Formerly Clinical Research and Community Mod. Politics & Science, RA/QA Evangelist, MENA in B'more. Overthinking TTRPGs. A weird panoply 🏳️‍🌈. No kings, no castes, no corruption. If I'm wrong, call me out. Missed nuance? Hit me with it. Confused? Just ask.https://blacksky.community/profile/sol-cantus.myatproto.socialhttps://blacksky.community/profile/sol-cantus.myatproto.social/post/3mzthvgr55s2tThree different failures exist here and all of them are important notes on why conservative society doesn't work. Work life balance. Enforced monogamy. Basic ethics in industry. Every time we see a honeypot work, it's because we demand a conservative society. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:vvcchga3thsaeilrmclqvmbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzthvgr55s2thttps://blacksky.community/profile/sol-cantus.myatproto.social/post/3mztfcgki4s23Re "Trans Bathroom Inspections": If you hear the argument "but what if they're trans?!" tell them that what they're really arguing for is that anyone can rip the clothes off someone else (including the anti-trans debater) at any time to check for whether they're allowed to be in a room.08 Nov 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:vvcchga3thsaeilrmclqvmbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mztfcgki4s23https://blacksky.community/profile/sol-cantus.myatproto.social/post/3mzteodwp4c2oI'd like to remind everyone that Evangelical Christianity is not and has never actually followed teachings from Jesus' time because the vast majority of its modern doctrines stem from preachers who played a game of religious telephone and political power swaps across hundreds of years. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:vvcchga3thsaeilrmclqvmbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzteodwp4c2ohttps://blacksky.community/profile/sol-cantus.myatproto.social/post/3mztdbsuohl2bSeparate from my direct musings on industry, I have to remind my fellow creatives who are inspired by science that, as a writer, I take a hard line on what's science fiction and what's science fantasy. I have been a technician. I have lived with scientists. Fantasy has parasitized reality. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:vvcchga3thsaeilrmclqvmbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mztdbsuohl2bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/sol-cantus.myatproto.social/post/3mztcsocqz22bI think what too many STEM forward people forget, here and elsewhere, is that those who spend years in administration (to start or in transition) are divorced from the hard labor of the science itself. It is hard labor, there is a physical effort to it. AI cannot replicate this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Nov 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:vvcchga3thsaeilrmclqvmbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mztcsocqz22bhttps://blacksky.community/profile/sol-cantus.myatproto.social/post/3mzq2uzfx2k2iWe are now at the point where legend and myth are being so defamed by the egotistical's use of them that terms that should strike fear in us are becoming adorably feckless. "Who's a little kraken? Who's a little monster? You are, yes you are!" [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Nov 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:vvcchga3thsaeilrmclqvmbw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzq2uzfx2k2i