root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 9hI have queued up all my references to KFC that aren’t direct quotes from The Diamond Age.static.klipy.comKFC Medvěd: Mám toho akurátko dost!Alt: KFC Medvěd: Mám toho akurátko dost! 050
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 10/10/2023I can't tell whether this is what drove Judge Fang to defect to the Celestial Kingdom or if it's what made it possible from him to make the move. hashtagKFC _Diamond Agesoyacincau.comKFC deploys autonomous 5G 'food trucks' in China - SoyaCincauWhile the world is still battling the COVID-19 pandemic, everyone is still encouraged to practice social distancing and to opt for contactless payment and delivery as much as possible. In China, it ap... 251
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 30/11/2023CHARLES BUSHMAN: A Mercury is a good car. That's the car I was driving that day. I've had a lot of cars. Lot's of different kinds of cars. She was standing - this girl - on the side of the street where there was this chicken stand, wasn't the Colonel but it was a chicken stand nonetheless. 101
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 06/09/2025When I need to bring clarity to the meal, I reach for Matouk's line of habanero platforms. (Trinidad & Tobago)...I saw some in a KFC condiment station in San Fernando, Trinidad, and dumped a quadruple overdose on the Colonel's original recipe, and we've been together ever since. 121
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 02/12/2023Sokolov drew a bead on a KFC sign and began swimming. 151
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sangamon Taylor is the type of guy who wouldn’t wear a costume to a Halloween party to save his life. Ditto on making reservations at a restaurant. It’s a type that’s hard to pin down. 000
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgRussell Borogove @borogove.bsky.social · 02/10/2026markpasc.org/blog/gems/at...markpasc.orgEnoch Root on Athena, from Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon 032
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 30/06/2024An idea springs out of his forehead fully formed, w/no warning. This is how all the best ideas arrive. Ideas that he patiently cultivates from tiny seeds always grow into monstrosities. Good ideas are just there all of a sudden, like angels in the Bible. Waterhouse stifles a giggle. #Crypronomicon 051
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Text on a light-box sign in front of a gas station in north Mississippi 000
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I think part of being a successful Konsole Kowboy or cyberpunk ninja is to not look like one. Look like a Hobby Lobby employee on their day off, or like you shop at Talbots. That could prevent being tagged and tased for an extra 30 seconds. 021
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 26/06/2023Jim specializes in loud, sloppy publicity seeking. I like the stiletto-in-the-night approach, partly because I'm younger, a post-60s type, partly because my thing is toxics, not nukes or mammals. There're all kinds of direct, simple ways to go after toxic criminals. You just plug the pipes. -Zodiac 011
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"My name is Paul and that shit's between y'all" (School Daze had it before Pulp Fiction)youtu.beThe KFC scene from School Daze w/Samuel L JacksonYouTube video by David Dungey 010
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 02/10/2026During my professional waiter days, I learned to open a champagne bottle without a sound. Thought I was bad as Shaft, Superfly, James Bond & Kung Fu. Customers were very disappointed, and NOT amused by my mouth-popping effort to fake the sound afterward. I'm apologizing once more to planet Earth.static.klipy.comNuclear Explosion Over OceanALT: Nuclear Explosion Over Ocean 021
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 02/10/2026JACK SHAFTOE: In the wilderness, only the most terrible beasts of prey cavort and gambol. Deer and rabbits play no games. #Quicksilver Neal Stephenson 011
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 19/10/2023Jeder war ein großer Krieger Hielten sich für Captain Kirk Es gab ein großes Feuerwerk Die Nachbarn haben nichts gerafft Und fühlten sich gleich angemacht Dabei schoss man am Horizontyoutu.be99 Luftballons (Jazz Vibes Nena Cover) ft. Aly RyanDownload & Stream "99 Luftballons" Here: https://pmjlive.com/99luftballonsExperience PMJ Live on Tour: http://www.pmjtour.comShop PMJ Music / Merch: http://w... 161
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 08/08/2025What have you got? Dead girl. Sarah Ann Connor, secretary, 35. What's this? Dead girl 2. Sent over from the Valley division. Are you sure there's a point to all of this? Look at the name, Ed. Sarah Louise Connor. Is this right? A 1-day pattern killer. I hate the weird ones. 272
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Let's make sure it wasn't one of those "accurate twice each day" deals. 010
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 29/08/2024Hollywood was merely a specialized bank — a consortium of large financial entities that hired talent, almost always for a flat rate, ordered that talent to create a product, and then marketed that product to death, all over the world, in every conceivable medium. #Cryptonomicon 111
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 01/10/2026static.klipy.comThe Mandalorian Not MeALT: The Mandalorian Not Me 120
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Eudora Welty presenting William Faulkner the gold medal for fiction at the 1962 annual meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York. Old Mr Bill died a few weeks later in Byhalia. 020
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 30/09/2026And the reason for this is simply because I command it. I want to emphasize my authority in this area. I am the supreme energy-eater of this domain, and will remain so, alive or dead. My Government is the economy. —ORDER IN COUNCIL, THE EMPEROR PAUL MUAD’DIB 000
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Production growth and income growth must not get out of step in my Empire. That is the substance of my command. There are to be no balance-of-payment difficulties between the different spheres of influence. >static.klipy.comCowboy Bebop: Star Disappearing - SupernovaALT: Cowboy Bebop: Star Disappearing - Supernova 100
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Field Process shield & lasgun, w/their explosive interaction, placed the current determinatives on weapons technology...My concern goes to #humans as special weapons― a virtually unlimited field which a few powers are developing. MUAD’DIB: LECTURE TO THE WAR COLLEGE [STILGAR CHRONICLE]static.klipy.comKato Pink Panther Fight SceneALT: Kato Pink Panther Fight Scene 130
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 30/09/20261:23:50 turns out the Talking Heads took “96 Tears” all the way to So-Ho in 1976. In living color.youtu.beTalking Heads - Live at The Kitchen (March 13th, 1976)YouTube video by Don't Worry About Talking Heads 032
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For air travel and driving, I like 2 or more good-sized pockets that are out of reach of seatbelts, kind of like fly-fishing clothing. Maybe they should make hats with pockets. That would be a hit. 000
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 05/02/2024Hollis meeting Milgrim for the first time: There was something she found deeply peculiar about Milgrim's affect... He seemed genuinely mild, amiable, but also singularly alert, in some skewed way, as if there were something else looking out, around corners, swift and peripheral. _Zero History 132
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 29/09/2026But the by-swing shoulders would kill the skinny look those performance blazers offer. 100
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Apparel Arts 1933: It is also advisable (for college students) to have an extra sport jacket along. This may be of any check tweed fabric and should invariably be single-breasted with notch lapel. It may have side vents with a belted back with by-swing shoulders or the newer modified Norfolk. 101
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comSpaceballs: They've Gone PlaidALT: Spaceballs: They've Gone Plaid 010
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's not dayas bewte? (from the anlgoasteroidbelt) 000
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 > the Lady Jessica’s latent abilities were grossly underestimated. — from “Analysis: The Arrakeen Crisis” by the Princess Irulan [private circulation: B.G. file number AR-81088587] 000
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 29/09/2026> seen a condition-utextremis with more ideal mating of person and preparation. The prophetic legends had taken on Arrakis even to the extent of adopted labels (including Reverend Mother, canto and respondu, and most of the Shari-a panoplia propheticus). And it is generally accepted now that > 100
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 29/09/2026With the Lady Jessica and Arrakis, the Bene Gesserit system of sowing implant-legends through the Missionaria Protectiva came to its full fruition. The wisdom of seeding the known universe with a prophecy pattern for the protection of B.G. personnel has long been appreciated, but never have we > 100
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 28/09/2026LETO: He wants us to BRING PEACE ON ARRAKIS! We are House Atreides. There is no call we do not answer. There is no faith that we betray. The Emperor asks us to lead.... House Atreides... ACCEPTS. 010
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 28/09/2026HERALD: Shaddam IV agrees. House Atreides will immediately take control of Arrakis and serve as its steward. Do you accept? LETO: For centuries, House Atreides has stood for honor. Not only for itself, but for the benefit of all. Now the Emperor gives us his unconditional trust. > 110
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 28/09/2026HERALD: I stand before you as Herald of the Change, witnessed by members of the imperial court, Spacing Guild & Bene Gesserit. House Atreides is one of oldest & most respected members of the Landsraad. In the wake of the failure of House Harkonnen, the Great Houses have turned to you in hope. > 110
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 28/09/2026LETO: How much will they spend traveling here for this formality? HAWAT: 3 Guild Navigators, 52 parsecs,140 decagrams of spice: 1.46 million solaris, round-trip. HERALD: By the grace of Shaddam IV of House Corrino, Ascendant to the Golden Lion Throne and Padisha Emperor of the Known Universe > 130
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh, you always thought that URL on my bio was SETI.gov, didn't you? That would be SETI.org . I just went to that site and granted broad permission to their cookies. [maniacal laugh] 010
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The Solomon Islands Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative's sleepy website has been updated with a few new PDF reports. Gold is being mined in the Solomons. A Spanish explorer found the sole source in 1568, but very little was extracted until the 1930s. www.sieiti.gov.sbsieiti.gov.sbHome - SIEITIThe Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is a global standard for promoting revenue transparency and accountability in counties rich in oil, gas and mineral resources. In 2012 the Solo... 110
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I hope you drove it home with "There was a shopping mall, now it's all covered with flowers" 120
root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The best way to understand an unfamiliar band is to hear them cover a familiar song, in their own style. Before the Talking Heads covered Al Green's "Take Me To the River," they briefly made "96 Tears" [Rudy Martinez] their own, but I don't think they ever played it outside of the East Village.youtu.be1975 Early Talking Heads Performing "96 Tears" At The CBGB | Premium FootageYouTube video by Kinolibrary 24120
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 01/12/2023ENOCH: OH GOD, not the Wikipedia entry! JULIAN: I have an edit overlay that filters out most of the garbage. [mildly offended that Enoch had taken him for the type who'd take Wikipedia at face value] E: But, Julian, I am sitting right next to you. J: True that. 101
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 24/08/2023I can't get past similarities between the Singularity prediction and the apocalypse of St. John the Divine. The key thing they have in common is a rapture, in which some chosen humans will be taken up & made 1 w/the infinite while others r left behind. - Neal Stephenson, Slashdot interview, 2004 121
Reposted by root@eruditorum.œrgroot@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social · 25/07/2023A faded old picture in a fat gilt frame. Rydell went over for a closer look. A horse pulling a kind of two-wheeled wagon-thing, just a little seat there, with a bearded man in a hat like Abe Lincoln. “Currier & Ives,” it said. Rydell wondered which one was the horse. 001
