timesharing:

here we will examine an interesting puzzle within the larger puzzle, and though there is no neat and tidy conclusion to be drawn just yet it has been bothering me since utility computing came up and i think it is worth documenting here.

as mentioned in the thread on 'cloud', the state of computing in the 1950s and 60s was such that computing resources were centralized in large mainframes and accessed in a slow card-based batch system

the solution to this problem was to develop methods of 'time sharing', where users could access these central resources via 'dumb' terminals and the central computer could queue up the processing requests of many users fluidly

during the 60s several of these systems were developed and commercialized, including the notable and influential effort Project MAC and its multics operating system.

Twin Peaks (s1+2)is the best television drama of the 90s. It satirized soap operas while using this distinctly usa genre (+film noir) 2reveal true dark underbelly of American life: secret societies, occult/magic, ritual murder, mkultra/possession, 🍕gate. It's all there. 1/

Spoilers*** but no plot synopsis lies ahead. I will not analyze Season 3 in this thread. 2/

TP is an initiation more than a show. The main story is that Laura Palmer is ritually murdered by her father, Leland. He was possessed by a demon, BOB, because he was molested as a child by a man possessed by BOB. 3/

Leland allowed BOB to transfer to him during a time of weakness and this possession led to him doing the same to his daughter later on in his life. 4/

So, sodomy transfers spiritual disease. 5/

Thinking about how the modernist religious response to accusations that religion = magic was to say "nuh uh, it's, uh, philosophy." This was not a good move, because the heart of "religion" is exorcistic alchemy (or alchemical exorcism if you prefer a different emphasis).

I do not think you need systematic theology in order to engage in the practice of transforming your black, iron heart into radiant gold, and there is actually some danger that it will get in the way.

Nietzsche was, I think, correct that the "rationalizing," "systematizing," element of Greek thought helped to produce the implosion of Christendom.

Metaphysics, cosmology, etc... So much fluff the moment they are no longer tethered to the purpose of casting out the demons and healing the sick.

Daily Caller has published a noteworthy article by @radicalbenjamin on the subject of Corporatism. I'd like to comment on it, but I'm consciously directing my comments at Catholics, especially those who might have noted my own tweets on the same

The connection of Corporatism to Catholic Social Teaching (CST) is not lost on Roberts; in fact, he makes explicit mention of Leo XIII's Rerum novarum. What he does not mention is the crucial difference between Chinese Corporatism and the Christian Corporatism of CST.

One side of that crucial difference is summarized in the following highlighted passage. It is at this point that careful readers should have noted that what Roberts is describing is State Corporatism, or the Corporate State, and not Societal Corporatism, or the Corporate Society.

The difference between the Corporate State and Corporate Society is something I've discussed before, most recently by referring to Fr. Mort's "Christian Corporatism," which contrasts the State Corporatism of Fascist Italy with the Societal Corporatism of CST.

Note that the distinction between the Corporate State and Corporate Society is not reserved to proponents of Catholic Social Teaching. Unger and Chan, cited by Roberts, make the same distinction in their 2015 paper "State corporatism and business associations in China."

Of all the stupid phrases popularized in online discourse in the last ten years or so, I think "Read the room" is one of the worst. It really reveals how lib/prog politics are, at root, based on the desire to stay within what's perceived as being a stable consensus. /1

The "Room" in question is an imaginary place in the lib/prog's head, full of a phantom audience of cool, influential people whom the lib hopes to ingratiate himself to. He carries this imaginary audience everywhere, & it constantly approves/disapproves of every deed & thought. /2

The Room is a carefully choreographed dinner party, with all the right social ornaments on display and all the right shibboleths being said. It provides a measure of reassurance and belonging, but is constantly menaced by an undercurrent of anxiety, because... /3

...directly below the room is the basement, where all of the lib's fear, regret, shame, rage & secret desire is stashed. It's a cluttered, damp, humiliating place, & it's also the origin of the Room. /4

In fact, the Room is really a hallucination the lib has while he crouches ankle deep in the basement's filthy water. In his horror, he thinks that only he has a basement, and believes that the Room's inhabitants are simple and clean. /5

it's just a mask bro i mean its only for 12 hours a day bro I mean its only covering your breathing, why do u care lol bro sure random weirdos will harass you and act like you're a murderer for breathing outside bro who cares lol get over it

lol do u actually have a problem with people crossing the street to avoid you haha gay man it's normal for people to pull their kids out of your path it's cool when guys get physical with you in public and no one stops them lol it's just a mask

haha look at this guy over here even asking the question of when he can take his mask off bro were going to wear these forever even after we're vaccinated and we're going to use our fear as a weapon to force you to act like us too lol what's ur problem why do you even care

haha seriously bro? you're suffering mentally because you can't see the single most salient feature of every human beings body and everything feels alienating and distant and meaningless haha cringe dude lmao you actually care about the relentless mask propaganda we put up?

hahaha so stupid this guy cares that we used all of social media and perverted science and spread falsehoods to turn rational people into pariah haha dude omg why do you even care

Everyone is slowly discovering the same thing, which is that the "free internet" and all the fun you had and freedom and positive potential of the technology, is dead, and the wild west period is over. You can no longer be a person only a brand.

Sometimes the proverbial drop that makes the vase overflow is understanding the "algorithm", sometimes it's alienation from cultural peers over money, sometimes its video games journalism. Ultimately all of it is the realisation that you are embodied, and you "are" not online

You are sitting in "front" of online and looking at a screen. Many lash out in these moments because that is a very disgusting thing to realize - it may be the case that something/someone else "ruined" the internet, but there is a inescapable part of it that is realizing,

That you were simply wrong about what is was, and what it could do, and what it could be. There never truly was this potential for connection in it. You are embodied. You are not "inside" the screen. You are looking at it. you wanted to escape the body. You wanted to be inside.

It's not only that the parameters have changed - the change is mainly to make certain aspects explicit which were formerly implicit, hidden away, easier to willfully ignore. The discovery is not only a revelation of what has changed, but also of what always-already was the case

𝓟𝖊𝖉𝖔𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕮𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖇𝖇𝖊𝖆𝖓: 𝒟𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝑀𝑒𝓃 𝒯𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝒩𝑜 𝒯𝒶𝓁𝑒𝓈

A Jeffery Epstein Conspiracy Thread:

Join me as we explore the seedy underbelly of elite society: human trafficking.

Time to expose these sick bastards, let's dive in.

The idea that the most powerful politicians, business tycoons & royal family could be trafficking children was considered a "fringe conspiracy theory" for a long time, after Epstein's arrest, that is no longer so

So how long has this been going on? Have they been caught before?

Well actually, yes.

Quite a few times.

How do they continue to get away with it? Mainly because y'all have been too busy fighting each other red team vs. blue team to bother researching anything lol

Lets go over one of the most prolific cases, the Franklin Cover Up of 1988

This case involved the trafficking of young men from the largest foster home in the US: Nebraska's "Boystown" to elite sex parties, even to the White House

Not only did the head of the investigation committee drop dead so did a dozen more people involved in the case, suspicious?

So why have you never heard of this case?

Besides everyone being brutally murdered, the documentary created to expose the scandal

"Conspiracy of Silence"

Was pulled from airing on the Discovery channel after it was already listed in the TV guide all copies were then destroyed

"𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣; 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣."

- Ecclesiastes 1:9

What can the past teach us about the future?

Let's find out 🔽🔽

To begin, let's remember that they're called

"Revolutions"

Because theyre cyclical, just as the planets revolve around the sun, so does human civilization transition between eras of freedom & oppression

When we talk about the "Endgame" we are also talking about a new BEGINNING

Our ancient ancestors from around the world tracked the passage of time by the transition of celestial objects through the sky

The Mayans had their calendar, and Plato taught us about the "Platonic Year" a roughly 25,772 year cycle also called the procession of the equinoxes

Out of this astronomy grew astrology, the practice of using the position of the largest celestial objects in the sky to determine what type of energy/events were to be expected.

While this may seem ridiculous, consider that the moon controls the tides and human menstrual cycle

Various cultures have broken down these energy cycles in different ways.

Month/Moon Cycle: Western Astrology

Year/Sun Cycle: Chinese Astrology

Procession of Equinox Cycle: Platonic Year

All of these cycles are described by numbers, leading to the unifying study of: Numerology

ERADICATING YOUR FORMER SELF TO FOCUS ON YOUR CREATIVE CRAFT

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You don’t have to submit to the allure of the depressed artist crowd and hate your own craft to ‘fit in.’

You can enjoy a more worthwhile and productive creative existence.

Here’s how I woke up:

After being away from Twitter, I did some serious thinking about my health. Since the success of my novel, I had been wandering around depressed waiting for a divine answer. It wasn’t until I addressed my emotional mindset & took action that I pulled myself out of the void.

During the last two years in the online writing & music ‘community,’ I have come across a number of artists -- almost all of whom have emitted an aura of low self-esteem, lack of confidence, extreme hyper-anxiety and a yearning of validation/approval from others.

This aura is infectious and diffuses into your soul subconsciously, negatively programming you.

However, it is possible to escape the depressed writer asshole mentality leaving you with more time to write and take back control of your life from the vortex of online anxiety.

From this day forward, this account is dedicated to helping creatives overcome their burdens so they can live healthier lives and create more quality content calmly and productively while doing this.

Here are some tips:

Empires must receive the benefits of their own imperialism or the costs of empire become impossible to service. And yet, American Elite have made clear that the US acting in its own interests would be evil, as the US exists to defend the "Liberal World Order".
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What the fuck is this "Liberal World Order" exactly? It is world where no Empire is allowed to act in its own interests, where only "private" market actors are allowed to act in their own interests, where States are barred from subordinating the interests of now global capital.

Capital cannot assert itself over States directly without commandeering the force of an even more powerful State. So to dominate the world, the capitalist elite must conspire to subvert the most powerful State into an imperialism on its behalf. I call this subversion "liberalism"

After WW2, the US economy was HALF of the world economy & were in an amazing geostrategic position with the world's best navy commanding the oceans in between them & their rivals. They were ready to be milked & had just developed the greatest propaganda weapon in history, the TV.

At the dawn of US hegemony, Capital had a clear run at world domination. The strategy was clear, leverage US imperial dominance to integrate the world into a globalized marketplace in which no State would be powerful enough to subordinate Capital to their geostrategic interests.