#PennedPossibilities 1165: Can the dead truly return to the “land of the living” in your universe?
(Starter Pack): Aristocrats in the Permanence who have their brains scanned in an uploading pod then have their personality and memories imprinted on one of their descendants, overwriting a harmless six year old with a tyrannical nobleman. It's how the aristocracy retains its death-grip on power from beyond the grave.
Of course, this is a capital offence for commoners—like our protagonists …
Charlie Stross
npub1ya…gla7e
2026-10-25 10:33:36 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1yacj26q9parem5fqf2s3ym9xkxghkk0w2jc63aglsnl2fmyhshnszgla7eSeen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-10-25 10:33:36 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "36072a3b8eb5fe898528bdf4425e5fd4158c402867f6a09c8a6913379418c96f",
"pubkey": "27712568050f479dd1204aa1126ca6b1917b59ee54b1a8f51f84fea4ec9785e7",
"created_at": 1792924416,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"pennedpossibilities"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://wandering.shop/users/cstross/statuses/117501094572081740",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub"
]
],
"content": "#PennedPossibilities 1165: Can the dead truly return to the “land of the living” in your universe? \n\n(Starter Pack): Aristocrats in the Permanence who have their brains scanned in an uploading pod then have their personality and memories imprinted on one of their descendants, overwriting a harmless six year old with a tyrannical nobleman. It's how the aristocracy retains its death-grip on power from beyond the grave.\n\nOf course, this is a capital offence for commoners—like our protagonists …",
"sig": "2296cc6d6592cc1c3692fff0666bb1d26f4cb19b9d9ff368eb70064832c6bd1bc1070723761160b276b9cbaa2d2e66bb67b1b1fe09f1c1c439c15d70497bf79d"
}