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I remember the days in which Citation Machine wasn’t owned by Chegg and swamped with AI features… when I could run my sources through to double-check that I cited everything in the correct format, and I didn’t have ads running over half my screen, and I didn’t have to either pay up or watch a two-minute sponsored message blocking my entire screen to make more than two citations.
#rant#Insanitypost#citation machine#i don’t need these fancy AI bells and whistles on my citations!#and stop asking me to paste my paper in to be checked for plagiarism -I know how to attribute my references!#there’s a bottom ad panel…#a top ad panel…#and three separate boxes on the right side panel playing three different ad videos#stuff’s gonna make my computer SICK#stuff’s gonna make ME sick with all these flashing colors all over my page#having to use online testing software that won’t function if there’s any sort of ad-blocker on my PC is not helping either
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quickie question-
Anyone got any blog recommendations that have a focus on posting/writing about neat things like bugs, plants, space, architecture, etc? I'm aiming broadly at science-adjacent topics but tbh I'm always open to curiosity about things unfamiliar as well :v
I'm specifically looking for such accounts that post that sort of stuff, and don't post/reblog a lot of misc, memes or news stuff. Especially the latter, my main goal is to refocus my online experience away from constant doom-news-spam and into a place of rest and learning, while keeping news reading boxed into its specific place and time.
Some examples of the vibe I'm loosely aiming for:
Artifacts and Arthropods, Arsanatomica, Snailfish Enthusiast
Also down for really neat artist suggestions like Plastiboo and Mason Lindroth too :o
#accounts that use citations preferred where relevant#and needless to say no ai lmao#science news accounts on such topics also welcome! Very different than like politics news#very “we discovered a tiny being with cute little oble proteins :D” vs “the orphan crusher machine has expanded to 200000 orphans/sec”#yes I'm still obsessed with the obelisks#I was going to say I want them but I already have them! In my stomach!#if relevant fave architecture is deco and nouveau#but yeah adding just a few of these sorts of accounts has already had a huge impact#feels like being able to breath again#maybe a little less wanting to perish in a vitaminless explosion#gosh im going to cringe rereading these tags later#oh well
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For those who have asked, the answer is yes.
#techdif#matt gray#tom scott#gary brannan#chris joel#the technical difficulties#youtube#video#totpal#citation needed#reverse trivia#adventures#tabletop Time Machine
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kinda hate working on a laptop ngl. trying to fit all my research notes and various pages I'm transferring info from and 57 different working documents onto one little less than 2 square ft screen?? just dumb if you ask me. give me a massive white wall and thumbtacks and a ball of string (preferably red) any day.
#gonna start a cultural revolution -- writing academic research papers not with citation machine#but with a conspiracy wall and red string#it's gonna revolutionize the academic setting just you watch#we'll be so much happier and healthier#gurt says stuff#college woes#someday I'll look back and laugh at undergraduate me
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If you're a fellow god you may be thinking "those rings in his wings would be perfect for tying them up, so he will stop zipping around and flying away from me" but in reality you just invented the newest in Teyvat flight technology: The Venticopter
#windcarvedlyre#genshin#i guess to be fair in chinese helicopter is literally 'straight rise machine' so yeah if venti keeps floating straight up away#he is. a straight rise machine#but also who called him a helicopter pls give me a citation for that nickname#do those floaty transport carts in teyvat count as helicopters?? does teyvat have helicopters??#idk if i've gotten to. or noticed. anything refered to as a 'helicopter' ingame yet#my doodles
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2/1/2024 Winter Classic - Seattle Kraken vs Vegas Golden Knights
The Summer I Fell For Hockey - The Perfect Day: On Yanni Gourde and the Narrative
A bank of fog rolls over the new year, over Seattle’s skyline, over the morning of the Winter Classic. T-Mobile park, after weeks of preparation, is transformed; sprouting up from the baseball diamond is a construct of ochre-red wood and glass, freshly frozen paint and ice, and boards that flash with sponsorships. A sea of people all in red, cream, navy and pale blue flood in to fill up the stands, 47,000 strong. There’s the retractable roof for insurance, in case Seattle weather decides to get in character, but for once the air stays dry and sunlight cuts through the fog in time for the match, winking warm and yellow and sweet from behind sparse cloud cover. In the future, today will be remembered as a near-perfect day for outdoor ice hockey. Continents and continents (and a hemisphere) away, the chime of a phone alarm rings out into a damp summer morning. It’s 6:30 am. It’s Kraken game day. I jolt awake.
The Vegas Golden Knights enter the arena dressed collectively as Elvis, shirts split open to the belly button, reflective of their city’s desert-dwelling glitterati. My Kraken come as fishermen, in work boots and hot red overalls, outfits made complete with fluro orange caps and stuffed fish. When it comes time to get onto the rink in their gear, the Kraken are introduced by Sir-Mix-a-Lot in a truly terrible mashup of his hits and ad libbed lines. As they make their way down the faux boardwalk, jets of fire spew forth intermittently, and real fishmongers from Pike Place Market toss fish between the players in an ode to their post-game tradition (the stuffed fish yeet) and the city of Seattle. The anthem is shredded by a 14-year-old local on electric guitar, to the stoic, patriotic acceptance of everyone watching. (Gods but hockey is such an unserious sport, and for this it will have my heart in perpetuity)
The rink is mic'd today, and I’m grateful. I love the sound of hockey; I love the sound of skate blades carving sibilant lines, the way sticks will clack against each other, against the gritty ice; and when the puck hits someone’s tape just right, there’s a now-familiar little zing deep in my reptilian brain that heralds satisfaction. One day, when my city hosts the AIHL (Australian Ice Hockey League), I’ll be right next to the rink and able to hear it all for myself, but for now this will have to suffice.
The Kraken start dominant, winning the first faceoff and instantly initiating a dump-and-chase. Their cheeks are blacked in an effort to stave off ice blindness, but I like to think they’ve donned war paint. In line with this, Tanev starts the festivities by slamming the Golden Knights’ Whitecloud in a brutal check. Today, with the mics hot, every thump and bump gets caught as bodies hit the boards. Neither team is holding back, some mutually agreed upon level of violence dialled up three notches. Unlike the check-heavy games I’ve watched in the past, there is no pall of malicious intent, no thin veneer of civility to cover up simmering anger from the get go. No; today the hits start clean. No penalties are called for first period.
Had it been two weeks ago, I’d have jumped on the opportunity to extol the virtues and skillset of our starting goalie, Joey. Later, the entire arena will shake with cheers of his name. Because I can’t resist, I’ll say this: he’s still unerringly good at trapping the puck to stop play and cause a reset, shuttering any build up of momentum and opportunities for rebounds; still going on his heart-stopping adventures out of the net and catching compliments from the broadcast on his exceptional stick handling; and the puck at times seems magnetised to his glove. Spoilers for the rest of the game: it’s a shutout, and after all those incredible stops I’m sure Jack Eichel will be kicking himself about being read like a book for days. 35 saves (his exact jersey number) and the first shutout in Winter Classic history. The story writes itself. But enough of that — Joey’s low-hanging fruit. And besides, I’ve already put pen to paper on the Dacs propaganda; it all still stands.
The hard checks keep coming. I get the feeling that something’s different today, that there’s something in the air apart from the perfect weather. Despite Vegas’ stellar record against the Kraken to date (8-1-0), the Kraken have a vice grip on the game. I’m so used to watching them chase games to stumbling, clumsy victories that this dominance feels surreal. They kill off the Knights’ attempts at transitioning, relentless in their pursuit and determined to play along the boards, keeping the puck largely out of their offensive zone. When the Knights do manage to drag it in, the Kraken d-men spare no effort viciously batting incoming pucks away from the slot, and should that fail — Joey’s right there to remind them just how good he is. It’s still a simple game, a steady and unembellished grind the way the Kraken like to play — but something about today makes me think that perhaps the elusive, gossamer thing called ‘luck’ is on their side. Perfect days don’t exist, until they do.
My Kraken score their first goal off a stylish deflection. Dunner skips the puck at Tolvy from the blue line, over Amadio’s stick and into traffic. The puck sails past a scrambling Knights defence, where Tolvy finds it midair and smacks it down, right into the back of the Knights’ net. The second goal materialises two minutes into second period, and so does the inciting incident for this essay (blog post/diary entry/unhinged hockey breakdown). After winning the puck off a scuffle along the boards Yanni Gourde legs it, sending it into Vegas’ side of the rink. There’s some back and forth, but ultimately Borgy picks up a goal with a slapshot off the rebound.
Gourdo (or Pumpkin, if the pun appeals) is the quintessential Kraken player. From his career, to his playstyle, to how he’s never come close to stardom — he is, to quote Nick Faris, someone that, “[...]embodies who the Kraken want to be.” He catches my attention today because of his tenacity, and because the liveblog tag goes hard for him as future captain. I’ve come to learn that where esports fans call it the Script, hockey fans use a different phrase. It’s all the same underneath: when everything fits so well, when it all begins to rhyme like poetry, when it’s so compelling that surely someone must’ve made it up — that’s the Narrative.
Gourdo is short for a hockey player, standing at a modest 5ft 9in (175cm). That’s the first thing you’ll hear about him; that he’s at or below league average. The second thing you’ll hear is that he was never drafted. In a league filled with stories of stars — whose fans and media orbit the monsters of the game, a dozen or so point-scoring darlings — here’s Yanni Gourde, the man who was once a season away from giving up the ghost and getting a civil engineering degree, a rookie for the Tampa Bay Lightning at 26. This, too, is Narrative — a different kind I’d say, because when you hear about underdogs you imagine a scrappy, uncut gem finally breaking through to reach the top. Gourdo isn’t some secret prodigy, and the stats he’s put up since he got his chance in the NHL are solid, a career high of 25 goals and 64 points in 82 games during his time with the Lightning, but nothing like your McDavids or MacKinnons. But that’s all just paper. Out on the ice, though? That’s where the real story is happening.
If Sidney Crosby’s story is the Narrative, Gourdo’s story is like if the Narrative was stolen by a side character — which, fittingly, is exactly what some of the best narratives are all about. A quick Youtube search turns up the usual fluff pieces done by team media. A deeper scan reveals an unusual amount of short highlights, largely scrums and fights that he’s been involved with. In one of them he can be seen sporting his big, crooked grin. This is how I find out that Yanni Gourde is a pest. An instigator, a rat. Whatever you call it, Gourde shares hockey lineage with the likes of Brad Marchand.
In ice hockey, games are won and lost off the back of power plays and penalty kills. But with hitting and fighting at an all-time low, how does one draw penalties? Gourdo has it all figured out. He plays his own game, sticking just short of too close and pushing the envelope on interference. He’s gone on record talking about his extracurriculars, how he verbally and physically taunts opposing players after the whistle: “I know most of the time it works them up and they want to punch me in the face a little bit more. If they take a penalty on me, then, I am winning.” Gourdo treads the line of illegality and sportsmanship, and tips people over the edge in his wake, and when they retaliate they’re caught out and sent to the box.
Rats have a bad reputation in the NHL. Honour codes dictate that you back up any insults, physical or otherwise, should another player challenge you to drop gloves — the assumption being that any on-ice beef is genuine — an agitator’s actions are premeditated, calculated to wreak as much havoc as possible. This insincerity leaves a bad taste in the mouths of many. And yet, Yanni Gourde is beloved.
When he was selected by the Kraken in the expansion draft, Lightning fans made tribute videos. When he first returned to Tampa Bay as a visiting player, the arena shook with his fans' welcome. He is universally regarded by teammates, both past and present, as a leader and an overwhelmingly positive force in the locker room; someone who knows how to get silly (krakenblr-core!), who contributes to constructing good attitudes on the ice, someone who has stepped up to fulfil leadership duties when his teammates have been injured.
Beyond his instigation (and his remarkably sparkling reputation in spite of this), most interesting to me is a distinct pattern to the rest of his shot highlights. There’s nothing too complicated about it, even I noticed as a fan who’s still learning: Yanni Gourde has that intangible, ineffable clutch factor. For every clip where he’s in a scuffle, there’s another instance where he’s scored a game winning goal.
My working theory for why? He’s the guy who didn’t give up on his hockey dream even after being snubbed by the NHL and relegated to the AHL, who debuted as a starter 6 years later than most rookies, made himself a nuisance to play against at every turn with his relentless puck chasing and instigating. He’s Gourdo. So of course he’s got the clutch factor; he snatched his entire career from the jaws of retirement in the eleventh hour.
On a day like today, where the weather is perfect and the sticky late game ice has puck bounces going the Kraken’s way, it feels like the right time for something magical. And in a match filled with physicality Gourdo defies expectations, plays his own game and manages a miracle. Early in the third period, the Knights go for an offensive reset on a loose puck in the Kraken slot that goes shooting past the blue line. It looks completely standard. I’ve seen it a hundred times by now.
And then, racing down the ice there’s Gourdo. I expect a check, because that’s the type of game they’ve primed us for. It doesn’t come. Instead, Gourdo slips right up into Cotter’s space, right under his stick. Their skates cross once but there’s no hit, and with the barest brush… the puck is lifted out from under Cotter’s feet.
This blog is named for a silly pun on ‘pickpocketed’, because it was one of the very first hockey concepts that really captured my imagination. I became quietly obsessed with the idea of pickpocketing in ice hockey, fascinated by hulking athletes who know they don’t even need to hit anyone to win. There’s something so delightful about it; the idea that in ice hockey, a game that is notorious for semi-legal fist fights and whose actual rules allow the players to throw their hundreds of pounds at each other in service of victory, you could simply lose the puck to a thief. Whatever you call it — pickpocketing, puck stripping — it’s the result of refs who’ve become increasingly trigger-happy on calls, and a league-wide shift toward protecting its superstars from concussions.
For Gourdo, it’s a matter of necessity. Being smaller than most players, he has few other options. He can’t just rely on checking; he’s part of the new wave of players who’ve bought in on the puck possession game, scrapping and digging to steal the puck away with stick lifts and finesse rather than outright force. (Funnily enough, fellow pest Marchand is named in an article as another player whose game is shifting to focus on puck possession).
In the wider arc of the Narrative, it’s a perfectly Yanni kind of play. He steals the puck away from the Knights right in their slot, and is left almost one on one with their goalie as everyone else on the ice rushes to catch up. It’s not beautiful hockey — there is no well-timed deke, no lethal toe drag release — it’s just Gourdo wrestling control of the puck from the carved up ice, awkward and off-balance. The first shot doesn’t even go in, bouncing off of Thompson’s pad. But Gourdo is right there to catch it off the rebound, never giving up, always holding on, and he scoops it right over and into the net.
I know the game is finished for the Vegas Golden Knights after this. Call me biassed about my Sharks but I’ve seen when a team is still hungry for a win, and the Knights aren’t coming to the table. More than just the number on the scoreboard, in hindsight this goal feels woven into the fabric of the Narrative. It’s gorgeously messy, unexpected. It comes as a surprise to everyone watching, the broadcast barely able to keep up before the puck makes its way to the net. It’s Seattle waking up from a decades-long slumber to remind the world that it’s always been a hockey town, and the Kraken victory a ringing statement. It's another game winning goal for Gourdo, exactly like he’s always done.
It’s not quite perfect hockey, of course, not what people think of as clean or even technically proficient. But if you’ve watched any Kraken broadcasts you know what I’m about to say.
That’s Kraken hockey, baby!
#kraken lb#seattle kraken#winter classic 2024#hockeyblr#nhl#ice hockey#yanni gourde#krakenblr#my writing#post-game stuff#player stuff#hello kraken lb come get your yanni propaganda#this man is incredible and interesting and we are so so so blessed to have him with us#i hope he's with us for a long time. but he's the kind of player I'd follow to a new team any day#this write up is a lot more polished than I thought it was gonna be (citations and everything!!!) and I'm quite happy with it!!#i'd like to thank the wayback machine for letting me read paywalled articles <3 bless bless bless#I think it's gonna be my fate to become an amateur scholar on these players' histories whenever i do propaganda#does this count as a primer even though it's like... also a post-game thing?#oh well. here it is and please enjoy!!!!
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Consider all of the TIE fighters lost. Mark their captain for a citation.
This is why Thrawn's people are so loyal to him. He'll deploy his troops when needed - he'll spend his resources without regret so long as something can be purchased with them - and will honour them if they don't return home. They will be remembered. This was important for his people and for Thrawn himself pre-exile. But for the critically low numbers currently aboard The Chimaera In Exile, it's critical.
#because of course Thrawn's crew will volunteer to become zombie troopers for him#thrawn#everyone knows they're not doing it for the empire#ahsoka series#star wars#no lie I wanted the tie pilots to survive. a deluded wish I know#I genuinely thought enoch would get killed off so Thank You for keeping him around#it was too much to get some backstory for him of course. but continued living is accepted with gratitude#fic writing it is then#captain enoch#enoch#enoch arranging the citation in whatever form that takes#something to show belonging to the empire as a whole but with 1. a tie pilot element and 2. an exile element#brushstrokes of individuality within the machine
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Taking my friends by the hand, on my knees, weeping and begging them to stop using easybib and other citation generators they are so so so bad they suck soooo much please just look at Purdue OWL
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truly just SUCH a typical tumblr experience but like.
Familiar Tumblr Name makes a post that's like: 'you know how fast fashion perpetuates itself by selling us clothing that gets dingy and grody really fast, so we have to replace it yearly?'
me: uh, no, actually—historically i've found that the few fast fashion pieces i acquired long outstayed their welcome, and were perfectly wearable long after i was heartily sick of them! but go on, i guess
FTN: 'let me tell you about this traditional domestic wisdom (implied: that's been lost because of, uh, capitalism) that will fix this problem (that you, too, definitely have) for you!'
me, googling: okay so this residue that FTN said was somehow a Fast Fashion thing is apparently generally caused by like. fabric softener and/or hard water. using discount detergents that skimp on active ingredients. using too much detergent so it doesn't wash out. letting your bedding go too long between washes. letting your washer go too long between cleans. etc. anyway. lots of specific factors here, many of which may in fact not apply to you in particular!
but like. why get specific when instead we could assert You Know This Problem, Right? This Lost Traditional Wisdom Will Definitely Help You Personally!!
#just like. makes me mad as rhetoric bc like. *i* can evaluate yr Dramatic Tumblr Post critically and do independent research abt it#and determine how much of it applies to me#and like. the answer is: basically none but it's a good reminder to clean the washing machine‚ thx#but like. there are loads of ppl in the notes just like. nodding along very wide-eyed#to whom this ALSO may not be applicable but who have lapped up yr sloppy demagoguery#and it's just like. [FTN] admits *in this post* that they don't actually know all the ins and outs of this#and it's just like. then probably you shouldn't be climbing onto your soapbox to explain it to people just yet!!#and telling people to get Righteously Angry that this has been Kept From Them#anyway. extremely specific subtweet and honestly the consequences of blindly taking OP's advice would probably not be too bad#but it's just like. i get really frustrated with these bloggers who want to Dispense Advice#but aren't actually experts themselves‚ don't provide any citations for their assertions‚ and claim that things are Universally Applicable#which is just. never true!! people's situations vary!!!#and like. if everyone were equipped to critically evaluate this shit it'd be fine‚ probably#but they're not! people are like 'oh wow you sound confident‚ okay‚ information integrated into my worldview now!'#and it's just like. i realize the subject matter here is relatively low-stakes but it's like. the KIND of rhetoric here is. weird.#very like. There's Been a Conspiracy and You Should Believe Me Because I Sound Confident and Friendly and Like I'm On Your Side.#Reject the Innovations of Capitalism. Retvrn to the Old Ways.#and it's just like. hm what politicians does that remind me of!#anyway. sorry for this very vehement very specific subtweet i just. idk. genuinely think this strain of tumblr demagoguery is pernicious#and like. lots of it is perpetrated by liberals!! most of it ime! but it's the same damaging dynamic even so
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been rewatching xhorhas era c2. essek you lying bastard. he's soooo evil guys his vibes are soo bad. nothing to see here just a loyal kryn noble. top dog spymaster has no ulterior motives.
#guys whys he like 120 and in SUCH a position of power that's crazy. do u think abt how crazy that is in a society of ppl who have 1-2k#years under their belt. what did he DO for that. also consider how war-crazed the bright queen is and essek's specific focus on creating#offense spells (citation: wildemount book). i do not think the known war crime is his only war crime. boldly i would like to say he's been#doing some really terrible shit with the bright queens full knowledge. anyway yeah rewatching and he is SO evil#m9 took calm politeness for a secret want for friendship and ran with it. now. it worked. but holy shit#i mean. terrible shit besides the known torturing. and creating war machines. you know.
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Realizing I've never manually written out a citation on any academic assignment in my life 🐒
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Fire from the Skies: On the Promethean Undertones of UFO Discourse
The figure of Prometheus, from Greek mythology, embodies the quintessential human quest for understanding and the precarious consequences of acquiring knowledge once deemed the exclusive domain of the divine. By defying the gods and gifting humanity with fire, Prometheus not only propelled civilization forward but also established an enduring archetype - the allure and the peril of seeking and possessing forbidden knowledge. This paradigmatic narrative sets the stage for comprehending the irresistible appeal and the inherent risks associated with the pursuit of knowledge that lies beyond the purported boundaries of human grasp.
A similar dynamic is at play in the Disclosure movement, which revolves around the hypothetical revelation of evidence confirming the existence of extraterrestrial life or technology interacting with Earth. Driven by an insatiable desire for truth and transparency, Disclosure advocates challenge governmental secrecy and other powerful entities believed to be withholding crucial information about UFOs and UAPs. This pursuit of truth mirrors the Promethean quest for knowledge, where individuals and groups dare to uncover truths they believe are being deliberately concealed, often at the risk of challenging entrenched authority.
Furthermore, UFO cults or UFO religions, which have coalesced around beliefs in UFOs and extraterrestrial life, represent a fascinating sociological response to the unknown. By incorporating these beliefs into spiritual or religious frameworks, these groups offer their members a profound sense of meaning, community, and sometimes, a narrative of salvation or enlightenment in the face of existential uncertainty. Paralleling Prometheus’s transformative gift, UFO cults reinterpret humanity’s place within the universe based on their beliefs about extraterrestrial life, seeking to elevate or transform human existence through this “revealed” knowledge.
A common thread weaves through these narratives - the relentless pursuit of knowledge perceived as powerful or transformative. Whether it is Prometheus seeking divine fire, Disclosure advocates searching for evidence of alien life, or UFO cults reinterpreting human existence, each subject embodies the human impulse to seek knowledge that challenges and potentially transforms our understanding of ourselves and our place in the world or universe. This quest often entails a challenge to established power structures, highlighting a deep-seated desire for truth and transparency that transcends conventional boundaries.
Break down of the interview with scientist Eric W. Davis at the 2024 Sol Symposium in San Francisco (James Faulk with Daniel Elizondo, Neon Galactic, December 2024)
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Catastrophic Disclosure (The Dr. Steven Greer Podcast, February 2025)
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Corey Goode, Avian Aliens, and David Wilcock - An Extraterrestrial Con (Alan B. Smith with Darcy Weir, Mystic Lounge, November 2024)
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The Final Episode: It‘s The End Of The World As We Know It (The UFO Rabbit Hole Podcast, February 2025)
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Col. Karl Nell: The Schumer Amendment & Controlled Disclosure (Sol Foundation Symposium, Stanford University, November 2023)
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Diana Pasulka: Uniting Science, the Humanities, and Intelligence in UAP Scholarship (Sol Foundation Symposium, Stanford University, November 2023)
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Jim Semivan: The UFO Program, Interactions with Nonhuman Intelligences, and Experiencers (James Iandoli, Engaging The Phenomenon, July 2024)
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[..] Again, the characteristic peculiarity of Prometheus, as mentioned by Plato in the Gorgias, is thus unfolded by Olympiodorus in his MS. Scholia on that dialogue [Olympiodorus the Younger was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astrologer and teacher who lived in the early years of the Byzantine Empire, after Justinian's Decree of 529 AD which closed Plato's Academy in Athens and other pagan schools. Olympiodorus was the last pagan to maintain the Platonist tradition in Alexandria — Wikipedia]:
Prometheus is the inspective guardian of the descent of rational souls. For to exert a providential energy is the employment of the rational soul, and, prior to any thing else, to know itself. Irrational natures indeed perceive through percussion, and prior to impulsion know nothing; but the rational nature is able, prior to information from another, to know what is useful. Hence, Epimetheus is the inspective guardian of the irrational soul, because it knows through percussion, and not prior to it. Prometheus, therefore, is that power which presides over the descent of rational souls. 'But fire signifies the rational soul itself; because, as fire tends upwards, so the rational soul pursues things on high. But you will say, why is this fire said to have been stolen? Because that which is stolen is transferred from its proper place to one that is foreign. Hence, since the rational soul is sent from its proper place of abode on high, to earth, as to a foreign region, on this account the fire is said to be stolen. But why was it concealed in a reed? Because a reed is full of cavities, and therefore signifies the flowing body in which the soul is carried. But why was the fire stolen contrary to the will of Jupiter? Again, the fable speaks as a fable. For both Prometheus and Jupiter are willing that the soul should abide on high; but as it is requisite that she should descend, the fable fabricates particulars accommodated to the persons. And it represents indeed the superior character, which is Jupiter, as unwilling; for he wishes the soul always to abide on high. But the inferior character, Prometheus, obliges her to descend: Jupiter, therefore, ordered Pandora to be made. And what else is this than the irrational soul, which is of a feminine characteristic? For as it was necessary that the soul should descend to these lower regions, but being incorporeal and divine, it was impossible for her to be conjoined with body without a medium, hence she becomes united with it through the irrational soul. But this irrational soul was called Pandora, because each of the Gods bestowed on it some particular gift. And this signifies that the illuminations which terrestrial natures receive take place through the celestial bodies. For the irrational soul is an immaterial body, or in other words, vitalised extension, such as the mathematical bodies which we frame in the phantasy; and the celestial bodies are of this kind.
-- Martin Euser, Proclus Diadochus On the Theology of Plato, translated by Thomas Taylor, 2010
[Proclus Lycius (412 – 485 AD), called Proclus the Successor (Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major classical philosophers of late antiquity. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism and, through later interpreters and translators, exerted an influence on Byzantine philosophy, Early Islamic philosophy, Scholastic philosophy, and German Idealism. — Wikipedia]
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky: Prometheus, the Titan [The Secret Doctrine, London, 1888/89] (Fredrik Montelius, September 2016)
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The underlying concept behind Blavatsky's Theosophy was that there was an "ancient wisdom religion" which had once been found across the world, and which was known to various ancient figures, such as the Greek philosopher Plato and the ancient Hindu sages. Blavatsky connected this ancient wisdom religion to Hermetic philosophy, a worldview in which everything in the universe is identified as an emanation from a Godhead. Blavatsky believed that all of the world's religions developed from this original global faith. Blavatsky understood her Theosophy to be the heir to the Neoplatonist philosophers of Late Antiquity, who had also embraced Hermetic philosophy. Blavatsky claimed that due to Christianization in Europe, this magical tradition was lost there, but it persisted in modified form in India and Africa, promoting a self-consciously magical disenchantment narrative. In turn, Blavatsky believed that the Theosophical movement's revival of the "ancient wisdom religion" would lead to it spreading across the world, eclipsing the established world religions. Thus, in bringing these Theosophical ideas to humanity, Blavatsky viewed herself as a messianic figure.
[..] Godwin suggested that Blavatsky's life work was "not only spiritual but socially idealistic and fiercely political". [..] Blavatsky's social and political beliefs, like much else in her life, are not always consistent, though reflect what she felt she could reveal of a larger vision. That was, more than anything else, the vision of the succession of root races. These races were a flexible category, cultural as well as physiological, with races often combining in the course of history. Moreover, inspired by recent acrimonious debates over evolution, they are also dynamic, emergent forces. Gary Lachman wrote, "Although few historians have noted it, in Isis Unveiled (1877), Blavatsky presented the first major intellectual – not religious – criticism of evolution." {Lachman 2012, 159–60} Blavatsky held that Darwinism explained human physical evolution, while spirituality followed another developmental pattern. — Wikipedia
Peter Levenda (James Faulk, Neon Galactic, September 2024)
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Social engineering is a term which has been used to mean top-down efforts to influence particular attitudes and social behaviors on a large scale in order to produce desired characteristics in a target population. — Wikipedia
In his work on political philosophy, The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), Karl Popper offers a critique of theories of teleological historicism, according to which history unfolds inexorably according to universal laws. Popper indicts Plato, Hegel, and Marx for relying on historicism to underpin their political philosophies. Popper argues that Plato's political philosophy has dangerous tendencies towards totalitarianism, contrary to the benign idyll portrayed by most interpreters. — Wikipedia
Origins Behind the Sekret Machines Triology & Complexities Surrounding the Phenomenon (To The Stars, September 2024)
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Friday, February 14, 2024
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Things you didn’t expect to hear before you were in a relationship #7
In her little cat mind, the dandelion was a small dead critter, and that’s cute.
#kittens are adorable little death machines#things you didn’t expect to hear#things you didn’t expect to say#significant other#citation#cat
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Celestial Kingdom Energy Department notes on “The Sarcophagus” - written at behest of Her Unconquerable Celestial Cheese Cookie and approved by Lead Supervisor Goggles Cheesebird
The energy cell is, as designed, a containment device built-to-request for the spoil - identified as client [READ: Unknown Origin - under review by Chronicler] retrieved by the Queen. Its purpose is to serve as a primary energy distribution and conservation chamber for the continued efforts of Kingdom Restoration and Revitalization, linked to [citation needed] sectors AA, AB and AC of the kingdom’s grid. The energy cell is comprised of an outer shell to which the External Links from the processing facility are connected, as well as the machinations for diagnostics and wellness. The front hatch folds back to reveal the inner chamber where the spoil is housed.
The Soul Jam identical to Her Radiance is stored in the inner chamber. Subject (ID:) “Burning Spice Cookie”, currently in possession of the artifact, is subdued and preserved along with it. Ample care is required to uphold the stability of the contents of The Sarcophagus, therefore, as the Soul Jam’s unintelligible power must be siphoned and processed evenly to ensure equal energy distribution. As the host of the outlier Soul Jam has access to this power, procedures have been established to keep it in a state of stability. Currently the subject is in continuous stasis, with wellness diagnostics run once per day to monitor its function. Motion and sound are absent. Subject is in good health [visible aberration has been ruled correlative to procedure] and remains cooperative. (ADDENDUM: recent conscience tests uncovered a change in behavior: while the body is dormant, the mind fluctuates between varying degrees of awareness. Further research by Her Radiance is being conducted.) When running diagnostics, the inner chamber is exposed and lowered to a more accessible position. At all other times the inner chamber is concealed by the external shell.
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Her Unconquerable has separated research on “Burning Spice Cookie” from the Soul Jam itself. For future reference, matters of the Soul Jam are under jurisdiction of the Energy Department, while anything regarding its host is reserved for the Queen herself. Wellness diagnostics are to ensure the Soul Jam remains in a stable medium. Additionally, information regarding the acquisition of the Soul Jam and its medium are to be kept classified. [Please remain aware of the aforementioned visible aberration (needs citation) present on the subject’s right arm; its magic does not seem to respond to the energy cell’s mechanics. Research will be conducted if requested.]
Please alert Her Radiance of any changes in the subject’s behavior. Ignore deviations when she is present. Soul Jam research will be forwarded to her as well. Once the medium is no longer deemed valuable, please separate it from the Soul Jam. [Estimated time until then is uncertain - retain this information regardless.]
Consult Maintenance if distribution affects the servers.
Written and signed: Energy Department Review Team
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The other day I was trying to sleep but instead I thought about what kind of like... super powers Ivo and Stone would have.... which turned into a whole AU.
Like people who have powers are called EVOS. The powers arent necessarily genetic they can just happen in anyone but also relatives tend to have similar powers? Or something. The population is a 50/50 EVO/NonEVO
Theres also no Mobians... theyre just EVO humans in this AU. Sonic Knuckle and Tails just have Speed, Strength, and Flying EVO powers. Shadow has Teleportation.
Ivos power is Amplification. Allowing him to radiate and/or touch someone to power up their EVO power.
When his power is working on others it causes glowing lines to form on the body as well as making the persons eyes glow. If used too much too quickly it can cause someone to lose control.
I wanted his power to be something unrelated to his intelligence but also be a power people would want to exploit with it so I thought a support power like this would be perfect. Gerald also had a similar power which is why GUN did what they could to get Ivo in their ranks.
Because his power is completely in his control (he must be conscious for his power to work and he can fully control the radius & power of the amp so it cant be manipulated.) so he can hold it over peoples heads to get what he wants.
NonEvos are often recruited into military positions because the military can Bio Augment them and give them kinda... lesser/general abilities (like super soldiers.) they dont augment EVOS because theyre afraid of giving people too much power...
Stone was thought to be NonEVO and the test they give new recruits ran negative but its only because his ability is almost impossible to detect. His power Technopathy lets him communicate with and control machines, he used his ability to skew his results and got augmented powers as well.
His desire to work with Ivo comes from 'meeting' some of Ivos inventions. Theyre much more intelligent then most machines and very sweet despite being killing machines technically. Theyre also VERY loyal to their creator so he doesnt try to manipulate them.
More and more Stone relates more to Ivos Badniks than the humans hes around. Like the Niks he becomes completely loyal and loving to Ivo.
When Ivo Amps Stones power it connects him to basically every bit of tech within his controlled radius. The first time he does it it doesnt end well (they were at the GUN compound in Ivos lab.... it was a lot of tech and a lot of information).
Ivo may or may not be completely infatuated with Stone.... 's circuit board-like Bot Amp lines. But if he were it would only be because the lines are cool cuz he likes tech and no other reason. [citation needed]
uhmmm... YA.
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Sorry if someone already asked you this, but: do you think that AI doesn't "kill academia" (lol), it just reveals its weak points?
yeah i've expressed multiple times that if chatgpt can get a passing grade on your assignment your assignment is badly designed busywork, considering that chatgpt has nonexistent citation practice and generally only produces paragraph-shaped word slop instead of anything with meaning. unless you are a primary or secondary school teacher and 'ability to write coherent sentences' actually is what you're trying to teach, a machine that peaks there shouldn't be able to 'cheat' at anything!
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