#both are diodes

[teehee-vibes]

I just found your art via reblogs. Do you ship ash and Clemont or are they just besties

Im afraid that there was NOTHING normal about the 7th Japanese XYZ ending (Kirakira sung by Yūki Kaji).

[dhunikart]

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[scribblecon]

Can you do a poly Prowl x bot Reader x Jazz?

Since you weren’t specific about what you’d like other than the characters, I hope you’re happy with some headcanons on how the reader joins Jazz and Prowl’s relationship :))

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Jazz is the one who approaches you, smooth and charming. He and Prowl have noticed the glances you send their way when you think they aren’t looking, they both happen to have taken a liking to you, and would love to spend some time getting to know you better. Like on a date.

You’re a little taken aback. Jazz being flirtatious is nothing new, he’s playful by nature. The mention of Prowl and the opening of their relationship, however, is what surprises you. While you’ve certainly admired Prowl from afar, he’s always come across as distant and a bit irritable towards you. Never did you suspect he might like you for more than your competence in the field, let alone enough to view you as a romantic prospect. You were always under the impression the two of them were exclusive.

What’s the harm in saying yes, though? Prowl might have a soft side beneath his gruff exterior, and you already get along very well with Jazz (everyone does, in all fairness). Besides, what would be the worst case scenario? You spend some quality time with a couple of handsome mechs and decide you aren’t into them? That would be a bit awkward, but hardly the end of the world.

You spend a few extra moments thinking, to be sure you’re making the right decision. Jazz initially takes your silence as discomfort and is about to apologise for springing such a proposal on you when you ask where and when the three of you should meet. He flashes you a smile that makes your spark pulse and asks how you’d feel about going stargazing. There’s a spot not too far from the Ark that he frequents with Prowl and when the skies are clear the view is dazzling. The three of you can drive out there together.

When Prowl finds out Jazz made a move on you he feels ready to blow a diode. What has his conjunx done? You were probably scared off by how forward Jazz can be and now strategy meetings are going to be filled with an unnecessary amount of tension, you sitting mere feet away from Prowl, uncomfortable in the knowledge that he likes you in a way that you don’t reciprocate.

He calms down when Jazz informs him you were, in fact, interested in the both of them and had agreed to going on a date that night. The tension doesn’t leave his frame, however, all the way up to when it’s time for this date Jazz has set up with you to begin. He’s silent the entire drive from the Ark to the patch of desert where the stars seem to shine the brightest.

You worry that Prowl might actually be mad at you, that this could be an elaborate joke Jazz is playing on the both of you. He’s barely acknowledged your presence since the three of you transformed into your alt-modes. Jazz tells you he’s just being shy, and you let out a nervous laugh, hoping that’s true.

You realise you’ve reached your destination when Jazz and Prowl both return to their bot forms, and you join them in doing so. At first glance it seems like you’ve driven into the middle of nowhere, which you suppose you have, really. The view when you look up, however, really is out of this world. You don’t think you ever saw such a clear view of the stars on Cybertron, where there’s always a thousand light sources dimming the tapestry of the heavens above. You wonder if your home is somewhere amongst all those twinkling lights.

Prowl is too focused on you to admire the stars like he usually would. Truth be told, he really does like you just as much as Jazz does, otherwise none of this would be happening. At first he just respected you for your skills in battle and ability to improvise in a tight situation, the latter initially being a source of frustration, but eventually acknowledged as an asset. It’s a trait you share with Jazz, after all. A trait that Prowl lacks. That was probably what drew his attention towards you. That, and your frame is certainly easy on the optic. He takes in the sight of you, the way your optics shine in the darkness of night, the curves and ridges of your plating, the colour of your paintwork. There’s an urge to say something to you, anything, to make up for the silent treatment you’ve been putting up with, but his processor is drawing a blank. Coming up with military strategies is one thing, but casual conversation is an eternal struggle for Prowl.

Jazz, meanwhile, is busy cracking jokes and pointing out different constellations. Most of the doubts you had on your way here have melted away as the mech talks, his voice light and playful as he brings an arm across your shoulder struts. You lean into his touch, your focus mostly on the stars above, but you can’t help glancing over at the other mech keeping you company. Prowl is staring at you. The idea of making eye contact with him makes your spark race, so you try not to look in his direction for too long, but you could swear from the brief glance you stole that he’s never looked at you with such a soft expression before. Usually his default is to frown at everyone. You try to bring your focus back to the stars, pretending you can’t feel your cheeks flush pink with energon.

He can’t take it anymore. Prowl knows you caught him staring at you and now he feels like a fool. He’s glad Jazz talked to you, Primus knows he’d have messed it up if he tried initiating this. He realises you and Jazz have fallen into silence, and while you’re busy looking up at the stars, lost in thought, Jazz looks back at his Conjunx. He throws Prowl one of his signature grins and motions for him to get closer. To get closer to you.

He grabs your servos. You let out a yelp laced with static as you turn in Prowl’s direction. He’s not looking at you anymore, his attention now on the sky above. His face is just as flushed as yours, however, and he exvents a jet of air.

Jazz laughs. He told you. He told you that Prowl likes you. He really is just shy. You let Jazz lean against you as you smile and give Prowl’s servos a squeeze.

[city-of-ladies]

"After the death of Olympias, Macedonian troops were commanded by yet a third woman general during the struggle of the successors: Cratesipolis. Cratesipolis was the wife of Alexander, son of the regent Polyperchon, who had been Olympias’ ally. Alexander first appears in the historical record in 317, towards the end of his father’s regency and at the climax of the struggle between Olympias and Adea Eurydice. Naturally he was an ally of Olympias vis-à-vis his father, Polyperchon. Following the death of Alexander the Great, Polyperchon had managed to control portions of the Peloponnese, particularly the ports of Corinth, Sicyon, and Patrae (Diod. 19.35.1; 54.3). In 317 BCE, this Alexander, the son of Polyperchon, was poised to attack Cassander, who himself was besieging Tegea. Cassander sped to Macedon, however, when he heard that Olympias had deposed Adea Eurydice and Philip III. After the death of Olympias, Alexander continued to fight Cassander but eventually switched over to Cassander’s side when Cassander offered him generalship over the Peloponnese, the prize for which he was fighting anyway.

Alexander’s wife, Cratesipolis, was highly esteemed by her husband’s army because she distributed largesse to those in need (Diod. 19.67.1). In 314 BCE, Alexander was assassinated by revolutionary Sicyonians, but Cratesipolis bravely assumed the command of Alexander’s troops and quelled the rebellion (Diod. 19.67.1–2). The Greek Sicyonians thought they had nothing to fear from a woman, and were surprised when Cratesipolis and her forces defeated them. Whereas the Greeks of Sicyon—like those in earlier Rhodes or Aeolis—were loath to be ruled by a woman, once again we see that Macedonian soldiers were willing to take orders from a woman commander. Like her male counterparts, Cratesipolis was shrewd. Whereas Plutarch (Demetrius 9) tells us that she was renowned for her beauty, Diodorus (19.67.2) relates that Cratesipolis was intelligent and possessed “daring [tolma] beyond that of a woman.” Writing almost 400 years later than Thucydides, Diodorus still saw tolma as a male quality, at least the kind of tolma needed to engage in warfare.

Nothing is known of Cratesipolis’ origins or family. Macurdy suggests that she was of the Macedonian nobility, since she married Alexander, the son of a high-ranking Macedonian official, the regent Polyperchon. Her name, Cratesipolis, is found on inscriptions in Larissa in Thessaly, perhaps suggesting a Thessalian origin. Or her name may have been awarded later in life, just as Olympias, Myrtale, and Stratonike were names given by the Macedonians to Alexander’s mother, who was originally called Polyxena (Plut. Mor. 401b). Cratesipolis does mean “ruler of the city,” after all.

Cratesipolis ruled the poleis of Patrae, Sicyon, and Corinth for seven years, but ultimately handed over Sicyon and Corinth to Ptolemy I, perhaps hoping that he would marry her (Diod. 20.37.1; Polyaen. 8.58). She was also no match in terms of military strength for Ptolemy, whose resources and wealth were certainly far greater. Ptolemy, however, tried to woo Cleopatra, the sister of Alexander the Great. Cleopatra was murdered by Antigonus’ machinations, and Ptolemy’s plan was ultimately frustrated. Marriage to Cleopatra might have included the throne of Macedon as a dowry, and Ptolemy was more interested in a royal bride than in Cratesipolis. Cratesipolis then tried to woo Demetrius, another of the warring successors and the son of Antigonus, also with no success as he was almost killed by his enemies trying to meet her, and was forced to flee (Plut. Demetrius 9). We do not hear of Cratesipolis successfully remarrying, nor do we hear anything of her after the incident with Demetrius. Despite her obscurity in both life and death, Cratesipolis’ ability to both govern cities and command armies places her among the ranks of an Olympias or Adea Eurydice."

Postcolonial Amazons, Female Masculinity and Courage in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit Literature, Walter Duvall Penrose

[gaykarstaagforever]

The Bendix G-15 from 1956, the world's first "personal computer." One of these cabinets weighed a literal 1000 lbs. and cost half a million dollars in today's money. Or you could rent it for the equivalent of $17,000 a month.

It was numeric only, you had to "talk" to it via a typewriter, and when you turned it off it 'forgot' everything. It used 'drum memory,' which used the same rust-covered-spinning-magnetic-thing technology all hard drives would continue to use until flash memory became a thing. But in the Bendix it looked something like this (one from a slightly earlier computer):

This computer is so old no one seems to have figured out what 'bits' it is. All I know is that drum thing "holds 2,160 words of twenty-nine bits." It can also do basic math problems in 270 microseconds. ...Which sounds fast, but that means it can do 2+2=4 in 27 thousandths of a second. Which is probably exactly how long it took your stupid brain to do that. For slightly more complex math, hiring a human mathematician at this time would be both cheaper and easier than dealing with this computer.

This is a "vacuum tube / diode analog architecture" computer, and it already had some kind of OS that meant you didn't have to know machine code? But that slowed it down even more...?

I have absolutely no idea how analog computers worked, or how anyone used one. There are tape decks on this thing, and it is plugged into a typewriter. Like I get the digital 1 and 0 thing, but I have no concept how you make light bulbs and blobs of germanium do that electronically.

But someone did, and this eventually led to you streaming Now That's What I Call Music! No. 86 on a Samsung phone.

So obviously all of this was a good idea...

[mysticstronomy]

WHAT IS THE QUANTUM THEORY IN SIMPLE TERMS??

Blog#487

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025.

Quantum mechanics is the field of physics that explains how extremely small objects simultaneously have the characteristics of both particles (tiny pieces of matter) and waves (a disturbance or variation that transfers energy). Physicists call this the “wave-particle duality.”

The particle portion of the wave-particle duality involves how objects can be described as “quanta.” A quanta is the smallest discrete unit (such as a particle) of a natural phenomenon in a system where the units are in a bound state.

For example, a quanta of electromagnetic radiation, or light, is a photon. A bound state is one where the particles are trapped. One example of a bound state is the electrons, neutrons, and protons that are in an atom.

To be “quantized” means the particles in a bound state can only have discrete values for properties such as energy or momentum. For example, an electron in an atom can only have very specific energy levels. This is different from our world of macroscopic particles, where these properties can be any value in a range. A baseball can have essentially any energy as it is thrown, travels through the air, gradually slows down, then stops.

At the same time, tiny quantized particles such as electrons can also be described as waves. Like a wave in the ocean in our macroscopic world – the world we can see with our eyes -- waves in the quantum world are constantly shifting. In quantum mechanics, scientists talk about a particle’s “wave function.” This is a mathematical representation used to describe the probability that a particle exists at a certain location at a certain time with a certain momentum.

The world of quantum mechanics is very different from how we usually see our macroscopic world, which is controlled by what physicists call classical mechanics. Quantum mechanics grew out of the tremendous progress that physicists made in the early 20th century toward understanding the microscopic world around us and how it differed from the macroscopic world.

As with many things in science, new discoveries prompted new questions. Prior to this time, scientists thought that light existed as an electromagnetic wave and that electrons existed as discrete, point-like particles. However, this created problems in explaining various phenomena in physics.

These include blackbody radiation—the emission of light from objects based on their temperature. Quantum mechanics also helped explain the structure of the atom. It helped make sense of the photoelectric effect, which involves how materials emit electrons when those materials are hit with light of certain wavelengths. By explaining how things can be both particles and waves, quantum mechanics solved these problems.

This new knowledge had profound effects in science and technology. Quantum mechanics led to the development of things like lasers, light-emitting diodes, transistors, medical imaging, electron microscopes, and a host of other modern devices. Your cell phone would not exist without the science of quantum mechanics!

Originally published on https://www.energy.gov

COMING UP!!

(Saturday, March 15th, 2025)

"IT IS POSSIBLE TO TURN LIGHT INTO SOLID??"

[shima-draws]

OK, so thinking about a Sanlu au where Luffy is a Pirate King who gets so many marriage requests but does not want to get married. And so he instead insists that he gets to choose his partner through a contest where all the princes and princesses of like the countries around them or other pirates can like bring him a meal and if he likes it, you get married. The problem is that whenever people bring him food he'll just eat it and move on.

And so obviously the vinsmokes are like. Oh s***, we should get in on that. New Ally? And so they try with some of Sanji's others brothers, but none of them like work because they just made their cooks make their meals and everything.

Then eventually sanji, who wants to escape hears about this. And he knows that he can cook so he makes this amazing meat dish He is ready to present his meal towards the Prince in hopes of like maybe escaping his country and living there with Luffy. But like as he's on the way there, there's like this little girl who's starving, and so he gives her the meal instead. It was a one in a million shot anyway.

Anyway, either Luffy sees him doing this or if this was like the true test for kindness for all his partners, and sanji passes the test. Luffy's like get bring this man to me! So sanji goes before him, and luffy asks if he has a meal for him. All sanji has is like, this old sandwhich that he made for himself for the journey here, and sanji tells luffy that. Luffy tells him to bring it to him anyway, and after a lot of protests, he does. Luffy finally eats it and says that its delicious. He and sanji definitely get married.

Sorry for dumping this on you, but your artwork made me literally fall in love with sanlu so I wanted to share this middle of the night idea with you lol.

SCREAMING CRYING THROWING UP ANON THIS IS EVERYTHING.......I'm a SUCKER for AUs like this, ones that kinda give off that Cinderella vibe? The whole 'Well if I have to get married to a random stranger I'm gonna do it my way' trope is always so fun to explore

Luffy's one requirement for a spouse being that they have to cook well is SO on brand for him tbh. I feel like that's something that would be canon too. (Thinks about a situation like that in canon where Luffy's like well nobody can cook better than Sanji so I'll just marry Sanji! And Sanji double takes like wait what hold on a second--)

Even funnier would be if Luffy just met Sanji's brothers and was like. I don't like their vibes they seem mean. And all three of them being SO offended at that lmao

SANJI GIVING HIS DISH TO A STARVING GIRL THO AAAHGFHFHF THAT'S SO. CLENCHES MY TEETH he's so selfless and giving he would absolutely give up all of his dreams just to make sure someone doesn't go hungry I am GOING to cry. And Luffy immediately noticing that, pointing at Sanji and going "Him. I want that one" AGHHH 😭😭😭

ALSO YES THE CALLBACK TO WCI with Sanji's little lunch basket...the food is a total mess it's been rained on and dropped and looks awful but Luffy eats it anyway and says it's delicious...and Sanji's like oh oh oh I think I'm in love with him. Uh-oh.

DON'T APOLOGIZE THIS IS SOOO ADORABLE I'm so glad I got you hooked on Sanlu they are so underrated!!! Going slightly off topic here but I think it's really funny how predictable I am when it comes to getting into new media. Step 1 I watch a show and slowly discover who my Favorites are. Step 2 I end up shipping those favorites together. Step 3 I make that everybody else's problem. Also that ship almost always ends up being the less popular one for some reason?? Which is SO funny to me. Looks at Trustedpartner/Diode, Yujikiri and Tododeku as the most obvious examples of this along with Sanlu

ANYWAY anon I really want to write this can I write this. No guarantees to me actually finishing a full blown fic but oh my godddd this is such a cute idea and is so in character for both of them I'm weeping real tears

[jeannereames]

Hello Mrs Reames! Quick question as someone that is still new to Alexander the Great, I was on TikTok the other day and someone posted a TikTok of an incident in which Alexander the Great supposedly dragged the oracle of Delphi out by her hair because she couldn't give him a prophecy that day, is this true?

Alexander and the Delphic Oracle

First, before answering, let’s do a quick PSA. I’m sure the asker meant to address me in the most polite way they knew how, and I’ve run into this error frequently with undergrads, who (at least in American public schools) are told to address a female teacher as “Ms.” or “Mrs.”

Thus, I offer this correction as gently as possible. But it’s important in an era when titles are being withheld from women as a means of belittlement—then, if a woman dares to object, they’re made fun of or called uppity and “sensitive.”* Again, I’m sure the asker here did not mean anything unkind (or they wouldn’t be asking me something in the first place!). So this is NOT a slap at them. But I’m not a Mrs. (I'm not married, and Reames is my birth name). I’m Dr. Reames or Professor Reames. You can even call me Jeanne (as long as you’re not a student in my class, ha). If you’re a (US) college student and unsure if your instructor has a PhD, “professor” is always safe. 😊

Now, to the question….

Plutarch tells a rather peculiar little story of new King Alexander, on his way home from a meeting of the Corinthian League (in Corinth), stopping at Delphi to ask the oracle a question. I should add, this event occurs right after Plutarch’s description of ATG’s meeting with the Cynic philosopher Diogenes. (E.g., it’s part of a “theme.”)

Now, the Delphic oracle wasn’t open for consults all the time. She only heard them a day or so a month…and that for only some months of the year. He came at the wrong time of year (winter, when Dionysos held the oracle, not his half-brother Apollo). So she told him, “No.” Reportedly, he stormed to her little house in the village of Delphi to manhandle her, intending to drag her to the oracle for his query. She replied, “Son! You’re invincible!” Pleased with that, he let her go.

And Plutarch presents this as if it’s all a-okay.

This is weird. It’s weird that Plutarch, a priest of Delphi from Chaironeia, wasn’t up in arms about this clear affront to an honored oracle (and an old woman). It’s an act of asebia (impiety). But it would be even weirder if Alexander had actually done it. Alexander, the uber-pious.

Plutarch is the ONLY one to tell this story. Anywhere.

Yet there’s a story remarkably like it with different players set during the Third Sacred War when the Phokians had seized the Oracle. It’s this event that set off the war, and which brought ol’ Philip into southern politics and eventually landed him a seat on the Amphictyonic Council as a staunch “Defender of Apollo.” Philomelos was the leader of the Phokians early in the war. Below are both accounts, starting with Diodoros’s (original source likely Kallisthenes, who wrote a history of the war).

With the oracle in Philomelus’ hands, he instructed the Pythia to continue prophesying from the tripod in the traditional way. When she refused, he threatened her and compelled her to mount the tripod. To this display of excessive force, she responded by declaring that he could do whatever he wanted—and he was pleased by this and declared that he had the oracle that suited him. He immediately had the oracle inscribed and set up for all to see, in order to make it clear that he had the god’s permission to do whatever he wanted, and he convened an assembly at which he boosted morale in the ranks by telling them about the prophecy (Diod. 16.27.1-2, Waterfield trans).

And now, wishing to consult the god concerning the expedition against Asia, [Alexander] went to Delphi; and since he chanced to come on one of the inauspicious days, when it is not lawful to deliver oracles, in the first place he sent a summons to the prophetess. And when she refused to perform her office and cited the law in her excuse, he went up himself and tried to drag her to temple, whereupon, as if overcome by his ardour, she said: “Thou art invincible, my son!” On hearing this, Alexander said he desired no further prophecy, but had from her the oracle which he wanted (Plut. Alex. 14.4, Perrin trans.)

With Philomelos, there is no question later in Diodoros that his act was impiety. His eventual death is (partly) attributed to it. Plutarch picks up this event, dusts it off, recasts the “inquirer,” and—moreover—uses it as affirmation of Alexander’s “invincibility.” Remember “The Invincible” was his nickname in Greece in his own day. The Romans called him Magnus (the Great).

In short, Plutarch retooled the story to suit his own purposes.

So no, it never happened. At least, not with Alexander. (And he’d have been horrified, I think, to hear he’d been accused of any such thing.)

Plutarch makes these detail changes when it suits him. I have an article coming out in a year or so where I discuss this tendency and bring the receipts (of quite a few examples)—including one I think a lot of folks here will find VERY interesting. But I’m not the only one saying it about this event in particular. It’s been noted as an “odd” episode before, including by Hamilton, if I recall (who did the commentary on Plutarch). But Lara O’Sullivan really showed where it came from, source-wise, in her “Callisthenes and Alexander the Invincible God,” P. Wheatley and E. Baynham, eds., East and West in the World Empire of Alexander: Essays in Honour of Brian Bosworth. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press (2015), 35–52.

Some may still wonder why Alexander wouldn’t have gone to the oracle?

He didn’t need to. His father already had. And if later historians (such as Diodoros) reinterpreted her pronouncement to be about Philip’s murder, not the fall of Persia, it was a positive reply at the time. Going to Delphi again might risk something less flattering/hopeful. Not to mention, it was the wrong time of the year, and Alexander knew that. He had more important fish to fry. He wasn’t going to hang around, waiting (for months) for an auspicious day.

He was good with the oracle his father had got. After all, he’d been trumpeting for months that “only the name of the king had changed.” The original oracle would do just fine.

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*A BIG stink was made here in the US by the conservative media over Dr. Jill Biden being “Dr.” The initial "rebuke" stemmed from the fact her degree is “just” a doctor of education. When that faced pushback, however, conservatives on social media began to fuss, well, she wasn’t a MEDICAL doctor, so didn’t “deserve” that title. Which is silly. Doctor is the correct title for a medical doctor, as well as for a host of professional degrees, including a doctor of education, a doctor of theology, a doctor of business, etc. The degree that takes the longest to complete is the PhD, or doctor of philosophy. We’re ALL “doctors.” The problem for them was a professional woman who dared to use her title. Wasn’t she an uppity bitch?

[sarksarkos]

Superman '58: The Quest For Pants

This is Action Comics #242, the first appearance of Brainiac. Despite being such a massive nerd that his name became a playground insult, he completely dominates Superman and makes him run for home. Welcome to the Gutters.

This right here is the good shit. I love this issue so much. Brainiac is one of my favorite villains and it's unfortunate that he's often reduced to a scary computer man or an invading robot army. Brainiac is not only a physical and mental foe to Superman, he also has the greatest quality that any Supervillain have, and that's being a weird little freak.

Brainiac's whole existence is to capture cities with his shrink ray and put them in big glass bottles. He needs these cities because his home planet was devastated by a plague and needs them to repopulate. Sure, he wants to rule the planet but he doesn't seem like that bad of a guy. He's so advanced that he literally sees us as ants, but he doesn't seem malicious. Maybe I'm just biased because I too am a bald man with a weird bulbous head.

He's even got a little space monkey named Koko, and he loves that weird little space freak! So many versions of Brainiac stumble out of the gate because they don't give him a little space monkey. Maybe I'm just weird but I feel like it humanizes him to have a little space monkey. I like saying the words little space monkey. little space monkey space little monkey monkey space little

Superman tries to fight Brainiac and, for what might be the first time ever, he's completely outclassed. Most of Superman's foes are ordinary thugs or mad scientists like Luthor, who can exploit Superman's morality for an edge but go down instantly in a fight. If they can hold Superman off, it's because they have Kryptonite. When he fights other kryptonians, he's always been played as their equal if not their superior to the point where he can take them on three-on-one and come out on top.

Brainiac, he don't play that. He's standing there, arms folded, letting Superman throw his best hits at him as the planet literally disintegrates under his feet and he does not give a fuck. He's doing the exact same thing that Superman does when people try to shoot him with ordinary guns. Superman turning tail and running is part of a ploy, but you really do get a feeling like there's no way he can win this in a straight fight.

Also note that Brainiac is wearing a different costume here than he is on the cover. I'm in favor of giving him pants. This guy should have some pants. However, he's lacking the diodes and wires coming out of his head, which I think are really crucial to his design. It's also interesting that he's got the same basic design as Luthor, and is also a god-tier smart boy, but this similarity is never commented on.

Superman fled back to Metropolis, but it was just a ploy - he counted on Brainiac shrinking the city and taking into his ship, turning it into a Trojan horse. Superman promptly escapes, but he's still a teeny little bug man, and has to escape in a conveniently open bottle. By an amazing stroke of luck, the bottle he hides in contains a lost Kryptonian city, Kandor.

While Brainiac puts himself into suspended animation for his space trip, Superman and the Kandorians devise a plan for Superman to escape and restore the cities. When there's not enough charge to restore both himself and Kandor to their original size, Superman naturally decides to restore Kandor. However, his Kandorian assistant secretly restores Superman back to normal, saving him but dooming their whole city.

This story is probably one of the best superman stories of the silver age. Brainiac is a great villain, and his presence expands the world by showing how there's cosmic foes out there that superman can't just punch out and operate on a totally alien morality. Kandor is a similarly great addition to the lore, letting Superman get close to his lost Kryptonian heritage but always prevented from fully being restored. The bottled city of Kandor would be a fixture of Superman stories, always appearing in pride of place in his Fortress of Solitude, and...

Oh, wai, shit!

The immediate previous issue, Action Comics #241, introduced the Fortress of Solitude, to the silver age comics at least. Golden Age Superman had a fort near Metropolis but this introduced the idea of a fortress in the arctic with a big golden key. This story isn't really a story so much as it is a tour of Superman's man-cave, but it does a nice job of showing how Superman lives his life. We see him tending to an alien zoo, painting things he sees with his telescopic vision, and writing in a diary made of metal using his heat vision. He does super-science, plays super-chess, and makes super-gifts for all his friends.

The tone of this story is decidedly maudlin and serious for what comes down to a super-prank war with Batman. A lot of panels in this story are Superman confronting the reality of his death, and his fortress is a memento mori as well as a super-scale will and testament. He mentions that a lot of his treasures will only go to his friends when he dies, and he takes precautions that his death won't reveal his identity or those of his super-friends.

Again, though, this story is just Batman breaking into the Fortress to play a prank on him. Batman spends several days living in the walls and messing with Superman's stuff. The comic plays all this for horror and doesn't realize the humor inherent in such a premise. I would love to see a modern miniseries of Batman and Superman engaging in an escalating prank war.

Finally, I would be absolutely remiss in my duties if I didn't mention one of the more bizarre superman stories from this year. From Superman #125, 'Superman's New Power' is one of the comic books of all time. For reasons that defy explanation, Superman loses all his conventional powers, but gains the ability to project a tiny Superman with all his old powers from his hands. Superman becomes mad with jealousy when his new mini-me starts stealing the spotlight from him. It gets even worse when his power starts acting on its own before Superman even tells it what to do!

It's an absolutely absurd premise and I love it. They threw away all contemporary conventions of the genre and decided to put Superman in the most absurd situation anyone could ever imagine, and it brought out a whole new dimension to his character. Superman isn't just a hero, he wants to be the hero, the last thing he wants is to sit around while his [Stand] does all the work. He gets really fucked up when his mini-me sacrifices itself to save him all on its own, and he ends the comic wondering if it had a soul.

The fact that he gets jealous of his own powers is also strangely relatable. So, I'm autistic, if you can't tell by the fact that I blog about old Superman comics on tumbloo dot cum. The way that everyone is giving credit to Superman's new power feels like the same way people would treat me as if I was some kind of savant with Rainman powers. Like, you're giving credit to a part of me, but not me as a person. In the same way, Superman's new power is also a disability, because he can't do any of this stuff himself any more.

Am I reaching? Yes. But art is there to reach out to people, and even if you take something from it that the creators didn't intend, that's absolutely still valid. If art makes you think and feel, it's doing its job.

When next we meet, Superboy takes a look into the future - all the way to the year three thousand! Until next time!

[dandorime]

What do you know about chemical doping, more specifically, the process of doping / adding impurities to silicon wafers to create semiconductors that makes computer chips?

... Do you think it's possible to create semiconductors made of kinesium to create tiny supercomputers and compact gadgets that would likely be way more advanced than our current tech as well?

No, I'm not a chemist but Agent Phoenix might be. (Mine had a background in STEM and finished a Bachelor's Thesis at 20. Not sure if it applied in the 60s but some countries just went from elementary straight to high school before. So yes a 16 year old college freshman was not an odd sight in some parts of the world in the past.)

HELLO HOW ARE YOU TODAY? :D I've only used doping to enhance diodes a handful of times, so my understanding is probably more rudimentary than yours. Please correct anything I get wrong! m(-_-)m I understand doping to essentially be like making a metallic alloy, but with semimetal or nonmetal elements instead of strictly metal elements. In a true alloy like base bronze (copper + tin), both elements involved are true metals and maintain a metallic bond between atoms, and the variation in their mass and valency causes them to partner up in ways that give the alloy more extreme properties than either component. Doping, if I understand it correctly, is doing mostly the same thing but using semimetal or nonmetal elements. Silicon is already a true metalloid, so it can "swing either way" as far as ionization goes, and by swapping out some of its atoms with other metalloids or outright nonmetals, we can kinda tune it to be exactly as conducive (or emissive) as we want. I guess if we assume that Kinesium is an atomic element (and not a fundamental particle with the ability to form a crystal lattice), with some kind of electronegativity, I don't see any reason it couldn't be used to dope silicon chips to make semiconductors. :3 ...buuuut I also don't have any idea if that would be advantageous compared to just using the elements we dope semiconductors with right now, because I can't understand where Kinesium would go on the Table if it IS an atomic element, seeing as we kinda... already... have that filled out. There's no seats left. Unless it's some kind of isotope...? :Tc

[drnikolatesla]

Tesla’s Genius: Direct Current Without a Commutator!

In 1888, Tesla made waves by patenting his alternating current (AC) system, which proved far superior to Thomas Edison’s direct current (DC) for long-distance power transmission. The real kicker? He did it without a commutator. This clunky mechanical device was used to reverse the current direction to make DC flow in one direction, but it was notoriously unreliable, prone to wear, and inefficient. Tesla sidestepped this by using high-frequency AC and a rotating magnetic field to generate a more reliable current without the mechanical hassle. After revolutionizing AC with his commutator-free approach, Nikola Tesla wasn’t ready to rest on his laurels. He turned his attention to a new challenge that many physicists of his day thought was impossible: creating direct current (DC) without using a commutator. As always, Tesla wasn’t concerned with traditional boundaries; he was determined to push the limits of what was thought possible.

Tesla’s Ingenious Method

In 1889, Tesla took things even further with a groundbreaking idea. He proposed a method to produce DC without using a commutator. He described how he “sifted” the alternating current into different branches of the circuit. Here’s how he did it:

1. Sifting the Current: Tesla used the concept of directing the AC waves so that the positive and negative halves of the wave were separated. He set up the circuit so that AC waves of one sign (positive or negative) would pass through one branch, while the waves of the opposite sign would go through another. This separation allowed him to create smooth, continuous DC from the AC input.

2. Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods: Tesla proposed two main methods for achieving this. One involved using electrical devices like batteries to create a counteracting electromotive force, which would oppose the AC waves and help separate them. The other method used electromagnetic fields to create active opposition within the circuit, guiding the AC waves into different branches.

3. Magnetic Method: Another method Tesla described used strong permanent magnets and soft iron or steel laminations. By carefully calculating the amount of magnetic metal, Tesla created a setup where the magnetic field interacted with the AC in such a way that allowed continuous currents to be extracted.

Historical Context

Here’s an important note: While Tesla did indeed demonstrate a method for converting AC to DC without a commutator, it’s crucial to understand the broader historical context. Rectification methods—both mechanical and electronic—developed independently over time and were not solely based on Tesla’s innovations. It wasn’t until more than a decade later that practical AC-to-DC conversion technologies, such as vacuum tubes and silicon diodes, became mainstream.

Tesla’s approach did, however, lay the groundwork for modern power electronics by eliminating the need for mechanical parts, making DC conversion more efficient and durable. The principles he introduced continue to influence technologies we use today, from phone chargers to large-scale industrial power systems.

So, the next time you plug in your phone or marvel at the sleek electronics in your home, remember that Tesla’s 1889 breakthrough was a significant step forward. It’s just another example of how Nikola Tesla was light-years ahead of his time!

[everydayyoulovemeless]

Living in Big MT With the Think Tank

➼ Word Count » 1.5k ➼ Warnings » Think Tank? ➼ Genre » Platonic/Romantic, Slice of Life?? ➼ A/N » Really into them again, so I figured I'd make this

Assuming that this happens after the events of Old World Blues, the majority of the Think Tank isn't going to be that opposed to you moving in. However, Klein is, and he'd do anything to get you extracted from the facility.

Living in the Sink isn’t going to allow you much privacy, but it’s the best you’re ever going to get. The only other place you’d have to sleep is wherever Dr. Dala suggests and it’s probably better to just stay with the talking objects than to unwillingly participate in whatever she has planned.

Dr. 0 likes to pretend that you're the worst thing to ever happen to him, especially if you're working with Mr. House, but most mornings he'll send Muggy down with coffee. It's mostly because he wants your mind to work faster so he can berate you with questions and shake you for ideas, but at least you get coffee out of it.

Dr. Klein will sometimes barricade the entranceway to the Think Tank so that you stay locked out.

If you're going to stay then Dr. 0 is going to have to replace the pip-boy with something... more appropriate. He'll take that thing away from you and build you a better, more advanced version that House wouldn't ever have been able to come up with. He'll have Mobius help him out in making the ultimate and perfect design of the pip-boy that talks to you like all the other Sink personalities. It's hit or miss what kind of personality he installs, but chances are it's either a mocking impression of House, or just 0.

Dr. 8 still can't really speak to you (no one ever bothered to fix him) but he does his best to get you away from Klein whenever he's upset at something. He likes to try and take his anger out on you... usually by strapping you down to a table and attempting to dissect you, but 8's normally there to calm him down before he can go through with anything.

Borous lets you keep Roxie in the Sink with you, as long as you promise not to bring her into the labs. He might specialize in animals, but he hates having to brush dog hair off of everything. Keep her in your quarters or he'll run experiments on the both of you.

The biggest downside to living here is that there's no bathroom to be found in the Sink, meaning you're going to ask one of them to build one for you. Most of them will give you a bucket and a stack of papers that still need to be shredded, but Dala would be willing to help you out. There's going to be a catch, of course, and there's a 70% chance she puts cameras of some sort in the room, but you get a useable bathroom by the end of it.

Whenever Mobius gets high he'll send you videos of himself on the TV in the Sink.

Blind Diode Jefferson will play jazz and blues music nonstop. Either that or he's giving you the most useless, outdated advice. The only way to get him to stop is by turning him off completely, but why would you do that? The best course of action for dealing with something like this is getting 8 to come down and tune him to a different radio station like the Mojave Radio, or even Galaxy News. He'll still talk, and the music won't turn off, but at least this way you can hear about the things happening on the other side of the country. It's something different, right?

Muggy sometimes wakes you up at like 6 because he needs you to drink coffee, tea--anything! Just wake up and use some of the mugs, please!

You're going to have to be very sneaky about reading anything in The Sink, as the Book Chute will talk continuously about you being a communist if he knows you have something that hasn't been washed out yet. It's best to just read in the Think Tank, however, that also runs the risk of one of the scientists calling you a nerd.

Dr. Klein will reluctantly ask you to gather information for him. Usually, it's something out in one of the labs in Big MT, but occasionally he'll ask you to bring back something new from the Mojave so that he has something new to look at.

Dala will very lovingly make your bed for you and tidy up the places in the Sink for you. She almost always has ulterior motives for doing so, but at least the areas clean?

Dr. Mobius has a bad habit of forgetting things, so to combat that, he'll write himself notes and stick them in random places around the Sink. He would put them up in the Think Tank, but he knows that the others would trash them the second they discovered them, so in the Sink, they go. At least, this way he can count on you to remind him.

If you left your brain in the jar, then he'll honestly be one of the only people you can confide in or rant to. He's fairly sane in his reasoning and is a decent therapist. Give him some more psychology books and he'll be even better at good advice. Just be careful Blind Diode Jefferson doesn't overhear you, he might get jealous you didn't come to him.

Every now and then, Klein, Dala, and Borous will put you in a cage. They'll tell you that there isn't anything to worry about and that it's just for fun, but they're liars and you're going to have to pray one of the other three will agree to get you out before they decide what they actually want to do with you.

Sometimes you'll wake up to like 10 different teddy bears in your bed. Then one of The Sink personalities will have to explain that Dala visited you while you were asleep. Comforting.

Light Switch #2 loves talking with your Brain. She thinks his intelligence is sooo hot, and if you agree to not move his jar from your room, she'll alert you to anything suspicious that happens in The Sink while you're away. Promise!

However, Light Switch #1 also happens to find your Brain to be an intriguing character as well, and will kindly offer to move him into the room with her. She'd just love to have a meaningful conversation with someone as smart as him.

Your Brain hates it and will beg you to move him anywhere else as long as he's away from either one of the light switches. He thinks the entire thing is weird and despises the fact that either of them would actually be into him.

Mobius worries a lot about you whenever you leave to explore or finish quests, so he always sends you off with a small army of robo-scorpions to accompany you in any way you may need. 8 also gets worried, but the most he can do is send you messages on your newly improved pip-boy.

The Sink in The Sink acts more like a mother than anyone else in the facility. She's always doting over you and making sure you're not falling victim to anything those disgraceful scientists may be up to. She's always making sure you go to bed at reasonable hours, aren't being taken advantage of, and are in healthy condition to continue doing the things you do. She especially makes sure you stay away from the Biological Research Station. Dear God, he might just corrupt you.

Dala and 0 are the only ones who feed you. Everyone else forgets that you still require something so uselessly time-consuming to survive. They only ever have expired food from 200 years ago, but it's better than nothing.

If you ever start talking to Borous, he'll go on for hours. It could honestly be about anything, but once you've got him started on something then he's not getting off of it. He'll go on about his time in high school, memories he has of Gabe, or what Klein claimed he was going to do to you once he finally found you.

The Auto-Doc is going to be the realest person there. If you want someone's honest opinion, he's the person to go to. Sometimes, he'll tell you what he thinks without you even asking, which can be annoying, but the Centralized Intelligence Unit will gladly shut him off for you.

Speaking of the Centralized Intelligence Unit, he lets you know of everything that happens. Most of the others will too, but he deems it a priority to let you know. One of the other appliances is talking shit? He's snitching. Please, let him turn them off. One of the doctors came down and did something sketchy? You'll be alerted as soon as you come back.

Both 8 and 0 always get concerned about the toaster being so close to where you sleep. Mobius isn't as bothered, but those two like to make sure he can't actually gain access to any kind of 'power reactor', so, you're welcome.

The Sink is probably not the safest place to live, but it gives you a ton of stories for you to tell when you go back to the Mojave. So, you can't complain too much.

[yuriskies]

Fishing Yuri vs Reproductive Fascism

Issui Ogawa's Twinstar Cyclone Runaway novel series caught my attention the moment I learned about it. A gay marriage allegory in a weird sci-fi setting? Sign me right the fuck up. I've always found explicitly political sci-fi interesting, and well, Ogawa is not exactly a small name in Japanese sci-fi. However, a Japanese hard sci-fi novel is not going to have an easy time finding a good translation to English, much less a fanbase. So I was really excited to see that it was getting a manga adaptation, and from what it has adapted so far (~half of the first of three novels in an ongoing series), it's really living up to my feeling of hype.

There is a general setting summary after the break, and then a section where I talk a bit about the most recent chapter (8), and how it really makes a cogent argument extractive economic systems are reinforced by patriarchal norms.

The plot centers around Terra Intercontinental Endeavor, a woman who has inherited her family's fishing boat. The fishing boat requires two people to operate, a job which is performed by straight couples as a form of marriage contract. The use of married couples is understandable, given that the fishing boat transformable rocket plane that descends from orbit to operate in the skies of a gas giant, an operating environment which requires almost preternatural communication skills between the pilot and the person transforming the ship. The fish that swim around in the gas giant's skies are special: they're made of a kind of clay that can be molded by thought. The catch forms the backbone of the planetary economy; otherwise, the planetary system is so resource-starved that humanity cannot sustain itself without something to offer through galactic trade networks. Terra is highly gifted at producing complex transformations of the ship, but cannot communicate well with the male pilots she is interviewing for marriage. Part of this is because her way of describing things is a little kooky, but the majority is because the patriarchal culture she lives in has produced a lot of condescending, sexist guys who Obviously Know Better.

Fresh off a round of failed marriage interviews, Terra is desperate to find anyone who can pilot the boat. In steps a mysterious girl named Diode, who proves herself to be an exceptionally talented pilot whose skills mesh well with Terra's. So far, the story has alternated between Terra's experiences within the stifling cultural life of her home, and the moments of dizzying freedom and connection that Terra and Diode find when they're out fishing.

(Spoilers from here on out, so stop here if you would prefer to read more on your own. )

As far as the broader world of Twinstar Cyclone Runaway is concerned, the first seven manga chapters have largely focused on how badly Terra fits in with the surrounding culture. She has a reputation around the port, mostly as a person who creates absurdly complicated fishing gear and makes up weird stories. Her aunt and uncle both want to see her happily married so she can fulfill her dream of fishing, but tend to push their preferences onto her. She works as a video distributor in the clan's dilapidated cultural archives, and appears to be one of the few people interested in the world of her clan's space station. In part, this is due to the conservatism of the culture - most people are strictly utilitarian and seem happy to accept the world as it is. There's also sexism. Woo boy is there sexism.

The first few chapters alternate between life on the station, where Terra is exposed to a constant stream of sexism. The chapters dealing with station culture are almost an exercise in masochism, but provided the set dressing for a chapter which does a really decent job at describing the organizing thought processes behind anti-LGBTQ lawmaking. In it, Terra and Diode's activities have drawn the attention of the authorities, who are none too happy that they're fishing together (and effectively presenting themselves as common law wives in the process).

They're both summoned to the clan council, where the clan chief immediately begins lecturing Terra (and belittling her with backhanded complements) before ordering her to surrender her family's fishing boat to someone else. During his lecture, he highlights the 'freedom' enjoyed by their clan compared to the even more stifling culture of the clan Diode hails from. He attributes that freedom to the strong sense of "culture and tradition" of the clan, and the work of those with "superior bloodlines" who support and perpetuate it by passing that sense of identity on to the next generation while countering the clan's slowly shrinking population. Under this logic, allowing Terra to participate in a same-sex marriage is considered tantamount to enabling a cultural collapse.

It is, from just about any perspective, a fascist perspective on gender roles. Women are valued not for their ability to contribute to the culture but for their service as reproductive cogs in the economic machine. Culture and tradition are interpreted as something transmitted through blood, not community. Terra's work in maintaining the cultural archives are viewed as useless make-work, as to the leadership, a woman who does not reproduce is preventing the transmission of culture. The stability and economic productivity of the clan is the organizing principle of society, highlighted by the fact that the roles of clan chief (political leader) and head fisherman (economic leader) are held by the same person. In this framework, the backbone of society is understood to be its captains of industry, those working in economically-prestigious jobs, and their social role is to maintain the economic prestige and exclusivity of the fishing class.

The chapter ends with Diode (having initially been begrudgingly convinced to allow Terra to do the talking) exploding at how the clan chief has been talking down to the both of them. She points out the hollowness of the underlying rhetoric - although it portrays culture as something shaped by struggle and ability to assert one's will, it systematically denies most people from the attempt. While pointing this out, she also mocks the clan chief's skills, clearly relying on the offense to his masculinity to provide the opening for herself and Terra to prove themselves. While the gambit works, the clan chief is clearly setting the terms of a challenge to make them prove themselves exceptional, a task which carries a high likelihood of death.

By the way, the art does a lot of the heavy lifting here. Despite Ahiru Tanaka's slightly cartoony style, he is incredibly skilled at getting the point across through composition. Terra's workplace in the cultural archives is dingy, cramped, and literally disintegrating, and Tanaka's line work reflects this - dense, imprecise, and messy. It really sells the apparent lack of maintenance since the archives were constructed. By contrast, the clan council's chambers is airy, bright, and characterized by cleaner, more precise line work. The difference is night and day, and I think it really helps sell the Endeavor Clan's underlying thinking of exactly where "culture and tradition" are transmitted.

Anyway, I just had to gush a little bit about this chapter, in what is quickly becoming one of the manga releases I most anticipate reading every month.

[athena-gundampla]

MS Mechanical Bust - Gundam Aerial

My GF got me this from a gashapon when visiting the US, and I had some free time this afternoon to build it. It's a pretty neat kit, with all the detail you'd expect from a gunpla kit! However, the parts were of a lower quality, and it was difficult to get everything to clip together without using glue and sanding some pieces down.

I was tempted to add some drybrushing and stickers, but in the end decided to just panel line and topcoat the kit, and add a little bit of weathering from my weathering pigment set.

This was the compete set, with both the interior frame gashapon and the external panel kit.

The internal frame is incredibly detailed, even given the scale, and it was really fun to put together. The internal frame came with a little lighting unit, however, the way the kit comes together, the light can only light the chest properly. I wasn't happy with how the kit looked without the eyes lighting up, so I did a little customisation.

I'm not very familiar with electronics so this was a very hackjob process, but in the end I was able to get the second LED to contact with the resistor and battery, and light up alongside the stock diode.

I think the extra work was well worth the effort, as the kit looks really cool with the eyes lighting up.

It makes me really want a full Perfect Grade kit one day, that I can add tons and tons of lighting to.

[sngl-led-auto-lights]

Why have headlights on vehicles gotten so bright in recent years?

The increasing brightness of vehicle headlights is driven by advancements in technology, safety regulations, and changing vehicle designs. Here’s a detailed breakdown of the key factors:

​​Technological Advancements in Lighting​​ • Shift to LED and HID Lights:

Modern vehicles increasingly use LED (Light-Emitting Diode) and HID (High-Intensity Discharge) headlights, which produce brighter, whiter light compared to older halogen bulbs. LEDs are up to 300% brighter than halogens while consuming less energy. • Laser Headlights: Emerging in luxury vehicles, laser technology offers even greater brightness and precision, though adoption remains limited due to cost.

• Improved Focus and Efficiency:

LEDs and HIDs emit a more focused beam, enhancing visibility for drivers but creating harsher glare for others. Their design allows for sharper cutoffs and adaptive features, such as automatically adjusting beams to avoid blinding oncoming traffic.

​​Safety Regulations and Ratings​​ • Stricter Safety Standards:

Organizations like the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) now require headlights to illuminate at least 325 feet ahead to earn a "good" safety rating. This pushes automakers to prioritize brighter lights. • Example: By 2020, all IIHS-tested vehicles offered headlights meeting this standard.

• Global Regulatory Alignment:

Standards from the NHTSA (U.S.) and European Commission mandate limits on glare while encouraging innovations like adaptive lighting systems.

​​Vehicle Design Trends​​ �� Rise of SUVs and Trucks:

SUVs and trucks now dominate the market (45.9% of global sales in 2021). Their taller stance positions headlights at eye level for drivers of smaller cars, amplifying perceived brightness and glare. • Example: GM recalled 740,000 SUVs in 2022 due to complaints about blinding headlights.

• Aesthetic and Functional Integration:

Brighter headlights are often marketed as premium features, aligning with consumer demand for both safety and sleek, modern designs.

​​Human Perception and Unintended Consequences​​ • Blue Light Sensitivity:

LED headlights emit a cooler, bluish-white light (5,000–6,000 Kelvin), which the human eye perceives as harsher than the warmer tones of halogens (~3,200 Kelvin). This can cause temporary blindness or discomfort.

• Aging Drivers and Eye Health:

Older drivers are more susceptible to glare due to age-related eye conditions like cataracts. Surveys show 25% of drivers over 65 avoid nighttime driving because of bright headlights.

​​Future Trends and Solutions​​ • Adaptive Lighting Systems:

Innovations like ADB (Adaptive Driving Beam) use cameras and sensors to dim specific segments of the light beam, maintaining brightness for the driver while reducing glare. • Example: Mercedes’ DIGITAL LIGHT projects symbols (e.g., arrows) onto the road to enhance communication.

• Regulatory Revisions:

Authorities are exploring updated standards to balance brightness with safety. The EU has already mandated adaptive headlights for new vehicles starting in 2023.

Key Takeaway Brighter headlights stem from technological progress and safety demands, but they also create challenges like glare. While innovations like adaptive beams aim to mitigate these issues, drivers can take steps to reduce discomfort: • Use night-driving glasses with anti-glare coatings.

• Adjust rearview mirrors to night mode to dim reflections.

• Ensure headlights are properly aligned to avoid upward glare.

The industry continues to evolve, striving for a balance between illumination and road-sharing safety.

[estuary-scholar]

Attempt One At SOTR Crack.

I was feeling random today. I remember having a weird dream that I was camping with all the District 3 characters to canonically exist so uhh… I wanted to make a silly little thing featuring D3 and D5 during the 50th Hunger Games. (Maybe I’ll unintentionally build upon the Dio-Anion-Fisser beef.)

The Reckoning.

Ampert: So this is what we Districtfolk have to deal with. Shameful. But it’s a good opportunity to ponder alliances. Anyone on board?

Lect: I could be indifferent but sure. Safety in numbers after all. Using common sense, I reckon we should start to shower-

Dio: YOU WERE EXPECTING A GENIUS BUT IT WAS ME! DIO!

Anion: Oh great, a wannabe jock-nerd. I’m going to switch the shower setting to hot. It’s just the way I like-

Dio: THE DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE IS TOO (bleep)ing HOT HOW DARE YOU.

Anion: Excuse me?! *I* have better preference in hygiene THANK YOU.

Fisser: You ought to listen to Ani here. She’s the voice of reason of District 5. Shame on you Di-

Dio: YOU’RE THE BUGGER WHO KEEPS GETTING ATTRACTED TO THE ANODE IN A TYPICAL DIODE. I’M TURNING THE WATER BACK TO COLD.

Anion: EXCUSE ME? I HATE TO RAISE MY VOICE BUT YOU’RE MAKING ME FREEZE HALF TO DEATH WITH YOU (bleep)Y PREFERENCES.

Hychel: Can we at least find some sort of consensus? I mean, there is an option to have the shower water between both hot and cold so everyone’s happy-

Dio: YOU THINK THIS IS A (bleep)ING COMPROMISE?! I KNOW WELL COLD WATER IS SUPERIOR WHEN IT COMES TO HYGIENE.

Anion: FISSER! DIO’S BEING STUPID AGAIN! HOT WATER IS SUPERIOR.

Dio: BET YOU CAN’T TAKE A CONDUCTOR KICK TO THE FACE. Fisser: Face it nerd-jock. Hot water is superior for hygiene and YOU KNOW IT. (Aims the showerhead at Dio spraying her dead in the face with scalding hot water.)

Dio: (Screaming Strings of Curse Words CapitolTV Censors.)

Coil: GO DIO GO! SHOW THOSE RESOURCE WASTERS OF DISTRICT 5 THEY’RE BEING HIGHLY UNREASONABLE! I CONCUR! I CONCUR!

Hychel: If you so-called geniuses are going to act like this, we will go and shower somewhere else.

Potena: Because you 3 are “So Mature.” Buh-Bye.

Ampert: Potena has a point, I’m off. Come On Lect, we can find better hygiene options later.

Lect: Like that matters.