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A modest proposal.

2 Oct 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes $0.07

  Beautiful Beth I continued my long and prolix speech at the dinner table, which after weeks of my complete silence seemed eagerly welcome. "My simple goal is to find Dora once again and forgive her, kiss her hand and offer a complete cessation of...

Padasos

2 Oct 2023 2 minute read 1 comment Diomedes $0.06

  "I knew from my past relations with Dora, many of them intimate, that she was not only not opposed to the discrepancies of our human minds, but intrigued by them. In fact, she was fascinated in us and with her vastly more comprehensive intelligenc...

A new aproach.

1 Oct 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes $0.12

  I forced myself that next dinner to ask Ted about the progress of his stun gun experiments on the robotic parts we retrieved and reactivated, much to his surprise. He'd been working with Sheila and Hanna daily on this project as if it were the mos...

fight or flight

1 Oct 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes $0.05

  I suppose you can call me an equitable and peace loving man. I never wanted to return harm with more harm. I never desired a fight. My own history shows that when the troubles began I chose flight over fight, hiding in the woods for so many years,...

A robotic womb.

30 Sep 2023 4 minute read 0 comments Diomedes $0.03

  Over the following weeks we continued our grim talks on how to annihilate our enemy. It was never a pleasant conversation and everyday seemed even more depressing and hopeless as we realized their insurmountable advantages. I mentioned that in any...

Robotics

29 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Diomedes $0.05

  In a few months' time every member of our tribe, even the children over five, had bands on their heads, the filaments slowly lengthening and weaving through our minds, connecting to thousands more synapses every day. It gave each of us a fresh fee...

AI continued. The tide turns.

28 Sep 2023 3 minute read 0 comments Diomedes $0.07

  The four of us, Ted, Hanna, Sarah and I spent many more weeks in our lab dissecting every component of Pandora's goggles over and over again til we felt confident that we understood the functionality of every piece. We viewed all the data bases of...

Capital of Conformity (my church is in the trees)

22 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.09

In his own words, Aze Avora is a Canadian "writer & director who wants to bring you bizarre & thought provoking content" who "will be creating documentaries mixing reality with science-fiction."  His dystopian short film Capitol of Conformity depicts...

The Lighthouse ch 4

14 Sep 2023 7 minute read 0 comments Wildplantsx $0.04

Chapter 4: The Cosmic Riddle As the years passed, Isabella and Ethan's journey of exploration continued, and their bond grew stronger with each passing day. They spent countless hours studying the stars, deciphering the messages of the lighthouse, an...

The Lighthouse ch 3

14 Sep 2023 13 minute read 0 comments Wildplantsx $0.01

Chapter 3: The Caverns of Reflection As the years passed, Isabella's reputation as a guardian of the lighthouse's mysteries grew far beyond the coastal town of Havenrock. Travelers from distant lands sought her wisdom and insights, and scholars and a...