So it seems an acorn became famous over the weekend. A sheriff deputy was arresting a car thief, had searched, handcuffed, and secured the guy in the back of the patrol vehicle, when an acorn fell. The deputy mistook the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for February, 2024
The Russian Federation that entered space and the stars did so as part of an economic boom that brought new opportunity to anyone who could grasp it. The Russian Federation made its way to the stars by harnessing the wealth[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Russian Federation expansion did not generally use the traditional method of invading armies crossing borders, but it manifested itself through the simple expedient of calling on local peoples of Russian ancestry to ask Mother Russia for help. Mother Russia[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Russian Federation took the Second Great Depression as an opportunity to solidify their control over the traditionally Russian territories the West had taken from them over the years. They capitalized on old Russian pride to bring their far-flung people[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Chinese Co-Prosperity Sphere that entered space and then the stars was blessed with a ready supply of compliant lesser races they could send out to claim the wild frontiers. They moved entire populations off Earth to settle far off[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One of the secrets to China’s expansion during the Second Great Depression was that they did so slowly. Lightning attacks breached defenses at need, but they advanced slowly with overwhelming force and numbers. They killed those too stupid to run,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
China did not miss the opportunity that the Second Great Depression brought it. The general collapse of the Western economies gave China a chance to expand without minimal resistance, and they quickly took over many nations bordering them. Taiwan, Korea,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’ve been working on clearing my Mom’s house for a while now. Taking it slowly, one piece of a room at a time. Thanks to some help from friends, I’ve got the upstairs basically done. Got some areas that still[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Cybernetic Council is Not Welcome in any Russian or Chinese system. The Rogue AIs killed a lot of them in the past, and so they erased any smart AIs they caught. The only good AI is a dead AI[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Cybernetic Council was Not Amused when the Shang attacked Earth. That strike brought China and the Western Alliance to War with each other, and soon sucked the Russians in as well. And that could further divide humanity, harming their[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…