Tactical Hedgehog

BITE stands for Behavior Control, Information Control, Thought Control, and Emotional Control.

The more points a group “scores” on the model, the more of a cult it is.

I think this model is the best one for several reasons:

It’s more nuanced than “cult” or “not cult” and doesn’t make false equivalences between groups

It’s versatile, applying to groups big and small, and cults of all kinds, religious, political, financial, etc.

This is a great example of Thought Control used by cults whenever they’re confronted with criticism.

It’s tricky with parenting, because parents have to control their children’s lives to start with, since newborns are incapable of taking care of themselves.

A healthy parent will gradually relinquish control as their child grows and becomes more capable. And even while they’re in charge, they will treat their child with honesty and transparency and respect. They’ll prepare their child for independence, giving them the tools they need to live their own life.

The Horse: it cost at bare minimum 2,000$ and it panics the moment a single speck of dust gets on one of its 1902384 available sensors. it needs a software update. no, another software update. no, please, just one more software patch update please it needs its carrot

The Back In My Day: it's minimum 40+ years old. maybe your mom had it or your grandma had it or you got it from an elderly swamp witch off of facebook. it doesn't know what a computer screen is. it will Stomp Through Fabric and it Will Not Stop.

Cloven-feathered Dove (Drepanoptila holosericea), family Columbidae, endemic to New Caledonia

In March 2015, it had rained continuously one night and well into the next morning, and we were in the park trying to find Krishna and her three cubs who were by then over a year old. We saw a lot of pugmarks heading towards a big patch of vetiver grass near Rajbagh lake. We assumed that the mother and cubs or at least some of them were resting in the grass, so we hung around. For nearly three hours we did not even hear a single alarm call. Just when we were about to give up we got a glimpse of a tiger’s tail moving inside the grass.

A few minutes later, two cubs came charging out of the tall grass and started playing with each other.

(…) For a very short moment, their third sibling joined in but most of the action that we saw was between Arrowhead and Pacman. Soon after all three of them charged back into the tall grass and we knew that the show was over.

“Nzuri, the King of Curls, known for his rare, naturally curly mane. He is one of the 7 Topi Boys in Marsh Pride.”

His first attempts to catch the rabbit failed because a lack of experience. The eight years old mother (not in the photo) is watching from a short distance how her son is bumbling with his prey - Immature Iberian lynx (male, age~8/9 months).

Beautiful girl from the Kambula Pride sired by the Ndzhenga Males.

Darkness and light.

10 hours, Acrylic on Paper

Nzuri in his element.