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@futurebird@sauropods.win  ·  activity timestamp last week

If you *are* questioned, with practice you can give the impression of having already received amnestics by mimicking mild symptoms of amnestic poisoning. Due to risk of coma, Foundation agents are trained to look for the following symptoms to avoid "double dosing"

* repeating questions
* poor short term memory
* pausing mid-word or sentence then resuming as if nothing happened.
* cold sweat, pallor
* lightheadedness

This has been successful for several of us on previous occasions. #fiction

myrmepropagandist
@futurebird@sauropods.win replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

It is best to practice your "haze" with one of the other members so you will be ready to act as if already dosed when under the stress of questioning.

Foundation operations are often chaotic and while they try to keep records of all those they drug it is clear that they often find records incomplete. Hence the useful (to us) check for accidental "double dosing."

Keep Your Wits About You To Yourself! #fiction

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myrmepropagandist
@futurebird@sauropods.win  ·  activity timestamp last week

:: When you encounter Foundation personnel they will likely want to administer amnestics This is obviously very harmful and may set our work back by many months. (We do have in-house anti-amnestic agents that can dull the effects, but only if administered quickly.) This is why avoiding being questioned is your first and best line of defense.

#fiction #SCP_Foundation

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@futurebird@sauropods.win replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

If you *are* questioned, with practice you can give the impression of having already received amnestics by mimicking mild symptoms of amnestic poisoning. Due to risk of coma, Foundation agents are trained to look for the following symptoms to avoid "double dosing"

* repeating questions
* poor short term memory
* pausing mid-word or sentence then resuming as if nothing happened.
* cold sweat, pallor
* lightheadedness

This has been successful for several of us on previous occasions. #fiction

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myrmepropagandist
@futurebird@sauropods.win  ·  activity timestamp last week

:: When you encounter Foundation personnel they will likely want to administer amnestics This is obviously very harmful and may set our work back by many months. (We do have in-house anti-amnestic agents that can dull the effects, but only if administered quickly.) This is why avoiding being questioned is your first and best line of defense.

#fiction #SCP_Foundation

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@sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2025.10.11 — Have you ever written an unlikable protagonist?

I learned this lesson the hard way. Buying editors won't tolerate an initially unlikable protagonist, no matter how wonderful their transformative arc, or the ending—unless you have a brand name or a fan following, or at least a recently profitable track record. I'm needing to rewrite a trilogy and a standalone novel for penance for my hubris.

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#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory #RSReluctanceStory

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MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Today in Labor History October 9, 1936: A lettuce strike had recently ended in Salinas, California. However, when red flags went up throughout town, the authorities feared communist agitators had returned and removed the red flags, only to find out later that they were part of a traffic check being done by the state highway division.

The first effective organizing in the Salinas Valley began in 1933, with the mostly female lettuce trimmers demanding equal pay to the men. The Filipino field workers supported the women’s demands. In 1934, members of the Filipino Labor Union (FLU) struck the lettuce farms. So, the farmers brought in Mexican and Anglo scabs. They used vigilante mobs and the cops to violently attack the strikers and arrested their leaders. When the Filipino Labor Union and the Mexican Labor Union joined forces, a mob of vigilantes burned their labor camp down and drove 800 Filipinos out of the Salinas Valley at gunpoint. The 1934 strike ended soon after, with the growers recognizing the FLU and offering a small raise. This violence inspired John Steinbeck to write “In Dubious Battle” and “Grapes of Wrath,” for which he won both Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #salinas #union #strike #filipino #mexican #racism #communism #police #policebrutality #vigilante #author #books #writer #johnsteinbeck #novel #fiction #novelprize #pulitzer @bookstadon

This is a photograph of agricultural growers and law enforcement during the Salinas Lettuce Strike of 1936. Salinas Lettuce Strike. 1936. Otto Hagel. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
This is a photograph of agricultural growers and law enforcement during the Salinas Lettuce Strike of 1936. Salinas Lettuce Strike. 1936. Otto Hagel. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
This is a photograph of agricultural growers and law enforcement during the Salinas Lettuce Strike of 1936. Salinas Lettuce Strike. 1936. Otto Hagel. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
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@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Today in Labor History October 9, 1936: A lettuce strike had recently ended in Salinas, California. However, when red flags went up throughout town, the authorities feared communist agitators had returned and removed the red flags, only to find out later that they were part of a traffic check being done by the state highway division.

The first effective organizing in the Salinas Valley began in 1933, with the mostly female lettuce trimmers demanding equal pay to the men. The Filipino field workers supported the women’s demands. In 1934, members of the Filipino Labor Union (FLU) struck the lettuce farms. So, the farmers brought in Mexican and Anglo scabs. They used vigilante mobs and the cops to violently attack the strikers and arrested their leaders. When the Filipino Labor Union and the Mexican Labor Union joined forces, a mob of vigilantes burned their labor camp down and drove 800 Filipinos out of the Salinas Valley at gunpoint. The 1934 strike ended soon after, with the growers recognizing the FLU and offering a small raise. This violence inspired John Steinbeck to write “In Dubious Battle” and “Grapes of Wrath,” for which he won both Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #salinas #union #strike #filipino #mexican #racism #communism #police #policebrutality #vigilante #author #books #writer #johnsteinbeck #novel #fiction #novelprize #pulitzer @bookstadon

This is a photograph of agricultural growers and law enforcement during the Salinas Lettuce Strike of 1936. Salinas Lettuce Strike. 1936. Otto Hagel. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
This is a photograph of agricultural growers and law enforcement during the Salinas Lettuce Strike of 1936. Salinas Lettuce Strike. 1936. Otto Hagel. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
This is a photograph of agricultural growers and law enforcement during the Salinas Lettuce Strike of 1936. Salinas Lettuce Strike. 1936. Otto Hagel. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Paul S. Taylor.
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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Although there are around 160 universities in the UK, and only a small minority of students attend Oxford & Cambridge, in the world of British fiction it seems the vast majority of students attend Oxbridge.

This reflects both the laziness of authors in their building of incidental detail & the stranglehold these two universities have over the literate arts....

It really annoys me & each time I see it in a book I feel like stopping reading right there & then...

#books #fiction #universities

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@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Although there are around 160 universities in the UK, and only a small minority of students attend Oxford & Cambridge, in the world of British fiction it seems the vast majority of students attend Oxbridge.

This reflects both the laziness of authors in their building of incidental detail & the stranglehold these two universities have over the literate arts....

It really annoys me & each time I see it in a book I feel like stopping reading right there & then...

#books #fiction #universities

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Matthew Merkovich
@MattMerk@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

With the USA having turned into what it has become today, now might be a good time to read (or even re-read) the book HOMELAND, by @pluralistic
#Reading #Books #Fiction #Fascism

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Matthew Merkovich
@MattMerk@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

With the USA having turned into what it has become today, now might be a good time to read (or even re-read) the book HOMELAND, by @pluralistic
#Reading #Books #Fiction #Fascism

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Tristan Nitot✓
@nitot@framapiaf.org  ·  activity timestamp last month

Message personnel : les gens qui lisent #Velorutopia et qui me laissent des commentaires de soutien => ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ !!!

Pour les autres, c'est là que ça se passe :
https://standblog.org/blog/post/2025/09/20/V%C3%A9lorutopia%2C-une-nouvelle-utopique-solarpunk-et-bikepunk-qui-donne-la-p%C3%AAche

#vélo #fiction #solarpunk

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Ami Angelwings
@ami_angelwings@urusai.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
#QuestionOfTheDay what real person do you want a fictional franchise set around them as a heroic action figure ala Wong Fei Hung (Once Upon A Time In China, Drunken Master, etc) or Ip Man (Ip Man, all the other Ip Men films >_>)

For me, it's Joe Frazier >_> I think he deserves it

#film #anime #movies #tv #television #fiction #history

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Ami Angelwings
@ami_angelwings@urusai.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
#QuestionOfTheDay what real person do you want a fictional franchise set around them as a heroic action figure ala Wong Fei Hung (Once Upon A Time In China, Drunken Master, etc) or Ip Man (Ip Man, all the other Ip Men films >_>)

For me, it's Joe Frazier >_> I think he deserves it

#film #anime #movies #tv #television #fiction #history

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Ami Angelwings
@ami_angelwings@urusai.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago
#QuestionOfTheDay best and worst fictional sports and why

#books #fiction #sports #anime #manga #comics #comicbooks #videogames #ttrpg #ccgs #movies #film #television#TV

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Steven Cudahy
@stevencudahy@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The #MastoPrompt for Saturday 30 August 2025 is:

#excellent

The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.

If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.

#Writing#SmallPoem#Poetry#Fiction#MicroFiction#SmallStories

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Steven Cudahy
@stevencudahy@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The #MastoPrompt for Saturday 30 August 2025 is:

#excellent

The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.

If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.

#Writing#SmallPoem#Poetry#Fiction#MicroFiction#SmallStories

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MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Today in Labor History August 21, 1920: Ongoing violence by coal operators and their paid goons in the southern coalfields of West Virginia led to a three-hour gun battle between striking miners and guards that left six dead. 500 Federal troops were sent in not only to quell the fighting, but to ensure that scabs were able to get to and from the mines. A General Strike was threatened if the troops did not cease their strikebreaking activities. This was just 3 months after the Matewan Massacre, in which the miners drove out the seemingly invincible Baldwin-Felts private police force, with the help of their ally, Sheriff Sid Hatfield. 1 year later, Sheriff Hatfield was gunned down on the steps of the courthouse by surviving members of the Baldwin-Felts Agency. News spread and miners began arming themselves, leading to the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and the largest labor uprising in U.S. history. Over 100 people were killed in the 5-day battle, including 3 army soldiers and up to 20 Baldwin-Felts detectives. Nearly 1,000 people were arrested. 1 million rounds were fired. And the government dropped bombs from aircraft on the miners, only the second time in history that the government bombed its own citizens (the first being the pogrom against African American residents of Tulsa, during the so-called Tulsa Riots).

The Battle of Blair Mountain is depicted in Storming Heaven (Denise Giardina, 1987), Blair Mountain (Jonathan Lynn, 2006), and Carla Rising (Topper Sherwood, 2015). And the Matewan Massacre is brilliantly portrayed in John Sayles’s film, “Matewan.”

Read my history of the Battle of Blair Mountain here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/14/the-battle-of-blair-mountain/

#workingclass #LaborHistory #mining #strike #union #westvirginia #matewan#BattleOfBlairMountain #uprising #civilwar#GeneralStrike #tulsa #massacre #racism #books #fiction #film #writer #author #novel @bookstadon

After the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 the union miners surrendered to the federal troops and gave them their weapons. Three miners with federal soldier prepare to surrender weapons. By Kinograms - https://libcom.org/gallery/battle-blair-mountain-1921-photo-galleryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBAKGvOV6_k, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75210484
After the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 the union miners surrendered to the federal troops and gave them their weapons. Three miners with federal soldier prepare to surrender weapons. By Kinograms - https://libcom.org/gallery/battle-blair-mountain-1921-photo-galleryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBAKGvOV6_k, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75210484
After the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 the union miners surrendered to the federal troops and gave them their weapons. Three miners with federal soldier prepare to surrender weapons. By Kinograms - https://libcom.org/gallery/battle-blair-mountain-1921-photo-galleryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBAKGvOV6_k, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75210484
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MikeDunnAuthor
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

Today in Labor History August 21, 1920: Ongoing violence by coal operators and their paid goons in the southern coalfields of West Virginia led to a three-hour gun battle between striking miners and guards that left six dead. 500 Federal troops were sent in not only to quell the fighting, but to ensure that scabs were able to get to and from the mines. A General Strike was threatened if the troops did not cease their strikebreaking activities. This was just 3 months after the Matewan Massacre, in which the miners drove out the seemingly invincible Baldwin-Felts private police force, with the help of their ally, Sheriff Sid Hatfield. 1 year later, Sheriff Hatfield was gunned down on the steps of the courthouse by surviving members of the Baldwin-Felts Agency. News spread and miners began arming themselves, leading to the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest armed insurrection since the Civil War and the largest labor uprising in U.S. history. Over 100 people were killed in the 5-day battle, including 3 army soldiers and up to 20 Baldwin-Felts detectives. Nearly 1,000 people were arrested. 1 million rounds were fired. And the government dropped bombs from aircraft on the miners, only the second time in history that the government bombed its own citizens (the first being the pogrom against African American residents of Tulsa, during the so-called Tulsa Riots).

The Battle of Blair Mountain is depicted in Storming Heaven (Denise Giardina, 1987), Blair Mountain (Jonathan Lynn, 2006), and Carla Rising (Topper Sherwood, 2015). And the Matewan Massacre is brilliantly portrayed in John Sayles’s film, “Matewan.”

Read my history of the Battle of Blair Mountain here: https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2024/04/14/the-battle-of-blair-mountain/

#workingclass #LaborHistory #mining #strike #union #westvirginia #matewan#BattleOfBlairMountain #uprising #civilwar#GeneralStrike #tulsa #massacre #racism #books #fiction #film #writer #author #novel @bookstadon

After the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 the union miners surrendered to the federal troops and gave them their weapons. Three miners with federal soldier prepare to surrender weapons. By Kinograms - https://libcom.org/gallery/battle-blair-mountain-1921-photo-galleryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBAKGvOV6_k, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75210484
After the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 the union miners surrendered to the federal troops and gave them their weapons. Three miners with federal soldier prepare to surrender weapons. By Kinograms - https://libcom.org/gallery/battle-blair-mountain-1921-photo-galleryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBAKGvOV6_k, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75210484
After the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921 the union miners surrendered to the federal troops and gave them their weapons. Three miners with federal soldier prepare to surrender weapons. By Kinograms - https://libcom.org/gallery/battle-blair-mountain-1921-photo-galleryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBAKGvOV6_k, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75210484
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@sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

#PennedPossibilities 760 — MC POV: Describe who you are in your group of friends. Tell is if you’re the motherly / fatherly type, the funny friend, the serious one, etc.

Friends, Friendship. Teammates. Buddies. Partners in crime†. Frankly, I don't get it. I do the job and make sure everybody comes back. I train them until they drop in a sweaty heap, but then they insist on group meals and singing, that stuff, and won't let me pay. Sure I have everybody's back in a fight, or with clients, or the boss, but that's the right thing to do. I am responsible for them. They ask me for advice, too. Sometime weird. I ended up punching the cheating husband when he made a pass at me, which was actually sort of fun. At times they won't leave me along to be quiet with my books, which is really all I want out of life. I am really the wrong person to ask such a question to.

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[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

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#mystery #thriller #romance #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory#RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

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@sfwrtr@eldritch.cafe  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

#PennedPossibilities 760 — MC POV: Describe who you are in your group of friends. Tell is if you’re the motherly / fatherly type, the funny friend, the serious one, etc.

Friends, Friendship. Teammates. Buddies. Partners in crime†. Frankly, I don't get it. I do the job and make sure everybody comes back. I train them until they drop in a sweaty heap, but then they insist on group meals and singing, that stuff, and won't let me pay. Sure I have everybody's back in a fight, or with clients, or the boss, but that's the right thing to do. I am responsible for them. They ask me for advice, too. Sometime weird. I ended up punching the cheating husband when he made a pass at me, which was actually sort of fun. At times they won't leave me along to be quiet with my books, which is really all I want out of life. I am really the wrong person to ask such a question to.

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† Literally.

[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]

#BoostingIsSharing

#gender #fiction #writer #author
#mystery #thriller #romance #sf #sff #sciencefiction
#writing #writingcommunity #writersOfMastodon #writers
#RSdiscussion
#RSstory#RSReluctanceStory
#microfiction #flashfiction #tootfic #smallstory

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