S02E32: Collector Grade Packaging
Tonight’s Tarot:
The Chariot (R) – Linestrider Tarot Deck
Freaks of Hazard:
Cbrooklyn112 dropped a monthly 6 bones! THANKS
FoxFur scurried in with 5 bones! THANKS
Spaz spazzed in with a mysterious 29.97! THANKS
Sir CrossStitch stitched in $5.33! THANKS
ChadF spent a cool 10 bones on us! What a chad! THANKS
Captain Oblivious sailed in with $5.55! THANKS
Sir Tjunta triangled in $3.33! THANKS
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JUST LUNATIC RAVENS
SLOWER THAN SOUND
Sonic Weapons. Sound Cannons. LRADs.
In Serbia, right now, massive protests are taking place all over the country. On March 15th, 2025, an estimated one million people descended upon the streets of Belgrade in a massive rally.
Footage from the rally shows people standing during 15 minutes of silence, when suddenly a whooshing sound immediately triggers panic and a brief stampede. An Associated Press photographer at the scene said people started scrambling for cover, leaving the middle of the downtown street almost empty as they started falling over each other. Those exposed to the weapon experience sharp ear pain, disorientation and panic.
The weaponization of sound has been adopted by police and military forces around the world. The use of sonic weapons is legal in the United States, and the NYPD have a record of using it for protests. In 2014, the NYPD used LRADs (Long Range Acoustic Devices) on BLM protestors, years before they became mainstream in 2020. Sonic devices may seem less violent than tear gas, rubber bullets, batons, and other “non-violent” methods of mob dispersal, but as the technology develops, so does the lethality.
Sound has a strange power capable of doing many things to a human body. It can make someone dance or go deaf. Sound can take you somewhere in your mind, even drive you to tears. Used with enough force, it can cause headaches and even stop the heart.
In certain conditions, it can even move and alter matter. Liquids and solids alike can be reformed with certain frequencies on certain instruments, such as sand on a Chladni Plate.
Here is a cool music video that will show a bunch of examples of this phenomena.
Novi Sad, Serbia: On November 1st 2024, the canopy of the Novi Sad railway station collapsed, killing 14 people and leaving three with injuries; one of the injured died on November 17th 2024 and another would die later, on March 21st 2025. The collapse led to widespread public concern in Serbia, with many questioning the structural integrity and maintenance oversight of public infrastructure. Authorities launched an investigation into the causes of the incident, but public frustration grew due to lack of accountability in the response.The station building was constructed in 1964, and was renovated from 2021 to mid-2024 with support from China's Belt and Road Initiative. The official cause of the collapse is still under investigation with government corruption and opaque dealings with Chinese contractors blamed.
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI or B&R), known in China as the One Belt One Road, also known as the New Silk Road, is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the government of the People's Republic of China in 2013 to invest in more than 150 countries and international organizations.
The BRI is composed of six urban development land corridors linked by road, rail, energy, and digital infrastructure and the Maritime Silk Road linked by the development of ports. BRI is both a geopolitical and a geoeconomic project. Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Xi Jinping originally announced the strategy as the "Silk Road Economic Belt" during an official visit to Kazakhstan in September 2013.
"Belt" refers to the proposed overland routes for road and rail transportation through landlocked Central Asia along the famed historical trade routes of the Western Regions; "road" is short for the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, which refers to the Indo-Pacific sea routes through Southeast Asia to South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. It is considered a centerpiece of Xi Jinping's foreign policy. The BRI forms a central component of Xi's "Major Country Diplomacy" strategy, which calls for China to assume a greater leadership role in global affairs in accordance with its rising power and status. As of early 2024, more than 140 countries were part of the BRI. The participating countries include almost 75% of the world's population and account for more than half of the world's GDP.
Back in Serbia, early protests primarily took the form of quiet vigils for victims of the collapse. However, these protests began to morph into larger and angrier demonstrations, with demonstrators accusing police and local authorities of negligence and corruption. Protesters began demanding a transparent investigation into the collapse, and the release of documents related to the incident. The Associated Press suggested that the collapse has also served as a flash point for expressions of dissatisfaction with the Serbian government as a whole.
LRAD sonic cannon against the student protesters in Belgrade
Another Phone Camera Angle of Sonic Cannon in Belgrade
Serbian protesters demand investigation as government denies 'sonic weapon' attack | DW News
Serbian officials deny illegal sonic weapon attack on peaceful protesters
French Police using portable LRAD sonic weapons to remove people from parks
THE WARSHIP EXPLOSION: THE OVERVIEW; BLAST KILLS SAILORS ON U.S. SHIP IN YEMEN
NYPD blast LRAD Sonic weapon against OWS protest
The Absolute State of Southern Serbia (Vimeo)
THEY USED TO DO IT BETTER
APPETITE FOR DISASTER
A reading from Recipes for Disaster: an anarchist cookbook
OPENER
INTERMISSION
Selfish Habits by The Bottomless
Keep Searching by Prosperous Soul
Titties on the Internet by Øystein Berge
CLOSER
The Notion of Sacrifice by False Finish
TAKE THESE, IT’S DANGEROUS TO GO ALONE!
