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amessageonthewind · 2 months ago

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The Creation and Purpose of Porygon

Porygon was a Pokémon created in 1995 through computer programming when the Pokémon Storage System was invented on Cinnabar Island in the Cinnabar Lab, making it the very first artificial manmade Pokémon in history made entirely out of programming code.

It was designed as a prototype in order to test the concept of the Pokémon Storage System as a way to test if converting Pokémon into storable data was possible. By creating this Pokémon, it wouldn’t require testing on any existing Pokémon.

It was created, in essence, to be a ‘generic’ Pokémon, indicated by its simple identifiable geometric design in order to see which parts of a Pokémon are being accurately converted into data and back. It’s Normal-type and possesses the signature moves of Conversion (changes the user’s type to match the type of one of the user’s moves including Conversion itself, unable to copy the type of a move that already matches the user’s current types) and Conversion 2 (will randomly change the user’s or an adjacent Pokémon’s type to any type that either resists or is immune to the type of the move last used by the target, including status moves, excluding types it currently has – will fail if the Pokémon already has all types that resist the type of the last damaging move and bypasses accuracy to always hit unless the target is in a semi-invulnerable turn of a move such as Dig or Fly) in order to test if the system could preserve a Pokémon’s type and contain data to test all of them. It also possessed the Ability of Download (either raises the Attack or Special Attack by one stage depending on the foe’s current lowest defensive stat, otherwise will raise Special Attack) in order to test if Abilities could be preserved as well.

The design inspiration came from depictions of it documented in Hisui, essentially making its existence something of a Grandfather Paradox, given that they were first seen emerging from spacetime distortions.

After the invention of the Pokémon Storage System, Porygon then became useful for use in cybersecurity and software development and became popular among collectors after the fact.

Silph Co. takes credit for the creation of Porygon and became invested in its development, though for a time it became obsolete. They were interested in upgrading it to work in space for planetary devolvement reasons, so Silph Co. gave it a digital drive the likes that they would need to send across to hold in order to test the trading system and test if Pokémon could transfer while holding items as well in case they needed to send Porygon up with important items to the space stations above, surprising them with an evolution and discovering trade evolutions in the process.

Porygon2 is a result of being upgraded from the most cutting-edge technology available at the time and became the project, sporting completely rounded shapes and no sharp edges of its preevolution. Silph Co. invented the Upgrade as an evolutionary item to evolve Porygon into Porygon2 by trading it in order to further develop it for work in space software, though its inability to fly limits this ability. It can survive in the vacuum of space, but cannot move very well in zero gravity.

Unlike Porygon that has an outlined purpose that it does not deviate from, Porygon2 is far more intelligent and is capable of learning new behaviours on its own, including proprietary information, and can speak a language that only other Porygon2 can understand. It is truly a feat of artificial intelligence.

Naturally, the next step in Porygon2’s development would be the final frontier – dimensional travel. If Porygon2 was invented to assist in space travel, then the final feat would be dimensional travel. And so, development was initiated on the next project – Porygon3.

However, this project would not find success like the former. An error in the programming of the next upgrade resulted in corrupting the final form and causing it to act erratic and unstable, making it difficult to work with for research and testing and deeming the development to be labelled a failure and for development to be abandoned. The final result was then named Porygon-Z and the discs responsible for this evolution were disposed of and deemed dubious. Academics can’t seem to agree on whether Porygon-Z should be considered a true evolution of Porygon2 or not.

The Dubious Disc, as it has become known by, still sees underground circulation amongst black market collectors and underground researchers interested in further researching both Porygon-Z and revisiting the possibility of completing development on Porygon3, though no progress or breakthroughs have yet been reported at this time.

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genderfluiddumbass · 8 months ago

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SILLY GUAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY <3 closeups, human form, and ✨document✨under cut!

i have been putting him off for way too long tbh Transcript of doc:

Z-256 - Codename: "The Technician", real name "Hade Parabellum", is to be shot on sight by the EXR-P teams and any personnel without hesitation. Z-256 is a high-level threat in Urbanshade; caution is required if encountered. Given his partnership with Z-779, extreme caution should be taken when in a room equipped with turrets. It has been reported on multiple occasions that 256 is armed with a long range taser and a .45 ACP revolver. Z-256 was brought in as a LR-P in 2014, after he was found guilty of a worldwide DDOS attack, causing companies big and small to lose over $7.1 trillion USD collectively, as well as mining cryptocurrency for use in illicit trades. He had a natural knack for computers, and had a bachelor's in computer sciences. Given this, Urbanshade swept him away to be held in the Hadal division, and in his wake, created a cover story that he took his own life in his cell. From late 2016 onward, 256 was our lead programmer before the breach, despite his history as a cybercriminal. It was later realized his technological prowess could be put to better use outside Urbanshade's facilities, so the DNA of Penaeidae was spliced into his so he could work under the pressure of the Hadal zone comfortably. However, the changes to his appearance from experimentation left him appearing extremely nonhuman, earning him the classification of Z-256. After several months of planning, Z-256 momentarily formed an alliance with Z-13 and Z-763 to escape, additionally causing a breach in many of the other containment cells holding experiments at the Blacksite. He reportedly handled opening electronic locks with his sentient computer Z-779, who enthusiastically complied and assisted. Afterwards, as revenge, he proceeded to destroy several generators that powered the facility, as well as rip up several cables connected to the main power of the External Repellent System, causing several Vultus Linunaria to gather at the newly safened area around the cannon. At the Blacksite: EXR-P teams should report sightings of 2-256 immediately to HQ. Most commonly reported in proximity to Z-779. (Personnel Note: Look up you dimwits. Z-256 often resides in the control pits of rooms with artillery taken over by Z-779, outside of the action. He will try to turn the machine guns back on after they are disabled on the ground; shoot him so he does not succeed.) Under no circumstances can Z-256 be allowed to leave the Blacksite alive. Abandon previous objectives and, as Mr. Shade himself stated, 'Shred their mags until their trigger-finger bleeds."

#pressure oc #pressure roblox #roblox pressure #hade's eye candy #hade's special babies #any references to a Z-763 is in regard to my friend's pressure oc!!!

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eggcompany · 3 months ago

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Green tea Lunch Box Part 3

Zoro didn’t splurge and buy the yearly pass to the dancer’s pages. He bought them monthly. For three months straight. He kept telling himself he’d stop once he got his fill. He had a few favorites, the POV videos of the blonde giving blowjobs to dildos, moaning and acting so desperate for a cock down his throat, and the pictures of the guy in a maid costume. Zoro didn’t know why those really got him going, seeing the guy bent over in the black and white dress, frilly panties peeking from the shortened hems, in all sorts of positions with props and all. Zoro jerked off to those very frequently.

The day the blonde opened his “Special Event” was the day Zoro knew he couldn’t give it up. It was summer, the guy had posted a few public beach pics, long legs bare in the sand in little striped bathing suits, his glistening back and round ass in the sun, getting a light tan. He was stunning, freckles popping up on his shoulders and the bridge of his nose, just sun kissed and beautiful.

But the special event did him in. It was the debut of the gift powered vibrator. The one he’d gotten months ago, having used it as a normal vibrator a few times, but this was the first time he’d set it up for donations. The blonde said he’d been figuring it out, getting used to the settings and such before going all out.

He was sitting in his computer chair, legs picked up so his feet were on the seat, not wearing panties for once, a plaid skirt around his waist, and tall black socks were all covering him. His mask and wig traded out for a ski mask, white and knit.

His chest, perfect pink nipples and slightly pink shoulders from the sun, looked beautiful and his cock and balls hung free under the skirt, on display with his pink hole that was wrapped around the blue base of the vibrator.

Zoro couldn’t wait. He made sure his card was connected to his account and listened as the guy explained. He looked so cute as he grabbed the arm chairs and shifted around. The toy was already pressing against his prostate and it wasn’t even vibrating yet. Zoro loved how sensitive he was, how intune he was with his own body that he could toy so much with his own good spot.

$5 was a quick zap, $10 was five seconds at medium, $15 was five seconds high, $20 was ten seconds of rumble, and $50 was ten seconds on high. He was testing it out so it’s not much. But he’d been talking about it for a few weeks, putting ads on his pages, and opening to be a buy in stream so there would be plenty of people watching.

“I’m hoping this will be one of my last money grab streams. I’ve already applied to the culinary program I want to get into and I’ve saved enough for the first semester without any assistance. So… this is for all the stuff I’ll need and for luck that I get accepted! Alright let’s… let’s do this…” The blonde explained, voice upbeat and fakily enthusiastic. It got a little under Zoro’s skin, he didn’t like that voice.

The guy sighed and reached down, turning the toy on, the little light coming on and the donations started rolling in. He gasped, back arching up, eyes spaced out. It was beautiful, his body shaking as pleasure shocked through his system. His cock was hard and pink under the skirt, balls pulled up to his body, begging for a little attention as his prostate got ruined. He didn’t reach for it though, hands grabbing the hem of the skirt first, twisting the fabric in his grip.

Zoro had a hand down his pants, but decided he would hold out, only cum when the dancer did. He still gave himself some good through strokes, watching as the blonde’s body jumped and he cried out, moaning. The buzzing was louder coming from Zoro’s speakers, the different donations driving the blonde crazy as he struggled to keep up. His hole was squeezing around the toy tightly, thighs tensing and releasing, cock twitching with every particularly good zap.

“So good, thank-k yo- fuck- thank you” The dancer tried to say between gasping whines and high moans. His eyes were watery, mouth opening and closing under his mask, chest heaving with every attempted breath.

Zoro was so close, the guy was trying so hard to hold back but his cock was weeping and soaked, twitching every time a zap was sent through, his nails were starting to bite into the material of the chair arms, his noises more desperate, body wracking as he tried to hold off for a little longer.

Zoro clicked on a five dollar donation, wanting to contribute. As soon as it went through the guy screamed, feet all curled up, nails digging into the arm rests, cock twitching as he painted the inside of the skirt with thick drippy cum.

Zoro came, an orgasm rocking through him harshly, with so much power he felt the air knocked out of him.

The dancer cried out, tears rolling from his eyes, body rocking with his pleasure, hands clenched up unable to let go of the armrests. He started to sob, sucking in breaths as his body shook, fingers shaking as he desperately tried to find the off button on the toy.

“Can’t- cant- st- stop it” The blonde cried out as his fingers stumbled around the button, it was too small and he was shaking uncontrollably. Zoro wanted to reach through the screen and do it for him, to take care of it. The beauty just had a nice big orgasm, he shouldn’t be sobbing so violently, he should be happy, feeling good and fulfilled. Zoro’s own afterglow dimmed drastically as he watched the guy’s face twist up, he was so expressive even with the mask on.

Finally the guy just yanked the toy out after someone donated more. He was overwhelmed, so far past trying to make words fall from his lips. He was sweating and hiccuping as he half choked on snot. He just flicked the stream off, no goodbye, no warning, no kiss goodbye like usual, just a black screen.

Zoro was left looking at a black screen hoping the dancer was okay. He just wanted to know if… if he was alright.

The next night the blonde was sitting on his bed, a frilly cotton nighty with thin straps and a square neck covering him. He had his knees pulled up under him, laying against his pile of pillows. His soft blankets and pastel bedding all around him. Beautiful, soft, gentle, even with a white beanie on his head and a blue medical mask on his face, he somehow still looked perfect.

“We’re not doing a special event again. Not for a long time at least. It was too much for me.” He said sadly, eyes looking down at the bed, like he was ashamed.

Zoro didn’t like that. The dancer didn’t owe anybody another special event or anything else for that matter, he shouldn’t feel ashamed or disappointed. Everyone else should be grateful for every single moment the blonde allowed them. He just… wished he could tell that to the guy, the wrinkles from between his eyebrows, tell him how beautiful he was. Or whatever.

“I think next week I might do a fashion show and sit on my favorite toy. I wanna go through my closet., show off some of my favorite pieces, maybe sell some. I’ve lost a bit of weight.”

Zoro thought he’d like that. The nice music, getting to see a pretty boy in pretty things. He listened to the guy talk, yawning after an hour. It would be nice to watch him sleep. Zoro blinked, what a weird thought.

It became a regular thing. It was good. Watching the blonde dance around the pole, moving like silk in the breeze, or listening to him chat about work or his… crush. Getting to see him in flowy dresses and snug panties, costumes, and all states of pleasure on his wide assortment of toys. Zoro liked it, from his frilly socks up to the makeup that was messy around his eyes.

Zoro watched every stream, the dancing, the sex show, even the late night chats in the bathtub. He liked knowing the dancer. Like knowing he liked kissing and he liked being on top but also liked it on his back, liked knowing he was passionate about cooking and nutrition and hoped to open his own restaurant one day.

He didn’t ever send messages to the chat though. He just didn’t… he wasn’t brave enough to. He just loved every single time he saw the beautiful blonde, everytime he posted pictures on his private page that Zoro bought the premium subscription for, every little video, every image, Zoro just… loved it.

He just wanted him so bad. Wanted every single part. Wanted to know his workout routine, what he liked to eat for breakfast, what toothpaste he used, he wanted to know every thing. He wanted…. Everything.

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mitchipedia · 2 months ago

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Everyone is cheating their way through college: ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project

James D. Walsh at New York Intelligencer writes a deeply researched article on how students at “large state schools, the Ivies, liberal-arts schools in New England, universities abroad, professional schools, and community colleges” … “are relying on AI to ease their way through every facet of their education…. take their notes during class, devise their study guides and practice tests, summarize novels and textbooks, and brainstorm, outline, and draft their essays. STEM students are using AI to automate their research and data analyses and to sail through dense coding and debugging assignments. ‘College is just how well I can use ChatGPT at this point,’ [said a Utah student].”

If you cheat your way through college, are you cheating yourself? Robbing yourself of the education you’re paying tens of thousands of years for? Or is college just a gate you pass through to get to a higher-paying job and higher social status?

[Troy Jollimore, a poet, philosopher, and Cal State Chico ethics professor,] who has been teaching writing for more than two decades, is now convinced that the humanities, and writing in particular, are quickly becoming an anachronistic art elective like basket-weaving. “Every time I talk to a colleague about this, the same thing comes up: retirement. When can I retire? When can I get out of this? That’s what we’re all thinking now,” he said. “This is not what we signed up for.” Williams, and other educators I spoke to, described AI’s takeover as a full-blown existential crisis. “The students kind of recognize that the system is broken and that there’s not really a point in doing this. Maybe the original meaning of these assignments has been lost or is not being communicated to them well.”

He worries about the long-term consequences of passively allowing 18-year-olds to decide whether to actively engage with their assignments. Would it accelerate the widening soft-skills gap in the workplace? If students rely on AI for their education, what skills would they even bring to the workplace? Lakshya Jain, a computer-science lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, has been using those questions in an attempt to reason with his students. “If you’re handing in AI work,” he tells them, “you’re not actually anything different than a human assistant to an artificial-intelligence engine, and that makes you very easily replaceable. Why would anyone keep you around?” That’s not theoretical: The COO of a tech research firm recently asked Jain why he needed programmers any longer.

(Emphasis added by me.)

GenAI is a great assistant but if using GenAI is your only skill, why would anyone hire you?

GenAI is like Microsoft Office: It’s a tool. Everybody who works at a desk job nowadays needs to know how to use Office or its Google equivalent, but if using Office is all you know how to do, then you have no job skills.

The ideal of college as a place of intellectual growth, where students engage with deep, profound ideas, was gone long before ChatGPT. The combination of high costs and a winner-takes-all economy had already made it feel transactional, a means to an end. (In a recent survey, Deloitte found that just over half of college graduates believe their education was worth the tens of thousands of dollars it costs a year, compared with 76 percent of trade-school graduates.) In a way, the speed and ease with which AI proved itself able to do college-level work simply exposed the rot at the core. “How can we expect them to grasp what education means when we, as educators, haven’t begun to undo the years of cognitive and spiritual damage inflicted by a society that treats schooling as a means to a high-paying job, maybe some social status, but nothing more?” Jollimore wrote in a recent essay. “Or, worse, to see it as bearing no value at all, as if it were a kind of confidence trick, an elaborate sham?”

The article features Chungin “Roy” Lee, a twenty-something AI entrepreneur who has built tools — and businesses based on them — to enable people to use AI to cheat at college, on job interviews and even on dates.

“Every technological innovation has caused humanity to sit back and think about what work is actually useful,” [Lee] said. “There might have been people complaining about machinery replacing blacksmiths in, like, the 1600s or 1800s, but now it’s just accepted that it’s useless to learn how to blacksmith.”

If writing is going to be obsolete, like basket-weaving and blacksmithing, then so be it. I don’t worry about it. I write to set my thoughts in order, and I don’t anticipate stopping that.

As for work: If writing ceases to become a marketable skill … well, I’ll figure something out. “I’ll figure something out” has been a theme of my career.

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pankukaushal · 2 months ago

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𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈-:

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢��𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 ?

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to computer systems capable of performing complex tasks that historically only a human could do, such as reasoning, making decisions, or solving problems.

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐈 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬-:

AI today exhibits a wide range of capabilities, including natural language processing (NLP), machine learning (ML), computer vision, and generative AI. These capabilities are used in various applications like virtual assistants, recommendation systems, fraud detection, autonomous vehicles, and image generation. AI is also transforming industries like healthcare, finance, transportation, and creative domains.

𝐀𝐈 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐬/𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬-:

ChatGpt, Gemini, Duolingo etc are the major tools/apps of using AI.

𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈-:

1. Bias and Discrimination: AI algorithms can be trained on biased data, leading to discriminatory outcomes in areas like hiring, lending, and even criminal justice.

2. Security Vulnerabilities: AI systems can be exploited through cybersecurity attacks, potentially leading to data breaches, system disruptions, or even the misuse of AI in malicious ways.

3. Privacy Violations: AI systems often rely on vast amounts of personal data, raising concerns about privacy and the potential for misuse of that data.

4. Job Displacement: Automation driven by AI can lead to job losses in various sectors, potentially causing economic and social disruption.

5. Misuse and Weaponization: AI can be used for malicious purposes, such as developing autonomous weapons systems, spreading disinformation, or manipulating public opinion.

6. Loss of Human Control: Advanced AI systems could potentially surpass human intelligence and become uncontrollable, raising concerns about the safety and well-being of humanity.

𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐈:-

Healthcare:AI will revolutionize medical diagnostics, personalize treatment plans, and assist in complex surgical procedures.

Workplace:AI will automate routine tasks, freeing up human workers for more strategic and creative roles.

Transportation:Autonomous vehicles and intelligent traffic management systems will enhance mobility and safety.

Finance:AI will reshape algorithmic trading, fraud detection, and economic forecasting.

Education:AI will personalize learning experiences and offer intelligent tutoring systems.

Manufacturing:AI will enable predictive maintenance, process optimization, and quality control.

Agriculture:AI will support precision farming, crop monitoring, and yield prediction.

#AI #Futuristic #technology #development #accurate #realistic #predictions #techworld #machinelearning #robotic

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dorkichiban · 4 months ago

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from: the state of personal online security and confidentiality via

It feels like the problem she's talking about here are similar to how Microsoft tried to push recording your computer activity for ai analysis as a default not too long ago with their recall feature.

The fact that most people are willing to trade away privacy and security for convenience might seem like just a silly thing, but if that attitude starts getting treated like the default it could become increasingly annoying to avoid making that trade off.

I could see a future where having an ai assistant with access to all of your data is as necessary as having a smart phone is today. You'll be able to get by without one if you really have to; but you'll regularly interact with systems that take it as a given that everyone has one, and which just don't function properly, or maybe not even at all, if you don't.

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gallifreyinstituteforlearning · 1 year ago

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Quick unimportant question, do back up cold resistant nervous systems still work in breaking you out of Shada? (This is obviously a hypothetical) if not how would one hypothetically escape?

How could you escape Shada?

Firstly, let's establish a firm disclaimer: Shada is an exceptional prison, meticulously designed by the Time Lords to be utterly inescapable. It exists in a time-locked micro-universe outside of normal space, a security measure so foolproof that even the thought of escaping is laughably impossible. Now, with that out of the way, let’s delve into this purely hypothetical scenario.

🥶 Cold-Resistant Nervous Systems

Shada's prisoners are stored in cryogenic cells, each one frozen in time and held perpetually. Back in the day, war criminals fitted themselves with cold-resistant secondary nervous systems to counteract this. However, the Time Lords got wise to that trick and now directly link prisoners' nervous systems into self-repeating time-frames via their tattoos, rendering those secondary systems ineffective. So, no, those old-school hacks won’t break you out.

🏃‍♂️ Your Hypothetical Escape Plan

For the truly hypothetical and utterly impossible escape, you’d need more than just biological trickery. Theoretical escape methods might involve:

Outrigger Platform: Located under the Control Core, this can open a channel with a physical link to Gallifrey. However, accessing this platform would require bypassing numerous security protocols while evading the robotic guardians patrolling the prison's surface.

Time Lord Assistance: Only a Time Lord could theoretically access the computer index files and deactivate the time lock, but finding one willing to commit treason would be another matter.

The Labyrinth: This cross-dimensional infrastructure might offer hidden pathways, but navigating it would require intricate knowledge of Shada’s highly classified internal layout.

But let’s be clear: this is all ridiculous. Shada's security measures are top-notch, making escape not just improbable but practically impossible.

🏫 So ...

So, if you’re considering some sort of daring break-out, GIL strongly advises against it. Shada is designed to hold the most dangerous beings in the universe, and its protections are nothing short of legendary. You should just enjoy the lovely Universe knowing that the Time Lords have everything under control.

💬|🏛️⏲️How long would it take the Celestial Intervention Agency to find someone?: Timeframes for how screwed you are.

💬|🏛️🌍How hard is it to get in and out of Gallifrey?: Brief look at how difficult it is to get there as an outsider.

💬|🏛️🛒Where’s the Black Market on Gallifrey?: Where you might find shady dealings and what you could trade.

Hope that helped! 😃

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chronicallycouchbound · 2 years ago

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Unhoused Solidarity In Action

This is a non-exhaustive list of resources you might have access to, or know of, that can be used to aid unhoused community members directly. Many of these focus on direct mutual aid as individuals but can be helpful to consider when in community organizing settings. - What do you (or someone you know) have access to, that you can provide to the community? - Can they be accessed, used, or provided: regularly, occasionally, only in emergencies, weekly, daily, sporadically, consistently, etc.? - Consider seasonal needs (winter coats don’t help us when it’s 90 degrees out!) - Remember to practice active, informed consent with individuals and ask if these would be helpful! Don’t take it personally if your offer isn’t helpful to someone, it might help someone else. - These should be realistic and not compromise your safety or well-being. Remember to prioritize safety over comfort.

Housing

- Consider your relationship with this person (generally, don’t offer complete strangers into your home)

- Location matters a lot. Unhoused people often need to be near “hubs”/cities, close to resources and systems of care.

- Some people can’t live in hotels, couch surf, or any of these options without losing their housing vouchers, and in some cases health insurance or other assistance programs. Legal definitions of homelessness (used by voucher programs) usually don’t include people living in hotels/motels, or couch surfing (including most of these options). Check with the individual to see if this might be helpful.

Extra bedrooms

Campers, trailers

Couches

Apartments

Land/yards to camp on, park at, etc.

Donate funds or points for a hotel room

Shelters

Floor space

Safe parking lots to sleep in your car in (sleeping in your car is considered legal homelessness in most places)

Time

- Emotional capacity and minimizing the risk of burnout are important here especially

Do outreach with a community org

File for grants

Provide education materials

Share knowledge regarding resources

Emotional support - build genuine connections with your local unhoused neighbors

Reach out to companies for donations

Create or add to lists of resources, open bathrooms, etc.

Transportation

- One of the biggest barriers to accessing existing resources is transportation (also mailing addresses, internet access, and active phone service)

Personal car, ride-sharing/carpooling

Bus tickets/passes

Old/not frequently used bikes

Taxi services/vouchers

Uber/Lift gift cards

Carpooling

Coordinate rides for people

Food

- A lot of unhoused people prefer “comfort foods” to “health foods” - Ask about dietary restrictions, the cooking ability of the unhoused person, the cooking equipment, etc. - Soft foods are frequently more accessible to us as dental issues are very common - 100$ in fast food is significantly less than 100$ in homemade food

Can cook hot meals

Can pay for meals

Knows someone (person, business) who can supply food

Inviting people over for a meal

Gifting food (be sure to be considerate of dietary restrictions, cooking ability, equipment needed to cook, etc.)

Have a community dunkin gift card

Make or add to a fruit tree map (fallingfruit.org, community gardens, federal university campuses)

Money

- Money should be freely given, with no strings attached - Ask what form works best for them— cash apps/virtual, physical cash, gift cards, quarters, etc.

It is best to provide cash donations directly to impacted individuals (or organizations) with no strings attached

Provide relevant, local chain store gift cards (Grocery stores, coffee shops, restaurants)

Coordinate fundraisers

Apply for grants

Supplies

- Ask individuals what they need most!

Purchase and donate supplies directly to individuals or organizations

Reach out to businesses

Donate old phones or computers

Add someone to your family phone plan

Donate professional clothes for interviews

Donate an outfit you would actually wear

Talents, Trades, Skills

Your hobbies might be helpful! Crochet is extremely trendy right now (easy to learn, you could make hats/scarves for community members)!

Professional ties/experience Examples: You’re a cosmetologist who can do free haircuts for an hour each week, or you’re a graphic designer who can create a website for an organization for free, or you’re a nurse who can provide wound care to encampments

Community gardens

Connect with and partner with non-profits or community-based organizations in your area (or help start one if there’s none!)

Allow people to use you as a reference for job interviews

Bathrooms

- Not just toilets, but showers and mirrors are important too

Ask businesses to pledge to have open, public, accessible, and free restrooms

Your personal restroom

Make a list of local public restrooms

Free gym memberships or add someone to a gym plan

Services

- In order to access most services, you need most, if not all, of the following: transportation, identification, important paperwork, printing/faxing access, mailing addresses, internet access, active phone service, free time during business hours, and emotional and mental ability (and capacity) to complete everything required (forms, applications, phone calls, interviews, annual reviews, verifications) in a timely manner (usually on a strict deadline)

Case management experience you can volunteer

Peer support for service navigation (great option for people with prior lived experience)

Advocacy within services

Offer to provide a P.O. box or use your address to receive mail

Housing skills

Allow someone to use your library card for books, computers, the internet, etc. (most libraries won’t allow unhoused people to get a library card)

Volunteer at a shelter

Allow someone to use your home wifi, printer, phone number, mailbox, email, etc.

Fundraising

- If you can’t donate your own personal funds, fundraising is a great way to help out

Community mutual aid asks (in person or online)

Art walks

Skate competition

Concerts

Tip jar

Gift basket raffle

Clothing and food drive

Game tourney

Live streams

Start a GoFundMe for individuals/orgs

I strongly encourage you to look over the matching slides I created for this workshop: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VDngImsMByUFmKX611zAJ43a0UcYIfMBxrbh_g1IJvc/edit

As a disclaimer: I have been homeless/unhoused for over half of my life. My experiences of homelessness have included while being a infant, toddler, young child, preteen, teenager, and young adult. I am 24 years old. My most recent experience of being unhoused was last year, and I am currently precariously housed (meaning: at high risk of losing housing again). My experiences of homelessness have included sleeping outside in a tent, sleeping on park benches and under freeways, walking around all night to avoid hypothermia and freezing to death (something that has happened to several of my friends), couch surfing, sleeping in cars, squatting, sleeping in motels, living in a shelter, and institutionalized. I have been homeless with family a few times during early childhood and again when I was 15. All of my other experiences of homelessness have been on my own starting at age 9 or 10, and the last time I lived with a parent I was 16. I have been homeless in both rural and urban areas. I have been homeless in New England/Northeast United States as well as the Pacific Northwest.

In addition to this, I have many contributing factors to my experience, including being disabled, a person of color, trans, queer, a survivor of child abuse and CSA, being trafficked, and a drug user and a SWer, amongst other marginalized experiences.

That being said: my experience of being unhoused/homeless is not the universal experience. While I know many people of all different demographics who I’ve met on the streets, I cannot speak to every single person’s experiences. I especially cannot speak to experiences outside of the United States, aside from what I hear secondhand.

This is meant to serve as a general guide to accompany a workshop I created, and might not be helpful for everyone. If it’s not helpful, I hope it inspires others to offer creative solutions. I’m always working on expanding this list. Thank you for reading.

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The AI Revolution: Understanding, Harnessing, and Navigating the Future

What is AI

In a world increasingly shaped by technology, one term stands out above the rest, capturing both our imagination and, at times, our apprehension: Artificial Intelligence. From science fiction dreams to tangible realities, AI is no longer a distant concept but an omnipresent force, subtly (and sometimes not-so-subtly) reshaping industries, transforming daily life, and fundamentally altering our perception of what's possible.

But what exactly is AI? Is it a benevolent helper, a job-stealing machine, or something else entirely? The truth, as always, is far more nuanced. At its core, Artificial Intelligence refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. These processes include learning (the acquisition of information and rules for using the information), reasoning (using rules to reach approximate or definite conclusions), and self-correction. What makes modern AI so captivating is its ability to learn from data, identify patterns, and make predictions or decisions with increasing autonomy.

The journey of AI has been a fascinating one, marked by cycles of hype and disillusionment. Early pioneers in the mid-20th century envisioned intelligent machines that could converse and reason. While those early ambitions proved difficult to achieve with the technology of the time, the seeds of AI were sown. The 21st century, however, has witnessed an explosion of progress, fueled by advancements in computing power, the availability of massive datasets, and breakthroughs in machine learning algorithms, particularly deep learning. This has led to the "AI Spring" we are currently experiencing.

The Landscape of AI: More Than Just Robots

When many people think of AI, images of humanoid robots often come to mind. While robotics is certainly a fascinating branch of AI, the field is far broader and more diverse than just mechanical beings. Here are some key areas where AI is making significant strides:

Machine Learning (ML): This is the engine driving much of the current AI revolution. ML algorithms learn from data without being explicitly programmed. Think of recommendation systems on streaming platforms, fraud detection in banking, or personalized advertisements – these are all powered by ML.

Deep Learning (DL): A subset of machine learning inspired by the structure and function of the human brain's neural networks. Deep learning has been instrumental in breakthroughs in image recognition, natural language processing, and speech recognition. The facial recognition on your smartphone or the impressive capabilities of large language models like the one you're currently interacting with are prime examples.

Natural Language Processing (NLP): This field focuses on enabling computers to understand, interpret, and generate human language. From language translation apps to chatbots that provide customer service, NLP is bridging the communication gap between humans and machines.

Computer Vision: This area allows computers to "see" and interpret visual information from the world around them. Autonomous vehicles rely heavily on computer vision to understand their surroundings, while medical imaging analysis uses it to detect diseases.

Robotics: While not all robots are AI-powered, many sophisticated robots leverage AI for navigation, manipulation, and interaction with their environment. From industrial robots in manufacturing to surgical robots assisting doctors, AI is making robots more intelligent and versatile.

AI's Impact: Transforming Industries and Daily Life

The transformative power of AI is evident across virtually every sector. In healthcare, AI is assisting in drug discovery, personalized treatment plans, and early disease detection. In finance, it's used for algorithmic trading, risk assessment, and fraud prevention. The manufacturing industry benefits from AI-powered automation, predictive maintenance, and quality control.

Beyond these traditional industries, AI is woven into the fabric of our daily lives. Virtual assistants like Siri and Google Assistant help us organize our schedules and answer our questions. Spam filters keep our inboxes clean. Navigation apps find the fastest routes. Even the algorithms that curate our social media feeds are a testament to AI's pervasive influence. These applications, while often unseen, are making our lives more convenient, efficient, and connected.

Harnessing the Power: Opportunities and Ethical Considerations

The opportunities presented by AI are immense. It promises to boost productivity, solve complex global challenges like climate change and disease, and unlock new frontiers of creativity and innovation. Businesses that embrace AI can gain a competitive edge, optimize operations, and deliver enhanced customer experiences. Individuals can leverage AI tools to automate repetitive tasks, learn new skills, and augment their own capabilities.

However, with great power comes great responsibility. The rapid advancement of AI also brings forth a host of ethical considerations and potential challenges that demand careful attention.

Job Displacement: One of the most frequently discussed concerns is the potential for AI to automate jobs currently performed by humans. While AI is likely to create new jobs, there will undoubtedly be a shift in the nature of work, requiring reskilling and adaptation.

Bias and Fairness: AI systems learn from the data they are fed. If that data contains historical biases (e.g., related to gender, race, or socioeconomic status), the AI can perpetuate and even amplify those biases in its decisions, leading to unfair outcomes. Ensuring fairness and accountability in AI algorithms is paramount.

Privacy and Security: AI relies heavily on data. The collection and use of vast amounts of personal data raise significant privacy concerns. Moreover, as AI systems become more integrated into critical infrastructure, their security becomes a vital issue.

Transparency and Explainability: Many advanced AI models, particularly deep learning networks, are often referred to as "black boxes" because their decision-making processes are difficult to understand. For critical applications, it's crucial to have transparency and explainability to ensure trust and accountability.

Autonomous Decision-Making: As AI systems become more autonomous, questions arise about who is responsible when an AI makes a mistake or causes harm. The development of ethical guidelines and regulatory frameworks for autonomous AI is an ongoing global discussion.

Navigating the Future: A Human-Centric Approach

Navigating the AI revolution requires a proactive and thoughtful approach. It's not about fearing AI, but rather understanding its capabilities, limitations, and implications. Here are some key principles for moving forward:

Education and Upskilling: Investing in education and training programs that equip individuals with AI literacy and skills in areas like data science, AI ethics, and human-AI collaboration will be crucial for the workforce of the future.

Ethical AI Development: Developers and organizations building AI systems must prioritize ethical considerations from the outset. This includes designing for fairness, transparency, and accountability, and actively mitigating biases.

Robust Governance and Regulation: Governments and international bodies have a vital role to play in developing appropriate regulations and policies that foster innovation while addressing ethical concerns and ensuring the responsible deployment of AI.

Human-AI Collaboration: The future of work is likely to be characterized by collaboration between humans and AI. AI can augment human capabilities, automate mundane tasks, and provide insights, allowing humans to focus on higher-level problem-solving, creativity, and empathy.

Continuous Dialogue: As AI continues to evolve, an ongoing, open dialogue among technologists, ethicists, policymakers, and the public is essential to shape its development in a way that benefits humanity.

The AI revolution is not just a technological shift; it's a societal transformation. By understanding its complexities, embracing its potential, and addressing its challenges with foresight and collaboration, we can harness the power of Artificial Intelligence to build a more prosperous, equitable, and intelligent future for all. The journey has just begun, and the choices we make today will define the world of tomorrow.

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What is artificial intelligence (AI)?

Imagine asking Siri about the weather, receiving a personalized Netflix recommendation, or unlocking your phone with facial recognition. These everyday conveniences are powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), a transformative technology reshaping our world. This post delves into AI, exploring its definition, history, mechanisms, applications, ethical dilemmas, and future potential.

What is Artificial Intelligence? Definition: AI refers to machines or software designed to mimic human intelligence, performing tasks like learning, problem-solving, and decision-making. Unlike basic automation, AI adapts and improves through experience.

Brief History:

1950: Alan Turing proposes the Turing Test, questioning if machines can think.

1956: The Dartmouth Conference coins the term "Artificial Intelligence," sparking early optimism.

1970s–80s: "AI winters" due to unmet expectations, followed by resurgence in the 2000s with advances in computing and data availability.

21st Century: Breakthroughs in machine learning and neural networks drive AI into mainstream use.

How Does AI Work? AI systems process vast data to identify patterns and make decisions. Key components include:

Machine Learning (ML): A subset where algorithms learn from data.

Supervised Learning: Uses labeled data (e.g., spam detection).

Unsupervised Learning: Finds patterns in unlabeled data (e.g., customer segmentation).

Reinforcement Learning: Learns via trial and error (e.g., AlphaGo).

Neural Networks & Deep Learning: Inspired by the human brain, these layered algorithms excel in tasks like image recognition.

Big Data & GPUs: Massive datasets and powerful processors enable training complex models.

Types of AI

Narrow AI: Specialized in one task (e.g., Alexa, chess engines).

General AI: Hypothetical, human-like adaptability (not yet realized).

Superintelligence: A speculative future AI surpassing human intellect.

Other Classifications:

Reactive Machines: Respond to inputs without memory (e.g., IBM’s Deep Blue).

Limited Memory: Uses past data (e.g., self-driving cars).

Theory of Mind: Understands emotions (in research).

Self-Aware: Conscious AI (purely theoretical).

Applications of AI

Healthcare: Diagnosing diseases via imaging, accelerating drug discovery.

Finance: Detecting fraud, algorithmic trading, and robo-advisors.

Retail: Personalized recommendations, inventory management.

Manufacturing: Predictive maintenance using IoT sensors.

Entertainment: AI-generated music, art, and deepfake technology.

Autonomous Systems: Self-driving cars (Tesla, Waymo), delivery drones.

Ethical Considerations

Bias & Fairness: Biased training data can lead to discriminatory outcomes (e.g., facial recognition errors in darker skin tones).

Privacy: Concerns over data collection by smart devices and surveillance systems.

Job Displacement: Automation risks certain roles but may create new industries.

Accountability: Determining liability for AI errors (e.g., autonomous vehicle accidents).

The Future of AI

Integration: Smarter personal assistants, seamless human-AI collaboration.

Advancements: Improved natural language processing (e.g., ChatGPT), climate change solutions (optimizing energy grids).

Regulation: Growing need for ethical guidelines and governance frameworks.

Conclusion AI holds immense potential to revolutionize industries, enhance efficiency, and solve global challenges. However, balancing innovation with ethical stewardship is crucial. By fostering responsible development, society can harness AI’s benefits while mitigating risks.

#artificial intelligence #programming #machine learning #software engineering

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Cloud AI Market Growth: Key Applications, Opportunities, and Industry Outlook 2032

Introduction

The global Cloud AI Market is experiencing unprecedented growth, driven by the increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities on cloud platforms. As businesses across various industries embrace AI-driven automation, predictive analytics, and machine learning, cloud-based AI solutions are becoming indispensable. This article provides an in-depth analysis of the Cloud AI Market, its key segments, growth drivers, and future projections.

Cloud AI Market Overview

The Cloud AI Market has witnessed rapid expansion, with an estimated compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 39.6% from 2023 to 2030. Factors such as the adoption of AI-driven automation, increased investment in AI infrastructure, and the proliferation of cloud computing have fueled this surge.

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Cloud AI Market Segmentation

By Technology

Deep Learning (35% Market Share in 2022)

Used for image recognition, speech processing, and advanced neural networks.

Key applications in autonomous vehicles, healthcare diagnostics, and fraud detection.

Machine Learning

Supports predictive analytics, recommendation engines, and automated decision-making.

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Powers chatbots, sentiment analysis, and voice assistants.

Others

Includes AI algorithms for robotics, cybersecurity, and AI-driven optimization.

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Solutions (64% Market Share in 2022)

Cloud-based AI solutions offered by major tech players like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google.

Includes AI-powered SaaS platforms for various industries.

Services

AI consultation, implementation, and support services.

By Vertical

IT & Telecommunication (Dominated Market in 2022 with 19% Share)

AI-driven network optimization, cybersecurity, and data management.

Healthcare

AI in medical imaging, diagnostics, and drug discovery.

Retail

AI-driven recommendation systems and customer analytics.

BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance)

Fraud detection, risk management, and automated trading.

Manufacturing

Predictive maintenance, AI-powered robotics, and supply chain optimization.

Automotive & Transportation

Autonomous vehicles, AI-powered traffic management, and fleet analytics.

Cloud AI Market Regional Insights

North America (32.4% Market Share in 2022)

Home to leading AI and cloud computing companies like Google, IBM, Microsoft, Intel.

Early adoption of AI in healthcare, finance, and retail.

Asia-Pacific

Rapid digital transformation in China, Japan, India, and South Korea.

Government initiatives supporting AI research and development.

Europe

Strong presence of AI startups and tech firms.

Increasing investment in cloud-based AI solutions.

Middle East & Africa

Growing adoption of AI in smart cities, banking, and telecommunications.

Rising interest in AI for government services.

South America

Expansion of AI-driven fintech solutions.

Growth in AI adoption within agriculture and retail sectors.

Competitive Landscape

Key Cloud AI Market Players

Apple Inc.

Google Inc.

IBM Corp.

Intel Corp.

Microsoft Corp.

NVIDIA Corp.

Oracle Corp.

Salesforce.com Inc.

These companies are investing heavily in AI research, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered services to gain a competitive edge.

Cloud AI Market Growth Drivers

Increasing Adoption of AI-as-a-Service (AIaaS)

Businesses are leveraging cloud AI solutions to reduce infrastructure costs and scale AI models efficiently.

Advancements in Deep Learning and NLP

Innovations in conversational AI, chatbots, and voice recognition are transforming industries like healthcare, retail, and finance.

Rising Demand for AI-Driven Automation

Organizations are adopting AI for workflow automation, predictive maintenance, and personalized customer experiences.

Expansion of 5G Networks

5G technology is enhancing the deployment of AI-driven cloud applications.

Cloud AI Market Challenges

Data Privacy and Security Concerns

Strict regulations such as GDPR and CCPA pose challenges for cloud AI implementation.

High Initial Investment

While cloud AI reduces infrastructure costs, initial investment in AI model development remains high.

Skills Gap in AI Talent

Organizations struggle to find skilled AI professionals to manage and deploy AI applications effectively.

Future Outlook

The Cloud AI Market is set to grow exponentially, with AI-driven innovation driving automation, predictive analytics, and intelligent decision-making. Emerging trends such as edge AI, federated learning, and quantum computing will further shape the industry landscape.

Conclusion

The Cloud AI Market is a rapidly evolving industry with high growth potential. As companies continue to integrate AI with cloud computing, new opportunities emerge across various sectors. Organizations must invest in cloud AI solutions, skilled talent, and robust security frameworks to stay competitive in this dynamic landscape.

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Abusive Sexual Contact

Advocating Overthrow of Government

Aggravated Assault/Battery

Aggravated Identity Theft

Aggravated Sexual Abuse

Aiming a Laser Pointer at an Aircraft

Airplane Hijacking

Anti-racketeering

Antitrust

Armed Robbery

Arson

Assassination

Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Assaulting or Killing Federal Officer

Assisting or Instigating Escape

Attempt to commit Murder/Manslaughter

Bank Burglary

Bankruptcy Fraud/Embezzlement

Bank Larceny

Bank Robbery

Blackmail

Bombing Matters

Bond Default

Breaking and/or Entering Carrier Facilities

Bribery Crimes

Certification of Checks (Fraud)

Child Abuse

Child Exploitation

Child Pornography

Civil Action to Restrain Harassment of a Victim or Witness

Coercion

Commodities Price Fixing

Computer Crime

Concealing Escaped Prisoner

Concealing Person from Arrest

Concealment of Assets

Conspiracy (in matters under FBI jurisdiction)

Conspiracy to Impede or Injure an Officer

Contempt of Court

Continuing Criminal Enterprise

Conveying False Information

Counterfeiting

Counterintelligence Crimes

Credit/Debit Card Fraud

Crime Aboard Aircraft

Crimes on Government Reservations

Crimes on Indian Reservations

Criminal Contempt of Court

Criminal Forfeiture

Criminal Infringement of a Copyright

Cyber Crimes

Damage to Religious Property

Delivery to Consignee

Demands Against the U.S.

Destruction of Aircraft or Motor Vehicles Used in Foreign Commerce

Destruction of an Energy Facility

Destruction of Property to Prevent Seizure

Destruction of Records in Federal Investigations and Bankruptcy

Destruction of Corporate Audit Records

Destruction of Veterans’ Memorials

Detention of Armed Vessel

Disclosure of Confidential Information

Domestic Security

Domestic Terrorism

Domestic Violence

Drive-by Shooting

Drug Abuse Violations

Drug Smuggling

Drug Trafficking

DUI/DWI on Federal Property

Economic Espionage

Election Law Crimes

Embezzlement

Embezzlement Against Estate

Entering Train to Commit Crime

Enlistment to Serve Against the U.S.

Environmental Scheme Crimes

Escaping Custody/Escaped Federal Prisoners

Examiner Performing Other Services

Exportation of Drugs

Extortion

Failure to Appear on Felony Offense

Failure to Pay Legal Child Support Obligations

False Bail

False Pretenses

False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters

Falsely Claiming Citizenship

False Declarations before Grand Jury or Court

False Entries in Records of Interstate Carriers

False Information and Hoaxes

False Statement to Obtain Unemployment Compensation

Federal Aviation Act

Federal Civil Rights Violations (hate crimes, police misconduct)

Female Genital Mutilation

Financial Transactions with Foreign Government

First Degree Murder

Flight to Avoid Prosecution or Giving Testimony

Forced Labor

Forcible Rape

Forgery

Fraud Activity in Connection with Electronic Mail

Fraud Against the Government

Genocide

Hacking Crimes

Harboring Terrorists

Harming Animals Used in Law Enforcement

Hate Crime Acts

Homicide

Hostage Taking

Identity Theft

Illegal Possession of Firearms

Immigration Offenses

Impersonator Making Arrest or Search

Importation of Drugs

Influencing Juror by Writing

Injuring Officer

Insider Trading Crimes

Insurance Fraud

Interference with the Operation of a Satellite

International Parental Kidnapping

International Terrorism

Interstate Domestic Violence

Interstate Violation of Protection Order

Larceny

Lobbying with Appropriated Moneys

Mailing Threatening Communications

Major Fraud Against the U.S.

Manslaughter

Medical/Health Care Fraud

Missile Systems Designed to Destroy Aircraft

Misuse of Passport

Misuse of Visas, Permits, or Other Documents

Molestation

Money Laundering

Motor Vehicle Theft

Murder by a Federal Prisoner

Murder Committed During Drug-related Drive-by shooting

Murder Committed in Federal Government Facility

Narcotics Violations

Obstructing Examination of Financial Institution

Obstruction of Court Orders

Obstruction of Federal audit

Obstruction of Justice

Obstruction of Criminal Investigations

Officer Failing to Make Reports

Partial Birth Abortion

Penalties for Neglect or Refusal to Answer Subpoena

Peonage

Perjury

Picketing or Parading

Pirating

Possession by Restricted Persons

Possession of False Papers to Defraud the U.S.

Possession of Narcotics

Possession of Child Pornography

Private Correspondence with Foreign Government

Probation Violation

Product Tampering

Prohibition of Illegal Gambling Businesses

Prostitution

Protection of Foreign Officials

Public Corruption Crimes

Racketeering

Radiological Dispersal Devices

Ransom Money

Rape

Receiving the Proceeds of Extortion

Recording or Listening to Grand or Petit Juries While Deliberating

Reentry of an Alien Removed on National Security Grounds

Registration of Certain Organizations

Reproduction of Citizenship Papers

Resistance to Extradition Agent

Rescue of Seized Property

Retaliating Against a Federal Judge by False Claim or Slander of Title

Retaliating Against a Witness, Victim, or an Informant

Robbery

Robberies and Burglaries Involving Controlled Substances

Sabotage

Sale of Citizenship Papers

Sale of Stolen Vehicles

Searches Without Warrant

Second Degree Murder

Serial Murders

Sexual Abuse

Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Sexual Assault

Sexual Battery

Sexual Conduct with a Minor

Sexual Exploitation

Sex Trafficking

Shoplifting

Smuggling

Solicitation to Commit a Crime of Violence

Stalking (In Violation of Restraining Order)

Stolen Property; Buying, Receiving, or Possessing

Subornation of Perjury

Suits Against Government Officials

Tampering with a Witness, Victim, or Informant

Tampering with Consumer Products

Tampering with Vessels

Theft of Trade Secrets

Torture

Trafficking in Counterfeit Goods or Services

Transmission of Wagering Information (Gambling)

Transportation into State Prohibiting Sale

Transportation of Slaves from U.S.

Transportation of Stolen Vehicles

Transportation of Terrorists

Trespassing

Treason

Unauthorized Removal of Classified Documents

Use of Fire or Explosives to Destroy Property

Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction

Vandalism

Video Voyeurism

Violation of Prohibitions Governing Atomic Weapons

Violence at International airports

Violent Crimes in Aid of Racketeering Activity

Willful Wrecking of a Train Resulting in Death

Wire Fraud

That’s the list of all of my crimes

#i’m a menace

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Mafia Book #2 - PART I - The Black Iris - Chapter 7 - The Proposal

Story masterlist - please consult it for the summary of the story, trigger warnings etc.

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Chapter 6 | Chapter 8

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PART I - THE BLACK IRIS

Chapter 7 - The Proposal

chapter word count: 3.2k words

~1 month later~

~Iris' POV~

"Hello hello!" Han entered the room with a large grin across his face, which he dropped as soon as he saw me in the room. "Hi Iris." He continued sheepishly.

Seungmin and I were seated at the table in the main office – a room with a large table and multiple computer screens, where most of the SKZ' equipment was stored, and where all the intel on others was gathered.

After my discussion with Chris a month ago, it was decided that I was going to assist Han in collecting information about people, and eventually interrogate whoever we decided to bring back here. It took a bit to convince Minho, but what I really liked about him and our relationship was that I was free to do as I pleased as long as it was safe and I wasn't putting myself in too much danger. He would back me up no matter what, which was extremely reassuring.

I was also happier. After getting my revenge, the nightmares about that horrible night were only seldom, and I no longer had any intruding flashbacks when I was intimate with Minho. I always thought what happened to me was life-altering, but maybe he was right, and what I needed to do was to just put myself out there and take matters into my own hands.

Now, back to Han – although I've started coming to his and Seungmin's meetings two weeks ago, he was still shocked every time he saw me in the room, and he couldn't look me in the eyes at all. I noticed this before as well – but why?

Why was he avoiding me?

Was it something I've done? Was he just uncomfortable with me being here?

"So," Seungmin started, "now that we're all here, let's get on to work. Iris and I already talked about technicalities and which equipment will be needed for the next trade; Momo also provided us with the weapon list. All we need to do now is find out how legitimate this group in Italy is, but Iris is still unfamiliar with how your system works, so we decided to wait for you."

"Wow, you had a busy day." Han mumbled, side-eyeing me. It was weird honestly, because he didn't seem annoyed with me, nor hostile. He just seemed... embarrassed?

"And only busy days ahead." I replied, which made Seungmin chuckle.

"Yea, but then you'll go on a niceeee vacation. Lucky bitch." He replied.

"Oh yea, I can't wait. I've actually never been to Italy before."

"Neither." Seungmin continued. "But you won't see any major cities, so I don't know if I'm really jealous or not."

"Aww, are you the touristy type? The go-to-Rome-and-take-a-million-pictures kinda guy?" I teased him, elbowing his side.

"Of course! Why do you think I have so many cameras?" Seungmin replied, then eyed Han. "Why the fuck are you staying there so awkwardly without saying anything, squirrel?"

"Squirrel- Seungmin! What?!" Han opened his mouth, baffled. "I- whatever, let's just get to work."

He plopped himself down the chair next to me and opened a program so complex on his computer, it must've been what the FBI were using. He started walking me through all the tabs of the program, explaining how to use them properly to search for people or institutions.

It was honestly a lot to take in. How to use keywords, what the tools do, how to manually make connections between elements so that the system learns what to do further, how to take advantage of the AI. But what was more baffling was that you were able to find everything, since the system was using multiple databanks from all over the world.

And the most shocking fact? Han was the one who created this system from scratch.

It was a bit amusing – sure, he looked pretty smart with his round Harry Potter glasses, but he also seemed a bit dumb at times. Who would've thought this man was so impressive, so capable of such great things?

The interface of the system was user-friendly, so it was not difficult to understand it, but it was still a lot to remember.

"Anyways, I'm done here, so I'll leave you to it." Seungmin said after a while, not bothering himself with learning how the app works. After all, he was already a specialist in his field, no need to master two.

After he left, Han continued to explain to me the features of the app, and spoke for about two more hours, before he suddenly turned to me, looking in my eyes for the first time ever.

"Iris, there's... uhm... if you have any questions, you can just ask me anytime." He let his gaze fall back to the ground, avoiding mine completely once again, but I just had a feeling that he wanted to say more, so I pressed.

"Han, I do have a question..." I started, but seeing that he just listened without looking at me, I kept going. "Is there... anything you'd like to tell me, but find it hard to?"

He stayed silent for a while, when he finally nodded and stood up, grabbing two paper files. He handed them to me sheepishly, then started speaking before I had the chance to open them up and see the contents.

"The first one is... what everything Chris knows about you... and the second one is what everything Chris knows about me." He said, then looked me in the eye and finally maintained eye contact for more than 5 seconds.

"About you?"

He shrugged. "It's only fair. I'm sorry for reading your file without your permission and for sharing it with him. I didn't have much of a choice, but still – asshole move."

"True, not exactly how you gain trust from others." I chuckled. "I thought you hated me or something."

"I could never- Minho is very precious to me, so... I truly want us to get along." He handed me his hand to shake. "Friends?"

"Sure." I smiled, and he put his hand on his heart and sighed, as if extremely relieved.

"Thank God! I was soooo so worried you'd be mad at me and wouldn't forgive me, and then you'd tell Minho that you hate me and he'd start hating me too, and-"

"Hey." I chuckled, putting my hand on his shoulder. "Stop rambling."

"Sorry," he rearranged his glasses with his index finger and cleared his throat. "I tend to do that when I'm nervous."

"You either say nothing, or you say too much." I remarked, and he chuckled.

"That's my curse."

"Sucks to be you." I chuckled as well.

"So... did you understand anything today? Am I a good teacher?"

"I'm still shocked by how you managed to create all of this by yourself."

"Now, now, don't flatter me please! My head is big enough already, no need to make it grow larger!" He laughed. "Shall we go eat something? My stomach's been rumbling for 3 hours."

"Sure. Do you want to order some fried chicken or something?"

He nodded eagerly and we went to the kitchen, where Minho was sitting peacefully, typing something on his laptop.

"Hey. What are you doing?" I headed over and kissed his cheek, and he looked at me in surprise.

"Iris! Have you been released already?" He chuckled.

"What, was I in prison?" I frowned, and Han got offended as well.

"Yah! What do you mean in prison? Is it so bad to spend time with me?!" He raised his voice, and Minho stood up and pinched his cheeks.

"Cute~"

"Don't call me cute!" He rubbed his cheeks after slapping Minho's hands away.

"We wanna order fried chicken, do you want some?" I asked, and Minho nodded.

While waiting for the food to arrive, we talk some more, and I tell Minho about everything I learned on Han's system. Han seemed pleased with what I remembered, and I could tell he was a bit proud of himself, too.

"I am a bit disappointed, though." I say, and both men raise their eyebrows. "I mean- I am finally starting to get the gist of it, and we are leaving in like a month."

"You don't have to come if you don't want to." Minho wanted to reassure me, but I shook my head.

"No way in hell am I missing out on a trip with my boyfriend!" I retorted.

"By the way, when are you guys leaving?" Han asks.

"In almost 4 weeks."

"Oh, have you already sorted out the details?"

"Yea, Momo's been working pretty hard behind the scenes. She said she won't come to Italy, though." Minho chuckled. "Her exact words were: Why do I have to come?! I did all the work, you better go do at leaaaast the easy part yourself, and I'm going on a trip to a tropical island!"

"It sounds like something she'd say." Han chuckled.

"She packed her bags already, and her plane's tonight." I added, and we all shared a laugh.

~1 week later~

Strolling around the city, going nowhere, hand in hand with Minho, the neighbourhoods started becoming familiar.

"What, are you taking me back to the bridge?" I chuckled, but Minho just smiled and looked ahead.

"Just thought it would be fun to go back where everything started. I even got us some cigarettes."

"No way, after urging me to quit for so many months?" I laughed. Minho was weird like that. He held weird memories dear, like the first time we met, when he apparently got captivated by me chain smoking cigarette after cigarette.

"Don't get me wrong, I'm glad you stopped smoking, but you were smoking hot in those slutty high heels and short skirt and red lips- agh, I'm horny as fuck, should I just fuck you on the bridge?" He grabbed my arm and turned me towards him, cupping my face with his other hand and looking hungrily into my eyes.

"Shut up." I chuckled and playfully slapped his chest. He didn't flinch though.

"What, is it wrong of me to want my hot girl?" He asked with the same burning in his eyes, that were glancing back and forth to my lips.

"No, but it's freezing cold and your dick will freeze and fall off."

"Not if you keep it warm inside of you, or in your mouth-!"

"Minho!"

"Kiddin, kiddin." He laughed as well, and there we were again, holding hands and walking leisurely. Although it was almost spring, the weather was still very much cold, and you could still see our breaths in the winter air. "Well, not really, but we can go to a hotel for that."

"Oh my, shall we go now?"

"Fuck yes!" He exclaimed loudly and started dragging me in the opposite direction.

"I wonder if Italy will be this cold."

"Not sure honestly, I've never been there, but it should be warm and sunny. It'll be March after all."

"Can't wait to travel with you and see the world." I said sincerely, just as we were reaching a big 5-star hotel. That was another one of Minho's perks; he really enjoyed staying in hotels, trying all of them out. "It's good to be the tourist sometimes." He'd say, and go somewhere extremely expensive on a whim, requesting the best room and dropping an exorbitant sum on room service, alcohol or other services. It also helped taking a break from the day-to-day life in the SKZ mansion, where privacy was scarce, despite being large enough to accommodate everyone.

We headed to the reception and as expected, Minho got us the best room, and I completely disregarded the receptionist's questioning stares which made me think she was wondering how I scored someone like him who dropped 1000$ on a room like it's nothing.

Of course, she didn't know that it really was nothing to him.

She also didn't know that I wondered the same things.

I feel like all the luck I've missed out on my whole life hit me at once when Minho took an interest in me.

When we reached the room, I didn't have any time to admire the beautiful design inside; I only admired the ceiling for a few minutes, as Minho pushed me on the bed and took off my skirt at once, eating me out with no hesitation.

"You weren't joking when you said you were horny." I chuckled, and he bit my inner thigh, making me wince; that was his way of shutting me up if his mouth was too far away from mine and he couldn't kiss my words away.

The coffered ceiling was beautiful, and I found it a bit ironic that this style was the Renaissance Italian one we'd probably see a lot next week in Italy. Anyway, it was gorgeous, but what Minho was doing with his tongue between my legs was even more beautiful, and I couldn't keep my eyes open for much longer.

He knew how to fuck me, how to get me to pant immediately after touching me, so it didn't take me long to cum on his fingers.

As usual when he was able to satisfy me so quickly, his mouth curved into his signature smirk as he got on top of me and removed his blazer and shirt, painfully slow. He pressed our mouths together and didn't bother to remove his pants; he just opened the fly and took his dick out, pressing it against my entrance with no hesitation. He buried himself deep in me, thrusting slowly to gain some momentum and get used to the feeling, then pounded me quicker and relentlessly.

Mouth on mouth, he continued to make love to me for a while longer, until he came as well with a small moan.

"You're so pretty." I caressed a stray strand of hair away from his forehead, noticing his closed eyes and the small beads of sweat on his now relaxed face.

"Doll, I'm not sure if pretty is what I want you to call me."

"Do you prefer handsome then, doll?" I put my head on his shoulder and he started playing with my hair, another one of his habits. "Or what about stunning, or gorgeous? Madly attractive?"

He chuckled. "I'm glad you feel that way about me, love."

"It's only natural, with that cute face of yours." I said, touching the small mole on his nose.

Love was funny. It was incredible how you could memorise someone you loved so well. I knew each and every mole or scar on Minho's body, after tracing them with my fingers so many times. His body was covered in many scars, each of them with a more or less pleasant story behind it. When he was particularly talkative, which wasn't that often, he would tell me about these stories, old missions he's had long in the past, when Stray Kids was just beginning to establish itself as a Mafia, when they barely had any power.

"By the way, Minho? What will you even do in Italy?"

"What do you mean?"

"There probably won't be any 5-star hotels in that town we're going to."

"Ohh." He chuckled. "Yea, what will I even do? I'll have to cook myself in our little kitchenette."

"You're a good cook, so why does it matter? Won't there be any restaurants though? Even if it's rural..."

"There might be, who knows?"

"Do you think the gun trade will go well?"

"What, Iris, are you anxious?" He pinched my cheek.

"I've just never been to one, so I don't know what to expect." I pouted, and he moved quickly towards me and pecked my lips. It was so unusual to see him like this, because he was just so different towards me compared to how he was with everyone else. It was painfully obvious how much he loved me.

"Well, you will see your fiancé looking really, really badass while signing off the best deal Stray Kids ever had."

"Really, really badass, hm? Wait. WAIT!" I sat up on the bed and looked at Minho bewildered, who was just grinning from ear to ear like the damn Cheshire cat. "Did you just say..."

He stood up from the bed and searched for his discarded blazer, from which he pulled out a small box.

"No way." I shook my head. "Really?!" I looked at him, grabbing the duvet closer to my chest and feeling my eyes water up.

Minho just smiled and sat down next to me in bed, grabbing my left hand and looking at it fondly. He opened the box and took out the most beautiful ring I've ever seen: a bronze band with crafted leaves and branches entangled beautifully supporting a mint-green square diamond. This ring was so Minho-coded, I couldn't help but stare at it in awe. First of all, the colour of the diamond was not accidental; it was his favourite, mint, and it fit the piece well, giving it a touch of elegance and contrast against the design of the band. The band itself, with intertwined natural elements, were not coincidental either, as Minho has always been an avid nature lover; he'd prefer hikes over strolls around the city any day.

"My love, since we're going to Italy, do you know why married couples wear their rings on this finger?" He asked, while slipping my ring on the fourth finger of my left hand. I shook my head and let him continue. "In Ancient Rome, they believed that the vein in this finger is directly connected to the heart. They even gave it a pretty name to go with this supposition: Vena amoris, which would translate to-"

"Vein of love." I smiled, and he nodded shortly.

"You might think that this is too sudden, or even that this setting is not entirely appropriate for a proposal." He chuckled. "After all, we are in a random hotel that isn't of any importance to us, and both of us are naked. However..."

He cupped my cheeks and looked deeply in my eyes, and I wondered if I've ever been loved before, because the intensity of his stare made me think that this was how someone in love would actually look at you. Did I look the same way when I looked at him?

"I want you to know that my feelings are naked too. I am in love with you, and my mind always wanders off to you, no matter what I'm doing; in the quiet moments, or during a difficult mission, you are the only person I am thinking of, and you never cease to amaze me with how astounding you are at everything you do. I keep wondering, what do I bring to the table, to make such a smart and beautiful woman want to stay by my side? The truth is that I don't know, I'm just a simple man, but I wear my heart on my sleeve, and I truly love you, from the bottom of my heart. I never thought I'd feel this way towards someone, but now that I do, I never want to let you go. Iris, will you marry me?"

By the end of his speech, I was a sobbing mess. I grabbed his shoulders and pulled him in for a hug.

"Yes, Minho, let's elope in Italy!" I struggled to say between small cries, and we both held onto the other and chuckled, and we kissed and laughed, and kissed again, and embraced each other until night became day.

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Ron Filipkowski

Stephen Miller and Elon Musk are running the country while Trump plays golf, signs stuff, shitposts on Truth Social, and sells merch

Stephen Miller is Palpatine, folks! He’s the master puppet full of rage and hate. He’s been like this since childhood! WE NEED TO GET THIS GUY OUT of DC.

Of course. Trump is too stupid to do anything else. They got him elected to be a puppet.

And with Trump’s sign-off.

So, to recap:

Republican racist/misogynists, religious extremists and their billionaire funders have purchased the executive branch and judicial branch and with the help of a corrupt, billionaire-funded Republican Party are trying to overthrow the legislative branch by crushing the only remaining portion of the government-Administrative Agencies- which can’t be purchased as easily with billionaire dollars because it is staffed by everyday Americans who are LOYAL to the U.S. Constitution.

In other words, the U.S. is under attack by a religious extremist group of racists and misogynists that billionaires have crafted and funded and Trump voters are still completely unaware. The rest of us (majority) have almost NO representation from would-be leaders because we’re holding onto Democratic Party hierarchical traditions?! What the actual fuck?!

Time for every American to realize that Bernie/Progressives who don’t accept big corporate/lobbyist donations were right! Support your Democratic Governors, because they are the last line of defense. Ignore right-wing propaganda and any media not forcefully pushing back, challenging Trump’s assistance/aiding giving comfort to DOMESTIC EXTREMIST GROUPS and amplifying their agenda as an act of terrorism against the American people.

Ron Filipkowski

The silence of most Republican members of Congress on the Trump tariffs tells you two things:

1. They know it is a terrible idea.

2. They are so afraid of Trump that they won’t say anything even though they know how much it is going to hurt their constituents and the country.

Jasmine Crockett: "The problem is that Americans thought it was okay to take a full fledged criminal and make him the President of the United States and then they want to act aghast when he does criminal things. Let me tell you, we have a thug in charge of the United States and if we don't wake up we may not have a United States."

Way to go, Jasmine!! DEMOCRATS, follow her lead, dammit!! Get a fucking spine and FIGHT BACK the Demented Criminal PSYCHO!! Wake the fuck up!! 😡😡Dems need to SHUTDOWN CONGRESS!! Democrats in the House and Senate should boycott Congress and force Republicans to have 50% of each chamber present to conduct business under the quorum rules. In the House this will almost be impossible because a few House Republican seats are open and some members are sick. Don’t be complicit with Trump’s FASCISM!

We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits

Tristan Snell

The Trump Tariffs are ILLEGAL.

He does NOT have the unilateral authority to amend trade agreements with Canada and Mexico.

He needs Congressional approval -- and he does NOT have it.

The tariffs should be challenged in court -- and overruled by Congress.

NOW.

Andy Borowitz

On the whole I’d rather have Hunter Biden messing with a laptop than Elon messing with the Treasury Dept’s computers

Qasim Rashid, Esq.

Reminder once more that the President has ZERO authority to reallocate funds already appropriated by Congress for a particular purpose.

And an unelected billionaire oligarch has even less than ZERO authority to hijack & reallocate funds.

This is a coup. A hostile takeover. A Constitutional crisis.

Adam Kinzinger

For those farmers and farm adjacent folks that voted for Trump, what you’re about to feel re the tariffs we warned you about. Don’t pretend ya didn’t know

Adam Kinzinger

Musk’s allies were granted access to the U.S. Treasury payment system.

Treasury stays silent.

White House stays silent.

Why the secrecy? Time for an explanation and full transparency.

Andy Borowitz

I didn't make this up. This is a statement from Mexico's President, and it's so good I had to share it: “We categorically reject the White House’s slanderous claim that the Mexico government has alliances with criminal organizations, as well as any attempt to intervene in our territory. If there is anywhere that such an alliance in fact exists, it is in the United States gun factories that sell high-powered weapons to these criminal groups.”

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