#Bidirectional

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Yilkirestagerestakiliy (noun)

A structured process or system enabling bidirectional negotiation and reorganization, typically employed in historical contexts of governance, particularly among semi-autonomous states or principalities (e.g., beyliks), to restore or reinterpret alliances, boundaries, or political hierarchies.

(Theater) The act of reconstructing or restaging a production in reverse chronological order to explore thematic inversions or narrative symmetry.

Etymology: Derived from Middle Anatolian diplomatic terminology, blending "yilki" (freedom of movement) with "restage" (to reconstruct or re-perform) and "kiliy" (archaic, signifying cyclical or mirrored repetition).

Usage:

The council employed a strategy of yilkirestagerestakiliy to mediate disputes between rival factions.

The director’s bold experiment with yilkirestagerestakiliy captivated audiences, drawing attention to hidden parallels in the narrative.

[remembering-the-future]

Title: A Lecture on the Marvels of Bidirectional Beylik Restage and the Climate Catastrophe

Ladies and gentlemen, future historians, and all other carbon-based entities left in attendance, Welcome to the Annual Lecture Series on Things We Should Have Probably Fixed Earlier But Didn’t. Today, I will regale you with the tale of how humanity’s quest for technological progress—chiefly through bidirectional, beylik restage—succeeded marvelously in making life on Earth intolerable.

For those unacquainted with the terminology, "bidirectional" refers to the visionary human notion that if one path to destruction was good, then two must be better. Beylik, of course, originates from the 14th-century Turkish principalities but was repurposed in the 21st century to describe a governing philosophy of shortsighted decisions disguised as progress. And "restage"? That was our attempt to slap a fresh coat of paint on the crumbling edifice of a dying biosphere.

Let us dive into specifics.

Bidirectional Progress: Progressing in Both Directions at Once

By the mid-21st century, humanity realized it could solve climate change while simultaneously accelerating it. Renewable energy expanded at an unprecedented pace. Wind farms blanketed prairies; solar panels shimmered across deserts. Yet, the mining of rare earth metals for these technologies leveled mountains and poisoned rivers. Trees were planted, yes, but not before entire ecosystems were clear-cut to make room for "eco-friendly" infrastructure. Bidirectional genius, you see.

The Beylik Doctrine: Short-Termism in the Anthropocene

Ah, the brilliance of beylik governance. Politicians, seeing that their terms in office lasted mere years while climate effects took decades to manifest, adopted the "next guy's problem" approach with aplomb. Subsidize oil companies while promoting electric vehicles? Perfect. Greenwash every new megaproject while ensuring it enriched donors? Magnificent. After all, why solve a crisis when you can restage it?

Restage: Theatrical Adaptations of an Unlivable World

And so we arrive at restaging, the ultimate human strategy. Climate summits became elaborate spectacles where leaders gave impassioned speeches, posed for photos with polar bears, and pledged net-zero emissions—by 2100. Entire nations adopted grand carbon-offset schemes that involved shipping carbon credits across oceans (on diesel-powered cargo ships, naturally). Restage wasn’t about solving the problem but ensuring it looked aesthetically pleasing on a corporate PowerPoint slide.

The Climate Collapse: Life Finds a Way (to Leave)

The result, as we all know, was the decline of life on Earth. Temperatures rose, coastlines drowned, and species vanished faster than conference attendees after the buffet closed. Humanity's technological marvels, such as the Bidirectional Beylik Restage Thermal Regulator, failed spectacularly, turning the Arctic into a year-round water park. Meanwhile, the last humans huddled in air-conditioned domes, reminiscing about the days when outdoor barbecues didn’t require SPF 3000.

Conclusion: The Bright Future of Extraterrestrial Colonization

But fret not! Humanity’s indomitable spirit lives on—in space. With the Earth now largely uninhabitable, our finest minds (and richest billionaires) have restaged their ambitions toward Mars. Why fix one

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Trans Mythical Monsters

Kinarra-- I've loved Kinarra for a long time--but this is my first time drawing one! They are found all over South East Asia, including Thailand, which just legalized same-sex marriage!

Bi-Directional Hermaphrodite Merm -- as a genderfluid person, I love Bi-Directional Hermaphrodite fish aka fish that can fully change their gender between male and female multiple times in their life. The Ranma 1/2's of the fish world. So I imagined a merm that could do the same!

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Of Contracts Between Gods and Men

On the Aeorian Kinsey-Deicide scale I’m a solid 5 (near exclusively god-preserving) which may seem surprising to my many dear associates who want those fundamental truths of existence wrecked. Without digging in any further, let’s do some quick religious history review on the question: Do you owe anything to the gods and do they owe anything to you?

The answer is not as universal as many raised in the nigh inescapable miasma of Christian theology may think! Reciprocal (or even unilateral) responsibility in religion comes and goes across history and geography. The Norse Aesir, for example, created humans but don’t owe them nada and only rarely bothered messing with them. The Greek pantheon are significantly more touchy on the subject of their pride but a person could manage offering no prayers or sacrifices as long as they didn’t promise any prayers or sacrifices. Probably. Compare this to Mayan theology, wherein both gods and humans have significant co-responsibility in maintaining balance; with ritual and sacrifice key to the continued safety of the polity. Divine-mortal relationships can be classified as nondirectional, unidirectional, or bidirectional with various advantages and disadvantages to each model. Gods come in lots of shapes and the demands they make aren’t universal!

A phrase that will often come up in any divinity studies is “covenant”. Originally a translation of the Hebrew berith or Greek diatheke, and also present in Islam, the Bahai’i faith, and possibly historical Phoenician religious practices, covenant theology has metastasized in Christian scholarship to the point it was genuinely hard to research this piece while dodging blogs by guys named Richard. But, broadly, it’s the idea of making an explicit deal with power(s) greater than yourself where you both have sides of the bargain to uphold.

Contract law is not the solution to every problem on earth or in fiction, but when the issue is a large disparity in power and mutual fears of future adverse behavior…. to quote Kate Bush “I’d make a deal with (the) god(s).”

Vitally, compared to other bidirectional pacts in world religion, Exandria has some advantages. For one thing, they have a godeater they’re right now helping to suppress. As long as the gods remain behind the divine gate they need mortal champions to effect their will—but that only holds true as long as the Divine Gate stays up. And unfortunately the problem with a fence someone else has erected is that you don’t know if they’ve kept a key.

If I was mortality’s lawyer? I’d ask for a second layer to that divine hamsterball I’d ask for anything left of the godkilling spark to be kept by the temples of Vasselheim—if they can’t be trusted with it no one can. And I’d promise cooperation from people of a certain degree of civic responsibility, not coerced or threatened out, whole hearted. But terms and conditions may vary.

Anyway, I guess the thesis is that it’s a terrible sin to destroy something you can’t comprehend with no idea of what the outcome will be (and a lot of you don’t seem to get the inconceivable joy of having/knowing/being a god, even just in fiction) but you can bring any monstrosity to the negotiating table. Don’t kill your gods, unionize against them.

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PLEASEGHLFHDKD that would confuse the greens so much. aemond's like "i've taken jace as my prisoner" and otto is like "excellent job grandson! we can kill him and end the line of succession!" and aemond marries him instead. while already being married to you. 😇

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from EcoWatch:

Sunrun, a solar company, and Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), the largest utility provider in Maryland, have launched a pilot program for a bidirectional power plant fueled by solar energy and EV technology.

The pilot, which involves three households, allows users to draw energy from a Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck when paired with the Ford Charge Station Pro and Home Integration System sold by Sunrun. This setup lets the household utilize energy from the EV during peak energy demand, Smart Energy International reported.

The pilot program is the first vehicle-to-home power plant in the U.S. and was funded with grants from the U.S. Department of Energy.

“This program is a significant proof of concept — no other market player has done this — and the goal is to expand these programs all around the country,” Sunrun CEO Mary Powell said in a press release. “This exciting partnership lays the foundation for the power grid of the future where electric vehicle owners can contribute to grid resiliency and utility price stability for everyone. The summer heat can be especially stressful on our power grid, which is why proving the use of stored energy in electric vehicles for capacity is so important.”

The process works by sending energy from the EV batteries to the homes, allowing the vehicle batteries to operate as energy storage. This can complement solar energy sources as well as reduce demand on Maryland’s power grids during peak times. The bidirectional power provided through the charging station can power homes for up to 10 days in the event of an outage, Sunrun said.

For the pilot program, the trucks share energy from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays from June 1 to September 30. The pilot is offering an estimated $800 to participants.

Currently, there are only a limited number of EV models that offer the bidirectional charging feature, including the Nissan Leaf, the 2024 Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 models from Hyundai, Kia’s EV6, EV9 and Niro EV, and the Ford F-150 Lightning, Cars.com reported.

More vehicles are expected to introduce bidirectional charging in the coming years, including all GM and Tesla EV models, CNET reported.

Sunrun and BGE are planning to expand the program after monitoring the pilot and will offer incentives for F-150 Lightning owners to join, helping increase grid resilience. The program could also help contribute toward Maryland’s goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2045 and achieve 100% clean electricity by 2035.

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