Triptych by Kawanabe Kyōsai depicting a battle of frogs, 1864.

Some rather interesting art from one of Japan's boldest caricaturists and one of earliest manga authors.

-From The Public Domain Review

"From salvaging 1914 Orient Express archives for The Last Express to the fight for digital preservation, legendary game designer Jordan Mechner shares why safeguarding our cultural artifacts—like video games—is vital."
blog.archive.org/2024/11/21/v...

-Via The Internet Archive

New Sonic Fangame/Hack/Mod short out now!
It features Sonic 2 Game Gear Sega Master System by StellarStardust, a game featured at Chao Gaming Showcase 2024!

https://youtube.com/shorts/LtU8g7dz1MA?feature=share

Dice Man — it's just how he rolls...

More radical fashion from the 16th-century Schembart Carnival here:

https://buff.ly/2ACOSoF

My thoughts on ARRO

"Epic Games is officially cool with the Internet Archive preserving early Unreal Games" from Game Developer

This is some amazing news for video game, as well as media preservationists. Now if only other companies would get on board with this.

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epic-games-is-officially-cool-with-the-internet-archive-preserving-early-unreal-games

New video out now!
In it we will be looking at three important, but little discussed contributions to the UAP Disclosure Movement.
https://youtu.be/girfjGNzOWo

New Video Drops at 4 PM EST!
In it we will be looking at three important, but little discussed contributions to the UAP Disclosure Movement.
(That is if I don't get arrested for contempt of court for not knowing my right from my left!)

@SpaceShanks May I get your opinion on a similar but much older case?

@SpaceShanks it's not from me but a news story I came across today:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/google-ai-chatbot-threatening-message-human-please-die/

@PaganMother Definitely wont be letting my kid anywhere near this too.

This isn't unsettling at all.

According to a news story, Gemini AI tells the user to die — the answer appeared out of nowhere when the user asked Google's Gemini for help with his homework

Say what you will about remote viewing, but the CIA and formally the KGB took it very seriously.

https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/stargate-collection-mars-exploration-may-22-1984/

My Schedule for this week:
-New Video on my thoughts on the second congressional UAP hearing Tues 4 PM EST
-New Sonic fangame/hack/mod short Thurs 4 PM EST

This series is a real treasure trove of both Japanese fairy tales, in translation, and beautiful Japanese woodblock art. The series (either partially or fully) is available on the internet archive.
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodblocks-in-wonderland-the-japanese-fairy-tale-series/

2. The example of a child near a well.
Mencius explains that a complete stranger can see a child playing near a well and will feel uneasy about it due tot he danger of the child falling in, despite not knowing the child, their parents, etc, and because of this Mencius argues that people are of a good nature.
And it is because of these two passages that I recommend Mencius.

So I chose Mencius not for the text as a whole, but there are two key stories in it I think are illuminating.

1. The Story of the Cow. There was a new ceremonial bell and to consecrate it, the king was to sacrifice a cow, but when he saw the cow, the cow looked scared so he took pity on it and ordered a random goat be used instead. The people thought he was cheap, but it was really an act of compassion.
The moral we can't know a person's intentions...

When having the discussion with my friend, her choices centered around explaining the actions of humans/human nature, so my personal choices follow suit:

1. Sophie's Choice, because sometimes people are put in situations were they have no choice but to do horrible things.

2. Utilitarianism By John Stuart Mill, to explain that sometimes people do bad things because it hurts the least or the good it does out weights the bad.

3. Mencius. This one is going to take a bit of explaining...

@Bliss all very interesting choices and all books I have enjoyed.

This is a great read from The Public Domain Review. I asked my best friend this and now I'll ask you all: What three books would you recommend Frankenstein's Monster to read to better understand humanity?

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/frankenstein-monster-reading-list/