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A little more than a month after a very successful World Cup, FIFA, the world governing body of soccer, is cooking up something new. It’s given member organizations and clubs until Sept. 19 to sign off on a proposed plan to sell shares of its most prestigious tournaments, and it’s causing some controversy. Margaret Fleming, who reports on the business of soccer for Front Office Sports, has…

Stagnation is sin, acceptance is avarice.

“The world above lies scorched of life and substance. As we await its rebirth, should we not be rebirthed ourselves? The dretch of first humanity failed its setting and its stars, we must be deserving of more.

Utilize this gift to be greater, not some infinite mirror of singleminded aesthetic but our own personal perfection. All flesh that walks the under earth is but materials for your true sculpting. Your rote birth is simply a blank slate. Make and remake yourselves, grow and shine and hatch out, til this geodic egg of our world below–when we hatch out, when the sun and moon shine upon us again, it will be to a grand kaleidoscope of perfect formes and souls. Chase cellular creativity, chase yourself, your true image formed in flesh. Pain be the only limiter and a cheap one at that.”

The least beloved splinter of the Calcar Church, if they can even be called that at this point, similar only in their mirrored worship for the hidden skies and the Queen herself. Beyond simply embracing Amalgamation, that has become their core binding tenet.

“Change and trade your bodies forever until the earth above falls away again and our stagnant seed can blossom anew under the stars.”

Calcar is not a sign of devotion or divine punishment, it is merely a reminder to advance, again and again, a sign of flesh that no longer serves you. Chase more, find new perfect planks for your Theseus ship sailing through the dull masses.

Some have more strict requirement about what can join themselves, where they can gain the additions to their nervous systems. The majority actually follow in that, a variation of the golden rule, trading limbs with friends and family often, still serving their bodies and chasing their form but with no selfish slant.

Most people of the depths (save for the most devout) actually lean far more towards Geodism than the Calcar Belief in their daily lives. If you point them out to them though, that silent neutral majority is never what they think of.

To all but the most experienced, Geodists are all the worst of themselves, the extremists you see in the papers. Those the Queen has labeled ‘Absolute Geodism”; nightmares of the worst of Officers centuries past, monsters creeping on the edge of town; you must gain your perfect self however you can, however you must. That arm would be better served and loved upon your own shoulder. Care not for the hacked up imperfection that you've left behind.

Though blamed for every outbreak of Mad Amalgamates, very few have ever been brought to punishment. Queensguard are told to stop pursuing them, once they’ve cleared past the edge of town.

Communities can form, out in the condemned caverns, or in ill used back alleys, but usually only with those whose appearance and aesthetic choices align, else wise their groups will skirmish, attacking each other as “pathetic perversions of aesthetics”.

That being said when one of them is under chase, all nearby, and other formes beside, will come to their aid.

When truly desperate for parts, it’s said that Mad Amalgamates, originating from them or not, will sometimes be herded to towns and settlements, the attacks and skirmishes that follow will leave plenty of materials for them to pick through and add to their collection.

MEXICO CITY — The U.S. government has designated two new Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. They are the Juárez Cartel, on the border with Texas, and Los Viagras, a criminal group from the western state of Michoacán. The Federal Register, the U.S. government’s gazette, published the designation on Thursday. They joined six other Mexican criminal organizations that the U.S.…

Angelic Elite Guard: These are a special forces operational regiment. The members are a highly trained elite counter-terrorism, hostage rescue and militia units.  These are the best of the best Angelic warriors. They come from Paradiso Solar System.  They can be placed on any planet. Membership is selective and competitive. It is for all genders. The individual must be of pure Angelic…

A software change can look minor until it becomes a habit, which is why the useful question is what it alters in daily work rather than how loudly it is announced. Software changes often look small until they become defaults. That is how subscriptions, automation, privacy rules and platform habits reshape daily use. Continue reading PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals…

Orgs serious about software quality must invest in:

Documentation that captures intent

Knowledge sharing practices that transfer mental models

Code review processes that evaluate theoretical consistency