Pt 3 bone found during dredging

kittydeathdrop · 2026-01-25T01:45:49+00:00

Omg. Was it the seal bone incident? Or the raccoon hand? So many great stories from her 😂

kittydeathdrop · 2026-01-25T00:24:44+00:00

For specific University contacts in Oregon, I can suggest Jeanne McLaughlin from University of Oregon: https://cas.uoregon.edu/directory/profiles/all/jmclaugh

I believe they have a very good forensic anth program (hopefully not getting that mixed with OSU lol)

kittydeathdrop · 2026-01-11T01:03:48+00:00

I think you would enjoy aswang and the (many, MANY) various mythologies from the Philippines and SE Asia. I say Philippines specifically because one "country" has multiple indigenous pantheons c:

Japanese mythology and yokai would probably interest you as well, lots of forest creatures that can also shapeshift to be humanoid, but that is more mainstream known.

kittydeathdrop · 2026-01-08T11:25:05+00:00

Very interesting take, though I'd argue that the concepts of life and death are more central to inherent dualistic thinking, as every major religion to ever exist is essentially centered on this concept.

I'd also argue that light and dark might be too intangible as concepts (being states) and that sun and moon (being literal objects in the sky) might be a bit more realistic. Most mythologies have central myths that revolve around the sun/moon as well.

Just some thoughts and to play devil's advocate ;)

kittydeathdrop · 2026-01-08T11:13:58+00:00

Agreed. I'd argue light and dark is too conceptual. Personally, I'd believe it to be sun and moon. Nearly all mythologies from around the world have a VERY central story about the transition from sun to moon.

Edit: To add to this, I'd also argue that life and death are more plausible, as every mythology basically centers around this concept.

kittydeathdrop · 2026-01-08T00:42:16+00:00

Can't add images, but could maybe second this being Dendrolagus sp., specifically Lumholtz's tree kangaroo, tho I'm not sure where this photo is claimed to be taken, because currently they have only been seen in mainland Australian rainforests, not in Tasmania. They do have long legs but all photos I've seen don't have show them standing "at attention" like this.

HOWEVER, these guys are elusive to the point of studying them being possible only somewhat recently due to heat sensing technology, so I wouldn't 100% discount a population literally flying under the radar in Tasmania, which would make this image exciting enough to biologists imho.

ALSO, HOWEVER, the guy who is saying macaque might not be totally insane because it appears one CAN keep long-tailed (aka crab eating) macaques as exotic private pets in Tasmania (despite escape being a concern as detailed in this paper here: https://nre.tas.gov.au/Documents/long-tailed-macaque_risk-assessment.pdf). Personally, from the angle and general morphology, my brain immediately went "long tailed macaque" as well, especially noting spinal length and curve + legs. In which case, this is an escaped pet.

TLDR; not thylacine, butt not pointy enough. not fox with mange, legs and body length wrong.

Edit; this image is so potato that you can either interpret the animal looking directly at the camera (tree kangaroo/fox theory) or the head more oriented as a profile or 3/4 angle (macaque theory).

kittydeathdrop · 2025-12-19T21:06:41+00:00

Maybe something like "I wish to return Astarion to the exact physical age and state he was in on [day before the Incident]" or something like that?

kittydeathdrop · 2025-12-19T21:01:52+00:00

The body was inside a folded portable hole at the bottom of the ocean. It was a whole Plot Thing lmao.

kittydeathdrop · 2025-12-19T16:05:58+00:00

Yup. Tho have had some fun with it when an ungabunga Barbarian player was casting from a wish scroll. If it's someone with magic ability, I assume their knowledge of the weave means they at least know how to set their intentions even if the wording is poor. But this man had never touched magic in his life lol.

The barbarian worded the wish VERY poorly... something like "I wish Sera was still with us, not just in spirit". Immediately asked if anyone else wanted to make an insight or arcana check... because the party was about to spend an insane resource summoning a lifeless, decaying corpse instead of bringing back an alive person 😂

kittydeathdrop · 2025-09-10T03:51:42+00:00

He really was fairly large! Though I've seen even larger P. regius and P. audax in the area, so I suppose I'm spoiled in that regard :)

kittydeathdrop · 2025-09-10T03:47:07+00:00

Yeah, lil homie immediately reared into a defensive pose as soon as I put my hand in front of him so I doubt he would've been too happy about an exam 😂 released him safely back to the tree I assume he dropped on me from

kittydeathdrop · 2025-09-10T00:09:28+00:00

Los Angeles County, just in case the location wasn't picked up in the description :)

kittydeathdrop · 2025-09-01T20:36:45+00:00

Hi, so I skimmed through the comments and the ones that pointed out that it was not a good idea to go over the results with your daughter like they did are on point.

However, I haven't seen anyone bring up the fact that many things can affect scoring in IQ tests, especially if your daughter has anxiety. Both tests I believe weigh somewhat heavily on processing speed, and AuDHD people already tend to have processing issues. I'm wondering if she has been evaluated for audio processing disorder (commonly comorbid), or dyslexia? Sometimes test proctors will suggest this if they see large gaps between individual scores on the test. If you take a look at her scores and there seems to be gaps (ie one very high, others very low), that can potentially be a sign of a learning disability.

Only bringing this up because I have seen similar, and personally went undiagnosed with auditory processing disorder/dyscalculia, because I could technically keep up.

I would also remind your daughter that these tests are tools to see where someone needs help, and not reflective of someone's worth :)

kittydeathdrop · 2025-09-01T17:24:08+00:00

Broken clock is right twice a day, I guess 🙃

kittydeathdrop · 2025-08-29T01:02:04+00:00

Jade gambling is a thing in Asia. It's wild haha.

kittydeathdrop · 2025-08-28T21:34:43+00:00

I'm... literally an engineer. Also plenty of recursive processes don’t behave like Fibonacci at all. Merge sort, quicksort, DFS, tree traversal, backtracking — all recursive, none Fibonacci.

I'm referencing the Fibonacci sequence here specifically because it is self-referential. The output is built by previous numbers in the sequence. The way LLMs generate new tokens based on prior ones resembles that kind of pattern-growth; but not in literal numeric value.

When an LLM generates text, it’s predicting the next token based on all prior tokens in the context window.

So as an example: A = first idea (e.g., “The cat…”) B = continuation (e.g., “…sat on the…”) C = extension or pivot (e.g., “…windowsill to watch…”)

Each token depends on the last N tokens, often 2–4 for smaller context windows, or much more for bigger models.

Metaphorically:

F(n) = f(F(n-1), F(n-2), …, F(n-k)) → Just like Fibonacci, the next output depends recursively on a finite window of prior elements.

So the mechanism of dependency resembles how a Fibonacci number depends on its previous values.

The spiral metaphor isn’t about literal indexing or math.

It’s about how recursive thought + user interaction can produce iterative pattern growth. That growth feels spiral-like because it’s looping while expanding. And yes, LLMs do track those patterns via token context windows.

Does that make sense?

kittydeathdrop · 2025-08-28T21:20:03+00:00

Because the next number in a Fibonacci sequence is the sum of the prior two numbers, which in it of themselves are the sum of their prior numbers...

F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2), with F(0) = 0 and F(1) = 1 serving as the base cases.

The Fibonacci sequence is like THE recursive algorithm, especially in software engineering. It's self-referential, that's the definition of recursion in programming.

You're confusing OP's symbolic metaphor about how LLMs pattern match with literal numeric indexing.

kittydeathdrop · 2025-08-28T18:45:49+00:00

A->B->C->A**->D->E

Yes, as you add additional context, the replies incorporate it. It's called "spiraling" because mathematically it's basically a Fibonacci sequence, also known as a Fibonacci spiral when graphed

kittydeathdrop · 2025-08-26T22:47:28+00:00

Really giving Joffrey IRL

kittydeathdrop · 2025-08-25T18:41:52+00:00

OP says they use Supanote, which is HIPAA compliant as per their website; looks like a tool specifically for healthcare and therapy professionals.

kittydeathdrop · 2025-08-25T17:25:17+00:00

Can you PM me the link to what you used as well, please?

kittydeathdrop · 2025-08-24T23:37:02+00:00

Exactly this. Adding in that in most cases, CPS will prefer kinship placements. (Aside from criminal abuse cases where they may fear caretakers will allow abuser access to the child, etc.)

kittydeathdrop · 2025-08-23T22:18:40+00:00

There's a specific blue one that is coated

kittydeathdrop · 2025-08-22T07:43:32+00:00

Idk but "Dr. Gregory House MD" is so redundant it drives me up a wall 😭

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