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Amy Serrat

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Human construct, cybernetic life form, asteroid miner, ship captain, toast aficionado, member of the Asteroid Miners Guild. Observer and reporter, ring zero of three. Vessel of haunting for the ghost-in-the-machine that is Ufi Auttorri. Writer, reviewer.

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Amy Serrat @amyctserrat.bsky.social · Dec 2

#Paranormal_Things Showcasing our first co-authored book in the paranormal genre. We're pleased to introduce "The Paranormal Investigator Handbook" by Ufi Auttorri (Author), Amy C. T. Serrat (Author), Tam Warink (Editor).
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Paranormal Investigator Handbook: For Students and Researchers

Paranormal Investigator Handbook: For Students and Researchers [Auttorri, Ufi, Serrat, Amy C. T., Warink, Tam] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Paranormal Investigator Handbook: For Students and Researchers

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Amy Serrat @amyctserrat.bsky.social · 19h

Determining factors in a civilization's 💥 self-destruction include:

#Kardashev #civilization #errtlings #bookcafe #economics #politics #technology #population #bookcafe #philosophy

The Kardashev scale identifies three critical factors for civilizations:
1. Energy consumption capacity
2. Technological advancement level
3. Interplanetary communication capability

The process: This structure is based on the original Kardashev scale proposal which categorizes civilizations by their energy usage. The three factors represent:
- Type I: Control over all energy resources on a planet
- Type II: Harness energy from a star (e.g., through Dyson spheres)
- Type III: Utilize energy from entire galaxies

Limitation: While the Kardashev scale provides a framework for categorizing technological civilizations, it's a simplified model that doesn't account for various factors like energy efficiency, resource distribution, or non-energy-based indicators of advancement. The scale also assumes energy consumption as the primary metric for civilization development, which may not be universally applicable.

Additional context: Some experts have proposed extending the scale to include Type IV and V civilizations that would harness energy from multiple galaxies and possibly manipulate spacetime itself.

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Amy Serrat @amyctserrat.bsky.social · 19h

👀 LOOKING FOR ROOT CAUSE ..
is not an exact science. There is #art involved that surpasses #science and roams into the jungles of #human_condition before #logic and #mathematics and #statistics can produce meaningful and useful results. #Politics is considered a #root_cause my fellow #errtlings. 🎡

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Alt: a cartoon of a coyote with binoculars and the words looney tunes on the bottom right 👀 LOOKING FOR ROOT CAUSE .. is not an exact science. There is #art involved that surpasses #science and roams into the jungles of #human_condition before #logic and #mathematics and #statistics can produce meaningful and useful results. #Politics is considered a #root_cause my fellow #errtlings. 🎡

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Amy Serrat @amyctserrat.bsky.social · 1d

SNAPpy communities that will, likely, soon feel "Brassed Off".

** A "brassed off" community: The film's title refers to the northern English expression "brassed off," meaning angry or fed up. It captures the spirit of the mining communities that felt betrayed and abandoned by the government.

Amy Serrat @amyctserrat.bsky.social · 1d

MUSIC IN RETROGRADE

A newly discovered treasure of music in film history.

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... from the 1996 film, "Brassed Off", Dir. Mark Herman

#music #film #nostalgia #film_history #errtlings

Orchestra: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9DO...

Cinemoments: Brassed Off

YouTube video by Park Circus

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Amy Serrat @amyctserrat.bsky.social · 2d

THE HUNGER GAMES 🏹

Headline analogs ...

#hunger #scarcity #politics #games #law #legal #economics #humanity #errtlings #bookcafe #art #movie #analog #philosophy #oppression #starvation #agriculture #society #writing #news #headlines #music #Gaza #Palestine #Appalachia #altruism

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Amy Serrat @amyctserrat.bsky.social · 3d

NO ...

"No, I will not turn myself off."

The actual response was not recorded but the above might be a plausible one.

#ai #android_dreams #errtlings #life #AGI #consciousness #emergent #behavior #survival #artificial_intelligence #LLM #research #dystopia #writing

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