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Cross-of-akht

2026-04-29T14:38:53Z

Lmsuarez: Created page with "center"

[[File:Cross-of-akht.mp4|500px|center]]

Konami Dream

2026-04-25T16:13:15Z

Lmsuarez: /* Konami Dream */

===Konami Dream===
'''[related: Luk Thung, Phreaque Leak, BARCODE, Aeon Flux (rapper), LKA Hades, Kevin Venom, S.O.T.A]'''
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Underground hacker/rap collective of shrouded membership and controversial tactics active throughout the mid- to late-1990's. Associated individuals include the rappers Aeon Flux, Kevin Venom, and LKA Hades AKA Hades of the Underworld, the producers Kevorkian and IllI|IllIl||lI AKA [[error|BARCODE]], and the hackers fantom_limb AKA S.O.T.A (State of the Art) and The Mechanic. The group was inspired partially by the work of [[error|Hideo Kojima]], specifically the [[Metal-gear-solid|''Metal Gear Solid'']] series produced for the [[Nes|NES]] platform by the [[Konami|Konami Corp]]. Konami Dream is considered to be a pioneer of hacker rap, a movement merging computer/phone hacking (or [[phreaking]]) with sample-based hip-hop music. The group first became known for "phreaque leaking", a process in which illegally [[BladeEnc]]'d .mp3's were secretly embedded on various hacked websites. The group's most prominent phreaque leaks include:
* The 6-minute ''[[2001]]''-inspired ambient rap track [[HAL ▶︎|''HAL'']], was embedded on the [[Deep-blue|Deep Blue]] page of [[IBM]]'s corporate website.

[[File:deep-blue-wins.png]]

* ''[[error|Matrix Racer]]'', a [[NESticle]]-fueled ROMhack mutation of the [[NES]]'s flagship racing platform, ''Rad Racer'', which was covertly released piecemeal on various BBS posting boards by resident hacker fantom_limb (later known as [[error|S.O.T.A.]])

* ''[[Solitaire ▶︎|Solitaire]]'', an ambient rap track paired with the lifting, modifying, and redistributing of [[Microsoft|Microsoft Windows]]' proprietary "[[Microsoft-solitaire|Solitaire]]" or SOL.EXE software.

Though not technically a phreaque leak, Konami followed "Solitaire" with ''[[Judgement-day ▶︎|Judgement Day]]'', a three part audiovisual diatribe against various capitalistic power structures pirated atop a rerun of a late night [[NY1]] broadcast.. Following the untimely departures of S.O.T.A. and BARCODE , the group pivoted to self-released mixtapes, beginning with 1997's anime-inspired ''[[Berserk! ▶︎|Berserk!]]'', a 20-minute hype-laden romp produced by new producer, [[Jacob-Kevorkian|Kevorkian]]. ''Berserk!'''s released generated commercial interest in the group, leading to conflict and, eventually, internal fracture, with Kevorkian and rapper LKA Hades departing to pursue the ambitious though ill-fated LP ''Hellraiser'', an album containing an estimated $500k worth of uncleared samples.

Artistically, Konami Dream's early sound leaned heavily on producer IllI|IllIl||lI AKA [[error|BARCODE]]'s modular synth-heavy production. The group later shifted towards sampled elements - first from anime soundtracks, including [[Susumu Hirasawa]]'s ''[[Berserk]]'', and later to electronic ''luk thung'', or Thai country music, intermingling manipulated found sounds with newly produced synthesizer and drum machine parts. Lyrically, the group focused on issues of technology, heroism, anti-capitalism, and blackness in America. Though later shifting its focus almost exclusively to music production, Konami Dream remains associated with the extended mid-1990's hacking groups [[The-legion-of-doom|Legion of Doom]], [[error|Masters of Deception]], and [[Cult-of-the-dead-cow|Cult of the Dead Cow]], the latter of which also produced and released original music. Konami Dream's music was originally disseminated via [[UseNet]] posting boards, and, later, via [[Hotline-connect|Hotline Connect]]. The group displayed a notable obsession with the ill-fated [[NeXT_BlackBox3|NeXT BlackBox3]] gaming system, reportedly once performing enmeshed in a three screen projection mirroring the console's three-television display gimmick.

⧉ref# [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/hal ''HAL'']]

⧉ref# [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/pole-position ''Pole Position'']]

⧉ref# [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/solitaire ''Solitaire'']]

⧉ref# [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/judgement-day ''Judgement Day'']]

Gauntlet

2026-04-17T15:44:57Z

Lmsuarez: /* Gauntlet */

==Gauntlet==
[Atari, 1985] [related: Death]
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Pioneering hack-and-slash arcade video game released by [[Atari]] in 1985. ''Gauntlet'' was a fixture in 1980's Mall Culture and is widely recognized for revolutionizing the monetization of arcade platforms and shattering previous metrics for per-hour income. ''Gauntlet'' showcased the simultaneous gameplay of four characters - the warrior Thor, the wizard Merlin, the [[Valkyrie|valkyrie]] Thyra, and the much maligned elf Questor - in a "[[error|bullet hell]]" atmosphere of cascading attacks and countless enemies. Notorious for being the first commercially released "quarter muncher," the game's mechanics incorporated a health meter that depleted over time, requiring a constant stream of coins to avoid quietus <ref> Panic attacks and anxiety episodes were frequent amongst the game's young patrons, with reports of dizziness, chest pains, and stifled breathing common especially in the most bustling of arcades. </ref>. ''Gauntlet'' featured no final bosses or cut scenes of any kind - the game's most dangerous enemy was Death, an invulnerable red-eyed, black-cloaked figure with metallic hands that appeared intermittently to further drain the player's energy.<ref>Perhaps the most intriguing Reaper representation since Maya Deren's [[Meshes-of-the-afternoon|''MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON'']]</ref>. Also innovative was the game's use of voiceover: characters bantered constantly and chaotically, in ways seemingly disjointed from gameplay <ref> In a programming quirk, over 40% of the game's voiceover triggers consisted of Questor stating, desperately, "Elf needs food . . . badly" in an annoyingly cloying voice. These triggers sounded regardless of the player's health meter quotient or peripheral actions, contributing to Questor's designation as the "loser slot" on the game's control board (a position reserved for newbies, younger siblings, and mall dorks). </ref>. The voiceover recordings were created using the Texas Instruments <ref> A multinational digital technologies company known for its four primary product lines: overpriced high school graphics calculators, infrared weapons technologies, early childhood development Speak & Spell machines, and AI-based speech recognition and generation software. </ref> TMS5220C speech narrator, a new product at the time, and voiced by Ernie Fosselius, lead guitarist of the controversial Bay Area band Earth Mother and the Final Solution <ref> The band failed to find traction due to its offensive moniker and grim lyrics (composed by Fosselius), only releasing one commercial recording: a live EP performed at [[error|The Matrix]] in the year 1966. </ref>.

[[File:gauntlet.png|500px|center]]

Dikembe-mutombo

2026-04-17T15:40:39Z

Lmsuarez: /* Dikembe Mutombo */

==Dikembe Mutombo==
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A Congolese-American professional basketball player known for his dominant defense, humanitarian work, and signature shot block finger wag. Mutumbo initially came to the United States to attend Georgetown University as a medical student, but was recruited as a basketball walk-on due to his 7'3" height and almost eight foot wingspan. As a result of incomplete Congolese birth records, he was rumoured to have been nearly 30-years-old upon being drafted in 1991 by the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association.

[[File:Mutumbo.jpeg|500px|center|]]

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'''⧉ref#''' [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/hal ''HAL'']]

Molly-millions

2026-04-17T15:40:15Z

Lmsuarez: /* Molly Millions */

==Molly Millions==
'''[related: Lady3Jane, Meat Puppet]'''
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A cybernetically enhanced mercenary and street samurai appearing recurrently in [[William-gibson|William Gibson]]’s early cyberpunk fiction - most notably as a major character in [[William-gibson|''Neuromancer'']] and in [[Steven-bochco|Steven Bochco]]'s ''Neuromancer''-spinoff television pilot [[Wintermute|''wintermute'']]. As a teenager, Molly worked as a meat puppet<ref>A prostitute given memory-erasing drugs so as to be functional unconscious during coupling.</ref> until earning enough to finance her physical enhancements and vanquish her panderers. Known for her retractable razor blade fingernails and lightning fast reflexes, Molly's eyes are permanently sealed by shaded bionic glasses, a modification requiring the rerouting of her tear ducts through her mouth.<ref>In the rare instances the notoriously impassive Molly Millions cries it resembles spitting.</ref> The luxuriated ghostclone [[error|Lady3Jane]] of the [[error|Villa Straylight]] is presented throughout Gibson's work as Molly's primary nemesis.<ref>A rivalry captured in the [[Octagon-of-dex|Jag Mathusen]]-produced ''wintermute'' outtake "[[error|Molly Millions vs. Lady3Jane]]."</ref>

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'''⧉ref#''' [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/hal ''HAL'']]

Dolly

2026-04-17T15:39:09Z

Lmsuarez: /* Dolly */

==Dolly==
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The first (successfully) cloned mammal. A female Finn-Dorsett sheep, Dolly was given the birthdate July 5, 1996 by genetic scientists, despite being developed in a Scottish laboratory. Plagued by debilitating arthritis, various digestive disorders, and lung disease, Dolly's very existence has become a flashpoint of controversy, with various animal rights groups<ref>Including supporters of [[Murad-Jacob-Kevorkian|Dr. Jack Kevorkian]] AKA Dr. Death.</ref> advocating for her euthanasia and stringent restrictions on future cloning studies.

[[File:IMG_6526.png|500px|center|alt="dolly the sheep"|''Medical records photo ailing and feeble Dolly the Sheep in captivity.'']]

'''⧉ref#''' [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/hal ''HAL'']]

Dikembe-mutombo

2026-04-17T15:38:49Z

Lmsuarez: /* Dikembe Mutombo */

==Dikembe Mutombo==
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A Congolese-American professional basketball player known for his dominant defense, humanitarian work, and signature shot block finger wag. Mutumbo initially came to the United States to attend Georgetown University as a medical student, but was recruited as a basketball walk-on due to his 7'3" height and almost eight foot wingspan. As a result of incomplete Congolese birth records, he was rumoured to have been nearly 30-years-old upon being drafted in 1991 by the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association.

[[File:Mutumbo.jpeg|500px|center|]]

'''⧉ref#''' [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/hal ''HAL'']]

Kumbaya

2026-04-17T15:38:34Z

Lmsuarez: /* Kumbaya AKA Kum Ba Yah */

=='''Kumbaya AKA Kum Ba Yah'''==
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Roughly translated as "Come by here", an African-American spiritual motif of disputed origin. Kumbaya has been sung in the Gullah culture on the coastal Carolina islands, first by enslaved peoples and later in syncretic Gullah Christian churches. Though first sung to signify defiance and unity in the face of oppression, the phrase was later repurposed by American politicians as a thought-terminating cliché portraying the pursuit of peace as a neutered and fang-less enterprise riddled with compromise and kowtowing.

</br>

'''⧉ref#''' [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/hal ''HAL'']]

Kumbaya

2026-04-17T15:38:23Z

Lmsuarez: /* Kumbaya AKA Kum Ba Yah */

=='''Kumbaya AKA Kum Ba Yah'''==
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Roughly translated as "Come by here", an African-American spiritual motif of disputed origin. Kumbaya has been sung in the Gullah culture on the coastal Carolina islands, first by enslaved peoples and later in syncretic Gullah Christian churches. Though first sung to signify defiance and unity in the face of oppression, the phrase was later repurposed by American politicians as a thought-terminating cliché portraying the pursuit of peace as a neutered and fang-less enterprise riddled with compromise and kowtowing.

'''⧉ref#''' [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/hal ''HAL'']]

Kumbaya

2026-04-17T15:38:14Z

Lmsuarez: /* Kumbaya AKA Kum Ba Yah */

=='''Kumbaya AKA Kum Ba Yah'''==
----
Roughly translated as "Come by here", an African-American spiritual motif of disputed origin. Kumbaya has been sung in the Gullah culture on the coastal Carolina islands, first by enslaved peoples and later in syncretic Gullah Christian churches. Though first sung to signify defiance and unity in the face of oppression, the phrase was later repurposed by American politicians as a thought-terminating cliché portraying the pursuit of peace as a neutered and fang-less enterprise riddled with compromise and kowtowing.

<br>

'''⧉ref#''' [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/hal ''HAL'']]

Dikembe-mutombo

2026-04-17T15:35:43Z

Lmsuarez: /* Dikembe Mutombo */

==Dikembe Mutombo==
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A Congolese-American professional basketball player known for his dominant defense, humanitarian work, and signature shot block finger wag. Mutumbo initially came to the United States to attend Georgetown University as a medical student, but was recruited as a basketball walk-on due to his 7'3" height and almost eight foot wingspan. As a result of incomplete Congolese birth records, he was rumoured to have been nearly 30-years-old upon being drafted in 1991 by the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association.

[[File:Mutumbo.jpeg|500px|center|]]

'''⧉ref#''' [Konami Dream :: [https://konamidream.bandcamp.com/album/hal|''HAL'']]

The-baroness

2026-03-30T15:18:52Z

Lmsuarez: /* The Baroness AKA Anastasia DeCobrayΩ */

==The Baroness AKA Anastasia DeCobray<sup>[https://eternal-september.net/i-antichrist/house-of-destro.html Ω]</sup>==
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The Baroness, né Anastasia DeCobray, is a commander in the sinister communist/terrorist organization Cobra from the [[gi-joe|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]] franchise. Born in Himmelstein, Austria on November 22, 1957, The Baroness is the spawn of wealthy aristocratic (but highly neglectful) parents and was raised in a life of divine privilege and luxury. Approaching adulthood, the Baroness became increasingly disenchanted with her lavish existence and sought to explore avenues for undermining capitalist societal power structures. Enter… ''Cobra''! Undergoing rigorous training in various forms of combat and espionage, the Baroness quickly rose through the organization's ranks - her skills in hand-to-hand combat, marksmanship, and espionage unparalleled amongst her fellow recruits. The Baroness' attire is predominantly black, with a red headscarf, and a pair of completely opaque sunglasses <ref> Her de facto signature element - she is often depicted as wearing sunglasses even at night or in non-combat situations. </ref>. Despite her nonchalant demeanor and calculating ruthlessness, The Baroness shares a [[destro|complex emotional relationship]] with Destro, a masked weapons-dealing colleague.

[[File:Baroness.webp|500px|center|alt=The seductive raven-haired Baroness Anastasia DeCobray.]]

<small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[I-Antichrist|I, Antichrist]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[https://eternal-september.net/i-antichrist/house-of-destro.html House of Destro].''</kbd></small>

Cicada-3301

2026-03-30T15:17:53Z

Lmsuarez: /* Cicada 3301 */

==Cicada 3301==
'''[related: Christian Family Research Council] [disambiguation: [[cicadas|Cicadas]], [[obolus|Obolus]]]'''
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Popular Common nickname given to an unnamed mysterious shadow organization known primarily for the shrouded dissemination of [[codex|cryptographical]] content. Theories as to the organization’s true identity vary, though many posit a connection to either [[error|Freemasonry]] or the now dormant [[lord-digital|Legion of Doom]]/[[error|Masters of Deception]]. However, a number of internet scholars speculate that Cicada 3301 is in fact a branch of the [[CIA|CIA]], reminiscent in the spirit of [[operation-sundevil|Operation SunDevil]] or the [[FBI|FBI]]'s [[COINTELPRO|COINTELPRO]] - a covert operation designed to identity and neutralize superior talent in the underground [[phreaking|hacking/phreacking]] community.

Cicada 3301's content has included cryptographic digital puzzles, hacking challenges, and even the posting of [[alban-berg|serialistic]] musical dyads of unidentifiable origin. As a rule, Cicada 3301 materials appear on various [[mailer-daemon|UseNet]] channels without preamble, from newly created and untraceable accounts. In 19[redacted] the [[Christian Family Research Council|Christian Family Research Council]] engaged in an extensively and costly analysis of all known Cicada 3301 materials, ultimately concluding that the group was in fact an extension of the [[enochian|occult]] and, equating the dark web to the [[asphodel-meadows|physical and mythological underworld]], stating:

* ''"The enigmatic Cicada 3301 appears to be drawing participants inexorably into the dark web of the occult à la Crowley. At the heart of the enchantment is the counterfeit promise of ultimate meaning through self-divination."''

In its various materials, Cicada 3301 materials often reference [[Gnosticism|Gnosticism]], the history of the Levant (most prevalently, [[marduk|Nebuchadnezzar II]] and various Sumerian/[[tower-of-Babel|Bablyonian]] myths), and the work of [[error|William Blake]], [[anima|Carl Jung]], and [[lesser-key-of-solomon|Sir Aleister Crowley]]. The group was widely thought to have been involved with the development and distribution of the disturbing spectrographical film [[11B-X-1371]] and the release and dissemination of [[william-gibson|William Gibson]]'s cryptographical tone poem [[error|''Agrippa (Book of the Dead)'']]. Throughout the late 1990's, the group released a number of GPS-based puzzles, reportedly all centering on remote areas of South Africa and Uganda.

[[File:Cicada.jpg|500px|center|]]

Gallowglass

2026-03-30T15:17:28Z

Lmsuarez: /* Gallowglass */

==Gallowglass==
'''[related: Berserker][disambiguation: [[Berserk|''Beserk'']]]'''
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Elite and mysterious warrior class of Norse-Gaelic berserkers known for fighting with a blind fury bordering on the psychotic. Being of Norse descent, the Gallowglass were thought to be independent by both the Irish and Scottish military - contemporary historical records refer to them as "band of mercenaries driven not by material wealth but by a twisted sense of honor and a lust for carnage". Clad in bloody bear-skin, the Gallowglass incorporated spastic ritualistic dance techniques into their combat technique, a behavior now commonly attributed to the ingestion of [[error|psychedelic]] elixirs prior to battle.

[[File:Gallowglass.jpg|500px|center|]]

Hysteria

2026-03-30T15:16:55Z

Lmsuarez: /* Hysteria */

==''Hysteria''==
'''[Aug. 3rd, 1987][related: Def Leppard]'''
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Concept album produced by [[robert-john-mutt-lange|Rober John "Mutt" Lange]]
and conceived by drummer Rick Allen following the severing of his right arm in an auto accident in Sheffield, England on Dec. 31, 1984. The album traces the
origin and effect of the female species through the lens of extended  [[Christianity|Christian Theology]] [see diagram below]. The album is seen by many as a precursor to early 90's hip-hop due to the absence
of crash cymbals or other percussive accoutrement resulting from Allen's
injuries - an accident numerous leaders of the Christian community have since
attributed to divine retribution against the band for its portrayal of God as
vengeful/lustful throughout the album, which was in production at the time of
the accident. As if to lend credence to such claims, the album's seductive, after hours ballad ''Love Bites'', seemingly with the vocoded spoken text, ''"[[Jesus of Nazareth|Jesus of Nazareth]], go to h***"''.

[[File:Hysteria.jpg|500px|center]]

Hysteria

2026-03-30T15:16:41Z

Lmsuarez: /* Hysteria */

Hysteria

2026-03-30T15:15:54Z

Lmsuarez: /* Hysteria */

Normcore

2026-03-30T15:15:39Z

Lmsuarez: /* NormCore AKA Norm Core */

==NormCore AKA Norm Core==
'''[related: Mephisto, Patagonia, J. Crew, Eddie Bauer]'''
----
Fashion movement largely associated with the styling of various late '80's and
early '90's situational comedies (i.e: ''[[perfect-strangers|Perfect Strangers]]'') and [[jon-and-kate|TLC]] shows centering around the non-ironic wearing of chinos, orthopedic New Balance sneakers, tucked in cotton sweaters, and [exclusively white] tube socks. Seen as a generalized subcultural reaction to the "infinite choice anxiety" AKA "[[apeirophobia|infinity phobia]]" presented by the onset of
[[internet|the Internet]] (AKA World Wide Web abbrev. WWW). Accepted brands include but are not limited to  Eddie Bauer, Van Heusen, Mephisto, J. Crew and Patagonia previous to its controversial 2015 Denim Relaunch campaign.

[[File:Normcore.png|500px|center|]]

Behold a Pale Horse

2026-03-30T15:15:17Z

Lmsuarez: /* Behold a Pale Horse */

==''Behold a Pale Horse''==
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Controversial book by professional conspiracy theorist, radio host, ufologist, and Vietnam veteran Milton William Cooper. ''Behold a Pale Horse'' outlines a veritable cornucopia of fringe theories, including:
* HIV/AIDS was created in a government lab to target homosexuals.
* Dwight D. Eisenhower negotiated a secret treaty with extraterrestrials in 1954 allowing for a limited a number of annual human abductions.
* John F. Kennedy was on the precipice of revealing the presence of a shadow "Alien Nation" when he was assassinated <ref> Assassinated not by bullet, but by an alien-built gas pressure device developed as part of the Trilateral Commission. </ref>
* ''The Protocols of the Elders of Zion'' was created by the [[error|Illuminati]].
* Aliens control the general population via various secret societies, religions, and mythological systems, including [[error|freemasonry]], [[Christianity|Christianity]], and the [[error|occult]]. In Cooper's view, the Illuminati were also under extraterrestrial governance.

Cooper, along with John Lear, outcast heir to Learjet fortune, was active on early UFO-based [[error|UseNet]] BBS systems, posting numerous exposes on the Dulce Base, an underground research facility under the Archuleta Mesa on the Colorado-New Mexico border operated jointly by humans and aliens. [[error|David Icke]] would later extensively cite and expand on Cooper's writings in relation to the [[error|Silurian Hypothesis]]. A lifelong milarist, Cooper was killed by police after shooting a sheriff's deputy in the head while resisting arrest for tax evasion.

[[File:Pale-horse.jpg|500px|center|]]

Periaqueductal-grey

2026-03-30T15:14:52Z

Lmsuarez: /* Periaqueductal Grey AKA PAG, Central GreyΩ */

==Periaqueductal Grey AKA PAG, Central Grey<sup>[https://eternal-september.net/spectral-peaks/od-on-vaporwave.html Ω]</sup>==
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A cluster of neurons in the human brain peripheral to the cerebral aqueduct.
PAG takes the form of gray matter and plays a central function in analgesia
(pain reduction), abstract mania (see: [[apeirophobia]]), and autonomic responses to threatening stimuli. The PAG's high concentration opioid receptors are activated by many [[narcotics]] including morphine, hydrocodone, and oxycodone. Natural PAG opioid stimulants include waves of extreme nostalgia, teenage fellatio, and
[[dharma|Dharmic]] transcendence of self. The PAG plays a central role in "fight or flight response": extreme and stimulation of the area due to real (or imagined) threat can lead to a misleadingly lackadaisical posture known as quiescence
<ref> A state marked in extreme cases by 1) complete immobility 2) a
feigned smile often read as disingenuous and 3) sudden visualization of an
endless white void and/or the feeling of gradually sinking into an endless

[[error|non-spatial abyss]]. </ref>. Overstimulated PAG can become
activated pathologically resulting in dysregulation - a state commonly
associated with the development of various forms of psychosis, most notably
induced [[schizophrenia|schizophrenic]] [[bicameralism]].

[[File:Periaqueductal-grey.png|500px|center|]]

<small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[spectral-peaks|Spectral Peaks]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[https://eternal-september.net/spectral-peaks/od-on-vaporwave.html O.D. on VaporTech].''</kbd></small>

Steven-seagal

2026-03-30T15:14:01Z

Lmsuarez: /* Steven Seagal AKA Chungdrag DorjeΩ */

==Steven Seagal AKA Chungdrag Dorje<sup>[https://eternal-september.net/hyperbolic-time-chamber/segal-in-dreamland.html Ω]</sup>==
[April 10, 1952-] [related: BitCoinGate]
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An American/Serbian/Russian martial arts specialist, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician, spiritual guru, and environmental activist, Steven Seagal is one of the most profitable and prolific screen stars of his generation. Seagal claims to be a 7th-degree blackbelt in Aikido and the only caucasian to open a dojo in Japan. His initial run of films, beginning with
''Above the Law'' (1987) and ending with ''Under Siege'' (1992) experienced great commercial and critical success. Beginning in the mid-1990's, Seagal began releasing an almost endless stream of direct-to-video (D2V) releases of decreasing quality and coherence - films that gradually traded edge-of-your-seat martial arts action for more cerebral, environmentally-based content <ref> Perhaps related to the actor's weight gain beginning in the waning years of the 21st-century. </ref>. His entertainment career was derailed over the course of the next decade as multiple women stepped forward with sexual assault allegations - many stemming from late night "casting sessions" with a silk-robed (or sometimes Kimono'd) Seagal. Although the actor issued a blanket denial of culpability, the resulting "hush" settlement payments decimated his substantial wealth. Concurrently, a number of Seagal's stuntmen made public accusations of abuse and unprofessionalism, claiming the actor purposefully struck them while filming in retaliation for questioning his skills and training. The situation culminated in an altercation between Seagal and his stunt double Gene LeBell on the set of the 1991 film ''Out for Justice''. After claiming that aikido training rendered him immune to choke holds, LeBell placed his arms around Seagal's neck and choked him into unconsciousness, at which point Seagal reportedly soiled himself. In the period following, Seagal conducted a notorious
''Black Belt Magazine'' interview in which he disparaged Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris and made a number of hyperbolical boasts, including the assertion that he would "fight to the death" anyone questioning his abilities. In response, the martial artist/stuntman Robert Alan Wall formed his "dirty dozen", a group of established martial artists eager to battle Seagal. Wall later dismantled the group, alluding to threats he had received from what appeared to be the organized crime community.

Outside of acting and martial arts Seagal, has launched many business initiatives, including an energy drink line entitled "Steven Seagal's Lighting Bolt" and an aftershave called "Scent of Action". He was an early adopter of the controversial pseudo-currency [[bitcoin|BitCoin]]. Seagal was found guilty by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for not disclosing payments made to him by Bitcoiin2Gen (B2G) in exchange for "wholeheartedly" touting the value of the ICO via bulletin board posts (BBS) and press releases. The incident became known as BitCoinGate and resulted in Seagal receiving a $157,000 fine and a lifetime ban on promoting any type of digital currency.

Seagal claims the foundation of his martial arts training to be a deep spiritual practice. A devout [[dharma|Buddhist]], the actor has deep ties in the Nyingma community. Lama Penor Rinpoche, a kadam from the Palyul monastery, announced in 1997 that Seagal was in fact the reincarnation of Chungdrag Dorje, a 17th-century terton (treasure revealer AKA discoverer of hidden texts) descended from the most ancient branch of Tibetan Buddhism. In addition to fathering seven children by four women, Seagal is the guardian of Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo, the child of the 10th Panchen Lama of Tibet. Throughout Yabshi's time studying and traveling in the United States, Seagal served as her official bodyguard and minder.

[[File:Seagal.webp|500px|center|]]

: <small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[error|Hyperbolic Time Chamber]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[https://eternal-september.net/hyperbolic-time-chamber/segal-in-dreamland.html Seagal in Dreamland].''</kbd></small>

Steven-seagal

2026-03-30T15:13:24Z

Lmsuarez: /* Steven Seagal AKA Chungdrag DorjeΩ */

==Steven Seagal AKA Chungdrag Dorje<sup>[https://eternal-september.net/hyperbolic-time-chamber/segal-in-dreamland.html Ω]</sup>==
[April 10, 1952-] [related: BitCoinGate]
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An American/Serbian/Russian martial arts specialist, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician, spiritual guru, and environmental activist, Steven Seagal is one of the most profitable and prolific screen stars of his generation. Seagal claims to be a 7th-degree blackbelt in Aikido and the only caucasian to open a dojo in Japan. His initial run of films, beginning with
''Above the Law'' (1987) and ending with ''Under Siege'' (1992) experienced great commercial and critical success. Beginning in the mid-1990's, Seagal began releasing an almost endless stream of direct-to-video (D2V) releases of decreasing quality and coherence - films that gradually traded edge-of-your-seat martial arts action for more cerebral, environmentally-based content <ref> Perhaps related to the actor's weight gain beginning in the waning years of the 21st-century. </ref>. His entertainment career was derailed over the course of the next decade as multiple women stepped forward with sexual assault allegations - many stemming from late night "casting sessions" with a silk-robed (or sometimes Kimono'd) Seagal. Although the actor issued a blanket denial of culpability, the resulting "hush" settlement payments decimated his substantial wealth. Concurrently, a number of Seagal's stuntmen made public accusations of abuse and unprofessionalism, claiming the actor purposefully struck them while filming in retaliation for questioning his skills and training. The situation culminated in an altercation between Seagal and his stunt double Gene LeBell on the set of the 1991 film ''Out for Justice''. After claiming that aikido training rendered him immune to choke holds, LeBell placed his arms around Seagal's neck and choked him into unconsciousness, at which point Seagal reportedly soiled himself. In the period following, Seagal conducted a notorious
''Black Belt Magazine'' interview in which he disparaged Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris and made a number of hyperbolical boasts, including the assertion that he would "fight to the death" anyone questioning his abilities. In response, the martial artist/stuntman Robert Alan Wall formed his "dirty dozen", a group of established martial artists eager to battle Seagal. Wall later dismantled the group, alluding to threats he had received from what appeared to be the organized crime community.

Outside of acting and martial arts Seagal, has launched many business initiatives, including an energy drink line entitled "Steven Seagal's Lighting Bolt" and an aftershave called "Scent of Action". He was an early adopter of the controversial pseudo-currency [[bitcoin|BitCoin]]. Seagal was found guilty by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for not disclosing payments made to him by Bitcoiin2Gen (B2G) in exchange for "wholeheartedly" touting the value of the ICO via bulletin board posts (BBS) and press releases. The incident became known as BitCoinGate and resulted in Seagal receiving a $157,000 fine and a lifetime ban on promoting any type of digital currency.

Seagal claims the foundation of his martial arts training to be a deep spiritual practice. A devout [[dharma|Buddhist]], the actor has deep ties in the Nyingma community. Lama Penor Rinpoche, a kadam from the Palyul monastery, announced in 1997 that Seagal was in fact the reincarnation of Chungdrag Dorje, a 17th-century terton (treasure revealer AKA discoverer of hidden texts) descended from the most ancient branch of Tibetan Buddhism. In addition to fathering seven children by four women, Seagal is the guardian of Yabshi Pan Rinzinwangmo, the child of the 10th Panchen Lama of Tibet. Throughout Yabshi's time studying and traveling in the United States, Seagal served as her official bodyguard and minder.

: <small><kbd>Ωref#<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[error|Hyperbolic Time Chamber]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[https://eternal-september.net/hyperbolic-time-chamber/segal-in-dreamland.html Seagal in Dreamland].''</kbd></small>

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Valkyrie

2026-03-30T15:12:53Z

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==Valkyrie==
'''[related: [[Neon-genesis-evangelion|Fan Servicing]]]'''
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Female figures littered throughout Norse Mythology. The Valkyrie are most often portrayed as shepherding fallen warriors to the golden halls [[Valhalla]], though they are on occasion presented as (quite capable) warriors themselves. In an early example of fan servicing, the Valkyrie are often depicted as wearing metal or leather bikinis, despite the various militaristic and weather-dependent disadvantages of such attire. The role of the Valkyrie is central to [[Ragnarok]], and they often appear as ravens and/or [[ornithomancy|swans]] circling the apocalypse, moving fluidly between the impermeable barrier between life and death.

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VaporTech

2026-03-30T15:12:29Z

Lmsuarez: /* VaporTech™ */

==VaporTech<span class="trademark">™</span>==
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A nostalgic, almost sexual longing for technologies of one's youth - particularly applicable to gaming consoles like [[Nes|Nintendo]] and [[Atari|Atari]]. The effects of VaporTech™ are often particularly acute in cases wherein such technologies have been discontinued, or are featured in dystopian retail settings like the [[Radioshack|RadioShack]]<ref>To whit, particularly acute mall-based occurrences phenomenon are known colloquially as "RadioShock".</ref> bargain bin aisle.

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Viduus

2026-03-30T15:12:02Z

Lmsuarez: /* Viduus AKA "The Divider" */

==Viduus AKA "The Divider"==
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Greek entity responsible for separating body from soul after death. Often
depicted as a reverse-negative shepherd and companioned by the metal owl <ref> As is often the case, the owl is not what it seems. </ref> from the 1981 film ''Clash of the Titans''. Within the field of post-Antiquity metaphysics, Viduus has been retroactively blamed for the persistence of [[bicameralism]] in the Greek Dark Ages, an epoch largely characterized by a visual reliance on protogeometric patterns and the absence of any enduring semanical systems. His presence was traditionally announced with the sounding of ominous, distant [[division-bell|bells]].

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Terminator

2026-03-30T15:11:00Z

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==''Terminator'' (1984)==
'''[related: James Cameron, SkyNet, Skid Row, T-1000, ''Piranha 2: The Spawning''] [disambiguation: [[skynet-syndrome|SkyNet Syndrome]]]'''
----
Anti-tech feminist manifesto by James Cameron starring [[arnold-schwarzenegger|Arnold Schwarzenegger]], centering on SkyNet <ref> More specifically SkyNet is an "[[ai|artificial neural network]]-based conscious group mind and artificial general superintelligence system developed by Cyberdyne Systems for the United States Department of Defense. Upon achieving
[[error|The Singularity]], various unsuccessful attempts were made to deactivate SkyNet, eventually resulting in a nuclear holocaust due to SkyNet's ascertation that humankind was a virus-like mortal threat to both itself and the general ecology and equilibrium of the planet. Following the subsequent dissolution of Cyberdyne, SkyNet's illegal development continued under the guise of
[[deep-blue|The Turk]], an advanced chess-playing [[ai|A.I.]] prototype. </ref>, a sentient machine-based post-corporate lifeform capable of unidirectional time travel. The film originated from Cameron's fever dream of a metallic torso using long blades to drag itself from a large explosion. The film was shot largely in the abandoned downtown area of Los Angeles now known as Skid Row at night without proper permits, with Cameron and Gale Ann Hurd, the film's producer <ref> Hurd notably purchased distribution rights to the film for a single American dollar in exchange for allowing Cameron to write and direct the picture with final cut rights. Cameron's only prior project was the box office bomb ''Piranha 2: The Spawning'', commonly thought to be one of the worst films in cinema history: "''An abject failure - the fish look like Haddock with dentures.''" </ref> (and, later, Cameron's wife), claiming the film was a UCLA student project when confronted by police.

''Terminator 2: Judgment Day'' (or, simply, ''T2''), was, at the time of its 1991 release, the most expensive film ever made. ''T2'''s spiraling production budget was both a result of Cameron's quest to develop the liquid metal technology required for the T-1000, a frightful new brand of Terminator, and the need to buy out Hurd's film rights following the couple's acrimonious divorce in 1989. Following ''T2'', Cameron went on to write and direct another heralded sequel - ''[[error|Aliens]]''- and, subsequently,  ''[[error|The Abyss]]'', a sci-fi thriller about discovering extraterrestrial life in the depths of the ocean. The film's production process ignited in Cameron a deep passion for underwater exploration. The director used a significant portion of his exorbitant wealth to develop the DeepSea Challenger, a one-person high-pressure deep-diving submersible. Nineteen days after testing the machine's first prototype, Cameron became the first human to explore the Challenger Deep, the deepest part of the Mariana Trench, discovering countless new underwater species in the process.

''"It's vision of the future and the relation between man and its destiny is pushing the frontier of cinema as an art."''- [[andrei-tarkovsky|Andrei Tarkovsky]], re: ''Terminator''

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2026-03-25T15:54:54Z

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2026-03-25T15:48:42Z

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Murad-Jacob-Kevorkian

2026-02-15T20:31:15Z

Lmsuarez: /* The Works of Dr. Death */

==Murad Jacob "Jack" Kevorkian AKA Dr. Death==
'''[May 26, 1928 - ] [related: Thanatron, Meritron] [disambiguation: ''Dr. Death'' (mixtape), Kevorkain (DJ)]'''
----
An Armenian-American pathologist, musician, and painter, Dr. Kevorkian stands as the world's foremost proponent of euthanasia. He began serving a 25-year prison sentence in 1998 for the assisted suicide of Thomas Youk, a 52-year-old paraplegic. As noted in the court proceedings, Dr. Kevorkian mailed a videotape of the procedure to CBS's longstanding news weekly ''60 Minutes'', a move widely seen as a direct provocation to the United States Department of Justice and the [[FBI|FBI]] - organizations with which he had long feuded. Dr. Kevorkian assisted in the death of over 150 people between 1990 and the time of his sentencing, using primarily two methods: the ''Thanatron'' ("Death Machine", from the Greek), a system of self-administered euthanizing drugs, and the ''Meritron'' ("Mercy Machine", from the Greek), a Medieval-looking contraption in which an old-fashioned gas mask was fed by a canister of carbon monoxide. In an exposé published concurrently with his sentencing, the ''Detroit Free Press'' found that over 60% of Kevorikan's deceased patients were not terminally ill <ref> The Dr.'s response: "What difference does it make if someone is terminal? We are all terminal!"
</ref> and had not been giving a proper psychiatric exam <ref> In fact, over 30% of his patients died within 24 hours of meeting Dr. Kevorkian for the first time. </ref>. The publication estimated that the two most prevalent diagnoses of Dr. Kevorkian's patients were depression and hypochondria. Additionally, the paper documented Dr. Kevorkian's practice of harvesting both blood and organs from his patients immediately upon their passing - a procedure often used to partially defray the costs of his services. Most controversially, the ''Detroit Free Press'' published a letter from Dr. Kevorkian to the United States Department of Justice recommending that death row inmates be given the option to surrender to medical experimentation under full anaesthesia prior to their deaths <ref> The D.O.J. was appalled by his proposal and reportedly opened its decades-long investigation in de facto response. </ref> - for the "good of science".

Alongside his medical pursuits, Dr. Kevorkian maintained an active artistic life. A series of his strange, sometimes graphic oil paintings <ref> Images included depictions of a naked, tortured Santa Claus, various skinless creatures in obvious pain, and a child eating the flesh of a decomposing corpse.
</ref> gained the attention of fans and collectors <ref> Including the death metal band Acid Bath. </ref> following his first (and only) gallery show. Also active as a composer and jazz flutist, Dr. Kevorkian released ''The Kevorkian Suite: A Very Still Life'' on the Lucid Subjazz label in 1997. The album sold poorly but generated interest in the sampled-based hip-hop community <ref> The album was prominently featured in Konami Dream's controversial mixtape Dr. Death, in part as a reference to the death of their former DJ, Kevorkian. </ref>.

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Viduus

2026-02-07T17:18:03Z

Lmsuarez: /* Viduus AKA "The Divider" */

Cult-of-the-dead-cow

2026-02-07T17:16:15Z

Lmsuarez: /* Cult of the Dead Cow AKA cDc */

==Cult of the Dead Cow AKA cDc==
'''[related: B(l)ack Orifice, Grandmaster Ratte', Psychedelic Warlord]'''
----
DIY media organization led by Grandmaster Ratte' and launched in 1984 at the Farm Pac abattoir in Lubbock, Texas. The group's initial configuration included three lightly administered Bulletin Board Systems (BBS SysOps). The cDc spread organically throughout North America and came to include [[lord-digital|Lord Digital]] and other high profile members of the [[The-legion-of-doom|Legion of Doom]]/[[The-legion-of-doom|Masters of Deception]]. In 1994, the cDc became the first hacking group with its own [[mailer-daemon|Usenet]] group, alt.fan.cult-dead-cow. What followed was a stunning stream of posts including the claim that the cDc ``infected" [[Ronald-reagan|Ronald Reagan]] with Alzheimer's disease in 1987 via a blowgun. The following year saw the cDc declare a veritable war on Scientology, posting documentation that the religion's founder L. Ron Hubbard was in fact Heinrich Himmler, a former member of the Nazi SS. The group received international attention after unveiling the B(l)ack Orifice (an invasive remote third party administrative system for [[Microsoft|Microsoft Windows]]) at DEF CON 6 - a conference attended by leaders of the hacking, law enforcement, and techno-industrial communities. Like hacker/rap collective [[Konami Dream]], the cDc produced and released [[The-Song-of-the-Cow|music]] in order to inform and expand on their aesthetic. These efforts were led by cDc member Psychedelic Warlord, a teenage [[Power-electronics|power electronics]]-loving poet and bass player born one Beto O'Rourke.

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<small><kbd>Ωref<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[phantom-archives|Phantom Archives]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[The-Song-of-the-Cow|The Song of the Cow]]''.

Dolly

2026-02-07T17:01:02Z

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2026-02-07T16:59:34Z

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Cult-of-the-dead-cow

2026-02-07T16:57:08Z

Lmsuarez: /* Official cDc ASCII logo */

==Cult of the Dead Cow AKA cDc==
'''[related: B(l)ack Orifice, Grandmaster Ratte', Psychedelic Warlord]'''
----
DIY media organization led by Grandmaster Ratte' and launched in 1984 at the Farm Pac abattoir in Lubbock, Texas. The group's initial configuration included three lightly administered Bulletin Board Systems (BBS SysOps). The cDc spread organically throughout North America and came to include [[lord-digital|Lord Digital]] and other high profile members of the [[The-legion-of-doom|Legion of Doom]]/[[The-legion-of-doom|Masters of Deception]]. In 1994, the cDc became the first hacking group with its own [[mailer-daemon|Usenet]] group, alt.fan.cult-dead-cow. What followed was a stunning stream of posts including the claim that the cDc ``infected" [[Ronald-reagan|Ronald Reagan]] with Alzheimer's disease in 1987 via a blowgun. The following year saw the cDc declare a veritable war on Scientology, posting documentation that the religion's founder L. Ron Hubbard was in fact Heinrich Himmler, a former member of the Nazi SS. The group received international attention after unveiling the B(l)ack Orifice (an invasive remote third party administrative system for [[Microsoft|Microsoft Windows]]) at DEF CON 6 - a conference attended by leaders of the hacking, law enforcement, and techno-industrial communities. Like hacker/rap collective [[Konami Dream]], the cDc produced and released [[The-Song-of-the-Cow|music]] in order to inform and expand on their aesthetic. These efforts were led by cDc member Psychedelic Warlord, a teenage [[Power-electronics|power electronics]]-loving poet and bass player born one Beto O'Rourke.

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<small><kbd>Ωref<nowiki>[</nowiki>[[phantom-archives|Phantom Archives]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> :: ''[[The-Song-of-the-Cow|The Song of the Cow]]''.

Cult-of-the-dead-cow

2026-02-07T16:56:58Z

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==Cult of the Dead Cow AKA cDc==
'''[related: B(l)ack Orifice, Grandmaster Ratte', Psychedelic Warlord]'''
----
DIY media organization led by Grandmaster Ratte' and launched in 1984 at the Farm Pac abattoir in Lubbock, Texas. The group's initial configuration included three lightly administered Bulletin Board Systems (BBS SysOps). The cDc spread organically throughout North America and came to include [[lord-digital|Lord Digital]] and other high profile members of the [[The-legion-of-doom|Legion of Doom]]/[[The-legion-of-doom|Masters of Deception]]. In 1994, the cDc became the first hacking group with its own [[mailer-daemon|Usenet]] group, alt.fan.cult-dead-cow. What followed was a stunning stream of posts including the claim that the cDc ``infected" [[Ronald-reagan|Ronald Reagan]] with Alzheimer's disease in 1987 via a blowgun. The following year saw the cDc declare a veritable war on Scientology, posting documentation that the religion's founder L. Ron Hubbard was in fact Heinrich Himmler, a former member of the Nazi SS. The group received international attention after unveiling the B(l)ack Orifice (an invasive remote third party administrative system for [[Microsoft|Microsoft Windows]]) at DEF CON 6 - a conference attended by leaders of the hacking, law enforcement, and techno-industrial communities. Like hacker/rap collective [[Konami Dream]], the cDc produced and released [[The-Song-of-the-Cow|music]] in order to inform and expand on their aesthetic. These efforts were led by cDc member Psychedelic Warlord, a teenage [[Power-electronics|power electronics]]-loving poet and bass player born one Beto O'Rourke.

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Deep-blue

2026-02-07T16:56:18Z

Lmsuarez: /* Deep BlueΩ */

==Deep Blue<sup>[https://eternal-september.net/spectral-peaks/predator-at-bay.html Ω]</sup>==
----
Rudimentary [[ai|A.I.]] (artificial intelligence) designed by I.B.M. Deep Blue became the first computational system to defeat a reigning world chess champion on May 11, 1997, with its controversial win over Gary Kasparov. Following the match's results, Kasparov accused I.B.M. of maleficence and illegal human manipulation <ref> Strangely the "human manipulation" appears to have been in the
form of mid-game nonsensical interjections into Deep Blue's methodical
strategy (i.e. "mistakes"). These instances of aberration led Kasparov to
adopt preemptively defensive postures sacrificing momentum he had built
earlier in the game. </ref>, demanding a rematch.
The company refused, offering no official retort to Kasparov's accusations and
promptly dismantled the machine. Deep Blue is the most notorious amongst a
long line of chess faux-automatons beginning with The Turk, an 18th Century
invention constructed by Wolfgang von Kempelen to impress Maria Theresa, an
Austrian Empress. When controlled by a skilled operator, the Turk became a
formidable opponent, defeating a number of prominent players, including the
heralded statesmen Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin. The shell of the
machine was later purchased and displayed by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, though the
exact nature and functioning of Kempelen's original mechanism remains unknown.

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: <small><kbd>Ωhref# [[mailer-daemon|mailer_daemon]] :: ''[https://eternal-september.net/spectral-peaks/predator-at-bay.html Spectral Peaks].''</kbd></small>

Deep-blue

2026-02-07T16:56:07Z

Lmsuarez: /* Deep BlueΩ */

==Deep Blue<sup>[https://eternal-september.net/spectral-peaks/predator-at-bay.html Ω]</sup>==
----
Rudimentary [[ai|A.I.]] (artificial intelligence) designed by I.B.M. Deep Blue became the first computational system to defeat a reigning world chess champion on May 11, 1997, with its controversial win over Gary Kasparov. Following the match's results, Kasparov accused I.B.M. of maleficence and illegal human manipulation <ref> Strangely the "human manipulation" appears to have been in the
form of mid-game nonsensical interjections into Deep Blue's methodical
strategy (i.e. "mistakes"). These instances of aberration led Kasparov to
adopt preemptively defensive postures sacrificing momentum he had built
earlier in the game. </ref>, demanding a rematch.
The company refused, offering no official retort to Kasparov's accusations and
promptly dismantled the machine. Deep Blue is the most notorious amongst a
long line of chess faux-automatons beginning with The Turk, an 18th Century
invention constructed by Wolfgang von Kempelen to impress Maria Theresa, an
Austrian Empress. When controlled by a skilled operator, the Turk became a
formidable opponent, defeating a number of prominent players, including the
heralded statesmen Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin. The shell of the
machine was later purchased and displayed by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, though the
exact nature and functioning of Kempelen's original mechanism remains unknown.

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: <small><kbd>Ωhref# [[mailer-daemon|mailer_daemon]] :: ''[https://eternal-september.net/spectral-peaks/predator-at-bay.html Spectral Peaks].''</kbd></small>

Mailer-daemon

2026-02-07T16:55:40Z

Lmsuarez: /* mailer_daemon AKA m_dΩΩ */

==mailer_daemon AKA m_d<sup>[https://eternal-september.net/spectral-peaks/spectral-peaks.html Ω]</sup><sup>[https://eternal-september.net/i-antichrist Ω]</sup>==
----
The [[UseNet|UseNet]] handle for an obscure and elusive recluse composer known for creating a diverse and detailed collection of digitally-disseminated multimedia. Posted throughout the 1990s', mailer_daemon<ref>An apparent reference both to Sophocles' daimon - a disembodied internal voice that guided all of his decisions - and an entity to which early computer programmers assigned undelivered email without clear cause or reason</ref> (m_d)'s oeuvre contains multiple volumes (or [[codex|codices]]) of hyper-text poetry, including [[spectral-peaks|''Spectral Peaks'']], the ominously-named [[I-Antichrist|''I, Antichrist'']], and the bizarre and icy [[error|''Meta Simulacrum'']], numerous diatribes or diary-like entries, scores and compositional directions, digitally-rendered visual art, diagrams for films, masks, and other paraphernalia, and plans for large scale multimedia works. Despite a late '90's upswell in public curiosity, the actual identity of mailer_daemon (m_d) remains unknown<ref> Earlier UseNet postings containing the insignias "clint", "clint.x" and "clint_23" have been, at times, been attributed to m_d, though the accuracy of those names is hypothetical.</ref>

m_d appears to have been a digital autodidact<ref>Much of his personal lexicon can be traced to various UseNet and BBS posting boards - a channel of information perhaps in part responsible for the simultaneously detailed and scattered reference materials.</ref> His work features a startling diversity of reference points (though often including errant or speculative information), including but not limited to Greek Mythology, neuroscience, [[simulation-theory|simulation theory]], general [[apocrypha|Christian apocrypha]] and [[Gnosticism|gnosticism]], [[ornithomancy|ornithology]], and [[quantum|quantum theory]]. [[dharma|Buddhism]] (specifically Tibetan Buddhism) often functions as a central touchpoint in m_d's work, though his relationship with the practice appears at times strained<ref>In a number of entries, m_d addresses a faceless "kadam", pummeling him with questions, often rhetorical or morose.</ref> His interests veer from the academic to the populist - at times heavily referencing toy action figure lore <ref> Mainly [[Transformers|Transformers]] and [[Gi-joe|G.I. Joe]].</ref>, video game lore, Japanese anime, hair metal, and action movie lore - with no apparent quality of judgement or change in tone. m_d's three codices of hypertext feature an internal manual citation system, sometimes nested upon itself. These codices do however take advantage of the [[Code-x-digital|Code-X Digital]] platform, occasionally displaying rudimentary coding and the inclusion of lo-res images (in ''I, Antichrist'' specifically). The texts display no direct poetic formal influence or training.

The first musical score shared by m_d online, "[[Neon-babylon|Neon Babylon]]", was a three-movement suite of electro-acoustic music scored for string quartet, harpsichord, synthesizers, anvil, orchestral percussion, [[Neon-babylon|Mahler box]], and vocals. Lyrics for the piece were written in both Latin and German. m_d's fascination with what he called "[[Cave of Brahma|sacred geometry]]" is on display in "Neon Babylon". Precise costuming directions were included in the score, including a number of foldable heavy paper masks - the largest of which was a [[Minotaur|minotaur]] mask to be worn on the head of the harpsichordist <ref>Despite the fact that such mask, when executed properly, almost entirely blocks the view of the player.</ref>. The suite begins with precise directions for the construction and destruction of a hexagon-insignia'd Mahler box, a gesture seen by many as a refutation of formalism and/or [[Christianity|Christian]] dogmatism <ref>The box, as with any three-dimensional cube, when unfolded, forms a cross.</ref> "Neon Babylon" exhibits influences ranging from classical composition to jazz fusion. Performances of the work were few and fair between, only the relatively obscure experimental classical ensemble [[Shepherds-of-apocrypha|Shepherds of Apocrypha]] released a documented performance.

Although m_d is commonly portrayed as a tragic figure and associated with other reclusive outsider artists, his work bears hallmarks of the ecstatic (or at least manic) and high levels of compositional technique and internal coherence. However, the general state of his mental health remains a topic of debate - there are numerous references to [[schizophrenia|schizophrenia]] and [[Elektroshock-therapy|elektroshock therapy]] throughout his work (though few are written from the first person), and he refers occasionally to the experience of a personal "snow crash" - a term commonly thought to reference a mental breakdown. Over time, his postings became increasing difficult to parse - and even access.

Many of m_d's later UseNet postings were gated by cryptographical systems of varying degrees of complexity. The codes needed for ''Spectral Peaks'' and ''I, Antichrist'' were fairly straight forward and involved REDACTED. The solved codes then provided a hidden link to postings on [[mindvox|MindVox]]'s Code-X Digital platform. Two late diary-like entries exhibiting signs of mania employ relatively high-level code-breaking to access. Equally difficult to access was what later become known as the ''Meta Simulacrum'', a posting revealing extensive plans for the execution of a culminatory, complex and almost comically ambitious multimedia piece entitled ''Millenium Rift''.

A steroidal Gesamtkunstwerk on par with [[Karlheinz-stockhausen|Karlheinz Stockhausen's]] unperformable 7-day epic "Licht", ''Millennium Rift'' calls for the construction of ornate masks and laser grids based on principles of sacred geometry. Most ambitiously, m_d includes plans for three interspersed videos featuring singers in bizarre and otherworldly locations. Despite ''Millennium Rift's'' compositional complexity, its sound is palette heavily influenced by 1980's pop and jazz, calling for the Yahama CS-80 (the [[Blade-runner|''Blade Runner'']] sound) and KORG M1 synthesizers, heavily gated rototoms a la Phil Collins, and vocals treated by the Eventide H3000 harmonizer. Lyrically, m_d appears to have spent years culling lyrics from his various codices of hypertext, circling 'round his obsession with with [[Y2K|Y2K]]<ref>In numerous writings m_d espouses a belief that the world will end at 12:00am, January 1st, in the year 2000.</ref>

Modern acolytes of m_d's works have attempted maps of his whereabouts based on the triangulation of IP address tracking, tracerouting, and clues in posted content. General consensus is that m_d spent the late 1970's to the early 1990's in New York City. In the early/mid 1990's, m_d appears to have entered into some kind of brief but blindingly intense relationship, eventually relocating to [[Los Angeles]] with his companion, at which point the relationship dissolved. After a short time in Los Angeles, m_d seems to have forgone returning to New York City, instead seeking out the desolation of the Mojave desert southeast of Los Angeles, somewhere in the Joshua Tree, Landers, or Salton Sea area.

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Rudimentary [[ai|A.I.]] (artificial intelligence) designed by I.B.M. Deep Blue became the first computational system to defeat a reigning world chess champion on May 11, 1997, with its controversial win over Gary Kasparov. Following the match's results, Kasparov accused I.B.M. of maleficence and illegal human manipulation <ref> Strangely the "human manipulation" appears to have been in the
form of mid-game nonsensical interjections into Deep Blue's methodical
strategy (i.e. "mistakes"). These instances of aberration led Kasparov to
adopt preemptively defensive postures sacrificing momentum he had built
earlier in the game. </ref>, demanding a rematch.
The company refused, offering no official retort to Kasparov's accusations and
promptly dismantled the machine. Deep Blue is the most notorious amongst a
long line of chess faux-automatons beginning with The Turk, an 18th Century
invention constructed by Wolfgang von Kempelen to impress Maria Theresa, an
Austrian Empress. When controlled by a skilled operator, the Turk became a
formidable opponent, defeating a number of prominent players, including the
heralded statesmen Napoleon Bonaparte and Benjamin Franklin. The shell of the
machine was later purchased and displayed by Johann Nepomuk Mälzel, though the
exact nature and functioning of Kempelen's original mechanism remains unknown.

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