@bodhipaksa @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social hmm. One part of the first paragraph on wikipedia seems semi-supportive:

"They may enjoy legal sanction to hold and charge suspects without ever identifying their organization."

@ccohanlon I'm sorry, you're right, that was the wrong time for an attempt at lighthearted humour. I'll delete it.

And speaking of which, it's funny how everyone talks about the Butlerian Jihad as if it isn't just another Torment Nexus.

The Butlerian Jihad led to a world where people were regularly shooting up on debilitating smart drugs to do maths for their feudal overlords because their ancestors decided […]

@b0rk Ah, makes sense. I've considered doing something similar for my blog, but since it's purely static I am not sure if I could or should finagle a server-side component into the requests. So I've been dragging my feet on it.

@b0rk I very much like that stripey-ribbon design. In terms of the comments, though, how is it fetching them? Client-side?

Well, viewing the quotes, at least. Can't see a way to post a quote yet. But progress is great to see!

@ramsey I have no time or patience for solutions that look for problems. Maybe that is why I find this whole turn of events so vulgar.