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witchofthesouls · 18 days

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I wish the Lost Colonies' cultures and biological quirkw had been delved deeper, especially how they would viciously clash with modern Cybertron, both pre- and post-War.

I mean, I think it's really interesting juxtaposition between the deep scars of Functionism versus the other worlds' sources of prejudice and discrimination. Camien devotion and deification of Solus versus a Cybertron with no femmes with Megatron's and Optimus' cult of personality as well as atheism and agnosticism, especially among their respective inner circles. Cybertron's complete desolation and Eukaris' lush and lively greenery. The meritocracy of racing-obsessed Velocitron. Prion had minicons with multiple alts, and Devisiun yielded split-spark twins. The people of Carcer are those of wardens living in a prison.

Do the Camiens think of their Titan's homeworld as cold and lonely? Would they think of those from Cybertron suffering from disorders from the lack of close, intimate connections and no true community?

Velocritron descended from the scientists of Navitas, and they utilized the scorching heat to derive alternative sources of fuel. Do they scorn the deprived worlds for not searching for solutions?

How do the Eukarians view the others that cyberformed their planets? Do they see Cybertron and the others as sterile and lifeless; their civility is a cheap, hollow mimicry that hides their teeth and claws?

The Carcerians developed an austere culture that prioritized keeping their Titan on complete lockdown to the point sacrificing themselves to achieve that goal. How do they view Caminus' offering to dismantle himself so his own children can thrive in such a harsh environment?

How do diplomacy and common courtesy differ from each planet? The language and food? The behaviors? The relations with nearby neighbors, both mechanical and organic?

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aeshnacyanea2000 · 6 months

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‘Carcer needs an arrow in his leg just to get his attention. You shoot first—’ ‘—and ask questions later?’ said Vetinari. Vimes paused at the door and said, ‘There’s nothing I want to ask him.’

-- Terry Pratchett - Night Watch

#Terry Pratchett #discworld quotes #GNU Terry Pratchett #quotes #Night Watch #Sam Vimes #Havelock Vetinari #Carcer

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artbypontpilat · 2 months

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character in the Discworld book series by T. Pratchett. I will be glad to see your feedback.

персонаж серии книг "Плоский мир" Т. Пратчетта. Буду рад вашим отзывам.

#pontpilat #discworld #плоский мир #пратчетт #anton alexandrov #art #pratchett #character #cartoon #carcer #карцер

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dimity-lawn · 11 months

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#discworld #gnu terry pratchett #discworld meme #created by yours truly #the watch #night watch #vimes #sam vimes #carcer #the glorious 25th of may

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the-worst-bracket · 1 year

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#polls #bill hawks #carcer #discworld #professor layton

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pdrrook · 1 year

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monstrous-tournament · 8 months

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The Ankh-Morpork Movers and Shakers Tournament!

I know y'all know these two, but still, feel free to add your propaganda in the notes!

#monstrous tournament #movers and shakers bracket #round 1 #carcer #grag bashfulsson #bashful bashfulsson

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thenamesblurrito · 2 years

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Who are the various Senators and Councilmembers and Ministry Leaders in your story? I've seen some really cool choices like Beta and Pharma and I was wondering who else!

the Stratocracy has a few levels of authority, with of course the Grand Architect being the highest and only absolute authority in this functionist dictatorship. but he is just one mech and he alone can't oversee everything, so some decision-making power is delegated to his High Council, which is the highest authority in the world in the Grand Architect's absence. typically when he attends a Council meeting, he presides over them in silence, giving nothing away, forcing them each to vie for a bit of attention until he either speaks up and makes the final decision for them or simply leaves to let them compete amongst themselves. he hand picks each member and can fire any of them at any time, but some have managed to stay for a good while, with Tyrest having been a councilmember the longest. they’re powerful, sure, but uh, i wouldn’t say that necessarily makes them smart.

the current members are:

Councilmember One-of-Twelve Tyrest, Convener

Councilmember Two-of-Twelve Drivetrain, Auditor

Councilmember Three-of-Twelve Avalon, Authenticator

Councilmember Four-of-Twelve Mindgame, Moderator

Councilmember Five-of-Twelve Contrail, Enumerator

Councilmember Six-of-Twelve Megazarak, Enactor

Councilmember Seven-of-Twelve Sigil, Curator

Councilmember Eight-of-Twelve Halogen, Disseminator

Councilmember Nine-of-Twelve Heretech, Inquisitor

Councilmember Ten-of-Twelve Highbrow, Evaluator

Councilmember Eleven-of-Twelve Xaaron, Mediator

Councilmember Twelve-of-Twelve Rage, Castigator

Beta Trion was once a councilmember in the Mediator's seat, picked early after the Stratocracy was put in place, but her policies and opinions didn't quite line up with the Grand Architect's vision and so he replaced her. she was the city senator for Iacon for awhile, and was an adjunct senator for the Medical Function Ministry, and has been sort of adjacent to the political sphere of Iacon for a good long while. Beta’s contribution to law and social organization is how she earned the title Trion in the first place! she’s currently on furlough in order to work at the JAAT, much like Shockwave himself, but the both of them technically retain their titles of Senator during this off season

the Senate is the governing body below the High Council, with seats appointed to select nominees who already operate in politics as their function. they hash out the nitty-gritty day to day stuff, but whatever decision they come to must be passed up to the Council and ultimately approved by the Grand Architect. as the one in the Convener’s seat, Tyrest presides over the Senate, which is an even worse monkey show than the Council. little wonder, when you have so many different jobs all shoved together under the title “Senator”. you have the regional senators who represent entire city-states or even whole colonies, then function ministry senators who represent major frametypes and functions on an interplanetary scale, and then city, township, and guild senators, who honestly appear in the actual Grand Imperium very rarely, as they are doing the grassroots work of taking care of their homes while the more important senators jockey for power in the capital

this is not an exhaustive list, just the folks i’ve got written down for now, but current Senators include:

Senator Red Leader of Caminus

Senator Nitro Convoy of Velocitron

Senator Liege Centuro of Carcer

Senator Vanquish of Devisiun (or Fireshot, depending on whose turn it was to run for representative this season)

Senator Backstop of Eukaris

Senator Pharma for the Medical Function Ministry

Senator Levitacus for the Distribution Function Ministry

Senator Tyrannicon for the Ecoengineering Function Ministry

Senator Tomaandi for the Security Function Ministry

Senator Fever Dream for the Communication Function Ministry

Senator Synapse for the Production Function Ministry

Senator Traachon of Iacon

Senator Decimus of Lunas 1 and 2

Senator Straxus of Polyhex

Senator Riker of Crystal City

Senator Boltax of Nova Cronum

Senator Sherma of Uraya

Senator Momus of Helex

Senator Xeon of Kaon

Senator Proteus of the Iaconic capital Iacon

Senator Scorponok of the Kaonite capital Kolkular

Senator Ratbat of the Tarnish capital Tarn

Senator Shockwave of the Tarnish city Tesarus

former senators include previously mentioned Beta Trion, Ratchet, who was medical function representative, and Thunderclash Convoy, who was the city senator for Iacon. i’m sure there’s a few others i’m forgetting... this is also not including significant community or corporate leaders who hold a lot of power without an explicit political role, like Esmeral as a media mogul or Alpha Trion as Cybertron’s best archivist

anyway. when i lay it out like this, you can see some of the complexity of having Shockwave be the JAAT principal! he’s only a city senator, true, and not even a capital city, but Tesarus was once a city-state of its own and still carries a lot of political weight within Tarn, hence why it has a senator in the first place. he became the Tesaran senator by jumpstarting the local economy with a careful overhaul of the city’s image, including creating a theme park called Six Lasers Over Cybertron. when Jhiaxus originally approached him to petition for his support, it was exclusively in the capacity of a political ally and voice in the Senate on behalf of the school, and that would have been all. however, Jhiaxus’s untimely death meant Shockwave was now sort of de facto in charge of this project, despite the fact that, a) he had not signed up to be principal, b) this school was not even in his city-state, much less his city, c) it was already brash enough for a private citizen like Jhiaxus to propose such a function-defying institution, much less an actual politician like Shockwave, d) Iacon and Tarn don’t historically have the best relationship anyway so he’s likely to get dirty looks for nothing more than the wrong accent, and e) he’s obligated to go on furlough as a senator if he wants to actually commit to this school and thus will lose a lot of the political foothold and network he leveraged to support the school in the first place. all of which puts Shockwave in an endlessly complicated and very delicate position! it’s no wonder he made an easy empurata target

Jhiaxus really just made everything overcomplicated by dying, he really should have reconsidered that. but ultimately, Shockwave had to take responsibility for the school, and agreed to be principal to see the first graduating class through before turning it over to someone else and going back to the Senate. in the meantime, it’s opened him up to a lot of potential scandal and scorn, but he’s pretty stubborn so he’s determined to stick with the JAAT. personally, i’m glad he did, because otherwise i wouldn’t have a story to tell here

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heddnotmunky · 1 year

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First four flags for my fan continuity, the names of the flags are on top, and any lore/symbolism is to the right on each flag.

#transformers #fan co #original continuity #eukaris #cybertron #caminus #carcer #flags #worldbuilding #flag design

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askvectorprime · 2 years

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Have you ever encountered an individual who used the enigma of combination to imprison another . Using their own body in a forced combiner form to trap someone else?

Dear Combiner Confiner,

I do recall one universe where Elita One, the First One of Carcer, took desperate measures when the Liege Maximo's containment vessel was about to open.

Alongside those who were nearby, Elita One used the power of the Engima to unite them all into a powerful combiner body, who wasted no time in absorbing the Liege Maximo within herself.

The power of the Prime filled the combiner, who—still driven by Elita One's mind—took the name Elita Infinite.

#ask vector prime #transformers #maccadam #idw transformers #prime wars trilogy #elita one #carcer #liege maximo #enigma of combination #prime masters #elita infinite #kac29

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knowlesian · 2 years

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“why do i believe this” and “who benefits from me believing it” are the first steps to decolonization and we should all be doing this more

#seriously how many weird rules do we all uphold #SO MANY #and they are all so jesus flavored and weird a lot of the time #like: okay where does the idea that someone is an unredeemable sinner come from #or that people cannot change #where does the carceral state spring from #why do we believe punishing sinners makes them good people #why do we think we have to set the table a certain way #why do we think violence belongs to power and dutiful service to those without power

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witchofthesouls · 1 month

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IDW/MTMTE fic idea,

A cultural exchange is proposed in the Council of Worlds to show a little bit of each other in good faith:

Cancer shows its deep militaristic culture in its oldest tradition: a dance competition. A no-contact sport where partners' tests constantly test each other’s skills: flexibility, speed, reaction time, strength, and coordination. A violent, vicious whirling to the rhythm that's both entertainment and discipline.

No one was surprised by Velocitronians setting up a race track in the city, but this particular style emphasizes acrobatics, flair, and efficiency as speedsters parkour through the infrastructure. This kind of race allows teams who will be judged on collaboration and creativity as many utilize immense drops to act out iconic or playful scenes. One pair had a full gamestation set up in freefall.

The Devisen showed off their food culture, which is dominated by molecular gastronomy. They enjoy playing with properties and compositions of ingredients. Thermal sense is a very popular technique among the locals.

The Eukarian tribes had settled with an art exhibition. The Scale Walkers shown off pottery with fascinating grooves and whorls with patterns of their planet. The Fur Walkers had submitted bone carvings ranging from delicate jewelry of native fauna to intricate designs recreating battles. Guests were able to interact with Cloud Walker furniture: elaborate hanging seats embedded with different textures, designs, and compartments. The Fateweavers sent beautifully woven, silky smooth fabric, each one with its own specific geometric design. The Wave Walkers' exhibit was done in a dark room where visitors watched a reconstruction of how marine life reacts to their sonata. Twinkling jellies, haunting kelp forests, the wild explosion of color from massive reefs, dancing phantomish creatures, and synchronized schools of fish.

Earth demonstrated a surrealistic fashion show based on Marissa Faireborn's observations on what Cybertronians focused on.

The Camiens had invited everyone to come enjoy a sacred rite that embraced all aspects of Solus: a widespread, drug-enhanced sex festival and revel at a monstrous bon fire.

#transformers #transformers idw #idw #mtmte #titans #cybertronian culture #carcer #eukaris #caminus #velocitron #devisiun #tf headcanons #maccadam #fic ideas #my writing #i just really want to go ham on all the Lost Colonies' differences #im back on the fertility rites and sex cults

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rapeculturerealities · 2 months

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Link to tweet

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#California #Prison #Prison rape #carcerality #@geauxgabrielle

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mostlysignssomeportents · 1 month

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Prison-tech company bribed jails to ban in-person visits

I'm on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me in BOSTON with Randall "XKCD" Munroe (Apr 11), then PROVIDENCE (Apr 12), and beyond!

Beware of geeks bearing gifts. When prison-tech companies started offering "free" tablets to America's vast army of prisoners, it set off alarm-bells for prison reform advocates – but not for the law-enforcement agencies that manage the great American carceral enterprise.

The pitch from these prison-tech companies was that they could cut the costs of locking people up while making jails and prisons safer. Hell, they'd even make life better for prisoners. And they'd do it for free!

These prison tablets would give every prisoner their own phone and their own video-conferencing terminal. They'd supply email, of course, and all the world's books, music, movies and games. Prisoners could maintain connections with the outside world, from family to continuing education. Sounds too good to be true, huh?

Here's the catch: all of these services are blisteringly expensive. Prisoners are accustomed to being gouged on phone calls – for years, prisons have done deals with private telcos that charge a fortune for prisoners' calls and split the take with prison administrators – but even by those standards, the calls you make on a tablet are still a ripoff.

Sure, there are some prisoners for whom money is no object – wealthy people who screwed up so bad they can't get bail and are stewing in a county lockup, along with the odd rich murderer or scammer serving a long bid. But most prisoners are poor. They start poor – the cops are more likely to arrest poor people than rich people, even for the same crime, and the poorer you are, the more likely you are to get convicted or be suckered into a plea bargain with a long sentence. State legislatures are easy to whip up into a froth about minimum sentences for shoplifters who steal $7 deodorant sticks, but they are wildly indifferent to the store owner's rampant wage-theft. Wage theft is by far the most costly form of property crime in America and it is almost entirely ignored:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/15/wage-theft-us-workers-employees

So America's prisons are heaving with its poorest citizens, and they're certainly not getting any richer while they're inside. While many prisoners hold jobs – prisoners produce $2b/year in goods and $9b/year in services – the average prison wage is $0.52/hour:

https://www.dollarsandsense.org/archives/2024/0324bowman.html

(In six states, prisoners get nothing; North Carolina law bans paying prisoners more than $1/day, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution explicitly permits slavery – forced labor without pay – for prisoners.)

Likewise, prisoners' families are poor. They start poor – being poor is a strong correlate of being an American prisoner – and then one of their breadwinners is put behind bars, taking their income with them. The family savings go to paying a lawyer.

Prison-tech is a bet that these poor people, locked up and paid $1/day or less; or their families, deprived of an earner and in debt to a lawyer; will somehow come up with cash to pay $13 for a 20-minute phone call, $3 for an MP3, or double the Kindle price for an ebook.

How do you convince a prisoner earning $0.52/hour to spend $13 on a phone-call?

Well, for Securus and Viapath (AKA Global Tellink) – a pair of private equity backed prison monopolists who have swallowed nearly all their competitors – the answer was simple: they bribed prison officials to get rid of the prison phones.

Not just the phones, either: a pair of Michigan suits brought by the Civil Rights Corps accuse sheriffs and the state Department of Corrections of ending in-person visits in exchange for kickbacks from the money that prisoners' families would pay once the only way to reach their loved ones was over the "free" tablets:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/jails-banned-family-visits-to-make-more-money-on-video-calls-lawsuits-claim/

These two cases are just the tip of the iceberg; Civil Rights Corps says there are hundreds of jails and prisons where Securus and Viapath have struck similar corrupt bargains:

https://civilrightscorps.org/case/port-huron-michigan-right2hug/

And it's not just visits and calls. Prison-tech companies have convinced jails and prisons to eliminate mail and parcels. Letters to prisoners are scanned and delivered their tablets, at a price. Prisoners – and their loved ones – have to buy virtual "postage stamps" and pay one stamp per "page" of email. Scanned letters (say, hand-drawn birthday cards from your kids) cost several stamps:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/14/minnesota-nice/#shitty-technology-adoption-curve

Prisons and jails have also been convinced to eliminate their libraries and continuing education programs, and to get rid of TVs and recreational equipment. That way, prisoners will pay vastly inflated prices for streaming videos and DRM-locked music.

The icing on the cake? If the prison changes providers, all that data is wiped out – a prisoner serving decades of time will lose their music library, their kids' letters, the books they love. They can get some of that back – by working for $1/day – but the personal stuff? It's just gone.

Readers of my novels know all this. A prison-tech scam just like the one described in the Civil Rights Corps suits is at the center of my latest novel The Bezzle:

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250865878/thebezzle

Prison-tech has haunted me for years. At first, it was just the normal horror anyone with a shred of empathy would feel for prisoners and their families, captive customers for sadistic "businesses" that have figured out how to get the poorest, most desperate people in the country to make them billions. In the novel, I call prison-tech "a machine":

a million-armed robot whose every limb was tipped with a needle that sank itself into a different place on prisoners and their families and drew out a few more cc’s of blood.

But over time, that furious empathy gave way to dread. Prisoners are at the bottom of the shitty technology adoption curve. They endure the technological torments that haven't yet been sanded down on their bodies, normalized enough to impose them on people with a little more privilege and agency. I'm a long way up the curve from prisoners, but while the shitty technology curve may grind slow, it grinds fine:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/02/24/gwb-rumsfeld-monsters/#bossware

The future isn't here, it's just not evenly distributed. Prisoners are the ultimate early adopters of the technology that the richest, most powerful, most sadistic people in the country's corporate board-rooms would like to force us all to use.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/02/captive-customers/#guillotine-watch

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