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Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "The Elric Saga, Part 1" (1972 - 1977) by Michael Moorcock Age Range: 16 to adult Genre: Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery, Dark Fantasy Michael Moorcock's "Eternal Champions" books are foundational to the modern field of fantasy. They brought the dark antihero to the genre, but that's not all they did; Moorcock also introduced the concepts of Law, Chaos, and the Balance to fantasy (the first two of which were adopted by Dungeons & Dragons), as well as the multiverse and arguably the concept of dark fantasy itself! The Eternal Champion is a figure fated to be reborn or reincarnated throughout time and space. Most often a Champion of the Balance between Law and Chaos, he/she sometimes serves Law or Chaos instead. The Champion is often cursed to a terrible fate. Accompanied by incarnations of the Companion to Champions and by a true love, the Champion very often bears certain objects of cosmic power–the most famous of which is Stormbringer, the Black Blade. And the most famous incarnation of the Eternal Champion is Elric, Prince of Melniboné. An eldritch albino of an elf-like race, he's fatally weakened by his albinism; only through dark sorcery is he able to survive, eventually relying on the soul-stealing power of the demonic runeblade Stormbringer. [IT IS THE colour of a bleached skull, his flesh; and the long hair which flows below his shoulders is milk-white. From the tapering, beautiful head stare two slanting eyes, crimson and moody, and from the loose sleeves of his yellow gown emerge two slender hands, also the colour of bone, resting on each arm of a seat which has been carved from a single, massive ruby. The crimson eyes are troubled and sometimes one hand will rise to finger the light helm which sits upon the white locks: a helm made from some dark, greenish alloy and exquisitely moulded into the likeness of a dragon about to take wing. And on the hand which absently caresses the crown there is a ring in which is set a single rare Actorios stone whose core sometimes shifts sluggishly and reshapes itself, as if it were sentient smoke and as restless in its jewelled prison as the young albino on his Ruby Throne. He looks down the long flight of quartz steps to where his court disports itself, dancing with such delicacy and whispering grace that it might be a court of ghosts. Mentally he debates moral issues and in itself this activity divides him from the great majority of his subjects, for these people are not human. These are the people of Melniboné, the Dragon Isle, which ruled the world for ten thousand years and has ceased to rule it for less than five hundred years. And they are cruel and clever and to them ‘morality’ means little more than a proper respect for the traditions of a hundred centuries.] Bands (usually heavy metal ones) have done songs about Elric, Stormbringer, and other aspects of the Champion. Some even named themselves after them. There are tabletop roleplaying systems based on various incarnations of the Champion. There's a lot of art that's been based on them, too. The cultural impact of the Eternal Champion is massive. The Elric series is made up of six books (a seventh was later published), each of which is relatively slim. The first three novels are "Elric of Melniboné" (1972), "The Sailor on the Seas of Fate" (1977), and "The Weird of the White Wolf" (1977); those three are freely available to borrow on the Internet Archive as a single volume titled "The Elric Saga, Part 1". https://archive.org/details/elricsaga0000mich_k9z1 Rather than tease things out, I'll also recommend the rest of the series. It consists of "The Sleeping Sorceress" (1971) also published as "The Vanishing Tower", "The Bane of the Black Sword", and "Stormbringer". They've been bundled as a single book, "The Elric Saga, Part 2" on the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/elricsagapart20000mich Moorcock wrote other stories about Elric, and Elric makes cameo appearances (so to speak) in other Eternal Champion series as well. And if you enjoy the Elric series, there are •dozens• more books in the Eternal Champion series. There are at least 19 whole SERIES included in it. An incarnation of the Champion was even included in the Doctor Who universe! And here's a freebie: Michael Moorcock wrote the lyrics to a song about Elric and Stormbringer called "Black Blade". It was performed by Blue Öyster Cult. Here's a link. https://youtu.be/_p1yaNC1mNg Happy reading (and listening)! 🤓📖 Here's a complete spreadsheet of all the books I've recommended on Mastodon to date (along with links to each post): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzubtaPojvprNwZCeR6N4xzCpZzMeb4xrrEHPtk6Bvx3RGj1Bxdg2KWY0CcjHjxUfMTGTF1eYpyoFn/pubhtml #Books #Bookstodon #Fantasy #SwordAndSorcery #DarkFantasy #Classic #BookRecs #BookRecommendations #DailyBookRecs #QuasitBookRecs

Have you ever noticed that when Trump describes conversations he's had with people, he always has them snivelingly call him "Sir"? Pretty sure none of those conversations ever happened, but he's fixated on that "sir" and I think it probably means something. The most likely explanation is that he has the world's largest case of imposter syndrome, but I'm open to other ideas! #Trump

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Write If You Get Work (and Hang By Your Thumbs): The Best of Bob & Ray" (1975) by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding Age Range: 11 to adult Genre: Humor, Radio When I was a kid I looked forward to being sick. Why? Because my mother would set up a vaporizer, bring me tea and toast, and bring the kitchen radio up into my room. And I'd listen to WOR NY all day. It was incredible. So many wonderful shows. Jean Shepherd. The CBS Radio Mystery Theater, hosted by E.G. Marshall. The Coffee Express. And best of all, Bob & Ray. If you don't know Bob and Ray...well, this is your chance. They were two quirky guys from the Boston area who broadcast (separately) from WHDH radio. They started visiting each other on the air during each other's shows, and discovered that they shared the same unique type of humor. Their banter was so funny that the station gave them their own show in 1946. And that, as they say, is that. They mostly parodied the medium of radio. Brilliantly offbeat takeoffs on popular soap operas, mystery shows, quiz shows, contests...you name it. It was perfect. They kept performing together until 1988, not only on radio but on TV as well. They appeared in a few movies and Broadway shows. And they did a few books...including this one. [(Dramatic theme music. Establish and under for) Announcer: And now the makers of Tingle—the long-wearing dental floss created from spun glass fiber—invite you to join us for another exciting adventure of Elmer W. Litzinger, Spy. (Theme music up briefly and then out) Litzinger: My name is Elmer W. Litzinger, Spy. I work with quiet efficiency on some of the toughest espionage assignments our government can hand out. Recently, we got word that a hostile foreign power was trying to crack the secret code that our Navy uses in the Pacific. It was my job to find out if the enemy had been successful. So I went to an island near the Philippines where foreign ships refuel—and made my way to a tavern that I knew was a favorite hangout for visiting sailors... (Sound: General crowd noise under and hold for) Bartender: What'll it be, Mac? Beer? Litzinger: A blue moon over salmon-pink mountains. Bartender: Sorry. I don't know much about making those fancy cocktails. What's in it? Litzinger: Oh, that's not a drink, my good man. I thought you were one of our agents, so I gave you the secret greeting. You see, I'm Elmer W. Litzinger, Spy. Here's my business card.] Even if I had a sore throat, I laughed my ass off. Radio was so much more fun back then. The book's out of print (of course!), but I've found copies online, on the high seas, in used book shops, and in libraries. You can also borrow it for free from the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/writeifyougetwor00elli Incidentally, you can listen to old Bob & Ray shows on the Internet Archive. They're wonderful! https://archive.org/details/bob-and-ray-1948-08-26-roving-reporter-ray-goulding One last thing to mention: Bob Elliott had a son who worked on "Late Night With David Letterman", named Chris Elliott. He did a lot of great comedy bits there, and had several TV series later on–including the incredibly funny "Get A Life". Bob played Chris' father on the show. Happy reading (and listening)! 🤓📖 Here's a complete spreadsheet of all the books I've recommended on Mastodon to date (along with links to each post): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzubtaPojvprNwZCeR6N4xzCpZzMeb4xrrEHPtk6Bvx3RGj1Bxdg2KWY0CcjHjxUfMTGTF1eYpyoFn/pubhtml #Books #Bookstadon #Humor #Radio #Classic #Comedy #BookRecs #BookRecommendations #DailyBookRecs #QuasitBookRecs

Tippy's toy collection. #cats #Catstodon #CatsOfMastodon

Dark Dungeons! The Jack Chick tract that rips aside the veil of "normalcy" from the filthy, depraved reality of "Dungeons & Dragons"... 🤣 I have a physical copy I picked up in a train station long ago. It's a prized possession. https://www.chick.com/products/tract?stk=46 #TTRPG #RPG

I seriously assumed that this was a post from The Onion at first! #politics #hegseth

@augieray@mastodon.social Oh, you mean the way the Democrats changed everything after George W. Bush was out of office? The way they investigated the United States' use of torture and punished the perpetrators? Or wait a minute, didn't they just start chanting "look forward not back" (led by Obama) and thereby normalized torture as an American practice? And remember how Obama and Biden coordinated the nationwide rollout of militarized police forces and tanks to crush the Occupy Wall Street movement over a weekend? Are we really supposed to believe that the Democrats are going to disband ICE, DHS, and the border patrol? The Democrats have been a critical part of advancing fascism in America for generations. Anytime anyone points that out, we just get told to vote harder. You know, eventually that line got really old. The Democrats serve the same billionaires that the Republicans do. Anyone who hasn't figured that out by now is either incredibly gullible, or selling something. #GeneralStrike #Politics

@corbet@social.kernel.org He wasn't given his Miranda rights, so he wasn't under arrest. Which should mean that he was perfectly free to do whatever he wanted with his phone, including erase it. But realistically he'll probably be put away for life anyway. This country needs a revolution.

@maxleibman@beige.party Or I copy the URL and use a paywall bypass.

@DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social Also seven Democratic Senators voted to fund ICE. They were Representatives Henry Cuellar (Texas), Tom Suozzi (New York), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Laura Gillen (New York), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Washington), Jared Golden (Maine), and Don Davis (North Carolina). When is THEIR "piece of shit" day?

Chapter 1: Aristocratic Appetizers Chapter 2: Elegant Entrees Chapter 3: Succulent Side Dishes Chapter 4: Decadent Desserts #Memes #EatTheRich

@alice@lgbtqia.space Okay, so who wants to be involved in this? Who wants to work on a #Datestodon / #FediDate posting guide? It looks as if this will not be a major committment, apart from any minor revisions that might need to be made occasionally. It also sounds as if we'd just be posting the criteria to a couple of places. It would include a template for posting, a list of hashtags, advice on safe dating practices...it would also need a disclaimer, of course. Do we have any lawyers here? #Dating

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "Oath of Fealty" (1981) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle Age Range: 17 to adult Genre: Science Fiction Here's a book that's a bit different: it's about an arcology. Are you familiar with arcologies? If not, I'm guessing you're not an architect. An archology is essentially a whole city contained in a single huge building. It includes residential apartments, shops, parks, swimming pools...anything a person could want. In theory you could live your whole life in one and never need to leave. A lot of architects have taken interest in the concept over the years, and there are a few partially-built or complete archologies in existence. "Oath of Fealty" takes place in the near-to-mid future. After a massive fire in Los Angeles, a major corporation arranged to build an archology on the land: Todos Santos. It's a huge building, four square miles with a population of nearly 250,000 residents. But Todos Santos has enemies. Politicians, environmental terrorists, and hostile citizens of Los Angeles. The management are experts, and some of them have a special advantage: neural links to the archology computer. It's not AI, but it's like having the internet constantly on tap just by thinking about it. [The tables were long and narrow, with a pair of moving beltways down the center. Dirty dishes came from their right, and a continuous stream of food and beverages and clean utensils poured from some cornucopia to the left. "Take a place," Art Bonner said. "You can choose your own company, or wait for someone to choose you." "No reservations?" Reedy asked. "No. It's a random proposition." Bonner led them to an empty stretch at a long table. "Scheduling's going to catch hell for this if it doesn't fill up." He paused for a moment to stare at nothing. That's the value of that implant, Rand thought. He's just made a note, with all the details, and tomorrow MILLIE will remind him to think about schedules.] It's a thick book and a long story, but it's not a tedious read. It feels like a cross between science fiction and a thick mainstream epic or disaster novel. Which isn't surprising, because Niven and Pournelle wrote a few such books. I'll note that the villains are a bit dated; crazed environmental activists who hate progress and technology, but are proven utterly wrong. Niven and Pournelle are a pair of old right-wingers, and it shows. But they're not TOO obnoxious about it. As with yesterday's novel, the politics don't get in the way of the story. If the concept of archologies interests you, Mack Reynolds also wrote some novels about them. I'll be recommending some of those novels in the future. The book's still in print, and it's available in ebook format from the usual suspects as well (please don't use Amazon). You'd have a good chance of finding used copies in used book shops. And it's available to borrow freely from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/oathoffealty0000larr You can find a complete spreadsheet of all the books I've recommended here to date (along with links to each post) here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzubtaPojvprNwZCeR6N4xzCpZzMeb4xrrEHPtk6Bvx3RGj1Bxdg2KWY0CcjHjxUfMTGTF1eYpyoFn/pubhtml Happy reading! 🤓📖 #Books #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction #BookRecs #BookRecommendations #DailyBookRecs #QuasitBookRecs

All of the tomato plants are now producing! All but one of the tomatoes are still green, though. It's getting to be rather a tangled thicket, but I'm nervous about trimming. I think next year I'll only plant two tomatoes in the raised bed, but I might get another couple of half barrels. Not sure what else I could put in the raised bed along with the tomatoes. #garden #gardening #tomatoes

Quasit's Daily Book Recommendations: "The Stainless Steel Rat" (1979) by Harry Harrison Age Range: 14 to adult Genre: Science Fiction, Humor "The Stainless Steel Rat" is the first book in one of the best series of humorous science fiction. It starts with a bang–literally. [When the office door opened suddenly I knew the game was up. It had been a money-maker—but it was all over. As the cop walked in I sat back in the chair and put on a happy grin. He had the same somber expression and heavy foot that they all have—and the same lack of humor. I almost knew to the word what he was going to say before he uttered a syllable. “James Bolivar diGriz I arrest you on the charge—” I was waiting for the word •charge•, I thought it made a nice touch that way. As he said it I pressed the button that set off the charge of black powder in the ceiling, the crossbeam buckled and the three-ton safe dropped through right on the top of the cop’s head. He squashed very nicely, thank you. The cloud of plaster dust settled and all I could see of him was one hand, slightly crumpled. It twitched a bit and the index finger pointed at me accusingly. His voice was a little muffled by the safe and sounded a bit annoyed. In fact he repeated himself a bit. “ … On the charge of illegal entry, theft, forgery—” He ran on like that for quite a while, it was an impressive list but I had heard it all before. I didn’t let it interfere with my stuffing all the money from the desk drawers into my suitcase. The list ended with a new charge and I would swear on a stack of thousand credit notes •that• high that there was a hurt tone in his voice. “In addition the charge of assaulting a police robot will be added to your record. This was foolish since my brain and larynx are armored and in my midsection—” “That I know well, George, but your little two-way radio is in the top of your pointed head and I don’t want you reporting to your friends just yet.”] James Bolivar diGriz is the Stainless Steel Rat, a criminal in a world–or rather, worlds–of high technology, advanced science, and space travel. [It is a proud and lonely thing to be a stainless steel rat—and it is the greatest experience in the galaxy if you can get away with it.] Jim robs banks, runs scams, and is generally open to any kind of crime you can think of–except murder. That's one thing he won't do. But he does everything else with verve, gusto, and humor. But nothing lasts forever, so it isn't long before–wait. That's a spoiler, so I'll put it a content-warned comment below. The series is pretty big. Most of the books start with "The Stainless Steel Rat", such as "The Stainless Steel Rat's Revenge", "The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted", or "The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell". You can look up the whole series on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat There's another classic series of humorous science fiction that in some ways is similar to the SSR series, but •that• one could be seen as a bit sexist (and possibly even racist towards aliens). I'll recommend it later nonetheless (it's very funny), but I decided to go with the SSR series first. Jim's a little old-fashioned, but women are treated with more respect than in the other series. As far as I can tell ALL of the Stainless Steel Rat books are still in print, and all of them are available as ebooks as well. You can also borrow "The Stainless Steel Rat" (and, no doubt, many of the sequels) for free from the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/stainlesssteelra0000unse There's a complete spreadsheet of all the books I've recommended here to date (along with links to each post) available online. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSzubtaPojvprNwZCeR6N4xzCpZzMeb4xrrEHPtk6Bvx3RGj1Bxdg2KWY0CcjHjxUfMTGTF1eYpyoFn/pubhtml Happy reading! 🤓📖 #Books #Bookstodon #ScienceFiction #Humor #BookRecs #BookRecommendations #DailyBookRecs #QuasitBookRecs

We have color in the garden today! One of the tomatoes on the Grape tomato plant is turning red! I trimmed off some of the lowest branches on most of the plants—none of which were bearing fruit (the branches, not the plants). I'm still a bit confused about what other branches I should be trimming, I must admit. #garden #gardening #tomatoes

The phrase of the day in the mainstream news media appears to be "center-left". Are you a democratic politician who takes lots of money from AIPAC and loyally votes to send billions of tax dollars to Israel to murder Palestinian children? Congratulations, you're "center-left"! Do you collect tons of cash from the military industrial complex and vote for every war and military bill possible? Nice to meet a center-left patriot! Have you been proud to raise your hand and vote to fund ICE and the DHS? You center-left types are SO attractive! Did you seize control of Germany and start World War II? You may be center-left! Seriously, it's like someone just sent out an email or something and ordered the media to call every right-wing Democrat "center-left". It's creepy! #politics #CenterLeft #fascism #propaganda

@ZoidbergForPresident@kolektiva.social @dbattistella@mstdn.ca Actually, they were MURDERED by Israel.

So Adobe is trying to push AI crap on me even when I'm just using it to print PDFs. I want to live on a different planet.

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social FELIX!!! https://youtu.be/h2YJduDyFA4?si=6_gVkhRKNhL4n8mt

The first tomato! From the Grape variety. It wasn't as sweet as I expected; more tangy, I'd say. But the flavor was strong and good. The next one will be ripe tomorrow. My son will have it. #garden #gardening #tomatoes

@mxchara@seattle.pink I'm impressed! It does seem that a lot of authors have been posthumously screwed by their descendants. Tolkien's descendants (other than his son Christopher) utterly betrayed his vision for Hollywood cash. And Hugh Lofting's descendants did horrible damage to his works by allowing the outright bowdlerization of Prince Bumpo in the Dr Dolittle books. The only bright spot in •that• particular atrocity was that the complete original text and illustrations of the earlier Dolittle books are now in the public domain, and therefore freely available from Project Gutenberg. I was just thinking that all three of those authors were English, and wondering if there was a point in common. But then I remembered what Livy did to Mark Twain's unpublished works after he died; as I recall, she burned them. And of course Virginia Heinlein published many of Heinlein's works without the editing that was forced on him by his publisher. Although I suspect in that case, Heinlein would have approved–and not just because it was Virginia's decision. But as Isaac Asimov noted with witty circuitousness in "I, Asimov", Heinlein was utterly whipped by every woman he was with. For all that he so proudly proclaimed himself a rugged individualist, he was quite the...doormat in some ways.

@alice@lgbtqia.space I'm thinking this could be a small group project.

@SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to Same here.

@gwaldby@mastodon.social The goal of the oligarchy is for the whole world to be one vast slave plantation. I don't know who they think is going to buy whatever the slaves are forced to produce.

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @admin Thanks, this is really cool! So far I appear to be the only follower of my city (actually the next city over, but it's close enough), and there aren't any posts from it yet. I'm guessing that's because I only just followed it, and nobody else on my instance is following it at all. Still, I have high hopes!

Recently I've noticed (not for the first time) that whatever butter Dunkin' Donuts uses smells like vomit on my lips after I eat it–on a buttered bagel, for example. Other butters DON'T smell like that. #Dunkin #Butter

@dbattistella@mstdn.ca That's because dead robots cost Jeff Bezos money. Whereas dead employees either cost him nothing, or actually MAKE him money if he has dead peasant insurance on them.

Trump's speech yesterday made it pretty clear that he's going to interfere with the midterm elections: seize and spoil ballots (particularly from blue states), station armed ICE goons at critical polling places, pressure states to ignore mail-in ballots, maybe stage some shootings at polling places, perhaps cancel the midterms altogether. So what happens when he does any of those things? Probably lawsuits, but that will take years and the damage will already be done. Democratic leaders will clutch their pearls and fundraise harder; AOC will blog about it and tour in a million-dollar dress with "FAIR ELECTIONS" painted across her ass. The media will either/or it and refuse to draw conclusions, except for FOX News and CBS who will probably ignore the whole issue beyond repeating Trump's talking points verbatim. But what will the people do? The usual protesters will protest, as usual. And they'll be completely ignored in blue states, arrested, beaten, or murdered by the police in red states—again, as usual. Then what? What do you think might happen? #Trump #Politics #midterms #Elections

@kimcrawley@zeroes.ca It's the classic shitlib approach. Keep killing off the planet to enrich the already obscenely wealthy, but throw a few pennies to the yokels to keep them quiet.

@Tim_Eagon@dice.camp Capitalism ruins everything.

Apparently the photo of a beaming, magically rejuvenated Senator Mitch McConnell in the hospital with his wife is an AI fake. I swear, my book recommendation of the day is a COMPLETE coincidence! 🤣 https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/mitch-mcconnell-hospital-image/ #Politics #MitchMcConnell #AI #FakePhoto #QuasitBookRecs

My guess is that the DNC has become aware of Mastodon, and is shilling out the usual tens of millions of dollars on online trolls and shills. So we can expect to see a lot more of these bastards. A blacklist would be a handy thing to have! #Mastodon

@Air_Quotes_Comedian@kolektiva.social Oh no! He was SO funny! In memory of his work... https://youtu.be/iAmx_XdQky8?is=fQGZ2l-qdDTB9Ien

@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social He wasn't warned about his rights, so it sounds as if he wasn't under arrest. In that case he would be free to erase his phone's contents.

@mxchara@seattle.pink Oh, I forgot to mention (though I'm sure you've heard this subject done to death on those mailing lists about Lewis) that putting "The Magician's Nephew" before "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" COMPLETELY ruined some lovely surprises for readers. I can't understand how anyone with a functioning brain could fail to realize that. I read the Narnia books when I was quite young, because my third- or fourth-grade home room teacher read a chapter to us each day. I read the whole series immediately after. I enjoyed it, but even though I was nominally Christian at the time I found the Christian elements extremely overdone. They detracted from the work. Random note: My father disliked the books, or at least noted disapprovingly that "Aslan" means "lion" in Turkish. His parents were child survivors of the Armenian Genocide, so I guess that felt a little personal to him. Although I doubt that Lewis knew or cared what that particular word would mean to Armenian readers.

@mxchara@seattle.pink When you say "the first book" (of the Narnia series), do you mean "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe"? Or "The Magician's Nephew"? I know that TLTWATW was the first written and published book in the series, but for some idiotic reason "The Magician's Nephew" has been officially marked as the first in the series in many later printings. I quite appreciate your take on all this, by the way. I mean on CS Lewis in general. He really does display the classic zeal and arrogance of a typical convert. Can't resist grabbing the microphone to lecture the reader a lot of the time. Robert A. Heinlein did the same thing, although the God that he was promoting was himself—or more likely, Virginia Heinlein. I'd have said that his Good was Ayn Rand, but that doesn't feel quite right somehow.

Does anybody else have a bunch of used book shops in their dream world? I have several that I recognize from one dream to another, although they're not based on anything in reality. #Dreams #Books

The end goal is for us to have no choices at all. Which is probably why home economics are no longer taught in most high schools. They want us eating every meal at McDonalds. No cooking allowed!

@kimlockhartga@beige.party @Darkphoenix@universeodon.com @BrentToderian@mastodon.online I remember those too, although I live on the east coast! There were so many news stories about the environment that sounded like the end of the world, and now that the end of the world is actually coming nobody seems to be willing to do anything about it. Remember acid rain?

@PapyrusBrigade@cosocial.ca And THAT'S why I use the Internet Archive. And Anna's Archive, if necessary.

@kimlockhartga@beige.party @Darkphoenix@universeodon.com @BrentToderian@mastodon.online I think about them too! Poisoning themselves with lead and never realizing it. But we're poisoning ourselves with much worse—and we DO know better. Although arguably we're not poisoning ourselves. We're being poisoned by the elite, intentionally, for their own profit.

If you're looking for something to watch, try "Ultraviolet" (1998). It's a British TV show about a cop who gets drawn into a secret world of leeches called "Code 5's"; they manipulate society and prey on human beings. As part of a small cadre that is run by a priest and loosely connected to the Catholic Church, they hunt down Code 5's and eliminate them–to the extent that they can. Code 5's can't really die. You may have guessed that "Code 5's" are better known by another name, but that name is never used in the show. It's a nice touch. A young Idris Elba is a •particular• standout in the cast. You can watch the show for free online or download it from the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/ultraviolet-the-complete-series-1998 #FreeTV #Horror #Fantasy

@kathimmel@mstdn.social Israel delanda est.

If the human race survives, future generations are going to realize that the "heroes" of late-stage capitalism were actually genocidal monsters.

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io 300-500% efficiency? What happened to the laws of thermodynamics?

@tinker@infosec.exchange The link seems messed up.