A quick reality check.

About my last post, Neo* reminded me of something: It'd be hard to tell with the naked eye is the stars were dimmer, and a shield of the Earth could cover the satellites.

I'll be looking up some astronomers to find out about what's actually going on with the stars. Keep 'em peeled.


*A friend of mine, not the character from the movie.

Shielding the Earth darkens the Sun?

I feel like exploring one of the more likely possibilities first: That someone has placed some sort of shield around the Earth that is preventing the suns rays reaching us. But first a quick proviso: This post is based on the belief "absence of expected evidence is evidence of absence"; not everyone admits to agreeing with this, but people still seem to assume that an inability to see money means you haven't given it to them.
I believe the fact that satellite transmissions haven't been reported as weakening, nor the stars as dimming* means these things haven't happened.
So, if an Earth-borne shield is actually the cause of the dark sun, it is curiously specific, It is blocking only the Sun's light, not other light passing through the same point in a different direction.
The technology to do this is even more implausibly advanced than even basic forcefields seem, so if we're dealing with technology it's likely that whoever's running it is capable of shielding themselves from any attacks, and quite possibly of making themself invisible. Of course, if it's being done with magic, well, we really can't guess at what's going on.


*In fact, due to low cloud cover, the stars have been more visible than usual.

Qualifications on The Dark Sun

Some of you may be wondering why you should listen to me* on the issue of The Dark Sun. The simple answer: The Blogosphere is made up mostly of people who're too shocked and scared by this change in reality to really talk about it.** As for the establishment press; well let's just say; I've never been one to believe conspiracy theories, but I've also never been one to question whether the sun that rises tomorrow will be the one that set yesterday. Clearly it's time for me to reassess my beliefs.
As a corollary to that, I advise you not just to listen to me, I'm on google software,*** they could subvert this blog at any instant; hell for all you know it's astroturf to begin with. No, don't stick to me and those I link, make your own contacts. But check in here to hear what I know, and believe what rings true.
*No, I don't intend to podcast: some idioms are somewhat out of place online. Although, this isn't a new problem, I mean "do you read me" is never used for written things.
** Okay, so maybe I should give them a little more time, but even those who've commented don't seem to be entirely taking it seriously enough.
***Maybe I shouldn't be, but Google would know about this anyway, and honestly, if they're the ones hiding something the internet is a lost battle.

This is the first blog of the rest of your life

Hello, and welcome to Blogging Under The Dark Sun: Your source for news and views* on the strangest crisis to strike the Earth since a T-rex was left in charge of a nuclear arsenal with the dead-mans-switch at the back of the console.
Those of you who followed me here from my livejournal are probably wondering why I've left it. It's simple really; something about the world is fundamentally broken, just as I'm going off to university; the time for childish things has passed.**
The goth image I maintained over there was only fun so long as there was nothing worth being depressed over; as long as the vampires, werewolves, etc. were just a joke.
Now that I'm not sure of all that, it's not fun anymore. Those of you who stay with me here will be getting something much more real. Don't worry though, it'll still be good fun.

*well, just the one really. View that is, not just the one new, that'd make this a pretty pointless blog.
**And, let's be honest, this blog's name is much cooler.***
***I know I'm contradicting myself, I just don't care.