Shaddai-El is a Matrioshka brain of light the size of the multi-verse. There is a Matrioshka brain of dark energy in this universe, whom the Bible calls Remphan.

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"Why do you still keep your Matrioshka brain alive?" - "Because I want to complete my simulations of the Googol Coaster!" - "Are you sure the universe will even last long enough for that?" www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZrG...

on thursday they're trapping my mind in a Matrioshka brain to be tortured in a virtual hell for a trillion years, with every photon emitted by the smoldering red dwarf below being converted into pure suffering, and every fusion of atomic nuclei spilling more digital blood. a star that radiates agony

That's why I ditched meta's Threads

Also, if the Simpsons characters have their SMAC mains, here's they are:

Lisa Simpsons = gaia's stepdaughter
Ned Flanders = Lord's believers
Professor Frink = University of Planet
Mr Burns = Morgan's industries

That's what known so far

Yeah! Alpha Centauri was one of my first brushes with that kind of esoteric science and transhumanism.

A double page magazine ad scan, with Yoda's puppet sat in a swamp with a pair of headphones plugged into his ears. A photo of the cassette player and details can be seen to the right.

Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my tape collection, do you? Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Hmm. Stayin' Alive, Stayin' Alive." 🎶

From what I've gathered, this (Panasonic RQ-JA160, 1987) was one of their top-of-the line portable cassette players, sporting sleek metal casing, remote control and XBS.

One of the ways of winning this game was: using Alpha Centauri's biosphere as makeshift matrioshka brain

My playthrough as Sister Miriam was one of the first things to land any significant blows against my Evangelical indoctrination. Thought I was picking the good guys but by the end of it I was pretty uncomfortable.

My second run was with Deirdre and OH MY GOD WAS I LESBIAN CRUSHING ON HER? HOLY SHIT

Alpha Centauri was SO GOOD. I remember it was PC Gamer's highest rated title (98%!) until Half-Life 2.

As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master. - Commisioner Pravin Lal, "U.N. Declaration of Rights" Screenshot from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, showing one of the dialog boxes that appear after completing tech research or secret project construction. The left side of the box contains a portrait of Pravin Lal, the in-game leader of the UN Peacekeeping Forces faction. The remainder of the box contains the text quoted above. The background is an image of space as seen from in orbit around the game's planet.

This one has always stuck with me, and it has only gotten more relevant with time.

A sceenshot of original 1.0 Alpha Centauri being installed in Window 98, with stills of a render of the alien world colony pods are descending to from orbit that changes as the game is installed.

Buckle-up; there's just 58% remaining until Planetfall in 2100AD.

When storytelling and planetary 4X combined in 1998, evoking the philosophical science-fiction novels of the 60s and 70s and exploring the kinds of future societies we might build.

📺: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Firaxis, 1998 (PC)

A crt TV screenie of pixel art of a sleek 80s futuristic sports car with blue chrome plating

Try again on the highways of 2019, where only the toughest of Outrunners make it to the finish line.

📺: Outrun 2019, Hertz/Sega, 1993 (MD)

A snap of Eye of the Beholder for PC-98, with stylized compass, movement arrows, party boxes (Parn, Ghim, Deedlit, and Woodchuck), and a dungeon-eye view of a sewer tunnel with red brick walls, and three kobolds ahead, armed and fierce, with one leaping up to deliver curving slash.

Deep beneath the cursed city, Waterdeep, where short and stabby things lurk...

📺: Eye of the Beholder, Westwood Associates (Pony Canyon PC-98 port), 1991/1992

A magazine scan close up photo of the sidecar FDD that slotted into the expansion port in the right of the MD. It has the same cyberpunk aesthetic as the console itself

Another magazine scan photo of the FDD from the side, showing the boxy shape with grill panels like the MD and FDD in yellow text

A Japanese magazine article talking about its potential for RPG expansions for games like Sorcerian and release date of 1990

Mega Drive games on floppy disk? Productivity, artwork, game expansions, and DLC when combined with the Mega Modem?

Just a few potential uses of the unreleased Sega Mega Drive Floppy Disk Drive.

Showcased in 1989, it would have been a Sony-Sega co-pro and used proprietary 2" floppies.

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So, weird - I was just talking about The Neverending Story in my recent podcast episode last night, and then I went to the gym this morning and the movie's theme song was playing on the muzak!

I can't remember the last time I heard that song, let alone in a public place!

Fun coincidence.

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Maybe they stopped, but last I knew it was also monetized. It was at launch, which is why it took off so fast as a Twitter competitor not just clone.

It's why it's always so nuts over there.

I was on thread for like five seconds and it was clearly designed for trash discourse! From their response features to their algorithm, everything in it just designed to push the worst in people 😭

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nine-sided sterling silver pendant, front, featuring the image of the moon

nine sided talisman pendant, back, featuring the Grand Planetary Seal and Characters of the Moon from Agrippa

The Image of the Moon … is a crowned youth, standing on a chariot drawn by four horses; in his right hand is a crook and in his left a mirror, and all his clothes are green and white.

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#HandmadeJewelry #OccultSky #BSNM #QueerArtist

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Mercury, Mars, and Saturn are conjunct by degree, which could make for harsh, angry blow ups, personally and collectively

Yet today has a void moon that doesn't end until tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern

That helps a lot, right?

I vote yes. Thanks, Universe 🕊️💜
Stay calm, all 😊

#occultsky #astrology

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A green Snackwell's box, with an image of 2 streusel squares and some cherries, above an individually wrapped Streusel Square, all sitting on a velvety white tablecloth

SnackWell’s Streusel Squares (1998-1999): Low-fat, buttery-flavored pastry/cake bars, filled with real fruit and topped with streusel and white icing. Available in Cherry and Apple-Cinnamon

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