#delphi washington

[ourlordapollo]

The zoo in my hometown posted this picture of one of their cheetah cubs and I'm obsessed

HIS NAME IS YAM ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDINF ME

#he's SO FUCKING CUTE #delphi washington

[cendrillonmedousa]

Notable, Present-day, Radical Feminists

As a second wave feminism, we assume that radical feminists are hard, if not impossible, to find in today's world. Here is a list of notable women you can still interact with today.

Chude Pam Allen, co-founder of New York Radical Women

Ti-Grace Atkinson, author of Amazon Odyssey

Kathleen Barry, co-founder of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women

Linda Bellos, first Black lesbian member of Spare Rib feminist collective

Julie Bindel, co-founder of Justice for Women

Jenny Brown, author of Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work

Professor Judith C. Brown, pioneer in the study of lesbian history

Susan Brownmiller, author of Against Our Will: Men, Women, and Rape

Professor Phyllis Chesler, co-founder of Association for Women in Psychology

D.A. Clarke, known for her development of feminist theory

Nikki Craft, creator of the Andrea Dworkin Online Library, Hustling the Left website, and No Status Quo website

Christine Delphy, co-founder of the French Women's Liberation Movement

Professor Gail Dines, author of Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked Our Sexuality

Melissa Farley, founder and director of Prostitution Research and Education

Marilyn Fyre, author of The Politics of Reality: Essays in Feminist Theory

Carol Hanisch, best known for "the personal is political"

Merle Hoffman, co-founder of the National Abortion Federation

Professor Shelia Jeffreys, author of The Spinster and Her Enemies

Lierre Keith, founder of Women's Liberation Front

Anne Koedt, author of The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm

Marjorie Kramer, editor of Woman and Art Quarterly

Professor Holly Lawford-Smith, author of Gender-Critical Feminism

Dr. Catharine Alice MacKinnon, author of Sexual Harassment of Working Women: A Case for Sex Discrimination

Robin Morgan, creator of Sisterhood Is anthologies

Dr. Janice G. Raymond, author of The Transsexual Empire

Kathie Sarachild, coiner of term "Sisterhood is Powerful"

Alix Kates Shulman, author of Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen

Gloria Steinman

Michele Faith Wallace, author of Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman

Dr. Marilyn Salzman Webb, co-founder of the first feminist consciousness-raising groups in Chicago and Washington D.C.

Harriet Wistrich, founding director of Centre for Women's Justice

Laura X, led the campaign behind making marital and date rape a crime in over twenty countries

#radical feminists #feminist history #herstory #radical feminists do interact #radical feminist theory #radical feminist safe #radical feminist community #radical feminism #radical feminists do touch #radblr #radical feminists please interact #radical feminists please touch #radical feminst #original

[keepthisholykiss]

i swear to god i am not an alarmist nor do i want to sound like one but time is a circle and history repeats blah blah but i think its important we recognize that the satanic panic IS back and we might be about to face those horrible fucking things all over again (imo satanic panic actually never ended but thats a tumblr essay for another day) researching the satanic panic was a fairly in-depth special interest of mine for a few years and i am seeing a number of very concerning headlines that lead me to believe the current conservative narrative paired with major headline murders will eventually lead to the same issues (or worse) than the 70s and 80s. tw for anything related to true crime/death below the fold im assuming this will get suppressed because of the topic also so feel free to reblog if you are so inclined.

there are two major court cases and one social media movement that lead me to this conclusion currently given their media coverage within a calendar year. i HOPE i am overexaggerating but i AM deeply concerned.

aiden fucci - this teen was recently sentenced after pleading guilty to murdering another teen in 2021. coverage of this case heightened when evidence was shown in the sentencing hearings which included "satanic" drawings. this was the first case i saw to raise my red flags.

the delphi murders which recently (like yesterday) had a major update which is what prompted me to make this post. this is a case of two girls in delphi, indiana who were murdered but managed to capture the potential killer on snapchat. the suspect was recently found and has now released a 100 page affidavit detailing why the girls were killed. this affidavit details sacrificial ceremonies and a cult of odinism. this case has received a large amount of interest over the years as it was long considered an unsolved case, this case will receive much larger attention nationally than cases like aiden fucci and may be the beginning of the panic "properly."

also worth mentioning is bryan kohberger - while this case has not taken the full panic on yet i am not counting it out as trial has not started. this is the idaho four murder suspect out of pellman washington. his case has gained notoriety and he is still awaiting trial as he just waived his speedy trial rights. you may have heard about this case prior to kohberger's arrest when a tiktok psychic claimed a professor committed the murders out of lesbian rage. this was proven to be untrue and kohberger is currently the only suspect on record. but how is this related to satanic panic? this case is currently being devoured by conservative journalists and "lone wolf" media figures who are convinced the entire case is a police cover-up for everything from drug abuse to cp to trafficking itself. major incel groups are flooding to content surrounding the case, littering their videos with dog whistles, to try and change the narrative. this is not currently a major satanic panic foundation to me but this coverage has gone so many different ways and the coverage is so fucked that i have my eye on it. as for social media, recent years have seen a rise in christian influencers. this has been, in-part though not solely because, "cringe" reaction channels or commentary channels have platformed many of these influencers. these influencers have used their newfound holy fame to create videos exposing "satan" in media. we may look at them and laugh but they are spreading true fear that at least some people believe. this is extremely harmful when we consider that real, convicted murder cases are supporting these ideas. we've seen this story before just decades earlier without the internet.

if you're reading this freaking out over the possibility of another widespread campaign to eliminate non-christians, queer people, and poc then i encourage you to read about the satanic panic of the past to better inform yourself. get better at identifying ai-generated articles, images, and conservative fear mongering. here are my personal reading recommendations. if i am afraid for no reason then hey at least you have some reading reccs. again i hope im wrong, i never want to see that shit repeated but fuck if i dont absolutely fear this next election year and what it may bring out. books on the satanic panic and/or its lead-up: unmask alice by rick emerson satan's silence by debbie nathan satanic panic: pop cultural paranoia in the 1980s chaos by tom o'neill books on misinformation or conspiracy: trust the plan by will sommer the midnight kingdom by jared sexton the storm is upon us by mike rothschild

not-books that you can also check out: you're wrong about the satanic panic conviction: american panic shanspeare 'doja cat and the return of the satanic panic'

#satanic panic #current events #misinformation #i dont want to tag this true crime but unfortunately it is #if i tag it with anything else its gonna get flagged so rip #michelle does txt

[legend-collection]

Moirai

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Moirai—often known in English as the Fates—were the personifications of destiny. The role of the Moirai was to ensure that every being, mortal and divine, lived out their destiny as it was assigned to them by the laws of the universe. For mortals, this destiny spanned their entire lives and was represented as a thread spun from a spindle. Generally, they were considered to be above even the gods in their role as enforcers of fate.

The Moirai were three sisters: Clotho (the spinner), Lachesis (the allotter) and Atropos (the unturnable). But according to a Latin verse, their roles and functions were somewhat different: "Clotho, the youngest of the sisters, presided over the moment in which we are born, and held a distaff in her hand; Lachesis spun out all the events and actions of our life; and Atropos, the eldest of the three, cut the thread of human life with a pair of scissors."

In the Homeric poems Moira or Aisa are related to the limit and end of life, and Zeus appears as the guider of destiny. In the Theogony of Hesiod, the three Moirai are personified, daughters of Nyx and are acting over the gods. Later they are daughters of Zeus and Themis, who was the embodiment of divine order and law. In Plato's Republic the Three Fates are daughters of Ananke.

The Moirai were supposed to appear three nights after a child's birth to determine the course of its life, as in the story of Meleager and the firebrand taken from the hearth and preserved by his mother to extend his life. Bruce Karl Braswell from readings in the lexicon of Hesychius, associates the appearance of the Moirai at the family hearth on the seventh day with the ancient Greek custom of waiting seven days after birth to decide whether to accept the infant into the Gens and to give it a name, cemented with a ritual at the hearth. At Sparta the temple to the Moirai stood near the communal hearth of the polis, as Pausanias observed.

As goddesses of birth who even prophesied the fate of the newly born, Eileithyia, the ancient Minoan goddess of childbirth and divine midwifery, was their companion. Pausanias mentions an ancient role of Eileythia as "the clever spinner", relating her with destiny too. Their appearance indicate the Greek desire for health which was connected with the Greek cult of the body that was essentially a religious activity.

The Erinyes, a group of chthonic goddesses of vengeance, served as tools of the Moirai, inflicting punishment for evil deeds, particularly upon those who sought to avoid their rightful destiny. At times, the Moirai were conflated with the Erinyes, as well as the death-goddesses the Keres.

Bas relief of Clotho, lampstand at the Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C.

In earlier times they were represented as only a few—perhaps only one—individual goddess. Homer's Iliad speaks generally of the Moira, who spins the thread of life for men at their birth; she is Moira Krataia "powerful Moira" or there are several Moirai. In the Odyssey there is a reference to the Klôthes, or Spinners. At Delphi, only the Fates of Birth and Death were revered. In Athens, Aphrodite, who had an earlier, pre-Olympic existence, was called Aphrodite Urania the "eldest of the Fates" according to Pausanias.

Some Greek mythographers went so far as to claim that the Moirai were the daughters of Zeus—paired with Themis, as Hesiod had it in one passage. In the older myths they are daughters of primeval beings like Nyx in Theogony, or Ananke in Orphic cosmogony. Whether or not providing a father even for the Moirai was a symptom of how far Greek mythographers were willing to go, in order to modify the old myths to suit the patrilineal Olympic order, the claim of a paternity was certainly not acceptable to Aeschylus, Herodotus, or Plato.

Despite their forbidding reputation, the Moirai could be placated as goddesses. Brides in Athens offered them locks of hair, and women swore by them. They may have originated as birth goddesses and only later acquired their reputation as the agents of destiny.

According to the mythographer Apollodorus, in the Gigantomachy, the war between the Giants and Olympians, the Moirai killed the Giants Agrios and Thoon with their bronze clubs.

In the Homeric poems Moira is represented as a singular entity whose actions are not governed by the gods. Only Zeus, the chief of the gods, is close to her, and in some cases acts in a similar role. Using a weighing scale Zeus weighs Hector's "lot of death" against that of Achilleus. Hector's lot weighs down, and he dies according to Fate. Zeus appears as the guider of destiny, who gives everyone the right portion. A similar scenario is depicted on a Mycenaean vase, where Zeus holds a scale in front of two warriors, indicating that he is measuring their destiny before the battle. The belief was that if they die in battle, this was to be accepted as their correct destiny.

In Theogony, the three Moirai are daughters of the primeval goddess, Nyx, representing a power acting over the gods. Later they are daughters of Zeus who gives them the greatest honour, and Themis, the ancient goddess of law and divine order.

Even the gods feared the Moirai or Fates, which according to Herodotus a god could not escape. The Pythian priestess at Delphi once admitted that Zeus was also subject to their power, though no recorded classical writing clarifies to what exact extent the lives of immortals were affected by the whims of the Fates. It is to be expected that the relationship of Zeus and the Moirai was not immutable over the centuries. In either case in antiquity we can see a feeling towards a notion of an order to which even the gods have to conform. Simonides names this power Ananke and says that even the gods don't fight against it. Aeschylus combines Fate and necessity in a scheme, and claims that even Zeus cannot alter which is ordained.

A supposed epithet Zeus Moiragetes, meaning "Zeus Leader of the Moirai" was inferred by Pausanias from an inscription he saw in the 2nd century AD at Olympia: "As you go to the starting-point for the chariot-race there is an altar with an inscription to the Bringer of Fate. This is plainly a surname of Zeus, who knows the affairs of men, all that the Fates give them, and all that is not destined for them." At the Temple of Zeus at Megara, Pausanias inferred from the relief sculptures he saw "Above the head of Zeus are the Horai and Moirai, and all may see that he is the only god obeyed by Moira." Pausanias' inferred assertion is unsupported in cult practice, though he noted a sanctuary of the Moirai there at Olympia, and also at Corinth and Sparta, and adjoining the sanctuary of Themis outside a city gate of Thebes.

The fates had at least three known temples, in Ancient Corinth, Sparta and Thebes. At least the temple of Corinth contained statues of them: "[On the Akropolis of Korinthos:] The temple of the Moirai and that of Demeter and Kore (Core) [Persephone] have images that are not exposed to view."

The temple in Thebes was explicitly imageless: "Along the road from the Neistan gate are three sanctuaries. There is a sanctuary of Themis, with an image of white marble; adjoining it is a sanctuary of the Moirai, while the third is of Agoraios Zeus. Zeus is made of stone; the Moirai have no images."

The temple in Sparta was situated next to the grave of Orestes.

Aside from actual temples, there was also altars to the Moirai. Among them was notably the altar in Olympia near the altar of Zeus Moiragetes, a connection to Zeus which was also repeated in the images of the Moirai in the temple of Despoine in Arkadia as well as in Delphi, where they were depicted with Zeus Moiragetes as well as with Apollon Moiragetes. On Korkyra, the shrine of Apollo, which according to legend was founded by Medea was also a place where offerings were made to the Moirai and the nymphs. The worship of the Moirai are described by Pausanias for their altar near Sicyon: "On the direct road from Sikyon to Phlios . . . At a distance along it, in my opinion, of twenty stades, to the left on the other side of the Asopos, is a grove of holm oaks and a temple of the goddesses named by the Athenians the Semnai, and by the Sikyonians the Eumenides. On one day in each year they celebrate a festival to them and offer sheep big with young as a burnt offering, and they are accustomed to use a libation of honey and water, and flowers instead of garlands. They practise similar rites at the altar of the Moirai; it is in an open space in the grove."

#Moirai #greece #mediterranean

[gwydionmisha]

#Pensions #GM #News

[lcvelxss]

Was that [ODETTE ANNABLE]? Oh no no, that was just [HELENA KYLE], a [CANON CHARACTER] from [WB'S BIRDS OF PREY/DC COMICS]. They are [TWENTY-SEVEN] years old, use [SHE/HER], and [ARE] aware that they are not actually from Washington DC. Too bad they can’t stray from this city for long

Helena Kyle, was born Helena Martha Wayne-Kyle to a meta-human, Selina Kyle. She was delivered in Wayne Manor on a night that Bruce was out -which was many given his nightly activities- with the help of Alfred Pennyworth, but her birth would be the last time he would see her for many years

Immediately following her birth, Selina had Alfred help her leave the Manor before Bruce's return. Knowing exactly what the father of her child was doing while away, she had decided quite a while back that she would not be allowing her child to grow up in this city and with a target on her back if her relation to either Catwoman or Batman was ever figured out

Leaving her own life of crime behind, Selina became an art accomplished art dealer and raised her daughter as a single mother. As far as Helena was concerned, there just wasn't a 'dad' in the picture, but life with her doting mother as they traveled around Europe and the UK during her early formative years was more than enough for her

Helen will never really know what really drew her mother to move them back to the city, now known as New Gotham, shortly after her sixth birthday. And given how things played out, she often finds herself indulging the idea of 'what if we hadn't?'

That train of thought stops almost immediately because the first thing that would've happened, is that she wouldn't have met her best friend, Barbara Gordon

When she was only seventeen, Helena was witness as Clayface -under Joker's orders- stabbed her mother to death, while Joker himself sought out and shot Barbara, leaving her paralyzed (I have a headcanon that Helena ran off to find Barbara after her mother died only to find her shot and was the one to call 911 but that is obviously something that can be discussed with any potential Babs player)

After petitioning the courts, Barbara became Helena's legal guardian for the remainder of the year before she became of age. It was during her time with Barbara that she learned her father was not only Bruce Wayne, but also Batman. She learned her mother had been Catwoman, and that Barbara had herself once been Batgirl

The loss of her mother and the seeming abandonment of a father she never knew -Bruce left New Gotham still mourning for Selina- along with the revelation the two people she cared about the most had been keeping massive secrets, made for Helena becoming a very difficult person to deal with

Through patience, both women eventually began to use physical training to as both a way to help Helena hone her meta-human powers and a way to heal. After seven years, Helena and Barbara would take on the identities of Huntress and Oracle, respectively. Huntress would patrol the streets of the city, and Oracle would be her eyes and ears from her Delphi console

Dinah Lance, the daughter of Carolyn Lance, former Black Canary, would soon join them and the three would become the Birds of Prey

Helena would unknowingly find herself at the mercy of Harley Quinn as she posed as her therapist Harleen Quinzel, and in one final act of revenge for Batman having put the Joker away, Harley would manage to gain control of Helena's mind and use her to do her bidding

Barbara and Dinah were able to put a stop to it, and all three women eventually took Harley down, but not before Helena was made to kill Barbara's then fiancé

Finding herself in D.C. not soon after, was a welcome respite. She can live with her guilt over the matter without having to face Barbara and knowing nothing she does will make it right

Though she prefers to make her own living as a bartender, she is the de facto CEO of Wayne Enterprises within D.C. It's an aspect she keeps to herself, though she does have a knack for it and managed to keep the rest of the board on their toes. It's not unlike what her father used to do with his playboy persona, but don't tell her that

Helena still goes out on nightly patrols after work, finding that once you get into the habit of helping people, it's one you never really break

Her wiki(mainly linked for the list of her powers and abilities): https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Helena_Kyle_(Birds_of_Prey)

#hw: intro #birth mention tw #death tw #parental issues tw #guilt tw #stabbing tw #shooting tw #manipulation tw #intro

[definitelytzar]

#AIconversationmodel #America #ChatGPT #community #DeanPhillips #Dean.bot #Democraticparty #Democraticprocess #Ethics #Governmentaffairs #openai #UnitedStates #USpolls #USA2024polls

[jcmarchi]

OpenAI suspends developer of politician-impersonating chatbot

New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/openai-suspends-developer-of-politician-impersonating-chatbot/

OpenAI suspends developer of politician-impersonating chatbot

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OpenAI has suspended the developer responsible for Dean.Bot, a ChatGPT-powered chatbot designed to impersonate Democratic presidential candidate Dean Phillips.

The bot, created by “cloning” startup Delphi, aimed to support Phillips in his political campaign. However, this move directly contradicts OpenAI’s policies, leading to the suspension of the responsible developer.

The Washington Post reported that, despite displaying a disclaimer describing the nature of the chatbot to visitors, Dean.Bot’s purpose was clear: to engage with potential supporters and spread the candidate’s message.

OpenAI, in response, confirmed the suspension of the developer—emphasising the violation of their policies. This action follows OpenAI’s recent blog post outlining preventive measures against the misuse of its technology, specifically highlighting the prohibition of “chatbots impersonating candidates” in the lead-up to the 2024 elections.

Notably, OpenAI’s policies extend beyond this particular case—explicitly stating that applications for political campaigning and lobbying are not permitted.

In a crucial election year – not just in the US, but also in other Western democracies like the UK – it’s unsurprising that OpenAI is taking a firm stance against bots that could be seen to interfere and/or spread misinformation.

In response to the inquiry, Delphi initially removed ChatGPT from the bot and continued its operation using alternative open-source tools. However, OpenAI’s intervention prompted the ultimate suspension of the chatbot on Friday night.

Visitors to the Dean.Bot website are now told the chatbot is inaccessible due to “technical difficulties,” alongside a message that reads, “Apologies, DeanBot is away campaigning right now!”

(Image Credit: Gage Skidmore under CC BY-SA 2.0 DEED license)

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Tags: 2024 elections, america, chatbot, chatgpt, dean phillips, dean.bot, democracy, democratic, democrats, ethics, openai, Politics, Society, united states, us elections, usa

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[willcodehtmlforfood]

"Just a few days ago, the generative AI company OpenAI revealed how it will regulate the use of its ChatGPT and DALL-E AI models during the current 2024 elections. One of those new policies was that OpenAI would not allow its tools and services to be used to create simulated versions of real election candidates.

This weekend, OpenAI enforced that particular policy by banning a developer who had used ChatGPT to create a chatbot that simulated US House of Representatives member Dean Phillips of the third district in Minnesota. Phillips is a declared candidate for US President in the Democratic Party, in a long-shot campaign against current President Joe Biden.

The Washington Post reports that "Dean.Bot" was created by the developer company Delphi. It had received funding from We Deserve Better, a Super PAC made to help support Phillips" campaign. While the bot had disclaimers in place stating this was an AI tool, it still violated OpenAI"s rules against making such chatbots."

#openai #chatgpt #elections

[infamousbrad]

Privacy

(content warning: child abuse resulting in murder)

It's well established that too-little privacy is a hazard to mental health. Human beings deprived of any privacy eventually go nuts. But as the Oracles at Delphi anciently said, "Nothing in excess." Too much privacy is as poisonous as too little.

Sitting in your home, envisioning the area around it: if you were screaming for help, who would hear? Oh, but you have a gun, do you? If your assailant were to shoot you, would your nearest neighbor hear the shot, recognize what it meant, and send help?

If your nearest neighbor was torturing a child day and night, would you or anyone else hear that child's screams? Would there be anyone to call for help, would anybody know to rescue that child?

Experts who've studied child abuse report that home-schooling parents do not torture their children any more often than public- or private-school parents do. But the home-school parents get away with it a lot longer. And the home-school lobby really doesn't want you to know that and, if you do already know, wants you to believe that nothing can be done about it, so that you will look away, so that you will put it out of your mind; just one more thing for you to be as callous towards as they are.

(Peter Jamison, "What home schooling hides: A boy tortured and starved by his stepmom. Roman Lopez was 11 when he went missing. His years of torment were concealed by home schooling," Washington Post, Dec 2 2023. Non-paywall link. Part of their series "Home School Nation.")

#privacy #family violence #home school #washington post

[skiplo-wave]

LONG POST!

A lot of people have said, even I thought this, the Delphi Murders case is a lot bigger than they are letting on. I keep seeing people say, "Well if the Odinites are racist, then why did they target Abby and Libby?"

They target people even for their religion, especially practicing Jews regardless of skin color.

According to articles found online from written sources. Odin cult demanded human and animal sacrifices. They love their guns and knives it seems. They wear pendants of Thor's hammer around their necks and meet for rituals in the woods. What I find ironic is that there was YouTubers exploring the bridge and found a old looking hammer. I believe they turned it in to police in case if it was something because it was weird in the area it was found on the bridge. It makes a hell of a lot of sense when you go back to these press conferences and L.E.is saying weird shit. It really connects the dots a bit and I do believe RA is still involved. There are articles from 2017, the year that the girls was killing detailing disturbing Odinist incidents that happened.

May 25, 2017: An ancient Nordic religion is inspiring white supremacist terror.

"The three men in Virginia wanted to start a race war. They planned to rob a jewelry store and use the money to stockpile guns, ammo and explosives. Then they would charge into churches and synagogues, slaughtering as many people as possible. So he drove to two Jewish centers, where he shot and killed three people, all of them Christians. He told the court that sentenced him to death that he had mistaken his victims for Jews."

Across the country in Spokevane, Washington, another man plotted to kill President Barack Obama. Prosecutors say he planned a "final solution", a battle that would ultimately be won by stealing nuclear material for dirty bombs or flying hijacked airplanes into buildings. These men, and possibly thousands more like them across the United States, share a common religious ideology. They're white supremacists who turned to an ancient heathen religion known most commonly as Odinism. In at least six cases since 2001, professed racist Odinists have been convicted of plotting - or pulling off - domestic terrorism attacks, according to a review of terrorism cases by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting.

Across the Atlantic, the man who carried out the 2011 mass murders at a summer camp in Oslo, Norway, has attracted new attention after telling a court he long has identified as an Odinist. Odinism is a perfect fit for a strain of white supremacists and neo-Nazis who think Christianity like so many other institutions, has been corrupted by outsiders and weakened by passivity. Today's racist Odinists say it is the only pure religion for white people, one not mongrelized by Jewish prophet Jesus."

You can go back to Scandinavia and Normandy between the years of c.800s & c.900s. The story of Rollo, Count of Rouen and Poppa of Bayeux. The new King of England is the so many times grandson of Rollo and Poppa. Rollo was a Viking and a leader. And guess what Rollo's religion was? Norse Paganism which Poppa eventually converted him to Roman Catholicism. That's right, the newly crowned King Charles ancestry has roots to Norse Paganism. Rollo abducted Poppa and pretty much force her to be his wife. That's what these ancient Norse Pagans did. Even Vikings who didn't practice the religion. Why I bring this up?

Abby and Libby was abducted the moment bridge guy aka Richard Allen - assuming it was him - said "Down the hill." I am not going to list the details of what was in the files. You can read it but I have seen the other anons have filled you in on that. But you read in that 136 paper document that some weird stuff went down at the crime scene that is leading them to believe Odinism had part in this.

Abigail Williams, Libby's friend, who also was killed shares the same name as a woman who lived through the Salem Witch Trials. Abigail Williams was 11 or 12 years old at the time of when the witchcraft hysteria in Salem started. Abigail was one of the first of the children to falsely accuse their neighbors of witchcraft in 1692. Bridget Bishop was the first to be hung. Depending on the history you read, Bridget Bishop was not a witch. She did not proclaim any religion far as we know but she did have would you would call Paganism practice. She was more so a healer in her time and good on how to make medicines.

So I just find this really interesting that this is coming out and you can make all these little connections. The prosecution has yet to come out which is alarming. And not only that but Abigail Williams - the girl from Delphi who was killed - had dated a boy who's father was into Odinism. I remember back in 2019 or 2020, there was a YouTuber that made this connection with Abigail Williams name and threw in a theory out there that maybe the Delphi Murders could had been cult related in regards to witchcraft and theorized that Abigail Williams was the main target. And then last year people start talking about Sons of Odin before RA was arrested. So to see this come out is wild.

0_o

#asks #true crime

[ourlordapollo]

When is it appropriate to draw the megane character with his glasses off?

Never

#i mean EVER #the glasses stay ON during- [sniper takes the shot] #delphi washington #megane

[kemuele]

Another world, an apocalyptic scene, and his place in it all.

Dominion, the two-season television show takes place in an apocalyptic world where God left the building twenty-five years prior. Where there are five (four) archangels: Gabriel and Michael, Uriel and Raphael, as well as Lucifer himself. Kemuel’s an archangel as well, but his name and ‘fame’ establish him as a relic and nothing more. Much like the others, his wings are not their notable copper and golds like they standardly are. Rather, the vibrant hues are exchanged for deep, rich blacks that shine indigo in direct sunlight.

Bulletproof, communication source, and capable of flight, wings are both a weapon and means of transport. Considering his height, they’re quite the hefty set. 16 foot wingspan; while that is (in realistic terms) incapable of any flight whatsoever, the show seems to prove otherwise. Kemuel’s wings are more often than not hidden during his residency in the world, yet he does bring them out for either defense, communication, or a sign of trust amongst peers. 

He does not live in Vega. Nor Helena, nor New Delphi. Kemuel still holds the mountains and forests of Washington state as his ‘home’, yet...it isn’t as untouched as it seems. Seclusion favors the hardy; small outposts line the city limits with a mixture of walls and a canopy system connecting lookout stations via tall, hulking, western red cedars. Kemuel’s town is situated in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, a dense array of douglas firs, western red cedars, hemlock, and more.

In regards to the war, the humans or angels debate, he’s human-aligned. Kemuel’s since delved to his own part of the world to keep it free of eight-balls and ensure their livelihoods, yet family is one thing known to draw him in from the horizon. The archangel’s weapon, much like standard verse, is a longsword made of Empyrean steel. He keeps it on his back and its sheath between his shoulder blades. Considering his height alone, it’d be easy to equip on his hip rather than back. When flying, he keeps it to his side. Fighting is a hit or miss; it’s kept at the side or behind the back for maneuverability.

As an archangel, he inherits all the show’s qualities about them: flight, communication, superhuman abilities/senses, demotion of spheres, healing/longevity/immortality (to an extent; can be killed via empyrean steel and critical wounds), and so on. 

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US’ Bet On Ukraine Is Starting To Backfire As It Fails To Reach Desired Goals

— Nebojsa Malic | April 27 2023

Illustration: Chen Xia/Global Times

When Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out in February 2022, the mood in Washington was almost celebratory. To the US, after eight years of refusing to step into the trap set by the 2014 US-backed color revolution in Kiev, the Kremlin had finally taken the bait. It thinks now Russian economy would be destroyed by sanctions and the ruble turned to rubble.

There was just one problem: none of it happened.

Moscow weathered the sanctions much better than US-allied Western Europe, whose economies dried up without Russian energy imports. The conflict exhausted not the Russian military, but the weapons and ammunition stockpiles of the West to Ukraine. Meanwhile, the leaders of Russia and China confirmed their joint commitment to a multipolar world.

While the powers in Washington insist the conflict is going great - Ukraine is winning! The sanctions are working! Military-industrial production will magically increase any day now! - Slowly, Americans are finally beginning to notice it isn't so.

Announcing his presidential run last week, Robert Francis Kennedy Junior argued that it is not in America's national interest to push Russia closer to China. That is a cataclysm. He also noted that The Chinese just brokered a peace deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia, US strategy in the Middle East has utterly collapsed and "our economy is going to follow if we don't do something fast."

A similar argument was put forth in the American Thinker magazine earlier this month. Authors Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon called the sanctions against Russia the most monumental miscalculation in modern history.

Back in 1972, Henry Kissinger sought to soften the sting of the US defeat in Vietnam by establishing relations with China, exploiting the split between Beijing and Moscow. For the next 50 years, the US policy would be to prevent anything resembling an alliance between China and Russia.

Yet as 2022 moved along, Washington went out of its way to antagonize Beijing, having numerous politicians declare the island of Taiwan to be another Ukraine, in need of Western weapons against an alleged Chinese invasion.

One possible explanation is that the US foreign policy establishment now mainly consists of the disciples of Zbigniew Brzezinski, and not Kissinger. In 1997, Brzezinski wrote a manual for US global hegemony titled The Grand Chessboard, focusing on controlling Ukraine as a way to prevent the resurgence of Russia.

Brzezinski has claimed credit for the demise of the USSR, arguing that his 1979 plan to support Islamic militants in Afghanistan was meant to trigger a Soviet invasion and give Moscow its own Vietnam. Even if one buys into that far-fetched and self-serving claim, it is indisputable that the blowback from this policy - the 9/11 attacks and the 20-year war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq - ended up bleeding the US dry instead.

All of this brings to mind a bit of ancient wisdom. As recorded by Herodotus, king Croesus of Lydia had asked the Oracle at Delphi for advice on going to war. The king was told he would destroy a great empire; he declared war on Cyrus the Great of Persia — and lost. The prophecy came true, after a fashion: the empire Croesus destroyed had been his own.

— The author is a Serbian-American Journalist.

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Particulate Matter Sensor Market - Forecast (2022 - 2027)

Particulate Matter Sensor market

is expected to reach $2.5 billion by 2025 at a

CAGR of 5.6%

during the forecast period 2020-2025. Owing to the advantages the dramatic decline in the air quality across the globe is expected to be the primary driver for the growth of the particulate matter sensor market. Similarly, rising health concerns among the individuals arising due to the poor quality is also one of the factors assisting the market growth. Moreover, the governments of various countries across the globe are taking severe measures in order to combat pollution. These governments conduct tests at various locations with the help of

air quality monitoring systems

and impose restrictions in order to prevent air pollutants from exceeding the prescribed limits. Hence these initiatives and benefits accelerate the particulate matter sensor size in the forecast period 2020-2025.

Key Takeaways

PM2.5 is growing at a highest CAGR of 8.5% in the forecast period owing to the advantages of performing more accurately in a variety of tough industrial environments and having ability to respond any environmental conditions in real-time.

North America dominated the market by a market share of more than 39% in 2019, owing to stringent and well-established pollution control laws and regulations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Canada’s Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA).

Government of India is aiming to install 300 real-time air quality monitoring systems across the country by 2024 as a part of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) initiated in 2017

Particulate Matter Sensor top 10 companies include Infineon Technologies AG, Sensidyne, AMETEK Land, Delphi Technologies, Robert Bosch GmbH, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tritech, Airy Technology, Inc., Honeywell among others.

By Type- Segment Analysis

PM2.5 is growing at a highest CAGR of 8.5% in the forecast period owing to the advantages of performing more accurately in a variety of tough industrial environments and having ability to respond to any environmental conditions in real-time. With the rapid advancements in Sensors, several companies have been developing Particulate matter sensors with advanced features. For instance, Sensirion SPS30 particulate matter (PM) sensor marks a new technological breakthrough that will enable the implementation of innovative air quality monitoring devices that prevent air pollution damage. Similarly, HPM Series PM2.5 Particulate Matter Sensors provide information on the particle concentration for a given particle concentration range. Owing to these features developed by several OEM’s, many industry verticals have been choosing PM2.5 for efficient functioning. Hence these advancements are analysed to drive the market for PM2.5 thereby accelerating the market for particulate matter sensor market in the forecast period 2020-2025

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By Industry Vertical - Segment Analysis

Government sector is growing at a CAGR of 4.4% in the forecast period. The large share of this segment can be attributed to the presence of stringent environmental regulations, rising government investments for effective AQM, and increased installation of AQM stations worldwide. Several collaborations have been made by government agencies and private organizations to reduce and particulate in air. For instance Honeywell International Inc. and Intel Corporation are collaborating with government agencies in major countries for the protection of the environment. As these partnerships are aimed at developing sensor network and intelligent systems for monitoring the quality of air, the significant funding helps the market grow significantly in the forecast period. Additionally with the rise in pollution from several industries, the governments of several countries are installing air quality monitoring systems. For instance Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments in partnership with Maryland Department of Transportation, Baltimore Metropolitan Council, and WGL Holdings, Inc. founded Clean Air Partners. Clean Air Partners has deployed monitoring systems across the Baltimore-Washington region and provides current and forecasted air quality data of the area. Similarly, Government of India is aiming to install 300 real-time air quality monitoring systems across the country by 2024 as a part of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) initiated in 2017. Additional government initiatives for development smart cities consist of digitalization of a city’s infrastructure, are also expected to drive product demand. These initiatives are aimed at installing air quality monitoring systems and will thereby accelerate the market for Particulate matter sensor market in the forecast period 2020-2025.

By Geography - Segment Analysis

North America dominated the market by a market share of more than 39% in 2019, owing to stringent and well-established pollution control laws and regulations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Canada’s Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA). According to World Health Organization (WHO) reports airborne particulate matter has the biggest environmental risk to health, with responsibility for about one in every nine deaths annually. Hence in order to reduce the effect, EPA, CEAA and other control laws have been implementing several regulations. Internal policies regarding safe working conditions and pollution monitoring, along with steady availability of financial resources, is anticipated to drive the deployment of Particulate matter sensors in North America. Moreover, high number of smart city initiatives and presence of several developed industrial manufacturing clusters are also anticipated to drive the deployment of Particulate matter sensors in the region.

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Drivers – Particulate Matter Sensor Market

Stringent government regulations

The rise in level of air pollution and growth in industrialization worldwide has led to increase in the level of air pollution with addition of contaminants such as particulate matter. Owing to these contaminants governments of several countries has made stringent regulations in their respective regions and formulated different regulation to curb the level of air pollution originated from industrial areas. Similarly, the governments have made industries such as Automotive, oil & gas and power generation plants have to comply with such regulations through the deployment of particulate matter sensors to control and monitor the level of pollutants. Moreover, developing countries have also taken initiatives to monitor the level of air pollutants. Therefore, the government regulations are projected to boost the demand of Particulate matter sensor market in the forecast period 2020-2025.

Rising adoption and easy integration of Particulate matter sensor

In recent years, particulate matter (PM) sensors have been intensively used as an alternative device for air quality measurement due to their price advantage, moderate accuracy, and portable size. The accuracy of these sensors have made several companies adopt these sensors. Adding to this, integration of PM sensors with drones or other unmanned vehicles for sampling environments in a network for spatiotemporal air quality measurements or personal monitor for exposure estimation will also drive the market. Moreover with the emergence of artificial intelligence, various companies have been developing sensors to detect particulate matter using machine learning methods. Hence these advantages are analyzed to drive the market in the forecast period

Challenges – Particulate Matter Sensor Market

High Costs and availability of alternative products

Although Particulate matter sensor market is analyzed to grow at a significant rate, the high maintenance costs are set to hamper the growth of the market. Additionally the availability of cheap and alternatives products such as HEPA and other in the market to measure the air quality is said to be a major restraint for the market growth of Particulate Matter Sensor.

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Market Landscape

Technology launches, acquisitions, Partnerships and R&D activities are key strategies adopted by players in the Particulate Matter Sensor market. In 2019, the market of Particulate Matter Sensor has been fragmented with several companies vying for top share. Particulate Matter Sensor top 10 companies include Infineon Technologies AG, Sensidyne, AMETEK Land, Delphi Technologies, Robert Bosch GmbH, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Tritech, Airy Technology, Inc., and Honeywell among others.

Acquisitions/Technology Launches

In June 2018, Sensirion has launched SPS30 particulate matter (PM) sensor which marks a new technological breakthrough and enable the implementation of innovative air quality monitoring devices that prevent air pollution damage.

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Rejected by courts, retirees take last shot to save pensions

Rejected by courts, retirees take last shot to save pensions

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dave Muffley thought he had it made when it came to a solid retirement. The Indiana man spent roughly 30 years as a salaried maintenance technician for Delphi Corp., a subsidiary of General Motors Corp., and expected to retire with a comfortable income by the time he hit 62. But when GM plunged into the biggest industrial bankruptcy proceeding in history in 2009, and the federal…

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