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Chapter 001
Trying to manipulate late anthropocene era orbital technology with paws. Did you laugh? I did. Of course I did. My options are to laugh, or to wail, and the second one takes up more energy than I have on offer right now. I would have to take *several* naps. And while the naps where you just flop in the sunlight coming through the windows are *way* better out here, they don’t have the same relaxation quality.
By perla estrada3 years ago in Fiction
Chapter 002
The biggest example, from back when ‘information storage systems’ meant ‘paper, and if you were lucky, a *good* pen’, is guns. Plenty of cultures developed shovels in the absence of each other, and those shovels are, let’s be real here, pretty much all the same shovel. The inflexible human desire to not get your fingers dirty is universal.
By perla estrada3 years ago in Fiction
Chapter 003
Paws are so bad for this. There’s the usual things you can probably expect, like how feline forelegs don’t actually have the same range of motion that human arms do, or how I just don’t have the muscle strength to keep up repeated motions like this. One of those is fair! I cannot change my bones. I also have more trouble than you’d expect with my toes. Those little pads that are great for gripping lots of different surfaces? They slide *right* off whatever miracle material this one specific stupid control stick is made of.
By perla estrada3 years ago in Fiction
Chapter 004
I am aware of the alarm going off, because for safety reasons, I am not allowed to disable alarms. If you’re thinking something along the lines of “But you shouldn’t disable alarms? That seems unsafe.” Then you’re correct. But I’m over four hundred years old, and you don’t really make it that far without building up at least a few reckless habits. And a hatred of alarms.
By perla estrada3 years ago in Fiction
Chapter 005
Okay, so, that’s a bit of a lie. I say “it worked” as if my original plan was a success. What I was not telling you was that it has been over a week of failed attempts trying to communicate with the old weapons platform in orbit around the prime moon.
By perla estrada3 years ago in Fiction
The mystery of Saddam Hussein's vault
Saddam's wealth during his reign has been the subject of intense scrutiny by authorities around the world, even though the dictator has been dead for years. An investigation into the murder of an Iraqi-born British engineer and his family in the French Alps has revealed the tip of the iceberg of Saddam Hussein's secret vault, the Daily Mail reported.
By perla estrada3 years ago in FYI
The riddle of the human face on the ground
In the early morning of Oct. 23, 2007, farmer Emenehil prepares breakfast for her family in the kitchen of Tabanez, a village near Guerrero in southern Mexico. Suddenly she was surprised to see a human face printed on the ground beneath her feet. It looked as if it had come out of the ground. Emmenehill was so startled that she got a broom and tried to sweep it away, but no matter what she did, she could not remove the clear outline of the face, especially the eyes, which seemed to widen more and more.
By perla estrada3 years ago in FYI
The Mystery of the Undersea Pyramid
In April 1977, scientists in the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea at the bottom of the Bermuda Triangle found a 200 meters high seabed pyramid. The following year, in 1978, Rocher Verger, director of the International Diving Center, led his team on a special trip to the Bermuda Triangle. That day, the sky was clear and the wind was calm. While they were sailing steadily in the sea, a storm suddenly arose, and the sea became misty and white. The ship was out of control and they had to throw themselves into the sea. When they had gone down to a depth of 100 meters, they saw a great pyramid with two large holes through which the sea was passing at great speed, causing great waves. After a while, when the phenomenon disappeared, the sea became calm again.
By perla estrada3 years ago in Fiction
Mystery of the Woodman
Minnesota Iceman In 1967, a curious incident occurred in the United States, a body believed to be a possible "ape-man" was put on public display, immediately attracting countless people to watch and debate. Some people were amazed, some thought it was incredible, and some didn't believe the body was real.
By perla estrada3 years ago in FYI
The mysterious Gobekli stone circle
In 1994, German archaeologist Klaus Schmitt visited the area to investigate prehistoric sites and immediately identified human activity. He found Gobekli Tepe to be a gently clustered hill, about 15 meters higher than the surrounding land, not at all like the steep plateaus further away. He found an unusually large number of flint shavings on the ground and determined that the limestone slab found here was not a Byzantine tombstone but something much older.
By perla estrada3 years ago in FYI
The weeping icon
1920 was a violent year in Ireland. The British government outlawed the Irish Nationalist movement and the Irish Parliament, and the nationalists began a fierce guerrilla war against the authorities, especially against the notorious hounds sent to repress Ireland. Explosions, burning, assassinations, terrorist acts, hangings, and bloodshed are daily occurrences.
By perla estrada3 years ago in FYI
