#ecological narcotics

[shreddheir]

KT lore passione explanation.

THE REVENUE SOURCE——

Giorno’s Passione doesn’t need to have constant profits. They’re self sustaining from the inside (this will be elaborated on later). But they still need to do something in order to maintain their control of Italy and keep them feared and respected. This Passione is all about social power. It’s as much of a booming industry as the narcotics trade was. Information dealing, blackmail, extortion, manipulating political parties—they do all that, and do it well. Of course, they still participate in the businesses of smuggling, illegal betting, and making people disappear, to name a few. It’s a good idea to cater to all sorts of clientele.

The members:

The Passione members we see in KT lore are the new equivalent of “Unita Especial”. They are Giorno’s closest inner circle.

Giorno Giovanna———The Boss

Stand: Gold Experience (Requiem).

You all know who he is. He’s the man, the myth, the legend. His role is self explanatory. He’s one of the most influential men in the country, and one of, if not the most powerful stand user in existence. It’s thanks to him that Terunosuke was able to return to human form. Giorno sees all of Italy as his domain to protect. Though most of what he does is morally dubious at best, he wants this country to flourish and move towards a good future. A future he plans from behind the scenes.

Despite public backlash, Italy uses almost no fossil fuels anymore. Similarly, fracking and ecologically damaging business practices are banned, with hefty prison times. Regardless of the politician in office, these laws are not challenged or repealed. I wonder why?

Pannacotta Fugo——head of logistics.

Stand: Purple Haze (distortion)

He keeps the gears of Passione HQ turning. Though he doesn’t do all the logistic work (that’s what subordinates are for), he has the final say on most of it, and he handles anything stand-related or otherwise classified. Though he’s been a part of some spectacular operations back in the day, he currently prefers to stay out of the limelight. It’s safer for everyone. His involvement in planning smuggling operations has lead him to develop an interest in cartography. For a while, he was at peace. Then he lost another friend. When we see him, he’s barely slept for weeks.

Guido Mista——reluctant bodyguard.

Stand: Sex Pistols

Even though Giorno ABSOLUTELY does not need a bodyguard, he takes one with him anyway, as it’s the expected way for someone of his status to act. Up until recently, this was Sheila E. However, she was killed while attempting to independently eliminate a threat to Passione, so Mista was promoted. He’s not too happy about it, but he’s had plenty of chances to leave that he’s never taken. In the years following 2001, he has also developed a complex about the number 3, believing that groups of three are inherently lucky but are also always doomed to be ruined with a 4th.

Panzanella—-The Medium

Stand: Heaven Knows

Wound: Phasmophobia

The head informant of Passione. Her ability in gathering the secrets of others is unmatched, due to the network of spirits she has at her beck and call. All Stand users can see SOME ghosts, but she sees all of them. She knows that the dead are always watching the living. Unexpectedly, her office is full of potted plants, many of which are named. It seems like a surprisingly lighthearted hobby for such a morbid and stoic woman to have. The three largest plants are a rhododendron bush she calls “Carne” and two citrus bonsais she calls “Squalo” and “Tiziano.” Her 3 favorite things in life are her wife Champagne, her hearse, and the cleanser spirits that follow her around and listen to her commands. Giorno is a close fourth. The factoid about the cleansers and the plants are 100% related.

Champagne—-Head of assassinations.

Stand: Jigsaw Feeling

A woman who joined passione while running from her old life and quickly moved up the ranks. She had a hand-picked team of assassins that were some of her closest friends, and moschino picked them off one by one. When we see her in the story, her desire for revenge is all-consuming, but she does a good job hiding it under her irreverent attitude. She is fascinated by the human body to no end, and uses her missions to indulge her morbid curiosity. If her target has interesting eyes and she’s got the time, she’ll swap theirs out for hers. When she’s off the clock, she enjoys sewing and being better than her wife Panzanella in Every Video Game.

The House of the Rising Sun——-The Supplier. Stand: House of the Rising Sun.

This is why Passione doesn’t need to worry about lost money from drug trafficking. This is why no one has ever survived infiltrating their HQ. This IS their HQ. Rising sun is a sentient, stand using building with total control over its impossibly big interior. It can just. Create matter. From NOWHERE. Arms, food, clothes, money,….. it summons all these into existence without a catch. It communicates through signs and has awareness of everything inside of its “body”; even people’s thoughts.

It’s benevolent to allies of passione, but it views humans that aren’t Giorno as below it, much like you might view a cute animal as below you. Like, you want to protect them and see them thrive, but they aren’t at the same level that you are. After all, it is a requiem stand. Only giorno knows how it came to be.

thanks for reading!

[sidewalkchemistry]

After the wars, where all these redundant factories that made war chemicals (explosives) were lying around, the Western countries thought that it would be a good idea to market them to the third world. After all, the same industry that makes explosives makes nitrogen fertilizers. And they started to push nitrogen fertilizers, from the 50's onwards, after we [India] became independent. But, nitrogen fertilizers don't do very well with native crops; there's a problem of lodging. So, the whole system then organized itself to redesign the plant in order to take on more chemicals. Bt cotton is a cotton in which a gene has been added from a bacteria to produce a toxin. But the Bt cotton, which is supposed to control pests, has been offered because it's a way for companies to own the seed.

So, farmers get into debt when they get the seed because of the higher cost (17,000% more). They get into deeper debt because it doesn't deliver on the promise of controlling pests. So, they have to buy more pesticides. The tragedy with chemicals, whether it's fertilizers or pesticides is that they are what has been called "ecological narcotics" - the more you use them, the more you need to use them. For a while, the yield of the single commodity climbs. Then, it starts to decline because you have contaminated the soil.

- Vandana Shiva in The True Cost - The Truth of the Clothing Industry

[euphorial-docx]

im not very familiar with the dune storyline 😭 i was wondering if u could summarise it quickly- and what things u were thinking of taking forward into ur au

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dune is very complicated but i will try my best:

dune is set in an intergalactic feudal society in a distant future where space travel is possible with the use of a rare awareness spectrum narcotic called “spice melange,” or just “spice.” spice only occurs in one inhospitable desert planet called arrakis, also known as dune.

arrakis is a fief (estate of land, or planet in this case) of the feudal society, which is called the imperium and ran by the emperor. i believe control of that fief is passed around the leading houses of the imperium about every 50 years, but don’t quote me on that. having control of arrakis and subsequently spice makes these houses insanely rich.

the story of dune starts when house atreides, a family growing in power and wealth already, become the next stewards of the arrakis fiefdom.

the story in general, in wikipedia’s words, is very much about “the multilayered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion, as the factions of the empire confront each other in a struggle for the control of arrakis and its spice.”

i plan to take a lot from the story, but also change a lot.

like in the books and movies, the atreides are somewhat respectable to the eyes of the readers (at least in comparison to the other houses), but i plan on having the black family be the atreides stand-ins so i’ll make them less respectable lmao.

regulus will be the paul atreides— son of the duke of house atreides and main character of dune— stand-in kind of? reg will take on the bene gesserit side of him more, while sirius will be a bit more of a rebellious version of paul when it comes to the heirship. i kinda want to split paul down the middle and give equal parts to sirius and regulus.

[sophieadelaidek-blog]

Workshop 02:

Collect two things. And write two captions. Pin up on wall at 13:30.

For this workshop I chose an image from a book called Narcotic plants. It's a photo of a Erythroxylon Coca from Central and South America. It's a medicinal plant which enhances work capacity, reduces fatigue, mitigation of thirst and hunger. It's also has hallucinogenic preperties. I decided to redraw it and print it out on the Riso printer. The dual colour (unable to be seen in this scan, will have to photograph better later) makes the sketch look trippy, reflecting the magic the hides within the plant, we have no idea when we come across it, that's what excites me. It's my way of showing the deep ecology research through a visual medium.

Caption for photograph:

29. Erythroxylum Coca photo from Narcotic Plants Book Central & South America Medicinal Plant, hallucinogen, enhances work capacity, reduces fatigue, an known for the mitigation of thirst and hunger.

Caption for Riso printed sketch:

29. Reference sketch by hand. Dual Colour Risograph print reflecting the hallucinogenic side to the plant unable to be seen in the photo taken from Narcotic Plants book.

Interesting thing I took from the workshop:

How difficult it was to write the captions. Had to decide what additional information to include. Dimensions? Dates? Authors? thinking about what I'd like to say about the things. I decided to call them 29. because that was the number of the image inside the book. I also wanted to say where the plant was native from and what powers it had. How Jack suggested he didn't need to know all of those properties in the photograph of the plant. I could have left all of that information out. I guess I was wanting to show how we are unaware of how interesting and powerful plants are and how interconnected we are with them too.

[xenopoem]

Unveiling the Unconventional: 404 Error is a collaboration between undergrounders on an undergrounder press, resonating with the spirit of rebellion against societal norms. Its pages are imbued with the reign of capitalism and schizophrenia, reminiscent of the genre known as Noise, characterized by expressive copy-and-paste techniques. The book becomes a symphony of overabundant madness, akin to watching dead empires decay on the 88th floor of a concrete block tower, as described by Peppy Ooze. This strangeness and unconventional approach captivate readers, offering a unique perspective on the human experience.

The Hero of Error: As Kenji Siratori asserts, the true hero of 404 Error is error itself. Through its perspective, we catch glimpses of a collapsing world, a prescient work that serves as a wake-up call for those lost on the hollow surface of social media. The book offers a gateway to the best literary work for hardweb building, a concept that challenges traditional boundaries and invites readers to explore new frontiers. In the midst of a disquieting and undesirable society, RG Vasicek and Zak Ferguson delve into the bleak kernel of human-crafted landscapes, revealing the psychological effects of industrial, societal, and ecological developments. The authors, in their exploration of icy crusts and kitchen garbage, go beyond human perceptions, tapping into realms transcending our understanding.

The Digital Unraveling: Shane Jesse Christmass's analysis highlights the immersive nature of 404 Error, where single cells become immersed in a concrete code. The authors masterfully navigate the landscapes of crystal ashtrays, access zones, and particles of synthetic telepathy, capturing the disconcerting lime green glow of a society veering towards darkness. The blurb itself, akin to a standard response code, captures the essence of link rot and funky caching, while drawing inspiration from the supernatural works of authors like Paul Scheerbart, Frederick Pohl, and Brian Aldiss. The novel becomes a mythopoesis of electronic circuitry, where venous-stained textiles and cyanide pills coexist with toolboxes full of narcotic ampoules. It takes readers on a journey through a dystopian state projecting data streams and viruses like sensory satiation.

The Future Unleashed: Jeffrey Howe's description unveils the interplay between the virtual and physical worlds within 404 Error. The Internet, having overtaken reality, serves as the backdrop for a narrative where hackers and users navigate a cyberscape more vivid than the tactile world. Here, every thought, dream, and desire materializes, and the only risk lies in losing one's mind. The protagonist, Darius[z], grapples with maintaining his sense of self as his connection to the virtual world falters, blurring the boundaries of his existence. Past, present, and future merge, as perception and time converge, raising questions about survival, the nature of reality, and the importance of individual agency.

[pureforlifeusa]

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A precious substance extracted from the inflorescences of the Cannabis sativa plant, CBD has no narcotic effects. In the form of oil, it is a natural remedy that is worth knowing on a journey to discover new horizons for a sustainable economy and well-being.

But finding the right and Genuine Cbd Products Online In USA for your needs is subjective, and you may have disappointing experiences. However, on some points, you can be prepared before buying CBD oil. Let's start with the basics.

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Knowing the origin and cultivation method of the plant from which cannabidiol is extracted is important for our health and that of the planet. Organic and biological crops reduce the risk of contaminating the product with pesticides, solvents, and various chemical additives.

 CBD concentration

The percentage of cannabidiol in the oil must be indicated on the package. For ten ml of product, you start from 300 mg (3 percent) to the most powerful version, which contains 3,000 mg (30 percent). The dosage is personal, and although the effects are mild, the suggestion is to start with small doses and proceed gradually, listening to your body's reactions.

Percentage of THC

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[nashamuktikendrainrajasthan]

Effect of Drugs on Society

The dealing and maltreatment of medications in the US influence virtually all parts of our lives. The monetary expense alone is gigantic, assessed at almost $215 billion. The harm brought about by illicit drug use and enslavement is reflected in an overburdened equity framework, a stressed medical services framework, lost efficiency, and ecological obliteration.

NSDUH information shows that in 2008, 14.2 percent of people 12 years old and more established had used unlawful medications during the previous year. a reduction from 16.3 million of every 2007. In 2008, around 5.3 million people aged 12 and more revealed past year cocaine use, 850,000 announced past year methamphetamine use, and 453,000 detailed past year heroin use. There are many records of this thing, and people never give attention to those things but now is the time to think about it.

The Outcomes of Unlawful Medication Use

The outcomes of unlawful medication use are broad, making extremely durable physical and profound harm to clients and adversely affecting their families, collaborators, and numerous others with whom they have contact. Drug use adversely influences a client's wellbeing, frequently prompting disorder and illness. Generally speaking, clients bite the dust rashly from drug gluts or other medication related diseases. A few clients are guardians, whose passings leave their kids under the watchful eye of family members or in child care. and  there are care centres for elders also, just like Rakshak nasha mukti kendra in jodhpur,it is the best nasha mukti kendra as i know. Drug regulation infringement comprises a significant extent of imprisonments in neighbourhood, state, and government offices and addresses the most well-known capture class.

Influence on Wellbeing and Medical services Frameworks

The time has come to change how we as a general public locate liquor and medication abuse and substance use problems. A public narcotic excess pandemic has caught the consideration of people in general as well as government, state, neighbourhood, and ancestral pioneers the nation over. Continuous endeavours to change medical care and law enforcement frameworks are setting out new open doors to expand admittance to anticipation and therapy administrations. Medical services change and equality regulations are giving huge open doors and motivations to address substance abuse and related messes all the more really in assorted medical care settings. Simultaneously, many states are making changes to tranquillise strategies, going from commanding utilisation of physician recommended drug observing projects (PDMPs) to taking out obligatory least medication sentences. These progressions address new chances to make strategies and practices that are more proof informed to address wellbeing and social issues connected with substance abuse.

Influence on Wrongdoing and Law enforcement Frameworks

Growing admittance to powerful, proof based medicines for those with compulsion and furthermore less extreme substance use problems is basic, yet more extensive avoidance projects and approaches are likewise fundamental to diminish substance abuse and the inescapable wellbeing and social issues brought about by it. Despite the fact that they can't address the ongoing, serious weaknesses normal among people with substance use problems, training, ordinary checking, and, surprisingly, unassuming lawful authorizations may fundamentally diminish substance abuse in the more extensive populace. Moreover, these actions are savvy. Numerous strategies at the government, state, neighbourhood, and ancestral levels that plan to diminish the damages related with substance use have demonstrated extremely powerful in forestalling and lessening liquor abuse (e.g., hard-core boozing) and its ramifications. In that case you must see the doctor and imminently take the help of drug rehab because they know better. 

The individuals who produce unlawful medications for the most part disregard regulations and guidelines planned to safeguard the climate. While new and existing guidelines can have supportive effects, natural regulations just significantly impact the people who keep the guidelines.

Influence on the Climate

Fixation and natural effect of medications is an issue that is essential to address. The discussion about drugs quite often spins around their effects on cultural wellbeing and individual wellbeing. The facts confirm that drug creation and utilisation can cause inescapable cultural and general wellbeing concerns. However, the impacts of such substances have a more confounded greater picture. Creating mass amounts of medications hurts the climate in multi-layered ways. It's indispensable to address the ecological effect of delivering medications, whether those medications are lawful to utilise. The rising authorization of weed, including both sporting and restorative pot crops, has caused a few eminent ecological issues in its creation. You have to address those things, there are many rehabilitation centres doing seminars and free webinars about these things. At the point when request is high for such medications, somebody needs to develop or deliver them. Huge scope drug creation tasks have serious natural ramifications — and they influence everybody. Drug creation transforms the climate in more than one way. It brings about enormous scope fossil fuel byproducts, water exhaustion, contamination and biodiversity misfortune. Every one of these impacts has amazing short-and long haul suggestions for all life on The planet.

[thevenkataraman]

What Is Cannabis Use Problem?

Cannabis use disorder (CUD) is a determination given for tricky maryjane use. CUD was presented in the Symptomatic and Measurable Manual of Mental Problems, Fifth Release or DSM 5. (The past DSM release isolated tricky use into two unique problems: cannabis misuse and cannabis reliance.)

Cannabis use jumble influences generally 10% of the 193 million cannabis clients on the planet. The analysis catches the likelihood that individuals can be harmed by weed use without essentially being dependent. Nonetheless, it likewise has space to perceive cannabis habit in the event that it happens.

Signs and Side effects of Cannabis Use Problem

One of the vital things to recall with cannabis use jumble is that it includes cannabis utilize that makes issues or issues for the client. In view of that, no less than two of the accompanying authority models or side effects happening inside year time span show cannabis use jumble:

Proceeding to utilize cannabis notwithstanding physical or mental issues

Proceeding to utilize cannabis in spite of social or relationship issues

Hankering cannabis

Trouble controlling or chopping down cannabis use

Surrendering or diminishing different exercises for cannabis use

Issues at work, school, and home because of cannabis use

Investing a great deal of energy in cannabis use

Taking cannabis in high-risk circumstances

Taking more cannabis than was expected

Resistance to cannabis

Withdrawal while stopping cannabis

Since the name has changed and the expression "cannabis use" has supplanted "cannabis misuse" or "cannabis reliance" doesn't imply that cannabis isn't habit-forming. Research shows decisively that cannabis is addictive.

Analysis of Cannabis Use Problem

To analyze cannabis use jumble, a medical care supplier surveys the individual's set of experiences. This incorporates whether they or their close relatives have a past filled with substance misuse or emotional wellness issues and furthermore incorporates their clinical history and openness to ecological stress.1

Research center testing can be utilized to assist with distinguishing cannabis use. In any case, a positive medication test doesn't be guaranteed to mean the individual has cannabis use jumble and a negative medication test doesn't preclude it. All things being equal, it is more essential to take a gander at revealed cannabis consumption contrasted with the sum that is in the blood.

A cannabis use jumble determination can depend, to some degree, on its belongings —, for example, the 11 standards or side effects framed previously. The seriousness of the individual's concerns can be caught by including an extra pointer:

Gentle: a few side effects

Moderate: four to five side effects

Extreme: at least six side effects

The new cannabis use jumble arrangement (what isolates dangerous use from cannabis reliance or cannabis misuse) implies that somebody can have extreme cannabis use jumble without having any resistance or withdrawal, the signs of dependence. At the same time, they can meet the standards for gentle cannabis use jumble in spite of encountering high actual resilience and withdrawal.

CUD and Other Psychological wellness Conditions

A CUD determination can be muddled by comorbid or co-happening emotional wellness conditions. For example, cannabis use jumble is unequivocally connected with both significant despondency and summed up uneasiness disorder.5 A few examinations have likewise found higher paces of cannabis use jumble in individuals with post-horrendous pressure disorder.6

Research has announced associations among CUD and other explicit substance use problems too, including:

Narcotic use issue

Cocaine use jumble

Energizer use jumble

Club drug use jumble

Liquor use jumble

How would you analyze cannabis use jumble?

To analyze cannabis use jumble, a psychological well-being or habit treatment expert will finish an assessment. During a substance use assessment, an expert might get some information about you’re:

Over a wide span of time substance use, including recurrence, sum, and type

Family background of dependence

Results of substance use

Receptiveness to change

Co-happening psychological well-being conditions

They may likewise bring different wellsprings of data into an assessment, for example,

Blood or pee drug testing

An actual test

Screening instruments, for example, the Chronic drug use Screen Test (DAST)

Data from your loved ones

After your supplier accumulates the important data, they will decide if you meet the models for cannabis use jumble. When they show up at a determination, they can give a treatment proposal.

What medicines are there for cannabis use jumble?

At present, treatment for cannabis use jumble incorporates conduct treatment and prescription. The blend of different methodologies can assist with peopling quit utilizing cannabis and lessen the issues connected to utilizing it. Momentum research is taking a gander at extra medicines for cannabis use jumble, so greater treatment choices might be accessible later on.

Treatment

The accompanying treatments are compelling for treating cannabis use jumble:

Mental conduct treatment (CBT): CBT assists you with changing negative contemplations that add to your substance use.

Persuasive Talking (MI): This type of treatment assists you with building inspiration for recuperation.

Possibility the executives (CM): CM gives prizes for recuperation situated ways of behaving like restraint.

How would you find support for cannabis use jumble?

An individual might have cannabis use jumble on the off chance that they are experiencing difficulty controlling their cannabis use. Different signs incorporate utilizing more cannabis than they might want to and encountering issues due to their utilization. On the off chance that these signs concern you, you might have cannabis use jumble.

Another sign could be your loved ones communicating worries about your cannabis use. Once in a while, friends and family might see an issue before an individual is prepared to concede one.

To start the most common way of finding support for cannabis use jumble, you can begin by looking for help, making sound way of life changes, and doing whatever it takes to decrease or dispose of your utilization. Assuming you figure you could profit from treatment, you can begin by addressing your medical services supplier, specialist, or therapist about your interests. They might have the option to assess you or allude you to another supplier.

You can likewise contact the Substance Misuse and Psychological well-being Administrations Organization (SAMHSA) for assist with finding a substance use treatment program. They offer a Public Helpline that is for nothing and accessible every minute of every day. You can likewise look through the web-based treatment finder.

On the off chance that you're not yet prepared to seek proficient treatment, you can begin by going to a care group like Weed Mysterious or Savvy Recuperation. These gatherings are accessible face to face and on the web and permit you to associate with others who are likewise worried about their cannabis use.

Whether you decide to make changes all alone or look for the assistance of a care group or treatment supplier, you can recuperate from cannabis use jumble.

[thecreaturecodex]

Orocoran

Image © Paizo Publishing

[I’ve placed some of my previous D&D conversions on Aucturn, the Pathfinder/Starfinder planet that serves the Planet X/Nibiru/Yuggoth role of evil mystery planet in both games. So I might as well also cover some of their canonical life forms.]

Orocoran CR 6 CE Aberration This scuttling creature has four long limbs that seem capable of functioning as either arms or legs. Its head has a crown of beady green eyes circling it in all directions, and its jaws open laterally to reveal a sharp proboscis.

Orocorans are one of the most populous intelligent species on the mysterious world of Aucturn. They are parasites on the living planet, crawling along its mass in search of veins of black ichor, which they pierce and drink from until swollen. This fluid acts as a narcotic as well as nutrition, and allows the orocorans to enter a state of euphoric hallucination they refer to as the “womb mind”. An orocoran’s mental powers are believed to be bestowed by this fluid as well. When not vegetating in a trance, orocorans are irritable and unpredictable creatures, searching for their next fix.

An orocoran will often lash out at other living creatures nearby, but rarely seek out violence with any particular goal in mind. Their proboscises inflict bleeding wounds, and their stomach acid churns with traces of the hallucinogenic fluids of their home planet. Although not addictive, this does cause temporary hallucinations and confusion.

Orocorans are nearly six feet tall when standing on their back legs, but only do so if forced to wield weapons by a superior entity. They are sexless and genderless, reproducing when two orocorans pierce each other’s torsos with their proboscises and exchanging genetic material.  Eggs are abandoned in a pit gouged out of the planet’s surface, and the young are precocial.

Orocoran Ichor Lords On rare occasions, an orocoran may have its intellect enhanced by the ichor it drinks, granting it both occult power and greater ambition. These ichor lords use their abilities to force other orocorans to do their bidding, and may be regional powers, vassals of foulspawn, or envoys to the Elder Mythos. An orocoran ichor lord is an advanced orocoran with at least two levels in psychic, and usually more. Ichor lord psychics usually take the abomination, pain or psychedelia disciplines, and frequently take the mutation mind archetype as well.

Orocoran             CR 6 XP 2,400 CE Medium aberration Init +9; Senses all-around vision, darkvision 60 ft., Perception +8, see invisibility Defense AC 20, touch 15, flat-footed 15 (+5 Dex, +5 natural) hp 67 (9d8+27) Fort +8, Ref +8, Will +7 (+2 vs. mind-influencing effects) Offense Speed 30 ft. Melee sting +11 (1d8+1 plus bleed) Ranged vomit +11 (2d10 acid plus confusion) Special Abilities bleed (1d8) Spell-like Abilities CL 6th, concentration +8 Constant—see invisibility 1/day—augury Statistics Str 13, Dex 21, Con 17, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha 14 Base Atk +6; CMB +7; CMD 22 (26 vs. trip) Feats Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Point Blank Shot, Stealthy, Weapon Finesse Skills Acrobatics +11, Climb +8, Escape Artist +14, Knowledge (arcana) +6, Perception +8, Stealth +14, Survival +8 Languages Aklo (cannot speak), limited telepathy 60 ft. Ecology Environment any land Organization solitary, brood (2-9) or congregation (10-20 plus 1 ichor lord) Treasure incidental Special Abilities Limited Telepathy (Su) An orocoran can only telepathically communicate with a creature if the two creatures share a language. Vomit (Ex) As a standard action, an orocoran can vomit acid. Treat this as a ranged touch attack with a range of 30 feet and no range increment. A creature struck must succeed a DC 16 Will save or be confused (as the spell) for 1d4 rounds. The save DC is Charisma based.

[immortalmuses]

Collected Notes I’ve found, regarding Fremen Nutrition and Sustainability on Dune

Possible Plant-Life for Consumption

- Mish-Mash: a type of underground apricot? - Bejato: a leaf-plant that is mentioned as being native to Dune - Fungus/Mushrooms: We know that Sandtrout excrete a form of fungal bacteria, which mixes with water to produce Spice. Presumably, this means that other forms of fungus may exist for consumption? - Roots/yucca: even before Pardot Kynes’s ecological dream is realized, we know of small, rangy scrubs that grow in the caves of Dune. If we assume similarities with the deserts of Earth (bold, yes, i know), it’s reasonable to infer that some kind of starchy tuber/root that can exist with little water may be viable as a food source. There is also a note in the Dune Appendices, which mentions “a rare native root plant that grew above the 2,500 meter level in the northern temperate zone. A tuber two meters long yielded half a liter of water.” - Cacti/Suguaro: more likely to be harvested for the water they hold than as a potential food source. Water is more valuable than food. - Wild Grasses: Not exactly filling, but likely used for cooking purposes - Honey: Not plant-life, i know, but carbs. We know that the Fremen keep bees and that some of the mentions of meals have included spiced honey. 

Possible Protein Sources

- Maud’dib: the desert mouse, which may serve as a foodchain item to larger animals (i.e. Hawks? Owls?) - Burrowing Animals: the wiki mentions kit foxes and desert hares, which seems likely. They would have to have a unique biology similar to the Maud’dib in order to survive on little-to-no water. - Bats: also known as cielago; brief indication they exist in the underground caverns on Dune - Birds: mentioned as present on the planet, and bird meat is even served to Paul and Jessica when they join the Fremen - Lizards: mentioned largely as part of the descriptions of an insult, but it implies they are present on Dune - Rabbit: also mentioned in passing as metaphor, but by members of the Fremen who would have never been off-world. Hence, they exist on Dune? - Sandtrout: the juvenile form of the Shai-Hulud, also known as “Little Makers.” We know they’re often handled by the Fremen. They excrete a hyper potent form of Spice when squeezed, but may also be viable for consumption? - Stunted Worm: We know that these creatures are Sandtrout that fail to evolve into a Giant Shai-hulud, and which can be “drowned” by the Fremen to produce the Water of Life. Also possibly consumable? Perhaps only as a Narcotic. - Plankton: There is a form of sandplankton that the Sandtrout eat, and it seems possible that the Fremen might ingest this as well, if they felt it necessary. Unlikely, but possible.

And, of course, there is the Spice Melange itself, which we know provides great health benefits and will prolong a person’s lifespan significantly if they are exposed to it consistently enough. There is speculation that Fremen subsist almost entirely on Spice, but I find that unlikely, both logically and as a cultural proponent to their society. Even on Dune, where Spice is so prevalent that it’s part of every moment of the Indigenous Peoples’ lives, the Fremen would not treat it as commonplace or without ceremony. 

[mortallyclearwonderland]

Star Wars Alien Species - Balosar

Their home planet, Balosar is an inhospitable Core World that has seen better days. The planet's high crime rate and corrupt government discourages tourists, and the air is barely breathable because of industrial pollution.

Early in its history, the Balosar homeworld was overrun by galactic megacorporations eager to exploit the world's lax ecological protection laws. By the time of the Clone Wars, the Balosars had undergone precipitous social decay, resulting in most of the populace finding a place in the criminal underworld of the galaxy. Balosars were commonly stereotyped as spineless, weak-willed, depressed, sarcastic, cynical, and selfish. Despite these stereotypes, the Journal of Personality and Galactic Psychology did not indicate any sort of genetic link to these emotions and attributed them largely to their world's social failings. As the world was the home of the balo mushroom, the Balosar criminal element quickly learned to craft death sticks, one of the galaxy's most potent narcotics. Death sticks were a devastating factor in Balosar society, where they addicted users, forcing them to purchase more. Pollution is one of the causes of the heavy addiction to death sticks, but the Balosar's immunity to toxin allows them to consume them without much effect other than the life-long addiction. Some Balosars even entered the death stick business, where they would travel in hopes of finding potential customers.

Because the planet Balosar was not a place of high opportunity, Balosars often left their homeworld to look for a more prosperous place to live. Since many carried criminal records, they were perceived as self-absorbed individuals who had a difficult time determining right from wrong. Young Balosars were commonly sent to worlds to find as better education and allow themselves to pursue a better life.

Relief agencies have been trying to end the vicious circle of poverty, pollution, and corruption on Balosar for years, but the planet's government offers little assistance. Offworld corporations regularly line Balosar bureaucrats' pockets with credits in exchange for state-owned real estate on which they build sweatshop factories. Balosar offers no shortage of manual labor.

During the reign of the Galactic Republic, the illegal trade in death sticks became the greatest competition to the spice from Ryloth called ryll. The rivalry resulted in a hatred between the Balosars and Twi'leks that would last for centuries. Remaining out of galactic politics, the Balosar economy was ruined during the reign of the New Republic, as the world's pollution had seeped into the balo mushroom farms deep underground, destroying the entire crop. The Balosars had no choice but to join the Twi'lek's spice industry as low-level runners in order to maintain some form of economic stability. When the Yuuzhan Vong War occurred, the Balosars were not bound to treaties with the New Republic and were therefore not protected by its military. However, they escaped the Yuuzhan Vong's conquest and their planet remained as it always was throughout the invasion.

Balosars have coarse hair, a frail-looking frame, and retractable antennapalps atop their heads. They allowed them to listen into the subsonic range and gave the species a physical intuition, which members of the Jedi Order sometimes mistook for Force sensitivity. Because they could detect surges in emotion which could forewarn them of impending danger, they were able to survive and navigate the dangers which lurked on their crime-infested homeworld. Due to their toxic environments was their resistance to toxins and most poisons. Because of the immunity, the Balosars were able to consume mass amounts of the deadly narcotics known as death sticks, a product of Balosar itself. Despite the immunity from its deadly components, Balosars were not immune to its addictive properties, and because of this and their world's natural dangers, Balosars had a relatively short lifespan compared to similar species. Most have sickly complexions from a lack of sunlight and clean air.

The average Balosar stands about 1.6 meters tall or 5.2 feet.

Balosar age at the following stages:

1 - 12 Child

13 - 15 Young Adult

16 - 39 Adult

40 - 52 Middle Age

53 - 64 Old

Examples of Names: Veya Bar'jaraka, Nina Dar'Eboros, Elan Sleazebaggano, Zirk Mer'darro.

Languages: Balosars speak their own language, which consists of deep vocalizations and throaty rasps. Written Balosar is crude looking, but is no less complex than written Basic.

[twoeggtwins]

All Westerners are heir, not only to the self-justifications of recent technophilic Promethean impulses, but to the legacy of the whole. Men may now be the possessors of the world's flimsiest identity structure, the products of a prolonged tinkering with ontogenesis -- by Paleolithic standards, childish adults. Because of this arrested development, modern society continues to work, for it requires dependence. But the private cost is massive therapy, escapism, intoxicants, narcotics, fits of destruction and rage, enormous grief, subordination to hierarchies that exhibit this callow ineptitude at every level, and, perhaps worst of all, a readiness to strike back at a natural world that we dimly perceive as having failed us. From this erosion of human nurturing comes the failure of the passages of the life cycle and the exhaustion of our ecological records. In the city world of today, infinite wants are pursued as though the environment were an amnion and technology a placenta.

Paul Shepard, Nature and Madness

[leolovesthings]

#5

Continuing the ginger gay foundation family story, now with different main characters.

With the entire Goth family dead, there were left two children: Brian, who luckily wasn’t in the car Alexander was driving, the toddler child of Bella and Mortimer; and Adam, Alexander and ginger boy’s baby, still in a crib.

There were also two pets from the young couple apartment, which were adopted by the og dads, the teacher and the comedian. But those two were not so ready to jump into parenthood again with the small children.

Their younger child however, who had recently became a young adult, was eager to start a life of his own. And so he moved out of his parents’ house into the Goth family mansion, and became an official caregiver for the two children.

This tragic event had pushed his already pious self to become firm, religious, and strictly against any kind of narcotics. In his mind it was them who killed his older brother and his entire family, leaving the orphans behind.

He had finally gathered up the courage to ask his childhood crush, Evie Delgato, out, and she said yes. She was also moved by the events that happened to his family, and followed his convictions.

They had gotten married, she had moved in and became the second caregiver to the children.

His dream was to become a teacher, like one of his fathers, but a better one from a moral standpoint. She wanted to improve the ecological situation in the world, to make sims healthier. Together, the two idealists began studying at the university, all while raising two children.

Yet the money quickly became an issue. Even with working, growing their own food, taking out loans, and trying to save as much as possible, they could not hold on to the Goth family mansion: the bills were way too high.

extra!

pics of the fam in the renovated Goth mansion:

https://leolovesthings.tumblr.com/post/651286217993977856/have-a-fam-suddenly-living-in-the-goth-mansion

[primrose-fr]

Wildlife of the Scarred Wastes

Hey I put together a list of all wildlife found in Plague, for writing purposes. Because it's pretty unique from the rest of Sornieth. Thus can be a bit difficult to write for.  It's also interesting to note that most of the creatures can be found in other locations too, I picture the varieties found in plague to be more...plague-y. I hope this is at least a good jumping off point for you writers/worldbuilders!

Includes little personal notes here and there about possible uses, ecology and real-life equivalents, and interesting notes from the items bio too.

Everything under the cut. Long post ahead

Meat:

Panther Anole (Small, fool hardy, easy prey for hatchlings) Plague Bat (Bat that carries plagues?? Probably a small snack for adults and a meal for hatchlings) Satin Mouse (Magically charged mice, might have been introduced from Arcane) Java Sparrow (Small songbird, Nutritious) Shrew (Small and mole like, cannot be tamed) Marsh Rabbit (Oily water repellent fur, probably like a softer beaver pelt. Decent meal. Probably farmed for fur) Dappled Clucker (Chickens whose females brutally fight over males. Probably farmed for meat) Steppes Box Turtle (known for it's shell pattern) Musk Scrapper (Like a brown skunk, stinks but apparently the meat is incredible.) Flecked Bushrunner (Type of quail. males race each other to impress females. Proabably a common type of wild game) Wood Duck (Probably a common type of wild game) Silver-Laced Rooster (There was a play about a rooster trying to woo a dragon. Ended poorly.) Arroyo Toad (Most dragons are immune to it's toxin but Mirrors are allergic to it.) Plantain Poacher (Type of squirrel monkey. Common pest that raids produce stores.) Bush Rat Wallaby (Probably a decent sized meal) False Podid (Decent meal, cousin to common podid, tastes best when roasted in the shell) White-Eared Hummingbird Coral Snake (VENOMOUS. Rear-fanged. But edible to dragons if eaten carefully. Snakes store their venom in the head area. Body meat is generally fine.) White Squirrel (Cannot jump, probably easy prey. Most likely is native to Ice) Tokay Gecko (DEADLY. Covered in a potent poison from head to toe. (Note: real tokay geckos are not poisonous, just massive bitey assholes)) Bleeding Heart Crow (Only Males have the "Bleeding Heart" coloration) Ferret (a treat for most dragons, might also be kept as pets and for hunting small game) Sugarglider (Common pest in sugarmelon crops. might also be kept as pets.) Bar-Headed Goose (Might be farmed for meat/feathers) Hellbender (Massive salamander (one of the largest species on earth!)) Emerald Striker (VENOMOUS. Emeralds contain the toxin) Silver Raccoon (Known to steal and hoard silver.) Green Iguana (apparently very friendly and probably common pets (Important Note: Real green iguanas are NOT friendly and want nothing more than to whip you to shreds. Make terrible pets!)) Bog Canary (Song is apparently horrible, but plumage is pretty, might be kept as pets (Note: the art depicts a budgerigar not a canary)) Golden Reefprince (Regal and golden, best served to someone you're trying to impress. Probably farmed and marketed in the same vein as Valentine Roses) Black Swan (Probably farmed for Meat/Feathers) Green-throated Skink (More confident then it's cousin, probably more common to see skittering around in daylight) Dustrat (Seen as vermin, a sign to clean your lair) Banded Dart Frog (POISONOUS. However NOT deadly. Instead it's hallucinagenic. Probably farmed as an legal and/or illegal narcotic. Probably a big market for them.) Collared Lemming (Probably has a local superstition about it staring into your soul and knowing all your secrets) Webwing Alpha ( might be farmed for meat or plumage. Or kept as familiars) Yellow-Throated Sparrowmouse (kept as Familiars. Plumage might be used in crafts) Basilisk (Direct eye contact can turn dragons to stone. Probably Hunted as Big/trophy game. Also Kept as familiars) Clown Charger (Skin is poisonous. Might be hunted as Trophy Game but not eaten. Also Kept as familiars) Parasitic Fungus (Has mind controlling fungus, however fungus rarely takes. Also Kept as familiars) Fungalhoof Qiriq (Leaves a trail of fungus where ever it goes, easy to track dangerous to hunt. Might be hunted as big/Trophy game or as possible rites of passage . Also Kept as familiars) Roving Lionsnake (Large dangerous ambush predators that stalk long grasses. Might be hunter for trophy game or possible rights of passage. Also kept as familiars) Murkbottom Gull (Common seabirds, most likely a common sight at waterways. Also kept as familiars) Giant White Toridae (Large! Has Myths and urban legends surrounding it. Probably hunted as Trophy game or even rites of passage. Also Kept as familiars.) Ultramel Amphithere (Amphithere displaying the "Ultramel" color morph. Probably popular pets. Also kept as familiars) Auburn Woolly Walrus (Hostile due to chronic pain. Probably Farmed for meat and fur while also being hunted as big/trophy game. Also kept as familiars.) Hooded Dodo (Completely blind despite three sets of eyes. Probably farmed for meat and feather. Also kept as familiars) Infestation Hound (Wild ones are ambush predators, baiting and eating scavengers. Probably Domesticated by plague clans and bred then raised as hunting partners and companions. Kept as familiars) Heartred Croaker (Meat is uniquely brown and green in coloration. Kept as familiars) Mossy Cerdae (Healing magic-less Unicorns. Population is rising exponentially. Probably hunted for meat/fur/horns. Kept as familiars) Hippojay (Might be farmed for meat or hunted as big/trophy game. Or kept as familiars) Bluetail Skira (Blue algea clings to their tail fur causing the blue coloration. Might be farmed for meat or hunted like big game. Or kept as familiars) Paddyfowl (Common predator to smaller amphibians, might be farmed for meat or plumage. Or kept as familiars) Moordwelling Trunker (Displays are a lot like jousting. Probably farmed for meat. Or kept as familiars) Glowing Pocket Mouse ( A light snack. Or kept as familiars) Grey River Flight ( Probably farmed for meat and water resistant hide. Or kept as familiars) Brown River Flight ( Probably farmed for meat and water resistant hide. Or kept as familiars) Bearded Pupowl (Actually a vertebrate! Amphibian and probably distantly related to salamanders. Kept as familiars)

Aquatic Life:

Crawdads Wetland Vampire (Leech) Glass Minnows (maybe kept in dragon aquaria?) Mussels Clown Shrimp Warmouth (A mid sized bass/perch-like fish, probably decent eating) Wave Skippers (Flying fish?) Sea Hare (Sea slugs) Sunset Sea Dragon Dumpling Squid (bio implies they’re eaten and dipped in sauce.) True Rainbow Trout Green Corydoras Catfish (tiny bottom dwelling catfish, maybe kept in dragon aquaria?) Golden Cushionfish (Pufferfish) Seabed Pincher (Hermit crab) Blackwater Jester (Appears to be a cardinal fish of some sort) SeaHeart (Some kinda urchin) Aether Hermit Black Maiden (type of Black Guppy, possibly poisonous? maybe kept in dragon aquaria?) Ruby Tetras (possibly a red version of the blackskirt tetra, maybe kept in dragon aquaria?) Blue Ring Octopus (DEADLY. Venom can straight up kill smaller dragons. Considered an accomplishment to catch and eat properly. Probably equivalent to Fugu.) Striped biter (Similar to a cat shark in appearance. Apparently very common.) Devilsnap (Apparently an oyster that bites back) Blue Dragon Seaslug Cobra Snakehead (mid-sized carnivorous fish) Nebula Floaters (Jellyfish of some sort, very sweet may cause tooth decay) Pond Slip (Come from dirty water, VERY important to clean) Cinnamon Loach (Popular gift among the seafood eating dragons, may also be kept in dragon aquaria?) Deviant Darter (Covered in pustules, looks plague-y) Giant Isopod Billy Bass (Breaks into song when taken out of the water, mid-sized fish probably decent eating) Discus (Popular, beautiful, and challenging to care for in irl aquaria. Possibly kept as decorative fish for the upper class in dragon aquaria) Four-Eyed Butterflyfish Pincushion Urchin Gaseous Megashrimp (Big, kept as familiars. this is speculation but depending on the size it may also be used as a seafood alternative to whole roasts like pig) Skittering Megashrimp (See above) Longjaw Lurefish (Based on the jawfish, probably much bigger. preys on birds) Glow Star (glowing starfish. Glow fades when it leaves the water. Might make good underwater decoration) Wave Sweeper (Patrols shallow waterway. Probably hunted for meat or ignored, Kept as familiars) Plantation Pincher (Considered a rampant pest on farmland.)

Insect Life:

Fungus Cutter (Large fungivore ants) Glade Swarmer (Builds large hives and defend it fiercely, disturbing it will end in either a feast or a healers visit) Crop Cutter (Pests that can devour entire fields. Plant eater hate them while others feast on them.) Maggot (common on the many festering corpses of the scarred wastes) Harlequin Ladybug (perform intricate aerial acrobatics, can be challenging for hatchlings to catch) Salt-Marsh Mosquito (Carry many diseases, numbers swell in summer) Tachinid Fly (Their carapace can be ground into tincture and tonics with restorative capabilities. Valuable. Probably farmed for medicinal purposes) Redwing Hopper (Spend most of their time gliding. low-flying dragons end up with face fulls of them.) Greenworm (Blends in well and challenging to find) Land Snail Rainbow Grasshopper (Taste terrible. seems to be a common prank to tell younger dragons that they taste like rainbows.) Tinder Bug (Tastes good if properly cooked, also effective tinder) Earwig Craftsman Brightback (Crafts intricate nests around spherical fruit, to which the fruit inside is eaten leaving behind the dried structure.) Redknee Tarantula Dusty Cicada (Collecting their shells and placing them in unexpected places around your den is considered a fun pastime) Millipede Wasteland Pauper (In an event known as the Blue Harvest vast numbers of this butterfly go migrating.) Stinglash (DEADLY. Aposematic. Skull pattern on it's head is a threat display. When stinger is removed however it's considered a delicacy) Shale Skitter (Pillbug relative. Completely flatten themselves when threatened) Parasitic Grub Red and Black Froghopper Fever Fly (Ingesting this fly is fine. being bitten by this fly leads to fevers and muscle spasms (dancing!)) Two-Tone June Beetle (Best served lightly toasted) Blackshield Cockroach (Fae use rocks to crack it's shell for eating.) Yellow Jumper (Deadly? Very tasty apparently) False Veneer Moth (Pattern on it's wings shines to distract predators) Yellowtail Caterpillar (Commonly eaten in piles with pepper sauce, cucumber, rice, and wrapped in seaweed) Orchid Beetle (Native to the Starwood Strand. gets its coloration from the plants it eats) Water Bug Catocala Moth (Cryptic patterning on wings) Giant Prickly Stick Insect (Has a hard time find mates due to effective camouflage) Autumn Pennant (Dragonfly. Scarce, only appears towards the end of autumn) Sugarbee (Feeds on sugarcane. Popular as sweet treats. might be treated like candy to insectivores) Firefly (Probably native to Fire. Has a crisp, crunchy texture with an extremely spicy flavor.) Dead Leaf Mantis (Feeds entirely on brain matter. (braaains)) Hydra Scorpion (It's said that cutting off it's tail grows two more in it's place. Probably large and treated like big/trophy game. Kept as familiars) Triple-Sight Firebug (Dragons closely bonded to this bug can use it's sight for short periods of time. Possibly used for rough reconnaissance. Kept as familiars) Tufted Leaf Beetle (Pests. A swarm of these beetles can devour a field overnight. Kept as familiars.) Tender Larail (Consumes all parts of a plant except seeds, which it carefully buries. Might be a Keystone species. Kept as familiars.) Spoiling Scorpio (Probably large and treated like big/trophy game. Kept as familiars)

Plant Life:

Highland Dryleaf (Hardy. Tastes awful. Plentiful) Marsh Choker (Named for it's choking pollen. probably grows in wetland areas.) Desert Scrub (Plentiful. Tastes like dirt) Diseased Fungus (Has a following that believe it tastes zestier than normal fungus. Probably cultivated or foraged for.) Carnaval Tulip (Pretty, often in bouquets. considered by plant eaters to be "edible arrangements" Probably cultivated for food and appearance) Crisp-leaf Amaranth (Seeds are edible and commonly eaten, while the leaves are eaten less commonly.) Wild Catsup (grows along cliff-sides in thin patches with bright red flowers. might also go well with wild mustard greens) Always-Autumn (Thistle. Blooms year-round with sun-dappled colors.) Canyon Ruffage (Staple for herbivorous animals and dragons alike, common in dry areas) Blood Acorn (Filled with nutrient rich nectar) Cinnamon (Probably cultivated for exportation in the spice trade) Chickweed (Used in herbal remedies to sooth itchy scales. Probably cultivated for medicinal purposes) Herbal Plantain (Leaves of this plant can be used as an effective anti-toxin. Probably cultivated for medicinal purposes) Peace Lily (Pretty and edible, it's petals are a favorite snack of peace doves. Probably cultivate for decoration and consumption.) Gryphon's Blood Sempervivum (Appears to be a type of succulent that grows in sandy red (clay rich?) earth near gryphon territory. does not actually use blood in cultivation.) Treasure Plant (Considered to bring good luck if kept in the lair. Possibly cultivated for decoration or as gifts.) Boxwood (Has a subtle flavor?) Winter's Delight (Sweet red berries that taste the best at the coldest point in winter, Most likely native to Ice) Bonebark Mold (Plentiful. grows on dead trees.) Ashfall Prickler (Nectar on the inside has a spicy flavor that oddly goes well with anything.) Honeycrisp Apple (Probably cultivated for food. Most likely food source to Craftsman Brightbacks) Turnip (Does not keep long and must be eaten immediately. Probably cultivated for food.) Wasteland Pear (Common. but finding an edible one is not.) Cindermint (crunchy texture with a  fiery kick. Often dried and crumbled up to help accent desserts or teas. Probably cultivated for this reason.) Butcher's Fig (Fruit has a crimson coloration, juice stains the mouth for days.) Leechroot Mushroom (Parasitic fungus native to the Scarred Wastes. Pests. Targets healthy plants.) Green Plantain (Has a tart flavor and can be stored in cool places for long periods of time. Probably cultivated and exported to other flights.) Daffodil (Can be boiled, mashed, and used in stews. Blooms are also pretty. Probably cultivated for these reasons.) Grassland Grain (Easy to spot and filling meals. Great for foraging on the road.) Water Lilies Crimson Jadevine (Extremely rare. ground up to make war-paint. Might be cultivated for this purpose and might also be treated as sacred.) Sour Strawberry (It's a strawberry, but sour) Wilting Rose (Its a rose, but wilting) Pompom Mums (Vibrant, cheerful petals. Very attention getting to pollinators. might be used to attract pollinators to fields. Also useful for decorative purposes) Sand Creeper (Type of ivy that spreads prolifically over sand. Might be a good crop for those in barren wastelands.) All Seeing Shroom (Disgusting looking, covered in veins and tumors. Unknown if edible but can be traded as currency in select venues.) Ancient Mushroom (Rumored to aid with a dragons growth) Over-ripe Cherries (Cherries that ripen then go bad at a break-neck pace. Probably not cultivated.) Melon Marzal (Behaves like a normal plant until it matures in which it will become more animalistic. Weird. Kept as familiars)

???:

River Muck (Goopy. probably common in or near waterways. Probably a pest/hazard) Poultrygeist (Ghost?? Probably some kind of urban legend. Kept as familiars) Undying Featherback (Undead and requires magic to kill permanently. Probably a serious threat to plague clans. Can be kept as familiar) White Rot Deer (An older wood ear deer, not hunted nor eaten. Cultivated by dryads for protection. Also Kept as familiars) Sanguine Multimist (Sentient mist?? Probably has urban legends surrounding it. Kept as familiars.) Creeping Tendril (Animal like?? Shy, only moves when no one is looking. Kept as Familiars) Blue Vein Pansy (??? Uproots and moves itself to more optimal locations when required.) Ancient Fungus (Has a cracked, stone hard outer shell. Kept as familiars)

[howwelldoyouknowyourmoon]

Sun Myung Moon’s FFWPU accused of involvement in drugs trade in Paraguay in 2004

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/moonies-accused-of-involvement-in-drugs-1.1161827

October 14, 2004            The Irish Times

PARAGUAY: The Reverend Moon has carved out a section of Paraguay that is twice the size of Luxembourg. Séamus Mirodan went to see it.

Reverend Sun Myung Moon, spiritual leader of the Unification Church, self-proclaimed Messiah, multimillionaire and a generous contributor to the US Republican Party, has been showing a strong interest over the last five years in little-known Paraguay at the centre of the South American continent.

Since 1999, Rev Moon has built his personal empire which begins on the marshy banks of the River Paraguay and stretches beyond the hazy, level horizon through 600,000 hectares of arid land – equivalent to more than two Luxembourgs – punctuated by solitary clusters of withered trees and sad bushes which struggle desperately for air.

The scorching sun beats relentlessly on one of Latin America’s most desolate zones. It is here in the northern province of Chaco, directly above the Guaraní aquifer, the largest resource of fresh drinking water in the world, where Moon’s associates claim he wishes to build an ecological paradise.

Nevertheless, national Senator Domingo Laino sees a different pattern in Moon’s acquisitions. “There are two principal branches to Moon’s interest in Paraguay,” he said, “control of the largest fresh drinking water source in the world and control of the narcotics business”, which is so prevalent in this area. “President Lula told me that Brazil took serious measures to curb Moon a few years back as it became evident that he was buying up the border between our two countries,” said the senator.

Allegations from local law enforcement officials support this claim. The so-called Dr Montiel, Paraguay’s drugs tsar from 1976-89, said: “The fact that they came and bought in Chaco and on both sides of the Brazilian border is very telling. It is an enormously strategic point in both the narcotics and arms trades and indeed the available intelligence clearly shows that the Moon sect is involved in both these enterprises.”

Paraguay is the major drugs port through which virtually all the cocaine produced by Bolivia and Peru passes. In the world’s second most corrupt country, “the ease of buying influence is second to none”, said Montiel. “Corruption reaches dangerous levels and he who wants transparency in Paraguay is a dead man. Indeed the famous Iran contra affair was operated from Ciudad del Este” on the south-east Paraguayan border with Argentina and Brazil.

Not content with expanses of potentially invaluable land, Rev Moon has also taken over entire towns, including factories and homes. In Puerto Casado, tensions between Moon disciples and locals led to violent confrontation over the last year following the closure of the only source of work, a lumber factory, and the dismissal of 19 workers who tried to form a union in order to demand an eight-hour day and the national minimum wage of £80 sterling per month.

According to Senator Emilio Camacho: “The Moon sect is a mafia. They seek to subvert government control and are effectively building a state within a state. I believe they are hoping the local population will leave so they have unquestioned authority in the zone and are free to do whatever they want.”

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In 1999, the Brazilian federal police launched an investigation into the involvement of Rev Moon’s associates in money-laundering and tax evasion, amidst accusations of drug-running. By October of that year, he had down-sized his operation in Brazil and bought land in Paraguay. According to local landowners, everything was paid for in cash, often for more than it was actually worth.

Construction began immediately on a new model city, Puerto Leda. Reverend Sano, the secretary-general of Rev Moon’s Foundation for Sustainable Development, which has its base in Leda, claimed only $4 million was invested to build everything from a landing-strip to a power plant. The town is also equipped with a 25-metre swimming pool and its own police and navy stations, even though Rev Sano claims it is only home to 10 Japanese sect members.

Rev Moon’s first involvement in the continent came during the late 1970s [in Uruguay] and when his organisation donated the first $100,000 to Oliver North’s Nicaraguan Freedom Fund [in the 1980s]. The religious leader was implicated in many of the so-called Contra scandals during the Reagan-Bush administration.

Rev Moon’s ideology allowed him to cuddle up to many South American dictators during this era. Indeed, according to Bolivian intelligence reports at the time, he sought to recruit an “armed church” of 7,000 Bolivians receiving paramilitary training to support the infamous cocaine coup which brought Gen Carlos Meza to power with Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie running his security operations.

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FFWPU President of IAPP (The International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace) Prosecuted for Money Laundering and Drug Smuggling in US Court; suspicions of connections to UC / FFWPU Leadership

“When the economy in Japan crashed, a lot of our money came from South America, mainly Brazil.”

Uruguay’s freewheeling banking system that operated as a laundromat for drug money. Moon bought a bank.

$80 million was deposited in Uruguay over the course of a week. It still had the U.S. Federal Reserve band around it.

How Sun Myung Moon’s organization helped to establish Bolivia as South America’s first narco-state.

In 1985 the Washington Times sponsored a fund for the Contras who committed atrocities, and trafficked drugs to the US

Suspicion Following Sun Myung Moon to Brazil

Sun Myung Moon organization activities in South America

[fatehbaz]

“Plants, too, speak back”; Makushi horticulture; “symbiotic interdependencies of plants”:

The Carib-speaking Makushi people are expert horticulturalists [...]. Forest farms (mî��) are intercropped spaces of hyper-diversity in which humans, plants, and animals come together in symbiotic relationships of nurture, care, and management. Cast in the light of innumerable shades of green and adorned with ornamental shrubs and flowers beds, gardens are places of great beauty in which cross-species relations are forged in the creative processes of shared selfhood. Makushi farmers cultivate a dazzling array of plants, including hundreds of varieties of the staple crop bitter cassava (kîse). In any given farm, one will find food crops, craft materials, narcotic shrubs, ornamental cultivars, medicinal remedies [...] – not to mention the frugivorous birds, pollinating insects, snakes, lizards, and mammals. Farms, in short, are diverse living spaces of multispecies sociality.

[”A flowering pineapple plant (’kaiwura’), Rewa, 2013.” Photo by Lewis Daly.]

[”Some crops.” Photos by Lewis Daly.]

For the Makushi, plants are ever-present protagonists in the multispecies performance of life. Indeed, certain plants are – or can be – powerful persons endowed with animating spirits (ekaton), exhibiting various extra-botanical capacities.

Makushi farmers have a deep understanding of the symbiotic interdependencies of plants and other kinds of beings. Plants are understood to exhibit phenomenal awareness and multi-sensory perceptual capacities: they perceive and interact with their environments in complex ways. Like humans, plants can sense their surroundings, and it is via these shared sensory pathways that plant-beings and human-beings communicate. Farmers draw parallels between the worldly sensitivities of plants and the kinetic movements of human bodies: for instance, the swaying of cassava leaves in the wind (a’situn) is often described as the plants “waving”. People speak, sing, and recite spells to their crops. Plants, too, speak back – often via the medium of dreams (we’ne’) [...]. Makushi gardeners conceive of their cassava crops as consanguineal kin. When Aunty Elsa, an elder from my host community of Yupukari, would routinely describe her cassava crops as her “children” (more yamî), she was not resorting to mere metaphor; rather, for Elsa, humans and plants are embroiled in bonafide cross-species relationships of relatedness.

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Lewis Daly. “What Kind of People Are Plants? The Challenges of Researching Human-Plant Relations in Amazonian Guyana.“

Photos and graphics come from a separate source, Daly’s PhD thesis: “The symbiosis of people and plants: Ecological engagements among the Makushi Amerindians of Amazonian Guyana.” 2015.