So I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately of Hellenic polytheist books. And basically, most of them say how Haides isn’t to be worshipped outside of respecting him and honoring the dead. Many are superstitious even still that inviting Haides into your life in any way will bring death into it, which I find ridiculous. He is not a god of death; he is the god of THE dead. He is the one who takes care of our loved ones when they pass on; it is he who makes sure they are at peace.
Shortly after I started down the Hellenic path, I had a terrible night where I was in need of help. I don’t want to get too personal, but just to say that Haides saved me. Without me asking, he just did it. And he has taught me so much already about the preciousness of life and mortality, and he’s taught me to notice the small beautiful things in life and to be grateful for those things.
If you love Haides as well, reblog to show him the love he deserves!
theres a big martian dust storm rn and its not clear if opportunity will survive
sci fi writers: humans dont care about robots
me, crying: OPPORTUNITY HONEY YOU CAN DO IT I BELIEVE IN YOU
Important clarification
1) Mars Rovers have to run heaters constantly (especially at night) because Mars is cold and they have sensitive electronics. Opportunity has had to shut down its heater because it hasn’t been able to draw enough power over the past few weeks; the danger is that Opportunity may not survive the few days its expected for the dust storm to clear up. The other currently operating rover, Curiosity is younger and has more advanced panels, batteries, and, most importantly, an onboard RTG (tl;dr: nuclear power source) that means dust storms aren’t as threatening to it. Opportunity has some radioactive heaters too, but they’re older, smaller, and have less power output. It’s survived dust storms in the past but every one is always a risk.
and 2)
THEIR OFFICIAL TWITTER CALLS IT OPPY, OPPY I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!
This is why I constantly say the whole trope of “robots as slaves to humans” and all that is bullshit because the instant one of our cute idiot mechanical children is in danger we have a goddamn conniption, even WITHOUT AI.
Oppy has stopped responding as of last night (it’s currently Wednesday, June 13, 2018). There is some hope that he will recharge when the dust storm passes, but that’s going to take a while
The Chaos Bitches 