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Car Parts, Fiberglass and a Dream: How a Teacher Built a Hovercraft - Robert Tymofichuk, a teacher in Alberta, Canada, spent nearly 2,000 hours building an ope... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/technology/diy-hovercraft-alberta-canada.html #airlinesandairplanes #sailboatsandsailing #universityofalberta #roberttymofichuk #alberta(canada) #automobiles #hovercraft #engines #salvage #canada
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Car Parts, Fiberglass and a Dream: How a Teacher Built a Hovercraft - Robert Tymofichuk, a teacher in Alberta, Canada, spent nearly 2,000 hours building an ope... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/technology/diy-hovercraft-alberta-canada.html #airlinesandairplanes #sailboatsandsailing #universityofalberta #roberttymofichuk #alberta(canada) #automobiles #hovercraft #engines #salvage #canada
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Anthony Mackie & Dafne Keen To Star In Action-Thriller ‘Barracuda’ For Director Neil Burger; Filming Begins This Week With Robert Zemeckis Exec-Producer
#News #AnthonyMackie #Barracuda #DafneKeenhttps://deadline.com/2026/04/anthony-mackie-dafne-keen-barracuda-neil-burger-new-mexico-1236784462/
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Anthony Mackie & Dafne Keen To Star In Action-Thriller ‘Barracuda’ For Director Neil Burger; Filming Begins This Week With Robert Zemeckis Exec-Producer
#News #AnthonyMackie #Barracuda #DafneKeenhttps://deadline.com/2026/04/anthony-mackie-dafne-keen-barracuda-neil-burger-new-mexico-1236784462/
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Anthony Mackie & Dafne Keen To Star In Action-Thriller ‘Barracuda’ For Director Neil Burger; Filming Begins This Week With Robert Zemeckis Exec-Producer
#News #AnthonyMackie #Barracuda #DafneKeenhttps://deadline.com/2026/04/anthony-mackie-dafne-keen-barracuda-neil-burger-new-mexico-1236784462/
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Anthony Mackie & Dafne Keen To Star In Action-Thriller ‘Barracuda’ For Director Neil Burger; Filming Begins This Week With Robert Zemeckis Exec-Producer
#News #AnthonyMackie #Barracuda #DafneKeenhttps://deadline.com/2026/04/anthony-mackie-dafne-keen-barracuda-neil-burger-new-mexico-1236784462/
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Hey #WebDev I need to recommend some web developers to a bunch of small business clients. I'd want the web developer to specialize in #Accessibility across a wide array of industries. Can you put your resume links in the replies? #Shopify knowledge is a bonus, especially if you designed your own, accessibility ready, Shopify theme. A *LOT* of these folk use Shopify. #A11y #GetFediHired #Job #Jobs
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Hey #WebDev I need to recommend some web developers to a bunch of small business clients. I'd want the web developer to specialize in #Accessibility across a wide array of industries. Can you put your resume links in the replies? #Shopify knowledge is a bonus, especially if you designed your own, accessibility ready, Shopify theme. A *LOT* of these folk use Shopify. #A11y #GetFediHired #Job #Jobs
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Hey #WebDev I need to recommend some web developers to a bunch of small business clients. I'd want the web developer to specialize in #Accessibility across a wide array of industries. Can you put your resume links in the replies? #Shopify knowledge is a bonus, especially if you designed your own, accessibility ready, Shopify theme. A *LOT* of these folk use Shopify. #A11y #GetFediHired #Job #Jobs
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Hey #WebDev I need to recommend some web developers to a bunch of small business clients. I'd want the web developer to specialize in #Accessibility across a wide array of industries. Can you put your resume links in the replies? #Shopify knowledge is a bonus, especially if you designed your own, accessibility ready, Shopify theme. A *LOT* of these folk use Shopify. #A11y #GetFediHired #Job #Jobs
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Hey #WebDev I need to recommend some web developers to a bunch of small business clients. I'd want the web developer to specialize in #Accessibility across a wide array of industries. Can you put your resume links in the replies? #Shopify knowledge is a bonus, especially if you designed your own, accessibility ready, Shopify theme. A *LOT* of these folk use Shopify. #A11y #GetFediHired #Job #Jobs
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Barcelona on verge of La Liga title as Villarreal secure …
Robert Lewandowski and Ferran Torres took Barcelona to the brink of the La Liga title with late goals…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Valencia #as #Barcelona #four #La #Levante #Liga #of #on #secure #title #top #verge #Villarreal #win #with
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Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will not let Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico use their airspace to travel to Moscow ‹ ARTSAKH NEWS
Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will not let Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico use their airspace to travel to…
#Estonia #EE #Europe #Europa #EU #airspace #And #Eesti #estonia #fico #latvia #let #lithuania #Minister #Moscow. #not #prime #robert #Slovak #their #TO #travel #use #Uudised #will
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🗳️ ■ Sánchez se reunirá con el papa en El Vaticano antes de la visita de León XIV a España ■ A la espera de confirmación oficial, se prevé que esa reunión sea el 27 de mayo, y será la primera entre ambos desde el inicio del pontificado de Robert Prevost, quien del 6 al 12 de junio esta[…]
https://www.huffingtonpost.es/politica/sanchez-reunira-papa-vaticano-visita-leon-xiv-espana-f202605.html?int=MASTODON_WORLD#gobierno #papa #pedrosanchez #visitaoficial #leonxiv #politica #espana
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🗳️ ■ Sánchez se reunirá con el papa en El Vaticano antes de la visita de León XIV a España ■ A la espera de confirmación oficial, se prevé que esa reunión sea el 27 de mayo, y será la primera entre ambos desde el inicio del pontificado de Robert Prevost, quien del 6 al 12 de junio esta[…]
https://www.huffingtonpost.es/politica/sanchez-reunira-papa-vaticano-visita-leon-xiv-espana-f202605.html?int=MASTODON_WORLD#gobierno #papa #pedrosanchez #visitaoficial #leonxiv #politica #espana
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🗳️ ■ Sánchez se reunirá con el papa en El Vaticano antes de la visita de León XIV a España ■ A la espera de confirmación oficial, se prevé que esa reunión sea el 27 de mayo, y será la primera entre ambos desde el inicio del pontificado de Robert Prevost, quien del 6 al 12 de junio esta[…]
https://www.huffingtonpost.es/politica/sanchez-reunira-papa-vaticano-visita-leon-xiv-espana-f202605.html?int=MASTODON_WORLD#gobierno #papa #pedrosanchez #visitaoficial #leonxiv #politica #espana
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🗳️ ■ Sánchez se reunirá con el papa en El Vaticano antes de la visita de León XIV a España ■ A la espera de confirmación oficial, se prevé que esa reunión sea el 27 de mayo, y será la primera entre ambos desde el inicio del pontificado de Robert Prevost, quien del 6 al 12 de junio esta[…]
https://www.huffingtonpost.es/politica/sanchez-reunira-papa-vaticano-visita-leon-xiv-espana-f202605.html?int=MASTODON_WORLD#gobierno #papa #pedrosanchez #visitaoficial #leonxiv #politica #espana
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🗳️ ■ Sánchez se reunirá con el papa en El Vaticano antes de la visita de León XIV a España ■ A la espera de confirmación oficial, se prevé que esa reunión sea el 27 de mayo, y será la primera entre ambos desde el inicio del pontificado de Robert Prevost, quien del 6 al 12 de junio esta[…]
https://www.huffingtonpost.es/politica/sanchez-reunira-papa-vaticano-visita-leon-xiv-espana-f202605.html?int=MASTODON_WORLD#gobierno #papa #pedrosanchez #visitaoficial #leonxiv #politica #espana
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https://www.europesays.com/people/70013/ Chelsea injury, suspension list and return dates vs. Man City: Robert Sanchez, Pedro Neto, Alejandro Garnacho latest ahead of FA Cup final #Cycling #epl #Football #Formula1 #Golf #NFL #Olympics #PedroSánchez #PremierLeague #rugby #sport #SportsMole #teams #tennis
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The Astropolis trilogy
In the last post I discussed my recent exploration of Reddit. The one conversation I’ve started so far was a request for posthuman space opera recommendations, particularly ones without FTL, stories that envision what the future might be like if we can’t get around the speed of light limit. One hidden gem recommended was Sean Williams’ Astropolis trilogy.
Williams imagines a far future where humanity, or at least its posthuman progeny, manage to settle the galaxy within 150,000 years. Traveling the galaxy takes centuries or millenia, but this isn’t too much of an issue because just about everyone is immortal. Characters in interstellar journeys also benefit from being able to control their tempo, the rate at which they experience time, so that a trip that takes centuries in “time absolute”, only takes a few days or weeks subjectively.
Although it’s established in the second book that, when possible, most travel takes place via hardcasting, where individuals are scanned, converted into information, transmitted, then centuries or millenia later reconstituted at the destination. It isn’t exactly teleporting, since the scanning and reconstitution can take consider time, with verification checks to make sure someone was rebuilt with fidelity.
The interstellar civilization is known as the Continuum, which exists over a galactic network known as the Line. In the Continuum, the closest thing to old-time humanity are the Primes. They have open ended lifespans, although it’s implied in the books that most do eventually die, either by accident, because only one instance of them exists, or by choice. Most of these set their tempo at time-absolute, the rate of time perceived by old-time humanity. The oldest Primes, ones whose lives stretch back to C20 (the twentieth century) are known as the Old Timers.
Singletons, like the Primes, are still recognizably human, but can exist as multiple copies, copies which can be distributed far and wide. The copies can meet up and synchronize memories, allowing Singletons of the same person to have a more or less unified personality. Although differences can creep in. But from moment to moment, each Singleton is an individual. Tempo is pretty flexible among Singletons, ranging from the same rate as Primes to very slow ones.
A gestalt is a group mind, a collection of bodies without much individuality in any particular body. Their relationship to tempo seems similar to the Singletons.
Forts are another type of group mind tied together with with Q-loops, connections which allow reliable independent communication between their Frags, the individual bodies that make up the Fort. The overall Fort minds have a tempo set very low, so that their perceptions span centuries. It leaves them disconnected from the rest of humanity. In earlier history, the Forts play a crucial role running the key infrastructure of the Continuum civilization.
Someone born into one of these types can decide to become another, although the process of becoming a Fort is arduous and risky, with many failing, even under peaceful conditions.
The first book begins in the 879th millennium. Imre Bergomasc awakens in the care of the Jinc, the local component of a gestalt (group mind) known as the Noh. The Jinc are looking for God at the edge of the galaxy. They come across a debris cloud, which they collect and are able to reassemble. It turns out to be a cylinder storing a mind, Imre’s mind. They are able to recreate his mind and instantiate him in a body.
However, there are pieces missing, and they are forced to fill in with assumptions. One of those assumptions is Imre’s sex. They guess female. When he first awakens and discovers himself in a female body, he immediately recognizes that it isn’t right, and later asks them to correct it. Although his ability to remember his past life is limited. Eventually he discovers that he’s in danger and is able to escape.
Imre was once the head of a military organization known as the Corps. As he returns to civilization he begins to find members of his old team. As each team member is found, they relay their story in of the last several hundred thousand years.
It turns out that the current version of Imre comes from a mind backed up before a lot of history. During that history, something initiated a Slow Wave that propagated out from somewhere near the center of the galaxy. The Slow Wave disabled the Q-loops connecting the Frags of the Forts together, destroying the overall Fort mind and turning their Frags into mindless entities. The Forts throughout the galaxy are wiped out. The galaxy enters a time of chaos. The Continuum is now fragmented into various societies.
Some of the societies attempt to rebuild by constructing new Forts. But a clandestine organization known as the Barons always attack and destroy any incipient Fort before they can do too much. And there appears to be another clandestine organization known as the Luminous, manifesting as silver balls, which also suppress the creation of the Forts, while also seeming to be an enemy of the Barons.
As the books progress, we get further into the future. By the beginning of the third, we’re over two million years out. And that story takes us further still. It turns out that Imre’s past self played some kind of pivotal role in the history leading to the current civilization. The books are about Imre rebuilding human civilization, then investigating his own past, learning what really led to the Slow Wave, and finding out who his real enemies are.
If you enjoy posthuman space opera in the style of Linda Nagata or Robert Reed, then these books are well worth checking out. The writing is excellent, although the worldbuilding in the first book can feel overwhelming at times. And there are times where it seems the only reason some of the characters do what they do is for the plot. But overall none of it was enough to stop me from reading and enjoying the story.
Lamentably these books aren’t available as ebooks. They are available in audio, and I ended up listening to the first one. But audio is not my preferred format, so I read the other books as used paperbacks. Which felt a bit nostalgic considering that we’re in the sunset of mass market paperbacks. It feels like a crime that these were never published as ebooks.
Williams appears to be a fairly prolific author, but a lot of his output appears to be Star Wars novels. Although he has done a few other independent books. Another series recommended to me are his Geodesica books, which I plan to check out.
If you’ve read the Astropolis books, I’d love to know what you think. Or of any others in the same genre niche.
#bookReview #bookReviews #books #Fiction #sciFi #sciFi #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera #writing -
CW: uspol,healthcare
RFK Jr.’s rejection of germ theory debunked in Senate hearing
Kennedy falsely argues that vaccines did little to lower childhood deaths.
Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/x46hn
#anti-vaccine #bernie-sanders #bill-cassidy #childhood-mortality #germ-theory #health #hearing #robert-f.-kennedy #terrain-theory #who
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Paramount in Final Talks for Robert Pattinson-Parker Finn’s Remake of ’80s Horror Movie ‘Possession’ (Exclusive)
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Robert Pattinson And ‘Smile’ Director Parker Finn Partner On Remake Of Horror Pic ‘Possession’
#News #ParkerFinn #Possession #RobertPattinsonhttps://deadline.com/2024/06/robert-pattinson-smile-director-parker-finn-possession-1235971948/
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Robert Pattinson, ‘Smile’ Filmmaker Parker Finn Team for Remake of ’80s Horror Movie ‘Possession’ (Exclusive)
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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson
It is the business of this life to make excuses for others, but none for ourselves. We should be clearly persuaded of our own misconduct, for that is the part of knowledge in which we are most apt to be defective.
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 1.1 “Justice and Justification”More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #criticism #excuses #forgiveness #selfawareness #selfblame #selfconsciousness #selfcorrection #selfcriticism #selfdiscipline #selfdoubt #selfevaluation #selfimprovement #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfregard #blame #selfblame #accountability
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Searched for #ToyConUK earlier on here and there were no results. This must change. Here’s a few pics from mine and @Ursinewave’s visit earlier today. 🤖
#Retro #Kitsch #Toys #RetroToys #Toy #Design #RetroDesign #Music #MOTU
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market." ~ Robert Reich or whoever the fuck said it first
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“The Trump administration is the Netanyahu administration”
by Robert Inlakesh in Al Mayadeen English
“Nothing that the US administration does is independent of Benjamin Netanyahu’s regime in Tel Aviv; it is through and through a Likud Party administration ruling the US”
#Press #Genocide #Gaza #Israel #Zionism #Barbarity #SettlerColonialism #Hamas #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #US #Netanyahu #Likud #Trump
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What media doesn't tell you about Epstein emails and videos:
#Epstein's paedophile ring did not see the world as left versus right but #Zionism versus #goyimThe Epstein files are full of this word “goyim” and there is a good chance most people have no idea what this word even means. Goyim can be used simply to refer to “nations” or “peoples”, but in this context, it was a slur against non-Jews, an expression of Jewish supremacy.
In 2010, Sephardic leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef said: “Goyim were born only to serve us. Without that, they have no place in the world; only to serve the People of #Israel.”
Epstein casually referred to non-Jews as “goyim” in his email exchanges and contrasted his Jewish associates with “goyim” in intellectual terms. In one conversation, he said “goyim prosecutors” wouldn’t understand his financial schemes.One of Epstein’s victims — Maria Farmer — said Epstein and #Maxwell would frequently use the term “goyim” and saw outsiders as inferior. This claim is supported by Epstein’s emails.
In a 2010 email exchange with Peggy Siegel, Epstein discussed the guest list for a party at his New York mansion, which included Prince Andrew, Woody Allen, and Katie Couric. Siegal asked: “Is it going to be 100% JEW NIGHT?”
Epstein replied: “No, goyim in abundance – jpmorgan execs brilliant WASPs.” WASPs means White Anglo-Saxon Protestants - Epstein was essentially saying these are the acceptable non-Jews, the ones who are worthy of mingling with us.In a 2009 email discussing finances with Roger Schanks, Epstein wrote: “This is the way the Jew make money … let the goyim deal in the real world.” He was talking of “selling short the shipping futures” (betting on future freight rates and laying off risks). The implication here is that the struggles of capitalism are for lesser humans and people like Epstein get to enjoy easy money. He basically lived up to every antisemitic trope: every negative stereotype associated with Jews was embodied by this man.
It is fair to say that Epstein did the fight against antisemitism no favours, but one person who came out of the Epstein files with his reputation enhanced was another Jew — Norman Finkelstein.
Finkelstein has been a nemesis of Epstein’s lawyer Alan Dershowitz for years, but the Epstein files gave us a glimpse into how these people operate. Harvard professor Robert Trivers tried to bring Finkelstein into the circle, to recruit him like they recruited Noam Chomsky. Basically, these people either bring you in or destroy you. It takes courage to stand up to Zionists and this is exactly what Finkelstein did.#Finkelstein replied to Trivers’ invite:
“My guess is, if Epstein put your daughter at age 15, in such a position, you wouldn’t publicly describe him as a “friend” and person of “integrity”. In fact, I would hope you’d promptly throttle both Epstein and #Dershowitz.”
Contrast this level of conviction with a weasel like Keir #Starmer who described himself as a “Zionist without qualification” to the Israeli lobby and proceeded to do their bidding, expelling Jeremy #Corbyn, supporting Israel’s genocide, and proscribing groups that stood up to Israel. Men like Starmer are useful goyim.
I first encountered the word “goyim” during the Corbyn years when I made the mistake of engaging #Zionists on the antisemitism smears. Suddenly, I was being called “goyim” and “goy-boy”. Suddenly, I was being told to “stop goy-splaining”. I had no idea what they meant and when I Googled the words, I was taken aback. I had been perfectly nice and yet these people were using a racist slur against me! This was my first encounter with Jewish supremacy.I had strongly opposed what Israel was doing to #Palestine, but saw Zionism as nothing more than a nuisance domestically. I didn’t realise how much it had infested the #UK until there was a huge lawfare effort against supporters of Corbyn and critics of Israel. It was then I realised I wasn’t just dealing with apartheid supporters online, but people who were taking away our freedoms too. It was then I fully understood Zionism is a worldwide problem.
What Epstein and Finkelstein demonstrate is that there is a chasm between principled Jews and Jewish supremacists and one should not be conflated with the other. The thing is we’re not allowed to talk about Jewish supremacy at all. Zionists do not want us to explain the difference because they will always lose the argument on moral and intellectual grounds. At that point, all they have left is censorship.
You will be hard-pressed to find a western leader, or a billionaire, or a media mogul who does not describe themselves as a “Zionist” or side with Israel. You doubt that? Start listing all the exceptions in the comments. I’ll be impressed if you can come up with more than three.
All of us non-Jews outside the #Zionist cabal are considered goyim whether we side with Israel or not. These people are running blackmail rings like the Epstein honeypot, lawfare groups like UK lawyers for Israel, and bribery groups like #AIPAC. They are the reason our politicians squeak “I stand with Israel” every time the IDF murders children.
Capitulating to #Zionism is an act of moral cowardice. It is time we stood up to Jewish supremacy like we stand up to other supremacist ideologies.
#JewishSupremacism #UKpol #USpol #Mossad #Racism #paedophile
