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Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed.
And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like underwater - how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there's never enough time.
But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well, time for Lu Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Because it will stop time. And that will only be the start of everyone's problems.
"Thief of Time" comes complete with a full supporting cast of heroes, villains, yetis, martial artists and Ronnie, the fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse (who left before they became famous).
“Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying 'End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH', the paint wouldn't even have time to dry.”
“The first words that are read by seekers of enlightenment in the secret, gong-banging, yeti-haunted valleys near the hub of the world, are when they look into The Life of Wen the Eternally Surprised.
The first question they ask is: 'Why was he eternally surprised?'
And they are told: 'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.'
“Time was something that largely happened to other people; he viewed it in the same way that people on the shore viewed the sea. It was big and it was out there, and sometimes it was an invigorating thing to dip a toe into, but you couldn't live in it all the time. Besides, it always made his skin wrinkle.”
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U.S. Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin has now been Admitted into the Critical Care Unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland following a Set of Tests and Evaluations during his Visit earlier today which his Doctors decided needed Supportive Care and Close Monitoring.
originally posted by: MindBodySpiritComplex
a reply to: nugget1
Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed.
originally posted by: nerbot
originally posted by: nugget1
Jeff Bezos has spent $42 million building a clock...
Me thinks he could have saved about $41.99 million with a big stick in the ground and some well placed rocks.
Like a Stonehenge.
originally posted by: Thoughtful3
Maybe the most recent Mr. Pool post 2/9/24 9:39
Won/Now
Fojack Tweet- Mr. Pool
Does that look like the Bezos clock?
originally posted by: nugget1
Whatever the real reason behind such a massive and oppulant project while more and more US citizens are falling into poverty, I can't help but sense something far more nefarious than meets the eye.
Like Thoughtful3 I seem to have some deeply rooted trust issues.
originally posted by: nugget1
Apparently Bezo's knows propaganda when he sees it, or just want's to have fun spending/wasting all his money before the end comes?
The White House says President Biden will not take a cognitive test — even after a damning report from his own Department of Justice highlighting his “poor memory” and voters expressing major concerns about his mental acuity.
“The president proves every day [in] how he operates and how he thinks — by dealing with world leaders, by making difficult decisions on behalf of the American people — whether it’s domestic or national security,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Monday, quoting from Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor.
A brutal Venezuelan gang that has used the border crisis to set up in New York could join forces with the feared MS-13, a senior FBI agent has told The Post.
Tren de Aragua, which law enforcement is warning is rapidly expanding its criminal empire with a spate of brazen phone robberies in the five boroughs, is a priority for the FBI, agent John Morales said.
Morales, the special agent in charge of the El Paso division in Texas, said the agency is closely monitoring Tren de Aragua’s growth and is concerned about it forming alliances with existing networks.