News, Anja Dahlmann, a political scientist and researcher at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, a Berlin based think tank. Here we go Yeah, thanks for being here Probably neither cut myself nor proposed, but I hope it's still interesting. I'm going to talk about preventive arms control and international humanitarian law And doing in this international debate around autonomous weapons. This type of weapon is also referred to as lethal autonomous weapons system short loss or also killer robots So if I say laws, I mostly mean these weapons and not like legal laws Just to confuse you a bit Okay, I will discuss this topic along Three questions. First of all, what are we actually talking about here? What are autonomous weapons? Second Why should we even care about this? Why is this important and third? How could this issue be addressed on an international level? so I'll go through my slides anyway What are we talking about here? Well During the international negotiations so far no real no common definition has been Has been found so states parties try to find something or not and for my Presentation I will just use a very broad definition of autonomous weapons Which is weapons that that can once activated execute a broad range of tasks or Selecting engage targets without further human intervention and that's just a very broad spectrum of of weapons that might Fall under this definition. Actually some existing ones are there as well, which you can't see here That would be the phalanx system. For example, it's been around since the 1970s Sorry So phalanx system has been around since the 1970s a US system air defense system based on ships and it's meant to just Yeah, defend the ship against incoming objects from the air So that's around for has been around for quite a long time And it might be Even part of this laws definition or not, but just to give you an impression how broad this range is today We've got for example demonstrators like the tyrannous drone a UK system or the x 74 B Which can for example autonomously land Land on aircraft carriers and can be every fuel and stuff like that Which is apparently quite impressive If you don't need a human to do that and in the future there might be even or there probably will be even more Autonomous functions so navigation landing refueling all that stuff Let's you know old But at some point there might be weapons might be able to choose their own munition according to the situation They might be able to choose their target and decide when to engage with the target without any human intervention at some point And that's quite problematic, I will tell you why that's in a minute overall you can see that there is Yeah, gradually decline a gradual decline of human control over Weapons systems or over weapons and the use of force So that's a very short and broad impression of what we're talking about here and talking about definitions It's always interesting what you're not talking about and that's why I want to address some misconceptions in the public debate First of all when we talk about machine autonomy also artificial intelligence with intelligence which is the technology behind this people not you probably In the media and the broader public often get the idea that these machines might have Some kind of real intelligence or intention or an entity on their own right and they're just not It's just Statistical methods. It's just math and you know way more about this than I do So I will leave it with this and just say that or highlight that they have these machines these weapons have certain Competencies for specific tasks. They are not entities on their own right. They are not intentional And that's important when we talk about ethical and legal challenges afterwards Sorry matters and The other in connection with this There's another one which is the plethora of terminator references in the media as soon as you talk about autonomous weapons mostly referred to as killer robots in this context and Just in case you intend to write an article about this Don't use a terminator picture. Please don't because it's really unhelpful to understand where the problems are With this kind of thing people assume that we have problems as When we have machines with a human like intelligence, which looked like the terminator or something like this And the problem start really way before that they start when you use assisting systems when you have men or human machine teaming Or when you accumulate a couple of autonomous functions through the targeting cycle So through the military steps that lead to the use of force or lead to the killing of people And that's not this is really not our problem at the moment So please keep this in mind because it's not just semantic semantics to To differ differentiate between these two things. It's really manages the expectations of political and military decision-makers Okay, so when I've got kind of an impression what I'm talking about here. So why should we actually talk about this? What's all the fuss about? Actually Autonomous weapons have or would have quite a few military advantages They might be in some cases fast or even more precise than humans and you don't need a constant communication link So you don't have you don't have to worry about instable communication links You don't have to worry about latency or detection or vulnerability of this specific link so yay and A lot of very let's say interesting military options come from that people talk about stealthy operations and shallow waters for example or Yeah remote missions and secluded areas things like that and you can get very creative with tiny robots and swamps for example So shiny new options, but of course there is But that it comes as at a price because you have at least three dimensions of challenges in this on this regard First of all the legal ones when we talk about these weapons they might there will be applied in Conflicts where international humanitarian law IHL Applies and IHL consists of quite a few very abstract principles For example a principle of distinction between combatants and civilians principle of proportionality or a military necessity they are very abstract and they I'm pretty sure they will only always need a Human judgment to interpret these principles and apply them to dynamic situations Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong later So that's one thing so If you remove the human from the targeting cycle these human judgment might be missing And therefore military decision-makers have to evaluate very carefully The quality of human control and human judgment within the targeting cycle So that's law second dimension of challenges are security issues when you look at these new systems They are cool and shiny and as most new types of weapons. They are they have the potential to stir an arms race between between states so they actually might make conflicts more likely just because they are there and States want to have them and feel threatened by them Second aspect is proliferation Autonomy is based on software so software can be easily transferred It's really hard to control and all the other components You are most of the other components you will need are available on the civilian market So you can build this stuff on your own if you're smart enough So we have might have more conflicts from these types of weapons and It's might might get well More difficult to control the application of this technology and the third one Which is especially worrying for me is the as potential for escalation within the conflict Especially when you have when both or more sites use least autonomous weapons You have these very complex adversary systems and it will become very hard to predict how they are going to interact They will increase the speed of the Of the conflict and the human might not even have a chance to process what's going on there So that's really worrying and we can see for example in high frequency trading at the stock markets Where problems arise there and how difficult it is for humans to understand what's going on there? So that that are some of the security issues there and the last and maybe maybe most important one are ethics As I mentioned before When you use autonomy in weapons or in machines you have artificial intelligence So you don't have a real intention a real entity that's behind this So the killing decision might at some point be based on statistical methods and no one will be involved there and that's Well worrying for a lot of reasons, but also it could constitute a violation of human dignity You can argue that humans have well you can kill humans in in war But they at least have the right to be killed by another human or at least by the decision of another human But we can discuss this later. So at least on this regard it would be highly unethical And that's really just scratches the surface of problems and challenges that would arise from the use of least autonomous Weapons I haven't even touched on the problems with training data with accountability this verification and all that Funny stuff because I only have 20 minutes So sounds pretty bad doesn't it? So how can this issue be addressed Luckily states have thanks to a huge campaign of NGOs noticed that there might be some problems And there might be necessity to address this issue and they currently doing this in the UN Convention on certain conventional weapons CCW Where they discuss a potential ban of the development and use of least autonomous weapons Weapons that lack meaningful human control over the use of force. There are several ideas around there And such a ban would be really the maximum goal of the NGOs there But it becomes increasingly unlikely that this happens most states do not agree with a complete ban They want to regulate it a bit here a bit there and they really can't find a common common definition as I mentioned before Because if you have a broad definition as just as I used it You will notice that you have existing systems in there That might be not that problematic or that you just don't want to ban and you might Stop civilian or commercial developments, which you also don't want to do So states are stuck on this regard and they also really challenge the notion that we need a preventive arms control here So that we need to act before these systems are applied on the battlefield So at the moment, this is the fourth year or something of these negotiations And we will see how that it goes this year and if states can't find a common ground there It becomes increasingly like or yeah becomes likely that it will change to another forum just like with anti-personnel mines for example, which where the And the treaty was found outside of the United Nations Mm-hmm, but yeah the window of opportunity really closes and states and NGOs have to act there and yeah keep Keep on track there just as a side note probably quite a few people are members of NGOs so If you look at the campaign to stop killer robots with a big campaign behind this this process There's only one German NGO which is facing finance So if you're especially if you're German NGO and are interested in AI it might be worthwhile to look into the military dimension as well. We really need some Expertise on that regard especially on AI and these technologies there Okay, so just in case you fell asleep during the last 15 minutes. I want you to take away three key messages Please be aware of the trends and internal logic that lead to autonomy in weapons Do not overestimate the abilities of autonomy of autonomous machines like intent and these things and because you probably all All knew this already. Please tell people about this tell other people about this educate them about this type of technology and third Don't underestimate the potential dangers for security and human dignity that comes from this type of weapon I Hope that I could interest you a bit more in this in this particular issue If you want to learn more you can find really interesting sources on the website of the CCW at the campaign to stop killer robots and from a research project that I happen to work in The international panel on the regulation of autonomous weapons We do have a few studies on that regard and we're going to publish a few more So, please check this out and thank you for your attention Questions, sorry, so we have some time for questions answers Okay, first of all, I have to apologize that we had a hiccup with the signing language The acoustics over here on the on the stage was so bad that she didn't could do the her job So I'm terrible. Sorry about that. We fixed it in the talk and my apologies for that We are queuing here on the microphones already so we start with microphone number one your question, please Thanks for your talk on yeah Don't you think there is a possibility to reduce war crimes as well by taking away the decision from humans and by Having algorithms to decide which are actually auditable Yeah, that's actually that's something I just discussed in the international debate as well that there might that machines might be more ethical than humans could be and Well, of course, they won't Just start raping Women because they want to but you can program them to do this. So You just you shift the problems really And also maybe these machines don't get angry, but they don't show compassion either So if you are there and your potential target, they just won't stop They would just kill you and do not think once think about this. So you have to really look at both sides there, I guess Thanks. So we switch over to microphone three, please Thanks for the talk Regarding autonomous cars self-driving cars, there's a similar discussion going on regarding the Ethics, how should a car react in the case of an accident should it protect the people outside people inside? What are the laws? So there is another discussion there Do you work with? People in this area or is this is there any collaboration Maybe there's less collaboration than one might think there is of course we monitor this debate as well and Yeah, we think about the possible applications of the outcomes for example from this German ethical Commission on self-driving cars for our work But I'm a bit torn there because when you talk about weapons they are designed to kill people and cars mostly are not So with this ethical committee you want to avoid killing people or decide what happens when this accident occurs So they are a bit different But of course, yeah, you can learn a lot from from both Discussions and we are aware of that Thanks, then we're gonna go over in the back microphone number two, please Also from me and thanks again for this talk and infusing all this professionalism into the debate because some of the surroundings of our so to say our scene scenery They like to protest against very specific things like for example the Lammstein air base and in my view that's a bit misguided if you just go out and protest in a populistic way without involving these points of expertise that you offer and so thanks again for that and Then my question how would you propose that protests? Progress and develop themselves to have to a higher level to be on the one hand more effective and on the other hand More considerate of what is at stake on all the levels and on all sides involved Yeah, well first the Rammstein issue is a completely actually completely different topic It's drone warfare remotely piloted drones So there are a lot of a lot of problems with this and we're starting to killings But it's not about lethal autonomous weapons in particular Well, if you if you want to Be a part of this international debate There's of course this campaign to stop killer robots and they have a lot of really good people and a lot of resources Sources literature and things like that to really educate yourself on what's going on there So that would be a starting point and then yeah, just keep talking to scientists about this and Find out where where we see the problems and I mean it's always helpful for scientists to to talk to people in the field So to say so yeah keep talking Thanks for that and the signal angel signal that we have something from the internet Thank you Question from IRC aren't we already in a killer robot world where botnet can attack a nuclear power plant for example What do you think? I really didn't understand I didn't understand that as well So can you guys be closer to the microphone, please? Yes, aren't we already in a killer robot world? Sorry, that doesn't work. Sorry. Sorry. We stopped that. We can't hear it over here. Sorry, okay We're gonna switch over to microphone to then please I Have one little question so In your talk you were focusing on the Ethical questions related to lethal weapons. Are you aware of ongoing discussions regarding the ethical aspects of the design and implementation of less than lethal autonomous weapons for crowd control and similar purposes Yeah, actually within the CCW every term of this lethal autonomous weapons systems is disputed also the lethal aspect and for the Regulation that might be easier to focus on this for now because less than lethal weapons come with their own own problems And the question if they are ethical and if they can if HL applies to them But I'm not really deep into this discussion. So I just have to leave it there Thanks and back here to Michael for one, please. Hi. Thank you for the talk very much My question is in the context of the decreasing cost of both the hardware and software over the next 20 40 years Outside of a nation-state context like private forces or Non-nation-state actors gaining use of these weapons. Do things like the UN Convention or the campaign to stop killer robots apply? Are they considering private individuals trying to leverage these against others? I'm not sure what the campaign says about this I'm not a member there, but The the CCW mostly focuses on international humanitarian law Which is important, but I think it's it's not broad enough so questions like proliferation and all this connected to your question are not a really Probably won't be part of a regulation there It's discussed on the on the edges of the of the debates and negotiations there, but it's It doesn't seem to be a really issue real issue there. Yeah, thanks Thanks and over to microphone six, please. Thank you. I have a question as a researcher Do you know how far the development has gone already? So how how transparent our insurance parent is your look into what is being developed and researched on the side of Military working military people working with autonomous weapons and developing them Well for me, it's quite intransparent because I only I've only access to public publicly available sources So I don't really know what what's going on behind closed doors in the military or an industry There of course you can you can monitor the civilian applications or developments which can tell a lot about the the state of the art and For example, Darpa the American Development Agency They publish sometimes the call for Call for papers. That's not the term But there you can see where in which areas they're interested in and for example, they really like this idea of Autonomous killer bug that can act in swarms and monitor or even kill people and things like that So, yeah, we try to to piece it piece it together in our work We do have a little bit more time. Are you okay to answer more questions? Sure. Then we're gonna switch over to microphone three, please Yes, hello. I think we are living already in a world of Autonomous weapons systems if you think about these millions of landmines which are operating and so the question is Shouldn't it be possible to ban these weapon systems the same as landmines are already banned by several countries? so just include them in in that definition and Because the arguments should be very similar Yeah, it does it does come to mind, of course because these mines are just lying around there No one's interacting when you step on them and boom But they are well, it depends it depends first of all a bit of your definition of autonomy So some say autonomous is when you act in dynamic situations and the other ones would be automated and things like that And I think this autonomy aspect. I really don't want to find want don't want to find define autonomy here really but this this action in more dynamic spaces and the aspect of machine learning and All these things they are way more complex and they bring different problems than just landmines landmines are problematic and Antipersonnel mines are banned for good reasons, but they don't have the same problems I think so it won't be I don't think it would won't be sufficient to just put the laws in there at least like weapons Thank you very much. I can't see anyone else queuing up. So therefore ania. Thank you very much. Thank you My apologies that that didn't work


All right, we're turning around point seven and a half miles this roundabout. And I think we're, I think we're right on track. A6 gel limba's light shoe of choice for today. Looking for a shoe with a little more outsole grip, which is what I get in this shoe. Not, it's not crazy, but it's just enough through the snow we got last night here in Denver just to help make sure I don't fall on this seven minute or mile steady run here in the streets of Denver today. First just getting that, getting those knees happy, getting those knees happy. Love the foam roller. Love this trigger point foam roller. It's just amazing. All right, time to, time to rock and roll. A6 gel nimbus lights. And yes, we did get about two to three inches last night. So we'll just see how slick it is out there. And the goal is a steady run. All right, so beginning to, so what is the goal today? To begin to introduce gentle or light turnover into my legs, into my gait cycle. And I will be breathing, of course, you know, my heart rate will be higher than usual, you know, than the STEEZY runs, of course, but I'm not that concerned about the aerobic benefit today. It's more about introducing turnover, just gentle turnover. It's early week five, as I mentioned yesterday, the beginning in the, in the marathon training block. So I'm excited and the sun is out. It's, it is chilly though. It's not, you know, well, for Denver it's chilly. It's in the 20s right now. So I know that's pretty warm for some low cows of the world out there. All right, let's just see. Definitely need sunglasses today. Oh yeah, I'm not going to wear my vest today. I'm going to wear the flip belt to carry the GoPro. I'll pull the GoPro out a couple times, but it's not going to be, I'm not going to be doing too much filming today just because the pace is starting to pick up a little bit. So there you go. I'll wear that for the GoPro. Just shoveled the sidewalks in. Yes, I'm sweating. Oh boy. It's actually pretty nice out. Okay, here we go. Steady run, steady through the snow. All right, we're turning around point seven and a half miles this roundabout and I think we're, I think we're right on track for steady. It feels steady. Breathing feels good. Legs feel surprisingly good despite running through the fresh snow. All right, let's uh, let's get this done halfway. Come on now. Now what is a steady run for me? All right, now moving a little faster. We got steady. Steady would be, yes, seven minutes a mile and it's all ranges. I would say put a 30 to 45, 30 second range. When I say seven minutes a mile, it's like it's a range there on either end of that. So it could be 645 to 17 minutes, 715 a mile for a steady. Now you know. Okay, we're almost home. There it is. Solid day. I'm guessing 655 per mile. I'll get you the stats once I get inside. Time for a little lunch. Some chicken and veggies and some hot sauce. There it is. Oh man. It's like as the volume goes up, it's amazing the inert or inner desire to take care of the body as quick as possible. After these steady runs, these long runs, like it's just a yearning where it's like you have to replenish as soon as possible. So that is what is going down right now. Hold on. I just got to find my hot sauce. Oh yeah, a little seracha, seracha. Innate. That was the word I was looking for. Innate. There we go. All right, here we go into the studio. It's freezing out here but that's okay. We've got a hot tea to keep us warm. Okay, before I jump into today's run, letting you know how it went, how the legs feel, how the Asics Gel Nimbus lights are doing. First of all, down below in the description, I want to point out two things real quick because folks are asking about it. First of all, toward the bottom on desktop, you click on show more. There it is on your screen. All right, show more and it opens up the description to the daily vlog. On mobile, it's a little arrow that you have to look for. I think it's on the right hand side just below the video and once again it opens up the description. So, toward the bottom of the description for the daily vlogs, I list my weekly training with volume and pacing. So, it is down there in case you're interested in more of the details of this marathon training block. But in addition, you probably have noticed a lot of running shoes are listed. So, these are shoes that I have tested out and yes, if you're interested in picking them up from Running Warehouse, it helps support this channel. I'll just put it out there. For example, the Hooker Rincon is down there. The Asics Glide Ride, the Skechers Go Run Ride 8, the Nike Next Percent and yes, I do receive a little support through Running Warehouse if you pick up your shoes down there. Now, I always say with a big caveat, go support your local running shoe stores. I love local running shoe stores but maybe you don't live by a local running shoe store and you have no access to buy running shoes. So, if you're interested in shoes that I train in, they are listed down below in the description that you can pick up from Running Warehouse and it does help me create these daily vlogs. So, I appreciate it. All right. So, I just wanted to mention those two things real quick. Okay. And on to today's Steady Run Unbelievable. Oh, steady. It feels nice. It feels really nice. All right. There we go. Asics Gel Nimbus Light. 42 miles now. Eight miles to go and we will cross that 50 mile threshold and then I will list it down below in the description in case you want to pick it up. So, it's doing well. I must say, I didn't slip at all today on the run. I was actually, it wasn't that icy out because there's a fresh snow. You know, fresh snow is kind of nice to run on. It's not iced over yet. So, they did great and just a nice daily trainer. You know, I wouldn't even say it's an easy day shoe. It's a little more up tempo daily train. Okay, not tempo day but it's better than an easy day shoe. I'll put it that way and so, anyway, I'm enjoying the Asics Gel Nimbus Light. There it is over there as well. 15 miles, six. I called it 655 per mile. There it is on your screen. Eight kilometers. You know, how did I feel on the 15 miles today? Much better. Way better than last week when I did 16 miles and I was fighting snow in that 16 mile run and it was hard. Like by the end of the run, I was tired. I remember saying it in the vlog a week ago like, okay, that was actually a pretty hard run. Well, today's 15-miler at a quite a bit quicker pace. 655 a mile versus 745 a mile and the body, I think, responded well, which gets to the point of patience with your training. If you're consistent and the big word is consistent in your training, it gets easier and it becomes fun, especially in the summertime. Oh, when the weather's nice and you're just out there enjoying, I don't know. I just love running in the summertime. But when you're fit and you are able to run runs like today and then you get to go back and reflect, okay, how did I feel two weeks ago, three weeks ago, a month ago, if you're consistent and you're slowly, all right, emphasis on slowly building up your volume, you will see improvement in your aerobic capacity and the strength of your legs, like the ability for your legs to withstand the pounding. And it takes time. It just takes time to build up that leg strength, joints, the tendons, the ligaments, all that good stuff. So, overall, very encouraged by today's run and we're going to keep plugging away, all right. It's a good solid, yes, as I said yesterday, it is kind of a critical week for me because I know this is the beginning of the harder stuff. The foundation is being laid, but it's the beginning of the harder stuff that will allow me to arrive at those hard workouts late in the training block, the interval sessions and the hard threshold runs. Okay, I think that's it. Feeling encouraged after a steady run. Just feels good to get that turnover going. Like I said earlier, it's time to get those legs moving just a little bit. Okay, vlog's not over. Vlog's not over. Cheers. Okay, super psych, everyone. Super psych. The vlog is over. I've decided the boys are almost home from school and so I'm just going to chill out and hang out with them this afternoon, you know, without the camera rolling. So, we're going to call it there. And question of the day, it's been a while since I've asked this QD for, it's been a long time. I think it's, I want to say six months approximately, but what is your favorite or go to podcast that you are listening to right now, whether it's while you're running or simply commuting in your car. All right, what podcast is at the top of your list? I know a lot of people enjoy multi-tasking when they run, meaning they're running, getting exercise, but they're also maybe learning, you know, being entertained as well along the journey of life. So, what is your go to podcast right now? That's a question of the day. Thanks for being here. Thanks for watching and that's it. All right. Cheers once again and we're going to toss it back on the right to the first impression of the Asics Gel Nimbus Light. That is the shoe I ran in today. That'll be on the right and then on the left, we're going to toss it back to the yesterday's blog where I talk about the week five marathon training, which we are in right now. All right, see you duty, work hard and love each other. See you tomorrow.


Did you ever wonder how the advent of farming and agriculture came about? Did you ever even think where this all started? The modern era of humanity? What if we were to tell you that it started in Mesopotamia and that it began close to Mount Eirorat? This is the mountain where the great ark as foretold in the bible and the ancient Sumerian text is said to have came to rest. What if we were to tell you that in the ancient Sumerian text it tells us that the Anunnaki taught the survivors of the great flood all about farming and agriculture. They taught us how to build cities. They gave us a sense of time with calendars and even gave us knowledge of how to maintain a legal system within a society and told us how to gain advances in technological development. What if we were to tell you that the Anunnaki from the planet Nibiru were in fact not only visitors to the earth but they were also the creator of human civilization on the earth today as we know it. Do you think this is just crazy? Wait till you hear this. When you think of ancient agriculture you think of farming along flood plains such as the River Nile but in fact it started in the mountainous areas around the Mount Eirorat and spread out in all directions from this point on our planet. Why is that? The fact is that the ark that saved life on earth from the great flood was very real. Every now and again we come across artifacts that have been leaked out to the public such as the Baghdad batteries which proves that basic forms of electricity were about in the very remote past. It gives us credence that the Dendera lightbulbs actually existed and this is how they lit up the inside of the great pyramid during construction. The ancient advanced knowledge of Sumeria was taken into Egypt by Abraham from the city of Eiror and the great dynastic Egyptians struck forward with this knowledge and used all the tools and pre-dynastic buildings of Egypt that were there before the great flood to create an ancient copy civilization where Moses then took this knowledge to Solomon's temple after many ages had passed. The knowledge was energy manipulation and instead of all these great civilizations evolving they actually devolved because they were using this technology and basically running it dry. They did not know how to replace or restore it so these civilizations eventually just fizzled out. When we think of ancient history we think that all the civilizations of the world were all separate but in fact we all came from the original civilization of Sumeria. We think the world is complicated but we think like this because we either refuse the truth or we are lied to from the cradle to the grave. Us humans all have more in common with each other on the earth than anything else in the universe. You have to wonder who are we? Where did we come from and where will we go? Will we remember life after death? Will we be conscious in a different realm of space? We first must look at the fact we have from past civilizations and stop believing the stories that are hypothesized without any backing. The earth is littered with ancient knowledge which is staring right at us yet we are blind and ignorant to the fact that the truth is only stranger than we ever could have imagined simply because it is not part of the education process we are accustomed to. Doesn't this prove that we are a slave race? Who knows? What do you guys think anyway? Tune into part three for more. Thank you for watching.


What's up guys, EvilD here and I'm back for some more Esperanto slash World of Warcraft lessons. Now, this time this isn't going to be part of my standard Esperanto World of Warcraft series, for those who don't know I do a series, yes I do a series. This is just going to be focused on one aspect of Esperanto and that's the accusative case and the reason being is because several people have asked me, especially door lingo learners, if I can somehow clarify it just a little bit more for them. So I figured you know what, I'll use my gaming and we'll just see what happens, okay? So first up, let's explain what the accusative case is and in totally not layman's speech, the accusative case is simply just the object of the transitive verb in a sentence. Now if you're like eh, that's cool. I was like that probably about five years ago as well when I first heard about Esperanto. I'll clarify exactly what each of those words are in a second, don't worry you're going to sound super sick after you've learned all these nice dancing new words. So first up, the standard sentence in any language, okay, but particularly in English has three parts to it and those parts are, oh what is that? No, I don't want that. Those parts are a subject verb object. So let's let's look at an example. So I have a cat, okay? I have a cat. So I is the subject because it is, actually I won't explain subjects just yet, I'll just point out each part. So I is the subject, havas, oh sorry, that's English, Esperanto. So I have a cat. So have is the verb of the sentence, okay? And cut the cat, oh my god and cat is the object of the sentence, okay? So I have a cat, so subject verb object, okay? You got that down path? Now the verb is the doing word, okay? So it basically tells you what's being done to what in a sentence. Now the cat is the object. The reason being is because it's the thing that's being had.  So the subject is the thing that has, the object is the thing that's being had and the verb is the thing that's have, like doing the have.  We'll see how that goes. So now we know what the three components to a sentence are. In English, the way we dictate this is usually just through word order. So if I say I have a cat, we know the cat is the thing I have because it comes last in the sentence. We have a subject verb object word order in English. However, if I suddenly then went cat I have, that would sound like a really bad cartoon name but apart from that, it would change the meaning of the sentence because word order in English dictates what we're trying to say. But in Esperanto, that is not the case. Word order doesn't have much play within the meaning of a sentence.  Why would you do that? So for instance, I have a cat in English can only be said one way and that is I have a cat. If you said a cat have I, you've changed the meaning. But in Esperanto, let's say let's look who we've gotten this group. We've got a mage, we've got a warlock, we've got a rogue and we've got a druid. Let's just go with druid, okay? So the word for druid is druido, nice, nice simple word, okay?  So to say I have a druid would say mi havas druidon. Now, did you notice that before when I taught you the word for druid, it was druidon? But when I taught you it as the object of the sentence, it went from druidon to druidon? The reason being is because it is now the object in Esperanto that n sound you hear at the end that that I attached to the end of the druid, that is called the accusative case. And it is a marker that tells you what is the object of the sentence. So when I say I have a druid, what do I have? A druid. So the druid is what's being had. It is the object. Cool, we got that. Awesome. So the standard word order in Esperanto is the same as English, funnily enough. So this is where English speakers usually get a little bit confused because they get used to the standard word order and then someone else comes along and mixes it up and they're like no. So I have a druid in Esperanto. Standard in most sentences is mi havas druidon, okay? Nice and simple. But if I suddenly then say druidon havas mi or mi druidon or mi havas druidon, that's the standard one again. There's several different ones you can play it around, you can move it around but they all have exactly the same meaning in Esperanto. Now this is where it gets a little bit confusing for some people.  They think okay well it's got the same meaning then that's cool, I just use whatever. Yes it does have the same meaning but there is something else, there is emphasis okay. So for instance in Esperanto when you say mi havas druidon, that's the standard word order in Esperanto. So everyone's like cool he has a druid but then if you come along and you say druidon havas mi, everyone's like okay so he has a druid but hang on, he's not using the standard Esperanto word order. Why is he doing that? What is his purpose?  So when you move or change the word order in Esperanto unless you continually consistently follow this different word order, people are going to think you're trying to emphasize it for a reason. Now this won't change the meaning of the sentence in any way but they might, it probably will change absolutely nothing about the conversation but people will just go okay for some reason he's emphasizing druid. Okay well that's cool and there could be several reasons why he's doing that maybe it is actually just his native word order that's what he's used to or it could be the fact that maybe he wants to say druid first just to make sure that I actually hear it or maybe it's so important that it must come first above everything else in its world. Like there's several different reasons why you might want to change it around but yeah just where the hell is my rogue? Where is my rogue? Where is my rogue? Oh fudge me timbers where is he? Sorry my rogue just went and got himself attacked. I don't know what he's doing he's being annoying. Oh no don't attack me. Oh why? I don't want to die I'm too young and beautiful. But since when did the healer become the tank? Like seriously? Okay let's let's just protect my guy. Okay so we've learnt that one so now we're gonna practice with a little bit of game words and we're gonna play with word or what isn't all that type of stuff so the way to say heal because that's what I'm doing a lot I'm healing a lot here you'd say sanigas okay so I heal the druid would be me sanigas la druidon okay that's the standard word order and you'll notice that I put druidon again in the accusative case and the reason for that is because it's the object of the sentence but how would you say I have oh I heal a druid I completely flip it around go on be crazy live on the edge completely flip that word order let's go druidon sanigas me okay so there you go you've just changed that word order druidon sanigas me but how would you then say that like say the same thing that I just taught you the same sentence but this time put the druid between the verb and the the pronoun the pronoun is the subject by the way sorry if I just ruined a new word so that would be me druidon sanigas okay so you see these all mean the same thing but we're playing with the word order and you're probably thinking why are you making my life so difficult I'm not you've got to remember that Esperanto is an international language just designed for the entire world and not the entire world a large portion but the not the entire the entirety of the entire world that's a lot of entires uses the same word order as English for instance Japanese does it quite differently they they I believe put the verbs at the end of the sentence then you've got other languages where they completely reverse it you've got German which I think also puts verbs in a different spot I can't remember but there's a lot of different word orders out there so Esperanto has to cater for everyone in that sense okay and in order to make it easy that's why the accusative case exists now because we English speakers are so used to our set in ways of using only one particular method we get used to it and then suddenly someone mixes it up and we're like we hate you but yeah you'll get used to it over time it will probably take you I don't know five years no joking it won't take you that long unless you're as bad as me but it will take you a while to get used to it so um apparently someone's abusing someone else in the group this is lovely so how do you say standard word order I heal the druid me sanigas la druidon me sanigas la druidon and how would you say um I heal the druid but in reverse word order completely reverse la druidon sanigas me and how would you say that but put the object between the subject and the verb go me druidon sanigas okay now I hope that by doing this we're getting used to this um different word orders so let's try another one we're going to use the verb see this time so the verb for c is vidas vidas okay so how would you say I see the druid standard word order me uh what is attacking me now me vidas la druidon me vidas la druidon and how would you say it complete reverse word order la druidon vidas me la druidon vidas me and how would you say it um but this time put the object between the verb and the uh subject go me la druidon vidas me la druidon vidas okay now there is other uses for the accusative in Esperanto there's actually many other uses and this will probably drive you insane when you find out about these but I'm not going to cover them in this video I just wanted to teach you the main purpose of the accusative case and the reason the accusative case has many different meanings in Esperanto is just in order to simplify things overall for um us and when I say simplify you're like no it doesn't simplify at all but once you actually learn to use the accusative case correctly you actually find it's a blessing like for instance there's certain things in English you just can't say in any other way than the standard word order but in Esperanto you can mix everything up everything can go anywhere which gives you so much flexibility when it comes to translation when it comes to poetry when it comes to just being creative overall that's the beauty of the accusative case now most people will are like why would a created language a language with created origins use such a complex system and it's because yes it was designed to be an international language so it caters for everyone but also it needs to be a language which is flexible enough to be able to be used for anything and that's the beauty of the accusative once you learn to actually take control of it and use it correctly you'll just see how effective it is and that's why a lot of new speakers are like why are the old guard the old crap old crap no not me not me no me not me not me not why I almost got pwned okay so that's why the old guard the old espanas are like they really get hard and they're like not get hard whoa you guys dirty minded that's why they really defend the use of the accusative case because they see how useful it is within the language it's many uses and that's why a lot of new speakers are like get really annoyed about it because they see how hard it is, but all you have to do is just hang in there long enough just practice it enough and eventually you will get it and once you do get it you will feel awesome about it because you'll be like yeah I just did the most impossible thing ever but then you'll be like whoa and I'll notice this you have beginning Esperanto speakers who will follow standard word order then you'll have speakers who have learned just learned to no I don't want to do another one who've just learned to actually fully use the accuser case and they're the most familiar ones because they put it everywhere they they completely mix up sentences just so they can go mmm look at me man I know how to use the accuser and then you will get the old guard and they'll only ever use it for emphasis or in poetry or stuff like that or in translation if need be but yeah that's the accuser of case now I hope I have I've cleared it up enough for you guys I've stopped inviting me to groups seriously okay I don't want to be invited to your groups so yeah I hope I've cleared it up enough for you if not just leave a comment below I swear to God if someone invites me to another group again I'm gonna kill them leave a comment below and I'll try and like sort out whatever your issue is however if you feel that this lesson was like really crappy and you didn't actually understand anything also let me know so yeah that's it if you've liked this video give it a like share it around with your friends subscribe to my channel if you haven't already and I'll see you in the next video otherwise guess what I'm going to use the accuser of case for on you


Hey Frank Hannon. Dave Roode. We're from Tesla and we're here in New York City tonight playing at Irving Plaza and very proud of our new album. It's called Simplicity. Entered the charts at number 24. We have a brand new video called So Divine. Europe was killer, man. Thanks to Joel and people at Blackstar. They loaded us up in our trailer and that was the first time we got to use these albums. Yeah, that was nuts, man. 30,000 people at Sweden Rock was the first time we ever played in. The first show was at Sweden Rock. No sound check, no line check. No sound check, nothing. And Cold Turkey plugged into a Blackstar Series 100 and I was having a smile on my face, man. It was killer. It is and that remind me what I was saying before the ISF knob. That's like my favorite thing on here because I've never seen that on another amp. So like if you go all the way to the left it's the classic sort of British, you know, distorted rock tone, not a mid-range and punchy rhythms. You go all the way to the right it's the more modern, bassier, what they call American style sort of rock. But if you find it, you know, it's really, really sensitive and responsive. So like I just go a little bit more towards the American side from the middle and it just fattens up the leads but you still keep that cool rock, mid-range punch on your chords and rhythm riffs and stuff. So it's really neat and it gives you a different avenue to shape your tone than you can get on any other amp. I really like it. Monsters are rock crews, man. We've been doing those. We're like sailors now. We're actually honorary merchant seamen. They give us a badge. It's become pretty much the Tesla crews because we're the headliner now on every one of them. We do two shows. We do acoustic shows. We do a show on the pool deck. I'm in the theater. We're running around. Jeff Keith, our singer is doing backflips and diving into the pool. And I think that's honestly why they keep asking us back because our singers are nut and people on the boat love it.  There's a lot of them because there's venues all across the boat. There's the Zebra lounge. There's the coconut lounge. There's the gym. There's the glass room where the elevators are. That's where Ron Keeler and John Parabi. We did a show there. A lot of jams, like impromptu jams, Frank will jump up with somebody. I jam with some of the guys and skin row in here. Like it's just a free from. It's like a festival on a ship. So be sure to join us on The Monsters of Rock. It's me, yeah. Hey, this is Frank Hannon and Dave Roode. We play guitar in Tesla and we are very excited about these Black Star amps because they kick ass.


Good afternoon, Pastor David. How you doing John? Welcome everybody to a random moment with Pastor David unfiltered. Well, welcome home pastor Yeah, it's nice to be home. You know I wanted to ask one of the questions is and it's not the topic I want to speak about You know when you go to places like New York or to Mexico and you speak at these different conferences You're speaking at a men's conference or a pastor's conference We know the word of God's across the board straight across. It's the same Yet when you're out of different different states or different countries is the word received differently Is there like a difference when you share? especially being from California going all the way to New Jersey or or That's an interesting question because I think that part of the way that we learn to teach here in the United States At least is by using illustrations that are Familiar to those who live where you're at for example if I speak here in California and I make a joke about or mention an earthquake We all understand that right? So it depends on You know What country you're in how you illustrate but when it comes to just a general teaching of what that word means How it applied especially we'll say in the context of during the time of Christ Then that just seems to that that goes Cross-culturally so you have to always be careful with things like your illustrations or you have to be careful with your jokes You you know in a lot of countries are humor the way we see things is so much different than how they see it and so I don't tell jokes and sometimes what happens is When you're speaking the the guy who is Interpreting for you he won't understand the joke anyway, and so it just doesn't work So yeah, when I go cross-country cross-country, you know here in the States again use general illustrations But when I go to other other nations different countries I'm very careful not to use illustrations that they might not be familiar with It looks like what they don't understand, you know, and you have to be careful with your word choices, too You know because you don't want to confuse your translator So yeah, there are a lot of little things that are related to that But the core of the word is the same everywhere And if you remain faithful to teaching the core of the word, you'll be fine Well that what I that kind of segues into the question. I wanted to ask last night We had a conversation and and I was asking you practically I was asking you How does one do ministry better nets a ministry question we can probably use for one of our mentoring classes But I really liked your response and it's a response that I've been thinking about across the board You know, one of the things I was sharing with you is that I I've really never done things well, you know It was always me that seems to mess things up the only really thing good thing I was really good at was my former life before Christ. I was good at you practiced Right, that's exactly that's what you had shared yesterday is Practicing your craft, but that response that you gave me and I wanted to ask you in a more practical sense how that works as the senior pastor of our church is The answer you gave to me in response to how do I do things better? Especially in ministry serving my wife serving my children is that you'd love and I was thinking about how you always you're known for a few things You're known teaching the word of God and you're known to love your family your wife and your children your grandchildren But you're also known as loving the church How do you do that in a practical sense pastor being that we have a good-sized church here? How is it that you're able to to communicate or demonstrate the love for our church members? You know it's difficult to be able to Express a person in a personal way Your love for a group of people it's just hard to do that You have to hope that they understand that that what you're saying at that time is is true There needs to be that sincerity And you need to do what you can to make those words Incarnate by by what you do and Sometimes I can show personal affection and attention to somebody but like you said because we have multiple services and And many people come and go you never really get to know them or sometimes I meet people that Will tell me this happened recently. I've been in this fellowship since 1998 or whatever And I have never one time spoken to them and they told me they said well, you know, I've been here a long time I have just never taken the time to walk up and introduce myself So it can be awkward. So I believe that from my perspective The most loving thing I can do for this church is to prepare the very best Bible studies I can prepare to give them the truth As clearly and accurately as I as a pastor teacher Can do I think I'm really loving the sheep when I give them the truth Because ultimately that truth sets them free and ultimately that truth from scripture leads them to to a deeper knowledge of Jesus and And and what greater love can I show than to help them to see him more clearly as a teacher and And and that's what I do John. So if you want to be a good teacher, you love the sheep You know, Jesus said that he said if Peter if you love me, he said feed my and tend my sheep and my lambs and feeding them is giving them God's word and being Faithful to him and loving him as you do that And so to be a better teacher, you have to love the the people you lead You have to love them even if you never have an opportunity to know their name or To sit down and and have a cup of coffee or tea or water or whatever with them Because in many ways I never will be able to do that and you'll be amazed at the impact that makes I was just in upstate New York just returned last night and Several people approached me who had first come into contact with our ministry over 30 years ago because we were on the radio in upstate for many years and I had a couple sitting at dinner at one of the dinners we had and a lady said Pastor David, I just want to share with you that when my husband and I first Came in and heard you because I was doing a radio rally The lady said we were on the brink of divorce. She said my husband and I were unable to to Communicate we did not have a connection She said and when I came she says I had been listening to you on the radio and she said The way you love your wife She said it just it just was so obvious and so Tangible this is 30 years ago. She says was so obvious and so tangible then that it caused my husband and me to see What you have and so she said and they've been married well over 30 years since the time she first heard You know a radio broadcast So it's it's that kind of thing. It's it's having a transparency. I had several several pastors approached me saying that the thing that they were They were ministered to In the way that I share with people one of them use that word. He said is you're very transparent Your your emotions are very real and they're they're not hidden from us and he said I I actually appreciate that now again That's just me not everybody appreciates Transparent heart like that not everybody does there are quite a number of people who prefer coming and getting information Just give me the information. I don't want relationship Well, I just want to have fodder so that when I argue with people I have good information There are a lot of people like that and there are churches built on Informing informing informing then sending them out to fight with people I don't take that route and what I try to do is I try to give the word of God with a heart You know Paul said that it pleased and blessed him to not only give God's word But he said but we also imparted our very selves to you to the Thessalonians And I think that's a heart of ministry John is to not only impart the word but to impart your life to people That's why when Paul was speaking to the Ephesian elders there in his last conversation and he shared I will see your face no longer That's why Luke took pains to record that they wept Most of all because he said I won't see you anymore So there are people who will cry when I leave for joy and then there'll be others who cry Because they'll miss me and so I do think that When you impart your life as well as the word when you love the people enough to tell them the truth when you try to be Compassionate in the way you approach things and understanding of the weaknesses that we all possess and you try to To present the word in a way that that isn't Harming to them, but but strategically surgical to help them To remove things from their lives so that they they don't have a tumor that's going to end up with them being hurt and Or die Those are things that you seek in the Lord and that I that I cover under the word It's all under the umbrella of just loving the sheet I'm into that you know because yeah, all of us could attest to that your faithfulness weekend and week out to teach I'm not asking you to say that that was in our script was that our scripts But you know one of the other ways to pastor that's demonstrated that I found Very practical is your staff also demonstrates love of others that is from you many do and Hopefully everyone I would hope I was at walls at a restaurant with my wife and some gentleman comes up to me He's staring at me right when I walk in I told my wife either wants to beat me up or he goes to the church And he comes up and he says excuse me. I don't mean to interrupt I'm here with my family. I just wanted to do some myself I said hey, it's your family here and I went over there and greeted his family came back ate off their plate But later on he came back and he says may share something with you as a guest Please he says pastor David always tells us that he loves us And if I would have came up to you and you would have blew me off I would say pastor David isn't telling the truth And it really opened my eyes that all of us are demonstrations of your love in a many ways and And and being aware of that that what you teach from the pulpit should be a vessel that we're poured into to pour into others Oh, I hope so and so that was very eye-opening because I could have said I'm eating or what do you have to you know, I could have blown them off But uh, but it's important even as staff and to represent the love that you give our church And and as you teach us weekend and week out that should be life transforming by itself Well, I think Christianity is it best described by a single word love. You know love fulfills the law You know, so yeah By this shall all men know you're my disciples if you love one another love is the earmark of the believer and I really feel that It's the one thing that sometimes is not evident Yeah Well pastor, thank you and the great evidences have come to church on sunday To hear your word you're speaking Are teaching on the great tribulation? Yeah, the conclusion and looking at the second coming of christ as he returns and so it's I haven't I don't think I've had a script Excuse me a message that has had as many scriptures as I have in this one. I'm I'm kind of scripture overloaded in this one john to be honest with you I hope the people can I'm quite serious when I say this I have I have more scriptures than Then I generally have and I just uh, I hope I don't overload people but It's it's it's as thorough a study as I can give in the morning And you know, it's important especially in these last days Is that a lot of people are are are misunderstand the event of the rapture and the second coming A lot of times they don't know the difference between the two What a great opportunity to come out and learn more about this It's the second coming. Yeah, the second coming after the tribulation And so I want to invite your friends and family to come out and join us at 8 30 and 10 45 Uh, the covet has lifted. Yeah, so we'd love to have everybody that's watching the line and come join us It's about time and come join us and worship and you know the word and for those of you who are watching Are part of our fellowship and have been avoiding church. It's time to come home. Amen to that Pastor, thank you again so much. Thank you guys for tuning in Also, remember always want to keep it in front of you that we have our israel trip coming up in march You can register online at calvaryccv.org. You can register Uh, I haven't got account for yet, but it's a nice size. They have a good group. Yes, it's going to be an amazing trip So guys, uh, come on out. We look forward to seeing you pastor. David. Thank you so much and of course welcome home Thank you and god bless you guys. We'll talk. We'll see you on sunday


What's going on everybody got Callan to show on here relating sports guys reading a personal this one's for John Z It's gonna be one box of one and one basketball. Good luck my friend. Let's see what we got See if we can get a nice RPA downtown timeless moments Good luck John on top. We're gonna have a Jalen Williams there to 99 rookie for the Thunder little J. Will Okay for the Thunder to 99 on the base and it's gonna be a Jabari Smith, Jr Nice one there on the RP 8 of 25 We go John on the nice the letter patch there 12 out of 17 out of 25 for the third pick in the draft Very nice one there Jabari Smith on the RP 8 of 25. We'll take that John I'll do right there. Very nice. The Rockets are playing good basketball, too, man Kind of shocked by it. They've been playing some really good basketball. All righty. Nice one there on the RP 8 of 25 Get that right. I'll see you John. Thank you


Item No. 6011 Level 2 Restricted Containment Class Safe Disruption Class Dark Risk Class Notice Item No. SCP-6011 Object Class Safe Special Containment Procedures Item No. 044 is to Encompass SCP-6011 Human development within a 10 km radius of SCP-6011 is to be prevented under the guise of the area being protected by the Libyan government for conservation purposes. SCP-6011 is to be stored in a magnetically sealed chamber. External stimuli are to be kept to a minimum. An adjustable monitoring system is to be deployed perpendicular to SCP-6011 as per the aforementioned criteria. Interactions with the SCP-6011, its mass, and or instances of SCP-6011-1 must be approved by the Acting Head Researcher of Provisional Site-044. Description SCP-6011 is a circular area located in the central Sahara Desert with a radius of roughly 500 meters, suspended 5 cm in the air. The area situated 156 meters below the ground, within limestone karst, in which it was originally discovered. As the transport of the object was neither possible nor practical, Provisional Site-044 was erected following the unearthing.  Three-dimensional objects pass through with no resistance. However, when attempting movement along its axes, the matter present within SCP-6011 will react, abiding by the baseline laws of thermodynamics. Balance-shell electron pair propulsion and molecular orbital theories are applicable and result in the molecules as well as the orbital represented on the XY axes alone. Both the inorganic and organic material bound within SCP-6011 exhibit properties similar to their three-dimensional counterpart, existing in all states of manor accounted for in the baseline reality. Compounds that require three-dimensional configuration to perform their functions can exhibit them within SCP-6011 through unknown means. The designation SCP-6011-1 collectively refers to organisms inhabiting SCP-6011. The smallest unit of the aforementioned organisms is still like a nature. Instances of SCP-6011-1 can be divided into three basic branches of life, termed explicitus archaea, similar to archaea, explicitus bacteria, similar to bacteria, and explicitus echariota, similar to echariotes. The variation between the different single and multi-cellular instances of SCP-6011-1 garners them being placed into their individual species. Reproducing both sexually and asexually, all species of SCP-6011-1 are based on genetic codes similar to DNA, exhibiting both genetic heredity and mutation. Proteins assisting in the coiling of the genetic material are present and affect the gene expression, although their two-dimensional nature prevents the formation of chromosomal like structures and instead results in the genetic material being stored in a form of two branch-format spirals. Endo and exocytosis is achieved through the opening of U-shaped proteins formed in the cell membrane. A protein synthesized in preparation for cytosis is used to break the intermolecular forces between the membrane, allowing the material to pass. This process is highly regulated, as osmotic lysis occurs when both sides of the U-shaped proteins are opened. According to Fauna of SCP-6011, absorption of food is most commonly accomplished through mouth-like structures, and most species perform aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Since the anus is not present, as the two-dimensional configuration does not allow for gastrointestinal tracts, the waste product is regurgitated through the mouth, following digestion in the stomach. Fauna of SCP-6011 developed an immune system and physical adaptations capable of combating the majority of bacteria and species through natural selection. Photosynthesis is performed by numerous species of flora. Due to the sunlight being fairly scarce and directional, such as all plants blocked by any amount of opaque mass will find themselves attelulated, the majority of flora is capable of performing rapid photopatrism. As directional gravity is not present, the roots of plants grow towards the sources of metal, usually the iron-rich soil, using a form of advanced magnum tropopism. Light-sensitive, eye-like structures located on some specimens of SCP-6011-1 are capable of receiving the environment within SCP-6011 as a one-dimensional line. Their perspective is determined by the distance between the light-bouncing octopercede object and the sensory organ. Shaps and close proximity appear brighter than those further away due to the scatter in the light. Using this method, shapes can be distinguished. This is done in a similar vein to three-dimensional entities perceiving depth through the use of two-dimensional images. The planahominem is a sapient multicellular species of SCP-6011-1.   As their eye is stationary and facing to their left, instances of planahominem must orientate their entire body to achieve 360-degree vision. Possessing three types of cone cells, the vision of planahominem is similar to that of the human-visible spectrum. Locomotions perform through an arrangement of motile cilia-like structures, moved by the hydrostatic pressure from blood circulation. Though primarily used for locomotion, grasping can be achieved. Sol-beta is a miniature, rotationally locked star, possessing features equivalent to a red dwarf. It measures 4 meters in diameter, creating a dead zone with a 50-meter radius outside of which its solar radiation is not detrimental to the climate and life of SCP-6011. The average temperature in areas located 250 meters away from Sol-beta is only 18 degrees Celsius, considered to be tropical by both the local fauna and flora. The geological landscape of SCP-6011 is varied and subject to a frequent change due to the lack of seismic activity. A large accumulation of solid water covers the circumference of the plane, with the average temperature within the immediate proximity measuring minus 40 degrees Celsius due to its distance from Sol-beta. All bodies of liquid water, maintaining structure through its cohesive nature, are scattered throughout. The meteorological conditions of SCP-6011 consist of infrequent rainfalls caused by the accumulation of water vapor with occasional snow. There is no distinction between seasons. Cooled by the frozen circumference, the clouds move clockwise throughout the day, causing rainfall once the water condenses. Both the time and direction system of Planahominem is based on its meteorological system, with the distinctions of cardinal directions done by the periods of rainfall. North is designated by the direction of the rainfall at 12 o'clock, east by the direction of rainfall at 9 o'clock, etc. Looking at SCP-6011 is curious. It could give one a feeling of power, being able to survey the entire world with a mirrored glance. Every rock formation, building, and even the inhabitants can be viewed with ease as if looking at an oversimplified diagram. When I look at an instance of SCP-6011-1, I do not see a singular entity. I see all their organs working in unity. I see their digestive system moving, their eyelids appearing from the space behind their eyes and which they are tucked, and their hearts beating rhythmically. If I were to zoom in closely, I am certain I could see the individual neuro-synapses firing in their exposed brains. We had prior interactions with entities that claimed to originate from higher geometrical dimensions, yet our mind was never really capable of understanding them. Where we stand, we have the capability to imagine the lives of those in a two-dimensional space. Sadly, the same cannot be said for our understanding of the four-dimensional reality. It is often said that the human brain is like a computer, so just like a computer can never completely emulate a machine more advanced than itself, so do we lack the ability to understand higher dimensions. Dr. McCullis Addendum 1 Xenoanthropological Report of SCP-6011 The Department of Xenoanthropological Studies Fastest Abhasta Desiree Social Structure Instances of planet hominem live in a futile-like society, with the role the parents pass in the offspring. There is a clear social hierarchy, with the people divided into estates. Those estates, indicated by the coloring of the body applied below the skin at birth, strictly follow their social structure. One cannot move down or up their respective estate. Any deviation from the said hierarchy could result in an individual getting placed into a mental asylum, the role of which has not yet been replaced by a proper psychiatric hospital. It must be noted that the social classes mentioned below are broad classifications. Red, Archduke, the monarch of SCP-6011 Orange, Administrative Positions, Yellow, Priests, Scribes, and Record Keepers Green, similar to middle-class citizens of 18th-century Europe, teachers, physicians, lawyers, etc. Blue, Merchants, Tradesmen, and Skilled Workers Purple, Manual Laborers Color and its cultural importance Much cultural emphasis is placed on color. Colors with higher wavelengths represent value and are commonly used to distinguish the central characters in art. This application of color is primarily used in the way to most easily distinguish between the social estates, as differentiating between individuals from facial features alone is a great task and an acquired skill termed facial recognition. Servants As many everyday tasks cannot be performed by a single individual due to their bodily limitations, it is considered proper and even essential for higher-class citizens to own no less than two servants. Whether paid or enslaved, the servants must come from the state below the green one. Requiring assistance of a friend or family member to perform tasks requiring two is considered a sign of poverty. Technology The technological level of development within SCP-6011 is considerably low in many aspects. Germ theory is yet to be developed, and the belief in the spontaneous generation is just beginning to be publicly scrutinized. As two-dimensional nature does not allow for a formation of an axle and the gravitational force not moving the matter in any particular direction, wheels are applicable for neither transport nor gearing. Voice scribes While physical writing on a surface is possible, it is not practical. As such, leagues of voice scribes are trained amongst the yellow cast. Their sole purpose is remembering and regurgitating a large amount of information. It is usually a role of a singular voice scribe to recall an entire tone, transcription of a speech, or a particular law. Entertainment Due to their inability to accompany more than one row of viewers, visual theaters are seen as a form of luxury. More popular are the voice theaters, where more emphasis is placed on the sound of both the artificially created ambience as well as the dialogue. Entertainment in the form of social games is prominent and played amongst all social classes. The most popular competitive board game is titled Regicide. Created on a one-dimensional board, Regicide shares many characteristics with chess, involving both a central piece, the capture of which results in the end of the game, titled the Archduke, and different moves set for individual pieces. While two-dimensional Regicide is possible with the use of transparent playing boards, the movement of the pieces is considered troublesome and is sport as a whole a novelty. Item 2, Interaction No. 6011, September 6, 1914 Test Group A, Designation, Preferred Name, Sex, Estate, Note Alpha, Iotus, Male, Green, Professor of Physics Beta, Bemnar, Female, Green, Spouse of Subject Alpha, Employee to the Lawyer Gamma, Imenius, Male, Green, Oldest Son, Only Child of Legal Age, Currently Unemployed Delta, Bicrea, Male, Green, Youngest Son Zeta, Gralala, Female, Green, Oldest Daughter Ada, Chrissy Haya, Female, Green, Youngest Daughter Zeta, Cack, Male, Purple, Servant of Subject A Note, while there was a mention of the subject alpha and beta having two more daughters, empirical proof of their existence is not within the Foundation's possession. Forward, an educated member of the Green Estate named Iotus was chosen as subject alpha for an interview regarding the nature of SCP-6011. As the subject spent the majority of their time within the city, north 0.55, south minus 0.34, Gralala, an attempt at the initial interaction made within subject alpha's household at 11.30, SCP-6011-1 time. Begin log, subject alpha, study, south, engaged in a solo game of regicide. Subject beta, bedroom, southeast, repeating sentences regarding a legal case to itself, possibly a form of rudimentary voice scribe training. Subject gamma, bedroom, west, sleeping. Subject delta, bedroom, northwest, sleeping. Subject zeta, bedroom, northwest, sleeping. Subject Ada, bedroom, northwest, sleeping. Subject theta, kitchen, sea cleaning dishes. A short, high-pitched noise was played on a speaker suspended five centimeters above subject alpha. This was done to test its hearing capabilities. Pardon? Pardon? Pardon? Head north. We'll commune further there. Distressed, subject alpha rapidly turns around the room. Excuse me, sir or madam, but could you please state your direction? I am incapable of facing you. That is not necessary. Please head north. I do say it is necessary. It is only proper for visual contact to occur during a conversation, but then again, your voice is hard to distinguish. Just a moment. Your name is Iodis, right? That is right, but sir or madam, I simply must know where you are. Subject alpha is making its way around the room, building the walls. Iodis, please stop moving. I believe that I called to the police in an order. How have you entered my private quarters? Good as me, good as me, a thief, a thief, a thief.  Do you realize that? Subject alpha slides the door leading to its chamber open, inspecting the hallway before retreating inside. Where are you? How do you know about my children? Good as me, good as me, a thief, a stalker, a thief and a stalker. Subject alpha contains inspecting its chamber. Subject beta enters the chamber of subject alpha. Sir Iodis, why are you screaming? Sir Iodis? Ah, madam Bemnar, horrible news. A thief, quickly. It formed a police while I take the children somewhere else. Go, madam Bemnar, go. Subject beta exits the chamber of subject alpha and haste. Listen to me, Iodis. I am not a thief. I am not a stalker. I am… I'm a messenger. That's right. A messenger. Please, if you could just cooperate, I can assure you that your family will be fine. Anything. I'll do anything. Yes, very good. Now, please stop shouting and move back to where you were. Subject alpha moves towards the south of its chamber. Please, do not use the Hoi Ploi language in my household. Just say southside like a proper gentleman or lady at you are. That being said, your voice is difficult to distinguish. Oh, pardon. I am a sir. A doctor.  Yes, I am a professor, sir. Is this what this is all about? Do you wish for me to use my talents for you to charge? Iodis, we want nothing from you except your time. Very well, very well. I am here. I am listening. Could you please at least show yourself? Just a moment, Iodis. A mechanical piston is lowered into the surface of SCP-6011 before being retracted. Pardon? Pardon? Pardon? That was one of our devices. Did you see it? Yes, yes, I did, metallic it was, and round, but it disappeared. As I mentioned before, we require your cooperation. I'll be as clear as I can in explaining what just occurred, and you will listen. Understood, sir? Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Two members of law enforcement from the bluestate approached the house, accompanied by Subject Beta. Subject Beta entered the front door. Iodis, we will continue our conversation.  We'll talk again. Right now, I can see two policemen approaching your house. No wonder, you were loud. What? How? Angel? Angel? Where are you, Angel? End log. Closing statement. Subject Alpha was fined for noise disturbance. While I understand the initial concerns of breaking our absolute veil over SCP-6011, an interaction needed to take place sooner or later. Subject Alpha, Iodis, made no attempts at recalling the events. It appears like Subject Alpha mistook our interaction as a sort of divine intervention, while incidental, this oversight could be exploited in further interactions. Dr. McCullis Addendum 3, Seminar regarding SCP-6011 at Site-19 Forward, following the events of Addendum 2, Subject Alpha performed several other interactions with the research team of SCP-6011. As further data was collected, both from the testimony of Subject Alpha and empirical observations, Dr. McCullis found it appropriate to put together a seminar accompanied by a Q&A section regarding SCP-6011. I want you to imagine a place in space, a point, the center of a circle, a singular point in space, and then another. Now imagine a line connecting the two points. Now our space has a length, it has dimensions, it has direction. To give our space an area, we need to draw a line perpendicular to our first line to give it volume. Another line must be drawn perpendicular to the other two. This is what many of us call the baseline reality, a three-dimensional space. When even one of the aforementioned perpendicular lines is removed, an object would no longer have volume. Could such an object have mass? In our baseline reality, the obvious answer is no. Mass has density, and density calls for volume. However, ladies and gentlemen, despite most of you being junior researchers, you have all interacted with that which does not make any sense by the mainstream science. How does an object become anomalous? We don't know, and if we did, it wouldn't be anomalous anymore. One such object was discovered by the colonial forces of Italy in 1912. Of course, it seemed like an extended form of the cave system to them, and the public shall know it as such. Inside the cave system, we've found SCP-6011. If you could please look at the screen, I would like to introduce you to our informant. I know he doesn't look like much, and the little guy is only about 5 cm in length, but what you are seeing is a sapient creature originating from SCP-6011. He told us a little about his world, and while asking us to return to favor, we were hesitant. It believed that we were an angelic entity of some sort, and can you really blame him? Imagine someone suddenly appearing within your house. Imagine someone describing the direct shape of your insides while informing you of what your relative across the country is doing. Would you also not cry out, Angel, Angel, where are you, Angel? I see you laughing, yet there is nothing comedic about our testing period with Subject Alpha. It did involve some of the tastable tactics that I, as a xenoanthropologist, am not proud of. But it needed to be done. We could no longer observe. We needed an expert, and I noticed was the closest thing this world had to a doctor. While most of our data of the xenoanthropological kind was kindly provided by him, we filled in the blanks with our own observations, and corrected for any biases. Today, I wanted to talk about what was not included in the main 6011 files. Things that were not deemed valuable enough, and other information of curiosity. Something to make you think, and perhaps consider an assignment of Provisional Site-044, or at least give him a recently published book, The Life in Plain, a read. It was actually co-authored by a very own Iotus. As you have all read the file, there is no reason for me to repeat myself. I will move straight into the Q&A section. Please, tell me what you want to know. Can you say something in the language spoken by the sapient instances of SCP-6011-1? In Plain Ahominem. Yes. Yes, I can. English. It's not good for my throat, I reckon. It is very coarse language, yet oddly soft. Let's say that I placed my finger within SCP-6011, and moved it toward the rock formation. Would my finger be slashed in half, due to the SCP-6011 being infinitely thin? Firstly, SCP-6011 isn't infinitely thin, as it has no thickness. Your finger would be fine, as the two-dimensional projection of your atoms would simply interact with the rock as expected, abiding by our understood laws of thermodynamics. For future reference, please do not place any appendages within SCP-6011. Is there any apparent reason for the sapient instances of SCP-6011-1 to look human? Truth is, do they even look human? Or is it natural for our brain to make connections between vaguely humanoid-shaped objects, as we want to fill a sense of familiarity with them? Philosophy aside, no, not that we know of. How do we know that SCP-6011 is actually a two-dimensional space? We ran tests involving beta emitters. The received value stands in line, with that expected from an environment with a higher concentration of gases, rather than anything solid. We also created a form of vacuum in SCP-6011, with the results once again agreeing with us. If SCP-6011 had width, we would have detected it by now. Can mass be removed out of SCP-6011? I am glad that somebody asked that, since this will save me some time with future testing requests. To answer your question, yes. Hypothetically speaking, mass can be forced out of SCP-6011. However, we do not want that to happen. You have to understand that particles within SCP-6011 have a two-dimensional configuration. They would either rearrange themselves to fit into a three-dimensional configuration or split apart in the baseline reality. The worst thing that could occur would be the removed mass undergoing instantaneous nuclear fission that would release zero joules of energy. Besides, it is a standard protocol to avoid removing mass from a closed system. Instead of the previous question, can mass be moved into SCP-6011? Yes. Actually, no, it's complicated. You can place a cross-section of a mass, but the actual mass itself will remain in the baseline reality. If we wished, we could place a piece of carbon for the instances of planet Hominem to ignite using a flame. While the cross-section wouldn't ever burn, leaving us with two pieces of carbon sliced neatly at the intersection, the mass itself would be removed. The mass of carbon would remain the same, rinse and repeat, infinite mass, infinite energy. As I mentioned before, changing the enthalpy of a system is never advised. Addendum 4, Incident Number 6011, January 12, 1916 On January 12, 1916, there was a malfunction in the motoring system that caused a breakdown of the camera rails and dislocation of several metallic components into the surface of SCP-6011. While the objects sustained no damage, the phasing of the components was witnessed by several citizens of city north 0.55 south negative 0.34 Rololo, above which the monitoring system was momentarily suspended. While it was initially suspected that a state of panic would result from the sudden entry and exit of mass in such a public space, the rapid return of the status quo resulted in a research team deploying anti-cognito hazard screening in order to locate the source of the apparent disregard following the initial event. Images from the anti-cognito hazard screening were analyzed, discovering that a sizable building obscured by a form of visual cognitive hazard was located at north negative 0.99 south negative 0.20, an area previously marked as a wasteland. The building, shaped like a regular octagon with a side length of 100 cm, resembled a standard holding facility. Following the deployment of auditory anti-cognito hazard screening, the research team managed to record a voice scribe reciting the information regarding Incident Number 6011, January 12, 1916. The creation of the obscured building, Cognito Hatter deployed following the incident, and a subsequent capture of Subject Alpha, can all be attributed to a veiled organization acting within SCP-6011, designating themselves as doctors of the Church. The group, comprised mostly of members of the yellow and orange estates with a small task force of green, blue and purple field agents, holds similar mission statements to the SCP Foundation from the baseline reality. This encompasses their attempts to uphold the veil of secrecy between that which they consider anomalous, three-dimensional mass entered in the SCP-6011, and the general population, as well as their will to understand the nature of such phenomena through the application of science and theology. It was further discovered that SCP-6011 would have become dislodged from the baseline reality following the initial textile interaction were it not for doctors of the Church and their deployment of reality anchors. A two-dimensional Cognito Hazard made for protection from extradimensional threats. Two-dimensional reality anchors, truly iron-speechless. Doctors of the Church, referred to as the Little Foundation, ingest amongst the research team, are an interesting group of interest. When I look at them, I see, well, us. A little crumb of limestone falling from the ceiling of the karst, or a bug somehow making its way onto the surface of SCP-6011, phasing in and out of existence, must have terrified them. And so they found a way to conceal all that was illogical from the general public, as did we.


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