#moja rambles

[augureysfeather]

*currently writing the final of her story depicting the fourth FB movie*

 I think after the stunts he pulled in the movies, especially the SoD movie, Jacob has certified steel balls and would backtalk Grindelwald himself too, right?

XD (Spoiler: He does.)

[augureysfeather]

*just realized that it's feasible that Harry is already a grandparent* *

X_X

I am old.

*James is ~23 or 22 right now. Harry himself was 23/24 when James was born.

[augureysfeather]

If my sense of balance had been marked by the event 'carry two full cups of coffee up the stairs while your cat rushes past you' instead of 'jumping on and off a balance beam', I'd have gotten top marks at school. XD

[augureysfeather]

An old friend of mine just updated his fanfic again -

after

ten

years.

Because he'd refound his interest in the fandom.

So, if you think your favourite fic is done and dead...there may still be hope out there for you!

[augureysfeather]

Have to lowkey vent here. 

A few days ago, my workplace did a retreat (?) and discussed several work-related current topics. One of them was A.I. Without going too much into detail, I have an older co-worker who’s both very proficient at using A.I. and…a bit obsessed with it? 

In our field of work, again without going into detail, A.I. CAN be used effectively without being abused (e.g. automating mathematical calculations, categorization, transcription etc.) but he went further, talking about A.I. as a “conversational partner” to give impulses. When I brought up to him that A.I. can never invent new ideas on its own, he actually disagreed with me, saying that this argument is no longer legit and A.I can be innovative and creative. 

(For the sake of workplace peace, I didn’t argue much, just saying I don’t fully agree with him.)

And now, as an author, I’m silently weeping..

[augureysfeather]

*doing research for her 'Fantastic Beasts' story'

So...Dame Agatha Christie was in Paris in 1905.

After Ariana's death in 1899, Albus spent some undefined time in Paris tutoring under Flamel...

How likely is it that they met and stayed in contact? 😅😉

[augureysfeather]

TW: Animal abuse mentioned I guess

Back when I was studying psychology, we were also being taught about various perceptual disorders, how they develop/are caused, what they cause in your brain, how they affect vision, sense of balance etc.

And our psychology professor explained, just as an aside, that some of these disorders were studied on young animals, which were deliberately deprived of particular sensory impressions ffrom birth (the example he used, I think, was of a kitten literally raised in a tube painted with vertical stripes).

During the lesson, I told my 'friend' that I don't feel comfortable with this kind of animal abuse. That's all. That's all I said. I don't like it.

And she made a disgusted face at me and told me that without these kind of experiments, we'd have a lot less knowledge about perception, cognition, brains etc. (true) and thus, they are necessary (maybe?) and I should be grateful they are conducted at all (respectfully, no).

We didn't stay friends much longer...

[augureysfeather]

New headcanon after reading about the HBO series Dumbledore wearing high-heeled shoes: There's a yearly high-heel race at Hogwarts starting from the dungeons, ending at the Astronomy tower.

Albus won it every year since he became headmaster.

(Severus snagging second place continuously after he started as a teacher)

XD