 4&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Hold for one count&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Slowly exhale for 6 counts&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Hold for one count&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Repeat as needed&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Gut Health&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Note how various foods tend to make you feel&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Try taking probiotics and extra fiber&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Stay hydrated&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Don't drink alcohol&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Visualizations for Sensory Soothing&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Sit quietly and imagine a peaceful location, real or imaginary&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Visualize the colors, shapes, and scenes&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Imagine the scents you can smell&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Imagine the tastes in the air or in food or drink&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Imagine the pleasing textures and sensations you might feel&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Imagine the sounds you would hear&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=20794" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2024-09-27:4200039:20577</id>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 20, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-23T22:48:20Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-23T22:48:20Z</updated>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <category term="dankpods"/>
    <category term="one hour in wonderland"/>
    <category term="witches abroad"/>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <category term="youtube"/>
    <category term="terry pratchett"/>
    <category term="disco elysium"/>
    <category term="ninja sex party"/>
    <category term="seek's animations and stuff"/>
    <category term="alice in wonderland"/>
    <dw:music>Learn Japanese to Survive! Kanji Combat OST</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>high</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
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&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Video Games: 1 h 36 m&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Disco-Elysium.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Disco Elysium
&lt;br&gt;
58 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dead Cells
&lt;br&gt;
38 m
&lt;h1&gt;Video: 1 h 13 m&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;YouTube: 43 m&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6_frNWFKW8" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/I6_frNWFKW8/hqdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Who is MIKE? (like, actually.) || DELTARUNE Deepdive and Analysis" by Seek's Animations and Stuff&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
29 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gikjUWkW-oM" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/gikjUWkW-oM/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Halloween Song - NSP" by Ninja Sex Party&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
3 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZYqQdoy28Q" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZZYqQdoy28Q/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"The Steam Deck OLED." by DankPods&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
11 m
&lt;h2&gt;Other&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/OneHourInWonderland.webp" alt="Promotional Poster"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
One Hour in Wonderland
&lt;br&gt;
30 m 
&lt;h1&gt;Reading: 23 m&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/WitchesAbroad.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Witches Abroad&lt;/em&gt; by Terry Pratchett
&lt;br&gt;
30 pages over 23 m
&lt;h1&gt;Other Activities:&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Chores: 1 h 29 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Self-Care: 1 h 11 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Learning to Code: 41 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Blogging: 28 m&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=20577" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2024-09-27:4200039:20332</id>
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    <title>Media Diet Week in Review Oct 13 - 19</title>
    <published>2025-10-21T14:43:19Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-21T14:43:19Z</updated>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <category term="goals"/>
    <category term="week in review"/>
    <dw:music>Mibibli's Quest Original Soundtrack</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>hopeful</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/Charts/Oct13-19Media.png" alt="Dead Cells 40%, Deltarune 13%, Disco Elysium 5%, YouTube 26%, DVD 2%, Shows 3%, Reading 9%, Audiobook 2%"&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Total percentage for Dead Cells has been reduced from 60% on week 1 and 53% on week 2, to 40% on week 3.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My average per day was 1 h 40 m.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pleased to see my time spent reading has increased so much! 9% overall, with an average of 24 m per day.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd like to see both of those trends continue over the next week. In addition, I'd like to diversify my video consumption a bit. I think I'll try watching one movie per week. All the way through in one sitting, like I don't have the attention span of a goldfish.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Let's also zoom out a bit to include other uses of my time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/Charts/Oct13-19All.png" alt="Video Games 36%, Videos 19%, Self Care 18%, Chores 8%, Coding 7%, Reading 7%, Blog 4%"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Quite a large portion spent on video games overall, but I'd rather focus on spending more time learning to code (which I've been referring to as "skill building" in previous entries). Specifically, I've been spending some time learning Python and web dev. I think it's time to start budgeting more time for that.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My daily average has been about 30 m per day, and I don't think it would be unreasonable to attempt to double that.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Let's see how it goes!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=20332" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2024-09-27:4200039:20036</id>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 19, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-21T00:34:05Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-21T00:34:05Z</updated>
    <category term="one hour in wonderland"/>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <category term="witches abroad"/>
    <category term="discworld"/>
    <category term="the financial diet"/>
    <category term="disco elysium"/>
    <category term="terry pratchett"/>
    <category term="youtube"/>
    <category term="deltarune"/>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <category term="hank green"/>
    <category term="tronicsfix"/>
    <category term="alice in wonderland"/>
    <category term="techmoan"/>
    <dw:music>Twenty One Pilots - Downstairs</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>horny</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
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&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Video Games&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dead Cells
&lt;br&gt;
1 h 26 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Disco-Elysium.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Disco Elysium
&lt;br&gt;
55 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/deltarune.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Deltarune
&lt;br&gt;
15 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video Games: 2 h 37 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Videos&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;YouTube&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6TiIduyag0" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/c6TiIduyag0/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"This is not a music format" by Techmoan&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
14 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3_lpXGrQUE" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/X3_lpXGrQUE/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Controllers Are a SCAM - Here's Why" by TronicsFix&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
11 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_Rqf-vxBM8" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/f_Rqf-vxBM8/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Don't Follow Your Dreams, Follow Your Tools" by Hank Green&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
12 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=un7ts5rlSbY" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/un7ts5rlSbY/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Stop Being A Bad Friend" by The Financial Diet&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
20 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total YouTube: 57 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Other&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/OneHourInWonderland.webp" alt="Promotional Poster"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
One Hour in Wonderland
&lt;br&gt;
30 m 
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video: 1 h 27 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Reading&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/WitchesAbroad.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Witches Abroad&lt;/em&gt; by Terry Pratchett
&lt;br&gt;
36 pages over 29 m
&lt;h2&gt;Other Activities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Self Care: 1 h 6 m&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Chores: 1 h 4 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Skill building: 20 m&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=20036" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2024-09-27:4200039:19831</id>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 18, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-20T23:08:17Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-20T23:08:17Z</updated>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <category term="deltarune"/>
    <category term="man carrying thing"/>
    <category term="didyouknowgaming"/>
    <category term="tim cain"/>
    <category term="disco elysium"/>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <dw:music>Pianotale - EVERY Undertale song on Piano! by Sheet Music Boss</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>tired</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
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&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Video Games&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/deltarune.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Deltarune
&lt;br&gt;
45 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dead Cells
&lt;br&gt;
39 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Disco-Elysium.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Disco Elysium
38 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video Games: 2 h 3 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Videos&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJ6CDDfYiU" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OoJ6CDDfYiU/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
"Player Agency" by Tim Cain&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
12 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3_nM2vD80U" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/G3_nM2vD80U/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"tech bros .00002 seconds after learning there's an "AI bubble"" by Man Carrying Thing&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
1 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk-HjS9oXJc" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/lk-HjS9oXJc/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"NEW &amp; Obscure GBA Game Facts Discovered" by DidYouKnowGaming&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
15 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video: 28 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Other Activities&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Civic Duty: 2 h&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Self Care: 30 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Skill Building: 20 m&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=19831" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 17, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-20T17:59:42Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-20T17:59:42Z</updated>
    <category term="deltarune"/>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <category term="rwt - news"/>
    <category term="discworld"/>
    <category term="witches abroad"/>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <category term="terry pratchett"/>
    <category term="dead domain"/>
    <category term="rosario + vampire"/>
    <category term="rebecca watson"/>
    <category term="hank green"/>
    <category term="some more news"/>
    <dw:music>Pianotale - EVERY Undertale song on Piano! by Sheet Music Boss</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>full</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
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&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Video Games&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dead Cells
&lt;br&gt;
1 h 20 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/deltarune.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Deltarune
&lt;br&gt;
1 h 21 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video Games: 2 h 41 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Videos&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;YouTube&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quUCT7h5fOU" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/quUCT7h5fOU/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"JD Vance Defends Leaked Racist Republican Chats Because They Agree - Stream Highlights" by Dead Domain&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
39 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4VNxpmOALI" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/L4VNxpmOALI/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
"Rigging Elections to Save Democracy" by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
10 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0TpWitfxPk" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q0TpWitfxPk/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
"The State of the AI Industry is Freaking Me Out" by Hank Green&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
14 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYSEb-NsF4A" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/RYSEb-NsF4A/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Young Republicans Are Racist? You Don't Say... - EVEN MORE NEWS" by Some More News&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
52 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jddS_GRWgmM" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jddS_GRWgmM/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Nazi interrupts psych 210 class gets predictable response (fucking awesome)" by RWT - News&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
3 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Total YouTube: 1 h 58 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Shows&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/SuccubusAndAVampire.png" alt="Guys exist to become slaves!"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rosario + Vampire&lt;/em&gt; S01E02 "Succubus and a Vampire"
&lt;br&gt;
25 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Videos: 2 h 23 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Reading&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/WitchesAbroad.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Witches Abroad&lt;/em&gt; by Terry Pratchett
&lt;br&gt;
32 p
&lt;br&gt;
30 m
&lt;h1&gt;Other Activities&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Chores: 1 h 42 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Self Care: 1 h 10 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Skill Building: 43 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;This Freakin' Blog: 31 m&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=19678" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 16, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-17T23:32:36Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-17T23:32:36Z</updated>
    <category term="noah wardrip-fruin"/>
    <category term="thought slime"/>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <category term="ben hoerman"/>
    <category term="man carrying thing"/>
    <category term="deltarune"/>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <dw:music>Hare Hare Yukai ~Itsuki Koizumi version~</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>cranky</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
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&lt;h1&gt;Video Games&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dead Cells
&lt;br&gt;
1 h 46 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/deltarune.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Deltarune
&lt;br&gt;
1 h 4 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video Games: 2 h 50 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Videos&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akSH-UIGca4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/akSH-UIGca4/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
"The Aesthetics of Anti-Fascism" by Ben Hoerman&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
12 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqqwwS9Kvy8" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/fqqwwS9Kvy8/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Why libs love a Charlie Kirk" by Thought Slime&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
23 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEhox0hrKAs" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/WEhox0hrKAs/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"basically how 99% of the internet reacted to this" by Man Carrying Thing&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
1 m 
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMPqYj5leFU" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/KMPqYj5leFU/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"comedians .0002 seconds after performing in Saudi Arabia" by Man Carrying Thing&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
1 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQuTsyA3lBM" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/ZQuTsyA3lBM/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"that 1 friend who listens to “both sides” of the news" by Man Carrying Thing&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
2 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Videos: 39 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Reading&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/HowPacManEats.png" alt="Book Cover"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;How Pac-Man Eats&lt;/em&gt; by Noah Wardrip-Fruin
&lt;br&gt;
21 m / 14 pages
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Other Activities&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Self Care: 1 h 52 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Skill Building: 21 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;This Freakin' Blog: 18 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Chores: 17 m&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=19345" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2024-09-27:4200039:19075</id>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 15, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-16T13:09:34Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-21T13:52:02Z</updated>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <category term="vee hoffman"/>
    <category term="steven universe"/>
    <category term="some more news"/>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <category term="haruhi suzumiya"/>
    <dw:music>else Heart.Break() Original Soundtrack</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>productive</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
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&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Video Games&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg"&gt;
&lt;p style="color:red;"&gt;2 h 19 m (19 m over budget)&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;h1&gt;Reading&lt;/h1&gt;
 &lt;img src="https://images.yenpress.com/imgs/9798855416886.jpg?w=408&amp;amp;h=612&amp;amp;type=books&amp;amp;s=5252700b14317f0520206b66e9a83bd6"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya&lt;/em&gt; by Nagaru Tanigawa and Noizi Ito
&lt;br&gt;
65 pages / 1 h 5 m
&lt;h1&gt;Videos&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;YouTube&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0pMcSWvFng" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H0pMcSWvFng/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Spamtenna Video 2: The Squeakquel" by Vee Hoffman&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
47 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grQssQUbFtg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/grQssQUbFtg/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Why Can’t Gen Z Find A Job? - SOME MORE NEWS&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
40 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total YouTube: 1 h 27 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Shows&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/BeachParty.png"&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Steven Universe&lt;/em&gt; S01E18 "Beach Party"
&lt;br&gt;
11 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video: 1 h 38 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Other Activities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Self Care: 1 h 22 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Chores: 45 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Skill Building: 43 m&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=19075" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 14, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-15T20:35:37Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-15T20:38:13Z</updated>
    <category term="w3schools"/>
    <category term="haruhi suzumiya"/>
    <category term="deltarune"/>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <category term="tim cain"/>
    <category term="nighthawk"/>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <category term="politico"/>
    <category term="some more news"/>
    <category term="steven universe"/>
    <category term="sandzhiev erdni"/>
    <category term="what the fuck just happened today"/>
    <dw:music>Mega Man 6 Soundtrack</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>aggravated</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
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&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Video Games&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg"&gt;
&lt;p style="color:red;"&gt;2 h 12 m (12 m over budget)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/deltarune.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Deltarune
&lt;br&gt;
29 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video Games: 2 h 41 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Videos&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;YouTube&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojeb7-7UuJk" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Ojeb7-7UuJk/hqdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Deltarune - A DARK ZONE Cover" by Sandzhiev Erdni&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
2 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je3I3xQkPv4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Je3I3xQkPv4/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
"So You Want To Make Games?" by Timothy Cain&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
13 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf9wLsCJDqc" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/Gf9wLsCJDqc/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
 Python - Variables - W3Schools.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
2 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hsbo6V2BJ3U" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/Hsbo6V2BJ3U/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Python - Variable Names - W3Schools.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
3 m 
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oug4GEDSeM" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/4oug4GEDSeM/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Python - Assign Multiple Values to Variables - W3Schools.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
1 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVUwwZ9IVGI" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/cVUwwZ9IVGI/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Python - Output Variables with print() - W3Schools.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
1 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZW9CGZymqU" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/VZW9CGZymqU/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Python - Global Variables - W3Schools.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
2 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC8VVkJO_is" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/VC8VVkJO_is/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"The Recorder of Fate : A Ralsei Deltarune Character Analysis" by Nighthawk&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
23 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xltBKivVPds" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/xltBKivVPds/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"JD Vance Is An Absurdly Confident Liar - EVEN MORE NEWS" by Some More News&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
29 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Youtube: 1 h 16 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Shows&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/Lion2TheMovie.png"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Steven Universe&lt;/em&gt; S01E17 "Lion 2: The Movie"
&lt;br&gt;
11 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video: 1 h 27 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Reading&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Articles&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a href="https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2025/10/13/day-1728/" target="_blank"&gt;What The Fuck Just Happened Today, Day 1728: "A new beginning."&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/14/private-chat-among-young-gop-club-members-00592146" target="_blank"&gt;Politico Article ‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat. Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Books&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="https://images.yenpress.com/imgs/9798855416886.jpg?w=408&amp;amp;h=612&amp;amp;type=books&amp;amp;s=5252700b14317f0520206b66e9a83bd6" width="50%"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya&lt;/em&gt; by Nagaru Tanigawa and Noizi Ito
&lt;br&gt;
35 pages / 23 m
&lt;h1&gt;Other Activities&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Self Care: 1 h 12 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Skill Building: 56 m&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=18798" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 13, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-14T23:02:28Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-14T23:02:28Z</updated>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <category term="octopus pie"/>
    <category term="dante alighieri"/>
    <category term="tim cain"/>
    <category term="nighthawk"/>
    <category term="vee hoffman"/>
    <category term="dank pods"/>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <dw:music>"Giant Woman" from Steven Universe OST</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>exhausted</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">October 13

&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Video Games&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dead Cells: 1 h 53 m

&lt;h1&gt;Video&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;YouTube&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7lGpIx5XIg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y7lGpIx5XIg/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Video Thumbnail"&gt;
"What a disgusting product category" by DankPods&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
18 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tFCCGeduUc" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-tFCCGeduUc/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Why I Don't Solo Dev" by Timothy Cain&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
9 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0pMcSWvFng" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H0pMcSWvFng/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
"Spamtenna Video 2: The Squeakquel" by Vee Hoffman&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
11 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC8VVkJO_is" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/VC8VVkJO_is/maxresdefault.webp"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"The Recorder of Fate : A Ralsei Deltarune Character Analysis" by Nighthawk&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
18 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total YouTube: 56 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Audiobooks&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Inferno&lt;/em&gt; by Dante Alighieri
&lt;br&gt;
23 m
&lt;h1&gt;Webcomics&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/AloneAndUnprotected.png" alt="THEN DORA MUST BE ALONE AND UN-PRO-TECTED!"&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.octopuspie.com" target="blank"&gt;Octopus Pie&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Pages 315 to 328
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Other Activities&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Self Care: 1 h 8 m&lt;/li&gt;
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    <title>Media Diet: Week in Review</title>
    <published>2025-10-14T16:55:33Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-21T14:06:36Z</updated>
    <category term="week in review"/>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <dw:mood>bouncy</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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&lt;p&gt;I was able to bring the total for Dead Cells down from 60% to 53%, and managed to stay under 2 hours per day except for day 1, where I went over considerably. This unfortunately caused my daily average to be 2 h 10 m, higher than I wanted it to be.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The larger problem is that my media consumption diversity went down, mainly because I didn't do any reading. For this week, I'll be keeping the Dead Cells limit in place, and aiming to read for at least 20 m per day.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=18280" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 12, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-13T13:08:57Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-14T22:53:44Z</updated>
    <category term="youtube"/>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <category term="nighthawk"/>
    <category term="aj and carmella"/>
    <category term="steven universe"/>
    <category term="afterthoughts"/>
    <category term="three arrows"/>
    <category term="w3schools"/>
    <category term="myride on autobytel"/>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <category term="man carrying thing"/>
    <dw:music>"Purple Bard" by Gec</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>determined</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
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&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Video Games&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dead Cells
&lt;br&gt;
1 h 58 m
&lt;h1&gt;Videos&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;YouTube&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHbiVjMBtLU" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/ZHbiVjMBtLU/maxresdefault.webp"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"A Bird Hit My Window and Now I'm a Lesbian" by AJ and Carmella&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
8 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/cyU50dserEY?si=JD72gnZb9cfIcXss" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/cyU50dserEY/maxresdefault.webp"&gt;
																			   &lt;br&gt;
"Change-Makers: Opposing Fascism In Daily Life" by Afterthoughts&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
15 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJPdon3tuOg" target="blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/oJPdon3tuOg/hqdefault.jpg"&gt;
																		 &lt;br&gt;
"How to Apply a New Bumper Sticker" by MyRide on Autobytel&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
3 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkZMUX_oQX4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/xkZMUX_oQX4/maxresdefault.webp" alt="Video Thumbnail"&gt;
	&lt;br&gt;
	Python - Introduction - W3Schools.com
&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
2 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z116jFWdfQc" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/z116jFWdfQc/maxresdefault.webp" alt="Video Thumbnail"&gt;
	&lt;br&gt;
Python - Get Started - W3Schools.com &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
2 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WVZBtqqVM4" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4WVZBtqqVM4/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Python - Syntax - W3Schools.com &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
2 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wouY9nWe0k" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/9wouY9nWe0k/maxresdefault.webp"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Python - Comments - W3Schools.com&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
1 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOnA7B1lSPw" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/WOnA7B1lSPw/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
"AI companies .00002 seconds after..." by Man Carrying Thing&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
1 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh0el8phS_o" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/Kh0el8phS_o/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
"The Myth of Charlie Kirk" by Three Arrows&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
39 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/VC8VVkJO_is?si=feCpKsbyHJZoEoM9" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/VC8VVkJO_is/maxresdefault.webp" alt="video thumbnail"&gt;&lt;br&gt;
"The Recorder of Fate : A Ralsei Deltarune Character Analysis" by Nighthawk&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
27 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total YouTube: 1 h 40 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Shows&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/OnionTrade.png"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Steven Universe&lt;/em&gt; S01E15 "Onion Trade"
&lt;br&gt;
11 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/StevenTheSwordFighter.png"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Steven Universe&lt;/em&gt; S01E16 "Steven the Sword Fighter"
&lt;br&gt;
11 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Shows: 11 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Other Activites&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Self Care: 1 h 11 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Skill Building: 22 m&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=17954" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2024-09-27:4200039:17771</id>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 11, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-12T18:00:46Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-12T18:00:46Z</updated>
    <category term="youtube"/>
    <category term="nighthawk"/>
    <category term="steven universe"/>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <category term="balkan odyssey"/>
    <category term="rosario + vampire"/>
    <dw:music>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wRFUKYROok</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>anxious</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
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&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Video Games&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg" alt="Dead Cells"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dead Cells
&lt;br&gt;
1 h 57 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Video&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Youtube&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cakxqGfDLa0" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cakxqGfDLa0/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Video Thumbnail"&gt;
	&lt;br&gt;
	"Everything you know about history is (probably) wrong" by Balkan Odyssey
&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
30 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC8VVkJO_is&amp;amp;t=2563s" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/VC8VVkJO_is/maxresdefault.webp" alt="Video Thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"The Recorder of Fate : A Ralsei Deltarune Character Analysis" by Nighthawk&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
43 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total YouTube: 1 h 13 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h3&gt;Shows&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/SoManyBirthdays.png" alt="So Many Birthdays"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Steven Universe&lt;/em&gt; S01E13 "So Many Birthdays"
&lt;br&gt;
11 m
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/LarsAndTheCoolKids.png"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Steven Universe&lt;/em&gt; S01E14 "Lars and the Cool Kids"
&lt;br&gt;
11 m
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/blog/NewLifeAndVampire.png"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Rosario + Vampire&lt;/em&gt; S01E01 "New Life and Vampire"
&lt;br&gt;
25 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Shows: 47 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Total Video: 2 h&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Other Activities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Self Care: 1 h 12 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Skill Building: 52 m&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=17771" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2024-09-27:4200039:17648</id>
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    <title>Screenshot of the Day: Denouement</title>
    <published>2025-10-11T18:01:47Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-11T18:01:47Z</updated>
    <category term="deltarune"/>
    <category term="kris dreemurr"/>
    <category term="susie"/>
    <category term="screenshot"/>
    <dw:mood>full</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/DeltaruneScreenshots/1671210_20250711201721_1.png" alt="Screenshot from Deltarune showing Kris and Susie sitting in silence on the lake shore after dark."&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=17648" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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  <entry>
    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2024-09-27:4200039:17223</id>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://amphobet.dreamwidth.org/17223.html"/>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 10, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-11T15:54:21Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-11T15:54:21Z</updated>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <category term="twrp"/>
    <category term="stephen miller"/>
    <category term="tim cain"/>
    <category term="some more news"/>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <category term="deltarune"/>
    <category term="ninja sex party"/>
    <dw:music>"White Room" by Cream</dw:music>
    <dw:mood>restless</dw:mood>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Video Games&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dead Cells
&lt;br&gt;
1 h 51 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/deltarune.jpg" alt="Deltarune"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Deltarune
&lt;br&gt;
48 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video Games: 1 h 39 m&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;Video&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlKDQ3fwI5w" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vlKDQ3fwI5w/maxresdefault.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
The Making Of Stephen Miller - SOME MORE NEWS&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
36 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuEdppkPjfo" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PuEdppkPjfo/maxresdefault.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Jobs, Careers, And Callings" by Timothy Cain&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
13 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FV6cLJFxU8g" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/FV6cLJFxU8g/maxresdefault.webp?v=68c43af0"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Walk The Dinosaur - NSP" by Ninja Sex Party
&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
4 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2nfgYJU3kY" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/i2nfgYJU3kY/maxresdefault.webp"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;"Trump’s Anti-Antifa Meeting w/ Roy Wood Jr. - EVEN MORE NEWS" by Some More News
&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
49 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video: 1 h 42 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Other Activities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;1 h 5 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Skill Building: 27 m&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=17223" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2024-09-27:4200039:17002</id>
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    <title>Media Diet for October 9, 2025</title>
    <published>2025-10-11T15:06:42Z</published>
    <updated>2025-10-11T15:09:42Z</updated>
    <category term="media diet"/>
    <category term="stephen miller"/>
    <category term="dead cells"/>
    <category term="tim cain"/>
    <category term="youtube"/>
    <category term="some more news"/>
    <dw:security>public</dw:security>
    <dw:reply-count>0</dw:reply-count>
    <content type="html">Media Diet for October 9, 2025
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Video Games&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;img src="https://amphobet.neocities.org/images/games/Dead-Cells.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Dead Cells
&lt;br&gt;
1 h 59 m
&lt;h2&gt;Video&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYhg1f2JJ1w" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fYhg1f2JJ1w/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Video Thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Passivity" by Timothy Cain&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
12 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://youtu.be/-hxGGWn3gWA" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-hxGGWn3gWA/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Video Thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
The Rise and Fall of Teen Dystopias by Sarah Z&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
18 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqP6oa7ShRw&amp;amp;t=612s" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/qqP6oa7ShRw/hqdefault.jpg" alt="Video Thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
"Stop Making Excuses" by Timothy Cain &lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
10 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWudXaj60rU" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vWudXaj60rU/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Video Thumbnail"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
Stephen Miller Says Trump Has 'Plenary Authority'&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
1 m
&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlKDQ3fwI5w" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vlKDQ3fwI5w/maxresdefault.jpg"&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
The Making Of Stephen Miller - SOME MORE NEWS&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;br&gt;
36 m
&lt;h3&gt;Total Video: 1 h 17 m&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Other Activities&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Chores: 3 h 2 m&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;Self Care: 1 h 7 m&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=amphobet&amp;ditemid=17002" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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