A parasite blogs on art, museums & public history

Shockmolt - Lord Aeon

4/4/2018

Planet Shockmolt
Culture
A one-being retrospective devoted to Lord Aeon
has opened at the Geigerheim.
It features the 3D painter's most famous work,
including the enigmatic satellite portrait,
"Moon A (lesser)",
the gibbous skies of which are said
to follow one around the zoom.

Shockmolt - Transcendentals

3/4/2018

Planet Shockmolt
Civil rights
A semi-cent ago, landmark legislation
officially recognised Transcendentals as
"real not rooted; irrational yet polynormative":
ShoM Code 3.14159265.
Transcendents of the Founding Integers will bake
a commemorative pie to enumerate the anniversary.

Shockmolt - Ewe Burr killed

3/4/2018

Planet Shockmolt
News
Stardate 02.04-2118
A sentient hovercar denied being responsible
for the crash that killed tech entrepreneur, Ewe Burr.
Experts agreed that it was a classic case of organic failure.
"It's deadly when drivers awake at the wheel",
said a police spokesbeing.

Shockmolt - Commodity Whores

2/4/2018

Planet Shockmolt
Commerce
Depression is rife among the
Commodity Whores of Amazan Bay.
Subliminal Fulfilment technology ensures
acquisition precedes conscious thought.
Co-Hoes detox using multiple retail therapies.
Nirvana is a shopping cart featuring
solely out-of-stock goods.

Shockmolt - perverse taxation

2/4/2018

Planet Shockmolt
Economics
The Swiftarians of Jonation practice perverse taxation:
"From each according to her poverty,
to each according to his greed" (Mr Ax Lark 2075).
Offspring of solo entities are harvested
and sold to the Volups of Sybar.
Child Credits are tax-deductible.

Shockmolt - Bipolar disorder

2/4/2018

Planet Shockmolt
Geography
Each pole has a temperature of absolute zero.
The northern and southern extremities are
inhabited by Hagedorns and Plancks respectively.
These superheated lifeforms are forever
complaining about the chilly weather.
Bipolar disorder is a major problem.

Shockmolt - Virgivamps of Slattern

1/4/2018

Planet Shockmolt
Religion
The Virgivamps of Slattern are characterized by
hypermobility and passive aggressive proselytizing.
They weep strategically.
The tears repel nonbelievers and
catalyse molecular mutation among converts.
Virgivamps constantly revise their sacred texts.

Shockmolt - Two-state solution

1/4/2018

Planet Shockmolt
International relations
Stardate 2037
Resolution of the territorial dispute
between Serial-1 and Spatial Nine.
The former agreed to liquefy and
populate the River Jonine
whilst the diasporic Spatials
synthesized into solids.
The so-called "two-state solution".

Shockmolt - democracy

1/4/2018

Planet Shockmolt
Democracy
Infinicameral system
Legislatures for psychosycophants of every
species, subspecies, parasite, hybrid, synthetic,
transtemporal, polyspatial, mutant entity.
They debate inanely before
agreeing to delegate
decision-making to
an exascale supercomputer.

Supplemental:

"Let us never forget that government is
ourselves and not an alien power over us."
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Fared Kill-Nonvoters
President of the Rooseveltians
<Address given at Atom Heir, Iota>
Planet Shockmolt
Stardate 08.07-2038

Shockmolt - immigration control

1/4/2018

A spaceport on planet Shockmolt
Immigration control
In the queue:
a saint from Slattern,
two sarcous monks from the Misotheist nebula,
and a swarm of Psychosuomians.
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The guard at the gate,
wrists thicker than my thighs,
turns me away.
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"Read the sign mate:
No Ultracrepidarians".