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Pete:i just saw a rly weird tiktok interviewer on the subway lmao

Sofie:Oh yeah? What were they doing?

Pete:asking people their spiciest opinions, but it was really awkward

Pete:i dunno if theyve got a good chance of making it

Sofie:Bad social media influencers are pretty dime a dozen aren’t they?

Sofie:I mean, half of some of the mom’s groups I’m in are trying to become mommy bloggers. Or tiktokers. Or whatever.

Pete:do bad social media influencers make new york go round?

Sofie:Well, do they buy books from your store? Making themselves look all cultured and shit?

Pete:yeah, i guess

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refill sulfasalazine

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was that electrician who just worked on our stove the young sheldon of electrical work
because that thing threw me across the room and set off a wild magic surge and she looked thirteen and fixed it in less than two minutes
wtf

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Pete:do u have any naproxen? im stuck behind the counter at work

Sofie:I’m at home, Pete. I can instacart you some if you need.

Pete:i can instacart for myself i just wasnt sure if u were visiting ricky or smth

Sofie:Are you sure? Are you good?

Pete:im fine

Pete:well

Pete:not fine

Pete:but u kno

Sofie:Can someone come back and take over for you?

Pete:im the vox phantasma ive got this

Sofie:Mmm.

Sofie:Don't hurt yourself Pete.

Pete:so says the one who jumped off the empire state

Sofie:That was safe and you know it.

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tiktok: artificing_local: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8ytruPE/
new account — started december 2025
video went viral dec 28
weird effect on videos since then? some filter?
multiple posts per day. multiple subway lines.

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Pete:is drinking tea cultural appropriation

Sofie:Pete, I am wearing a Peppa the Pig blanket tied around me as a shirt in case the UPS guy comes.

Sofie:I can’t do this right now.

Pete:fair

Pete:i just dont want to be a bad person u kno

Sofie:You’re not a bad person, Pete.

Sofie:Drinking tea isn’t going to make you a bad person.

Pete:right the crippling cycles of stressing about whether im a bad person makes me a bad person

Sofie:Nothing about you makes you a bad person.

Pete:ur not meant to be doing this right now

Pete:give cat an apple and a kiss for me

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download maintenance phase podcast

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Pete:help

Pete:i got stuck in my doorframe

Sofie:???

Sofie:What could you mean by that?

Pete:i was trying to flip upside down in my doorframe and i got stuck

Sofie:You need to get Cody to get you down.

Sofie:Make him use those new-found muscles for some good.

Pete:soooooooofie

Pete:yeah ok

Pete:does cat watch cocomelon?

Sofie:No, it sounds too much like the salon did with all of the ladies chattering over the pop music.

Pete:man, ok. can i buy her books?

Sofie:You can buy her anything you want. Even Cocomelon. If you hate me.

Pete:i dont hate u

Sofie:Explain the piano toy you bought then.

Pete:its good for kids development to play music

Sofie:Is it good for their development for their mother to have to scream into a pillow every 10 minutes?

Pete:oops

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reminder: aa meeting now tuesday 7:45pm

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Pete:did u kno a marathon is more than 26 miles?

Sofie:That is awful. Don’t run a marathon.

Pete:i thought it was a good goal

Pete:thanks for the talk yesterday btw

Pete:i saw the tiktoker on the subway again btw

Sofie:Huh. I don’t like coincidences like that.

Sofie:How about you get an uber home and tomorrow we can catch the subway into Scales together?

Pete:i could ask cody to do that

Sofie:I’d really rather it was me.

Sofie:And Cat could use a trip across the bridge.

Pete:sof u have to kno that is not the bridge anyone thinks of when it comes to new york

Pete:sof u have to kno

Pete:sof

Sofie:I’ll see you at 10.

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talk to dr lugash about lining up prescription refill schedule

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Sofie:Okay so I did some research while I was on the ferry.

Sofie:I’m gonna get Esther to look into some of this stuff. It seems a little beyond me honestly.

Pete:so u do think this is unsleeping?

Pete:i was going to show josh some of the videos and see if he can see that weird effect or if it is unsleeping

Pete:but i dont think ill see him until tomorrow

Sofie:Could you get Cody to?

Sofie:Since he’s Josh’s best friend?

Pete:codys my best friend

Pete:but so are u

Pete:i guess u can have more than one best friend

Sofie:You can definitely have more than one best friend.

Sofie:Because Dale is also my best friend :)

Pete:gross sof

Pete:joking

Pete:okay ill let u kno when i hear back from cody

Pete:yeah josh cant see it

Pete:its unsleeping

Sofie:Okay, calling Esther.

Sofie:Don’t try to do this alone, Pete.

Pete:hey

Pete:we do this as a team

Sofie:Yeah. Dream Team :)

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Sofie:Esther got back to me.

Sofie:She thinks there’s some sort of harnessing going on. Hard to tell exactly what, but harnessing. Or harvesting?

Pete:like turning some form of energy into something else?

Sofie:I think so, but I’m not clear on what exactly.

Pete:so is it harvesting from the people theyre interviewing or from the people watching on tiktok?

Sofie:Well, the effect is on the videos so probably the people who are watching?

Sofie:But really it could be both cause you said something was weird in the interview too, right?

Pete:yeah. idk a flickering or something? it didnt seem real

Pete:like i really hate to say it but it made me feel like i was tripping again u kno

Sofie:Oh Pete, I’m sorry.

Sofie:You know you can talk to me about that right?

Pete:im ok

Pete:i talked to dr lugash

Sofie:Okay. Good.

Sofie:But if you ever have to call and he’s in surgery or something, you call me.

Pete:i will

Pete:i promise

Sofie:Okay. Good.

Sofie:So maybe on the people they’re interviewing as well as the viewers.

Sofie:The questions seem about… Like, weird, I guess? But things that people dislike?

Sofie:Is it harnessing anger?

Pete:engagement, maybe

Pete:people will defend the stuff thats being shit talked too

Sofie:Controversy?

Pete:yeah exactly

Pete:people will argue in the comments about anything and with anyone

Sofie:And it’s opinions that the people interviewing are willing to die on a hill over too.

Sofie:So farming outrage for… something?

Pete:its a lot of energy for whatever theyre doing

Sofie:Okay. No subway until we get this sorted.

Sofie:Have you told everyone?

Pete:ill call kingston

Pete:everyone else pays attention to the group chat

Sofie:Great.

Sofie:I think people can get together on Friday.

Sofie:We’ll get Ana and Amelia to look after the kids.

Pete:three kids for two twenty somethings?

Sofie:They’re smart girls they’ll figure it out.

Pete:are u sure u dont just want a break?

Sofie:You can’t babysit you’re not allowed on the subway alone, Pete.

Pete:fiiiiiine

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shopping list
- honey
- bagels
- eggs
- seltzer
- tofu (text ricky about what brand he says has the most protein)
- ramen
- frozen dumplings

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Pete:reeeeeeally not liking sitting on my hands

Sofie:Have you tried any of those mindfulness things that they talk about all the time.

Pete:arghhhhhhhhh

Pete:sofie

Sofie:Okay fine.

Sofie:Surely Cody has a bank for you to go throw paint at or something.

Pete:paint? that would be crass

Sofie:Crass?

Pete:idk

Pete:he prefers his art to be wrought in big gulp

Sofie:His art?

Sofie:I mean I support his fuck the system vibe but I’m not sure I’d call it art.

Pete:its something

Pete:and hes being better targeted in his art these days

Sofie:Pete I think you really need to speak to Kingston about what art means.

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etherealness?
can you make an ice cream spider with seltzer?
order more matcha

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Sofie:Ricky, Kingston and I are on our way.

Pete:igas here

Sofie:And Cody?

Pete:yes, he does live here lmao

Sofie:I can never assume with him.

Pete:hes doing well now sof

Sofie:Okay, okay.

Sofie:Sorry.

Pete:theyre going live

Pete:we cant meet here

Pete:their follower count has skyrocketed

Sofie:Okay.

Sofie:What line, where can we meet?

Pete:g line

Pete:god its the worst option

Sofie:You’re the Vox Phantasma you can conquer the G Line Pete.

Pete:the things that were asked to do

Pete:the sacrifices were asked to make

Sofie:See you soon.

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Sofie:In retrospect bickering before a fight with an entity that fed on conflict was not our finest hour.

Pete:neither was letting cody and ricky be that close to each other

Sofie:But we lived.

Pete:the crowd was shockingly into it

Sofie:I mean Cody did half-rip Ricky’s shirt off. That appeals to a lot of people.

Pete:true

Pete:etherealness came in clutch though

Sofie:You always come in clutch. And no bad wild magic surges!

Pete:zero wild magic surges!

Pete:good day all in all

Sofie:I owe you.

Pete:u never could, sof

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buy froot loops to add to the last of the eggnog