The case for repealing the 19th amendment in only 18 seconds.

A BasedCon custom is for participating authors to offer a reading of their works in progress. Fields & Energy was a bit out of place among the science fiction and fantasy stories, but I shared a (brief and heavily edited) snippet of an upcoming post. Enjoy!

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BasedCon Presentation: Catechism and God's Entry into Time: Old English Poetry, Alice in Wonderland, and the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity (Rachel Fulton Brown)

Catechism, historically, begins with telling a story in time: “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). For modern Christians, this story-telling typically involves discovering Jesus of Nazareth as an historical figure — the “Jesus of history” who lived in the Roman province of Judea a generation before the destruction of the Second Temple in A.D. 70. For ancient and medieval Christians, the exercise was somewhat different. The problem, for modern Christians wanting to participate more fully in the long tradition of our faith, is that this ancient and medieval version of the story often sounds like nonsense worthy only of a children’s tale — or myth — “a tale begun in other days, when summer suns were glowing — a simple chime, that served to time, the rhythm of oar rowing — whose echoes live in memory yet, though envious years would say ‘forget.’” And yet, somehow, we need to learn to tell it, if we are, with Alice and the hobbits, to find ourselves in the same tale still, if only we knew where to begin without falling down the rabbit hole into the Mordor of lost time — and unbelief.

Cædmon's Hymn, the oldest extant text written in (Old) English.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dmon's_Hymn

BasedCon Panel: Fairy Tales to Fight the Culture War

We all love re-telling fairy tales, using them as structures for our own stories, reframing them to point to current tensions, revealing them as the basis for our own sense of meaning and reality. In Tolkien's words, they enable us to recover the truth, escape from the lies, and experience the consolation of eucastrophe'which makes it all the more painful when others take these stories and subvert them to their own purposes. And yet, isn't this the whole point of re-telling the tales? In the woods with Granny Weatherwax, do we side with Red Riding Hood or the Wolf'particularly when Lily is using mirror magic to force the Happy Ending?

Kimberly Crilly, Ann Lewis, Bill Willingham, Rachel Fulton-Brown (mod.)

“Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.” - The Fellowship of the Ring

Irish people out demonstrating for Enoch Burke. The school teacher who has been jailed for refusing to endorse trans ideology.

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"Vacationers in Sochi dragged a sea mine onto the shore

"A video is circulating online showing vacationers peacefully relaxing on a beach in Sochi when a sea mine moored next to them. The men, without fear (and, apparently, a sense of self-preservation), grabbed it by the “horns” and rolled it out onto the pebbles. It is unknown where the explosive device washed up on the Black Sea shore from.

"The rest of the beachgoers actively watched the mine being pulled out onto the land, not being afraid at all. Fortunately, the explosive charge did not go off - perhaps the ammunition was too old. However, we do not recommend following the example of the beachgoers - if you see explosives floating out to you in a friendly manner, it is better to leave the shore as soon as possible.

"UPD: Information about the in Sochi, the city's Municipal Control Center reported."

https://news.1rj.ru/str/readovkanews/86429

Faced with economic difficulties, Volkswagen has decided to close its plants in Germany, an unprecedented move for the company. The group has never stopped production on its home soil before. Even in 1988, when it was forced to close its plants for economic reasons, this happened in the USA, but not in Germany.

Other large industrial giants such as BASF and ZF are also cutting production and jobs. This systemic crisis reflects the deep problems in the German economy, where high energy costs and failed green policies have led to a loss of competitiveness.

Despite the Scholz government's attempts to blame the success of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, the business community sees the root of the problems in the authorities' failed economic policies. Industrialists who previously supported the transition to renewable energy now see it as a threat to their existence, which calls into question the long-term sustainability of the green agenda in Germany.

The West, which has long been betting on "green" policy, has once again found itself in the wrong place, not noticing how this strategy began to destroy its own economic foundations.

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The black-footed cat is the deadliest wildcat in the world. Though they weigh only 2 - 6 pounds, they take down more prey in a single night than a leopard does in 6 months.

National Geographic

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🇷🇺🇱🇻 Multiple reports that russian kamikaze drone struck a target in Latvia yesterday

There is ongoing investigation but the government does not provide information.

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Is the British communist revolution something to laugh at?

To understand why immigrants were were deemed essential for their cause, we need to go back to the failure of socialists in 1926. In the time before they arranged for an influx of combat-ready immigrants who of course voted left, and supported more immigration.

In 1926, the year the British communists organized the "General Strike," which, while not a true revolution, sparked imaginative ideas about what Great Britain might look like under communist rule. Father Ronald Knox provided a fictional account of a revolution in Britain that included butchery in St. James's Park and the blowing up of the Houses of Parliament. This initially shocked many but eventually led to mockery. People laughed because living conditions were too good, and they believed that English citizens lived too well off for Britain to ever resemble Soviet Russia.

Alan Hodge recorded this incident in his book, "The Long Week End: A Social History of Great Britain 1918-1939": "In 1926, the BBC responded to the demand for brighter programs with a lively experiment conducted by Ronald Knox, who had transitioned from being a witty critic of the Roman Church to Father Ronald Knox, a witty Catholic missionary. He broadcast a talk that took the form of a detailed account of a revolution in England. This was delicate territory, as it coincided with the General Strike. The Daily Express protested strongly, with headlines declaring: ‘A Blunder by BBC: Revolution Hoax by Wireless. People Alarmed all Weekend.’ A clear warning had been issued before the talk that the incidents described were imaginary; however, many took Father Knox’s account seriously. Sir Leo Chiozza Money, a financial journalist, remarked that 'the item was utterly humorless,' while the Lord Mayor of Newcastle complained that his wife had been seriously upset, prompting him to call a neighboring mayor for reassurance."

It seems that the British communists, along with subversive elements in the British peerage, have once again ignited public imagination regarding what England might look like under communist chaos.

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A new viral TikTok trend shows attractive young women in Germany dancing to a song dedicated to the AfD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA7OFes84kE