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A General Model of Armor in Dungeons & Dragons (v2.1)

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Status: Official Permanent Project ReferenceVersion: 2.1System: Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition; developed from the 2014 armor framework and validated against the 2024 revised rulesScope: Cross-edition armor design, historical armor abstraction, the two-dimensional Armor Profile Matrix, Mobility/Balance/Fortress defensive strategies, Basic/Standard/Advanced/Pinnacle developmental tiers, historical construction examples, mechanical balance analysis, two additional Light Armor profiles, and 2024 revised-rules […]

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RPG Pillars of Play and Structural Complexity

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Introduction I have been working on 2 Role Playing Games (RPG) off-and-on over the last 3 years or so, whose genesis was found in inspiration from the release of Owlcat Games’ Rogue Trader in early Dec 2023. This game explicitly inspired the first system, named ND1 (a percentile based system). I have had to take […]

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Dr. Carl Sagan speaking before Congress about Climate Change in 1985

Transcript of Dr. Carl Sagan’s Speech on Climate Change to Congress (1985)

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Introduction Carl Sagan testifying before Congress in 1985 on climate change (CarlSagandotCom, 16:53) with the original video on CSPAN. Transcript Senator David Durenberger Alright, our next witness is Dr. Carl Sagan of Cornell University, a man who needs no introduction. He comes to us today from the Center for Radio Physics and Space Sciences. We […]

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Left side shows a slide a with a black background with the following text "Religious Elite Scientists 7%". Right side is a screen cap from the video with Neil deGrasse Tyson on a the stage with a microphone in hand and facing left [towards the slide].

Transcript for Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Section on Religiosity and the Educated American from The Amazing Meeting 6 (Feb 2013)

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Introduction Neil deGrasse Tyson gave a presentation titled Brain Droppings of a Skeptic at That Amazing Meeting 6 (Feb 2013) which had a section on Religiosity and Educated Americans that I have heard every so often. I created this post so that I could maintain a transcript of this content for posterity and so I […]

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Time Vortex

Terran Universal Time (TUT)

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Due to the increasing complexities inherent to our globalized and spacefaring world I am going to make the case that we should adopt a secondary time standard that I will call Terran Universal Time (TUT), which is a form of a metric timekeeping standard that will complement our need to switch over to the 24 hour clock (at least here in the US), and will make traveling, scheduling, live streaming, and publishing across time zones significantly easier. For once, we can keep ourselves ahead of the curve by adopting this as a secondary means of timekeeping to make life for a globalized Humanity easier, and to prepare Humanity for our inevitable future as an interstellar species IF we survive that long.

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One of the problems is that slavery is taught as the history of Black people and not the history of White people.

The United States IS Systemically and Structurally Racist

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First, as a country, we have to take responsibility for and accept that our country is systemically and structurally racist from even before its very inception. Racism is slathered into us through the vast layers of historical conditioning that we are faced with battling, which is also a large part of the driving force for racism within our schools and all other facets of American life.

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An screen cap of Professor Jason Hickel (background extended by generative AI) speaking. In the top right there is the following quote in white letters: “A liberated Palestine means a liberated Middle East. A liberated Middle East means capitalism in the Core really faces a crisis and they will not let that happen.” Along the bottom of the image also in white letters is the following: "Professor Jason Hickel of the University of Barcelona " and "FreeXenon.com".

Transcript of Jason Hickel: Why a Liberated Palestine Threatens Global Capitalism (Transnational Institute, Oct 2024)

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“We’re in this incredible paradox where the world economy is just massively productive .. And, yet the vast majority of the human population lives in conditions of massive deprivation.”

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Drake gesturing away: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari Drake smiling an pointing to: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber (anthropologist) and David Wengrow (archaeologist)

The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber (anthropologist) and David Wengrow (archaeologist)

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Introduction Since there are memes being passed around Facebook about the book “The Dawn of Everything” vs “Sapiens”, here are my comments from my read of this book a few years ago. I have not read Sapiens yet, so I will not comment on that, although it seems I need to sooner than later. I. […]

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Entropy and Scarcity within Human Social Systems v2.0 This is a work in progress. What I posit here is descriptive and NOT prescriptive. This flow chart, which flows left to right is broken down into 3 main parts which are as follows: Physics (4 parts which make 4 steps), Evolutionary Psychology (2 parts which make 1 step), and Historical Sociocultural Weight and Entropic Bias (2 parts which make 1 step) with arrows pointing to each step. Physics (left most section with 4 steps) The foundational reading for this section can be found within my post "The Tao of Entropy and Syntropy within Human Social Systems". Another post relevant to this topic is "The Tension within Methods of Exchange". 1. Systems Theory and the Interdependence of All From the First Law of Thermodynamics, A.K.A. The Law of Conservation of Energy, we learn that all things within the universe are one Interdependent and interconnected system, therefore the lens through which we should look and think about all things is Systems Theory. 2. Inviolable Law of Breakdown, Separation, and Change From the Second Law of Thermodynamics, AKA Entropy, when combined with the First Law of Thermodynamics from above, we learn that Entropy is only ever increasing, that break down, separation, and change are inviolable laws. 3. Systemic Bias Towards Entropy Because all things are Interdependent and Entropy is always increasing, this continuously pushes all things towards diffusion, separation, and breakdown, which means that reality has an Entropic bias. Entropy is the path of least resistance, therefore it is always easier to destroy than it is to create. 4. Scarcity (Entropy) Because Entropy will only ever increase over time, Scarcity, as a form of Entropy, will only ever increase over time. 5. Evolutionary Psychology (center section with 1 step and 2 options) Scarcity Triggers Male Predisposition for Competition, Tribalism, Sociopathy, and Violence Within environmental Scarcity males tend to be more dominant because they are physically larger and stronger and because these conditions trigger their evolutionary psychological predisposition towards competition (from competing for mates) which is an Entropic action. This then opens up the door for them to engage in more Entropic and separative actions such as: tribalism, violence, exploitation, and patriarchy. Males tend to be less dominant within environmental abundance. Abundance Triggers Female Predisposition for Egalitarianism, Cooperation, and Sharing Within environmental Abundance females tend to be more dominant because they are the life-givers (Syntropy) and because these conditions trigger their evolutionary psychological predisposition for cooperation and sharing. Tendencies towards Syntropic systems and results. Females are less dominant within environmental scarcity. 6. Historical Sociocultural Weight and Entropic Bias (right section with 1 step and 2 options) Scarcity to Abundance If a culture has been competitive and tribal (Entropic) for a long time due to resource scarcity, and then resource abundance manifests (Syntropy), it will take a long time for abundance to potentially wear down the current Entropic societal organization. Although, that might also never happen because of reality’s bias towards Entropic systems, ideals, and results. If the shift eventually does happen, then it will most likely only happen with extreme violence and devastation (Entropic movement) or, less likely, through a massive organized and peaceful social movement (Syntropic movement). Abundance to Scarcity If a culture has been cooperative and egalitarian for a long time (Syntropic) due to resource abundance, and then resources scarcity manifests (Entropy), it will take a while for scarcity to tear down that current Syntropic societal organization, but eventually it will (sooner than later) because of reality’s bias towards Entropic systems, ideals, and results. It is not a matter of IF it happens, but when it happens. Copyright © 2023 James O’Neill, www.freexenon.com/?p=13656

Entropy, Scarcity, and Patriarchy within Human Social Systems: the Rough Cut

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version – 1.01published – Feb 2024edited – 7/14/2026 – added the following section “A. Entropic Bias Towards Social and Technological Progress” Introduction I have shared text like this a few times over the past year and have had to retype it a few times after not being able to find where I last wrote it […]

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The ADHD Iceberg by Finuccni Alfredo What people think ADHD is: trouble focusing and fidgeting What ADHD really is: * difficulty maintaining relationships * depression * difficulty following and maintaining conversations * fidgeting * sensory processing disorder * financial problems * anxiety * uncontrollable fidgeting * poor sense of time * 'all or nothing' * trouble recalling commonly used words * sleeping problems * hyperfixations * auditory processing disorder * executive dysfunction * inability to focus even if there are no distractions * poor impulse control * mood swings * rejective sensitive dysphoria * losing items relentlessly * forgetting to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom * difficulty switching tasks or inability to stick to one * problems focusing on things even if they are of interest * choice paralysis * trouble regulating emotions * chronic unemployment * forgetting thoughts 0.2 seconds after having them

My Journey into ADHD! (2023)

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Introduction My daughter (age 14) and I (age 49) were recently diagnosed with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in February 2023 and April 2023 respectively, and I am very excited for both of us. Now that we know that we are part of the neurodiverse community we can begin to work towards understanding ourselves better and […]

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Debunking the Meme on Federal Spending, Debt, and Debt Ceiling

Debunking the Conservative Meme on Federal Spending, Debt, and Debt Ceiling

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Introduction A conservative family member quite a while ago (Oct 2021) posted the below meme and I need to explain why this meme is completely wrong and devastating to 99% of the people within this country (U.S.), the peasant class. I feel bad about how long this has taken me finish this, at least 2 […]

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The Tao of Entropy (expanding) and Syntropy (contracting)

The Tao of Entropy and Syntropy within Human Social Systems

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In this post we will discuss the Conservation of Energy as well as looking at Entropy and Syntropy and how they apply to human social systems and human civilization in our effort to maintain our societies, economies, and the environment. This is really getting into interdisciplinary thinking, specifically the intersection of the laws of physics as they apply to human social systems.

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