Hi, I'm here to talk about the tool gitpr Which is used to make pull requests as quick as possible basically everyone always says you should open small pull requests, but when the Keystrokes needed to actually go to the browser Open the pull request type the message Takes more time than the change itself. That's not really gonna happen So let's see how it works Here we are in a repository the change is already here I Can look at it using my git word dis alias git di w to see The change. Okay, that's good Start with git fetch. That's always a good idea before making a new pull request You can do git PR new to make a new branch for the pull request Let's call this fixed caching. Okay, the branch is made If we look at the branches using git branch, my alias is dash br We see it's based off of origin master, which is the right thing So now we do the commit. I have an alias cip which is The same as git commit dash p So I run this and it interactively Shows the commits to me. Yes, and yes Okay, here we go This automatic prefix of the file name that has changed is not from git PR. It's something else that I've made I Will paste in my pre-made commit message which shows Why it's done and what is to review So this becomes the pull request message because there's no reason to make a separate commit message and pull request message It's not that bad to have the pull request info saved as a permanent part of the repository anyway So we save it and the commit is made We can verify with git show. Yeah So now we get PR push So this will just push the branch if we add the dash r option Then it will also open a pull request with it. If we do dash n it will all also Not show an editor to allow us to enter the pull request message without this an editor will open and we'll show this On our commit message and we can edit it for the pull request message. That's just unnecessary right now So PR push dash r dash n. Let's do this So it's pushed so up to here is Just pushing and now here it is trying to open the pull request let's copy this and Go to github and here we are and The pull request title is the title of our commit and the other words are the commit message And that's basically it so it works the same for github and git lab and will auto-detect the difference between them and also if Unlike this case you have a separate fork for your changes from the upstream it can automatically detect these so like oh Get PR info we see the detected origin is origin the detected upstream remote is Also origin because I only have one remote here so To clean up our old stuff We can get PR prune which will remove all of the branches which have already been merged Both locally and remote So we can also fetch pull request like this get PR fetch eight and then There's a new branch PR slash eight Mmm. Yeah, well I know the command but anyway, there's a Well Anyway, there's a new remote tracking branch origin PR eight which will Show the contents of that PR and you can check it off. Yeah, there we go now. We're on PR eight Okay, that's basically it It's a single file Single shell script that you just need to put in path and to do github You just need to install the single binary hub which controls the github API to make these pull requests Thanks a lot


Welcome to Access to Trader, the number one community for those who are committed to taking control of their trading in order to achieve success, profitability, and longevity. Thank you for joining us. Here's Dan Shapiro to help you find your edge, master your process, and own your future. Hey guys, good evening everybody. Welcome to another edition of theaccentrator.com. Nightly wrap up show. I hope everybody is doing well. Sorry I missed you guys on the weekend. There was no weekend update last week. I was so tired. I needed a week weekend to kind of to decompress. We saw some incredible aggressive action last week. Sometimes renewing this business for such a long time. You need just a minute to just take a deep breath, right? Take a deep breath, kind of see exactly what's going on in the world. You know, recharge the batteries, reset the brain. Because again, it's never about the day. It's always about your longevity and it's always about your career. So there was no video this weekend. And today I feel great, felt great at a great weekend, did a lot of relaxing, got super recharged. And here we are, right? Here we are. If you are brainy to the channel, guys, thank you very much for tuning in. All we ask is like, subscribe and share. And we'll try to do our darnest, right? To continue to give you unbiased, technical, technical views of the tape on a day-to-day basis. So let's fast forward, right? Let's fast forward to 1120, right? November the 20th, that was the highest point after this just absolutely ridiculous V-shaped recovery from the October 26th lows. And then slowly but surely, right? If you've been watching this video in the last two weeks, you started noticing something because we've been talking about it for about a week or so. So we started noticing that the market started putting in lower closes than opens. And basically what it means is you see a bunch of red candles on the daily close, which is the complete opposite from the October 26th close. And we saw all green candles. We literally saw two red candles in three and a half weeks of upward bias with the crescendo coming on November the 20th, which basically meant pretty much every single day closed higher than the open. Then slowly but surely we started seeing a couple of things, right? The next three days, we saw the candles shrinking. And not only that the candles shrink, well, they started putting in a red bar. A red bar is the opposite of a green bar. So basically meant the closes were lower than the open and slowly but surely we started seeing stocks started to gas out. We talked about the Nasdaq 100 names, the Microsofts of the world, the Metas, the Netflixes and the videos of the world, the tests of the world, Microsoft, AMD, Apple, Amazon, Google, right? They just wouldn't go up anymore. And it's not that they wouldn't go up forever. They just wouldn't go up because they had such an incredible run. So the market was sucking out speculation money on the Nasdaq 100 names and putting them into retail names, putting them into banks, putting them to hell, everything in GameStop for God's sake. We'll get them GameStop in a second. That's right. I haven't I haven't been sipping wine. I actually said that, right? So the point is we started seeing the market go lower. We started going to market go lower. We kept on holding this five day moving average and we kept on reiterating one number. We guys remember that if you go back to video after video after video after video, we kept on saying, guys, you don't need to anticipate the back test. Just wait for 388. You guys remember that 388, 388, 388 over and over every video, 388, 388. And then slowly, but surely the market continued to go sideways, continued to go sideways, put in this last bar, inverted hammer. Again, we were still watching this 388 level.  Here we are back to 382 test of the rising 20 day support. So which basically means this, OK, guys, we, you know, for all you brand new traders, always remember, OK, markets are never as good and never as bad as you think. Stocks get tired both to the downside and to the upside. So for here, the sellers has got tired and the buyers took over. And here the sell and the buyers got tired and the sellers took over. And now initially we have, well, not initially. Now we have since we got this little bit of backfill into this rising 60 minute support, excuse me, this rising 20 minute support. Now we have 20 day support. Sorry, long day, 20 day support. Now we have a definitive line saying again, we'll get to the individual pivots in a second. So the question now goes into the last lap of 2023. Well, now that we held the rising 20 day support and we did gap fill, right? We physically gap filled this whole move. Right? We physically gap though the whole move. What happens next? And here's the greatest part. Right? Here's the greatest part of my answer. We don't have to guess just the same way we talked about guys. Don't guess 388, 388, 388, 388, 388, 388, 388. Right? We broke 388. We went down to the 382, 383 level. We don't have to guess, right? We don't have to guess. So going into tomorrow's session, you're going to see a lot of hammers, A lot of hammers being put in on daily charts. A hammer, again, is bullish, right? If you look at any random hammer on a chart, you'll see. Here's the last, let me see, Michelle, let me see the last hammer here, here's the last hammer. Here's the last hammer here on August the 25th, I'm sure there's one I'm missing, but you could tell what happened, right? After the sell-off, here's the hammer, basically stocks goes higher than the open and it started a week worth of aggression and here was an inverted hammer, I guess what happened next, selling. So hammer is bullish, inverted hammer is bearish and you'll see a lot of charts having a hammer off a rising 20-day support and you'll see that mirroring on a lot of names. The question is, does it actually follow through? Again, that's the answer. We don't know, but we are now prepared on both sides of the market. So if you look at charts tonight and I, again, I always encourage new traders to always look at charts, you'll notice a lot of stocks still look really, really good. A lot of stocks though, tested this rising support and giving us a definitive line in the sand, going into for potential more sellers. And that's kind of where we start the day, right? We start tomorrow. Guys, write down this new number, right now 388 doesn't really matter anymore. Okay, write down this new number. The new number here is this 382.66 level. That is today's low and that is also the rising 20-day support. If any time, the next couple of days, three days, five days, two weeks, whatever the case may be, if the bears cannot, excuse me, if the bulls cannot maintain this bounce that we had off those levels today and the bears start reclaiming back those 382.60s level, guys, look how much room you have down. Right? Again, I don't want to put the cart in front of the horse. We just want to make sure that all our viewers, all our members, all our friends, all the people we contact with or interact with on social media, whatever the case may be, that puts in 15, 20 minutes to watch this every single day, is kind of prepared. So we knew the 388 was important. Now we know 382.60s is going to be super duper important on the keys because again, if that falls, if you believe in the theory that stocks trade from supply to supply and demand to demand, well, demand was 388. Now the demand was 382. Well, the next demand is all the way here to 374. So the bulls better hold on to the 382.60s level on the closing basis or you are going to have another potential very, very aggressive session. Now the answer to the question is, well, are we going to have or what is this? You know, I hear this all the time. What is this? What is this Santa Claus rally is going to start? Hello, we've been in Santa Claus rallying since October the 26th. How much more do you guys want? But yes, it would be nice to close off the year in a very, very aggressive way. People are happier. People are smiling. People are in a festive move. The last thing, majority of retail investors want to see is a close all the way down to the 50-day moving average and we're having a completely different conversation going through the January of 2024. So yes, I am in that camp. I would love to see everybody feel good towards the holiday season, holiday time, but just to be completely, completely clear. We've been Santa Claus rallying for like two months now, okay? Because October, since the October, you know, October 26th lows. So guys, I don't know what magical stock you're looking for or a magical green light you're looking for, but the NASDAQ 100, the QQQs, went from 342 all the way up to 392, a 52-point move in a month. Yes, we are Santa Claus rallying and now we have a definitive line in the sand for a potential swan dive if we ever get back to that area. So when you look at today's session again, you'll notice a bunch of things happen, right? The retail names that we've been speaking about for a long time, right? Etsy. You guys remember we've been talking about Etsy, nonstop. Even today, Target finally got rid of half of my position today.  It's not moving. It finally moved. Right? Finally moved. We had some great, great move here into the 60, excuse me, into the daily supplies into the 36s, about a four and a half point move. I'm down to about a half size now, break even now on the balance. If Target could just get above on a closing basis above 3620s and again, now it's $3 away, but if Target could finally get above like the 3620s on a closing basis, it could really open up. The other names continue to be really strong is the banks, right? The banks, whether it's talk or hearsay or speculation about eventual rate cuts, well, they're loving this. You know, they're loving it. Going nuts. Golden sacks. Going nuts. Bank of America. Golden. Going nuts. JP Morgan. Right? Going nuts. So there's a lot of great rotation in the market. The semiconductor names are having to rest, the software names having to rest and now that we bounce off those levels, the question is, are we going to bounce tomorrow? We will say again, get a game plan for everything, but look at the stock. So this is kind of what we keep on reiterating how strong this market is. Look at the stocks that have their one or two week runs throughout the year. They're having it now. So look at a name like Carvana, right? Carvana, you know, just a monster. Carvana, absolutely going nuts. A name like Letter U is going nuts. AFRM, again, these stocks have runs twice a year. Again, it really shows how strong these stocks are, but they're having their runs. Look at GameStop. Again, I'm not even, I promise you, I'm not high, I'm not on pills, I'm not drinking. The longer this market holds up here, look at this flag GameStop is building it, right?  But a name like GameStop that had this massive movement not going down, all it needs to do is reclaim back the 150 day EMA. Boy, oh boy, this thing can stretch out as well. Look at a name, for example, like Blackberry in the theme of meme stocks. This thing is literally one day away from waking up, so you can clearly see the market continues to be very good, the market continues to reward the smaller names, the speculation names, and now the question is, well, do we finally get these beta names to wake up? But if not, right, we will be prepared. And what I mean by we'll be prepared is, well, take a look, right? Look in the video, right? Look in the video. So in the video finally got cracked, right? If I finally cracked, went down to the 50 day. This is what I mean, buddy, if the bears start to kinda come back through today's levels. Look in the video, if it loses the 50 day moving average, that's a problem. Look at Tesla, again, Tesla's been in this tight channel, but boy, oh boy, if Tesla starts losing the bottom of this channel here, why can it gap fill all the way back down to the 224? Again, I'm not saying this is gonna happen tomorrow, but again, don't we have to be prepared for it? And that's the name of the game. So if you look at the action for tomorrow, you got names, like a Qualcomm that's setting up to the upside, right? Pretty looking chart. You got roadblocks that is maybe a day or two away from maybe testing its earnings highs. You gotta name again, like GameStop, right? Like GameStop that again, nobody in their right mind would be invested in this thing. I say that with tongue in cheek. I know, I know, I know. Killed it, what does it call it? Killed the rich? What was that documentary called on Netflix? Eat the rich? Whatever the hell it's called, but the point is GameStop actually does the good. And if it does confirm this top of the channel here with the next couple of days or maybe it doesn't, but boy oh boy, the sinker stretch out as well. So the key is guys, trade where you feel comfortable. If you trade meme stocks, just be prepared. If you trade semiconductors and softwares and biotechs, whatever it is, come to the table every single day prepared. You can't just wake up at 9.30 in the morning and see the hot stock of the day. If you have doubts that case, I know very, very little limited traders that are having a massive career based on that theory. Your job is to be prepared from the night before. Go through a lot of stocks, go through the groups that you're trading. Go do whatever you have to do to put yourself in the driver's position so that the next day you're prepared for good, bad or indifferent instead of sitting there at what wishful thinking like hopefully something is gonna fall into your lap and God is gonna help you again. God doesn't care about your position. God doesn't care about the stock market. God was there for a bigger purpose and not hoping and saving you from a bad trade. So let's talk about it, right? Let's talk about it. Now that we know we have a line in the sand on the NASDAQ 100 for a foreseeable future, let's talk about some pivots for today. And these are names, basically. These are names that we talked about during the day we were ready for. You'll notice there is a lot of smaller names, and the smaller names did very well. Tesla obviously didn't break below yet. IONQ 1370 needs to build. Again, not a big move, not a big move, but again, $13 stock. This is the highest close in this whole formation. 1370 went to 1409. Again, still looks like it wants 1450s. Next stop, Carvana. Congratulations for what you guys have called Carvana. Opening range, if it opens below 3650, it opened exactly at 3650. Below the day, it was literally 3652. I used that up pivot, if not opening range highs.  It opened up at 3650, opening range, and just went absolutely bananas into the 42 level. I mean, look at the move here, right? So this is literally the opening range highs here, just went absolutely out of its mind. Carvana, Airbnb gave a dollar pop. 135, 42 needs to confirm. Here was Airbnb, Airbnb, right? Airbnb took out that level, traded up about a dollar 30, nothing huge. BBIO, 31 needs to build. Again, you can see smaller names, not necessarily small cap, but smaller names. Definitely rewarding those who trade them. 31 needs to build. Stock went to 32 and a half. Really, really big move that looks higher from here. Oh, and this is the big one, right? This is the big one on the ETF side. So ranges for the week, 390, 55 to the upside, 3580 to the downside, and here are the cues, right? Perfect move, took out 3580 and traded right to the next support of 38266, which now we know is the lion in the sand. So that's it, guys. Hopefully everybody is doing well. Hopefully everybody is healthy tomorrow. Again, we are prepared on both sides of the market. I have downside movers. I have potential upside movers. The key is, don't guess, just the same way we didn't guess about 3880 to the downside, don't guess that there's more selling to come. Maybe it does, maybe it does, but at least now we know the next line in the sand. Guys, have a great night. God bless, and I will see you tomorrow. Take care.


If you're an artist and you remember to bring along your sketchbook, you never truly have to wait. Instead, someone arriving late for an appointment becomes an opportunity. An opportunity to sit down and draw what you see. And to be able to draw what you see, you have to be present. You have to be in the moment to observe. Not to think about the past or future, just take things as they are. Wait still, almost like a statue, and take in the world. But truth be told, you don't really need to be an artist or to remember a sketchbook in order to do that. The sketchbook just makes it easier. All you need to do is look around you, breathe in, and let the world remind you how incredibly beautiful and absurd existence is.


Alright guys, we are back with Baldur's Gate 3. A little bit of a recap. It's been a minute since I played last. We gave some time for the YouTube videos and stuff to catch up. So here is where we are so far. We're not in China. We're actually in Baldur's Gate 3. So we just fought our way out of the prison. It took us freaking forever. Like ages.  No, it did. It took me like five hours.  But it's okay because it's not backwards because it's just the way we do it, right? Here on this channel. We got that going on. We are leaving the tunnel. We saved the gnomes. And we're going back and we are following the gnomes on the boat to leave the prison. And these are the same gnomes that we talked about saving back in Grimforge. So that's where we are now and we're going to get started. A half hour by the name of Jaheera. Okay. And... All right. There we go. This feels wrong. Something feels wrong here, guys. At ease, Jaheera. I'm no threat. I'm bound by, oh, not Tarmin' Innocent. Baladin, so I'll bind you with vines a moment longer if you do not mind. This is why we're here, you see. It is a curious creature that hides all manner of secrets. But if there's one thing that we know, it's that it knows its own kind. He loves me. You should never have come here, true soul. Strength rage against the machine. I am not a true soul. He's the one who protected the Emerald Grove. Yup. Didn't even go up in standing. Not so bad to hang around with either. Saved us from a mad druid and a snake. A real cloth act. Oh, that was the kid from earlier. Attack. She's one of the miners that has that puzzle. Do I shore the artifact? Here's my thing. Why should I be so trusting this person? I guess... Yeah, but I don't know her from Baldur's Gate 1 and 2. You know what I mean? Tell Jaheera everything you know about the artifact. And to understand what that artifact is. But I'm old and wise enough to radically... I am back low, Steve. ...when it crawls out of the dark. Tell me. Why have you come here? To destroy the Absolute in its lair. I just want to cure for the parasite. My Unmoving Rise Tower is my only lead. Do I really want to destroy the Absolute? I kind of do. I mean, so what I was trying to do, I was trying to befriend the bad guys to usurp them. But really at the end of the day, I really just want to cure for the parasite. I'm here on holiday. I'll just say I'm here on holiday. I'm in holiday from playing Madden. Yeah, I never played the old Baldur's Gate games. I'm loving this. Okay, let's go. First things first. So I need a minute to kind of get my feet under me because I haven't played in a while.  I would say this is probably going to be mine so far. I thought it was Final Fantasy XVI, and I do think Final Fantasy XVI is really good. But I think when it's all said and done, I'm going to lean towards this.  Should I make the jump chat? Do we swap? Do we swap Lazell for Karloch? And then what I would do is I would respect Karloch into a fight or rogue. Okay, here we go, Karloch. Come on, we're heading up. Yeah, I've never actually used her. I got leveled her up, but I didn't actually use her yet. Dude, I wish they had a talent calculator for this game. Now I wonder if fight or rogue is better or fight or ranger is better. Fighting style, two-weapon fighting, everything out of defense or dexterity. Why no dex? So I have gloves that set her dex to 18. Yeah, they're OP. So that's why Lazell just turned into a freak. Subclass, battle master, maneuver. Okay, so one maneuver to do. I did repost. I did disarming attack, repost. And then I did precision attack, but precision attack kind of was unnecessary. Let's go trip attack. So now we have Karloch in here. We're going to take Karloch. We respect her to being like a dual-wheeled person. And then this looks like we're at the infernal forge area. And it looks like we're going to talk to her right now. Oh my God, soldier. That's Jeheira. The Jeheira. Jeheira's witnesses. Baldurian, she lives in the city, right? Don't you know the whole story? Years ago, over a century, Jeheira was part of a group that saved Baldur's gate from Saravok. A barl sport tried to punch the city into war. My mum used to tell us stories about them. The legends who protected the city from evil. She said Jeheira was a powerful druid, adamant, tough. I've told myself those stories a thousand times since. I never thought I'd meet Jeheira. She's a hero, and I was always some out-of-city kid. I can't believe she wants to talk to us about working together.   So let's talk to Daemon with, should I talk to her with Karloch? Insight failed. My senses deceive me. You brought a bit of the hells back with you. Infernal engine? Who needs a heart when you've got one of these to keep you warm? Thank you, Zario. Forget warm.  Might be burning out a piston ring or leaking oil. Mind if I take a listen? Please do. I've been dying to find an infernal mechanic. Now that's hot. I think I could sort you out. I can hear the ocean. But I need some infernal iron and a lot of luck. We'll look for some iron. We have some iron, actually. Fuck, yes we will. Okay. Sure. Meantime, if you need to stock up, everything I have is available. Okay, so here's the big question. Do I keep the blood of Lathander, the weapon that murdered myself, entire race? Some of you guys say put it on Shadowheart, but she never attacks, so I feel like it's kind of worthless. Yeah, I say it's not for attacking, but then also like plus three weapon enchantment, like, you know, like, okay. Have a gander at the finest stop. I'm gandering, I'm gandering. Is there another traitor? Oh, here's Barkh's roots. I knew him earlier. This party looks nuts, by the way. Dude, my party is stacked. I'm so, like, happy with my party here. Map of the Shadowlands. Wait, why can't I reach this? How can I not reach this? Have a gander at the finest stop, please. You're welcome. What's up, Rande? Smell the wine first. No, but it spoils my trust. I have nothing to hide. A hint of flavor. Still not quite so sure about you, though. People tend to lose more than just flavor when elithids get their hands on them. I speak from experience. There's an error about you. Something alien. Answer me true and do not lie. The parasite is changing you. Isn't it? Saving Throne, despite knowing that you're under the effects of Throne, try to deny the tadpole as any influence over you. Can't tell if it's a real life or an insolence. I can't tell. It's a girl in a game, though. Deliberating him? Deliberating? Ketheric Thorm? I encountered him in Moonrise Towers. If he's back, Ravus should have hit him harder in the first place. Yeah, I encountered him in the Moonrise Towers. A true gander. I'm destroying Baldur's Gate. I put an arrow through his eye myself. Only to watch him pluck it out like a splinter. He healed right in front of me. And chased us into the shadows. Things looked hopeless. But experience has taught me that no matter how bleak things look, there's always hope. You are that hope. Delight is rather dim. I almost always pick those. Shadowlands? You want to make use of my infection, but I want to be cured of it. Ketheric's days are numbered. I'll make sure of it. I'm just going to be full sane with her, I think. Your days are numbered too. Yet you're selflessly offered to spend them fighting alongside us.  I promise I will do everything I can to make sure you survive this. Any cure starts with understanding the disease. Whatever magic Ketheric's using to control these tadpoles, it must be at Moonrise. Until then, we keep drinking wine when we meet. How do I reach him? The towers are shrouded by shadows. You're not our only secret weapon. Isabel. A faithful cleric of Seluna. And a light in the darkness. Cleric of Seluna's enemy of the Shaw, right? It's the only reason we're still alive. She's upstairs in her chambers. Tell her I sent you. And she'll see you through the shadows safely. Talk to Wolverine. Where's Wolverine? Oh, Wolverine. Oh, I don't need anything else. Thanks. Hello? I saved your life. Your friend Varkas is just around the corner. You said hello? Oh, Varkas. Perhaps later. Was there something else? Hello? They're gonna thank me for saving your life? Surely Varkas will take care of that. How do you and Varkas know each other? Oh, we hail from the same village in the Underdark. We're hung about in the same parcel of children. Varkas tends to make more of it than it is. Uh, what are you gonna do when you get out of here? I have plans in Baldur's Gate. The work of many years labor that will finally bear fruit. You should look for me once we're in the city. The name Wolverine Bungle will be mentioned among many. I've little doubt. Do you care to elaborate on these plans? That's iron hand gnome business. Safe failed history. What part do you plan the iron hand gnomes? I am more than a part. I am its oil and gears. I am its purpose, its leader. We are inventors of the highest order. Matched, perhaps, but never surpassed by the Gondians at the High House of Wonders. But our forebears were foolish, complicit with Saravok's madness over a century past. And so, we were banished. We're still after this day. Siding with the murderous lunatic is more than foolish. Perhaps. But why should I be punished for a mistake I took no part in? The Gondians refuse us. Time and time again, I have fought tooth and nail to restore our reputation. Particularly against the Gondian detractors who live in glass houses. Our return to Baldesgate will usher in a new era for the iron hand gnomes. The realm deserves the benefit of our genius. I'll leave you to your own devices. Appreciate it. And you can leave me to mine! Oh, I missed. Awkward. I saved it already. I didn't realize I had an audience. The true soul who's going to save us all. I'm Isabelle, pleased to meet you. And you, I've heard you're the protector of this inn, the banisher of shadows. Myself and our lady are doing what we can to hold the line. I hear you and your tadpole will be our offense. Free from the absolute's influence. Yet, able to walk among cultists. It's almost too good to be true. But I'd be a poor cleric indeed, not to avail of a blessing when I see one. Let me guess. Jahiris sent you to beg a protection spell off her favorite cleric. Okay. It'll make you immune to the lesser effects of the shadow curse. Which will get you closer to the towers. But there are places it won't help. Places where the curse is darker, stronger. Okay. The cultists are able to traverse even the deepest shadows though. I don't know how. The harpers are trying to figure it out. This is a loonite magic. Dark Nadie, forgive me. Ooh. Good nose. Like a nasty little terrier. Very nice of you, but I've been to moonrise towers already. You. Sup chicken wiener? Thanks ma'am. Forgive me for gilding the lily. I suppose if Jahiris hasn't gone tearing into the night, there's work to be done there yet. I wish you luck. The very best of it. Anything else I should know before heading off? Ketheric is a frightening man. But you have something he doesn't. Allies worth having. While you're busy in the towers, I'll be sure to... Wait. Do you hear that? Something's wrong. Uh oh. What's wrong? Who's this? Flaming Fist Marcus. Isabel, do you know this man? Take the girl to Ketheric alive. Wisdom probes thoughts. What does he want with her? Let's probe him. Let's probe him, let's probe him. There's no way I've missed a six. Ah, killer maddown. Its instructions vivid in your mind. Nothing is more important than bringing the girl alive. What's going on? If you have something to say, say it. I'm actually like, I wonder if I should just let things happen. Because sometimes you let things happen. My thought process is just letting things play out and then stepping in when I need to. But your oath? Yeah, I mean I don't let anything bad happen. But I don't intervene. He's clearly bad. It's because his hair has died a different color than his beard. It's kidnapping evil or not. What if I go with and then I kill them from the inside? You already freed the prisoners, true. I'm going to save just for the sake of seeing what happens. I'm going to choose one. I've decided it's one. But I want to hit the other options just to see what happens. You? You're one of them will never give you whatever it is he's promised you. He already has. Wings? Time to go, Isabelle. I love wings. Oh, I never ate my salad that I ordered.  Dude, if you say, dude, they killed everybody. Everybody that I saved gets dead. Ketheric wants to revive. Oh my gosh, dude, the evil route is so bad. All the innocents are killed. Did it oath break? It should have oath break, right? Oath broken. Wow. That's crazy. Marcus is trying to kidnap you, Isabelle. We're going to need to fight our way out of this. Pathetic. The absolute sees all. Your treachery will be punished. I'll let you punish this. The absolute? Of course. You can't believe them, Marcus. Ketheric will never give you whatever it is you've been promised. He already has. Time to go, Isabelle. They do the fight regardless. They failed the constitution.  Oh, no, they killed him anyway. What the frick? Oh, look at this. Look at this.  You just run away. Hello? How many moves? How much motion does this guy have? Okay, car lock. This is our first chance to use car lock in combat. Let's see how she goes. Flaming fist Marcus. I want to examine. I want to see if he has any weaknesses or resistances. He does not. 23 strength though. That's big damn. I'm going to go ahead and I want to run. I wonder if you can turn invisible. Probably not. Oh, I do have an advantage over him. But he's going to stay alive for a while. So I'm going to see rings my M. If the cleric, Isabelle reaches zero, horse power, you lose five. Miss. Are you kidding me, man? Okay, we got another twin. We're going to get a second one. Oh, big damn. Sneak attack, critical. Wait, did I get two crits? Oh, no. I only hit once with the Syrian smite, but you do 14 bonus damage. Sick. Okay. You know what I think I should do? I think I should action surge and just unload into him right here because he's already right next to us. Maybe I try and disarm and maybe I can miss. That'd be really, really good. So disarm again. Okay. He stayed from the disarm, but that's okay. Maybe we haste S-Fant. What's ensnaring strike? Ensnaring strike. Did it work? Oh, it did. He's ensnared. Cool. What's going on here? Dude, there's so many. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. What was that big attack of opportunity? That was Karloch? Karloch did an attack of opportunity for insane damage. Yeah. So I think one thing's for sure is that I really got to get Karloch another weapon that is a finesse weapon for sneak attack bonus because I made her a rogue. So now I might as well go here and run the big dam. Luck of the far realms. Divine smite. Oh, he's a fiend, right? These are fiends. Oh my gosh.  I got to go save these people though.  I got to save them.  Minus one equals zero. Leah? Dude, you guys do no damage. You guys just need to survive. What are you doing? Oh my gosh. Okay. So Karloch has 91% chance to hit here. Oh, because he's ensnared, he has a, oh my gosh, we have a higher chance to hit him as well. I wonder if we do disarming attack when they're ensnared. It's even better. Are we in Hunter's market maybe? Ooh. Okay. Ready? Guys, we're going to blow her up right here. I should go with disarming. Critical hit. He is saved, but oh my gosh, dude, I'm doing tons of damage. 29 piercing, two acid, seven psychic, and I can get another disarming. Well, I guess, dude, honestly, I might just, yeah, let's do this again. Okay, it's fine. Concentrated blast, magic missiles. Yeah, but it uses a spell slot, and that's kind of unnecessary. Let's use concentrated blast because I haven't used it yet. Oh, but it breaks my concentration to use it. Oh my gosh. Dude, I didn't, oh my gosh, dude. I didn't inspect the spell. Dot, dot, dot. There's one line. The spell you were concerting on will end. Really? Uh, okay. I was underleveled in my first playthrough because I didn't do Mountain Pass yet and it took me like two hours to win this. I'm actually upset. Well, dude, it's like whatever, I was trying to get out of the prison. It took me four hours because I was two levels underlevel. And like I didn't have spells. Like that was a nightmare. Man, it's so, it's so hard to like, there's no, there's only thing. I wish there was a button like the Sims, which is like kind of funny in general that I'm like comparing the Sim to the Sims, but like where you can go up and down levels. Have you reclassed anyone? I reclassed Corlok, I reclassed Shadowheart and I reclassed Lazel. I made Lazel and Corlok the exact same. I'm fine. Marcus has been with us since the start. They've been tracking us this whole time and that was no random attack. You were the target, Isabel. They know how important you are, but they don't know about you. Gathering will strike again. We need you to strike first. Discover the source of his invulnerability. Make him mortal so we can make him bleed. Good luck. We're in more danger than I knew. If something happens to me, everyone in this inn is dead. Like that. Marcus don't mean Ketheric wanted to capture, not kill with a Y. Why does a man like him do anything? Power, spite. Some kind of twisted personal morality. I can understand why he'd want me dead.  As for why he'd want to take me alive, I don't know. And I don't want to find out. Now that we have you, I hope I won't have to. I never get tired of hearing that ego. No, I'll say one, I'll say one. No mercy. For Ketheric will have none on you. I saw Ketheric at Moonrise Tower. He's been presiding over a trial. Most laughable. He sees himself fit to judge anyone. Did you learn anything about how we might defeat him? Not yet, but I think I'm on the right track. That's fantastic. Well done. I'm glad you've made progress. Protecting this inn. Well, it takes it out of you. I'll hold out as long as I can. By the sound of things, we'll have a more permanent solution soon. So glad you were on our side. Traitors among us. A child taken. And still I can only feel relief if they had taken Isabel too. Oh, lay on hands. You should have seen this coming. I thought I was prepared for treachery.   You have the honor of making up for my mistake. I trust that you will. How come everybody just throws all their responsibility on me? Like, everybody keeps screwing up, and it's like, oh, thank goodness we have you. All right, great.


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Hello and welcome to discovery conversations about the power of arts to connect us to each other and to place I'm coven Smith senior director of arts at the Knight Foundation for today's conversation We'll be looking to better understand the challenges of managing social media in arts and cultural organizations Joining me today are three legends in the arts and culture sector Jessica Johnson, Laurie Bird McDevitt and Dana Allen Greel Jessica Johnson is a creative Strategist at snap Inc prior to beginning work in the tech industry She was an award-winning social engagement producer at the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American history and culture Laurie is the co-founder of 1999 digital a digital marketing agency serving a range of clients with a focus on museums and nonprofits She has a longtime news social community organizer Thanks to her decades as social decade Excuse me as social media manager at the Children's Museum of Indianapolis She co-founded administers the museum social media managers Facebook group Dana is vice president of marketing at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Dana has led web and social media efforts at the National Archives National Gallery of Art Ogilvy public relations the Smithsonian's National Museum of American history and the Kaiser Family Foundation Dana Jessica Laurie welcome to discovery So I think we'll we'll start here and based on our conversation in the green room This might be the only question we have time to get to today and in the half hour we have but So I'll start just by saying There are a lot of misconceptions out there about the work of Social media managers and particularly so in the arts and culture space So I wonder if we could start with establishing some context around the work itself And what does the daily work of a social media manager at a cultural institution look like? I can start us off on this one I was the social engagement producer for NAMAC for about three years and in that time The job entailed every single thing that would be coming up with copy for the post It would be making a graphic if that's what it was required Did a few videos also so from start to finish about Each post would take about an hour to three to make depending on what the project was But I think the greater thing to say What does it take to do social media management at a arts and culture spaces takes a lot of talent a jack-of-all-trades type of Person to do the job But then also a person who's willing to just do the job from start to finish and then in post production You know customer service each piece that was done as well It may be surprising to some but you know crisis communications is really a huge part of the museum social media managers day-to-day job So, you know, of course, it's fun to create content that connects your collection to pop culture But really the role of the museum is to document historic and current traumatic events Racism politics violence. So, you know, the museum social media manager is really on the front lines of this so to speak With these topics every day and they have to respond to the tough questions They have to be managing the trolls and also things like worrying about what controversial object might be hiding in your collection That's going to pop out at any moment. You really don't know what's going to happen next I'll just add working at an environmental Organization like the aquarium. We're also dealing with you know the climate crisis and how people feel about that and the politics of that I think very much We have a team of social media managers, which I know is incredibly rare in this field We have about three and a half people and I think we very much are Not just creating content and that could be imagery. We do a lot of videos. We do a lot of live streaming It's essentially like hosting live shows multiple times a week But we also very much think about social media as a community of about three million people that we are responsible for nurturing Responding to caring for them responding to them and that takes a whole additional skill set In addition to kind of thinking about it as PR or putting content out in the world It's about responding to the world around you and giving giving people what they need What if we could talk a little bit more because I think you know that is a common misunderstanding because I think You know many in the arts and culture sector who are aware of this work think of it often as sort of PR as a sort of You know unidirectional Effort but that's not really the case is it So I wonder if you could talk me through sort of maybe what a typical day would look like Or an atypical day if if if you're so inclined I Think the typical day starts with waking up and praying that the internet is not on fire To say the very least I think Getting up and making sure that while you were asleep nothing Took off in a negative direction if something did you know go viral in a positive direction. That's always a good thing but That and then also Working at you know, the Smithsonian. We have a lot of objects from people who are still living and if they pass You know monitoring the headlines for for you know memorial statements that need to be posted as well That's I think that's like the beginning of what my day used to be It sounds so cryptic to say I started the day hoping that nothing was going wrong But to start today it would be that and then Just easing into the projects responding to to emails and then also concerns from the audience because you're you're you're kind of playing a balance You have your public audience that you have to be responsive to and accountable to but then you have your internal museum teams Who are relying on you to you know support their programming or You need a response from them to to support a piece of material that you're putting out to say hey Could you fact check this and I think the the first half of the day is just responding to emails and and customer inquiries That that would that was how mine worked it. What about what about for you guys? I think it's really interesting what you talk about with checking for you know, unfortunately people who have passed away I I often get surprised looks when I tell people that I became an expert in writing memoriam posts But that actually was a big part of my job, you know, it's not always about dinosaurs and astronauts You know, so I thought that was interesting. You pointed that out Yes, I used to have like a list of people I would say like okay These are the people I definitely need to check for because you know a lot of people a lot of like, you know prominent african-americans Are getting up there in age especially, you know leaders from the civil rights movement And then like the first wave of like black hollywood So making sure, you know, we're not missing a cultural moment there But also honoring them and and the work that they did to to even get The museum. I was at where we where we are in existence I think that like hyper awareness is a key part of why this job is so stressful is that you need to not only be Super aware of everything going on in your institution and what the pressures from within your institution are But what's happening in the world? What's happening on platforms? What's the mood of the day based on the news? It's just a relent if you feel exhausted Listening to the news as a human not responsible for social media I think you can multiply that by 100 Because every decision you make about a piece of content to put out or how to respond To something incoming has to be focused on all of those different contexts And it's really challenging and if you do it wrong You get called out in a really public way and that's very stressful to be Really on the front lines of an institution and a spokesperson for an institution and often pretty low on the totem pole in terms of Pay in terms of seniority in terms of trust um, so I think that Just in terms of understanding what that job is like and why your social media manager may seem really stressed out I think that's a big part of it I think to put a fine point on it too You know kind of the day in the life situation you can have a whole plan Right like social media managers want to have a plan so badly And then because you need to be so hyper aware, you know, you could have a whole media event planned But there could be some other big, you know, um, national or international news that comes out that just makes that, you know Not viable. So that's just another big part of the role Out to add to that the last thing also the platforms they also decide when they want to crash That's always the worst It's always when you're doing a live stream Great So there's multiple dimensions of the internet being on fire here though that that we're talking about um, so, you know in the context of a sort of organizational structure then You know, how much of this kind of daily stress would you say is is Even understood maybe much less appreciated for the people you work for I mean Dana alluded to the fact that often. I mean these are these are roles of tremendous public responsibility, but that are, you know Far down in the hierarchy often with probably limited authority So I wonder if you could talk about sort of the sort of internal understanding And and actually Jessica, I wonder if you know in your transition to to Snap if you could talk a little bit about, you know How maybe that understanding of the value of these roles is is perceived differently in your space now versus where you were Okay. Yeah, I think that the In the in the cultural institution space, I don't think that how I'm sorry. Let's see. Let me rephrase this I'm not sure that all members of the organization understand that Running social media for an org is separate from running social media as your individual person And the things that you do as an individual person are wholly different Than how we approach content from an organizational standpoint And also with regard to cultural institutions, there are a lot of PhDs and If you don't have that on the end of your name sometimes or most of the time in my experience You're kind of that's when you get into that, you know Not not as important, but until until I need you to help me support my program or help me get a post out there So I think that the lack of understanding around what it takes to do something for the organization versus for yourself Is a is a problem that contributes to why we're treated and I say we as like I've had this conversation with many of my social media manager friends Why we're treated like so I don't want to say unimportant but just not taken us seriously Um in the organization and when it comes to You know not working at a cultural institution now everybody's pretty much It feels like everybody's pretty much on the same, you know playing field because we're not walking around having to call each Other doctor so and so or you know the role of curator isn't higher than the role of comms person Who's you know getting the messaging out there and still has to know all of The the the things going on behind the scenes. We're not subject matter experts But we know enough to be some type of expert type of thing um Where i'm at an equal where I am there's an equal playing field and I feel empowered To do my job that I was hired to do and I feel heard when I bring ideas to the table and I think that in my experience in cultural institutions, that's been a challenge because my I was only good to say like oh we got this many likes right or say something that people understood Uh as a general, you know thing meeting it was good or bad Rather than saying I think if we talk about this in this way people will understand it more because To them it wasn't my job to say how people would understand something because I'm not the expert in this in that field But I am the expert on the internet and that's that's my field and and not having our field taken seriously It can be a challenge Well the internet is people too, right and I think this is something I know my team has tried really hard to make visible and I think we're gaining traction in the social team Is not just a way to get things out into the world But they're a really valuable source of information about what the world what our community what the people were trying to reach Are thinking and what they do understand what they don't understand where they need help making connections So trying to show that value to kind of beyond social What we know from our audience on social can inform policies we make can inform You know lots of other things that don't just have to do with with social I think the other thing I will just say about Whether or not people take social media seriously, you know, they see My team doing things like posting fun memes about You know cute otters or like playing animal crossing on twitch, you know playing video games is your job Sure, and honestly part of that is for the mental health of my team to bring them joy and to bring the internet joy Really helps boost to their morale for when they have to deal with You know racist responses to things we put out or climate deniers or whatever it is Those hard parts of the job are balanced out by some of the fun parts But it's not all the fun stuff and the other thing that's really invisible Is the dms, right? They're my nature private and the social team is dealing with all of that And that's completely not visible to the rest of the organization So there's a lot kind of below the waterline that people don't understand about the job And do you feel Dana like there is An unwillingness to understand or investigate what's below the waterline on the on the part of administration sometimes No, I think just everyone has their own job that they're responsible for like right This person's job is to make sure people know about this policy in the legislature And we want people to take action cool But like how are going to people how are people going to respond are we prepared for the For the the questions we're going to need to answer and I do think here We've tried to prepare for that around campaigns that we're aware of right So we just talked about like the internet and the world does what it's going to do things we can prepare for We have the subject matter experts sit And write out all the FAQs all the possible responses in there on call for us that day But that news is going to break to help us with social care And I think that over time that does help give those folks involved in that kind of process a sense of like This isn't just a tweet This is like a whole day or multiple days of dealing with what what response we get to that news Well, which takes me back a little bit to lori had earlier mentioned crisis communications, which I feel like is is Certainly whenever I talk to people who do this work. It's a commonly understood part of the work If not, maybe the majority of the work some days But I rarely see it articulated in job postings And so I you know, I wonder if we could talk a little bit about you know, is is there Actually, let me back up. Why don't we just Let's talk a little bit more about this hard part about the crisis communications themselves Like, you know on on a day where you've prayed that the internet would be good and it was not What is what does this look like and and how can we do a better job of helping others to understand what a huge part of the job this is Yeah, absolutely I know we each have our own stories that we've we've shared about and have, you know, truly caused trauma I mean for either ourselves or our team, but What's interesting is that It goes it goes as deep as trauma, right? So there's a popular youtuber His name is dr. Zubin Damania who's called this moral injury So he wants people to stop calling it burnout and start calling it moral injury And he uses it in the context of healthcare workers But there's a lot to unpack there But essentially the definition of it is that the work takes a toll on our moral values Because we don't have control over how we're handling those scenarios how we would naturally want to do it So a nurse has to deal with socioeconomic inequities Through the insurance industry for an example us in social media We might have a situation where we're limited by a conservative board of directors that are holding us back And being toned deaf about social justice issues is just, you know, one example that happens a lot So crisis and controversies in museums bring all of this to a head And not only might the museum communications team lack the power to respond effectively But they're also the ones as we've talked about that are on the receiving end Of dealing with it. So we're getting it from both sides. We lack power to respond how we naturally would want to But then we also, you know, are the ones that are, you know, the the face behind the accounts so But I do think there there can be something done not always and not in every institution about that power piece, right? So making sure that your Social media person has a seat at every table where something is being discussed again. That's in your control or even in a response Um, you know, our crisis comms team up very much includes everyone from our social team Even things like how we shut down the aquarium during covet We were looking at how other institutions were doing it what they were saying And what went well what didn't go well with an audience and then that informed our press release Not the other way around where a press release went out and then we had to scramble to deal with the social repercussions of that In that case, our social team had input into how we announced That news and I think that's really critical and that you build that trust over time Yep, the the progress is coming from the social media manager having a seat at that table and being in those conversations And I personally was lucky to be able to be in those rooms with, you know A small group helping with the nuance of language and moments like that. It just it needs to be everywhere Sorry, Jessica. What were you gonna say? Oh, no, I was just gonna say I agree and I'm And bring up that, you know We're we're seeing a really large shift from traditional media leading to social media leading and that's that's a that's a huge change For all communications teams and one thing that we did at the museum We developed certain processes for particular things like Unfortunately, we know people are going to pass away. So we developed a process for our memorial statements So, you know, like Dana said, we're not waiting for a press release to come without any information We'll touch base with the press team to say, hey This happened you all have a direction that you're headed If not, we would go more high level language on social to be, you know, timely and relevant And then follow up, you know With the full press release when that became available But it didn't put us at a at a disadvantage Looking like we were being disrespectful to anybody or, you know, posting very late to then have somebody respond back and say Why so late or things like that? I think the other challenge and like you said having a seat at the table That's not always afforded when those crisis that you cannot plan for come out of Nowhere All it takes is one viral tweet to Send the internet into a firestorm and you would think museums that can't get Super crazy, but unfortunately it can I was part of the team last summer when, you know, george floyd and all that was happening And we released the talking about race portal There was an instance where someone took a screenshot without context of something that we had on the pay on the on the portal and sent it out into you know, the twitterverse and That was around like 10 in the morning by two in the afternoon the president Son at the time the president at the time son was tweeting about it and we've gone from now just a viral Tweet by a very conservative person to oh, it's national news and Making its way around all corners of the internet, which then Really put the social team at a disadvantage because we were not we were not sure what to do at this point We're you know, there's there's lots of you know Trolling behavior happening lots of bot behavior happening and it's difficult to cipher through all of those things I think we had like 10,000 replies or things come like responses coming at us just on twitter in like a day and a half There's no way that we could have customer service all of that So what are the stakes when it comes to paying attention to our true audience versus? You know something that's going awry in a corner of the internet that other people are not even aware of That was one of our that's one of the things that we had to balance but also um What was being said was very harmful And I remember thinking I just wish someone asked me if I was okay at that moment um Or how are you and actually mean how are you not? How are you and getting an update on how many retweets it has now and what's happening? No, how are you you're reading these? You know comments you're where you started receiving them to our general inboxes That were saying some of the most racist things and it was you know It it was happening and it was it was affecting me in my life But not only affecting me in my life and work, but we were working at home So that was happening in my home my safe space was no longer safe for me And we had no response. We had nothing I can't close the computer and log off because it's technically my job to be there and to be on um And what can we do not even just as the social media team because I think social media teams and managers and and Those of us who know each other we check on each other constantly. Um Whether it's through text or we tweet each other. We are always like hey girl. How are you? You know things like that, but I remember just thinking as somebody else from the greater comms team or Somebody else in the museum who was aware of the situation and that they were working on I would just like how is this affecting you because We're the only team that had to really truly deal with it. Everyone else was aware and they were making decisions but they were not in it And I think that was one of the greatest that was I think that's the biggest, you know crisis challenge ever is to to gauge How your team is responding, but also what can you do to support your team? Uh when we're when we're developing how we as an institution will respond I So I mean which leads me to to ask, you know, is like Like is it Is it possible for these not to be Burnout jobs like I mean like it is there a way that that you Or your team Could have handled that situation that did not result in It's now time for us all to to go and do something else You know, like I mean Like are are we equipped to handle as a sector? Are we equipped to? Handle this kind of interaction yet and and I'm assuming the answer is no and so like what Like what could we do? If anything I mean I have strong feelings about this being the responsibility of museums to fix like this is a platform issue Um the fact that the platforms are not thinking about where all their free content is coming from and who are the people behind it and putting proper tools in place to Protect people from hate speech and all of these other really negative consequences that you're talking about jessica So sure there are things that Museums and nonprofits can do to to make sure there's a bench You know, it's not just one person You know, we talked about seat at the table But is that person being compensated for filling that seat at the table? Or are they still being traded like a junior member of the staff? So yeah, I do think there are things that we can do To make sure people feel supported checked in on that they can take a break and someone else can roll on Right, but really at the end of the day, this is fundamentally an issue with social media in society And I don't know that we're going to fix that anytime soon We can we can be advocates for sure and we can participate in campaigns like stop hate for profit and lots of There are lots of other campaigns like that that we can put our voice behind You know, we're not putting tons of advertising dollars into it. So how much they care when we pull it, but it's a sign Um, so yeah, I just want to caution us from thinking that this is our responsibility to fix as a society I agree. I don't think any I don't think any social media manager in any industry is Not going to reach a point of burnout. I do think that you can slow that um with A number of things again, like I said before just Really actually checking on your team to say hey, are you how are you guys today? um and meaning it We're right right now snapchat. We have this amazing thing called council where you can go and they give you prompts and you do like Meditation and like there's like an art journaling one that you can go to and they really encourage the sharing of feelings And again, it's one of those spaces where everyone is set on an equal playing field So you're not when you're sharing how you're feeling the question was, you know posed by Someone who's trained to get like to pose questions that are deep thinking But also open enough to where you can share as little as you want or as much as you want But I found that in those spaces people receive it a lot differently than if you are going to talk to your supervisor In their office to say this is a challenge. It's not complaining Because we're all here in red equal playing field and we're just the questions were posed by somebody And in an open manner and we're we're all being vulnerable and open But it because if I go to my boss and I say this is this is really difficult I don't know what to do. I don't know what to do here. A lot of times they're looking for solutions and I'm not even Saying there is a solution sometimes. It's more so I just need you to understand This is what's happening so that we can we can Find what we're gonna what our plan is going to be what the priority is Responding to a certain thing and then feeling that support. I think when you feel supported by The team the institution you're willing to put up with more Than if you were not and I think No matter how much money you get paid nothing is going to pay you enough To sacrifice your mental health and I think that that's one of the other things So throwing money at a problem. Sometimes it's not the answer. It's actually just empathy and humanity And if we could remember that and it's so crazy because as museums, we're always saying, you know We're we're pushing that narrative forward about You know We're like the the empathy of things and and how are you assessing this and when you go Look at an object. What is happening and what are you feeling? But when you are in a meeting with the people that you work with are you are are we pushing that same value and narrative? Yeah, what you say Jessica about having that space to just even reflect and talk it that's so important And I Love actually the agile method for project management for this reason And it's it seems so foreign because it tends to be in like the tech sector But a lot of marketing teams are taking it on now and we've adapted it on our team But what's important about it is this need for Really protecting your hours or your capacity? And when something comes up you move things around you don't you don't just add on hours You have your set hours. So that's a key thing of agile But another part is that every week you have a retrospective This is I joke that it's like therapy time for nerds because it's just like another word other than therapy but it's basically just reflecting back on the week and the challenges and the weaknesses and A similar concept to what you were talking about and it's been so powerful for my team and I'm really Really glad that the museum sector has started to even Pick away at talking about this just even a little bit But I agree with the comments about support from leadership Obviously, and I think that a key part about burnout is that it needs to shift away from employees Reactively responding to their needs and finding solutions themselves and instead it needs to be Leaders proactively finding those solutions to avoid it. Um, that's really the main You know thing here is shifting to that way of thinking Let's say about the idea of retrospective even if you don't formally do that as part of an agile, you know sprint type of thing Um having that practice of reflection and also showing appreciation I've found in the past year and a half. We've gotten a lot better I think out of necessity of being remote not being together of trying to like really Make a point of spending part of our time and any meeting together showing appreciation for each other and especially Not in the crisis times and not in just the you know, while this thing blew up and it's awesome times but just that day to day like Appreciation of one another and showing each other support is really critical And can help us think about our process going forward. Sorry cobin go ahead Well, no, but you answered the question. I was going to ask But so um, we are unfortunately closing in on on the end of our time together and we could probably do this for several more days I'm sure So I'll just ask one last question for for all three of you, you know, sort of given what you you know Now, um, and and how things have sort of evolved or changed over the last several years If if you were to give one piece of advice for someone thinking of going into this work. Oh, look, there's my cat Um, if you were to give one piece of advice for for someone getting ready to go into this work in a cultural organization right now Um, what what advice would you give them? And um, lori will start with you Sure. Um, I mean, I'll just be simple and stating, you know, don't try to take it all on by yourself I mean, we've said that throughout our time together But um at the very least if you can't find internal support Connect with the new social community on twitter on facebook. We have a facebook group There are so many of us that are right here with you and we're all ready to support one another So just know that that exists I co-signed that like just even what jessica was talking about you see something happening out in the field and you tell someone like Hey, I see you. I'm with you. You'll get that back Um, I also think like a great example for our team was My boss our chief marketing officer follows king arthur flower and they they last year said we need a break We're taking a week break and she brought that idea to our team We decided to take a week long break and then the field museum reached out to say how did that go So if you see something out in the world that you're inspired by or want to know more about I think this is such an amazing community that wants to Help each other out and teach each other. So Yeah, reach out I think um, my advice would be or is and always will be probably Um, have a life that is not attached to work There's there are so many people I think who joined the arts and culture space because I mean not to say that we're like kind of cool, but we really make it look really cool And so it's really fun and it's really awesome But I think it's so critical to make sure that your Your identity doesn't just get lost in your work because once you you've reached that point of burnout You you won't what will you have right? And so also again to slow that is Is to have a have a separate identity have a separate personality from Who you are at work my my biggest thing is I'm never actually tweeting about museums unless there's like a conversation going on I most of the time I post my hobbies which I do pole dancing as like my art to reclaim the gaze and really like, you know stick it to the man Right, but I let people know that like hey, I'm in museums or I was in museums If you follow me, you will not see anything about a museum But I would love to connect with you in the in the real world on the outside, right? And that's because we're so much more than our jobs And I just if we continue to lean into the things that bring us joy We'll be able to kind of manage manage our emotions or anxieties Um That that do happen in the workplace a little bit better Well, that seems like a wonderful way to leave us here today So I want to thank all three of you so much For for being here. Uh, lori, jessica, dana This has been absolutely wonderful As I said, unfortunately our time is up So thanks to everyone and thanks to our production crew here at night The beats at the top of our show were created by former night colleague chris bar And the music that will play us out is composed by the Amazing ackron jazz pianist and overall all around fantastic person theron brown Thanks again, and we'll see you next time


There is no doubt that tensions are high in the world right now. Russia and Ukraine have been a war for the better part of the past two years, while Israel has been fighting against the Hamas-led Gaza Strip for the past three months in one of the most intense and controversial conflicts of the 21st century. The Israel-Hamas war has led to an escalation of tensions in the Middle East, with the Houthi movement now being actively in conflict with the United States and the United Kingdom. Additionally, there are growing concerns of an invasion of Taiwan by China, which would likely drag in the U.S. allied countries in the Far East, along with the U.S. itself. With all this potential for conflict, there is serious concern about there being a third world war, with two distinct factions fighting on nearly every continent. But how realistic is this concern? Will all the world's major powers be pitted against each other in the biggest conflict of the 21st century? Let's see. Welcome to today's episode of Max World Politics Report. These conflicts are all serious in their own right, and I'm going to take a deep dive into each of them in this series of videos, including a couple of others with the potential to cause global havoc. We'll go in chronological order, so let's start with the Russo-Ukrainian war. The Euromite on Revolution in 2013 would set into motion the events in Ukraine that would take place over the next decade. This revolution ultimately removed the pro-Russian president, Viktor Yanukovych, in what is described by some as a pro-European coup, while others, namely those who saw Yanukovych as a dictator, viewed as popular revolution and a turn towards democracy. Yanukovych fled to Russia after his ousting in February 2014, and subsequently, Russia invaded and annexed Crimea. Widespread protests in the ethnically Russian portions of Eastern Ukraine eventually turned into full-scale revolts, leading to the war in the Donbas, which saw the creation of the proto-states of Donetsk and Luhansk. Low-scale conflicts persisted throughout much of the late 2010s and early 2020s, and although tensions were high, relative stability remained in the core regions of Ukraine and Russia. During 2021, parts of the contemporary global order began to fray, most notably with the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. During the same timeframe, Russian troops began to build near the Ukrainian border, and speculations of an impending military operation circulated, almost exactly eight years after its initial invasion of Crimea. On February 24, 2022, Russia began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine with its claimed intent of demilitarizing and denazifying the country and supporting the Russian minorities, which they claimed were being oppressed. Realistically, the invasion had many causes, including Russia's fragile frontier with strengthening Western influence in Ukraine and other areas along its border, coupled with demographic pressures plaguing the country, namely its low birth rate, which would preclude its ability for an expansion in the near future. The fragility of the global order proved in Russia's view that 2022 was an optimal time to strike. Other reasons for the invasion included the prevailing view among many in Russia that the East Slavs were, in reality, one nation divided through history and that Ukraine was being pushed away from this unity by the Western world. Ukrainians today see themselves as very distinct people from the Russians, a claim with validity considering that during the two nations' formative years they were influenced by very distinct institutions. Ukrainian or Ruthenian identity formed during the centuries of Polish rule, while Muscovite Russians remained under the yoke of the Mongol Empire and later their own independent state. Russia's invasion consisted of a front in the south made possible through their control of Crimea, an eastern front spearheaded by the presence in Donetsk and Luhansk, and a northern front, aided by Belarus, aimed at capturing the capital Kiev within a short time frame. Many including myself expected the war to last mere weeks as Russia had the clear tactical and geographic advantage. It came as a shock that in just six weeks into the war, Russia retreated from its advances in and around Kiev, with Ukraine regaining control of its entire northern frontier by mid-April. Simultaneously, Ukraine's second largest city, Kharkiv, was under attack, but that front too turned in Ukraine's favor by May. Russian victories during this time frame were mostly concentrated in the south and east, with the early capture of Kherson at the mouth of the Danipa River and the Siege of Mariupol, ending in Russian victory in May. Since then, the only major advances by either country included Ukrainian advances in the northeast near Kharkiv in September, and the recapture of Kherson in November. Since then, any advances made by either side have been incredibly small, with most fighting stuck in urban gridlock. Both sides still suffer heavy casualties, yet the frontlines have been an effective standstill for over a year. Political and social effects have been drastic. The refugee crisis has seen more than 6 million Ukrainians leave the country, with most resettling throughout the countries of the European Union, with more than a quarter of the country's children departing. Around 8 million have been internally displaced. Many have returned to Ukraine, but the exact figures are up for speculation. The European Union, and especially NATO, were reliable supporters of the Ukrainian war effort, supplying both military and humanitarian aid, along with taking the lion's share of the country's refugees. The war has also heightened worries of a potential wider war, pushing traditionally neutral countries like Finland and Sweden to apply to join NATO, with the former initiating in April 2023, while the latter still awaits approval from member state Hungary after waiting more than a year to receive approval from Turkey. The reluctance of these countries to accept Sweden into the alliance shows how unity among Western-aligned nations began to weaken throughout the Russo-Ukrainian war. Turkey, a traditionally Western-allied country, has seen worsening relations with Europe and the United States, and has started to pursue an independent foreign policy, and can now be described as weakly Western-aligned. Hungary has had a standoff with its European allies due to its perceived pro-Russian stances, and has used its leverage to slow down Sweden's accession into NATO. Some European countries like Slovakia and the Netherlands have elected governments in the past year that are far less supportive of the war effort in Ukraine. Even Poland, one of Ukraine's staunchest allies in the biggest recipient of refugees, has stopped sending weapons to Ukraine over a trade dispute. Russia in continuing the war has also declined among the general population in Western countries, with particular concern in the United States directed at how much money the government has funneled into the war effort. On the Russian side, there has been an element of dissent against the war, with hundreds of thousands leaving the country in 2022 in fear of being drafted, with most fleeing to Central Asia. In the middle of the war in June 2023, the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary organization, staged a revolt against the Russian government, almost making it to Moscow only to be shut down the same day. Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Progozhin died in a plane crash that August under mysterious circumstances. During the war, Russia also announced the annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts, Kherson, Zaporizhia, Donetsk and Luhansk, though Russia only partially controls these areas, including only two of the administrative capitals, Donetsk and Luhansk. Despite the stalemate, rocket exchange has continued between the two countries. Ukrainian areas formerly on the front lines have been littered with landmines and other war traps, making these areas continually dangerous. This war is often viewed as a potential flashpoint for World War 3, but does this assumption still hold up today? Both Russia and Ukraine have suffered at least 100,000 losses and countless hundreds of thousands of injuries over the past two years, majorly depleting both countries of the youth population they so desperately need to continue the war effort, let alone run their economies, all with very minor frontline changes for over a year and a half. Considering this fact and also that the Western world is losing interest in this conflict in favor of the current war in the Middle East, the Ukraine-Russia conflict has, in my opinion, exhausted its potential to catalyze global conflict. Russia is in no real position to start a wider conflict after being bogged down on the same front lines for two years, and if such a wider war were to initiate, morale would be so low that the operation would be tantamount to suicide. This can be seen through Russia's reluctance to get materially involved in the current Middle East conflicts as the country continues to struggle to keep its own neighborhood in line. I could see the Ukraine-Russia conflict continuing for another few years as a proxy conflict between the Western countries still willing to get involved, and Russia, though declining support in the West could lead to some eventual Russian victories. In terms of a wider global conflict, Russia cannot afford to get involved, and though it may offer its diplomatic support to anti-Western factions, its help won't go far beyond this. So, with one of the world's major military powers probably eliminated from the global conflict, we must look elsewhere to find which flashpoint could result in the unthinkable. In my next episode, I'll take a look at the current conflict in the Middle East, ranging from the Israel-Hamas war to the Red Sea conflict and beyond. With such fast developments in this region, it could very well be that flashpoint. Thank you for watching today's episode. If you like my work, please consider supporting me on Patreon to obtain access to exclusive maps from this video and others and future updates. Tell me in the comments what you'd like to see next, and I will see you then.