#HyperTechnologies

[almakfi-m]

truly the concept of basim being so fast that it breaks the animus is sooo sexy and anyone who complains about the 'focus' ability is weak

[aurevoirmonty]

Les modèles sociaux du futur, du fait de l'introduction des "hypertechnologies", ne nous dirigent pas vers davantage d'égalitarisme (comme le croient les apologues idiots de la pan-communication grâce à Internet), mais vers le retour à d'archaïques modèles sociaux hiérarchisés. D'ailleurs, les impératifs de la concurrence technologique mondiale et de la guerre économique pour les marchés et les ressources rares vont aussi dans ce sens : gagneront les peuples qui posséderont les "blocs élitaires" les plus puissants et les plus sélectionnés, et les masses les plus organiquement intégrées.

Guillaume Faye

[iankhanblogs]

Future Unveiled Tech Futurists and Visionary Insights

Exploring the Future with Tech Futurists and Visionary Experts

Tech Futurists- Founders for the Future

Tech futurist is not only a prophet of trends but also leads innovative meditation about technology, business, and society in one place. The analysis of the recent technologies such as AI and AR provides opportunities to develop a sustainable future; it offers solutions for designing realisable action. They experiment with hypertechnologies like AI ethics, autonomous systems, and surveillance with an exhaustive approach. They also signpost the destination to these three stakeholders managing them through delicate issues in their business.

The Role of Technology Futurists in Innovation

The creation of technology futurist is to find out how specific innovations are about to influence sectors in the society. Be it health care and education or entertainment or even up to the finance industry, they try to spot new trends that might be drivers of a transformation and will certainly offer assistance to the adjustment of organizations. Lately, there have been incidents concerning a great deal of discussion about quantum computing, blockchain, or green technology-all things of the day to maintain an increasingly competitive edge. In all this, we are also discussing situations where controversial technologies have been discussed that underline the balance between innovation and ethical responsibility.

Artificial Intelligence Experts: Shaping Intelligent Futures

AI futurists imagine the next frontier.

AI futurist complement AI specialists, as they deal with broader implications of artificial intelligence. AI futurists analyze various trends and forecast the shift in industries, changes in new opportunities, and disruption of traditional models. And AI futurists, with technical prowess combined with strategic foresight, deliver a complete package for the future of AI.

Augmented Reality Experts: Redefining Realities

The field of augmented reality is advancing very fast, and AR experts are at the forefront. The digital elements of the physical world merged by the experts in the field of augmented reality create experiences that revolutionize the retail, education, and health industries. The possibilities range from virtual try-ons in e-commerce to AR-assisted surgeries in medicine, proving that AR can change daily life and business processes.

Keynote Experts: The Conversation Leaders

The knowledge from keynote experts is fundamental in spreading complex concepts about new technologies to the mass audience. From industry conferences to corporate events, they break down intricate concepts into inspiring ideas and encourage innovation. As thought leaders, they keep organizations and people informed on why they must be ready for tomorrow.

Futurist Authors: Documenting the Path Forward

Futurist authors have a very unique role in shaping public understanding of technology’s impact. Books, articles, and researches all come into the picture, delving into AI, AR, and other controversial technologies that are seen to shape future possibilities. The work of these authors combines storytelling with expertise, which makes complex ideas accessible and engaging.

Futurists: Architects of Change

At the core, futurists are strategists who study current trends to predict what might happen in the future. Their work includes all domains-from technology to climate change to social dynamics. Futurists help governments, businesses, and individuals make decisions based on facts and data when they provide future projections.

Inspiration from Good and Great Motivational Speakers

Among all speaker types, technology futurist speakers are in the best place to convert technological trends into actionable strategies. They are doing this by expressing their technical knowledge and making their presentations as compelling as possible thus creating a link between theory and practice. They help persuade the audience to start considering the future in a smarter way and provide them with means to not only survive but also thrive in the time of fast change.

Conclusion: Navigating the Future with Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness

The times that we are living in are the times of rapid and sometimes unprecedented changes whereby the insights of tech futurists, technology futurists, and other visionary professionals offer the most applicable and highly needed solutions. They outline both the pitfalls and benefits that arise from controversial technology, thus, they act as quiet leaders pushing society to work towards a brighter and more sustainable future. The reason for it is that if you are being motivated by great motivational speakers, learning staff from AI solutions vendors or defining futures with the futurists, the only obvious thing is that the future is not a place we want to reach one day but a place that we start preparing for today.

[qzer0p]

A bit of classic cyberpun

The real cyberpunk, the dark and not too hypertechnological one

[businesscasualart]

Are you interested at all in fictional magic systems/hypertechnology at all? If so, what's your favourite one and have you thought about making your own?

HEY HEY sorry, I’ve been excited to respond to this for a bit but…hail….wrecked my house…everyone is safe! We put some boards over broken windows! It’s just an ordeal and not something we can afford, but we should still be good in every other aspect! I live on a farm with a borderline doomsday prepper family, it’s gonna take more than a lil property damage for us to suffer 💪💪

Shockingly, no! I don’t typically care much for magic systems and…hyper-technology?? That’s like futuristic, sci-fi type tech right? I would assume.

I feel absolutely insane for it and its constantly shooting me in the foot as an artist/writer, but typically it takes a lot for me to care much about those types of systems.

There’s some I’ll get real obsessed over tho, commonly they’re someone’s OCs’ world. Like when someone is making up magic systems and cool tech for their characters, I can really get behind that sometimes!

I’ve just always been more character oriented than huge into world building ig <\3 and MAN it makes things harder for me, smh, ask me any questions about my OCs’ worlds and there’s only like, a 20% chance I’ll have an answer. I’ve definitely ATTEMPTED making my own, but with minuscule success. <\3

[dannydehek]

Stephen McCullah Lies, Corruption, Fake Crypto Schemes - Apollo Currency/Fintech, LunaOne & Gold Inc

The Crypto Ponzi Scheme Avenger strikes again. Stephen McCullah, a young zoology enthusiast based in Beaumont, Texas who failed to find and capture a living dinosaur and dog-sized tarantula on expedition in the Congo. It was also alleged he misappropriated funds from a kickstarter campaign that raised $29,000. This was only the beginning... Ten years later, he now has his own country that he is the president of, called the United Allied States (UAS), he was voted in by three people! He will be providing countries a platform where they can run their countries on, this ecosystem will have their own version of YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Tiktok. This ecosystem will also have its own currency that is backed by real gold, he will be running a tourist attraction where people can go and visit a real mine, watch explosions and test machinery and the like. Lies, Corruption, Fake Crypto Schemes, always making announcements and claims that are unsubstantiated. In the meantime headlines around the world are reading "Meta (facebook) laying off more than 11,000 employees, due to lack of interest for the MetaVerse" which even makes it more unbelievable that he believes he has the answers to all the world's problems. I've done quite a lot of research and investigating on Apollo Currency/ Apollo Fintech / Gold Secured Currency/ LunaOne/ Hyper Technologies/ Stratus/ Gold Inc and more. There's so many lies, claims, corruption and many fake Crypto schemes. Many of us are now starting to build a database of information, so we can at least slow or stop Stephen McCullah from profiteering from people who don't do their due diligence. Below is some information that may help you, if you are thinking about investing with any of the above companies/schemes. LIES TOLD BY STEPHEN MCCULLAH provided by(The Real Phantom) - Why has Steve lied over the years claiming that Apollo hardly has any NXT code left? It was just proven in court that Apollo is made up of 75% of NXT code. - Why is Steve telling people on the GSX website that GSX holders have a claim to the mine without the documentation proven so? - Why did Steve lie about signing a deal with CBZ? Marc the chairman has responded stating no deal between them happened. - Why did Steve lie, telling his investors that he will have Apollo listed on all of the top 20 exchanges in 2019. - Why has Steve always claimed to know people at the very top of Binance but still struggles to get Apollo listed and asks all his dogs to beg cz on twitter for a listing. - Why is Steve not down as a trustee on any of the GSX documents, this is because the mine is not owned by him or Apollo fintech. Its his daddys. - Why did Steve lie about gold inc when it first got mentioned in 2019, he claimed a gaming company had approached him and ask if they could use Apollos blockchain for its game. When in fact the game is something he and his best friend kyle failed to get funding for years ago. - Why did Steve lie about the UAS. Why did he claim he was approached by the people who behind this idea, when in fact it was his and fat boys willies idea. Steve was always going to be made president because UAS is his creation. All the interns have said they were approached by people who work for Apollo, which shows Apollo is the only company behind the UAS. - Why did Steve catfish TT and had Atlas claim to be an underage girl to catch the pervert out. - Why has Steve never told his community that the mines that will be providing the gold for GSX belongs to his dad and was not given as a Government deal. - Why did Steve give away untold 100s of million of Apollo at the start, why did he say it wasnt of value at the time. - Why has he not uploaded the documents backing up the recent price increase for GSX to 10 cents, he did this moments before the lease because he does not want to give out loads of GSX - What ever happened to this deal with a nation, 20 million Apollo wallet users would be issued. - When will he admit that HitBTC has delisted them and its never coming back. - When will admit to the community that he sold Apollo otc cheaper then its all time low and its most likely those who are selling. - When will he admit that he has paid devs in Apollo and it has been proven that they've been dumping over the years, bringing Apollos price down to rock bottom. - Why did he lie claiming he was waiting for his visa to fly out of south africa so he could return after his trip to the USA first state, this was a lie just to by him some time. - What happened between Steve and Cobus Swanepoel? 🤔 - Why did he claim Jorge was validating Sharding FORMAL RESPONSE (to Harmans Lawyers) This letter is to serve as formal response of your Cease and Desist demands in your communication. 1. We will not be removing any videos from YouTube exposing Stephen Mccullah, LunaOne or Apollo; 2. Nor will DANNY : DE HEK LTD be writing any retraction statements; 3. We will definitely not be paying any of Stephen Mccullah’s legal fees. However, we would consider removing the videos if Stephen McCullah returned money to the following people that invested: NAMES AND AMOUNT Sultan K APL/ GSX $70,000 and Gold Inc $40,000 Martin K £10,000 Tracy P $18,700 Ann B $5489.50 Susan A $75,000 Vinka C $7500 John A $921.90 Martin T $17,504 Steven D $3987.75 Brian B $5000 Dean S $6000 Rebecca R $1200 Amanda K $4950 Donivan W $25,312.20 Andres C $6000 Todd J $12,800 Brandon G $3600 Laura S $5000 Franco F $5500 We reserve the right to seek legal recourse against you if all affected financial losses are not made right. This includes refunding all people who have lost money across all your several projects, these include: Apollo Currency/ Apollo Fintech / Gold Secured Currency/ Luna One/ Hyper Technologies/ Stratus/ Gold Inc and more, as well as compensating any other persons or entities that may have suffered a loss or damage. Furthermore, we reserve the right to add names of those who may have lost money at a later date if they are identified through investigations. Please respond within seven (7) business days regarding your plans to remedy the situation. If our requests are not followed, we will be forced to take alternative methods to achieve our goal. We reserve the right to pursue such action and any potential legal implications that may result from it. Let me remind you that everything that has been promulgated (promoted or made widely known) by Mr. Stephen McCullah has been a serious fraud; Stephen Mccullah (LunaOne) promoted a presale offering to people where they could purchase LunaOne tokens / coins before they were listed on an exchange. Stephen Mccullah (LunaOne) didn’t release the tokens / coins for the people to sell on the listing day. The presale promotions claimed that Stephen McCullah (LunaOne) would launch coins on the exchange at $0.25 each instead the LunaOne tokens / coins were launched on the exchange at release at $0.05 each. Stephen McCullah (LunaOne) even wrote an apology to the community admitting liability. Stephen McCullah (LunaOne) then purchased tokens / coins from the exchange at $0.05 or less and gave them to the people that purchased them at $0.10-$0.15 each. This is fraud and we have evidence to prove this. We also have numerous videos and statements from many people alleging they have been scammed. We’re willing to testify in the New Zealand High Court to expose Stephen McCullah and LunaOne for serious fraud. No video that I’ve produced is inaccurate. I interviewed people who were telling their story, the facts, on how they have been scammed by Stephen McCullah and LunaOne. If any video is in violation, then you have a choice to report it to YouTube who will review your claims. If after review, YT identifies the video inappropriate for their platform, they will take action to remove it. On the right corner Steven Mccullah (LunaOne) Here is a list of other videos also claiming they have been scammed by LunaOne. These video speak for themselves. https://youtu.be/HGNGZd9msdE https://odysee.com/@dehek:6/Steven-Mccullah-CEO-LunaOne-Serial-Ponzi-Scheme-ScamDemic-Leader https://odysee.com/@dehek:6/Steven-Mccullah-CEO-of-LunaOne-Serial-Ponzi-Scheme-ScamDemic https://www.businessinsider.com/a-young-man-from-missouri-is-using-kickstarter-to-fund-an-african-dinosaur-hunt-2012-4 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2133781/Adventurer-hopes-capture-living-dinosaur-dog-sized-tarantula-expedition-Congo.html https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/817864170/new-species-expedition-to-congo https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/dangers-kickstarter/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/921m2l/the_ceo_of_apollo_is_a_known_scam_artist/ https://youtu.be/0nHgtDR5A9o https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3233704.40 https://uas.govt.agency/united-allied-states-elects-stephen-mccullah-as-first-president-of-sovereign-entity/ https://cryptoslate.com/investigating-scam-allegations-apollo-currency/ https://youtu.be/KDrQUI9qKqQ https://cointelegraph.com/news/court-finds-blockchain-firm-guilty-of-license-violation-but-ceo-vows-to-fight-back https://www.jelurida.com/news/jelurida-apollo-public-statement https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/aimysg/the_apollo_currency_team_apl_just_engaged_in_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/ai5b62/apollo_apl_is_a_massive_scam_and_you_are_all/ Left corner Danny de Hek (Danny de Hek Limited) Danny full-page article in the New York Times about my quest to name and shame anyone running Ponzi schemes or Scams. Mmmm Featured in the The Otago Times, interviewed by Radio New Zealand and a Page in the NYT Talking & Interviews; New Zealand Herald, Stuff, The Listener Also are you talking to producer of Netflix documentary “The Great Hack” that being commissioned to do another documentary called the rise and fall of Crypto they’ve asked if I would be interested in telling my story for the next documentary. Been approached by two whistleblowing companies in America who asked if we can work together “Whistleblower Justice Network” and “Constantine Cannon” Both of these companies have been given full access to our research on Steven Mccullah we also have a dedicated team of fact finders. I will not be removing any content that I have published from my YouTube Channel or retracting any statements that I have made after the fact about LunaOne or Apollo The man that you are representing is a bully online, we have evidence that he has threatened people with their lives. He can throw his money around and get away with scamming people if he wants, I’m here to name and shame anyone promoting Ponzi schemes for scamming people, with the fall of FTX Online crime is more rampant than ever you can represent a man like this if you want but I can assure you I’m very transparent and everything I do and I’ll make it very clear that a New Zealand law firm is representing an American scam artist. I interviewed three people that wanted to tell the story Because they felt they were scammed by LunaOne At the very start of the video I made it very clear I didn’t know anything about LunaOne However Both these people Steven and Ann a happy to testify in court and tell their experience with LunaOne. Other people saying they have been scammed https://youtube.com/shorts/aXnYpqP8nbM https://youtube.com/shorts/BttvE42Lbpg https://youtu.be/Ic9Om5b8sPY https://youtu.be/cyA-z5Cm7pk https://youtu.be/or6T-rsUrKs https://youtu.be/oX7FSU5WVl8 https://youtu.be/sQo6KhRwJiQ https://youtu.be/va2cXoQOehs https://youtu.be/_vBfDEywyQ8 https://youtu.be/yGTLT2PmBHg I’m a little surprised you actually took on this case. The way I look at it, some crazy Kiwi decided to take on these big time Ponzi scheme companies, that are scamming people out of millions of dollars. I wonder how many other law firms decline to get involved, rather than going after the money? If you haven’t already been paid do you know you’re getting paid with money collected from committing fraud. It’s the same as working for the cartel. This is very unethical, I’m so proud of the other legal companies that decided not to take this case on and get involved. I’m very transparent you can see this with the work I have online. I’m a New Zealander who is published over 180 videos exposing Scams and Ponzi schemes. You’re supporting a guy that got traction in life by his rich family and creating kickstarter campaigns that allege he's using the money to hunt for dinosaurs. I also have screenshots voice recordings from Stephen talking about their strategies which you can be privy to what you’ve already been handed on to whistleblowers companies mentioned above. If you are going to represent this guy, it will be in the public arena “Harmans Lawyers” chases the money, doesn’t have anything to do with ethics or supporting New Zealanders instead supports scammers such as Stephen McCullah the self appointed dinosaur hunter. PS On a personal note, you may be familiar with the company I closed down a few weeks ago ELITE : SIX Business Networking. Over the nine years I owned and ran that company I met the majority of lawyers and solicitors in Christchurch, many of these people are in my business family and still give me good solid advice. A little history with Harmans and ELITE : SIX at the start we had a real advocate for my Business Networking company “Brent Selwyn” it was obvious Brent had a big influence in Harmans at the time. I met up with one of your staff at your work do at Evil Genius who confirm the history you guys have with “Brent Selwyn”, didn’t seem to have left your company in a good standing, for whatever reason. I personally never connected with them not my type of lawyer and obviously not very good at spotting a scam when percent it to him by slimy sales people let me explain… There was an event at Chateau on the Park, a group of Australians thought they would come along and try scamming a bunch of Kiwis. I spotted Brent in the audience, I was there with three of my colleagues doing research and development about scams. Brent didn’t listen to my advice even though I was texting them as the event was running, so he new better and invested, two days after the event it was in the paper everyone at the event lost the money including Brent. I’m very street savvy when it comes to these scams and I’ve been researching them for years and I have saved people from losing a tonne of money. I’m proud of my efforts to date rather than supporting these animals I would recommend not getting involved specially if it could tarnish your reputation. Help me fight the scammers, don’t support them nor take their blood money, there’s a real ScamDemic going on at the moment do not give them the fuel to continue. I have good support network but it would be awesome if companies like yours actually gave pro bono advice to individuals like me to take on these ugly scammers. If you are going to reply to Stephen Mccullah please pass on other correspondence from his victims MARTIN KINGSBURY LETTER TO ROBERT MCCULLAH (Stephen McCullah Father) I wish to warn you about Mr Stephen McCullah, who in my opinion is one of the lowest lifeforms on this planet, super seeded only by a cockroach. I am a victim of the McCullah Hyper Technologies Inc trading as LunaOne XLN token and well versed of the numerous outright lies and misrepresentations claimed by this company. Much of the lies and misrepresentations fall under civil law, and you will be well aware as to why I have not taken action myself. Mr McCullah has in fact committed the crime of fraud, a criminal act which I and my community are pursuing for authority to investigate. I have sent details of this crime many times to LunaOne, even asking if I am incorrect please explain. To date I receive no reply. Please see my last email to LunaOne below. Remember they were accepting investors payments right up to 31/10/2022 and released the statement on the 01/11/2022. Read the full article

[itsagentzero]

Now, Chris certainly hadn't gotten bruised in the training, but his interest about this ointment was piqued. As someone who got regularly hurt during missions, it certainly sounded useful. So he looked over at Milo in curiosity as he started to undress as well.

"This ointment of yours, is it magical too? Because if it is, I'm gonna have to give it a try myself," he thought aloud, dropping all of his clothes as confidently as ever and making his way to the first shower stall with nothing but his towel in hand.

"I mean, since you always have the most interesting magical things, I figured... I've only ever known science and hypertechnology so your background is intriguing to me."

Milo nodded, feeling the potential for damage on his shoulder. They'd gone pretty hard at that last run, and he was pretty sure there might be a few other patches of bruising on his body, as well. But he also know he had a little backup to manage that. "Yeah, I've got a pretty great ointment for that, actually," he said, tapping his workout bag, as he followed Chris into the locker room. He set his bag on one of the empty benches, and started to strip down out of his workout kit. "It's real good stuff. My Gran's been makin' this stuff for years. Smells like eucalyptus and feels great."

[rogue-driv3r]

It's been a while since my last rant about automotive industry, but here we go again.

As a premise, i must say that this will probably be more valid for EU than for the rest of the world. Also expect a LONG post. So.

Hybrids and EVs are surely more efficient and "clean" than the average ICE car. But, as a car enthusiast, i'm very aware that technology end efficiency are expensive, definitely not for everyone. Here where i live we get bonuses for changing old cars with brand new "eco-friendly" ones, but only if they are old enough. Bonuses that, anyway, even in best cases will cover less than a quarter of the price of a new vehicle.

Most importantly, and that's something i learned the hard way, no institution will give you a single cent for the running costs - and they're high running costs. And about (stupidly heavy) EVs, electricity now is so expensive that the cost-per-km is the same of regular gasoline, so no real advantage. I remember when the seller told us that the simplicity of the powertrain meant less service costs, it was quite the opposite. Moreover, we were forced to service the car at their shop, at their prices, because they were the only ones who knew how to work on those components. Oh, and it was the only way to keep the warranty valid on expensive parts, too.

I had a (second hand) hybrid, like my parents. But i went from precarious worker to student and i'm unable to find a proper job while i'm studying due to some issues with my mental health, so my income suddenly dropped to zero. Keeping the car is expensive and in three years, when the warranty expires, the value will decrease drastically (a new battery could cost until 8k euros, nobody would buy a car with that risk). So i planned ahead and sold the hybrid car to get a cheaper one with decent quality and safety, reasonable running costs, free from the blackmail of our official dealer and easily fixable by any mechanic.

The problem: the most reliable and most fuel-saving version of that model on the second-hand car market (and well, basically the only one i found nearby) was a Diesel one. And Diesels are EU's scapegoat for the increasing air pollution, so Countries are forced to make laws to stay within certain limits - that's not bad itself. The problem is that private cars, depending on the sources, are only between 10% and 20% of the total greenhouse gas emissions.

But it's easier to wage war against citizens than corporations who are truly responsible for that 80-90%. And i'm not talking about those wealthy citizens who already got their fancy Tesla, but those who literally can't afford a new car (for any reason). This is a class problem.

There are "old" Diesel cars which still require less fuel than modern, high-end Diesels that satisfy the new requirements for mass production. A 10 years old 1.4 Diesel will always require less fuel and pollute less than a 2-tonne mild-hybrid "environmentally friendly" 3.0 Diesel BMW or Audi. Oh wait, it gets better: ironically an Euro 5 Diesel could be stopped from traffic while a brand new 1500 hp quad-turbo W16 Bugatti Chiron can roam around in the city centre on the very same day. But hey, the Chiron is not an evil Diesel. Once again, this. Is. A. Class. Problem.

Forcing people to go hybrid/electric with restrictions is repression against low-income classes. There could be so much more that can be done if private transport really is the root of all evil. Like a bonus that covers 100% the price of a new car (oh btw, an Euro 5 Diesel is old enough to get stopped on certain conditions, but not old enough to receive a bonus). Or investing in bio/synthetic fuels so people can run their older cars with carbon neutral emissions - but that'd make the poor automakers angry as they couldn't sell their new hypertechnological cars. Or provide new catalysts for free to install on older cars - but also that would make automakers quite angry. Or governments could also consider doing something about intensive farming (y'know, that thing that sends methane into atmosphere which is 84 times worse for global warming than CO2), or better public transport, or heavy industry, or invest in nuclear so we can stop burning fossil fuels for energy (i know this is gonna cause a shitstorm lmao, i believe safely stocking radioactive material under layers of rocks in sterile zones is better than keeping on produce greenhouse gases), or anything that doesn't involve the private life of people already struggling with ever-increasing prices of goods.

"B-but there are exceptions to traffic restrictions" sure, but it's hard to satisfy all of the requirements. One of them is quite easy to get anyway: it's a certificate that you're on the route from home to work or viceversa - you can pollute if you produce. Using an old car for free-time? Nope. Getting groceries? Nope. Sounds dystopic as hell, innit?

Don't get me wrong, technology and research are good, hybrids and EVs are fascinating and surely relatively more efficient. But not affordable by everyone, nor a permanent solution for environmental problems: not only for batteries, but also for the energy required to charge them, and the fossil fuels still needed for hybrids. A lot of research is still needed but, while we wait, we should stop pointing the finger at who can't afford to buy and sustain a new car.

Now, i know what you're thinking: "but you could've got another non-Diesel model and save even more money" maybe you're right, but for me the choice of the car is very personal and important, there are many criteria i have, picking any cheap shitbox is not an option for me if i have a decent budget. Laws can change, safety and reliability don't. There are good cars out there which only problem is bad laws made against them. Cars that can perfectly run and could end up in a junkyard only because of these laws, that's the opposite of sustainability, that's forced consumerism. Plus, it's not only about me, but also and most importantly about the millions of people that get screwed everyday and have no fucking choice.

[neechees]

was that guy mormon or just fucjing weird

He's probably just fucking weird, racist, & one of those "Aliens made the pyramids" type assholes. My aunt who's embarrassingly gullible and believes a number of conspiracy theories (including chem trails & alien shit especially. She believes Aliens could've made the pyramids of Giza) showed my kohkum the tiktok in the vehicle while I was there, but I didn't bother to look at the vid too much (including like, who posted it or if the sound was from somewhere else, like I wasn't able to look at the account or anything) besides seeing the pic used bc that type of person is an idiot I don't listen to. I was stuck in the car with them so I was forced to listen & that's how I came upon it

But yeah like I hate these types. It's like they don't believe poc could do anything on our own or that our religion is just a religion, they have to try explain it away by saying it was "Aliens", something they think is "scientific". Like "those savages can't have their own unique religion or practices or create anything innovative, they needed the help of hypertechnological extraterrestrial beings!" 🤨

[ultrio325]

Depends on canon

Some TV heads are basically full-head prosthetics, for example Mr. Puzzles from SMG4, Hobo from Dialtown, and Nemo from Library of Ruina. These are people who have elected to Robespierre themselves in favor of a TV. The exact mechanism of how is canon-dependent, for example, Nemo's prosthetic is never explained, but it is not abnormal in the context of the hypertechnological corporatocratic City of the PM Universe (Note: Usually 4-legged furry tv heads are these, don't really think there are many reasons for a random dog or fox to wear a television)

Some TV heads are helmets, for example all IRL TV head cosplayers (for now >:P), and other examples that I cannot think of right now. These are very simple to explain: Someone, for some reason needed to put on a TV head helmet. Maybe it was for coolness points, maybe it was for identity concealment, maybe it's a utility tool like a full-head Google Glass or phone.

Some TV heads are robots, mechanical beings who happened to have a humanoid shape and a screen for a head. Usually these have other robotic appendages such as plug tails, wires, or exposed chassis. Note that some TV heads may appear to be almost fully human, but are, in fact, robotic. Robotic TV heads may be either one-of-a-kind or mass-produced, usually sonas are one-of-a-kind since they are meant to represent the artist. Usually one-of-a-kind TV heads are weapons of war, or made by a genius scientist or the likes. Mass-produced TV heads are usually worker drones or warmongers.

Some TV heads are cryptids. They don't seem to be robots, but "human" wouldn't apply to them either. They seem to be a whole 'nother class of creatures. Sometimes they look heavily malnourished, sometimes they don't have clothes, sometimes they speak in glitched text, weird stuff really. Their creation is to the whims of the author, perhaps they were formed as a part of a weirdcore world, or spawned in as a glitched human, or is the coalescent manifestation of malevolent emotions.

All in all, TV heads come from a myriad of sources, with the only consistency between them is, of course, the TV on the head.

Listen…

okay so, I was standing in the fridge this morning at like 9:54am and something hit me!

HOW THE ABSOLUTE HELL ARE TV HEADS BORN?!?!

Like, seriously! Are they created in like a factory then someone can adopt them, or is it like in that movie “Robots” where you have to build the baby yourself? Can someone give birth to a Tv head?!?

Okay, let’s use Mr Puzzles as an example…

If he and someone else had a child, would the child be born with like, a mini Tv as its head, or would they be born with a phone as a head, then as they get older the head eventually becomes a Tv?? Because the last time I checked, TV’s are big and bulky! And even if giving birth to a Tv head is possible, the person giving birth would 100% have to have a C-section, it’s literally the only possible way. I don’t know man… I’m like genuinely curious about this and it’s probably gonna be bugging me all day😭

what are your thoughts on this?

BECAUSE I GENUINELY WANT AN ANSWER😭😭

edit: I completely forgot about the fact that Mr P was born a human then “cut off his face and put a tv in its place”(all you Smg4 fans get it) if he did eventually have a child, WOULD IT BE HUMAN???? Once again, I am confuzzled and have no real answers to my questions🫠🫠

[cottonsocks]

HI HELLO!! i’ve seen a couple posts about your ocs and your story and holy shit it looks so interesting!!!!!! pls tell us more about your ocs and the story! what’s the plot? who are these characters? is that magic i see? MAGIC SYSTEM?? location? is it going to be put out into the world? very cool work!

(sorry if this was too aggro haha)

Hey!!! please do not apologise for being aggro about asking my ocs, I want to talk about them so so much

I will of course share some info about this story and characters <3

- the story is set in a rundown, hypertechnology city that has the architecture of a mix of both New York and Sydney (inspiration from big hero 6 and their city design) it is somewhere in the distant future, where poverty and abandoned houses are prominent due to the wealth inequality

- at its premise it is a ghost hunting story but quickly evolves into a bigger mystery...

- the two humans are very different, that very much plays into jock/nerd dynamic but an important discovery leads them to work together to explore the outer, abandoned suburbs from another generation...

I have still so much I want to figure out about this story and characters but this is the main premise!!! If you want to you can check out my playlist for these guys!!

[heirofhermes]

"Well, the Technocrats are highly secretive and know how to keep a low profile. The information we have on them is mediocre at best," Sebas accepted aloud, completely aware of his ignorance when it came to their enemy's inner functioning. "That's why I came to you, in hope that your expertise could make this whole investigation easier."

He kept taking notes of everything Toby said in his teddy bear notebook, not missing one single detail as he was always happy to learn new things. Hypertechnology was a topic he felt curious about, even when he knew that knowledge wouldn't change his way of doing magic at all.

It was when Toby noted a possible point of entry that he perked up, an air of enthusiasm in his eyes.

"I can take care of the wall," he added immediately. There was no doubt in his voice that this could be done. "So long as we make sure there's no prying eyes, we don't have to worry about paradox or anything."

He stood up then, his half drank energy drink still in hand as he looked determined and eager to get into motion.

"Don't worry about it. I can carry my own weight in a fight... I want to avoid it so the traitor doesn't know we're onto them, but I'll kick ass if needed be."

“It amuses me, Sebastian,” Toby said, tracing the intricate circuitry patterns on the 3D image with a finger, “how mystics perceive the Technocrats as some monolithic entity of dystopian control. But it’s not like that — it’s a web of interdependencies, alliances, and rivalries, not unlike Cabals.”

He gave a small chuckle, his eyes flicking back from the screen to meet Sebas. “Allow me to remind you,” he began, his voice a gentle rumble. “These images, they’re not corporeal. They merely represent the cyber security measures inside the machines that control the lab. Not exactly tangible, but quite real in their consequences towards me and any attempt I make at hacking from the outside. Once we’re in, however,” he grinned, “the game can be rigged.”

Toby’s gaze fell upon a black metal bracelet on the table between himself and Sebastian. As he reached out, his fingers brushed against the cool metal; the metal rippled under his touch, not in the manner of a living and breathing creature but more akin to water disturbed, the undulations rolling and fading until the metal’s surface was again still.

“Sebastian, I believe we’ve identified a potential point of ingress. There is a condemned apartment building scheduled for demolition in two days. A wall in the basement seems to butt up against the lab.” He paused, taking a moment to let the information sink in before he continued.

“Chez was able to get a satellite image of the area. There seem to be heat and power readings coming from the other side of the wall. I have a method to get us in, but it is Vulgar. We’ll try the stealth approach, but if something happens,” he said, turning his gaze back to the bracelet as a wry smile appeared on his lips, “We’ll have to fight. Just stay behind me if it comes to that.”

[twocubes]

I just got around to reading the (new) end of ra and was wandering what you thought about it?

In the original ending, there’s this discussion, right, that Rachel has with Laura about her mistakes.

“Ra lied to you,” Rachel says. “Wearing Nick’s face, a face which you loved and trusted, Ra took you into a lecture theatre and showed you on a blackboard that you were the most important person in the universe. Ra told you that world order was faulty, which is always true, and that the whole thing could be made perfect in a moment if you only did what he told you, which never is. And you bought it, wholesale. You let them turn you into a… a chess piece, because they promised you’d be one of the powerful ones.

“I understand everything else about you. The lust for space; the need to acquire enough power to clear the bar I set up for you and the need for me to be alive and watching while you did it; the semi-legitimate, semi-legitimising need to fix the world and put Wheel Group hypertechnology in the hands of ‘the people’. None of it excuses you, Laura, I want you to understand this, you’re guilty as hell and one day you’re going to be made to answer for it. But: the hero story. How could you fall for it? The mythology, I mean. That one obvious, colossal lie.”

This is… somewhat hypocritical coming from Ashburne. She was a soldier in a desperate war, rebelling against something they could not realistically oppose. She was in fact the leader of the armies of Actual Humanity, in some sense the most important person “in the world” as a result. She joined a group, seeing that the world order was faulty, and she required everyone else just to do what she told them. Hell, the whole “treat everything as real” thing is in some sense following your own orders unquestioningly. It was a fight about exactly the same thing: putting ra’s technology into the hands of The People. 

The thing she is telling Laura not to do here is exactly the same thing she did, which is fine, but she is characterizing the choice she herself made as obviously wrong.

The new ending removes this hypocrisy. Rachel is not there to save Actual Humanity’s ass at the end, and the best Nat manages is complete capitulation to the virtual perspective. Laura’s failure, her being captured by what we are supposed to understand is an “obvious, colossal lie” resulting in the end of the world (in a sense), is now told through the outcome of the story.

This goes with some other ways that the new ending is more coherent with the story’s themes. Its arc is clearer, its themes stronger.

I get all that.

So why. Why do I find myself liking the original ending better?

I think it’s… on some level I wanted that hypocrisy there.

We live in a world with many problems, where many solutions to those problems have been evident for decades. But if you pay attention to any particular issue over a timeframe of, say, more than 5 years, the “responsible” and “powerful” parts of the world never seem to do anything about them.

To those of us pleading for more, we are told, all the time, repeatedly, that the only two realistic choices we have are “make the world worse” and “make the world even worse”. Every attempt at organizing to make the world better is demonized in roughly the way above, as suspicious, a way for someone to take control of you for some nefarious purpose or just for their own power. we are paranoid and insane about having our sincere desires to make the world a better place manipulated by unscrupulous actors, often styled as foreign but more realistically domestic, to the point that the only organizations that both continue to do any good and seem to last are those that remain small enough for everyone to be able to have a very clear idea of the personal history of everyone else.

I am tired. I have wanted to die every moment of every day of the last twelve years, and I deal with this by blind faith that if I were truly worthless the world would surely kill me. I wish, briefly, to be able to imagine that a struggle could lead to the world being better.

I do not need to be told that believing that the world could be better and being part of an organization that I do not fully understand with the goal of making it be so are obviously wrong and bad, when implicitly people believe that being part of an organization that I do not fully understand with the goal of making money is normal and fine.

In reality, and in the original ending, I can content myself with that hypocrisy. With looking back and noticing these contradictions and keeping within me a hope that things might be better. With remembering that our enemies are never truly gods, and that they can always be defied.

The new ending is better but it offers no such escape.

[differenttriumphdragon]

More Miraculous Cookies! Because I compulsively shove these two into literally everything I do involving this game. But hey, where are their wings?

The Lovebug AU is...not quite a human AU. The Cookies just don't already have magic powers, hypertechnology, or...well, anything that would take out an Akuma or Sentimonster easily, save for like, combat training and such.

This includes Legendaries; heck, the Red Dragon is just a codename used by a long line of Dragon Miraculous users, which happens to include Pitaya and Fire Spirit (and Devil, who just got impatient and stole the thing, much to Longg's chagrin)

I was actually on the fence on which Miraculous I'd give Angel for a while between the Rooster and the Snake. I even had a name in mind for the latter: Amphitere. As it turns out, the Dragon and Rooster are actually complimentary signs, making my choice much easier, but naming much harder.

In the end I went with a subtle reference to a saying my mom taught me for some reason: "Red sky at morning, sailors take warning". I never really got it cause I figured sailors were at sea for continuous days on end, thus they'd get caught in a storm later regardless of when the sky was red, and also because we aren't sailors so why should I care.

Really hoping we get to see the Rooster Miraculous in action sooner rather than later, so I can possibly make adjustments to Torchic over there and actually figure out how they'd fight together.

[heirofhermes]

"What can I say? I am a cuddly guy," he fired back, adopting the same light hearted tone that Toby had been showing him so far. It was better than focusing on the declaration that he had willingly walked into a technological death trap, anyway. For all his prodigious ability with magic, he wasn't the most knowledgeable when it came to the kind of hypertechnology his new friend used...

Had he found himself on the other end of his tech, he wouldn't really know what to expect.

"Why is there a blind spot?" he asked innocently. Had this happened in another setting, his mind would've gone in a darker direction, but he hadn't fully let go of the 'mission' mindset; as such, a blind spot in a safe house didn't sound very safe at all.

His eyes, however, were locked on the mechanical spider that seemed to be fixing Toby's wound. He was mesmerized by it, even. He wondered if Toby was as intrigued about the arcane and high ritualistic magic like his own in the same way Sebas was intrigued about technomancy. It was his host's voice what brought him back to reality with a rather odd question.

"What does it feel?" he repeated, trying to remember the process of the last Sphere he learned. Matter. But of course he remembered, with his prodigious memory and all. "Like an epiphany. Like... Like you suddenly undestood how to solve that one math problem you were struggling with. It doesn't feel like... power or magnificence. It feels like understanding something that seemed complicated before. At least for me."

Continued from here

"A teddy bear, you say? A furry ambassador of cuddles and nightmares. As you wish, I must admit it's a rather... cuddly choice." Toby chuckled at Sebastian's declaration, knowing the mage's affection for all things teddy bear. A sense of unease crept over him, like a fog rolling in from the sea, but he quickly masked it with a nonchalant shrug. "As for the wards, your magic is always welcome, Sebastian, but let's not forget we're dealing with technocrats this time. Traditional wards might not be our strongest defense. This place? Fort Knox has nothing on us. Wards? Check. Death traps at the doors, ready to unleash aneurysm-inducing symphonies? Check. Explosives artfully hidden in the bookcases? Double check. And let's not forget Chez; he'll be here, eyes on the monitors, watching... primarily for entertainment, but also for security."

Suddenly, a disembodied voice echoed through the room, whimsical and light. "Ah, security, my middle name! Actually, it's not, but it could be." On the screen, the image of a cat, Chez, materialized, its lithe body stretching languidly in blurry pixels before settling down, prepared for a long night. "No need for you to dabble in warding and such. I've been assigned to monitor duty. Picture me, eyes on every screen, missing absolutely nothing." A brief pause ensued before he added, with a chuckle that hung in the air like mist, "Except maybe that one blind spot, but we don't talk about that."

Toby's eyes narrowed a silent proclamation of disapproval volleyed toward the monitor. Casually, he rolled up his sleeve, his movements as deliberate and unhurried, revealing the icy tears that marred his palm and wrist, stark against the paleness of his skin. Long fingers, almost tender in their motion, reached out, gathering a trinket of intricate complexity, a small metal ball, and a gear twisted and rusted by time and neglect. With a mechanical sigh, the spherical object unfurled into a spider, its metallic legs twitching and tapping on the palm of his injured hand. The spider did not hesitate before it bit into Toby's flesh, each prick a biting kiss against his wounded skin. It began its work, weaving a green thread between the front legs. Like a weaver at its loom, it stitched together the torn skin, mending the wound with a cold efficiency.

He watched the diligent spider, entranced. A strange sensation began to stir within him, like the ripples fanning out over the surface of an undisturbed lake after the first dropped stone. As if a veil had been lifted, his perception altered, twisted. No longer was the spider in his view; instead, he was seeing beneath the surface of his hand. The intricate network of veins surfaced first. Layers peeled back further to reveal sinewy muscles, stark against the landscape of his flesh. Finally, like the climax of a macabre ballet, the architecture of his bones unveiled itself, immutable as stone yet as fragile as glass.

Toby shut his eyes tightly, blocking out the eerie spectacle of his own hand. "Sebastian," he murmured, "tell me, what does it feel like, for you, when you have reached the first rank of a new Sphere?" He kept his eyes shut as if bracing for an appalling truth. He had expected some grand spectacle when a new Sphere was unlocked, but this... this seemed too subtle, as if it was just another moment of his life.