Illuminatus

cstross, 15 days ago (edited 15 days ago) to random

Random musing:

What is the werewolf gut microbiome like? And what happens to it when a were shifts form? (Do humans get copious diarrhoea/purge themselves right after shifting? And what happens to the gut contents if a werewolf gorges on meat right before shifting back to human?) What about parasites in raw meat, eg. trichinosis?

And are xanthine alkaloids (like theobromine, found in chocolate) as toxic to werewolves as they are to canids?

aral, 17 days ago to Israel

How does genocide happen in 2024?

It doesn’t, of course. As Graeme Wood from The Atlantic explains, there are only tens of thousands of legally killed children, that’s all.

(Thanks, Graeme, we were all apparently very confused.)

See, y’all were getting worked up for nothing.

https://archive.is/sT6ne#selection-1057.275-1057.295

#israel #palestine #gaza #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #legallyKilledChild #TheAtlantic

Illuminatus, 5 months ago to random Spanish

Whenever a Christian (they usually are, but it applies to any other religion) asks somewhere "If you are an atheist/if god doesn't exist, how do you know how to behave ethically right?" they are telling far more on themselves than they think they do.

Illuminatus, 3 months ago to random Spanish

LB: Alberta, Canada, is a province with an economy terribly dependent on the tar sands and fracking industry, that is: fossil fuels in the form of aggressive extraction of hydrocarbons in a way heavily dependent on a tainting use of water ("fracking" is hydraulic fracture, water is used to retrieve the hydrocarbons, taintint that water forever, in human terms). Now they have the fucking worst drought registered and nothing useful will be done.

Illuminatus, 3 months ago to random Spanish

I swear to all the gods that the second worst fucking thing about the US of A after their fucking imperialism and its consequences is their fucking date system of MM/DD/YYYY.

Illuminatus, 2 months ago to random Spanish

LB: Oh, yes, I am sure that posh arsehole supporting the transphobe writer will not help the Scottish independence movement. At all.

lilithsaintcrow, 18 days ago to random

“But the killer whales causing mayhem off Europe’s Iberian Peninsula might actually just be bored teenagers..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2024/05/25/killer-whale-boat-sinking-report/

Illuminatus, 13 days ago to random Spanish

The "elites" are a bunch of degenerate, deranged, sociopaths who should be shipped to Mars without a return ticket. Good fucking gods. https://newrepublic.com/article/182008/erik-prince-secret-global-group-chat-off-leash

Illuminatus, 2 months ago to random Spanish

Hearing a review of '3 Body Problem' by one of the S&F&T youtubers I follow, who's a fan of the books, and how he points out the things I feel are good about the show and I suspected (I haven't read the books) that were positive changes.

Illuminatus, 19 days ago to random

Every now and then I see (usually Yanks, but any English-speaking capitalist can do it) making comments about how the CCP and the PRC control (or cull) their population of millionaires and billionaires and how they suddenly "disappear" and all that, and I never see that connected to the "capitalists are at the heart of innovation and making things work" spiel. I mean, if you can disappear from one day to the next and the company keeps working on, maybe your contribution was not so important… 🤔

Illuminatus, 3 months ago to random Spanish

Alegrándome de que a Dani Alves le hayan condenado por su delito, no ya por la prisión sino por lo que supondrá para su carrera profesional el comerse cinco años sin poder salir del país por lo de la libertad vigilada (y que otros machotes privilegiados vean huecos en su impunidad), tengo que decir que me sabe amargo, porque ha tenido que ser un caso prácticamente "perfecto" para que la cosa llegue a este desenlace.

Illuminatus, 2 months ago to random

I have to say I have had some very good nights with @pluralistic novel. I never would've believed forensic accounting would make for a really engaging topic in a novel, but 'Red Team Blues' has proven me wrong.

gerrymcgovern, 15 days ago to random

"The crazy idea is “degrowth communism,” a combination of two concepts that are contentious on their own. Degrowth holds that there will always be a correlation between economic output and carbon emissions, so the best way to fight climate change is for wealthy nations to cut back on consumption and reduce the “material throughput” that creates demand for energy and drives GDP."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/05/kohei-saito-degrowth-communism/678481/

An even crazier idea: let's keep growing on a finite planet.

Illuminatus, 11 months ago to random Spanish

MADREMÍAMADREMÍAMADREMÍAMADREMÍA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KRceywz-rU

Illuminatus, 1 month ago to random

I have just remembered that the man/bear debate was already settled, some years ago: https://www.incognitocomics.com.au/products/my-boyfriend-is-a-bear-tp

Illuminatus, 13 days ago to random

Will he see prison? I don't know, but will it be expensive for him? I fucking sure hope it is.

Illuminatus, 5 months ago to random Spanish

In the name of Asclepius, God of Medicine; in the name of his father, Apollo, God of Healing and Illness, please, US of A, can you fucking tell me why your FDA has authorised this last December more than two dozen products with opiates or opioids in their compositions? Have you learned absolutely fucking nothing?

Illuminatus, 3 months ago to random

@lilithsaintcrow Arrived today. I am trusting you here. :11117:

Illuminatus, 2 months ago to random Spanish

I am watching these days 'Parks and Recreations' and I am on the last season, the one with the plot of land and the "free" Wi-Fi company Grizzld, which is a very thinly veiled stand-in for Facebook/Meta and… not to spoil it, but fuck, did they have enough to see through their bullshit back in 2016.

Illuminatus, 6 months ago to random Spanish

Hey @lilithsaintcrow seems like Alex Garland has been reading your stuff and Brian Wood's! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDyQxtg0V2w

Illuminatus, 1 month ago to random Spanish

Reading some stuff about the Armenian Genocide (because I have made a comment about Jury Nullfication and that lead to the trial of the assassination of Talaat Pasha) and I feel fucking sad and fucking tired: the German foreign office knew about the Armeninan Genocide, and they didn't allow Walter Rössler to testify for the shame that it would bring them to be known that they knew. There was no doubt that what was done to the Armenians was monstruous, and yet, 21 years later…

Illuminatus, 17 days ago to random Spanish

Designating an area safe for refugees and bombing it later is a war crime. Bombing a refugee camp is a war crime. Sniping children is a war crime. That your "activists" attack aid-carrying trucks and transports to block their access to the refugees is a crime against humanity. Israel is committing genocide.