Dream Diary fucking Police edition

It started off pretty innocently. Me and my friends were trekking in SGP. A freaking tiger started chasing us, my friends ran away, I jumped from a duct, and saw two small tiger cubs hiding beneath the duct. I just follow the stream out of the jungle, and catch up to my friends who had come out from another entrance. We are talking in excited tones about the tiger, when a man in a gorilla costume attacks us. 

Again, we run run run and scatter

I slide, dodge, let everyone run past me, and roll into a small store. I buy a cigarette, and some chivda. A bunch of locals catch me and accuse me of disturbing wildlife, and tell me to compensate, I have to participate in a Ramleela, and the guy in the gorilla costume is playing a vanar along with his friend who is also in a gorilla costume. These locals did not like us venturing into the jungle and disturbing a tigress with two young cubs. 

They ask us to pick roles, I decide to be Sugriv. They are placated, similarly, all other people are assigned roles and given costumes too. While these other people are getting ready, I give one of the poor local kids chivda. Her mother says I am good. 

Now, since my friends struggled with the locals, the police get involved, and demand a bribe of 120 bucks. I just pay the bribe. The police let my friends go. I go to buy more chivda to the shop, but when I am paying, some lout tries to scam me by trying to slip a key in my pocket, to make it look like I have stolen it. I catch his hands. The police sees this and tells me to hold his hand firmly, and handcuffs me to the lout. The lout does some sleigh of hand, and makes the handcuff go between my hand and belt loop. I feel like the lout and the police are together trying to scam me in some way, and continue to hold tight to his hand, preventing him from escaping. 

I start abusing the cop and telling him you guys are useless, cannot even catch a bicycle thief who is clearly visible on CCTV camera, are corrupt, just go about harassing kids smoking ganja, don't do any work, have no training, and are gundas just like the thieves that they are supposed to catch. 

Woke up feeling a deep disgust for police pigs. 

Space Travel Edition DD

 Woke up dreaming that I am an astronaut on a mission! 

It was some kind of tower launch complex. People were being selected for an important flight. I was slow, and took a wrong turn in an elevator, and someone else got my spot for reaching early. There were seven seats on the flight (so a shuttle crew?). One of them got bumped off after a health screening. I was talking to another cadet, and explaining politics. 

I said something like, this is not politics, this is something far worse, these are people tripping on power. They just like the amount of control they have over people's lives. 

I then calmly went for my flight, since the spot was free and woke up. 

Dad's memories

I talked about the Dyson Wet Cleaning survey, and my dad randomly responded with this

Most of Indian houses, till the 60's, were single story, with a roof top n a space for drying clothes. Our house in Komaralingam had a open space, ground floor, back, as it was built on a sloping ground. That was used for drying almost anything, under a open sky. It had a sloped tile roof, with a wind 12 V generator on top, two blades, wood, Swedish, I think as well as a ammonia gas refrigerator with heat from a wick - kerosene under pressure. Bathing water was from fire wood, or cow pats. We had two cows n a buffalo. We had storage batteries for the generated electricity, DC, which used to last for about 16 hrs, on one charge. Cleaning n mopping lasted about 2 hours, including handwashing of clothes. The house does not exist any more, as the wood work was left raw, not varnished. When we did get AC 250 v connection, then we had almost not much work, as we had to change only the bulbs n holders. Twice a day, about 10 a m n 4 p m, the voltage would drop to about 220 volts. From using agricultural pump sets. Oh, we had kerosene/diesel pumps for water. Dad had fixed up a parallel generator, off the water - extra pulley n belt drive. The usual lighting otherwise was petromax wick lights, under slight pressure.

Kashmir Wheel

Site Description and Context

In the rugged, mineral-rich valleys of Kashmir, at an elevation of 2,800 meters, the Khewra Salt Mine Complex (Site KS-25) has yielded a groundbreaking assemblage of prehistoric artifacts. Dated preliminarily to ca. 12,000–10,000 BCE through stratigraphic analysis and preliminary optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating, this site represents one of the earliest known human-engineered mining operations in South Asia. The excavation, conducted between March and June 2025, uncovered a suite of tools, implements, and an unprecedented wheeled structure, offering profound insights into the technological sophistication of Late Pleistocene human populations.

Artifact Catalog and Analysis  

Lithic Tools

The excavation revealed a diverse toolkit comprising 47 lithic implements, primarily fashioned from locally sourced chert and quartzite. These include:  

Microblades (n=23): Finely crafted, averaging 4–6 cm in length, with evidence of pressure flaking and hafting wear, suggesting use in precision cutting of halite (rock salt) crystals. Microscopic residue analysis indicates traces of sodium chloride and organic material, possibly hide or plant fibers, hinting at multi-purpose applications.  

Scrapers and Burins (n=15): Robust end-scrapers and burins exhibit heavy edge wear, likely employed in processing mined salt or shaping organic materials. One burin, cataloged as KS-25-B17, features an intricately notched edge, potentially for grooving wooden handles or supports.  

Heavy-Duty Picks (n=9): Large, bifacially flaked picks (20–30 cm) were recovered near collapsed tunnel sections, suggesting their use in extracting salt deposits from bedrock. Their ergonomic design, with smoothed grip areas, indicates prolonged, specialized use.

Organic Implements

Preservation conditions within the saline environment facilitated the recovery of rare organic artifacts:  

Wooden Shovels (n=4): Constructed from juniper wood, these shovels (60–80 cm long) feature broad, flattened blades and polished handles, optimized for scooping loose salt. Radiocarbon dating of one specimen (KS-25-W03) places it at 11,800 ± 120 BP, among the earliest known wooden tools in the region.  

Woven Baskets (n=2 fragments): Fragments of tightly woven plant fibers (possibly willow or reed) suggest containers for transporting mined salt. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analysis confirms salt impregnation, indicating direct contact with halite.

The Wheeled Structure

The most astonishing discovery is a partially preserved wheeled structure (KS-25-WH01), located in a sealed chamber at a depth of 12 meters. Measuring approximately 1.2 meters in diameter, the artifact consists of a solid oak wheel with a central axle hub, reinforced with sinew bindings. The wheel’s surface exhibits wear patterns consistent with rolling over uneven terrain, and its axle shows traces of animal fat, likely used as a lubricant. Associated wooden fragments suggest a cart-like frame, possibly for transporting salt loads.  

Technological Implications: This find predates the earliest known wheeled vehicles (ca. 3,500 BCE, Mesopotamia) by over 7,000 years, necessitating a reevaluation of prehistoric technological timelines. The wheel’s construction, requiring advanced carpentry and an understanding of rotational mechanics, indicates a level of engineering previously unattributed to Late Pleistocene societies.  

Cultural Context: The wheel’s placement in a sealed chamber, alongside ochre-painted stone slabs, suggests ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to salt’s value as a trade commodity or cultural artifact.

Methodological Notes

Excavation employed a grid-based approach, with 1x1 meter units mapped using 3D photogrammetry to preserve spatial relationships. Artifacts were cataloged in situ, with soil samples collected for geochemical and palynological analysis to reconstruct the paleoenvironment. The saline matrix posed challenges, requiring specialized preservation techniques to stabilize organic materials during extraction.

Discussion and Significance

The KS-25 assemblage challenges existing paradigms of prehistoric technological development. The diversity and specialization of tools reflect a sophisticated understanding of resource extraction, while the wheeled structure suggests an early mastery of mechanical principles. These findings imply that the inhabitants of KS-25 were not merely subsistence foragers but participants in a complex socio-economic system, potentially involving long-distance trade networks centered on salt—a resource critical for preservation and nutrition in antiquity. The wheel, in particular, stands as a testament to human ingenuity, predating known analogs by millennia and suggesting that technological innovation in the region was far more advanced than previously hypothesized.

Conclusion

The discoveries at KS-25 illuminate a forgotten chapter of human history, where a prehistoric community in Kashmir harnessed advanced tools and mechanical innovation to exploit one of nature’s most vital resources. The wheel, in particular, stands as a monumental achievement, its weathered grooves whispering of a people who defied the constraints of their time. These findings compel us to rethink the dawn of technology and the boundless creativity of our ancestors, leaving an indelible mark on our understanding of the human journey.

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 David's wallpaper

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Something weird happened today morning. I woke up feeling like the barrier between two worlds had been breached, like something very wrong and evil had happened. I had gone to sleep listening to a podcast. We were a bunch of people in a room listening to this guy talking. It was about all life in the universe being in the form of information, but the information was encoded within the fabric of spacetime itself. 

I woke up with the stale, salty taste, something that happens after a migraine attack. The dream was similar in some ways to another one I had a few days back, like as if Im on a different track only, and dealing with something very important, and universally fundamental. 

I went back to office and listened to the podcast, because the memory of the dream vanished rapidly as soon as I woke up. I even turned off the podcast and went back to sleep in an attempt to recover it, but I dreamt of something entirely different in round two. Im short-circuiting or hacking the sleep cycles, to see how it goes. Going to sleep at 11:00, with an alarm for 04:30, and another alarm for 7:00. Then, I can put in another sleep cycle or get some work done before going to office. 

No clue why I am doing this, just to give some more time for myself in the mornings I guess. Feels right tho. 

DND 50

 We were taken to a long tree and we were all separated. We talked to each other psychically. We run out of spell slots. The people on the island knew all our secrets and suspect us of killing the captain. All my stuff is taken away. We are taken to govt building where we are charged. 

You are charged with the murder of Ker Dumas, leaving monastic part, consumption and illegal trade of drugs, murdering civilians, captain grotto, our case would be heard three days later and the captain would be getting in touch with us.