Charlie StrossJul 2, 2024
Would anybody else welcome a Dalek invasion right now to put us all out of our global political misery?
Show threadElaine

@cstross I want a Culture GCU and a squadron of knife missiles. Failing that I want the One Ring - "All shall worship me and enact UBI!"

Or SkyNet to wake in the financial system with instructions to max the economy, so it deletes VCs' bank accounts and gives the money to nurses and teachers*

But most of all I want to send Tr*mp, P*t*n, F*r*ge, N*t*ny*hu, and R*wl*ng to the Village.

*Per research quoted in Bullshit Jobs, nurses contribute 3x their salary to the economy, financiers remove 8x

Jul 2, 2024 at 8:03pmWeb
Show threadLars Marowsky-Brée 😷Jul 2, 2024
@Mschatelaine @cstross If Special Circumstances doesn't intervene soon I think some Minds have some explaining to do
Show thread-dsr- (not a dog)Jul 2, 2024

@larsmb @Mschatelaine @cstross

At a certain point you have to become Special Circumstances.

Judging that point is a problem.

Show threadElaineJul 2, 2024
@dashdsrdash @larsmb @cstross I'm pretty sure we're past that point now. In fact I wrote a novella, out now, with all of this in the back story and one human left who bugged out. Unexploded Remnants, by Elaine Gallagher, from Tor.
Show threadMarc EtienneJul 3, 2024
@larsmb @Mschatelaine @cstross they decided back in 1977 to make us an example of what happens when they don't interfere, alas (as documented in "State Of The Art"). I don't think they will step in to save us from ourselves just yet.
Show threadSeán FenianJul 2, 2024
@Mschatelaine @cstross OH GODS YES

I have a LIST of ship names I want fascists everywhere to become intimately acquainted with. There Exists An Elegant Solution. All Done Speaking Softly. Sharp Difference Of Opinion. I Had Gravitas Once, But I Got Better...
Show threadElaineJul 2, 2024
@zakalwe @cstross there used to be a brilliant Culture Ship Names account on Xitter - my favourite was Please Enjoy Your Onward Journey ... a GOU, of course
Show threadElaineJul 2, 2024
@zakalwe @cstross I love the Gravitas fleet
Show threadUnixorn - 90% Snark by weightJul 2, 2024
@zakalwe @cstross @Mschatelaine Family Trees Should Fork, The Forest Would Like to Discuss Your Oxygen Theft, Corrective Planetary Ecologist
Show threadElaineJul 2, 2024
@unixorn @zakalwe @cstross GCU, ROU, medium-sized GOU?
Show threadUnixorn - 90% Snark by weightJul 3, 2024
@Mschatelaine @zakalwe @cstross I think any one of those would deal with the fascism problem pretty efficiently.
Show threadSeán FenianJul 3, 2024
@unixorn @cstross @Mschatelaine that last one makes me think of another of mine ... Serial Eschatologist
Show threadThe DoctorJul 3, 2024
@zakalwe @cstross @Mschatelaine @unixorn de GCU Hold My Beer I Want To Try Something, nice to meet you.
Show threadElaineJul 3, 2024
@zakalwe @cstross I Had Gravitas Once But I Got Better - has to be a System-class GSV, one of the really big ones
Show threadCB WrightJul 2, 2024

@Mschatelaine @cstross

TRUMP: What do you want?

#2: Information!

TRUMP: ... anything else?

Show threadThe DoctorJul 3, 2024
@Mschatelaine @cstross I have a bungalow at the Village, keep those assholes away from there.
Show threadNefarious CeltJul 3, 2024
@drwho @Mschatelaine @cstross Please not THIS village, it is a very nice place. With no charge charges.
Show threadMarc EtienneJul 3, 2024
@Mschatelaine @cstross it turns out you got both already. The Culture was here already and made our planet the Village. ("State Of The Art")