So I'm working on writing something, and in the planning/outlining, I think, "Oh, I should have a few other kids be captured, but they didn't survive." Then I wonder, "Is this too dark/morbid for a YA novel?"

That's when I remembered that The Hunger Games was LITERALLY about kids killing kids.

Uhhgg… I haven’t had enough booze today.

Uuhhhgggg…. Why are we becoming the thing we’re not supposed to be?

So I've been using Claude to help me build a local AI that I can use in lieu of the big, corporate-owned ones (also yes, I'm aware of the irony of that).

Anyway, after watching the latest episodes of the Fallout series (great btw, I suggest you check it out if you haven't)...