{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Sci Phi Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org","title":"Subject: Clickbeetle - Sci Phi Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"F7nychE8d4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/14\/subject-clickbeetle\/\">Subject: Clickbeetle<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/14\/subject-clickbeetle\/embed\/#?secret=F7nychE8d4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Subject: Clickbeetle&#8221; &#8212; Sci Phi Journal\" data-secret=\"F7nychE8d4\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.sciphijournal.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/audio-2028515.png","thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_height":960,"description":"by Ian Watson They put a clickbeetle into Suzan&#8217;s left ear to chastise her for concentrating too much upon her own consciousness. The beetle happily feeds upon earwax packed with energetic fatty acids and cholesterol. Click click click click, it clicks continuously. This isn&#8217;t the type of beetle whose click propels it away double-quick from trouble\u2014that kind should really be called a flick beetle. Whereas Suzan&#8217;s curious coleopter simply clicks and carries on clicking for no obvious reason. Until people found a purpose for it: punishment. &nbsp;&nbsp; Suzan&#8217;s punishment could have been worse: clickbeetles in both ears. Either in synch,"}