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Weather Service

2021-03-17T13:42:00Z

96.231.99.185: not that much

'''Weather Service''' is the third uploaded entry in the [[Local 58]] video series and takes place fifth in the overall timeline. The episode takes the form of a late-night broadcast that is interrupted by the Emergency Alert System warning viewers about a meteorological event.

==Synopsis==
[[File:LOCAL58 - Weather Service|thumb|330x330px]]The episode begins with a display of Local 58's early morning weather schedule but cuts to a weather warning EAS broadcasted by the county authorities. The warning states that a [[Moon|meteorological event]] is occurring and that citizens are advised not to look outside at it with the naked eye. The normal display of the station schedule begins again but is cut off by another warning, this time upgraded to a Civil Danger Alert. The alert advises residents to stay indoors and not to look at the night sky.

However, mere moments later, the message is hijacked and is altered to say that the metrological warning has been lifted and the sky is safe to look at. Then it tells the veiwers to GO OUTSIDE NOW. The Alert is interrupted by video noise and background static, with hints of the (disrupted) EAS tone, along with tense tones, as it begins to display messages about the event. The text specifically warns viewers to not look at the moon, stay inside, not look at the night sky, face away from windows, avoid mirrors, and not look up.

Briefly displaying the station logo, the feed once again shows a message from the country services. The text warns that something is in the moonlight, hinting at the existence of an entity that appears to possess any who look at it:

"''ITS IN THE LIGHT''

''THE MOON CAME IN''

''HE FOUND ME''

''THRU THE MIRROR''

''MOONLIGHT WHITE''

''WHITE LIKE EYES''

''NOT LIGHT BUT BLOOD''

''I DROWN IN HIM''

''IF YOU ARE AFRAID''

''WE WILL LOOK TOGETHER"''

The video footage abruptly cuts to a live feed of the full moon, where crowds of people can be heard screaming in the distance before the episode comes to an end and the credits role.

==Trivia==
* The episode reveals that the Local 58 station is in Mason County.
* Before the second interrupted weather warning, the scheduling for the station begins to display "Blood of the-" before cutting off.

==Gallery==
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dontlookatit.png
stayinn.png
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themooncamein.png
hefoundme.png
thruthemirror.png
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[[Category:Episodes]]

Weather Service

2021-03-16T17:26:09Z

96.231.99.185: better example.

'''Weather Service''' is the third uploaded entry in the [[Local 58]] video series and takes place fifth in the overall timeline. The episode takes the form of a late-night broadcast that is interrupted by the Emergency Alert System warning viewers about a meteorological event.

==Synopsis==
[[File:LOCAL58 - Weather Service|thumb|330x330px]]The episode begins with a display of Local 58's early morning weather schedule but cuts to a weather warning EAS broadcasted by the county authorities. The warning states that a [[Moon|meteorological event]] is occurring and that citizens are advised not to look outside at it with the naked eye. The normal display of the station schedule begins again but is cut off by another warning, this time upgraded to a Civil Danger Alert. The alert advises residents to stay indoors and not to look at the night sky.

However, mere moments later, the message is hijacked and is altered to say that the metrological warning has been lifted and the sky is safe to look at. Then it tells the veiwers to GO OUTSIDE NOW. The Alert is interrupted by video noise and background static, with hints of the (disrupted) EAS tone, along with tense tones, as it begins to display messages about the event. The text specifically warns viewers to not look at the moon, stay inside, not look at the night sky, face away from windows, avoid mirrors, and not look up.

Briefly displaying the station logo, the feed once again shows a message from the country services. The text warns that something is in the moonlight, hinting at the existence of an entity that appears to possess any who look at it:

"''ITS IN THE LIGHT''

''THE MOON CAME IN''

''HE FOUND ME''

''THRU THE MIRROR''

''MOONLIGHT WHITE''

''WHITE LIKE EYES''

''NOT LIGHT BUT BLOOD''

''I DROWN IN HIM''

''IF YOU ARE AFRAID''

''WE WILL LOOK TOGETHER"''

The video footage abruptly cuts to a live feed of the full moon, where crowds of people can be heard screaming in the distance before the episode comes to an end.

==Trivia==
* The episode reveals that the Local 58 station is in Mason County.
* Before the second interrupted weather warning, the scheduling for the station begins to display "Blood of the-" before cutting off.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
publiceye.png
masoncounty.png
eas.png
wetaherwanring.png
nakedeyenotallowed.png
bloodofthe.png
civildanger.png
warningineffect.png
nightnolooking.png
theeventissafe.png
goout.png
dontlookatit.png
stayinn.png
x.png
messageforcounty.png
itsinthelight.png
themooncamein.png
hefoundme.png
thruthemirror.png
moonlightwhite.png
whitelikeeyes.png
notlightbutblood.png
idrowninhim.png
ifyouareafraid.png
wewilllooktogether.png
camB.png
</gallery>
[[Category:Episodes]]

Real Sleep

2021-03-16T17:22:21Z

96.231.99.185: not that much

[[File:ＬＯＣＡＬ５８ - Real Sleep|thumb|right|335 px]]
'''Real Sleep''' is the seventh uploaded entry in the [[Local 58]] video series, though its exact place in the timeline is unknown. The episode features the broadcast of a personalized video cassette designed to act as a sleeping aid.

==Synopsis==
The episode begins with Local 58 displaying their afternoon schedule, which features a section at 3PM for 'Real Sleep'. The feed then cuts to the broadcast of a personalized video tape from a television intended for personal use by a Philip Gerhardt.

As the video begins, it is shown that the tape was created by the Thought Research Initiative and that the tape is some sort of instructional guide. The video goes through several true or false questions about the nature of sleep, claiming that dreams and dreaming are wasteful and not necessary for proper rest. The video continues with their explanation of the Kleitman Map, an index of electrical activity of a brain in the process of dreaming. The Initiative claims to have a method that allows them to isolate the exact neural pathways that dreaming uses and cancel them out, creating 'real sleep'.

The video proceeds into an instructional section about how to induce the user's 'anti-dream', using Gerhardt's personalized Kleitman map to do so.
* '''Sequence 1: Visual Calibration''' instructs the user to stare at the center of the screen as a series of flashing negative-inverted human faces begin to play in quick succession accompanied by feedback noise. The sequence ends on a distorted face.
* '''Sequence 2: Cortical Memory''' instructs the user to continue focusing on the center of the screen. Two sets of the flashing faces on either side begin to play, slowly converging together to form one face in the center that then disappears.
* '''Sequence 3: Ablation Of Subconscious''' instructs the user to repeat the phrase "THERE ARE NO FACES" out loud after it is spoken by a synthesized voice. At the same time, a barrage of distorted human facial features are flashed at the user before they eventually fade into a single constant that is burned into the screen.
* '''Sequence 4: Acceptance''' instructs the user to read and to not read a series of quickly flashing messages while the same synthesized voice from Sequence 3 slowly speaks "THERE ARE NO FACES". The flashing messages continuously reference the Initiative's disdain for dreaming:
** ONLY THE AWAKE MAY THINK
** SEEING IS FOR OPEN EYES
** COGNITION IS A LIE
** I DREAM THE WORLD AWAKE
** THERE ARE NO FACES
** DREAMING IS A VESTIGE
** SLEEP IS PRETEND
** A DREAM IS A COWARDLY THOUGHT
** SLEEP IS NOT CIVILIZED
** THE MIND IS A TYRANT
** THIS IS YOUR TIME NOW
** I WILL NEVER DREAM AGAIN
** STAY OUT OF YOUR BEDROOM
** THERE IS WORK TO BE DONE
** DREAMS ARE JUST SCREAMING WITH PICTURES
** THE PURE OF MIND DO NOT SLUMBER
** NO GOOD THOUGHT FOLLOWS INSTINCT
** THE LIE OF SLEEP SEEKS MANY VESSELS
** WE ARE OUR OWN GODS
** LET COGNIZANCE NOURISH ITSELF
** LOGIC IS THE FINAL BURDEN
** THE PRIMITIVE MIND DESERVES ITS NIGHTMARES
** WHEN WE SLEEP WE DIE
** I AM AN IDEA THINKING ITSELF
** THEY ARE NOT FACES
** THE SUBCONSCIOUS IS A PARASITE
** DREAMING IS A CANCER ON THE FACE OF SLEEP
** THEY FOLLOW NIGHT TO BLEED DREAMS
** THE PRIMITIVE MIND DESERVES ITS NIGHTMARES
** YOUR HOME HAS ANOTHER DOOR
** UNCONSCIOUSNESS IS A THREAT
** WE ARE NOT MEANT TO DREAM
** YOU OWE THE MESSENGER
** WHAT IS TRUE UNMAKES THE FALSE
** SLEEP IS A SCAVENGER
With the sequences completed, the video then congratulates the viewer on completing them, claiming that they will have a night of dreamless sleep ahead. It advises the viewer to call for a Initiative technician if there are any unintended side effects and not to see a doctor before it abruptly ends.

==Trivia==
[[File:Philip.jpg|Transfer warning at the beginning of the video|246x246px|right]]
* The title screen that displays the tape's intended personal use by Gerhardt displays an ID number of 750117. This implies that there are many other users of the Initiative who use similar tapes to achieve real sleep.
*The Kleitman map may be a reference to American psychologist Nathaniel Kleitman who is recognized as the "father of modern sleep research" and was a co-discoverer of REM sleep.<ref>https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/news/nathaniel-kleitman-phd-1895-1999</ref>
* In Sequence 4, a distorted audio clip in the right channel can be heard continuously saying "I Dream The World Awake", referencing one of the messages that can be seen. [[Kris Straub]] claimed that something was also supposed to be audible in the left channel, but was left out in an exporting error.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/local58/comments/a8982k/subliminal_audio_in_sequence_4_real_sleep/ Subliminal audio in Sequence 4 (Real Sleep)]</ref>
* The font used for Gerhardt's ID at the very beginning of the tape as well as the text at the end of the TRI logo is the same font used for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weather_Channel The Weather Channel's] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeatherStar WeatherStar] I, II, and III. The font used during the four sequences of the tape is either the one used for the WeatherStar 4000 or the WeatherStar Jr. All three fonts can be downloaded [https://twcclassics.com/downloads.html here.]

==Gallery==
<gallery orientation="none">
Real Sleep Proof.png|''Up Next: Real Sleep'' - The Real Sleep programme at 3:00 pm.
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Episodes]]