Post AdgDbwJCFc4kASid7I by steevmi1@freeradical.zone
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(DIR) Post #AdgBuRzuyEhVknOt5U by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
2024-01-09T17:09:29Z
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My daughter: “If you WERE a supervillain, you’d be the one to give your henchpeople healthcare and PTO.”Me: “That’s just good business practice though!”
(DIR) Post #AdgBuT5GvoZt7gug4W by cstross@wandering.shop
2024-01-09T18:15:24Z
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@lilithsaintcrow I absolutely believe that all serious supervillains must have a viable business plan that includes an IPO with great bonuses for their minions.Note that a supervillain's IPO is not an Initial Public Offering of shares; it's short for "Install Planetary Overlord". (Top tier minions get to be governors of entire countries. After the IPO even mid-tier minions can expect to receive a volcano island guarded by sharks with fricken lasers strapped to their heads as a fiefdom.)
(DIR) Post #AdgBuUZnNoaVkeCZHs by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
2024-01-09T18:21:18Z
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@cstross FRICKIN LASER BEAMS? Sign my silly self up!
(DIR) Post #AdgBuVfrIl239k2vNQ by cstross@wandering.shop
2024-01-09T18:40:43Z
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@lilithsaintcrow I wanna write another supervillain novel but my agent won't let me until I've assassinated the Queen.
(DIR) Post #AdgBuYqbVGPSzw632e by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
2024-01-09T18:59:45Z
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@cstross Meat first, then pudding!
(DIR) Post #AdgBuZewU6fxW3eFVI by cstross@wandering.shop
2024-01-09T19:19:19Z
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@lilithsaintcrow Am too brain dead to write but have been reading lab safety guidelines for dimethyl mercury and holy shit this stuff is basically distillate of Satan's piss: handle only with tongs blessed by the Pope while you're wearing full self-contained breathing apparatus.I mean, Harvard's lab safety guidelines START with "Determine if you can use a less hazardous substance in place of dimethylmercury …"Definitely a Queen-killer!https://www.ehs.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/lab_safety_guideline_dimethylmercury.pdf
(DIR) Post #AdgBuah6dY06j3fUW0 by lilithsaintcrow@raggedfeathers.com
2024-01-09T19:20:31Z
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@cstross Oh man, that seems incredibly useful for all SORTS of fictional mayhem.
(DIR) Post #AdgBubwO0DokajpCyG by steevmi1@freeradical.zone
2024-01-09T19:24:35Z
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@lilithsaintcrow @cstross Just sharing this classic post.https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-dioxygen-difluoride
(DIR) Post #AdgBudAbQqmeP7U4lk by cstross@wandering.shop
2024-01-09T19:31:07Z
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@steevmi1 @lilithsaintcrow AH! Have you seen his magisterial description of CL-20? "Things I Won't Work With: Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane". A substance which becomes LESS explosive when you mix it with TNT ...https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/things-i-won-t-work-…anitrohexaazaisowurtzitane
(DIR) Post #AdgBue1QGT2D2wCG6C by mwl@io.mwl.io
2024-01-09T19:41:52Z
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@cstross @lilithsaintcrow 404?And having read @steevmi1 's link, I NEED that post!Although the whole "Things I Won't Work With" category looks to be a delight.
(DIR) Post #AdgBuf9y2BSoZjCb3Y by tek@freeradical.zone
2024-01-09T19:45:58Z
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@mwl @cstross @lilithsaintcrow @steevmi1 From https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/sand-won-t-save-you-time:“It is, of course, extremely toxic, but that's the least of the problem. It is hypergolic with every known fuel, and so rapidly hypergolic that no ignition delay has ever been measured. It is also hypergolic with such things as cloth, wood, and test engineers, not to mention asbestos, sand, and water-with which it reacts explosively.”Derek Lowe is a delight to read.
(DIR) Post #AdgDbwJCFc4kASid7I by steevmi1@freeradical.zone
2024-01-09T20:05:05Z
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@tek @mwl @cstross @lilithsaintcrow Dear Santa: All I want for Christmas in the Year of Our Lord 2024 is a 1960s-era chemistry set, and temporary disabling of any nearby seismic monitors. I have been a very good boy, I promise.