#inertia project concept

[drdeltabean]

A couple of concept doodles for Damien, a pivotal character in Inertia :)

I have the idea for him to be a photographer and close with Leo (“close” he says, knowing my plot has them very gay). Just two chill guys, probably in a school paper club or something

Very much a character inspired by artist Jhariah’s music, I’ve been having a lot of fun fleshing out and experimenting with his story!

[cuddlebugmonster]

I present to you Luna Mikey ! From my apocalyptic AU Butterfly Effect !

This has been a little side project that i have been wanting to draw for so long !!!

Whenever i would see others draw peepaw apocalyptic Mikey, they would usually associate his magic with butterflies, materializing them for Casey or just in general

I wanted to play with that concept and make my own ! So yeah ! Born from love and in 2hours with AJR Inertia blasting on loop, this sketch and now full blown mystic warrior was born !

I have a whole story i would love to make, i already have the ending fully ready in my head.

When I was making this design i didn’t initially think about a specific butterfly, but when I drew the dread tails and it made me think of the Luna moth ! So I got curious and did some research, and HOLY SHIT i have never been so happy with results in my life !

YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT THIS DOESN’T JUST SCREAM MIKEY !! it’s so perfect ! It fits so perfectly ! I swear I’m not crazy !!! It’s just AH ! It JUST.MAKES.SENSE !

I rest my case

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[literallys-illiteracy]

Project Moon 8'th anniversary stream overview:

Cut for spoilers

God fucking bless this company, "nervous, one minute *clears throat*"

//as per last time, i will have some thoughts on each section which will be elaborated on in a marked subsection of each area, primarily it will be an overview and analysis of the content shown

Note at the start "This may be a long stream".

Revealed timeline.

Year in Review:

(Graph 1, Pictured, Monthly average players this year)

(Graph 2, Pictured: Daily Active Users)

New ID and EGO extraction:

Devyat association Sinclair (seen in a prior teaser) and Asymmetrical Inertia He EGO Heathcliff.

Sinclair 000 ID:

Likely a rupture ID similar to Rodion's Devyat.

This ID appears to use the same Courier system that Rodion used as well, being able to retreat from battle.

Skill 1 appears to be 2 Blunt coins. Skill(s) 2,3, and 4 seem to each be 3 Blunt coins.

Rather than a skill 4 it seems to be just an empowered skill 3 however, without the coin reuse at all.

It will be interesting to see if this ID can stand to beat Talisman Sinclair's bench passive slot.

Heathcliff He EGO:

Likely a tremor EGO due to its seeming relation to the "bell of truth" abnormality named Clockwork-Time Roly Poly in Mirror Dungeon.

Both the corrosion and awakening appear to be blunt damage EGO with either 1 or 2 coins, however there is a chance for a coin reuse system on the awakening due to the repeated animation before the final strike.

If this EGO is in line with the Roly-Poly, it will likely relate to fragile somehow, and may introduce a new tremor type, or reintroduce Tremor-Fracture to relate its Fragility concept.

Mirror Dungeon 5: Mirror of the Dreaming:

It is noted that this Mirror Dungeon changes are going to be long in explanation and extensive.

Party revive is noted, alongside "Combat changes" likely to include the new Chain Battle system, and abnormalities/EGO that are designed to use said system such as the Devyat ID and latest Fell Bullet EGO.

New EGO gifts, Choice Events, and Theme Packs. This confirms the return of the mirror dungeon floor pack system, allowing us to complain about getting the bosses we chose to fight.

The "new choice events" is likely referring to those that appeared in both Canto 7 and RR4, being "Dreaming Electric Sheep (which likely will be the source of Imitative Generator)", Portrait of a Certain Day, King in Binds, 400 Roses, Rose Hunter, and Hurting Teddy Bear.

There are changes to the pack system, allowing us to change between the hard and normal packs in the selection menu as shown, also i checked the EGO gifts shown in the image, they're all ones we've seen before.

Within Hard mirror dungeons, you have a selection choice between 4 EGO gifts, and the ability to select 2 of them, alongside both their associated Mounting Trials

In this hard pack, a "special shop" is able to spawn.

Within normal difficulty dungeons, the final floor is moved to the 5th rather than the 4th as is current, similar to how current Hard dungeons work.

Shops and rest stops are now one in the same it appears (once again, no new EGO gifts shown).

The aforementioned "Special Shop" that appears within hard packs.

This allows to swap out more skills, it will contain more EGO gifts, and will be able to fuze up to 5 EGO gifts together at once, which likely is due to the increased number of gifts that will be received specifically at floor end.

Duplicates of EGO gifts, they do not apply stacking bonuses, but rather are able to be fused.

When revived, sinners will have their SP set to zero, however all other sinner's SP will remain the same on floor start.

More abnormality battles will be present, and upon winning battles against said abnormalities (boss fight abnormalities encountered in elite or normal encounters), one will receive the EGO gifts related to the abnormality, as if they completed the fight through an encounter.

Hard mode fog of war changes, allowing you to see 2 nodes ahead rather than the current one.

EGO gifts are planned, for the aforementioned abnormalities most likely, and several that are unrelated or completely new.

In both images, fusion "tree's" are mentioned, with fusion gifts that are able to be fused (currently impossible as tier 4 gifts may not be fused), where new and weaker EGO fusions are added, which may be fused into double fusion, or fusion^2 EGO gifts.

Next Week, 28th of November.

5th of December.

some point this season, we will be able to gain achievements, and challenge the dungeon past floor 5 without the rewards, as an added Roguelike challenge mode.

Monthly ID rotation, reoccurring missions, and Quality of Life UI improvements such as a clear timer.

There are plans to release this in stages, as:

which is the reasoning behind the weekly additions that are listed above, which allows for Consistent quality assurance and constant content rather than a large release and a dead period.

Seasonal ID:

The Manager of La ManchaLand Don Quixote:

actively making use of the bloodfeast keyword, akin to the other bloodfiend ID's

This ID's kit will vary depending on the present allies, specifically changing when other La Mancha Land ID's are present.

Specifically, skill 1 is the Priest, skill 2 the Barber, and Defence skill The Princess.

This ID's skills will be adaptive to multiple situations alongside their defensive skill,.

The defence skill was not shown, however, i believe that this ID's skills will be Slash, Slash, and Pierce respectively.

Wealth and Fame:

"We will need to increase our revenue to make the following a reality: add more enjoyable functions and high fidelity cutscenes; To Begin Production on a new game; or to release animations (Advertisements, previews, Short episodes, full length movies, and/or anime)

Sinner Target Extraction Changes:

Sinner Target extractions will now feature event extraction ID's and EGO from the preceding season, not including those obtained through the event itself such as Chef Gregor, or Multicrack Heathcliff.

In the future, target extractions may have association or syndicate themes, such as a blade lineage themed extraction

Returning Intervallo's with Voices:

Most intervallo in the game are unvoiced, this was due to the ease in creation and flexibility that it allowed them to create and release, with less strain caused by alterations and adjustments within the dialogue.

Adding voices to these intervallo in post is fareaser as the dialogue is already set in stone, which means that there is no worry of future alterations.

These intervallo will be returning with higher level in a "hard mode", each featuring 2 EGO relating to the intervallo's theme.

Why EGO? the sinners tend to receive id's of increasingly powerful characters and LCB's story progresses, releasing ID's for intervallo returns means that they may be, story and lore wise, held back by the strengths of the characters present in past intervallo. However, EGO are free from these concerns, which makes us believe that they are a better choice for the intervallo returns. This does not rule out the release of ID for intervallo reruns, if there is a valid inspiration an ID may be released, however it will primarally be EGO. When an intervallo is voiced, characters will be featured as paid announcers such as the Gnomes, Jun, and Aeng Du.

(Paraphrased) (quoted because Tumblr decided i couldn't have images)

Announcers will be extractable from Ideality (yisang) and from standard extractions, {green marker}: More Money For Anime

Ideally they will also be adding voice acting to the mini episodes between both intervallo and canto's.

5th Walpurgisnacht:

Library of Ruina theme.

2 Full Stop Office Fixers, Hong Lou Liwei and Gregor Stephan (or so appears).

Der Freischütz EGO, sinner unknown, likely Heathcliff due to his being the only Sinner yet to receive a Walpurgisnacht release, and his lack of inclusion in the aforementioned ID.

Intervallo 7.5 1:

Regular Check Up:

episode about health checkups for sunners, specifically their mental corrosion and distortions(?).

This will take place in T Corp.

Refraction Railway Line 5, The Merry Go Round:

As of now there are no definitive gimmicks for this event, however it will cycle similar to RR2.

Yield My Flesh to Claim Their Bones Rerun:

Intervallo 2: Nocturnal Sweeping:

Ill give you two guesses what SWEEPING is going to be about, especially a NIGHT in the BACKSTREETS

Canto 8: The Surrendered Witnessing:

Hong Lou Canto.

Ill let @lu-is-not-ok pick this apart, as they are far better at Hong Lou analysis than i am, as it has been aeons since i read Hong Lou Meng and i don't plan to re-read it any time soon.

Mili Asia concert tour:

this year was delayed due to Cassie's delivery, the current goal is for the concert to be held during the 9th anniversary sometime around the 18th of November 2025.

live tickets will be sold separately for Korea and Japan.

Concert will only feature Mili songs from the Project Moon games.

Starting in Korea, and ending in Japan.

Collaboration:

(Slow, manual movement of powerpoint to the centre of screen while the vtuber model dissapears)

Arknights Collaboration video plays.

(re aligning of the presentation while talking)

"We were invited into Hypergryph headquarters, exchanged merchandise of our games and had a fruitful discussion"

KJH's signed Lappland poster.

4 sinners will be receiving crossover content.

Though it is too early for a full on reveal, the sinners who are getting said EGO have been revealed.

Faust, Hong Lou, Ishmael and Gregor.

We do not currently know who each sinner will be paired with for this collaboration, however if i were to wager it would be Kal'tsit for Faust, and potentially texas for Ishmael (they're both stoic lesbians i think it works).

Reimagined outfits and combat skills will be used as inspiration for the EGO skills. Why EGO skills? see above rendition of this same question. ID's are representative of the power that a certain character may hold, which would alter perceptions of the ID.

One (1) operator from arknights will be featured as a (presumably Paid (more money for the anime)) announcer for the game

Long Term R&D Goals:

ID Skin functionality: Akin to layered armour, using growth materials (shards n threads) to use one ID's animations and moveset layered on top of another's.

EG. Barber Outis appearing as Magic Bullet, and that (the Yi Sang) is a skin and not an ID being San from the Streetlight Office in Library of Ruina, which is not going to be released as an ID, but only a visual.

They are learning how to monetise this game it seems.

However, this is a long term goal, as each ID has different cinematics, effects, and coin counts on each skill, such as altered effects due to charge.

HHPP Store expansion:

Enhance Immersion by making use of panoramic projection.

the physical store is being expanded, separated into different areas, the cafe, a Ruina themed section, followed by a section representing each Canto of Limbus Company.

2024 AGF (anime games festival):

merchandise being sold:

ID acrylic cards

Limbus Company zip-up Hoodie and attachable patches. note that these hoodies are the same in design as to those worn by the sinners in the Intervallo 1 teaser Image.

Employee ID card and casing. Employee cards for each sinner excluding dante.

W corp Cap (like the ones worn by the ID's, Outis, Don, Faust, Meur, Etc.)

2025 EGO callender.

Paper bag

EGO can badges, including: Sunshower Yi sang, Everlasting Faust, Lesbian Don Quixote, "Contempt, Awe" Ryoshu, Yearning-Mircalla Meursault, Cavernous Wailing Hong Lou, Fell Bullet Heathcliff, Blind Obsession Ishmael, Hex Nail Rodion and Sinclair, Sunshower Outis, and Solemn Lament Gregor.

The Director will have an autograph signing at saturday and sunday from 4-6pm.

HHPP Popup Cafe:

In Busan there will be a popup cafe of HHPP selling several popular dishes.

There are currently conversations being had with other pop up retail booths and locations, namely PAX west 2025.

The merchandise sold at the AGF will later be sold at the popup cafe's, and then later at the main HHPP itself.

In Game rewards:

*director clears his breath*

1300 Lunacy and a 10 pull dextraction ticket.

Thanks You for watching.

Also Thank you for reading this~

[a-minke-whales-tale]

Wow! Reading about your whale suit project is truly inspiring! I can relate to it in a way, in the sense that I wish so dearly that I could return to the woods. I have mobility issues too that make it impossible for me to do so. I hope so much that you are able to achieve your dream, or at least get to partially return to the water.

Thanks friend, I hope very much I can return to the water. I do think I can. In a way being a whale I am quite lucky. I cannot well walk on the land and walk with forearm crutches, but in the water I could move freely and it is wonderful. I also think in a way, taking a human body and forcing it back into a cetacean shape is easier than for most other animals.

We are immersed in water which does make certain aspects like food intake and air intake difficult, it makes a lot of others things easier. Water has a much higher heat capacity and greater conductivity than air. Wearing a shirt in 16-18 degree air is plenty warm enough, but in 16 degree water you are really recommended a wetsuit. But this means we have much more ability to pad ourselves out with material to form our shape better. We can have 10 or more cm of thickness, and can still function perfectly fine thermally. But also being sea creatures our body and all that extra weight is supported by the silicone. I will be around 300-360kg once fixed and am currently around 90kg (and an 'ideal' weight for me is around 65kg). In the sea it is a lot to move around, but in the end it is mostly just additional inertia. But on land, that amount of weight would be unmanageable.

Additionally, the shape of a cetacean body is actually quite manageable for a human body. I imagine if you have looked at my profile you have seen this image.

This concept drawing what I would look like is drawn around my own body. There are some differences to a standard minke body, but unless you knew a lot about whales, you really might not notice. The main things are a slightly higher fineness ratio, and much larger flippers (and the fact that I will be perpetually the size of a month old calf). But if you are not someone who has a pretty significant interest in marine biology and cetaceans, you probably aren't terribly likely to know what a minke whale is, let along that my flippers are bigger than they should be.

Human bodies conform pretty well to a cetacean shape, we have arms that become flippers, and legs that become our tails. Compared to many other creatures our bodies bend in the right way and we do not have a huge amount of additional movement we could not generate from our own bodies. In addition some of the strongest muscles in our backs and buttocks are used to hold up our torsos, in this configuration instead they become our tail following more or less that same motion fully motile humans use all the time. And indeed there are even sports which functionally do this namely mermaiding and finswimming/freediving.

Compare this to trying to make a canid body (just because they are the most easily abundant and my companion is a canid). Covering yourself in fur would be hot in a lot of climates, your back legs would be much longer than your front legs, your torso would be too short, nothing could control your ears or tail, your body would struggle to support the weight in this hunched over position, and with the shape of the neck some additional headpiece would be needed which would have to be supported by the user (which is true for myself as well, but I can use the water to hold myself and the necks of mysticetes at least are fixed).

The things that were done to us were terrible, but in a way, I am quite lucky as I can really see a path forward for fixing a cetacean body, that would be very difficult with most other animals. And I do really believe that someday, I will swim again, I will swim free, and swim forever.

[classpect-crew]

Touching Grass

A long and deeply personal story about gender transition, agency, and the Aspect of Life

Although the Lifebound are almost always gifted with privilege in some way, my childhood was spent in a gilded cage. I had an incredible wealth of opportunities, but my agency was ultimately restricted. I was told I could do anything I set my mind to, that the world was a canvas for my creativity, that my potential was limitless, but when I ultimately reached out and tried to grab that agency, that true measure of Life…I lost the support. I lost the understanding. I was kicked out. I lost my health insurance. I was treated as a burden. I was given a destiny, and I refused it. I embraced what Life truly means and refused to give that up for anything. I grabbed hold of my own desires and refused to let go. I shaped the world around me when I could, and shaped myself to fit through the cracks when I could not. And, perhaps inevitably, I burned out.

We, the Lifebound, desire control. Agency. Power. We don’t want to cede that to anyone, but those of us who have seen the worst consequences of our actions will eventually run the risk of giving up that agency entirely, afraid of what might happen if we act. We begin to doubt ourselves. Do we have all the information we need to make the right decision? Are we being selfish, trying to impose our will with no regard for those around us? We become paralyzed. We get lost in the cerebral overthinking that is terribly familiar to the Mindbound. We slip into the comfort of Doom, relinquishing responsibility along with our agency, and succumb to the inertia that comes with such long periods of inaction.

My parents handed me a mockery of Life—it came with Terms and Conditions. It was Doom masquerading as its opposite, just as they projected the façade of a happy couple for nearly two loveless decades, until divorce finally set them free. And yet, the Life inside of me found a way. The truth of my Aspect continued to shine through, guiding me on my own chosen path, propelled by my own enthusiastic and unstoppable energy. These things come in waves, though, and at some point it was inevitable that all the abuse and trauma would catch up to me. I would need to grieve before I continued on my way. I began to feel a heaviness inside of me, weighing me down and demanding to be acknowledged, processed, digested like a tough piece of meat, gristle and all.

Near the end of last year, I started to realize just how much of my gender transition—one of the most life-altering choices I’ve ever made—was a direct reaction to the trauma of being forced, sometimes violently, into the most restrictive, toxic, and misogynistic ideal of womanhood that I’ve ever known. I fought tooth and nail to escape that, and I took that newfound agency and did the only thing I could think to do: I completely rejected womanhood as an identity. All it had ever brought me was pain. I was surrounded by women in my family and community who felt that same pain, who saw little chance of escape except through denial, drugs, and living vicariously through their kids. Meanwhile, I made a choice that, I’ll admit, was quite extreme; in fairness, I was nonbinary to begin with, so some kind of gender transition was always in the cards for me. But the concept of femininity was so poisoned by my upbringing that I immediately fled to the other end of the false gender binary. It was only in late 2021, after four years on T and a few months post-top surgery, that I was finally able to see what womanhood could be.

I started dating a trans woman, a friend of a friend. Witnessing her excitement at each new development in her transition—her mother’s acceptance, the gradual changes from HRT, the experience of finally being seen—was like a salve on a wound that I’d believed had already healed. As my social circle expanded from there, I naturally became friends with a lot more transfems of all stripes: proud butches and gorgeous femmes, shy nerds and outgoing ravers, stoners, artists, vintage enthusiasts and DJs. I met transfems with kids, former Air Force security, stage managers, about a dozen incredible musicians, gun nuts, kinksters, witches, and everything in-between. The one thing they all had in common, to some degree, was the profound euphoria they experienced as a direct result of choosing what womanhood means to them—something that I almost never saw from the cis women I grew up around, and still don’t see much of today. Most of the cis women I’ve known with the same level of love for their identity have been much older, having had decades upon decades to break out of our society’s conditioning and find that joy.

My feelings of dissatisfaction with the expectations of ‘manhood’ that were placed on me by openly accepting family members and society at large, coupled with an unconscious desire to rethink my relationship with womanhood, began gnawing at me from the inside. As the years went on, I started feeling oddly disconnected from the very things that once made me feel incredibly euphoric: my beard and chest hair, my flat chest, being called ‘sir,’ and even my chosen name. It all came crashing down on me last year, when I started putting the pieces together. I realized that I never had the chance to experience womanhood as a joyful truth that I’d willingly choose to embrace.

The idea that I truly had such little agency in the circumstances that led to my transition, that the pain I’d suffered led me to race to the other end of the gender binary instead of allowing my nonbinary transition to unfold naturally, that I lost so many years that I could’ve spent exploring myself, healing those wounds caused by their violent insistence that I perform their cruel version of womanhood…that broke me. I’m still processing that grief, working with my therapist using EMDR, taking advice from a close friend of mine who’s a curanderx (the gender neutral term for curandero/a), exploring soul retrieval practices, and doing whatever I can to open myself up to exploring this new truth in my identity as a nonbinary woman. I’ve realized that agency lies not in the circumstances in which you make the choice, but rather the act of choosing itself. It’s the commitment to following through upon your will.

I’m trying to consciously surround myself with manifestations of Life, to remind myself of the power of my agency, of the optimism and drive that keeps me going, despite everything. Right outside my bedroom window, there’s a table covered in clay pots where my partner and I have planted cilantro, banana peppers, lettuce, rosemary, jalapeños, oregano. I check on the sprouts each day when I go out to pull invasive Johnson grass from our garden. I can identify nearly every plant in our backyard now, from our miniature sunflower field to our blooming Texas thistle, verdant henbit and yellow butterweed blossoms, eagerly sprouting hedge parsley, and the morning glories winding their way around the sunflower stalks. Every time I greet the evening primrose or beg the yellow sweet clover to please, please spread so we can have barefoot-friendly ground coverage, it roots me in the earth and connects me with everything around me. I’m part of a vast ecosystem, affected by forces and wills beyond my knowledge, even at times beyond my comprehension. That doesn’t change the fact that I have agency. I have a will of my own. I owe it to myself, and to the world, to find my truth and live it as bravely as I can.

Life is an Aspect that promises change. When faced with the responsibility of knowing that your actions have consequences, you must also remember that it is only through our actions that we can make the world a better place. Start small, start local, and don’t forget to touch grass when you can. In the vast ocean of spacetime, we all contribute to those unseen currents that sweep us along our own journeys. Every choice matters. Knowing this, I have just one question for you:

What will you do?

[cryptocism]

So we have Bart, Thad, Jude, and Nathaniel... If Three, Five, and Six wanted non-numerical names, what would they choose?

tbh i hadn't really thought of it! Jude and Nathaniel having their names taken away was an intentional story thing, tying in to all the clone stuff about identity and personhood. They were the only two clones not made for the project, and got to grow up as individuals, meaning names.

But Thad/Two, Three, and Four were made essentially via assembly line. Only difference between them being Three and Four knew it, whereas Thad did not. Three and Four telling each other who they have to be right at the top of Frequency (approx 8 million years ago) is them literally forcing each other to be a tiny cog in the larger machine of Project Inertia. They both try to claim the name Thad and they both shoot each other down immediately:

"Three. That's your name. I can't call you Thad, after all. That's me." "You're not Thad. I'm - That's me. You're... you have to be Four."

And even that whole concept; of having to fight over one name because only one of them can Be Inertia, is itself a shadow of what Thad was already doing by claiming himself as Thaddeus Thawne the Second. He has to attach himself to someone/something else (in this case the President and the Thawne family legacy) in order to feel validated. More like a real person.

Five and Six are just another level down in this Inception-style layer cake of trying and failing to belong to something. Thad trying to legitimize himself with the Thawne name, then Three and Four trying to do the same with Thad's name, then Five and Six: the most comfortable with their numerical designations specifically because it holds an explicit connection to Three and Four. Each iteration trying to tie themselves to the scraps of things that only make the earlier versions unfulfilled.

Long winded explanation but a very long way to say, I think Five and Six have the most attachment to their numerical names, and likely wouldn't want to change them in the first place, which is why I hadn't really considered it.

Three on the other hand would have to basically dissolve his entire worldview on who he is and what he wants to be if he were to ever even consider a name specifically for himself. Abandoning the need to tie himself to someone else's identity would necessitate an almost unrecognizable change in his character.

[canmom]

since this seems to be my topic of obsession for today...

turns out Bluesky internally uses content-based addressing and IPFS. I don't have a lot of use for it since it's a Twitter clone, and I've never got on very well with Twitter. Bluesky hides most of that from the user - it looks just like any old web app backed by a central server. i need to look into this more, Bluesky is taking inspiration from IPFS but it's using its own protocol, and it is doing some good things. I think its protocols could be used for something more Tumblr-like.

there's a protocol called PubSub which sounds like it does a lot of what I want, or rather gives you the low-level framework to broadcast info across a decentralised network. you could build a social network on top of that. IPFS uses it as one way of handling mutable data, like 'my website just updated'.

there's an absolute plethora of ideas, protocols, and tools for decentralised file sharing, decentralised messaging, decentralised social networks. this broad idea space is very much the hot new thing at the moment. some of them seem like they're growing. a lot of them have glossy websites with animations and stock photos of smiling people. it's hard to know in advance what's worth paying attention to. the whole field is dense with acronyms and rather abstruse concepts. which unfortunately means the current audience tends to be limited to tech nerds (c'est moi) and crypto cultists (ce n'est pas moi. merde!).

Briar is a protocol I find personally very appealing. it's security-oriented, designed to be crazy resilient, creating a mesh network through whatever protocols are available. you use it for E2E-encrypted messaging, but also you can use it for threaded discussions and blogs. right now it's only available for phones but they're working on a desktop version. the primary use case seems to be like "you're at a protest and the gov shuts off the internet", but it would be a very sexy place to put your blog. that said, I expect it would not be very fast at all.

the major encryptable, decentralised Discord/IRC alternative is Matrix. I broadly like the look of it, but we have the same problem of inertia getting people to switch from Discord, and there's still some jank I encountered when I tried it.

there's a lot of cryptocurrency in this whole area. (not surprising since the underlying tech of crypto is also hash-based, and there's ideological overlap between crypto and torrent people, because 'decentralised').

notably, there's a companion project to IPFS, a complicated scheme called FileCoin which is designed to encourage people to host data for a certain period in return for FileCoin tokens. you get FileCoins for consistently holding onto the data, and you lose a stake of FileCoins if you delete it prematurely. these FileCoins can then be used mainly to pay other people to host data for you: you pay FileCoins to a host, and pay them again to fetch your data(!). or you can trade them for other cryptocurrencies.

I'll acknowledge it doesn't seem as intrinsically environmentally corrosive as proof-of-work crypto, or even as simply 'the rich get richer' as proof-of-stake crypto. it's not filling up HDDs with random crap either. though it does sound like it requires quite a bit of CPU work to be done in all the hashing for the 'sealing' process.

I'm still not entirely convinced of the benefit this scheme brings. crypto stuff has a tendency to go belly-up very abruptly when speculative bubbles pop, so I wouldn't be super excited to rely on FileCoin for archiving some valuable bit of data. of course any offsite backup carries risk, e.g. Dropbox could go bankrupt one day. but I'm way less convinced of the benefits of something like FileCoin than IPFS. I guess it remains to be seen if this takes off.

[randomvarious]

Today's mix:

Global Underground 016: Cape Town by Dave Seaman 2000 Progressive House / Progressive Trance

Back on my Global Underground grind this week to check out this turn-of-the-millennium double-disc mix from the one and only Dave Seaman, the guy who, among other things, managed to transform UK publication Mixmag from a DJ newsletter into a biblical monthly electronic music magazine, while also becoming one of the world's most revered DJs. Simply put, you can credit a significant portion of electronic dance music's growth and spread to him.

But, just like with Seaman's Buenos Aires set, I think that I might have an unpopular opinion about this one too, which represents Global Underground's first ever dispatch from Africa. See, something that I seem to keep running into with these showcases of super popular DJs (which is a corny concept on its face, to be honest 🙄) is overall inconsistency. One disc will range from pretty great to excellent, and the other will be pretty lackluster, in comparison. But to me, Seaman's discs serve as exceptions; they are neither pretty great, nor are they lackluster; they're just steadily good. And most of the reviews I've read for both this Cape Town release and the Buenos Aires one don't happen to express that opinion; the majority of them seem to think that Buenos Aires is fantastic, and this one is a tick or two below it.

Now, while, overall, I think the darker disc 1 is the stronger affair here, this release's greatest moments still seem to come in the second disc, with a totally sublime three-song run on its back half, starting with short-lived trio Nerva's "Modo VII (Santo Nerva de Mercia Mix)," followed by back-to-back tracks from duo Way Out West, of which the great Nick Warren—who himself put out the most spellbinding GU disc I've ever heard: the second one from his Brazil installment—is a member. First, Way Out West deliver "The Fall," which, personally, hit me *really* hard, because it samples the vocals that were used in one of my most favorite ambient tunes of all time, Mixmaster Morris' pretty legendary remix of Coldcut's "Autumn Leaves;" and then Seaman follows that up with a terrific Way Out West remix of James Holden's "Horizons." I'm basically an enormous sucker for a trance tune that incorporates rich and classy piano stabs, and a song like that one serves as a prime example of it (Max Graham's "Bar None" is another one that immediately comes to mind too, by the way, although it's not on this mix 😌).

And there's some great songs on the first disc too, but none of them really beat Bill Hamel's "Quadrant Dub" remix of Inertia's "Vellum." That one makes for a pretty transcendent, densely-packed climber in its first half. Plus, the "Futureshock Instrumental" of Moby's "Porcelain" is really cool too, as the duo takes the original's iconic strings and chops off their ends in order to meld them with a chugging mid-90s-type of house drumbeat 😎.

So, not fully bowled over by either of these discs, but definitely not disappointed with them either. Not the best GU mix I've ever come across, but also definitely not the worst. Just a steady-Eddie stream of good dance tunes, pretty much the whole way through.

Listen to CD1 here. Listen to CD2 here.

Highlights:

CD1:

Rui Da Silva Presents The Four Elements - "Earth" Moby - "Porcelain (Futureshock Instrumental)" Ian Wilkie - "Guten Morgen" The Ananda Project - "Cascades of Colour (Saffron Mix)" Inertia - "Vellum (Hamel's Quadrant Dub)" Gloat - "Wuarp" Above - "New Day Dawning (Above's Dub)" Breeder - "Tyrantanic (Slacker's Kingdom Come Mix)"

CD2:

Nerva - "Modo VII (Santo Nerva de Mercia Mix)" Way Out West - "The Fall" James Holden - "Horizons (Way Out West Remix)"

[miloscat]

[Review] Butterflies: Episode 1-3 (PC)

They understand the concept of love.

After Bomb Rush Cyberfunk wowed me, I wanted to take a second look at this even more indie project memorialising Jet Set Radio. I've played Episode 1 (and some pre-release demos) before but since then, French lead dev Le Capitaine and their Le Crew have finalised Episodes 2 and 3, and published them to Steam as a bundle. Supposedly it's still to be continued but for now the team is hard at work on an F-Zero homage. Hopefully they come back and keep expanding this because what's there so far is really good!

Rather than using JSRF as a jumping off point for gameplay, Butterflies seems to prefer refining what the original JSR was doing. This means a more realistic sense of inertia, and managing the momentum of your crew of inline-skating delinquents. The dash button is there to pick up speed on the ground and grinding rails is not effortless. It's clearly set on improving the clunky play control of the Dreamcast game though, and the result is fast, technical, and satisfying... when you've put some time into mastering it.

To get you there is a low-pressure kind of game design with a set of missions that populate the large levels. You can roam around, tackling them and finding tag spots as you please without a timer ticking down, which on its own is a big step up from JSR for me. These tasks are usually races that pass through checkpoints or specific line runs that require keeping a combo going—some in Episode 1 are particularly strict—while Episode 3 adds in extra graffiti challenges. Going through the checklist is a nice way of showing off these urban sandbox levels as you hunt for write spots or (as of Episode 2 onwards) collectible music tracks.

Each episode has one map to itself while advancing the overall story. The first two are hilly suburban areas, with a bit of industrial in E1, and E3 features a sprawling inner-city area connected by train tracks. Powerlines to grind on and the ability to wallgrind on almost any wall if you have enough speed help you traverse the high degree of verticality built into these zones. The first two episodes have an interesting grungy, sketchy look while the third revamps things with more colour and shiny detail. Populating the maps are your typical low-poly NPCs (I spotted some modelled on Lammy and Parappa!) as well as bear-hugging cops, flying police drones, and zap-projectile-slinging cameras: as of E3, these can all be dealt with by a quick application of spray paint (which by the way is unlimited).

The story is handled a bit more seriously than in some other street punk simulators. In this near-future world, a Japanese city has seceded and is now run as an independent autocracy by one General Sakamoto, and by the end of E3 the rebellious Nat and her growing Butterflies crew are gearing up to rise above petty rudie squabbles and vandalism to really fight back against the fascism. The inclusion of real-world cultures and concerns keeps the tone grounded, like when one of your teammates Jae (who tags in Hangeul) comments on the treatment of Korean immigrants; another, Zinnie, wears a hijab and interjects in Arabic, while Rin is a trans girl and you follow her journey of self-discovery in dialogue which I thought was handled pretty well.

On top of their characterisation in cutscene dialogue, these touchstones make the characters deeper and more relatable, more than just a cool cel-shaded character design. They also for the most part have clear strengths in their stat distributions; I favoured speed specialist Zinnie for getting around. Each one has distinct graffiti designs (they all get a refresh in E3 as well) that, while simple, usually include their name (in katakana) and tell you something about their personality. Writing involves a three-stage timing-based minigame so everyone has three unique designs, although you might find you end up with the simplest "bare minimum" one all over just to save time with the ~200 spots per map.

Since Butterflies has been released episodically over five years, it's interesting to watch as the new instalments make changes and become more polished. It's still rough around the edges even as of E3 but solid enough, and this release structure gives me hope that even more refinements will be implemented going forward (a better in-game map would be nice!). Either way, I've enjoyed what's there so far, and it's refreshing that multiple projects have been springing up in this vein while having their own character: in this case a little bit subdued, down to earth, but it's got heart.

[doomedandstoned]

Pittsburgh’s MELT Airs Astounding New Spin, ‘Replica of Man’

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~

By Billy Goate

Armageddon, religion, technology, shame and greed -- here's a band dealing with some heavy lyrical themes, and doing it with excellence. It's prog-stoner metal trio MELT from the Steel City, and today they're giving us an advance listen to the upcoming album, 'Replica of Man' (2023)

The album opens with narration from an interview long past from the incredible age of Pandora's Box tampering that the 20th century was: "The concept of the thinking machine has been man's dream for centuries, also his nightmare." To accompany this roving commentary on creeping technocracy, the bass slaps out a wicked jazzy stoner groove with vivacity and conviction. By the time drums join in earnest, it feels like we're in Prodigy territory, with metal vocals and doomy riffs. Recording engineer Nate Campisi takes great care in capturing a lusty sound from all of the instruments, and this serves as a captivating vessel for the message:

It fulfills the prophecy Unstoppable technology Steel has seized the upper hand We concede as it commands It’s too late to intervene Mating man with machine No forgiveness for the damned Heed the replica of man

Indeed, we are several chapters deep into a fledgling Technological State and already the human animal is being stretched and contorted in ways that are alien to his nature, but somehow pleasing to the great labyrinth of circuits that make up our computers and smartphones. It's no longer fodder for fun sci-fi blockbusters like Terminator, but an urgent question for our time as to what makes us truly thrive as human beings and how technology can assist us toward that end, not hurt us. Obviously, the band struck a chord with me straight away!

"It isn’t passive music," remarks frontman Joey Troupe. "It has weight, inertia and leaves a mark. We are writing the soundtrack to global annihilation. That includes elements of destruction, despair, gratitude and sometimes, hope."

Elsewhere on the album, the band conjures Lucifer's Friend vibes on "Problem Child" and "Skeleton Girl" exhibits an infectious nu-metal energy -- both captured within a cocoon of fuzzy low-end and performed with all the vibrancy of the garage experience. "Swamp Water" is a good, old-fashioned swampy stoner romp that would make a good companion to Weed Is Weed's "Alligator Crawl." And "Shame" would fit in great with the likes of Mudhoney and Coal Chamber.

The album closer is bathed in dank, watery shadows, with a grungy, forlorn bass groove. It's called "Hive Mind" and lives in the neighborhood of Black Sabbath and Electric Wizard. The song is about how the secrets of life evade us because we're stuck in rigid mindsets ("Sacrament is our demise"), and struggle to find a meaningful role in this artificial maze of concrete and asphalt ("Disguised by life, destroyed by time"). At least that's my interpretation. As I said, the lyrics are thought provoking -- but there's no mistaking the last lines of the track:

We all seek a higher mind So take your breath and blaze a fire Take flight. Ignite. Leave them all behind

Melt's Replica of Man is a virtuosic blend of influences, captivating themes, and crisp, joyful musicianship. Out Friday, July 7th (pre-order here). Stick it on a playlist with Snail, GoodEye, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, Null, and Deep Purple.

Give ear...

Replica of Man by Melt

SOME BUZZ

Melt is a Pittsburgh-based fuzz rock band formed by Joey Troupe, J.J. Young, and James May – three seasoned musicians with a diverse range of experience in the music industry.

Joey Troupe (lead guitar/vocals) has played in various bands around the city since 2007, including Blackbird Pie, The Electric Pear, and Paddy the Wanderer — which released several LPs and EPs, toured regionally, and had a song featured on a Netflix series.

J.J. Young (drums) has played in or appeared with over 10 different musical projects, including Fortune Teller, Daisy Chain, and his own solo project, BITE. He is also a co-founder of Steel City Death Club, a Pittsburgh music multimedia collective.

James May (bass/vocals) started Aberrant Kingdom in 2008 and has also played with Spare Arrows. In July 2021, Melt released their self-titled debut and performed live for the first time, quickly making a name for themselves in Pittsburgh music for their lively stage presence and unique extraterrestrial-inspired aesthetic.

Since, the band has headlined shows across the region, been named the WYEP Artists of the Week, held a featured spot on the Deutschtown Music Festival mainstage, and opened for Silver Synthetic of Third Man Records. Their second studio album, Replica of Man, will be released July 7, 2023.

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[drdeltabean]

"Not Finished Yet"

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I had some fun playing with environment colors, so he's a little illustration of Leo!

SPEEDPAINT up on YouTube! vvv

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While trying to get my series off the ground, anything helps if you could share and check out my video! :D

[layazone]

Critical analysis

Lev Manovich (2001), “Post-media Aesthetics”,Available at: https://manovich.net/index.php/projects/post-media-aesthetics

Has the concept of traditional art media become outdated in the cultural and technological changes of the late 20th century? Lev Manovich believes that the media categories that have long relied on, such as painting, sculpture, film, etc., have been overturned by emerging art forms, mass media, and digital technologies. However, although this framework is no longer applicable, it continues to exist due to institutional inertia and a lack of feasible alternative conceptual systems.

This article explores the changes in contemporary art and culture based on media classification frameworks, revealing the impact of technological and cultural changes on artistic practice. At the same time, traditional classification methods have limitations in the current era. I have chosen to analyze pages three to five of this article, which discuss the significant challenges brought by the digital revolution to traditional media. Combined with the impact of AI technology on the traditional art industry, including the digital technology industry, this will further break down the distinction between media. Personally, I think this is a very interesting topic.

Starting from the new art forms that emerged in the 1960s, such as installation art, conceptual art, and cross media art, they challenged traditional media classifications. Traditional art media are supported by physical objects such as paintings, sculptures, etc. Later, digital media also include cameras, tapes, DVDs, etc. These new forms often combine multiple materials and even attempt to separate artistic objects from simple material forms. The inclusion of photography, film, television, and video in artistic practice further complicates the classification of media. Traditional photography emphasizes capturing moments, while film is an art appreciated in specific situations and conditions, which are classified as time art and space art, respectively.

video and television share the same material basis and viewing conditions: watching on self media blurs this boundary. The digital revolution of the 1980s and 1990s disrupted the concept of media. Digital tools unify the creation and processing of different media, eliminating differences between forms such as photography, painting, film, and animation. The multimedia and global accessibility of the internet have made art no longer privatized but openly displayed and even used by others. Similarly, fanart on the internet, like memes, have disrupted the traditional media based artistic identity of art. The new categories of "online art" and "interactive art" continue the old practice of dividing art based on materials or technology.

At the same time, the distinction between art and popular culture has introduced new standards, such as audience size, distribution methods, and economic systems. Artworks are usually created in limited editions using mass media technology, which conflicts with the traditional art economy. Due to popular culture and online media, art resources are quickly leaked and become part of big data. The uniqueness of art is quickly disseminated through AI's efficient learning and following trends. Manovic criticized this method in the article, stating that such classifications often fail to consider differences in user acceptance and interaction. Compared to traditional art, media such as photography, painting, film, animation, etc. that are released on self media lack touch and cannot bring experiences of time, texture, and atmosphere. He proposed replacing outdated media classification frameworks with new concepts from computer and network culture. Future discussions should focus on artistic practices under post digital and post internet cultural conditions.

Nowadays, traditional media classification can no longer describe contemporary art and culture. The new conceptual framework shaped by digital and online reality is gradually emerging. The article highlights the tense relationship between technological determinism and human agency. Although digital tools facilitate new forms of integration and interaction, they do not determine artistic practice or audience interpretation. This indicates that the future of art will be shaped by the complex interaction of technology, culture, and social factors, rather than simply shifting from media classification to post media frameworks.

[novemberdevils]

im so obsessed with inertia you dont even know. im rotating it in my mind constantly AHHHH i was up late about to sleep when i got the update notification and it was so tragic cause i Knew i was too tired to be able to read it all so i had to wait til the morning. but it was so worth the wait 😭 the characterization of both of them but especially jack since hes our pov character... like hes so bewildered by nico's behavior at every turn because he just can't even conceptualize that nico doesn't share or at least understand his fucked up little worldview. like no baby you dont make any sense to him either!!! hes got his Own fucked up little worldview!!!! you're both just flying blind being absolutely obsessed with each other!!!! and god do i love it. thank you for this new years gift

thank you!! i’m glad you’re enjoying the fic i appreciate the kind words 🫶🏻🫶🏻 writing jack in this fic is such a time let me tell you but i think he is such a fun character to analyze… like yes i am writing him but i do spend a lot of time rolling him around in my head lol. nico too. as i’ve said before i have a lot of thoughts about his character but too many of them classify as spoilers to share right now 💔 but i love him. i love both of those idiots

jack is sooo egocentric nico clocked him fr like yeah he really can’t fathom the inside of nico’s brain because he is unable to overcome the fact that it will look completely different to his. and the egocentrism is where a lot of his mischaracterization of nico stems from. like dawg stop with the projecting… he also has the things he already knows/believed about nico and doesn’t know how to shake those conceptions. sorry i’m rambling 😭 but ur right they’re flying blind to some perceivably mutual obsession. like yeah jack was watching nico’s interview clips when they were in different racing series, but also nico was talking about him !

[jonathankatwhatever]

It’s early 28 Dec 2024. I was sick or something yesterday. Began at 4AM and lasted until mid-afternoon. The ‘something’ is that this may be because I reached a new depth of compression in my abdomen and yesterday I felt a distinct pulling up the middle front, almost a tearing it was so unusual, and after this unpleasantness had somewhat abated, I experienced a tightening across that area so I was able to look in the mirror and see myself. I would describe this location as the heart chakra, the plexus which draws into the heart. Oh I see, so the concept relates to the exercising of the heart by exercising its surroundings, thus enabling the heart to exist in sana corpore.

A lot of that conception, the ancient idea of a corpore, of a body being not something we know exists in scientific and technical terms, but something which is to you whatever makes sense to you. So when you can compress that spot, that will obviously correlate to a higher degree of health. Draws all those connections together at the heart and that keeps the heart beating, so the idea of a corpore is that the heart drives the body and the body drives the heart, meaning you do these things by choices you make as a human, as a Roman in the Latin version. In CM terms, you exist in Triangular in which you generate a continuing string of results which are choices tending in one direction or the other, with the choices developing into choices.

It’s amazing how this works to explain sudden choice changes: the clarity which emerges in that Abrahamic moment of the irrevocable act. Spent a lot of time working on that and I’m glad to see it pay off in mathematics. That is, let’s say you’re a junkie and you hit bottom: that clarity emerges because we describe how choice narrows toward where you can see down an Extent, meaning when the MB, the Metaphoric Bundle of that choice, carries to you. This is true in insignificant moments and in combat. Same mechanism.

I’m watching Blood Simple. The direction is so well done. Or rather, the writing is so well done and both are so well done because the brothers were.

Anyway. Triangular movement into the future. We discussed that and here it maps to Start-Between-End and thus to gs: you over the choice pairings of Between, which is where the finite nature matters, where we see the context structure, to you as a projection. This becomes inertia: a Thing is a tObject and an iObject and the tObject’s inertia calculates to a D3-4 existence.

I don’t think I’ve ever been able to say what inertia exactly is before. Inertia generates in the iObject which generates moment to moment to moment tObject existence.

On that note, I need to try to sleep. My stomach is not yet fully settled.

[independentartistbuzz]

Indie 5-0 with Pacifico

Pacifico, the solo project of Matthew Schwartz, has released the music video for “Stagnant,” offering a glimpse into the emotional depth of his upcoming EP, Moving On or Standing Still, due out on December 1, 2024. The black-and-white video beautifully captures the song’s central themes of inertia and emotional stasis, opening with Schwartz seated on a sidewalk, surrounded by the constant motion of city life. This powerful visual contrast between the movement of the external world and the stillness felt internally sets the tone for the reflective nature of the track.

As the video progresses, it transitions from the busy urban scene to more introspective settings, like a serene park. This shift underscores the contrast between the external noise of life and the inner stagnation explored in the song. The simplicity of the concept keeps the focus squarely on Schwartz’s emotional performance, creating a compelling visual accompaniment to the song’s lyrics and melody.

“Stagnant” captures the frustration of feeling stuck in a relationship despite a genuine connection. Schwartz’s candid lyrics and heartfelt vocals resonate with anyone who has struggled with the complexities of love that seems to go nowhere. The song blends elements of indie rock and pop, reflecting the emotional push-and-pull of the situation it describes.

The music video’s minimalistic approach enhances the emotional impact, using everyday locations to evoke a sense of familiarity and personal reflection. Whether amidst the hustle of the city or the calm of the park, the settings act as metaphors for the contrasts we often feel in life—where the world moves on around us, but we can feel trapped in our own emotional inertia.

The release of “Stagnant” marks an exciting chapter for Pacifico. Originally formed as a full band in 1999, Pacifico has evolved into Schwartz’s solo project, allowing for more creative freedom and the exploration of new musical directions. This evolution has resulted in a distinctive sound, blending introspective songwriting with a variety of influences. The band’s previous successes, including features in films, TV shows, and video games, have paved the way for Schwartz’s artistic growth.

With Moving On or Standing Still on the horizon, the anticipation is building for the EP’s full release. The project promises to explore themes of change, progress, and the emotional weight of feeling stuck—delivered through Schwartz’s signature blend of introspective lyrics and melody.

Fans can also enjoy an interview with Matthew Schwartz, where he discusses the inspiration behind “Stagnant,” the concept for the music video, and the personal experiences that shaped his songwriting. As the release date for Moving On or Standing Still approaches, Pacifico’s journey continues to captivate listeners with its deeply emotional and thought-provoking music. Catch the interview below!

What’s the story behind the title of your upcoming EP, Moving On or Standing Still, and how do the songs reflect this theme? The title came from the lyrics of “Stagnant” - “But you can say what you want to and I can stay if I want to but things won’t change if we don’t move anywhere. So are we moving on or standing still?”. I felt like that title worked for this release because all these songs have been sitting in limbo for several years. They were all written sometime in the last sixteen years and never made it on a previous release, yet somehow they all work together cohesively. Each song deals with a personal struggle in life and we can either stand in our pain or move on from it.

You’ve had a lot of creative freedom with Pacifico as a solo project. How does that affect the way you approach each song compared to when it was a full band? As a band each song had to include the same group of guys so the sound would always be limited to what we each person could bring. In a collective each song and release are free to become whatever they need to be. Through having no set structures we are able to bring in the right musician for any part, therefore never restricting the artistic vision for any song.

How did working with Ronnie Martin on analog synths influence the sound of Everest, and what unique elements did he bring to the table? When writing Everest, it was apparent that these songs needed a synth pop arrangement. That immediately made me think of Ronnie. He had been very helpful to us in our early years and we had discussed working together but it never seemed like a good fit until this album. I asked, he agreed and we made an incredible album together.

"Stagnant" captures a very relatable feeling of love in a state of inertia. What was your personal connection to the themes of this track, and how did you express that musically? "Stagnant" was written in 2008 when I was dating someone and the relationship just would not move forward. Inspired by Ben Folds, I went to the piano and wrote this song. Like every song on this EP, “Stagnant” came out very quickly. It was very cathartic. Rarely there are moments when the music and the lyrics seem to be telling the same story, and somehow this is one of those times.

Looking ahead, what are your goals for Pacifico and your music in the coming year; Is there a particular direction or sound you’re excited to explore next? I have already been working on material for our next full-length record. I want that release to be more of a full-band album than we’ve done in a while. I would like to work out arrangements and parts together and record the bulk of the record live together in a studio. For the sound I am looking into doing something closer to a shoegaze and dream pop kind of direction

[me-kohler]

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What Does the Political Bulldozer Mean in BJP Politics? Exploring Its Impact in India

Introduction to the Political Bulldozer Phenomenon

In recent years, the term “political bulldozer” has gained prominence in Indian political discourse, particularly associated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its approach to governance. This article delves into what the political bulldozer signifies within BJP politics, its implications, and the controversies surrounding its implementation.

Understanding the Concept of the Political Bulldozer The term “political bulldozer” metaphorically refers to a robust and assertive approach by political leaders or parties to swiftly implement policies or decisions, often with forceful actions and minimal tolerance for opposition. This approach aims to break through bureaucratic hurdles, streamline administrative processes, and progress significant reforms or projects.

Origins and Usage in Indian Politics Since around 2017, the bulldozer concept, prominently used by leaders like Yogi Adityanath of the BJP, has exemplified a no-nonsense governance style aimed at rapid development and effective administration. This approach often involves decisive actions such as demolishing illegal structures, clearing encroachments, and implementing infrastructure projects with accelerated timelines.

The Impact of the Political Bulldozer Approach Infrastructure Development and Urban Renewal The bulldozer approach in BJP-led states has been closely associated with urban renewal and infrastructure development initiatives. Under this strategy, road expansions, metro rail construction, and innovative city initiatives have benefited from streamlined approval processes and expedited implementation.

Controversies and Criticisms Despite its perceived effectiveness in delivering results, the bulldozer approach has faced criticism for its perceived authoritarian tendencies and lack of adequate consultation with affected communities. Instances of forceful evictions and environmental concerns have sparked debates about balancing development with socio-environmental sustainability.

Political Strategy and Symbolism Beyond governance, the political bulldozer is a symbolic tool for projecting strength and decisiveness, which resonates with the BJP’s electoral base. It reinforces the party’s image as a proactive force capable of driving change and overcoming bureaucratic inertia.

Case Studies and Examples Uttar Pradesh under Yogi Adityanath Yogi Adityanath, as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, has been a prominent advocate of the bulldozer approach. His administration’s crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses and encroachments is cited as an example of rigorous law and order enforcement combined with economic policy.

Other BJP-ruled States, Such as Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Karnataka, have adopted similar strategies under BJP leadership, focusing on infrastructure projects and industrial development with a decisive administrative approach.

Conclusion In conclusion, the political bulldozer in BJP politics represents a proactive and assertive governance style to accelerate development and overcome bureaucratic hurdles. While it has yielded tangible results in infrastructure and urban renewal, its implementation has also sparked controversies regarding human rights, environmental sustainability, and democratic governance principles.

For more insights into BJP’s governance strategies and their impact, visit Case Construction India to understand how decisive leadership influences policy and development in India.

This article aims to enhance understanding of the political bulldozer phenomenon within BJP politics by providing accurate and comprehensive information and offering insights into its implications for governance and society in India.