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Meet, Match, MoveOn and Manage or Master Why Meet 1)Meet new People Culture Languages. 2)Not Match Romance, Political Views nor Religion, only Respect and Joy 3) Moveon, advance with your level, goals, and especially share and try Rotate the groups and let others participate a bit. 4) Master the challenges, and Manage to give a Like or appreciate the meetups!! **Thematic** or small Concept: Manage to Bring 2 German Friends and you get a Drink. if you bring your Ex Partner + 2 German friends =2 drinks = thats the Challenge and the Attitude of 2026

**Need a moment to slow down, breathe, and talk about what really matters?** You’re warmly invited to our **Soul Care Circle Picnic** – a relaxed gathering in the park where we create space for honest conversations, connection, and gentle inspiration. **🌿What to expect:** * A mindful sharing circle in small groups (max. 5–6 people) * Clear guidance and gentle moderation * Space for personal stories, thoughts, and emotions * A relaxed picnic afterwards – stay as long as you like **This circle is for you if you want to...** 🔍 Reflect on life’s deeper questions 🌱 Connect with others in a meaningful way 🌟 Feel inspired or supported during a challenging time 💖 Share from the heart and be truly heard 🌈 Explore holistic or spiritual ideas 💆‍♀️ Take care of your emotional well-being No experience needed – just come as you are. 🕒 **Schedule** * Arrival: 2:00 – 2:30 pm **(please do not come after 2.30 pm, as this disturbs the dynamics within the groups).** * Circle: 2:30 – 5:00 pm * Picnic & hangout: open end 📍 **Location:** [Click here for the exact spot on Google Maps](https://goo.gl/maps/hnLhUL4fNunPuRru7) 🎒 **Please bring:** * A blanket to sit on * Snacks & drinks to share * **A small contribution (4 €, 6 €, or 10 € – whatever feels right for you) for the organization & guidance** 💬 **Language:** English 📲 **Telegram group for updates & connection:**\*\* [Join here](https://t.me/+2SJdbZ4jcSVlZTVi) \-\-\-\-\-\- **About your host:** Hi, I’m Isabel – holistic life & mindfulness coach, and shamanic practitioner. I’ve been guiding healing circles and workshops for many years, and I’m passionate about creating spaces where people can slow down, connect, and come back to themselves. Looking forward to sharing this special time with you. 🌿 Warmly, *Isabel*

**💲 Registration fee** * **€2 donation (cash only, please bring exact change)** * **You must buy a drink or food before sitting.** **(We were warned that you cannot sit without buying a drink.** This is a private café. Outside food or drinks are not allowed.**)** 🕥 **Registration Time** **10:00 am - 10:30 am** * The tournament **starts at 10:30 am.** * **Participants cannot join after the tournament begins.** Please arrive early to order a drink and complete your registration. * There are **5 rounds in total**. **Please only join if you can stay until the final round.** * **Leaving early causes issues with pairing.** * The venue is reserved until **1:15 pm**, so **we plan to finish and leave by then.** 📢 **Chess Board** **Please bring a chess board** if you have one. If there are not enough boards, participants with their own boards will have priority. **💖 Friendly Atmosphere** This is a social tournament designed to be friendly and enjoyable. Please be kind to all participants and avoid being excessively competitive. 📌 **Location** The Bode Museum Café is on the first floor. Walk up the stairs. No ticket needed; just tell the staff you’re going to the café. 🔑**The Game Format** Swiss system, 10+3, 5 rounds 👨‍👧‍👧**Player Divisions** Players are divided into two groups. \- A Group over 1300 \- C Group under 1300 \- If you wish to play in a different group from your rating\, please let the host know during registration\. **🤹🏼‍♀️ How it works** * **Registration:** Tell the host your name and chess rating. * **Pairings:** Once registration closes, the host will pair the players. * **Check Table:** You can find your table number and color on the website link below. * **The Game:** Go to your assigned table. One of the players set the clock app to 10+3 (10 mins + 3s increment) and start. * **Report Results:** After the game, one of the players report the result to the host. * **Next Round:** Once all games are finished, the next round will be paired. (5 rounds total) **🛶A Group Games** [https://www.chessmanager.com/en-us/tournaments/6285990071238656](https://www.chessmanager.com/en-us/tournaments/6285990071238656) **🥏C Group Games** [https://www.chessmanager.com/en-us/tournaments/4885279500533760](https://www.chessmanager.com/en-us/tournaments/4885279500533760) 🎡 **Chess Clock** Please install a chess clock on your phone. For [Android ](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chess.clock&hl=en) // For [iPhone ](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chess-clock-by-chess-com/id858039162) ❓ **Rules** \- Touch\-move: If you touch a piece\, you must move it\. \- Illegal move: If your opponent makes an illegal move\, stop the clock and ask them to make a legal move\. \- Clock rule: Press the chess clock with the same hand you move the piece\. -Other rules: Basic FIDE rules apply. 🚩**We have no tolerance for discriminatory(sexist, racist, and other) jokes or comments.** 📷 Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/berlin_chess_club/](https://www.instagram.com/berlin_chess_club/) 💬 WhatsApp Group This group is only for event participants. To get access, please ask the host during the event. *Photos and videos may be taken for social media and memories. Let an organizer know if you prefer not to be filmed.*

Das Sufi-Zentrum Rabbaniyya setzt Die Schatzkammer der Liebe fort. Inspiriert von Hazrat Farid ad-Din Attars „Mantıq-at Tayr", Vogelgespräche, bietet die Veranstaltungsreihe faszinierende Einblicke in die Erzähltradition des mystischen Orients und die sufische Reise zur Selbsterkenntnis. Jeden Monat werden die Besucherlnnen durch meditative Gesänge und die Tänze der Derwische aus dem Sufi-Zentrum Rabbaniyya in die mystischen Dimensionen des traditionellen Sufismus entrückt. Die Veranstaltung ist kostenfrei, der Eintritt ins Museum erfolgt über die gegebenen Bedingungen unter https://www.humboldtforum.org/de/programm/termin/lesung/rumis-schatzkammer-der-liebe-72781/

An opening of an art exhibition is a nice occasion to catch up and hang out. No agenda, just art, wine and chat. *** KIT Berlin ([@kitstudioartspace](https://www.instagram.com/kitstudioartspace)) invites you to an exhibition of paintings by Wiola Stankiewicz [@wiola_stankiewicz](https://www.instagram.com/wiola_stankiewicz/) “Now it Makes Sense, Isn’t It?” and a musical performance by Antonio Bastos [@antonio__bastos](https://www.instagram.com/antonio__bastos/) Now It Makes Sense, Isn’t It? continues the “Emotional Algorithm” project — a series of paintings built from intuitively selected screenshots, private photographs, and images found online. The images are combined like an emotional bajaderka (a Polish layered dessert traditionally made from mixed leftovers, fragments, and combined remains) — sometimes through color, contrast, or an unexplainable feeling that they simply belong together. The works explore screen aesthetics and digital ways of perceiving images. Meaning often appears only later. And sometimes not at all. Wiola Stankiewicz is a visual artist born in Elbląg, Poland, currently living and working in Coimbra, Portugal. Her practice focuses on painting, collage, and assemblage, using mixed media techniques and experimental material processes. Working with icons of popular culture, landscapes, found images, and photographs from her personal archive, Stankiewicz builds a coherent and autonomous visual language based on intuition and process. Her works function as images of an open character, in which meaning emerges from the relationships between image, material, and gesture. Antonio Bastos turns vulnerability into stage, community into sound and instinct into creation. From electronics to tradition, from improvised lyrics to shared movement, his music is born live and unfolds into a visual, emotional experience. With dozens of releases and festival shows, he was awarded People’s Choice at the IPMA (USA), blending performance with community creation — involving choirs, schools and local groups of all ages. Each concert is a seed sown in the territory, where the audience also becomes creator.

The course will start this Saturday at 10am. It will be in studio R at CCB studios. [https://maps.app.goo.gl/rFovxE7eG7HV6uB46](https://maps.app.goo.gl/rFovxE7eG7HV6uB46). Buzz for CCB studios and then walk through to the second courtyard. We will try to start right around 10. There will be tea available. Please dress in comfortable clothes, maybe wearing a few layers. Theres some blankets, yoga mats, cushions and chairs in the room that you can use. The plan will be for us to do some small discussions at the top and then start discussing theory before doing some meditations of increasing length and then closing with some time for Q & A. We will take a short break in the middle as well. The plan is to go from 10-12 roughly but we may end a little closer to 11:30 depending. This week will function primarily as a simple introduction to meditation and some topics in the space but we will also discuss what the Jhanas are. Looking forward! Any questions please just message me.

ENGLISH: **INNER GUIDANCE** **A Transformative Movement Workshop** **for all beautiful women / sisters** **Grow · Unfold · Integrate** The Inner GUIDANCE Workshop is an embodied journey into your inner knowing, wisdom, and clarity. Through free-form movement, dance, and gently guided impulses and intention-setting, you are invited to reconnect with your body as a source of guidance, truth, and trust. In a supportive and non-judgmental space, we move to alchemize inner obstacles, awaken joy in the body, express a freer, new version of ourselves, and return to our inner center. Gratitude becomes a shared practice, raising our frequency, cultivating unity within ourselves and with others, and opening us to authentic human connection—expressed through the language of our moving bodies and hearts. This workshop creates space to listen deeply to your inner knowing via the body in movement. You will be supported to just be you in the present moment, allowing and discovering change, strengthening self-trust. Besides dancing mostly for yourself there will be also some partner and group invitations in movement which you can join or not and some physical touch involved, of course all volunteerly. We will end with an relaxing integration time and little sound bath. No prior dance experience is required. There is no right or wrong way to move—only the willingness to connect with your inner compass: your body. Move towards your true self, guided from within. Come just as you are and wear comfortable clothing that allows free movement. **Energy exchange:** 20 Euro (normal), 15 Euro (reduced) The session may be held in German and/or English, depending on the needs of the participants. **Please register due limited spaces via email, PM, Meet Up message latest till Friday 05.06.2026:** EMAIL: soulbalance@mail.de I look forward to holding space for you. With love Mira (Certified Transformative Dance Facilitator & Integrative Dance Educator) *Note: This workshop is not therapeutic; your well-being remains your own responsibility. However, it may have therapeutic effects.* DEUTSCH: **INNER GUIDANCE** **Ein transformativer Bewegungs-Workshop** **für Frauen / Schwestern** **Grow - Unfold ·- Integrate** Der Inner GUIDANCE Workshop ist eine verkörperte Reise zu deinem inneren Wissen, deiner Klarheit und Intuition. Durch freie Bewegung, Tanz und sanft angeleitete Impulse verbindest du dich wieder mit deinem Körper als Quelle von Führung, Vertrauen und Wahrheit. In einem wertfreien und unterstützenden Raum bewegen wir uns, um innere Blockaden zu wandeln, Freude im Körper zu aktivieren und eine neue, freiere Version von uns selbst auszudrücken – und in unsere innere Mitte zurückzukehren. Dankbarkeit begleitet uns dabei als Praxis, um unsere Schwingung zu erhöhen und echte Verbindung mit uns selbst und anderen über dem Körper und unserem Herzen zu erleben. Dieser Workshop schafft Raum, um über den sich bewegenden Körper tiefer auf deine innere Weisheit zu hören. Du wirst darin unterstützt, einfach du selbst im gegenwärtigen Moment zu sein, Veränderung zuzulassen und zu entdecken sowie dein Vertrauen in dich selbst zu stärken. Neben dem Tanzen für dich selbst wird es auch Einladungen zu Partner- und Gruppenübungen in Bewegung geben, an denen du teilnehmen kannst oder nicht. Dabei kann es auch zu körperlicher Berührung kommen – selbstverständlich alles freiwillig. Zum Abschluss gibt es eine entspannende Integrationszeit und ein kleines Sound Bath. \- Keine Tanzerfahrung nötig\. \- Kein Richtig oder Falsch\. \- Nur du\, dein Körper und dein innerer Kompass\. \- Bewege dich auf dein wahres Selbst zu – geführt von innen\. Komm einfach so, wie du bist, und bring bequeme Kleidung mit, in der du dich gut bewegen kannst. Die Session kann auf Deutsch und/oder Englisch gehalten werden, je nach den Bedürfnissen der Movers. **Energieausgleich**: 20 Euro (normal), 15 Euro (reduziert) **Bitte registriere dich bis Freitag 05.06. per PM, Meet up Nachricht oder Emai**l (soulbalance@mail.de) Ich freue mich darauf, Raum für euch zu halten. Alles Liebe Mira (Zertifizierte Transformative Dance Facilitator und integrative Tanzpädagogin) *Hinweis: Dieser Workshop ist nicht therapeutisch, die Verantwortung für dein Wohlbefinden liegt bei dir. Dennoch kann er eine therapeutische Wirkung haben.*

Welcome to Sunday Tech Coffee. This is a **networking** event for those in the tech industry in Berlin. We are usually inside and to the right. Ask the barista/bartender if you can't find us.

Welcome to **ChessBar Events! 🍻♟️** We host **weekly chess tournaments** in different bars across the city — the perfect mix of strategy, drinks, and good vibes. The tournament is organized directly through our **ChessBar app**, where you can see your next opponent, enter results, and gain ranking points throughout the season. **The number of people shown on Meetup is not accurate. Please check the ChessBar app for the actual number of participants.** ✨ **What to expect** \- 5 games in **rapid format** (10 minutes per player) 🕹️ **\- Free entry** 💸 **\- Open to all levels** \- Up to 12 players can participate \- No need to bring a board or pieces — we provide all the material\! **How to join** 📲 Please make sure to **register through the ChessBar app** (signing up on Meetup alone is not enough). 👉 [https://onelink.to/chessbar-s](https://onelink.to/chessbar-s) 🌐 **More info** Website: [www.chess-bar.com](https://www.chess-bar.com/) Instagram: [@chess___bar](https://www.instagram.com/chess___bar/)

*There are always more participants coming as regulars or from other platforms than shown here* \-\-\- We invite you to join our weekly Evenings of Meditation, to gently meet yourself, dissolve stress and live life from beautiful inner states, like calm, joy and connection. These gatherings are not just about meditating on your own, but a step inward we take together. Each time we’ll look into a particular topic in the light of timeless wisdom, reflect on it in a guided meditation, do powerful Oneness practices for greater wellbeing, and experience Deeksha - which helps to speed up your inner growth. **This week's topic: Access solutions more easily** Sometimes, when we face a problem or feel hurt, we tend to analyze it until we become exhausted. There is so much knowledge available that can help, yet for some reason, trying to apply it while in a state of stress often leads to greater disconnection or unsatisfying results. For example, you may say all the psychologically "right" words, yet the wall between you and the other person remains. Let's explore what can help us dissolve conflicts and move into a deeper connection. For more info see: [www.onenessberlin.com](http://www.onenessberlin.com/) 🎟️ **Entry**: € 10 for walk-ins (in cash or PayPal) just for us to pay for the space or **[get a ticket from € 5 >](https://momence.com/l/dah4nwad)** 📍**Where**: Yoga Sky, Am Tempelhofer Berg 7d, 10965 Berlin Follow the Yoga Sky signs in the yard, and take the elevator to the top floor. 🗓 **When**: Sunday, 7th of June, 19:00 - 20:30 Please arrive 5-10 min earlier to settle down. You’re welcome, no matter your background or experience. This is what has worked for us over many years and we love to share it with you. Looking forward to see you, Oneness Berlin Florian & Jazgul

⚖️ Legal in Business: Essentials for Founders Building a startup is exciting — but without the right legal foundation, even the best ideas can face serious challenges. Join us for a practical and founder-friendly session where we break down the most important legal aspects every startup should understand. No legal jargon. No theory overload. Just clear, actionable insights you can actually use. We’re excited to host the event together with our partners at [FARBERG Rechtsanwälte](https://www.farberg.legal/?utm_source=chatgpt.com). The session will be led by Oliver Zitzelsberger and Faruk Gregor Drovs, who specialize in corporate law, venture capital, startup financing, M&A, founder agreements, and legal structures for growing businesses. 💡 What will be covered: ✔️ Choosing the Right Legal Structure • UG vs GmbH vs Sole Proprietorship • When to choose each • Key pros & cons ✔️ Common Legal Mistakes Founders Make • No contracts between founders • Missing terms & conditions / privacy policy • Ignoring legal structure early • Using content without proper rights ✔️ Co-Founder Agreements • Why they matter • What should be included • What happens if someone leaves 🎯 Why Join? Because legal mistakes are often invisible at the beginning — but costly later. This session will help you: ✔️ avoid common pitfalls ✔️ understand what really matters ✔️ build your startup on a stronger foundation 📅 June 7, 2026 ⏰ 13:00 – 15:30 📍 The Social Hub LIMITED SPOTS AVAILABLE!

**( Note: This community is specially curated and reserved only for South Asian women with roots in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan )** The Core Crew is the small group of women behind every Desi Girl Berlin event — and we’re opening a few more seats. If you’ve ever thought “I wish we did an event about this” — now you can make it happen. Here’s what we bring to the table: 🫶🏻Help finding the right audience for your idea 🫶🏻Promotion across our community of 200+ active members 🫶🏻A team to plan and host with — you’re never doing it alone 🫶🏻Support with venue, logistics, and the boring bits Join this meetup and become part of largest desi girl community in berlin with 200 active members as of now. (IMP- community event for only south asian girls) Our Story- We started this group to create a welcoming space for desi girls to find real friendship. Who are we? We host free community events for Desi women in Berlin (Desi = people from South Asia). We are within the avg age of 25-35ish. Creating a space for you to be truly you!

A cozy riverside picnic for women navigating life abroad 🌿☕️ Whether you’re a student finding your feet, a mother holding everyone else together, or simply someone who’s been quietly getting on with it — this morning is for you. Because building a life far from home is quietly hard. The loneliness, the adjustment, the pressure to seem fine — it’s easy to lose yourself in it all. This is a space to slow down, speak honestly, listen, breathe, and feel a little less alone. We’ll share gentle meditation, meaningful conversations, and *warm chai* by the riverside. ✨ Key takeaway: a simple, practical technique to better manage emotions in everyday life. Just bring a bite to share and your amazing self — we’ve got the rest covered with a thoughtfully structured morning 🌿 📅 Saturday, 6th June 2026 ⏰ 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM 🌿 Treptower Park 🎟️ Contributions Early Bird: €5 (till 31st May) Regular: €7 Pay via Revolut: https://revolut.me/mahakj6os Fancy staying on? We’ll head out for lunch together afterwards

Meet up and join other people in Berlin this Saturday! Whether you're a long-time resident or just travelling through, come and meet new people to have fun, make new friends and enjoy your Saturday evening in a safe and welcoming environment at one of Berlins fantastic bars. This week we're heading to Biermesiterei bei Lemke & BATA Bar (see link to location) - looking forward to seeing you there! Look out for the "Meetup Saturday Social" signs on tables. We always have several organisers there (male and female), so come say hello to us! We care to make sure that everyone enjoys themselves and we have **no tolerance for bad behaviour or creepiness.** **Follow us on Insta:** @siphappens.berlin **Join us on Telegram:** t.me/siphappens_berlin **👉 Other important notes:** \- 🗒 Due to increased popularity and capacity restrictions of locations many of our events now have a guestlist with a maximum limit on attendees\. **ONLY THOSE WHO ARE ON THE GUESTLIST WILL BE ADMITTED** \- 🍸 The locations we visit are bars and clubs\, they are businesses and we are able to keep these events free ONLY if people buy drinks\. Please respect the locations and the event by **making purchases** \- 🦹‍♂️ Remember to keep an eye on your belongings and prioritize your own well\-being\. We are not responsible for any lost items or personal issues\. \- 📷 By attending our events\, you consent to being photographed or filmed\. Photos and videos taken during the events may be shared on our social media\. If you do not wish to appear in the photos or if you appear in a photo that we post that you would like removed\, please send us a private message as soon as possible on Instagram \(@siphappens\.berlin\)

Topic to be announced. **THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: https://www.franklin.edu/ **DIRECTIONS** Franklin University Fisher Hall 300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215 Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8 Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map. NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

Get ready for a Picnic, this is our social and member appreciation event for the year! Feel free to bring family, but be sure to reach out with the number of attendees, so we can provide food for everyone. There will of course be food, music, games and fun! Event is held rain or shine, we have a covered shelter house reserved for the event. Agenda --- Moderators Kimberly Deal - Columbus Atlassian User Group Leader Kevin Stanley - Columbus Atlassian User Group Leader Greg Sprowls - Columbus Atlassian Community Leader Hosted By Kimberly Deal, Atlassian User Group Leader Kevin Stanley, Chief Everything Greg Sprowls, Agility Lead --- Global Partner Atlassian (http://atlassian.com) Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality. For over a decade, Atlassian customers have come together to network, share ideas, solve problems, and find new ways to use Atlassian products. Today, more than 15,000 people take part in Atlassian community events in more than 30 countries. --- Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-columbus-presents-annual-columbus-ace-summer-picnic/.

## 🤝 Host Information A co-hosted event by ProductTank Columbus & Women in Product Columbus 💡 About the Workshop AI adoption is stalling across organizations — not because of a lack of motivation or tools, but because it's fundamentally a behavior design challenge. This hands-on workshop applies proven Behavior Design models and methods to help you move from a vague organizational wish to boost AI adoption to 3-5 concrete, testable interventions you can act on starting tomorrow. Whether you're a product manager, on a product team, or just someone trying to get AI to actually stick at work, you'll leave with a clear picture of what's worth focusing on, what to ignore, and how to drive real, sustained adoption — no guesswork required. 🛠️ What to Bring Laptop: Fully charged and ready to go. AI Assistant: Have your favorite AI assistant pulled up. (Dom will be using Claude, but feel free to use whichever assistant you prefer!) 🍕 Logistics & Perks Food & Drink: Pizza and drinks provided! Parking: Plenty of free spaces available on-site. ###

Come chat about Atlassian tools and best practices at the Reynoldsburg Sunny Street Cafe and Breakfast is on Atlassian! Let's get the day started off with breakfast with your ACE Leaders! We're always excited to talk about Atlassian Products, share our knowledge and hand out swag! Come chat with us about new product news and anything you are working on within the Atlassian product stack. This is a great opportunity to come see what we are all about, hear new business news and share with other Atlassian users your questions and experiences. We'd love to see new and old friends come out to chat and learn about Atlassian! Agenda --- Moderators Kimberly Deal - Columbus Atlassian User Group Leader Kevin Stanley - Columbus Atlassian User Group Leader Greg Sprowls - Columbus Atlassian Community Leader Hosted By Kimberly Deal, Atlassian User Group Leader Kevin Stanley, Chief Everything Greg Sprowls, Agility Lead --- Global Partner Atlassian (http://atlassian.com) Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality. Partner Atlassian --- For over a decade, Atlassian customers have come together to network, share ideas, solve problems, and find new ways to use Atlassian products. Today, more than 15,000 people take part in Atlassian community events in more than 30 countries. --- Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-columbus-presents-rise-and-shine-with-atlassian-reynoldsburg-5/.

Couldn't make Knowledge? Or want to debrief the dancing robots or Autonomous Workforce? Join us for a Knowledge '26 recap, insights sharing, a couple rounds of golf, and fun at Topgolf. As always, drinks and food will be provided. More details to come — mark your calendar, RSVP, and save your spot today!

Join us as we discuss our June pick: Metal Slinger by Rachel Schneider! Book description: Even though she's not one of them, Brynn has spent her life among the Alaha, training to be a guard and waiting for the chance to attend the annual market hosted by the Kenta–the very same people who exiled her adopted community to a life at sea. Going to the market is a rite of passage eagerly anticipated by all young guards, but Brynn does not anticipate breaking a century-long peace treaty while there. Nor does she plan for the intense encounter with an enemy soldier that now threatens to unwind the fragile coexistence between their people–and everything Brynn once believed about herself to be true. Brynn's loyalty to the Alaha is tested when the truth of her identity is brought to light by this soldier who's taken an oath to bring her back to where she belongs. Narrowly escaping death on the violent high seas, Brynn's connection to the Alaha is further tested when she learns about the world of magic she's been denied. She was once certain of her fate and where she belonged, but the dark, knowing eyes of this stranger have her questioning everything, including her heart. Packed with knife fights and seafaring adventure, METAL SLINGER is the smash-hit start to the romantic fantasy duology, the Fire & Metal series

I have been studying the question of "self" online with Prof. Ellie Anderson and so I thought a prompt on the "self" might be interesting. Full confession: I had Claude create this prompt and I like it, so here goes: Imagine a thought experiment that merges two classic puzzles: > You undergo a procedure, performed neuron by neuron, in which every biological component of your brain is replaced with a functionally identical synthetic substitute. At each step, your behavior, memories, and personality remain unchanged. When the last neuron is swapped, is the consciousness experiencing the world still you? And — more pressingly — was there ever a continuous "you" to begin with? ### Questions to Wrestle With * If consciousness is purely physical, does the *gradual* nature of the replacement matter, or is it equivalent to being destroyed and rebuilt? * Could there be a "self" without continuity of experience — even moment to moment, while you sleep? On a more practical level, consider the simpler case first: **hemispherectomy** patients — people who have had an entire cerebral hemisphere surgically removed — often retain a strong sense of personal identity and continuity. This suggests "you" are not rigidly tied to specific physical material. But does that vindicate the synthetic neuron case, or merely show that identity is more *flexible* than we thought — not that it can survive *complete* substrate replacement? I used Claude so I could get this out today and let everyone have some time to consider it. Hope to see you at the Oracle. Sorry about the location change two weeks ago. That's what I get for trusting local weather predictions!