說到這個，我一直感覺西式奇幻（以及日式西幻）缺少一個很重要的職業：畫家
地圖跟怪物圖鑑之類的東西廣泛存在，但很少著墨究竟是誰畫的，即使有描寫的一般這個活也只是包給法師或者盜賊，而沒有一個專門的畫家
明明畫家，尤其是受過標準製圖跟速寫素描訓練的專業畫家，在沒有相機的時代是任何冒險團必備的，比什麼音樂家吟遊詩人重要得多
S.P.Requiem retweeted
费公千古，给费公身体去殖民化
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🇷🇺 4 NOVEMBER — RUSSIAN UNITY DAY? I PROPOSE EXRUSSIA!
📚 ANNOUNCING MY FORTHCOMING BOOK: EXRUSSIA — THE FUTURE OF NORTHERN EURASIA
Today, Russia celebrates National Unity Day. But what does unity mean when nations are denied the freedom to determine their own future?
I believe the future of Eurasia must be based on freedom, democracy and self-determination — not an empire ruled from Moscow.
My EXRUSSIA concept proposes a fundamental transformation of the Russian Federation into a post-imperial community of free nations.
🗺️ 41 POTENTIAL SUCCESSOR STATES — A NEW EURASIA
My vision explores a future with up to 41 independent states, drawing on proposals from the Free Nations of PostRussia Forum.
From Tatarstan, Bashkortostan and the Volga to Karelia, Ingria, Siberia, Sakha, Buryatia, the Urals and the Pacific Federation, every nation deserves the right to decide its constitutional and political future.
THE EXRUSSIA DOCTRINE — 10 PRINCIPLES
1️⃣ Decolonization: End imperial domination and recognize national self-determination.
2️⃣ Democratization: Free elections, constitutional government and human rights.
3️⃣ De-Putinization: Dismantle authoritarian institutions and establish accountability for crimes.
4️⃣ Denuclearization: Secure and eliminate nuclear arsenals through internationally supervised agreements.
5️⃣ Demilitarization: End imperial wars and establish peaceful regional security.
6️⃣ Economic Freedom: Free trade, private investment, property rights and market reforms.
7️⃣ European Integration: Open a long-term path towards European cooperation and potential EU membership.
8️⃣ New Security Architecture: Build peaceful relations with Ukraine, NATO and all neighboring states.
9️⃣ Justice for Ukraine: Sovereignty, territorial integrity, reparations and accountability for aggression.
🔟 EU100 — FROM LISBON TO VLADIVOSTOK: My long-term vision of a democratic, peaceful and economically integrated Eurasia.
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I will explain the political, economic, constitutional and security architecture of this proposed transformation — including democratic transitions, national independence, economic reconstruction and European integration.
The map illustrates a political proposal, not existing internationally recognized states. Any transformation must respect the democratic will of the people, minority rights and peaceful procedures.
Russia's future must belong to its people — not to an imperial presidency.
EXRUSSIA — FREEDOM INSTEAD OF EMPIRE.
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Economist | Author, PaxEuropeana
Chairman, Austrian Committee for NATO Enlargement
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Chinese mythology is very interesting that the primordial holy kings, the Three Sovereigns (三皇, San Huang) were not from the same lineage like say Abrahamic or Japanese, but three "random" dudes, and their names are literally:
燧人 (Sui Ren) Flint Man
伏羲 (Fu Xi) Tamer of Beasts
神農 (Shen Nong) Godly Farmer
PS: 氏 basically means "house of", and later became "surname". The other two houses were probably gone, but 神農氏 House of Shen Nong is believed to have a descendent named 炎帝 (Yan Di, Fire Emperor), who was the rival of 黃帝 (Huang Di, Yellow Emperor)
They then became friends and are considered to be the two great ancestors of Chinese people, 炎黃子孫 (descendents of Yan and Huang)
Yan Di was a title, the surname he carried was 姜 Jiang, which is still carried by about 5 million people today. Even some Koreans carry this surname (they pronunced as Kang)
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Democrats are openly gay and closetly racist
Republicans are openly racist and closetly gay
And both work for Israel
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It's a sad collateral damage but I think Malfoid is officially killed by this US election
...... Let's hope the trend can keep going in China or somewhere else. But I think they're more interested in Deepseek chan now
S.P.Requiem retweeted
我只能說千萬別小看GG的力量。整個LGBT運動的崛起不就是因為老保想管住他們的GG嗎
暴言：如果阿共不管中國人的GG了全面開放色情創作，願意統一的台灣人會瞬間增加80%
民不民主或者文化差異都不重要，重點是利益（或者這樣說，當利益轉向的時候，前者也會很自然的換邊倒）
台灣實際上是一個“半導體阿聯酋”，台灣人民的收入跟福利基本上就是幾家幾乎具有壟斷地位的半導體大廠撐起來的，醫療等產業都是其涓滴出來的次生產業，沒有源頭活水就會瞬間崩塌
而大陸不管如何讓利，也不可能送你比這更多的錢（一旦統一台灣的半導體產業肯定只有被摧毀，被轉移，被西方封鎖三種可能，不可能繼續原本的生意）
所以只要半導體石油礦依然在噴湧，台灣人就不可能願意回歸
反過來說就是，大陸的晶片產業進度，就是兩岸的統一倒計時
所以最絲滑的兩岸統一時間軸就是：
1. 大陸做出國產EUV光刻機，晶片幹成白菜價，AI徹底不卡脖子
2. 台股爆跌，台灣陷入經濟危機，投降主義開始占上風
3. 選上了統派政黨，談成了條件遠比現在差但保留了最後一點體面的和統
我相信習近平的算盤也是這麼打的。然而需要面對的問題有三個：
A. 完成第一步到底還要多久，大陸的民間跟軍方還能忍耐多久
B. 進展到第二步的時候台灣人到底有沒有這麼理性，還是會破罐破摔反而走向極端台獨
C. 美國是否允許第三步發生，能使用什麼手段來阻止
總之最差的結局就是變成烏克蘭，也就是大陸迅速武統失敗，變成長期戰爭。次差的結局就是閃電武統成功，台方失去一切談判籌碼徹底變成魚肉（雖然對大陸人民來說這可能是比和統更好的結局
Huh, turns out I was not entirely correct. The ancient Hebrews literally had their version of 擲筊 called Urim and Thummim, which were two plates, one white and one black, each meaning yes and no
But this tradition didn't carry on, and was gone after the Temple of Israel was destroyed, and most things we know about them now are speculative through Bible verses
Actually the oldest crop in East Asia is this thing, proso millet 黍(shu), nicknamed 黃米(yellow rice)
It's now only cultivated in northern China from northern Shaanxi to Heilongjiang
Its main feature is that it's super sticky, even more so than sticky rice, and is made into mochi-like things, both as staple and dessert
