Post AlvNP5wTT4PVAxPfA8 by robotistry@sciencemastodon.com
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(DIR) Post #AluVQAUycLCM4Xc8Ke by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-12T00:27:22Z
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They're eating the dogs!They're eating ... the cats!They're eating...*pause*THE PETS.
(DIR) Post #AluVUcsF3pnpEccbui by Nonya_Bidniss@mas.to
2024-09-12T00:28:09Z
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@futurebird He's so completely addled. š¤¦āāļø
(DIR) Post #AluVWjR9d8yOAXxKNc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-12T00:28:34Z
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It's like it's announcing some new thing called "THE PETS"
(DIR) Post #AluVqea3OcuItmcNDE by CStamp@mastodon.social
2024-09-12T00:32:08Z
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@futurebird The odd thing being that the ones whining about it are the ones you'd imagine are happy with that. One bragged about murdering her dog for having had the time of its life, others don't have pets and would probably suck the souls out of them, others brag about murdering animals they don't eat...
(DIR) Post #AluVs4lRX0J0OaciBM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-12T00:32:16Z
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@Nonya_Bidniss I have this story I've written a few chapters of about a woman with a superpower that allows her to freeze time. She can do things while the world is frozen and it's mostly about her discovering this power and how to use it. In the story she drives a thinly disguised Tucker Carlson mad using this power ... but, now I'm wondering if something like this is happening in real life to Trump.He can see them right there! Eating them!But no one else notices...
(DIR) Post #AluWQJPBbQx3eLXPjk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-12T00:38:35Z
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@Nonya_Bidniss When Tucker got demoted I lost interest in it. But, now I'm thinking... maybe it's worth adding a few more chapters.
(DIR) Post #AluWVEGC9vz98mg2ZE by tob@hachyderm.io
2024-09-12T00:39:19Z
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@futurebird Trump hates animals. He's really weird.
(DIR) Post #AluWlVnOjL4g9wyIu8 by rwv37@mastodon.social
2024-09-12T00:42:24Z
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@futurebird @Nonya_Bidniss On the advice of counsel, I plead the Fifth.
(DIR) Post #AluZ7J9EdQMFDDhsMy by funkula@goblin.camp
2024-09-12T01:08:45Z
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@futurebird John Carpenter's THE PETS
(DIR) Post #AluqWWNyFkUSjECwPg by stooovie@mas.to
2024-09-12T04:23:49Z
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@futurebird "doags"
(DIR) Post #AlvBisuAS0B15E0JFI by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-09-12T08:21:20Z
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@futurebird @Nonya_Bidniss if time is frozen, and you decide to go for a walk in the park (good thing you opened the front door before freezing time) and admire bees, butterflies, and birds stuck motionless in mid-flight, look at the frozen landscaped waterfall, etc, how do all the time-frozen air molecules get out of your way so you can walk around looking at time-frozen things?
(DIR) Post #AlvMJLyipgdrDgA9Ym by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-12T10:19:57Z
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@llewelly @Nonya_Bidniss She can move objects, including air when itās frozen although everything has an inertia. If she makes a lot of changes it causes popping sounds from the air renormalizing when she unfreezes.
(DIR) Post #AlvNP5wTT4PVAxPfA8 by robotistry@sciencemastodon.com
2024-09-12T10:32:12Z
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@futurebird @llewelly @Nonya_Bidniss What happens with breathing?
(DIR) Post #AlvOIyoTA1qjHXJhFQ by ordrad@lor.sh
2024-09-12T10:42:19Z
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@futurebird But I saw it on TV!!
(DIR) Post #AlvPK3sFvfj5DqARdI by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-12T10:53:42Z
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@robotistry @llewelly @Nonya_Bidniss She can breathe out and in the molecules that come in contact with her can be stirred to motion. There are some unsettling effects: when she moves people around (which is very difficult since people are heavy and have a lot of inertia) the places where she has touched them feel cool or hot when time restarts. Imagine if the hairs on your arm were suddenly rearranged!
(DIR) Post #AlvPWrpY1DLBdN0Ue8 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-09-12T10:55:55Z
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@robotistry @llewelly @Nonya_Bidniss Though I live suggestions. I donāt want to over burden the story with scienceā this power is basically magical and motivated by the protagonistās feeling that she needs more time. But I love the scary and messy implications for physics.
(DIR) Post #AlvQCulnToNGugIoF6 by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-09-12T11:03:39Z
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@futurebird @robotistry @Nonya_Bidniss 1/2I love this and it reminds me of a series of short stories set in a world with a world-wide network of instant transportation booths, but one of the drawbacks of the booths was any change in velocity necessary due to the different relative velocities of the booths
(DIR) Post #AlvQqcTqtmthlyqF5E by ozofriendly@mastodon.au
2024-09-12T11:10:40Z
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@futurebird @robotistry @llewelly @Nonya_Bidniss Nicholson Baker's infamously salacious The Fermata has fun with a more philosophical approach to freezing time. i'd recommend it, but only if you are very broad-minded.
(DIR) Post #AlvW4ZOJgHco15ivS4 by rgulick@social.coop
2024-09-12T12:09:20Z
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@futurebird Ulp... even the iguanas?
(DIR) Post #AlvwQvJHSw6rAwghjU by nowan@mastodon.social
2024-09-12T17:04:42Z
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@futurebird @robotistry @llewelly @Nonya_Bidniss So if she picks something up, gravity affects it, I guess. Would a clock (wind up?) start ticking? Presumably the local power plant wouldn't start up because she grabbed a plugged in appliance. Nor would kicking the ground start the Earth spinning. Would a flashlight work? How about those little metal bouncing balls on strings?Not that these need to be settled for a story. It's just where my mind goes.
(DIR) Post #AlzIDGLtDRjMqdgALY by null_hypothesis@mas.to
2024-09-14T07:52:52Z
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@futurebird I heard his ātuneā on some news broadcast. The cadence and emphasis seemed like a clear example of ādog whistle' incitement. (the deniability in public discourse āāI was joking; you misunderstoodā gaslighting is a fascist stunt.)