Series D, Episode 02 - Power
VILA: Not too close. The gap is all connected with the thickness of the door. So what's the difference between Seskas and Hommiks?
PELLA: How do you know how thick it is?
VILA: By the stress pattern.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/402/132 B7B4
Friends in #Gaza/#Palestine:
Obviously a one-state solution is impossible while Netanyahu still leads #Israel. But could you imagine ever feeling safe in a unitary secular state in which Islamic, Christian, Jewish and other citizens had real equality under the law, if all land seized since 1950 was re…
"Fixed Crust King Khann sometimes falling out of bounds during entry, when fought on low-end systems" must be the funniest patch note I've read in a while!
Imagine beating all 38 waves of the Coral Tower gauntlet (which, since you're playing on a low-end system, will likely lag and stutter) without finding the shortcut after the third arena, entering the boss arena and then... he just falls out of screen! 🤣
Currently setting up my new laptop (HP EliteBook X Flip G1i), and so far:
1. The device was delivered with a bundled warranty that already started 50 days ago
2. The supplier delivered a Battery Replacement Care Pack for 3 years instead of 5 years as ordered
Called HP for the warranty precox, had to send the invoice. Agent: "Yeah, it's gonna be about 2 weeks till we correct that."
(OK, Laptop won't leave the house until then)
Wrote the supplier for…
Writing Prompt - True Names have power. But your name is only your True Name if you were ritually given your name in a ceremony - e.g. in a church christening. Filling in registry office forms doesn't count. A steadily growing chunk of the world doesn't have a True Name and cannot be controlled...
The CIVICUS Monitor has downgraded the United States of America’s civic space rating, reflecting a sharp deterioration of fundamental freedoms in the country. The People Power Under Attack report now rates the USA as “Obstructed” following a year of sweeping executive actions, restrictive laws, and aggressive crackdowns on free speech and dissent.
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“The backsliding on rule of law and fundamental freedoms in the United States is truly alarming,” said Mandeep Tiwana...
EEG changes associated with hallucinations caused by Charles Bonnet Syndrome https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2025.1697094/full "reduced α power in occipital electrodes at the onset of the hallucinations&q…
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis constraints on space-time noncommutativity
Teodora Maria Matei, Cristian Croitoru, Tiberiu Harko
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10685 https://
Moody Urbanity - UP 🔝
情绪化城市 - 上面 🔝
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite
Series D, Episode 08 - Games
VILA: So you've had some practice, then. That's a bit of luck.
TARRANT: Well not exactly. These things chuck the lot at you. Flying the real thing's nothing after one of these.
GAMBIT: Countdown eight minutes, still running.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/408/456