A Lecture by Dr. Tweeklakarp Glorbnax of Castrovel University's Astrophysics Department

Gentle-beings,  we gather here today to dive into a topic that merges two of the most intriguing facets of cosmology: black holes and the multiverse theory. We seek to explore the role black holes may play in causing micro distortions within the larger scope of the multiverse.

Dr. Glorbnax

To commence, let's briefly revisit our understanding of black holes and the multiverse theory. A black hole, as per our current understanding, is an area in space-time exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing, not even light, can escape from inside it. They are believed to form from the remnants of massive stars following a supernova explosion.

The multiverse theory, on the other hand, posits the existence of an infinite number of universes, including the one we inhabit. These universes comprise everything that exists: space, time, matter, energy, and the physical laws and constants that describe them. Each universe within the multiverse is referred to as a parallel universe, or 'parallel' for short.

In this complex interaction of black holes and the multiverse, one must ponder: how could the characteristics of a black hole cause micro distortions in such a grand cosmological landscape?

Imagine the multiverse as an enormous cosmic ocean, with each parallel universe existing as a bubble within this ocean. Black holes, in this context, could act as the tides in our cosmic ocean, with their intense gravitational pull causing ripples and distortions among the delicate bubbles.

Black holes are characterized by their event horizon, singularity, and gravitational pull. It is this gravitational influence that could cause "micro distortions" in the multiverse. They could tug at the fabric of their host universe, and potentially neighboring universes, creating fluctuating gravitational waves that could distort the shape, size, and potentially the fundamental properties of those universes.

This black hole induced disturbance might result in the creation or destruction of parallel universes, cause dimensional shifts, or even provoke interactions between parallels, bridging cosmic gaps that we can barely begin to comprehend.

Furthermore, black holes, with their peculiar properties, are theorized to potentially serve as wormholes. If this were the case, they could theoretically link not just two distant points within a single universe, but also connect different universes within the multiverse.

These wormholes could cause micro distortions as they open and close, pulling on the fabric of the parallel universes around them, potentially even causing new universes to bud off from existing ones, a concept known as 'cosmic natural selection' or 'black hole reproduction'.

Let us dive into the simplest equations that lead us to these conclusions...

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In closing, the idea of black holes causing micro distortions in the multiverse provides an exciting vista to the field of cosmology, one that melds the mysteries of black holes with the infinite possibilities of a multiverse. It prompts us to push the boundaries of our current understanding and paves the way for futuristic ideas that will undoubtedly fuel the imagination of many generations to come.

Thank you for your attention, and let us remember that the journey to understanding our universe, or potentially multiverse, is unending, with new and astonishing cosmic truths waiting just beyond the event horizon.

DC Modern - Season 2 - Episode 9 - 6/26/23

 Cat Grant here. I wish I could say things…give you all the news that is worthy to print in easy to manage…nevermind. 

 

I write this from a hospital bed. Have been witness to a tragedy of Homeric proportions.  

 

I have no words for the valor, courage or raw unabiding love I witness last night.   

 

Love turned to sorrow. Love turned to rage. Either way love forever lost. 

 

Let us hope things get better…I fear, however, they are going to get much worse. 

Orichalcum caught Cat Grant before she hit the water and then saw a blinding red light. Achilles is alone on the bridge with his shattered sword. Orichalcum takes Cat to the hospital, followed by Achilles. The others take care of Ferdinand, Thomas, and Flamebird. Cat will recover. While Achilles is waiting for her to wake up, Lois Lane shows up as Cat’s emergency contact.

Orichalcum returns to base where the others are seeing to the other wounded and fills them in. She asks Grandfather how he ended up in the diamonds. He say he put himself in them because he knew he was about to be erased from the timeline. He notes that Orichalcum’s Homo Magi heritage is through her grandmother. Grandfather wants his body back, but it probably destroyed. She contemplates building a golem body for him.

Akasha studies his grandfather’s diary again, which starts in mid-1920 when he’s 60ish. The diary ends in 1968 when he’s sick. But he mentions a protégé that the organization will groom to take over Leviathan. He established criminal organization called Leviathan who fought Ra’s al Ghul because of opposed goals. Akasha investigates Leviathan and  finds that there’s a patent on cloning held jointly by Cadmus Labs and Juniper Startup, the latter of which is one of many shells traced back to Leviathan.

Quantum talks to Flamebird about having a portable yellow-sun light source with her at all times set up through his nonsense powers. She reluctantly agrees to try. Meanwhile she suggests looking for the stygian dagger in the waters below the bridge.

Rachael treats Thomas and Ferdinand.

Cat Grant wakes up. Achilles tells her she was very brave and leaves, meeting Flamebird on the way to base. She didn’t find the dagger but did see an odd energy signature that she recognized as red lantern energy. Achilles researches Red Lanterns with the Orb.

At dinner, Akasha opines that her grandfather overrode Grandfather’s history. Orichalcum suggests she and Akasha do a blood test to see if they’re related. Thomas runs the test, which indicates that there’s a 99% likelihood they’re 1^st cousins. Orichalcum says she’s going to build Grandfather a body. Achilles tells them the Stygian is now a Red Lantern.

Next day, insert Cat Bites here. Rachael goes back to campaigning. Polls show her neck-to-neck with Thorne, who is playing up her friendship with pedo Quantum. The negative ads continue for the next few days, but Rachael doesn’t go dirty but instead runs with her taking a bullet for Thorne. The back-and-forth goes viral.

Quantum consults with Akasha about reading Mark Shaw’s mind.

Election day. The team votes. Thomas tells Rachael he plans to leave after the election. The celebration party is held at the Embassy, attended by lots of celebrities, super and not. Quantum’s mother has been promoted to a two-star general. Achilles doesn’t respond to Donna or Cat’s expressions of sympathy. The election is too close to call for most of the evening, so the party dwindles down to hardcore watchers. At 2AM, Thorne calls Rachael and says he’s going to pull ahead by 35 votes and offers her a position in his administration as head of Community Outreach. The next day, the election is called for Thorne by the exact amount he said, but an automatic recall is triggered. Rachael asks Orichalcum to investigate and she finds that 267 late registrants from Chinatown gave him the win. Thorne-supported candidates downballot also won by thin margins.

DC Modern - Season 2 - Episode 8 - 5/23

Cat Grant here, it is with Heavy Heart we most report of the death of a Great Man … err Goat. Dr Tripod was killed today by an assassin at his penthouse home. I have no words to express our feelings of lose and despair. Gateway has lost a great man today. The Country has lost a bright new leader. And I have lost a dear friend. Rest now dear Tripod. Know that we will carry on your great work. 

The city reacts to the death of Dr. Tripod. Rachel issues a standard statement of condolences. His lawyer shows up and gives us all an invitation to the reading of the will because we’ve all been named as beneficiaries. Rachel suspends some of her campaigning to match Thorne, who is as well. Orichalcum finds nothing electronically suspect about the election.

Achilles asks Commissioner Hall for info on Tripod’s murder, which he sends over. Multiple stabs, no heart removal, seems to be crime of passion, castrated, strange metallic substance in the wounds. Orichalcum identifies the chemical composition of stygian iron from the report, which Quantum confirms.

Next day at the reading, Cat Grant is there but Achilles resists killing her despite her goading. Charles Simpson, the lawyer, gives Orichalcum a lead-lined box, which she refuses, so it goes to someone else. Quantum gets a box as well, that she doesn’t open since it is said to have art from Tripod’s childhood. Akasha as “and other” gets a box with personal belonging from his time as “leader of Myrmidons.” He likewise doesn’t open it. Rachael gets a long box that she opens with Amazonian art and artifacts, i.e., the last of the items he stole from the embassy. Cat Grant is named head of the Dr. Tripod Memorial Committee for Gateway Park and is given the designs for the monument and plans for a new chair in mythological studies at Gateway University. Achilles in his secret identity is meant to be the chair. Achilles gets a box with a quill. Profits from the poem he stole from me are to go to help the homeless.

We return to the embassy. Rachael returns the artifacts to the vault. Quantum’s box contains statues of shepherd boys in erotic poses, which are also put in the vault. Akasha’s box has an unpublished memoir, “My Memories as Leader of the Myrmidons,” a fake communicator and membership card, and a key to open all doors in the embassy.

Orichalcum analyzes the quill as well as its mate, which Achilles broke previously. Orichalcum and Rachael think they can repair it and rebind it to the other. Achilles hopes they can prove his authorship of the poem. They might also be able to identify the creator.

Orichalcum gets a text from her brother, who probably got the inheritance meant for her.

Cat Grant is searching for Patrick Peliades through an ad in the paper, so Donna calls Achilles to ask about it. She opines that Patrokles has some sort of magical teleportation to enable him to cross the country.

Akasha takes a mental impression of everyone so he has a baseline to determine later if someone is replaced by a clone.

Orichalcum and Quantum try to use Achilles’ own stygian properties to connect with the fragments of the stygian dagger we have. The fragments embed themselves in Achilles, nevertheless he feels a pull toward something. They fit Achilles with Themysciran armor to protect him from the dagger.

The team gets in the jet and uses the pull, which directs them to the southern part of town and a specific warehouse. They break in. Patrokles speaks to Achilles from the shadows. He attacks Quantum and has Old Bruce hanging from a noose from the ceiling. Flamebird is also immobilized in the basement with kryptonite rays. Both are rescused, and Patrokles tells Achilles to meet him on the Gateway Bridge to finish this.

At the bridge, he has Cat Grant and says Ferdinand is elsewhere with a minute to live. Rachael, Quantum, and Akasha go to save him, while Orichalcum stays with Achilles at the bridge. They rescue Ferdinand from his underwater captivity. Achilles fake kills Cat while Orichalcum blasts Patrokles’ dagger out of his hand. Orichalcum rescues Cat as she falls while Achilles then stabs Patrokles’ and tries to stab himself but breaks his sword on his invulnerable skin. Patrokles is angry that Achilles betrayed him again. A Red Lantern ring speaks to Patrokles.

DC Modern - Season 2 - Episode 7 - 4/24/23

Hello again Gatewayians.  Still does not ring true and we will put a pin in that.  It is your EIC, that is Editor in Chief, Cat Grant.  Here is everything you need to know to be on top of world events.  As always there are in small, easy to understand, and dare I say witty, bites.  You can be on top of world events and only have to spend 3 minutes getting caught up.

1. Our Mayor race is heating up as we approach the final leg and polls show a dead heat between local Developer Johnny Thorne and our Hometown Hero Dr Tripod.  Anemically behind is our newly crowned "Amazon Princess" Storm, or as we, here in the office, call her Princess Butterface.  Her numbers are so low her IQ might actually be higher.  

2. October is here and it is a time for Hipsters and GenZers to get their fake pumpkin flavor on and start wearing sweater vests.  But October also promises great news worthy items as Dr. Tripod has hinted he has an October surprise that is sure to win him the Mayorship.  Will what ever scandal he drops be enough to knock out Thorne, the only real threat he has, from the race?

3. In Legal news the intellectual property trail of the century is set to begin this week.  Hometown "hero" Achilles has accusing Dr Tripod, Gateway City's favorite son, of stealing his famous Song of Heroes; while Dr Tripod is countersuing for  Slander and damages to his name and reputation, as well he should.  I predict a short trail, all they need to do is get Himbo up on the stand and see if he can string a dirty limerick together much less a great work of Modern writing as Tripod's Song of Heroes. 

And there it is, all you need to know on this blustery October Day.  We will continue to bring you all the breaking news and items of worth here at Catbites.