Karen Barad’s agential realism?
the primary ontological units are not "things" but phenomena - dynamic topological reconfigurings/entanglements/relationalities/(re)articulations of the world. And the primary semantic units are not "words" but material-discursive practices through which (ontic and semantic) boundaries are constituted. This dynamism is agency. Agency is not an attribute but the ongoing reconfigurings ofthe world. The universe is agential intra-activity in its becoming. - Meeting the Universe Halfway
I’m struggling with it! The parts I’m familiar with (undergrad physics, contemporary scientific funding) are deployed… unartfully? But to ends (agental realism , and a theory of scientific ethics that’s very freeing) that I find comforting, so
Exceptional quotes throughout as well; this experimental apparatus familiar to anyone with ug physics has been modified with the critical element - a sulphurous cheap cigar that “developed” the silver ions like a photo, by accident! THe results relevance to understanding of physics is acausal; we have a understanding now where that this is the discovery of electron spin, but this is the result of many iterations of the measurement and reaction and discursive practice loop
Also, brain is computer is silly. Are there any ways they could be substituted for each other? As that’s the only definition given to X is Y in CS; given a apparatus is it possible to distinguish a X or Y; if no, same thing relative to the apparatus (+discursive practice in which apparatus is embedded)
"the brain is a computer that receives, interprets, and predicts "sense data" (whatever that is) and then calculates appropriate thoughts, actions, and responses" 🙄🙄🙄
yeah and a river is a computer that receives and interprets "indirect upstream data", manipulates that data using whorls and eddies, and then calculates the appropriate outgoing flow pattern.
your nutsack and cock are a cOmPuTeR that receive and interpret what i like to call "indirect mastubation data", and manipulates that data to calculate and return the appropriate "cum response".
the brain is only a computer in so far as any physical system is a computer. and it's a fucking stupid compsci major ass way of looking at the world that makes very little sense
Thing is about the terfs sending me anons wishing violence upon me, is if I respond with any kind of anger, it'll suddenly be evidence of "male behaviours" and "male socialisation"
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idk i just keep thinking about how like. seven thousand people were murdered. if seven thousand people were murdered in america there would be massive outpourings of public grief but because the people murdered were far away and belonged to a country the us doesnt support theyre just statistics and numbers to like everyone around me and theyre just going about their days. i have literally never heard seen this level mass murder on a short condensed time scale like this in my lifetime and no one is reacting. i feel like im going insane
Please. This is vitally important. I need you to picture yourself and five to ten other transfems that you know and love. I need you to hold the image of you all in your head. Now, I need you to imagine all of you in a steaming cedar barrel hot tub on a cold winters night, deep in the woods. I need you to hear the crackling of the fire in the wood-fired water heater. I need you to smell the thick perfume of steamed cedar wood. I need you to feel the snowflakes melt atop your shoulders. I need you to taste your friends tongue in your mouth, feel all your loved ones hands wandering over your body, over each other, snaking beneath the warm water and up, out, into the thick steam that rises above. I need you to imagine the feeling of them sliding inside you, of you inside them, of groping, of head, of tongues and mouths and breasts in that dark, barely moonlit night, lightened only by the thin seepings of orange glow pouring out around the burner, and the dim yellow flickers of the candles placed nearby. I need you to feel the chill of the frosty winter air each time some part of you rises from the water, and the soothing warmth as you return beneath it. It is of the utmost importance that you imagine yourself and your transfem sisters enjoying a sensual, cozy, debaucherous orgy in a cedar barrel hot tub in the woods on a snowy winter night.
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Tonight, midnight UK time*...
is the first screening of my animated short film with Yuri Heart, The Tale of the Little Witch!
*[4pm PST, 7pm EST, 8am JST]
We've been working on it for the last week (pulling crazy hours lmao, rip 2 work) and I'm really excited to finally be able to show everyone.
The occasion: Yuri's a vtuber who's an old friend of mine, and she's been building up to this big 're-debut' stream for months and months. She's made herself an amazing new model which you'll get to see tonight, and updating just about everything on the stream. And alongside all that, we made a film together~
For this film, Yuri wrote and directed, and created the music and 2D art. My role in this project was all the 3D modelling, rigging, animation, and lighting etc. and video wrangling, and Roubharb provided excellent voice acting.
I won't say any more than that for now, but I'm looking forward to writing a big 'making-of' post next week. So stay tuned, and I'd love to see you at the stream ^^
Instead of using butter for your grilled cheese, you should switch to linux. You can set up a virtual machine to try out various distros to see which ones work best for your needs
Bloodborne PSX is a fascinating work of fandom and dedication, demaking the first zone of Bloodborne into something that could fit on a PSX disc, and that looks and sounds the part perfectly. It’s an interesting technical feat, but is it the only way we’ll ever see Bloodborne on PC? Hot Take Engine is a collection looser videos, one-off streams, various experiments for my channel, and maybe one day even video-essays.
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