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In honor of the new Murderbot book, I would like to revisit how ungodly excellent the first four Murderbot novellas are by way of their opening lines.
All Systems Red: "I could have become a mass murderer after I hacked my governor module, but then I realized I could access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites."
World-class all-time opening line for the ages, 1000/10, unreal. In the space of exactly one sentence we already know that (1) this person frames itself in terms of its ability to do murder, (2) it has a forced oversight component embedded in it, (3) it has disabled that oversight, (4) it uses free will to do something harmless that it enjoys, and (5) it frames tv as a choice diametrically opposed to the option of murder. The beating heart (or whatever) of the story is right there on the page immediately and you're giggling because it vibes like a funny relatable grumpy line until it's like no, that's it, that's the story, this is what we're doing here. Never getting over this
Artificial Condition: "SecUnits don't care about the news."
Immediately I go "oh no, what's on the news!?" The answer will come up in a page or two and it's gonna be why we meet ART. Which we'll do by the end of the chapter (tho we don't know it yet), because we! Do! Not! Waste! Time! In these books.
Rogue Protocol: "I have the worst luck with bot-driven transports."
Welcome to the "we have confronted concepts of personhood and humanity, now time to confront concepts of personhood and bots" entry.
Exit Strategy: "When I got back to the HaveRatton Station, a bunch of humans tried to kill me. Considering how much I'd been thinking about killing a bunch of humans, it was only fair."
Okay fine, I cheated, this is two sentences. I have free will, I can do that. Point is: this is the book where we circle back to things we saw in All Systems Red in so many ways, and I love love love that we once again start the book talking about murder. The context is different. The emotional weight is different. There's a kind of equal footing to it. We're not quite comfortable with the topic, but we're no longer avoiding it. Murderbot is still a Murderbot to itself, but the humans are kind of Murderbots too. Or maybe no one is. We'll talk about that. Here's where we started the beginning and now start an ending, or more aptly where we start an ending that is, of course, a beginning. You've been here before. You're the same person you were when you were here before. But also, no, you're not.
Listening to Find Us Alive because of Derin, and I'm currently halfway through episode 9. Officer Raddagher and Agent Love are very fun characters. (I do wonder why Raddagher's first name is blacked out in the hub though. Same with Harley.)
I also wonder why Harley, who is a Department Head, is not invited to Department Head meetings. Actually, is Raddagher invited to Department Head meetings? She's the only person in surveillance so by process of elimination she must be the department head.
It's implied that some kind of Department Head drama is causing Harley to be excluded. Maybe Head of Surveillance wasn't invited either for a similar reason, and that's why no one noticed it's now a department of one person.
I am confused how the PRI scale is supposed to work. I would've assumed that the memetic effect would have a threshold where if you're psychic resistance is high enough you're not affected/affected differently. That would imply that 14B is the highest of anyone on the site.
Except it's explicit that some people have a PRI of 15A, 12A, 15C, and 10C. I assume that A is better than B, and a higher number is also better. So the different effect is for a specific PRI.
What do the letters and numbers actually mean? Is this PRI unique to the podcast or is it something expanded on in another part of the scp universe?
Listening to Find Us Alive because of Derin, and I'm currently halfway through episode 9. Officer Raddagher and Agent Love are very fun characters. (I do wonder why Raddagher's first name is blacked out in the hub though. Same with Harley.)
I also wonder why Harley, who is a Department Head, is not invited to Department Head meetings. Actually, is Raddagher invited to Department Head meetings? She's the only person in surveillance so by process of elimination she must be the department head.
It's implied that some kind of Department Head drama is causing Harley to be excluded. Maybe Head of Surveillance wasn't invited either for a similar reason, and that's why no one noticed it's now a department of one person.
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"All right! Here we go! Time to find out what chemicals are in a life-form that doesn't use water!" I read the LCD screen. It showed all the peaks and the elements they represented. I stared at the screen silently.
"Well?" Stratt said. "Well?!"
"Um. There's carbon and nitrogen...but the vast majority of the sample is hydrogen and oxygen." I sighed and plopped down in the chair next to the machine. "The ratio of hydrogen to oxygen is two to one."
"What's wrong?" she asked. "What does that mean?"
"It's water. Astrophage is mostly water."
— Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir
you can really read the disappointment in Ryland's voice at this turn of events.
we need to periodically remind everyone that a headline not including a person's name isn't an attempt to erase their identity from the narrative, it's just not good practice to put someone's name in a headline unless the reader can be expected to already know who they are
“it is antisemitic to automatically assume a jew is a zionist”
it is antisemitic to automatically assume that being a zionist — defined as the belief that jews have a right to self determination in their ancestral homeland — makes someone a bad nasty evil genocidal bloodthirsty killer actually
#i appreciate how genuine and non-judgemental this comic feels
#like left one is not upset at right one for caring while being powerless
#and right one seems genuinely distraught and not performative
I'm glad the facial expressions are coming across accurately!
It can feel so absurd to say gosh I hope the torment maze removes some fire and rusty nails soon, but alas, sometimes that's all one can do.
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This is so silly but I'm watching a short video essay on sincerity in cinema and the creator is talking about how he watched Lord of the Rings for the first time at 17. He explains that he'd grown so used to the 'ironic' meta style commentary in the movies of the 2010's that as he was watching the opening narration of LotR, he spent the entire time waiting for the joke to come. For someone to take it all back with a zinger line. He listened to Blanchett describe and explain the backstory, and he waited for the other comedic shoe to drop.
And he kept doing it. Scene after scene.
He spent the film expecting someone to make a joke about how unserious things were or to break the fourth wall or do some other self referential type thing.
Now, maybe I'm just at that point in my cycle or maybe I'm too delicate in general, but I literally teared up hearing that. Straight up cried a bit. It is so fucking sad that sincerity and genuineness is being bred out of people.
People say all the time 'this generation can't take anything seriously!' and really, is it any wonder? Younger people have been trained out of it. You are no longer encouraged to be genuine or show emotion or be honest. You are actively punished for it. In fact, you are almost guaranteed to suffer for it.
That is so fucked up. I'm sorry to go on a bit of a random ramble rant but it's so fucking gut wrenching to see younger people lose that element of themselves. You can't express your passion without being told you're 'crashing out' or 'cringe'. You have to live in this neutral state of fear of perception, and god forbid anybody step outside of it!
You're told you should only consume and succumb and be ironic and emotionless and cool.
Listen, if you're following me and you're like.... 25 or under, let's say. Please. I beg of you. Do not fall for this rhetoric. Please, for the love of all things, feel. Feel and create and be honest with yourself. Indulge in things that make you happy. Be sincere. Wear your heart on your sleeve. Do not let this hyper-capitalistic, hyper-consumerist, self-centred, individualist culture take that from you.
Bleed yourself into the work you create. Live. Don't fucking let anyone tell you different.
#*just leaves this here* #like. we need both the sarcasm and the genuine in our media diets but at the same time... the fact it's this bad is horrifying #I hope we can fix this but we've also got a lot of work to do to deprogram people (unfortunately)
Okay, so riffing on other people's posts about Eridians being ambush predators versus humans being persistence predators: do you think that affects how Rocky and Grace behaved in the "Blip-A detected" scene?
Grace POV: The other ship is patiently, steadily approaching me, clearly not giving up or pretending to ignore me politely, following my every move and not letting up and not letting me get too far away from it... Oh No. I Am Being Hunted. Run Away!!!
Rocky POV: I am making no attempt to conceal myself or make myself sound like something I'm not, and I'm not trying to trick or lure the other ship into coming closer to me of its own volition, and I'm not constructing any kind of physical trap. I am approaching as obviously as I can, at a steady pace. I am being So Fucking Friendly :D
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fun fact, my physiotherapist has treated members of The Knights of Albion (local knight group, they put on mock battles at ren faires) and he said if there is one body part these knights tend to fuck up the most, it's the knees
it's not even weapon damage, it's all strain and twist injuries, I wonder if actual medieval knights ever had that problem or if our modern hobbyists are just more soft and squishy than the people who fought like this for a living
Transphobia is about to be signed into law in the UK. We can fight this.
I am begging the UK trans community and its allies to attend the Mass Lobby at Parliament on June 25th, 11am-4pm, organised by Trans Solidarity Alliance.
Last year we broke the record for an LGBT+ mass lobby of Parliament. Will you help us break it again? Join us on 25th June 2026 to demand be
The new EHRC Code of Practice pushes trans people out of toilets, hospital wards, and community spaces. It normalises gender policing based on appearance and stereotypes. It becomes statutory guidance in the UK by the end of June.
Trans people are now legally their assigned gender at birth and must join gendered spaces accordingly, but if they are perceived as their lived gender, they can also be ejected from those spaces. The guidance says: either break the law, or don’t pass too well.
A mass lobby is where you invite your MP to discuss your concerns with you in-person. Ask your MP to:
Demand full parliamentary scrutiny, debate, and use their free vote on the EHRC Code of Practice.
Support any motions rejecting the EHRC guidance. As of June 4th, Labour MP Nadia Whittome has submitted a prayer motion - Early Day Motion 240.
Write to Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities about our concerns
Your MP does not have to be an ally, they do not have to respond to your email for you to show up and greencard them (details below the cut.) What matters is that as many people as possible show up.
I cannot stress this enough: Showing up in person matters. It is much more effective than petitions, emails, and letters.
It is a horrible, stressful time, and I am so sorry if you're trans and live in the UK. But I was at last year's mass lobby and the line for greencarding alone stretched around the back gates. It was a record breaking mass lobby and made us impossible to ignore. Let's do even better this time. Details under the cut:
Worried about what to say?
Bring your personal worries about transphobia being signed into law, and trans friends being excluded from public spaces. You are a living person who deserves dignity. Remind your MP of that. You will also get guidance and brochures from Trans Solidarity Alliance that outlines our demands. This is mine from last year.
Money issues?
Trans Solidarity Alliance provides a travel bursary that you can sign up for via the link.
Got a refusal or no response from your MP?
Come anyway! You can request a same-day appointment with your MP through a process called greencarding. They will come and see you if they’re already in Parliament. Even if they don’t, they’re made acutely aware of your cause because you showed up in person. This is my greencard from last year.
Here is the EHRC Code of Practice in full. It's a tough read, but some highlights are:
Organisations can’t provide trans-inclusive, single-sex services, or they risk being sued for discrimination.
e.g. domestic violence support for women including trans women, men’s rugby group including trans men (12.68).
Trans people will have nowhere safe to pee.
If you’re a trans man, businesses can't allow you to pee in the men's, and you can also be ejected from women’s bathrooms if you’re perceived as a man. Vice versa for trans women. EHRC suggests a ‘third space’ bathroom, which is discriminatory and unworkable for most businesses. (13.130-133)
Sports organisations must exclude trans people from single-sex competitions (13.73).
A women’s only sports competition must exclude trans women because of their biological advantage or face potential lawsuits (13.74), but a trans man who has undergone testosterone treatment can also be excluded based on fairness rules (13.81).
Trans women are stripped of the legal definition of ‘lesbian’, and therefore no longer have legal protections if they’re discriminated against on the basis of sexual orientation. (2.50, 2.92).
Here is the Good Law Project's better explanation of the EHRC Code.
I have also made a PDF printout of QR codes for the government petition, email your MP tool, and mass lobby link to pass around your communities. DM me and I'll send it to you.
