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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 3h

When you drink the blood of one too many children

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 8h

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 3h

46 revisions due Thursday

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 10h

if you like my writing, this month is REALLY urgent, as I need to raise a TON of money to pay my tax bill, which the state is making me pay early because, I shit you not, I did my taxes. Apparently a change to the balance, like filing taxes/extensions is bad

paypal.me/stompsite would help a LOT

Pay Garrick Burford using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/stompsite and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

paypal.me

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doctober @docseuss.bsky.social · 10h

GUESS WHO'S BACK

BACK AGAIN

DOC'S BACK

TELL A FRIEND

That's right. It's time for part 3 of the FPS series; this time, a lot of assorted thoughts on what makes for good enemy design. This one was fun as hell to write.

docseuss.medium.com/building-a-b...

building a better first person shooter part 3: enemy mine

So! First, we talked about a specific subgenre of first person shooter, loosely starting with Unreal and Half-Life and dying off around…

docseuss.medium.com

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/lgoxHC7WF9w
Aside from my usual "nobody cares about the internal mechanics of hollywood and daily lives of actors" spiel
ALL the key art for the "old wonderman film" looks AI generated.
Like blatantly so

Marvel Television’s Wonder Man | Official Trailer | Disney+

YouTube video by Marvel Entertainment

youtu.be

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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · Dec 26

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

youtu.be/lgoxHC7WF9w
Aside from my usual "nobody cares about the internal mechanics of hollywood and daily lives of actors" spiel
ALL the key art for the "old wonderman film" looks AI generated.
Like blatantly so

Marvel Television’s Wonder Man | Official Trailer | Disney+

YouTube video by Marvel Entertainment

youtu.be

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

So I take it morbius 2 techno boogaloo isnt doing well

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

There's also themes related to Jigoku and buddists hell where people pay penance before reincarnation. (See the japanese cover art for the sh4 soundtrack)
While I can see the original team silent knowing the basics of christianity, I really kinda doubt they know anything about mormons.

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

???
The background myth is very clearly based on the myth of Izanami, particularily the part where she dies giving birth to a fire god and descends into the yomi, the land of the dead.

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 1d

Oh cool.

Alien 3 redesign by HR Giger that was never used

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Krormwrorm @krormwrorm.bsky.social · 2d

I could really use like 20 bucks today if anyone can spare it. Please take a look at my work and throw some money at me if it moves you to. Thank you.

Krormwrorm @krormwrorm.bsky.social · Feb 13

If you like my art and would like to support me, here's my links for prints or general support. I have no income rn, every little thing helps.

Thank you for looking.

Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/kror...

General support:
www.patreon.com/c/Krormwrorm
ko-fi.com/kamonmccoy
venmo.com/u/Krormwrorm

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 2d

Stillmon
An ultra rare digimon
When engaged in battle their first attack on an enemy casts blindness

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Mark Anthony Austin @bobafettanhse.bsky.social · 2d

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rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 2d

I'd really appreciate if writers these days took a look at their characters doing therapyspeak and whether that's appropriate for their work and their world.

By "therapyspeak" I mean speaking like this: "This is the emotion I'm feeling, and feeling that emotion makes me want to act in a way"

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Fade In @fadeinpro.com · 3d

Of course the actual story does not come anywhere close to living up to the headline, and I have to admit I'm a little disappointed

Creatures buried in soil for life in Toronto waterfront

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 3d

Gordon Lightfoot
Gord Downey
Stevie Nicks
Florence Welch and Isabella Summers
Elena Tonra
Portishead
Massive Attack
Pink Floyd
Deltron 3000
Gorillaz
Irene Papas
Neil Young
Neil Diamond
Bob Dylan
Pukka Orchestra
Sneaker Pimps
Morcheeba
Tricky

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 6d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 3d

Guess we found out who the Silent Hill 2 Circumcision poster was

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 3d

Man, these later generation Digimon really forgot the design ethos of the original series.

P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 3d

Rewatching Digimon. Man I remember it being waaay better than this...

Two Digimon. I don't know what they are.

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 3d

Its trying to contort several story structures into a 1 narrative guide that doesnt work cause there's no thought regarding it. It makes no sense because its attempting to force a 3 act structure on everything.
So you get this mess attempting to encapsulate all stories, and understands none of them

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 3d

The worst story structure thing ever made

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 3d

Where have I seen this before...
oh right,
Either way this story sucks and is gonna end badly.

The Story diamond, the stupidest story analysis structure ever

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, but also it has the worst parts of foss design. Its interface and methods of dealing with interaction are obtuse and poorly thought out. And its power users can best be described as "linux users but worse"

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P.A. Bat-stein @pabastien.bsky.social · 4d

Huh

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