Ah yes, further encourage the development of literal orphan crushing machines. Chasing the root of the problem would require regulation causing companies to take a hit to the bottom line; we can’t have that! We have shareholders!

I do and will share via PM if you promise to seed!

There is and I will share it with any and everyone willing to seed it, just PM me.

I’m imagining an NFL Redzone-like stream on PBS.

some truly world-shattering human-altering tech

Maybe say…climate change?

So really The Matrix should have taken place in a two dimensional world.

Alternatively, I would also accept renaming the trilogy to The Array, The Matrix, and The Tensor.

Ay yo I did not, most excellent timing!

Something I’ve seen on some PubMed meta-analyses is the inclusion of the various search terms and inclusion/exclusion criteria used; something along those lines maybe?

Technically speaking it could refer to the death of the organization itself rather than the individuals comprising the organization.

But yeah.

I really hope this isn’t something I made too big and is overwhelming now

Narrarator: It was.

to bring in as many conservative muslims and Indians as possible

The fuck are you on about?

You touched on it; Citizens United. Change that and we’re back to a coherent timeline.

I also think the consolidation of media outlets into massive billionaire-controlled mouthpieces of industry alongside with Cambridge Analytica opening the flood gates on social medianl propagandization were crucial, but Citizens United will always be the death of the USA for me; it just took a few years for the corpse to start really stinking up the place.

Lyra is an old friend I haven’t seen in a long time. I hit the novel section and saw Subtle Knife and Amber Spyglass hardcovers on the shelf right away and teared up. I legitimately almost cried upon spotting the Golden Compass paperback. I love this series and I’m so excited to revisit it.

valuable IP sold off to companies that would actually make better use of them

More likely snatched up by VC to put them on (fuck) ICE or passed around to other AI companies until they’re really good and dead.

They are going to be shallow ugly, buggy and dumb.

🌍🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀🌚

Prog metal concept albums are one of my favorite things with D&D close behind! Looking forward to the listen!

Edit: Hang on why cant I pay you >:(

I’ve always got music on in the background. Less gaming nowadays, doing my best to read more books.

Disagree; the Patriot Act had plenty of easily determinable ways things could and did get worse.

Best time was then, second best time is now. Don’t lament the delay, celebrate the win and move on to the next goal.

If they could st[w]ill get away with doing this to gays and blacks it would be happening to them instead.