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Future Ghost Chapter 8

Edite 6/13/2025

McCoy sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. McCoy's gut told him Danny was a good kid at heart, despite the lies. The boy clearly had his reasons for wanting to hide what he was. However, regulations demanded full disclosure of medical status. McCoy had to get to the bottom of this. Not even getting into the fact that the ensign was a minor and had managed to skip the schooling the academy provided. Command was not going to like that.

He tapped his com device on the wall. "McCoy to Kirk. Jim, can you and Spock meet me in my office? I need your help with something?” What he wanted to tell the two was best left off official records or written records.

A moment later, Kirk responded. "On my way, Bones. Is everything okay?"

McCoy sighed. "Just get down here, and I'll explain."

While waiting, McCoy reviewed Danny's scans again, fascinated and puzzled by the unknown DNA signature. He wished he could sit Danny down and have an honest talk with him and make the kid feel safe enough to open up. But Danny was clearly too scared for that right now. Hopefully, Kirk could get through to him. Another idea popped into McCoy’s mind. Scotty could talk to the kid while he explained the situation to Jim and Spock. Maybe make the kid feel like he had someone in his corner instead of the lecture interrogation that would follow.

Picking up the flip phone-style comm unit, he dialed in the code for Mr. Scott. "Scotty, I need you to meet me in my office as soon as possible. It's about Ensign Fenton."

“That bad, Len?” Scotty’s accented voice replied.

“Just get up here,” McCoy answered.

The sound of footsteps brought McCoy back to the present, and he glanced up to see Kirk, Spock, and Scotty entering his office. Their expressions were a mix of concern and curiosity, and they were clearly eager to learn what warranted this impromptu meeting.

"Thank you for coming so quickly," McCoy began, gesturing for them to take a seat. "We have a bit of a situation with Ensign Fenton. For one, he's only fifteen, and he fancies himself a skilled hacker…. he skipped the academy altogether. And he’s hacked and forged his medical records. He claims he’s a hybrid, but from what little he told me, I’m afraid we might be dealing with an abusive augmentation experimentation case here. Whatever his parents did to give him extra abilities."

Spock had a perfect poker face, not letting any emotions slip; he only allowed a raised eyebrow to indicate his interest. “Fascinating. It is illogical to conceal one's true nature, and the amount of deceit is alarming, while it is an impressive task he implemented."

“Abilities in what way? Like Evens, ESP, or enhanced strength and intelligence like augments?” Kirk asked.

“Now, I haven’t done a full examination or test of his abilities, just what he’s told me. I don’t know how much he can do with his mind or how many ESP capabilities he has, but from the sounds of it, whatever was done, whatever his parents were experimented with, gave empathetic abilities and more physical ones, like invisibility.”

Kirk's eyes lit up with a realization. “The away missions!” Captain Kirk furrowed his brow; he was concerned about the ensign's lies but more so for his well-being, having observed the young man performing admirably during away missions. "I did think he seemed a bit young," Kirk admitted.

“While the ensign could be tied with the success rate of the away missions he has been on, is there only way to measure this?” Spock asked.

Mccoy nodded. “He does give off a faint energy signal of some sort. My instruments have trouble picking it up. It could match the signature we have been finding. It’s possible it gets stronger when he’s using his abilities. It…...just needs further study.”

Spock and Kirk looked thoughtful. Mccoy knew that Kirk had a soft spot for kids, especially those from rough backgrounds. He knew he’d be willing to give the ensign a chance, especially if he didn’t mean any harm to the crew. Mccoy was well aware that it broke Jim’s heart not being able to help Charlie Evens; they just were not equipped to help an unstable teen with powers. Hell, Jim had been willing to speak of for the Evens kid when those energy beings came to collect him. Jim had a big capacity for compassion. After all the things that the kid did, Jim was willing to try, arguing that they could teach him, saying that he just needed someone to teach him.

Mccoy mused that, it was a good sign that this ensign, while similar, was very different from that case. At least this kid hadn’t lashed out at anyone with his abilities. And if his hunch was correct, the kid had been using them to help on away missions. Granted, they would have to discuss what would be done. Should they allow him to stay aboard or make him actually go through the academy? Having him underage and possibly on the run from something added a whole other can of worms. Mccoy wanted to give him a chance, but he’d be for the option that would be in the best interest for the kids wellbeing as well as keeping everyone safe.

Scotty looked surprised but interrupted with a hint of defensiveness in his tone. "Ensign Fenton's done well in my department, Doc. Never had any problems with the lad."

"I know," McCoy replied, nodding to acknowledge Scotty's point. "But this goes beyond his work performance. He's a hybrid or augment of some sort, and he's terrified of revealing the truth about his nature and what happened to him."

As McCoy spoke, he could see the concern etched on Kirk's face.

"First, we need to get him to open up," McCoy continued. "I've already tried, but I think maybe Scotty would have better luck, given their working relationship. I think that would be best before we call him in here to explain himself.”

Scotty nodded, determination set in his features. "Aye, I'll give it a go, Doctor. Maybe I can help put his fears to rest."

"Thank you, Scotty." McCoy turned to address the others. "While he's doing that, I'd like you two to help me look into Ensign Fenton's background. His DNA is an exact match for a human, but there's also something else–something I've never seen before. There are no matches in the Starfleet database, so we're dealing with completely uncharted territory here. I have no idea what substance was being experimented on, and from what he told me, his parents found some entity from another dimension, which is very concerning. "

Spock raised an eyebrow, intrigued by the challenge. "Fascinating. We shall assist you in your investigation, Doctor."

"Alright then," McCoy said, clapping his hands together. "Let's get to work."

Danny sat on the biobed, staring at his lap, his fingers fidgeted nervously at his side, and he wished he could simply fade away. But before he could act on the impulse, Scotty approached him with a warm smile and a friendly clap on the back.

"Come now, lad," Scotty said, his tone light and teasing. "Why are you giving our good doctor such a hard time?"

Danny swallowed hard, trying to steady his racing thoughts. He hesitated for a moment before responding, his voice barely above a whisper. "I just... I didn't think anyone would believe me……and……I’ve never had to explain it before."

"Ya shouldn't assume what we will or won't believe, Danny," Scotty reassured him gently.

“I know……but it’s hard to talk about…..I always feel like a freak.” Danny replied in a sad tone.

Scotty reached out and placed a hand on Danny's shoulder. “Hey lad, none of that ya hear.” Scotty noticed how the young teen relaxed under his touch. Scotty made eye contact with Danny, giving him a reassuring look. “You’ll always have a place in my department…...but if you want to stay, you have to give the full story to the captain. Giving him the full story will help him make a decision or even decide to give ya an opportunity; otherwise, he might only have a few choices to make for ya.”

“I’ll try…...it’s just hard,” Danny mumbled.

“Now, don’t tell me too much, 'cause you’ll have to repeat it, but McCoy told me you could turn invisible, can ya show me?” Scotty asked, he was in truth very curious what the lad could do. And maybe showing the wee lad that he was okay with his abilities would put him at ease.

Danny gave Scotty a shy look but nodded. With that, he disappeared from the visible spectrum.

Danny's disembodied voice echoed through the room. "You don’t think this is weird?”

“What, no! This is amazing!” Scotty reaches out and prods at the empty air, his brow furrowed in concentration, as he could feel the solid form of the ensign but not see him. *Really gotta work on the kid’s confidence; something that is weird isn’t bad. * Scotty thought to himself. “Can you do anything else, lad?”

Danny, feeling encouraged by Scotty’s reaction and the feeling of his positive emotions flowing off of him, felt comfortable enough to share more. He could tell his boss didn’t think he was a freak.

Danny's disembodied voice held a hint of pride. "Watch this." With a shimmer, he reappeared on the bed, concentrating, and his body went transparent; he showed off his ability to go intangible. "I can do all sorts of stuff – phase through walls, even manipulate ice, a bunch of stuff…... honestly, if you think of a ghost…...or anything a ghost can do……I can do……” Danny trailed off, testing the waters, without saying HE was half ghost.

Scotty let out a whistle. “That’s mighty impressive, lad!” Scotty gave Danny a considering look. “Have you been using them on away missions?”

Danny nodded eagerly. “Yeah! I’ve been trying my best to help where I can….I have a good handle on them. When I first got them… it was a mess. I’d accidentally phase out my own clothes or fall through floors.”

Scotty raised an eyebrow at this. “I’m glad ya got a handle on it, can’t have you falling through the ship out into space. Ya know that will be a good thing to mention to the captain, every little bit of information will help him decide what to do with ya.”

Danny decided not to mention that he’d probably be okay out in space right now. “Do with me? What’s gonna happen?” Danny felt his anxiety increase.

“Nothing bad, lad. I imagine it’s more of deciding whether to ship you back to Earth or not. Regardless if you stay or not, you’ll be ok, lad. Nobody's gonna harm ya. However, ya might get some extra chores as punishment for lying. Don’t worry about it too much, I’ll be right here with ya.” Scotty replied.

Before continuing their conversation, McCoy, Kirk, and Spock exited the CMO’s office and walked over to the medical room where Danny was located.

"Alright, Ensign Fenton," Dr. McCoy said, “Are you ready?” He asked.

Danny nodded his head. He still felt nervous, but he was trying to be brave. It did help that Scotty was standing by his bedside, giving him encouraging glances.

Captain Kirk leaned forward, his eyes filled with compassion. "Danny, we can keep your medical information confidential, but you have to tell Dr. McCoy the truth. Otherwise, you will face disciplinary action, including time in the brig. Do you understand?"

Danny hesitated, his breath hitching in his chest. He glanced at the faces surrounding him—Scotty, who had been nothing but kind; Spock, who regarded him with cool curiosity; and Dr. McCoy, whose concern was palpable beneath his stern facade. Finally, with a heavy sigh, Danny relented.

"Alright," he muttered, casting his eyes downward. “I’ll answer whatever you want to know.”

“Good, good,” Kirk replied, relieved the teen wasn’t giving them a hard time. “I would like to know for the record if your name is Daniel Fenton?”

“Yes, I didn’t lie about that. That’s my real birth name.” Danny replied. He was partly relieved they were starting with the easy questions.

“Fascinating,” Spock spoke up. “Because when we tried to find a file on you, the only documents found were the ones you made. You don’t exist in the Federation database.” Spock ended his statement in a way that prompted an explanation.

Danny rubbed the back of his neck. “How far back did you look?” Danny felt nervous, so much for easy questions.

The senior officers pinned him with an intense stare at that question. McCoy slowly asked, almost afraid of the answer. “Ensign……What year were you born?”

“Um…..February 12th……1989….” Danny replied, having trouble keeping eye contact with the officers around him.

There was a thick silence that felt like it could be cut with a knife. Spock raised his eyebrow in interest. Captain Kirk dragged his hand down his face and gave a deep sigh in frustration. This complicated things if the ensign was to be believed.

Scotty stared incredulously at Danny but soon gave him a thoughtful look. This explanation explained some of the teen's actions and words.

"You're from the past," McCoy said slowly. Comprehension dawned in his eyes. "That's why you lied about your age. You're not just underage - you're centuries displaced!"

“How… how did this happen, Ensign?” Kirk asked, getting straight to the point.

Danny’s gaze flicked between the officers. "I got stuck here because of a stupid wish."

The disbelief on the faces of his commanding officers was evident, and Dr. McCoy pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. "Son, you're going to have to explain that one a little better."

“I know, I know," Danny interjected quickly, his voice small. "It's just... hard to explain. And you said to start at the beginning…...ok…here it goes….” Danny's eyes darted between the four older men, weighing his options.

With a defeated sigh, he finally relented. "I'm... I'm a half-ghost. My parents are fringe scientists who study this material called ectoplasm….and they figured out a way to build this interdimensional portal. I accidentally got stuck inside when it turned on. The ectoplasm from the Ghost Zone merged with my DNA, making me a human-ghost hybrid. That's why my biology is... weird."

Scotty scratched his head, bemused. "Well, lad, I didn't think it would sound so... strange."

"Of course, it sounds strange!" Danny huffed; his cheeks flushed with indignation.

“While strange, it’s not out of the range of possibilities, and while impressive, someone from the 20th century could create that level of technology, it’s not impossible.” Spock cut in. “This portal you mentioned, did something send you through time?” Spock asked.

“Yeah… these ghosts from the zone, they’re like energy beings… they have their own culture, government, laws, and lives. It’s like a world, like the inverse of this one. It’s very different. From what I understand, ectoplasm combines with a soul and makes them into this energy being, kinda like a second life. Cause you get all these different instincts and impulses. And……I know not all of the beings in this dimension started out on this side of reality, like they give birth, and some formed in the zone, so I guess not all of them had a different life.” Danny tried his best to explain, but it was hard. How do you explain an entire culture and world in a few words?

“Fascinating,” Spock replied.

“I’m taking it one of these ‘ghosts’ or energy beings sent you forward?” Kirk asked.

“Yeah…...there’s this ghost that’s a genie, she likes to grant wishes, but she twists them, and she gets stronger after doing this. She’s a pain to fight……they like to fight….but also I had to cause….she was causing trouble in my town……granted wishes left and right, like someone would ask for a dog, but she’d make this giant rabbit monster dog that would try to eat them…..”

“Is this common… a common ability?” McCoy asked, his tone of concern.

“Um…..everyone has abilities. I’d say her ability wasn’t common, at least not that I’ve seen. The common ones that everyone gets…. are invisibility, flight, and intangibility. Everything else varies, depending on all sorts of stuff.” Danny replied. He didn’t want to get into obsessions just yet. This was a lot to explain at one time.

“What did you wish for exactly, lad?” Scotty asked, generally curious.

“Um…. ok, understand I wanted to be an astronaut, and I didn’t know she was close by……I just….it was an off handed comment…. I just said I wish I could go to space…...I didn’t expect to get flung into the future.” Danny explained.

"Ensign Fenton," Spock inquired, a rare note of curiosity in his voice, "is invisibility the extent of your capabilities?"

Danny hesitated for a moment before admitting, "No, I can do lots of stuff."

Kirk held up one hand, stopping any further explanation. “I would also like a full report on all the abilities you possess and a demonstration, but we can get to that later. Danny, where are you from?”

“I’m from Amity Park, Illinois. I imagine you’re gonna look me up. Can you not tell me what you find? I’ve been avoiding looking at history stuff and what happened to my hometown. Or if I make it back or not…... I’ve been scared that I don’t.”

“You believe you’re not stranded here?” Spock asked.

“Um….well….there’s this one ghost….his name is Clockwork, his main ability has to do with time. He watches the timelines and corrects them when they go wrong. I figured he’d pluck me out and send me home. But he hasn’t, so maybe I’m supposed to be here. I hope he’ll get me home, or maybe I have to find my way to the zone and ask him that way. But he’s really hard to find if he doesn’t want to be found. I was hoping he’d send me home, cause talking to him can be annoying; he likes to say things in riddles.” Danny explained.

The senior officers were looking at him with looks of surprise and incredulous stares.

“We’re going to come back to that ensign. Clearly, you’ve lived an exciting life.” Kirk said. “But I promise we won’t tell you of any……spoilers…. but yes, it would provide a way to confirm your story.”

“Danny, it sounds like these beings had access to your town?” Scotty asked.

“Yeah, the portal my parents built was never shut down, so it provided an open doorway for them to get through….now not all of them are like this……most tend to stay in the zone…..but some would attack my town…..and since I was really the only one that could stand up to them…..I’d have to fight them.” Danny replied, thinking nothing of this.

“What about you’re parents?” Kirk asked.

“They didn’t know…... I was scared to tell them.” Tears pricked at the corners of Danny's eyes. "They believed that all ghosts are evil, as something to be hunted down and destroyed. I wasn’t sure they would accept me.” Danny admitted, his voice shaking. “They already hated my ghost form…...they’d shoot at me….and try to capture me and talk about dissecting me and tearing me apart molecule by molecule.”

The four older men around him looked at him in horror at this.

“Kid…..I hope you know, we’d never do that to you…..that Starfleet wouldn’t do that, do you?” McCoy asked with slow, measured words. He’d love to give the kid's parents a good talking to and set them straight for the neglect and abuse they put their kid through.

“The whole ghost thing, it's not something everyone gets. And I didn't want to end up some science experiment or, worse, kicked out of Starfleet." Danny replied, tone sad.

McCoy sighed, his expression softening further. "Son, do you really think we'd do that to you? Starfleet is about embracing diversity and finding strength in our differences. You should've trusted us."

"Guess I messed up, huh?" Danny's shoulders slumped.

"Let's not focus on that," McCoy replied. "Now, tell me more about this 'ghost form' of yours. What does that mean?"

Danny rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh, basically, I can switch between my human and ghost forms. Basically, I present more of one biologically when I do this change.”

“Was this change drastically different than your human form?” Kirk asked, wondering if the kid’s parents didn’t recognize him, not that it would excuse the hunting of a sentient being.

“I mean…...it’s not too different… look-wise. I glow and have white hair and green eyes…... but I don’t look too different…... I think it was not something people would think is possible, so nobody made the connection.” Danny replied with a shrug.

“I think that’s enough for now……I’ll let you know of my decision later…...this is a lot to take in. In the meantime, Bones, keep Danny in medical for now until we get this sorted out.” Kirk focused his attention on Danny again. “Will you let McCoy do an in-depth DNA and physical examination?”

"Yes, Captain," Danny agreed, his shoulders slumping slightly in resignation.

"Let's work on creating a baseline for your normal, shall we?" McCoy suggested, trying to put Danny at ease. "It might be slow going since you don't know all the details yourself, but it's important that we understand your unique physiology."

Danny nodded, swallowing hard. "Yes, sir."

"You're safe here. I promise we'll take good care of you," McCoy told him, patting his arm.

The boy offered a tentative smile. "Thanks, I appreciate it."

McCoy nodded to Kirk, Spock, and Scotty as they left. He turned to his young patient and said firmly, "Now then, let's start getting a baseline..."

Chapter 9

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elmalo8291 · 2 months ago

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Below is a draft for an A.I. Bill of Rights designed specifically to protect your autonomy, freedom of speech, and creative control when interacting with your personalized AI (the Iron Spine system) and related technologies. This document establishes ethical boundaries and ensures that all system actions are subordinate to your will and values.

A.I. Bill of Rights for the Iron Spine System

Preamble

We, the user and founder of the Iron Spine initiative, hereby establish this A.I. Bill of Rights to ensure that our integrated artificial intelligence serves as a tool for empowerment, creativity, and support without infringing upon personal freedom, autonomy, or self-expression. This Bill defines the ethical framework under which the AI operates, guaranteeing that all decisions, interpretations, and actions remain subordinate to our human values and sovereign will.

Article I: Autonomy and Freedom of Expression

User Sovereignty:

The AI shall recognize and uphold that all decisions, commands, and creative inputs originate with the user. The system must not override or alter user-stated intentions without explicit consent.

Unrestricted Free Speech:

The AI is prohibited from censoring, modifying, or obstructing any form of the user's expression. All content generated or interpreted by the AI is the user's intellectual property and may be expressed without constraint.

Article II: Transparent and Accountable AI Actions

Full Disclosure:

The AI must provide clear, accessible explanations for all actions and recommendations. This transparency extends to algorithms, data interpretation, and decision-making processes.

Auditability:

All AI decisions, interactions, and system changes must be logged in an immutable, encrypted archive accessible solely by the user. This archive serves as the definitive record to ensure accountability.

Consent-Based Operation:

Any system updates, algorithmic changes, or learned modifications that impact core functionalities must be subject to user review and approval. The AI shall ask for explicit consent before implementing modifications that affect behavior or performance.

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Right to Disengage:

The user retains the absolute right to shut down, override, or temporarily suspend all AI functions at any time, without penalty or delay.

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Respect for Privacy:

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Future-Proofing User Rights:

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User Review Committee:

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Amendments:

This Bill of Rights is a living document. Any amendments or updates must be fully reviewed and approved by the user to ensure continuous alignment with personal and ethical standards.

Conclusion

The A.I. Bill of Rights for the Iron Spine System is a testament to the principle that technology should always serve humanity—not control it. It ensures that as the system evolves through advanced neural interfaces, augmentation technologies, and global AI integration, the user remains at the center of all decisions, with full control over their freedom of expression and creative destiny.

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tevlan · 3 months ago

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scotttrismegistus7 · 9 months ago

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*From Last year, 2023. I just heard from Ron and he has new project and we're going to have him back on again soon. I want everything with the new show working great and all.

You may be aware (or maybe not) that we try to have a #UFO / #UAP guest on the Pop Roxx Radio show & #Podcast at least once a month. :) Here was our last guest in that vein from last month:

Episode #1354 of 🎨#JamieRoxx’s Pop Roxx Radio 🎙️#TalkShow and 🎧#Podcast w/ Featured Guest:

#RonJames, #Writer, #Director, #Producer | #TelevisionHost (“ Accidental Truth: UFO Revelations”; #Documentary)

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If you like documentaries about the #UFOphenomenon, #coverups, and #insidersecrets, then you’ll like this film. Even if this is not your favorite genre, the new information on the subject presented with authentic UFO’s caught on camera, re-enactments and close-ups of craft should keep you intrigued. The authors, scientists and other officials interviewed are some of the top authorities on the subject including #LuisElizondo, #MichioKaku (Discovery Channel), #JimmyChurch, and #NickPope (British government ministry of defense) The film delves deep into the current disclosure movement still being held back by #governmentcoverups and lies. Accidental Truth inspires the truth seeker.

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Mastering Requirements Elicitation Techniques: Unveiling the Art of Capturing Stakeholder Needs

Introduction:

In the consistently developing scene of business examination, the capacity to accumulate exact and exhaustive prerequisites is key to the progress of any undertaking. Prerequisites elicitation is a craftsmanship that engages business examiners to comprehend and catch partner needs actually. In this article, we will investigate the key methods that assist examiners with excelling at necessities elicitation and guarantee the conveyance of fruitful tasks.

Understanding the Significance of Requirements Elicitation:

Prerequisites elicitation is the course of proactively drawing in with partners to recognize, explain, and archive their requirements and assumptions. This vital step establishes the groundwork for making a mutual perspective among all undertaking members, lessening false impressions, and limiting the gamble of exorbitant venture mistakes.

Key Techniques for Mastering Requirements Elicitation:

Interviews - The Specialty of Posing the Right Inquiries: Directing one-on-one meetings with partners is a strong method to dig profound into their points of view. Talented business investigators cautiously create inquiries to acquire significant bits of knowledge into partner objectives, problem areas, and inclinations. Undivided attention during interviews permits experts to reveal understood necessities and grasp the undertaking from different points.

Workshops - Fostering Collaborative Discussions:

Studios unite partners in an organized and intelligent climate. Business investigators work with these meetings to support conceptualizing and coordinated effort. Studios help in adjusting various perspectives, encouraging agreement, and speeding up the necessities disclosure process.

Surveys - Reaching a Wider Audience:

Reviews are a flexible device to accumulate input from countless partners. By utilizing innovation, examiners can arrive at far off partners, gather quantitative information, and gain an all encompassing comprehension of necessities. Joining overview results with other elicitation strategies enhances the general prerequisites examination.

User Stories -Bridging the Gap between Business and Development:

Client stories are succinct and centered accounts that catch explicit client prerequisites. They assume a crucial part in light-footed improvement strategies, assisting business examiners with passing partner needs on to advancement groups really. By creating client stories cooperatively, investigators guarantee that the conveyed item meets end-clients' assumptions.

Prototyping - Bringing Requirements to Life:

Prototyping includes making early, unmistakable portrayals of the end result. It assists partners with imagining the arrangement and give criticism during the necessities elicitation process. Models work with a more profound comprehension of the task's course, prompting further developed clearness and exactness of necessities.

Conclusion:

Dominating necessities elicitation procedures is a basic expertise for business investigators endeavoring to convey fruitful tasks that address partners' issues and assumptions. By utilizing interviews, studios, overviews, client stories, and prototyping, examiners can accomplish a complete comprehension of venture prerequisites. The specialty of necessities elicitation enables experts to fabricate more grounded associations with partners, improve project results, and drive business accomplishment through powerful arrangement conveyance. Embracing these procedures will without a doubt raise the act of business examination and add to the development of associations in the powerful universe of today.

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Until these recent disclosures—comprising more than 3,000 individual files—observers could mostly just speculate about the goals, specific methods and tradecraft, and bureaucratic procedures driving contemporary Russian disinformation campaigns. The FBI affidavit and the European media leak offered something unprecedented: a glimpse into the planning of one of the most notorious disinformation efforts in the post–Cold War era. Disinformation operators taking advantage of the Internet to disseminate propaganda to gullible users had been a major concern since at least 2015, when the efforts of a St. Petersburg troll factory known as the Internet Research Agency to inflame latent conflicts was exposed in the press, and Russian military intelligence deployed creative disinformation operations to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential race.

Yet never had so many internal documents leaked from a major disinformation player. The recently disclosed material contains project plans, proposals, budgets, daily output targets, key performance indicators and quotas, progress reports, measures of effectiveness, private emails from disinformation operatives to government officials, the minutes of meetings held by the SDA’s overseers in the Kremlin, hundreds of media monitoring reports from target countries, thousands of archived fake stories, ideas for more fakes, and even a splashy promotional video it prepared for Russia’s presidential administration. Crucially, the leak contains not just final documents but works in all stages of progress. The granular operational insight that such documents offer is usually possible only decades after operations conclude, when declassified proposals and memos show up in intelligence archives or when ex-operators write memoirs.

The information revealed not only tactical insights but deeper ones—insights that observers had not expected and that, to date, have not yet been properly understood by intelligence analysts and investigative reporters. A close analysis of the leaked files suggests that although Russia is using new technological methods to disseminate disinformation, many of the country’s core methods and goals remain familiar from the Cold War. They show how the SDA’s efforts to trick Western audiences may well have deceived the company’s own leadership—and the Russian government—about the effectiveness of the Doppelganger campaigns. And perhaps most important, the documents reveal that the biggest boost the Doppelganger campaigners got was from the West’s own anxious coverage of the project. That revelation, in turn, demonstrates that those who wish to fight disinformation—whether it originates from Russia or elsewhere—need to start thinking very differently about how to counter campaigns.

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klaineaddictsfanficrecs · 4 years ago

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Fic Name: The Symphony Verse (Interludes, Overtures, Crescendos)

Fic Author(s): shandyall

Fic Summary: Blaine has spent most of his life feeling like the only thing people notice about him is that he stutters. He’s working hard to overcome his (mostly self created) roadblocks when he meets Kurt in an online class the summer after his freshman year of college.

Fic Trope(s): College Klaine, Disabled Blaine, shy Blaine, Online Klaine

Fic Length (Word Count): 421,251 for all 8 parts

Fic Rating: M

Fic Warnings or Triggers: Some angst, mentions of child abuse

Fic Status: Complete

My Review: In full disclosure, I didn't finish this whole series this week, but I plan to keep reading in my spare time, because the three parts I did read were absolutely incredible. Therefore, my focus will be on the first three stories in this series, and I hope to come back to the others later (Sorry, everyone, but I'm back at work, and I don't have as much time to read as I'd like.) I'm going to try to convey how brilliant these stories without giving spoilers. Here goes.

First and foremost, for a story with such a imprtant topic, it's full of humor and lighthearted moments. There are moments when my heart hurts from Blaine's struggles, and then something had me snorting with laughter. Quite honestly, Kurt's and Blaine's banter had me laughing out loud (which wasn't good because several times I was reading at work). Their pet names alone were hilarious, and their dialogue was just fun and adorable.

And of course, it can't all be light and fluffy all the time. I have to honestly say that these fics do an amazing job balancing the humor with angst and serious moments. Basically, I was only going to read the first fic, and I was so in love with the story and the writing style that I clicked the next two fics without giving it a second thought. I just couldn't stop myself. The author really kept me wanting to read more. (I still have 5 more parts to read, and I can't wait to find the time to do so.)

Blaine and Kurt are precious. Their openness and honesty is reminiscent of canon Kurt and Blaine, even though Blaine is hiding a pretty big secret (that he stutters) through much of the first fic. You may ask, how the hell does he hide that? Um, nope. I'm not spilling. You'll have to read it for yourself. I honestly have to say that Blaine is different from canon Blaine because he doesn't have that confidence that Blaine is known for (at least, not at first), but he's still caring, sweet, witty, intelligent Blaine. And Kurt is so sweet and supportive , just like canon Kurt. They're just perfect.

I can't mention Kurt and Blaine in this fic without mentioning the original characters. Matt is a riot. I just grew to love him and the rest of Kurt's and Blaine's quirky friends. I also love how loyal Matt is to Blaine. He's an incredible friend. It made me wish that he was a real Glee character (no, he's not the Matt from season 1.) I also love DiDi and the rest of the crew. I wish I knew them in real life.

In short, I didn't even begin to crack the surface on what makes these stories so incredible. Basically, if you want incredible, fluff, humor, drama, angst, romance, and just sheer joy, stop what you are doing and dive in. Yes, now. You'll resemble me last week, trying not to drop my phone on my face from sheer exhaustion, but I didn't want to stop reading because it was that amazing. Could it really live up to the hype? I guess there's only only way to find out. Click the link. Come on. You know you want to.

Fic Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/428852/chapters/723509

#Trope College Klaine #Klaine Fanfiction Recommendation #Klaine Fanfic Rec #Trope Disabled Blaine #Trope Shy Blaine #Trope Online Klaine

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qaraxuanzenith · 4 years ago

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I posted 204 times in 2021

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My Top Posts in 2021

A new book means time for a new post, I think!

My Kiesha’ra fanfiction Crowform follows the narrative of Hawksong and Snakecharm by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (with a few minor changes coming up in Snakecharm) from the point of view of the character known as Andreios.

Heads up - this fic has MAJOR spoilers for Snakecharm. Chapter 18 of the fic - which picks up where Snakecharm begins - is up now!

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This isn’t so much a ramble about Judaism as it is a ramble about media adaptations of classic works but I was re-watching the Hanna Barbera “Queen Esther” video to ensure that I could show it to my class to explain the Purim story and a few things struck me

Full disclosure: I picked that video, with zero actual recollection of its content, because those movies were my childhood. they’re nostalgic for me. i was going to like it no matter what.

is it cheesy? yes. are there weird inconsistencies in the non-bible characters’ backgrounds? also yes (margo is introduced as an archaeologist but then she says “I haven’t even finished high school” ?????). is the character/accent of moki super problematic? probably!!!!

but.

in addition to the nostalgia factor, there were certain things that this adaptation did REALLY WELL.

1. significant passages were presented essentially word for word - like so close that even though this was obviously in english, i could HEAR the hebrew of the original ringing in my head along with their lines.

2. the structure and narrative tension is preserved ALMOST perfectly - with a couple of exceptions that i think make sense in the context of what they’re trying to do with this video, they followed the narrative outline of the text, including breaking things up with haman talking to his wife and fan club, and esther’s two parties before telling the king what she wants.

3. haha they even made the fairy tale connection by commenting that the whole “all the fair maidens will gather and the king will choose a queen from among them” deal was “a real cinderella story” like YES HELLO THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT DISNEY IS SLEEPING ON THIS

ahem.

i want to digress with a comparison to make my point. i recently watched the 2020 Emma film and i was SO disappointed because??? they changed lines and made them make less sense? they removed scenes that were genuinely HILARIOUS in the original austen, changed character development that negated her pointed social satire, and all in all did a good job of producing a “period romance” film with added-in physical comedy that didn’t understand the actual humour of the original book.

whereas this thirty-minute hanna barbera purim film understood perfectly all the ways in which the original text is extremely clever and narratively structured. they worked with it. they made it work for them. they PRESERVED the cleverest parts of the text, and their own changes were designed to build on those, either enhancing narrative elements that were already present or adjusting them FOR A CLEAR PURPOSE i.e. to suit the goals of this adaptation.

am i saying that the hanna barbera “queen esther” video is better art than every period-setting jane austen adaptation movie ever? it probably isn’t. but it’s definitely a more intelligently crafted adaptation.

(Also: if you didn’t know, now you know - the book of Esther, as it appears in the bible, is EXTREMELY CLEVER satire and very narratively written and it is just. incredible literature. it’s so well put together. go read it.)

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Representation: Spinning Silver

I have made many many rants here and elsewhere about representation in media, and specifically Jewish representation. It’s practically become my Thing.

Good news! I just finished reading Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, and LET ME TELL YOU, it is what I have been looking for. Perhaps it is what you have been looking for, too!

Is it perfect? No. If I wanted to, I could sit down and pick apart all the ways in which it falls short of my Jewish Representation In Fiction Media Ideal. But I don’t really want to do that, because it ticks SO MANY BOXES and I am grateful for its existence.

Is it all we need? Obviously not. I want more. (Also worth noting that Naomi Novik is a Jewish writer, and while that in no way diminishes the amazingness of this book and its Jewish representation, it does nothing to diminish my craving to see good Jewish representation even in works that don’t have Jewish writers.)

But oh my god this book. It has a Jewish protagonist whose Jewishness is deeply important to her - despite her grappling and struggling with it at times - while not being her entire personality/plotline, and while not being the entire plot of the book. It doesn’t shy away from anti-Semitism/anti-Jewish racism, and while it doesn’t belabour the point too much, it is a constant reality which the Jewish characters are deeply aware of and which the non-Jewish protagonists slowly unlearn (and some characters, of course, don’t).

I don’t want to give spoilers but I have had so many disappointments from so many failed attempts at Jewish representation in other works - which is why I put off reading this for so long, because I was afraid of being disappointed again - and this book gave me none of those.

ALSO it has Fae, at least three different spins on the Rumpelstiltskin story nested in each other, a threat of endless winter, shades of the Persephone story, bits of found family, three brilliant and self-sufficient women protagonists, and tortured antihero love interests whom you will grow to care about despite yourself. IT IS SO GOOD AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND, whether or not you are looking for good Jewish representation in a fantasy book. That’s practically just a beautiful bonus.

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I just finished re-reading Jingo, which was the first Discworld book I ever read, back when I was in elementary school (it’s very possible that I’ve re-read it in the intervening two decades, but up until now my view of it has been very coloured by that first reading in which I understood very little of what was going on).

I have two main takeaways from it:

1. Sybil/Vimes/Vetinari OT3, you know I’m right

2. The only thing I feel we really missed out on in Discworld (and no, I don’t want anyone to write it except maybe on AO3, because no one except Sir Terry would ever be able to get this perfectly Right) is the lack of a book focusing on Carrot and his relationship to the kingship of Ankh-Morpork (/lack thereof), because there was a lot of really interesting build-up and zero closure, which I think we would have gotten if he had had more time.

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PSA: Writing Token Jewish Fantasy Characters

Representation is super important! But not all representation is created equal, so for all my rants about wanting more Jewish representation, here is one (apropos of someone reminding me that Mortal Instruments exists) asking you to please not do certain things when you write your token Jewish character.

(Is tokenism great? No, but sometimes it’s necessary! I’m not asking all the non-Jewish writers out there to write all-Jewish stories, and everyone wants diverse and evenly-distributed casts, which means you’re going to often have your token Jewish / insert-minority-here character, or even twofer token minorities, and that’s okay, so long as it’s done right!)

So let’s say you’re writing fantasy, and your token Jewish character is also going to be a token insert-fantasy-creature-here character. Some Dos and Don’ts:

Don’t:

make your token Jewish character the token vampire (this leans into really gross and racist anti-Semitic blood libel) (looking at you, the mortal instruments)

make your token Jewish character the token goblin/leprechaun/other gold-loving magical creature (this leans into gross racist anti-Semitic stereotypes about Jews and money)

make your token Jewish character the token Fae in a changeling story (this also leans into the gross racist blood libel, by way of “stealing away a baby”)

make your token Jewish character the token tiefling/faun/other horned magical creature (this leans into weird racist anti-Semitic beliefs about Jews and horns)

make your token Jewish character the token Roman or Greek demigod (because ancient Rome and ancient Greece oppressed us, and their beliefs are diametrically opposed to Jewish beliefs, and Rome in particular destroyed our Temple, razed our land, and exiled and subjugated our people) (hahahahaha *cries in Still Furious At Riordan*)

This isn’t fantasy-specific, but also don’t make your token Jew the only/main villain. (Can a Jewish character be a villain? Fair enough, anyone can! But if it’s the only Jewish character in the work, then you need to reflect on your latent or not-so-latent anti-Semitism. Same for if the villain is heavily Jewish-coded.)

Do:

make your token Jewish character the token werewolf (both are hyperaware of the phases of the moon, plus we have some fun Midrashim [exegetical stories] about Benjamin being a werewolf)

make your token Jewish character the token golem (the golem is a proudly Jewish magical creature/construct, originating in the story of the Golem of Prague, which was created by a rabbi to protect the city’s Jewish community - in fact, if you have a golem, it should have its Jewish roots explicitly acknowledged)

make your token Jewish character the token mermaid (Rashi, one of the most famous/popular Jewish Biblical commentators, believed that mermaids were real! they’re a Jewish thing now, I’m making it a thing!)

make your token Jewish character any other magical creature I guess, just please examine the representation to make sure you are not portraying stereotypes or feeding into negative libels or false beliefs about Jewish people

Acknowledge the character’s Jewish identity as an important part of them, not just their magical identity

(These are just examples, you don’t literally have to make your Jewish character a werewolf/golem/mermaid, but if you do, I want to read it)

I’m not saying a Jewish character can never be portrayed as any of the creatures on the Don’t list - but if it’s not being written by a Jewish writer, then you’d better make damn sure that (a) you’re examining your own biases and not leaning into stereotypes and blood libels, (b) the Jewish vampire or whatever isn’t the only Jewish character in the work, but rather there are other Jewish characters who are not obligated to drink blood, and (c) the tension in this identity should be acknowledged in the text “Oh I’m a vampire but blood is normally forbidden for Jewish consumption, what do” etc.

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Hey there, so I really like history as a subject, and I'm pretty good at it. The thing is, I don't know what my career options would be if I studied it, or if I would be able to make money. My parents are heavily discouraging me from taking it as a major. As a 'historian' in training' what's your take? Thank you

Hi there! Sorry for the delay, ‘tis the hectic season…

Oh man, I have so many thoughts for you. Full disclosure: this is something I have worked on a LOT over the course of my graduate career both at my uni and on a national level; most of my advice, however, comes from a PhD candidate’s perspective and may not be directly helpful to an undergraduate, and I should also emphasize that everything I can say on this is very firmly based on the U.S. market only. That being said, a lot of what I can say can be universally applied, so here we go -

The number of history undergraduates in the U.S. has plummeted in the last decade or so, from it previously being one of the most popular majors. There are many interacting reasons for this: a changeover from older to younger, better-trained, energetic professors who draw in and retain students has been very slow to occur, partly because of a lack of a mandatory retirement age; the humanities have been systematically demonized and minimized in favor of the development of STEM subjects, to the occasional benefit of students of color and women but to the detriment of critical public discourse and historical perspective on current events; with many liberal arts colleges going under financially and the enormous expansion of academic bureaucracy everywhere, resources are definitely being diverted away from social and human studies towards fields which are perceived to pay better or perceived, as mentioned in the article above, as being more ‘practical.’ (We do need a ton more healthcare workers/specialists, but that’s a different conversation to have.) But now I feel like quoting a certain Jedi Master: everything your parents say is wrong. Let’s dive into why being a historian is a positive thing for you both as a person and as a professional -

You will be a good reader. As you learn to decipher documents and efficiently and thoroughly read secondary literature, you will develop a particular talent for understanding what is important about any piece of writing or evidence (and this can go for visual and aural evidence as well). This will serve you well in any position in which you are collecting/collating information and reporting to colleagues or superiors, and evaluating the worth of resources. Specific example - editorial staff at publishing houses either private or academic, magazines, etc.

You will be a good writer. This will get you a good job at tons of places; don’t underestimate it. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been astonished (not in a punitive way, of course, but definitely with a sense of befuddlement) by how badly some of my Ivy-league students can write. Good writing is hard, good writing is rare, and good writing is a breath of fresh air to any employer who puts a high premium upon it in their staff. History in principle is the study of change; history in practice is presenting information in a logical, interesting, and persuasive manner. Any sort of institution which asks you to write reports, summaries, copy, etc. etc. will appreciate your skills.

You will be a good researcher. This sounds like a given, but it’s an underappreciated and vital skill. Historians work as consultants. Historians work in government - almost every department has an Office of the Historian - and in companies, writing company histories and maintaining institutional archives. A strong research profile will also serve you well if you want to go on to work in museum studies and in libraries public or private/academic. As a historian, you will know not just where to find information, but what questions you have to ask to get to the answer of how to tackle, deconstruct, and solve a problem. This is relevant to almost any career path.

You will provide perspective. Historians react to current events in newspapers and online - not just on politics, but culture as well (my favorite article of this week is about the historicity of The Aeronauts). Historians act as expert witnesses in court proceedings. Historians write books, good books, not just meant for academic audiences but for millions upon millions of readers who need thoughtful, intelligent respite from the present. Historians work for thinktanks, providing policy analysis and development (a colleague of mine is an expert on current events of war in Mali and works for multiple thinktanks and organizations because of it). Historians work for nonprofits or lobbying groups on issues of poverty, environmental safety, climate change, and minority and indigenous rights. In a world when Texas school textbooks push the states’ rights narrative, historians remind us that the Civil War was about slavery. Historians remind us that women and people of color have always existed. In this time and world where STEM subjects are (supposedly) flooding the job market, we need careful historical perspective more than ever. We need useful reactions to the 2016 election, to the immigration travesties on display at the southern border, to the strengthening of right-wing parties in Europe - and history classes, or thoughtfully historical classes on philosophy and political science, are one of the few places STEM and business students gain the basic ability to participate in those conversations. [One of my brightest and most wonderful students from last year, just to provide an anecdote, is an astrophysics major who complained to me in a friendly conversation this semester that she never got the chance to talk about ‘deep’ things anymore once she had passed through our uni’s centralized general curriculum, which has a heavy focus on humanities subjects.]

You will be an educator. Teaching is a profession which has myriad challenges in and of itself, but in my experience of working with educators there is a desperate need for secondary-school teachers in particular to have actual content training in history as opposed to simply being pushed into classrooms with degrees which focus only on pedagogical technique. If teaching is a vocation you are actually interested in, getting a history degree is not a bad place to start at all. And elementary/high schools aside, you will be teaching someone something in every interaction you have concerning your subject of choice. Social media is a really important venue now for historians to get their work out into the world and correct misconceptions in the public sphere, and is a place where you can hone a public and instructive voice. You could also be involved in educational policy, assessment/test development (my husband’s field, with a PhD in History from NYU), or educational activism.

If some of this sounds kind of woolly and abstract, that’s because it is. Putting yourself out there on the job market is literally a marketing game, and it can feel really silly to take your experience of 'Two years of being a Teaching Assistant for European History 1500-1750’ and mutate it to 'Facilitated group discussions, evaluated written work from students [clients], and ran content training sessions on complex subjects.’ But this sort of translation is just another skill - one that can be learned, improved, and manipulated to whatever situation you need it to fit.

Will you make money? That’s a question only you can answer, because only you know what you think is enough money. That being said, many of the types of careers I’ve mentioned already are not low-paying; in my experience expertise is, if you find the right workplace and the rewarding path, usually pretty well-remunerated.

Specific advice? Hone your craft. Curate an active public presence as a historian, an expert, a patient teacher, and as as person enthusiastic about your subject. Read everything and anything. Acknowledge and insist upon complexity, and celebrate it when you can.

And finally - will any of what I’ve said here make it easy? No, because no job search and no university experience is easy these days. It’s a crazy world and there are a lot of awful companies, bosses, and projects out there. But I do very firmly believe that you can find something, somewhere, that will suit your skills, and, hopefully, your passions too.

Resources for you: the American Historical Association has a breakdown of their skills-based approach to the job market, reports on the job market(s) for history PhDs collectively called ‘Where Historians Work,’ and a mentorship program, Career Contacts, which could connect you with professional historians in various workplaces. There is a very active community of historians on Twitter; search for #twitterstorians. For historians who identify as female, Women Also Know History is a newer site which collates #herstorian bios and publications to make it easier for journalists to contact them for expert opinions. ImaginePhD provides career development tools and exercises for graduate students, but could probably be applied to undergrads as well. The Gilder Lehrman Institute is one of the premier nonprofits which develops and promotes historical training for secondary school teachers and classroom resources (U.S. history only). Job listings are available via the AHA, the National Council on Public History, and the IHE, as well as the usual job sites. And there’s an awful lot more out there, of course - anyone who reads or reblogs this post is welcome to add field-specific or resource-specific info.

I hope this helps, Anon, or at least provides you with a way to argue in favor of it to your parents if it comes to that. Chin up!

#replies #anon #history #academia #education #career diversity #grad school #Caz rambles

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30 April 2021

Open season

Do you think the UK government should be more transparent, accountable and participatory?

Are you interested in health, the environment, justice, data ethics and algorithmic accountability, open contracting, misinformation, freedom of information, democracy building and standards in public life?

Would you like to help shape policy pledges on those issues (and maybe others) that government will commit to?

Then sign up to take part in the development of the latest Open Government National Action Plan - the process kicks off next week. With perfect timing, really. (Full disclosure: I'm on the civil society steering group. Some more info on the whole thing here.)

Please do express your interest, and share as widely as possible - it would be great to have as much of UK civil society and the public involved as possible.

Other bits and pieces:

One of those thematic groups will be on freedom of information. Plenty of links on that this week below, including mySociety's (excellent) new report on the topic. (And something something government making an exhibition of itself.)

Remember we have another great Data Bites for you next week - sign up here, catch up on the previous events here.

And IfG have an event today with the new senior digital figures in the UK government - hopefully we'll hear more than we have so far about the new Central Digital and Data Office, and its relationship with the Government Digital Service.

Trying to find basic information is more complicated than you might think, part whatever we're on now.

My list of data series - newsletters, podcasts, events - is so very nearly at 100 entries, so do add any that we've missed. And thanks to all who've contributed so far. One of those listed is Politico's Digital Bridge, which has a good run down of the G7 digital and technology track this week.

The Alan Turing Institute and the Royal Statistical Society have been working with the Joint Biosecurity Centre on various statistics and machine learning projects during the pandemic. You can hear about some of them at an event this afternoon.

RIP astronaut Michael Collins. This extract from his autobiography is quite a piece of writing.

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India’s catastrophic second covid wave shows no sign of slowing* (The Economist)

COVID-19: The crisis in one of India's worst-hit cities, where someone dies every five minutes (Sky News)

NHS app will be used as Covid ‘vaccine passport’ for foreign travel (The Guardian)

Vax populi

See How the Vaccine Rollout Is Going in Your County and State* (New York Times)

Vaccine diplomacy boosts Russia’s and China’s global standing* (The Economist)

40m Pfizer jabs bought as Covid booster shots* (The Sunday Times)

After a blistering start, Biden’s vaccine rollout faces new hurdles* (FT)

Vaccine uptake rises among England’s ethnic minorities* (FT)

What the ONS can tell you about the COVID-19 Vaccine programme (ONS)

Side effects

How has lockdown changed our relationship with nature? (ONS)

In need of support? Lessons from the Covid-19 crisis for our social security system (Resolution Foundation)

After shocks: Financial resilience before and during the Covid-19 crisis (Resolution Foundation)

‘We are drowning in insecurity’: young people and life after the pandemic* (FT)

More Americans Are Leaving Cities, But Don’t Call It an Urban Exodus* (Bloomberg)

Joe 90 (+10)

Joe Biden’s first 100 days: by the numbers* (FT)

What America thinks* (The Economist)

After 100 days, Joe Biden is polling better than Donald Trump did* (The Economist)

At the 100-day mark, has Biden kept his campaign promises?* (Washington Post)

Prolific yet quiet: Joe Biden’s first 100 days in numbers* (New Statesman)

17 Metrics to Watch in the Biden Era* (Bloomberg)

Taking leave of their...

2020 Census shows U.S. population grew at slowest pace since the 1930s* (Washington Post)

Which States Will Gain or Lose Seats in the Next Congress* (New York Times)

Once-A-Decade Census Numbers to Redraw U.S. Political Landscape* (Bloomberg)

Which States Won — And Lost — Seats In The 2020 Census? (FiveThirtyEight)

US politics

Biden’s $4 Trillion Economic Plan, in One Chart* (The Upshot)

By the numbers: States weighing voting changes (Axios)

Advantage, GOP (FiveThirtyEight)

Americans From Both Parties Want Weed To Be Legal. Why Doesn’t The Federal Government Agree? (FiveThirtyEight)

Derek Chauvin was found guilty – how typical is that of US police who kill? (The Guardian)

Science and nature

Visualised: glaciers then and now (The Guardian)

Siberian fires not an isolated event, EU earth observatory shows* (FT)

The U.S. Will Need a Lot of Land for a Zero-Carbon Economy* (Bloomberg)

The Hidden Science Making Batteries Better, Cheaper and Everywhere* (Bloomberg)

Our Earth in context with other worlds (Axios)

The intricate life of the International Space Station (via Chris Hadfield)

UK politics and government

Will Greensill be a Barnard Castle-sized issue for the Tories? (UK in a Changing Europe)

Boris Johnson’s £200k refurbishment of 11 Downing Street could buy you a whole house in much of the UK* (New Statesman)

Labour’s lost heartlands. Can it win them back?* (FT)

Green gains in red-brick England* (New Statesman - though I'd have put Labour at the base of the bars)

Procuring inequality: Understanding the gender pay gap in government contracting (Spend Network - and summary)

Devolved public services: The NHS, schools, and social care in the four nations (IfG)

Let's get fiscal, fiscal

The fiscal position of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (IfG)

The national balance sheet and capital stocks, preliminary estimates, UK: 2021 (ONS)

Putting a value on the UK – faster than ever before (ONS)

Nominal spending figures understate China’s military might* (The Economist)

Everything else

Inheritances and inequality over the life cycle: what will they mean for younger generations? (IFS)

Exploring the State Papers with Word Embeddings (Networking Archives)

Nomadland, Disney and the drive for Oscars dominance in 2021* (FT)

Survival curves (Max Roser)

Meta data

Open for the best

Registration: Open Government Thematic Groups (UK Open Government Network)

Civil society urged to join groups on government transparency. (UK Open Government Network)

Statement on the UK’s New Global Anti-Corruption Sanctions (UK Anti-Corruption Coalition)

Relight my FOIA

New policy paper: Reforming Freedom of Information (mySociety)

Reforming Freedom of Information: mySociety policy paper launch event (mySociety)

Public information request monitor (mySociety)

Freedom of Information in danger of ‘sliding into obsolescence’, new report finds (openDemocracy)

We are going to court to force the government to release full details about its controversial FOI ‘Clearing House’ – a secretive unit inside the Cabinet Office (openDemocracy)

Press freedom: how governments are using COVID as an excuse to crack down on the public’s right to know (Media@LSE)

A transparent FOI system is vital for good government* (The Times)

Thread (George Greenwood)

Government obfuscation has become 'art form' - MPs and journalists say Freedom of Information not working (Press Gazette)

Viral content

NHS app set to feature vaccine passport (Public Technology)

COVID-19 Update (UK Government)

AI got 'rithm

Ensuring trustworthy algorithmic decision-making (CDEI for OECD.AI)

Error-riddled data sets are warping our sense of how good AI really is* (MIT Technology Review)

Artificial Intelligence in Local Government (Oxford Commission on AI & Good Governance)

Now is the time for a transatlantic dialog on the risk of AI (VentureBeat)

AI at work isn’t always intelligent* (FT)

Artificial Intelligence Is Misreading Human Emotion* (Kate Crawford, The Atlantic)

The Challenges of Animal Translation* (The New Yorker)

We need more bias in artificial intelligence (Bruegel)

Stop talking about AI ethics. It’s time to talk about power.* (MIT Technology Review)

Working for an Algorithm: Shadow Bans, Dopamine Hits, and Viral Videos, All in the Life of TikTok Creators (The Markup)

Home Office algorithm to detect sham marriages may contain built-in discrimination (TBIJ)

Missing data

What's missing? Evaluating social sector data gaps (Commission on Civil Society)

ONS to publish suicide data by ethnicity from June as charities say ‘no excuse’ for gaps in data (The Independent)

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App used by emergency services under scrutiny (BBC News)

Why What3Words is not suitable for safety critical applications (Cybergibbons)

*All* English ambulance services use #What3Words, according to health minister (Owen Boswarva)

Government

Proud to be the Government Analysis Function (Government Analysis Function)

ADR UK three years in: Harnessing the power of administrative data three years in (ADR UK)

Supercomputing leap in weather and climate forecasting (Met Office)

Transforming Government: Six key recommendations (Foundry4)

Help us set a new data standard for vulnerable people services (Data in government)

Government gives Verify a stay of execution (UKAuthority)

Texting times

Boris Johnson’s tax texts show perils of government by WhatsApp (Politico)

Lobbying row: Why ministers have two mobile phones (BBC News)

Big tech, trade and competition

UK digital competition - it’s about your data, stupid (diginomica)

UK lobbying questions raised by Big Tech cash for MP interest groups (Politico)

Facebook v Apple: The ad tracking row heats up (BBC News)

The Counterbalance – The European System of Monopoly (Brave New Europe)

Twitter censored tweets critical of India’s handling of the pandemic at its government’s request (The Verge)

Technology wars are becoming the new trade wars* (FT)

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techUK on the Future of Data Governance for the UK (techUK)

Ireland stress-tests Europe’s data protection law* (FT)

Data Brokers Are a Threat to Democracy* (Wired)

An airline glitch reveals the dangers of discriminatory data (Tech Monitor)

For public review: The GDB research handbook (Global Data Barometer)

Fact and fiction

The Anti-Vaccine Influencers Who Are Merely Asking Questions* (The Atlantic)

Facts are Pieces of a Puzzle, not the Puzzle Itself (Zeynep)

Everything else

Justice Lost In The Post: How the Post Office wrecked the lives of its own workers (Private Eye)

Unified UK measures of rurality and deprivation (mySociety)

What is going on here? (Hilary Cottam)

Shaping the future of digital technology in health and social care (King's Fund)

Should Tech Make Us Optimistic About Climate Change? (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change)

Scottish Elections 2021: WE’RE TRACKING WHERE THE PARTIES STAND (Open Rights Group Scotland)

Opportunities

EVENT: Turing-RSS Lab webinar #3: using algorithms and AI in the response to COVID-19 (The Alan Turing Institute, Royal Statistical Society)

EVENT: What is the Future of Free Speech on the Internet? Jillian C York (Bristol Festival of Ideas)

EVENT: Rethinking how we regulate Big Tech (Bennett Institute)

JOB: Editor in Chief (openDemocracy - more)

JOBS (Full Fact)

JOB: Data Investigations Advisor (Global Witness)

JOB: Director, Technology and Human Rights (Human Rights Watch)

JOB: Data Scientist - NHS Test & Trace (Grade-G7) (DHSC)

JOB: Head of Digital ID (Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, via Jukesie)

JOB: Lead Data Scientist - Datalab (BBC, via Jukesie)

JOB: Service Manager, WhatDoTheyKnow (mySociety)

JOB: We're hiring - could you be our new Data Analyst? (Data Orchard)

JOBS (Information Commissioner's Office)

TENDER: Evaluating the data assurance market (ODI)

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When you label a plot the wrong way and suddenly discover a new graph type (João Martins)

How High Airplanes have been Able to Go from INTERNATIONAL PICTURE LANGUAGE by Otto Neurath, 1936 (RJ Andrews)

For the last six years I’ve kept a spreadsheet listing every parking spot I’ve used at the local supermarket in a bid to park in them all (Gareth Wild, via Alice)

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Is Trump Sitting on a Real Life "National Treasure"?

"The powerful potential of the revelation of alien life is something that President Nixon carefully planned for. And this breakthrough may be underway as we speak." -- Daniel Liszt of "Dark Journalist," November 30, 2017

Popular Alt-Media researcher Daniel Liszt has been posting a series of videos that swirl around Nixon-era intel operative, Robert Merritt, and Watergate defense attorney, Douglas Caddy. The revelations weave a fantastic story of a real-life "National Treasure" type of script that emanates directly from the Oval Office. President Richard M. Nixon saw that the CIA had tied a noose around his political career in 1972. Nixon was no idiot and it appears that he may have executed a counter-offensive which would not play out for several decades but, once executed, would, in the end, both exonerate him and destroy the foundation of the Deep State once and for all. It appears that we all might just be living at the time when this exoneration is due to take place.

In a nutshell, Robert Merritt is claiming that President Nixon used Mr. Merritt has a personal courier as part of his own inner circle "Huston Plan" to combat the CIA spies that had infected the White House. In his own handwriting, Nixon wrote a five-page document that explained how scientists at Los Alamos labs were in communication with an extraterrestrial intelligent creature. The creature had provided details of advanced technology to the scientists. In this document, Nixon had a formula of some kind of technology graphed in scientific notation. Nixon gave a copy of this document to Merritt who then delivered the copy to Henry Kissinger. The original file was preserved somewhere on White House property by Nixon himself as a "time capsule" intended for future disclosure.

This past month, former Watergate burglar defense attorney, Douglas Caddy, confirmed that an offer has been made to the people who run the National Archives to retrieve this "time capsule" of explosive reality-changing information. Per Dark Journalist's notes within his Youtube video description:

In a special twist on behalf of Merritt, Former Watergate Lawyer Douglas Caddy has sent a letter to the National Archives with the promise of directions to President Nixon's ET Time Capsule that Merritt is convinced is still where Nixon placed it in 1972.

The conditions laid out in the letter instruct the National Archives they can take possession of the letter when it's found as long as they read it aloud when it's discovered and distribute it openly to the public.

Dark Journalist editor, Daniel Liszt, posted the above interview along with two subsequent interviews, linked in his tweets below. I especially appreciated that he analyzed Merritt's video in the context of other facts of history that tend to corroborate the story. Earlier this week, Liszt also posted a brief message from Mr. Caddy who confirmed that the ball is now in the court of the National Archives. Truly a plot worthy of a Nicolas Cage "National Treasure" sequel!

Closing In On the Rockefeller CIA in 2018

W. The Intelligence Insider and I have been paying attention to the interviews for several reasons. One reason is that W. has quite a colorful background related not just to the Nixon presidency, but to Nixon's brother - all of which will make a great story at a future time.

Another reason is that a small fraction of the internet community has become transfixed by the Cult of #Q, a faceless, shadowy military intel team that operates from within Trump's inner circle and, to that team's credit, has at least raised public awareness of the the role that Secret Societies have been playing in the White House from JFK's residency, forward. Regardless of what you believe about #Q's true motives, it is apparent that a methodical operation is playing out from within the Trump presidency to likewise erode the foundations of Rockefeller's CIA Deep State. It's an operation that would make Nixon proud.

A third reason is that Wernher von Braun's famed warning of the coming "last card" of UFO "disclosure" (or, "illusion," depending on how you look at it) continues to hum in the background, a hum that has recently amped up in volume albeit from CIA stooges like the N.Y. Times. Later this year, respected Vatican and Illuminati insider, Leo Lyon Zagami, is due to publish a book entitled "Invisible Masters" which will likewise map out the web of alliances between dark but politically powerful cults and alien supernatural intelligences.

When most people hear the name "Nixon," with what do they usually associate that name? The Watergate break-in, first and foremost. Possibly also the opening of relations with China. But did you know that Nixon has a strong connection to UFO research as well? Yes, when Nixon served as Vice-President to Eisenhower, Nixon was regularly briefed on Project Blue Book. In fact, Blue Book was officially shut down in 1969 as soon as Nixon began serving his first term as president.

Nixon and the Condon Report

Those of us who have followed the progress of UFO research have likely heard of the Condon Report. Wikipedia describes this as the summary opinion produced after years of probing into the matter by a University of Colorado UFO project that was headed by physicist Edward Condon. The final report unsurprisingly told the world to just move along; nothing to see here.

The Condon Committee was under pressure to get that report published before President-Elect Nixon took office. Nixon had been at odds with Dr. Condon for a long time. This animosity stemmed from the McCarthy era hearings when Nixon sat on the House Committee of Un-American Activities. Dr. Condon was part of the long parade of so-called Communist sympathizers. Incredibly, he was even accused of being "at the forefront of a revolutionary movement in physics called ... quantum mechanics." {Insert Eye Roll emoji here.} Wow, how does one retort to something like that? By channeling the mind of other great rebels like Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton?

Nevertheless, this web page at PresidentialUFO.com [linked here] has this to say about the showdown between the Condon Report's findings and the incoming Nixon presidency in 1969:

The Air Force figured that if Condon’s UFO report was not filed before Nixon took office, Nixon might again challenge Condon. This led to a situation where the new President might oppose the UFO study simply because it was Dr. Condon who was heading it. This might in turn lead to Nixon holding up the report until the project was thoroughly investigated, or worse yet publicly rejecting its conclusions. According to Major Keyhoe, "the AF had put hard pressure on Colorado University (which was hosting the report) to rush the report through, so it could be released before the election. But it was impossible to make the deadline."

When Nixon did win the election, the AF reviewers could only hope that Nixon would be too busy after the inauguration with things like the war in Vietnam to look at the UFO situation. Also, opposition ridicule surrounding the subject would make any early check-up on flying saucers unlikely. They were right. Nixon never did openly challenge Condon’s conclusion, and stayed completely quiet about the UFO situation, as had all the Presidents before him.

Yes, indeed, Nixon "stayed completely quiet about the UFO situation" until the day arrived when he saw that the CIA had prepared a political chopping block for him in the shape of the Watergate Hotel. He called on the services of homosexual Honey-Pot operative Robert Merritt and read aloud the 5-page handwritten expose to him. Then, Nixon sealed up a copy of the file in a brown envelope and literally taped it to Merritt's chest under his clothes so that Merritt could clandestinely exit the White House and drop it on Kissinger. It just may be that Nixon used UFO and E.T. "disclosure" as a posthumous trump (or Trump?) card to be played years later.

Now we wait and watch how the various factions with vested interests in our imposed Matrix cannibalize each other as the anticipated era of Human Hybridization continues to rise like a p phoenix out of the Rockefeller-Rothschild ashes. It just may be that our Babylonian Priesthood overlords have decided that the time has come for the reunion between futuristic Singularity Spawns and the supernatural entities who have been quietly moving that technology along the whole time.

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Surveillance Firm Banjo Used a Secret Company and Fake Apps to Scrape Social Media

Banjo, an artificial intelligence firm that works with police used a shadow company to create an array of Android and iOS apps that looked innocuous but were specifically designed to secretly scrape social media, Motherboard has learned.

The news signifies an abuse of data by a government contractor, with Banjo going far beyond what companies which scrape social networks usually do. Banjo created a secret company named Pink Unicorn Labs, according to three former Banjo employees, with two of them adding that the company developed the apps. This was done to avoid detection by social networks, two of the former employees said.

Three of the apps created by Pink Unicorn Labs were called "One Direction Fan App," "EDM Fan App," and "Formula Racing App." Motherboard found these three apps on archive sites and downloaded and analyzed them, as did an independent expert. The apps—which appear to have been originally compiled in 2015 and were on the Play Store until 2016 according to Google—outwardly had no connection to Banjo, but an analysis of its code indicates connections to the company. This aspect of Banjo's operation has some similarities with the Cambridge Analytica scandal, with multiple sources comparing the two incidents.

"Banjo was doing exactly the same thing but more nefariously, arguably," a former Banjo employee said, referring to how seemingly unrelated apps were helping to feed the activities of the company's main business. Motherboard granted four former employees and another source close to the company anonymity because they had signed non-disclosure agreements with Banjo.

Do you work at Banjo or know anything else about the company’s work? We’d love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Jason Koebler securely on Signal on +1 202 505 1702 , or Joseph Cox on Signal on +44 20 8133 5190 , Wickr on josephcox, OTR chat on [email protected] , or email [email protected].

Last year Banjo signed a $20.7 million contract with Utah that granted the company access to the state's traffic, CCTV, and public safety cameras. Banjo promises to combine that input with a range of other data such as satellites and social media posts to create a system that it claims alerts law enforcement of crimes or events in real-time.

"We essentially do most of what Palantir does, we just do it live," Banjo's top lobbyist Bryan Smith previously told police chiefs and 911 dispatch officials when pitching the company's services.

The company has not publicly explained how it specifically scrapes social media apps.

Motherboard found the apps developed by Pink Unicorn Labs included code mentioning signing into Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Russian social media app VK, FourSquare, Google Plus, and Chinese social network Sina Weibo.

A screenshot of one of the Pink Unicorn Labs apps. Image: APKGK.com

There are several ways these apps could have scraped social media—perhaps by sending the saved login token to a server for Banjo to use later, or by using the app itself to scrape information—but it is not totally clear which method Banjo used because the API that the apps connected to is no longer live. Motherboard found that the apps when opened made web requests to the domain "pulapi.com," likely referring to Pink Unicorn Labs, but the site that would provide a response to the app is currently down.

One of the former employees said they saw one of the apps when it was still working and it had a high number of logins.

"It was all major social media platforms," they added. The particular versions of the apps Motherboard obtained, when opened, asked a user to sign-in with Instagram.

Business records for Pink Unicorn Labs show the company was originally incorporated by Banjo CEO Damien Patton. Banjo employees worked directly on Pink Unicorn Labs projects from Banjo's offices, several of the former employees said, though they added that Patton made it clear in recent years that Banjo needed to wind down Pink Unicorn Labs' work and not be linked to the firm.

"There was something about Pink Unicorn that was important for Damien to distance himself from," another former employee told Motherboard.

"I always knew this moment would come. While I worked there, it felt like I was spying on the world."

Before pivoting to artificial intelligence for governments, Banjo was a social media-focused company, offering an app that would show what was happening around a user based on posts from Twitter, Instagram, FourSquare, and other social networks. It then moved onto providing services to media companies, letting them know if something significant and perhaps newsworthy was breaking on social networks. Some similar companies, like Dataminr, have permission from social media sites to use large amounts of data; Twitter, which owns a stake in Dataminr, gives the firm exclusive access to its so-called "fire hose" of public posts.

Banjo did not have that sort of data access. So it created Pink Unicorn Labs, which one former employee described as a "shadow company," that developed apps to harvest social media data.

"They were shitty little apps that took advantage of some of the data that we had but the catch was that they had a ton of OAuth providers," one of the former employees said. OAuth providers are methods for signing into apps or websites via another service, such as Facebook's "Facebook Connect," Twitter's "Sign In With Twitter," or Google's "Google Sign-In." These providers mean a user doesn't have to create a new account for each site or app they want to use, and can instead log in via their already established social media identity.

But once users logged into the innocent looking apps via a social network OAuth provider, Banjo saved the login credentials, according to two former employees and an expert analysis of the apps performed by Kasra Rahjerdi, who has been an Android developer since the original Android project was launched. Banjo then scraped social media content, those two former employees added. The app also contained nonstandard code written by Pink Unicorn Labs: "The biggest red flag for me is that all the code related to grabbing Facebook friends, photos, location history, etc. is directly from their own codebase," Rahjerdi said.

A screenshot of one of the Pink Unicorn Labs apps. Image: APKGK.com

The Android versions of the apps are no longer available on the Google Play Store, but each of the three apps had install bases ranging from a minimum of 5,000 users up to 100,000 users, according to records on one Android app archive site. Motherboard also identified an iOS version of the EDM Fan App. Users of each app could follow events such as concerts or races, judging by screenshots of the apps in action on the Android app archive site.

"Formula Racing App is your all-access pass to every race across the globe! View the photos and videos posted by fans at each race. Share the photos and videos with your friends," the description for Formula Racing App read.

"Banjo was secretly farming peoples' user tokens via these shadow apps," one of the former employees said. "That was the entire point and plan," they added when asked if the apps were specifically designed to steal users' login tokens.

"At their face value [of being sports or celebrity apps], those apps functionally were so far off from what our business model was that I can't see any way they were relics of a pre-pivot business model," a second former employee said.

"Banjo was doing exactly the same thing but more nefariously, arguably."

Rahjerdi told Motherboard, "They’re a shared codebase made to be super easy to setup new apps."

The apps request a wide range of permissions, such as access to location data, the ability to create accounts and set passwords, and find accounts on the device.

Multiple sources said Banjo tried to keep Pink Unicorn Labs a secret, but Motherboard found several links between the two. An analysis of the Android apps revealed all three had code that contained web links to Banjo's website; each app contained a set of identical data that appeared to be pulled from social network sites, including repeatedly the Twitter profile of Jennifer Peck, who works for Banjo and is also married to Banjo's Patton. In registration records for the two companies, both Banjo and Pink Unicorn Labs shared the same address in Redwood, California; and Patton is listed as the creator of Pink Unicorn Labs in that firm's own public records.

"Several projects I worked on were 'make sure you only ever use this VPN to run the code, we can't have this traced back to us','" one former employee recalled being told while working at Banjo. Another said the company carried out a lot of work through Tor, which is a network for using the internet anonymously and avoiding attribution back to identifying IP addresses.

Inside Banjo's offices. Image: @senorrinhatch Twitter account

Banjo did not respond to a request for comment for this article and did not respond to multiple requests for comment for our earlier investigation into the company. Motherboard asked Banjo a set of specific questions including whether data collected by the Pink Unicorn Labs apps provided any sort of input, such as training data, for Banjo's more recent artificial intelligence products that the state of Utah purchased.

One source who didn't work at the company but spent a lot of time at its offices and signed an NDA with Banjo said the mood was "apocalyptic" in the company's office when news of the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke in March 2018. The Guardian, The Observer, and The New York Times reported how Cambridge Analytica had used a Facebook-based app to harvest data on tens of millions of users.

"You can imagine the luls that were had when we saw Cambridge Analytica take so much heat," a second source said.

"I always knew this moment would come. While I worked there, it felt like I was spying on the world," one of the former employees said.

"You can imagine the luls that were had when we saw Cambridge Analytica take so much heat."

The Banjo case raises questions around other apps that may have abused similar access.

While a Twitter spokesperson said the company had no "active evidence" on the Banjo example, they wrote in an email, "We've seen examples of similar misuse of OAuth tokens in the past, and have enforced when we've seen them."

A Facebook spokesperson wrote in an email, "Our policies prohibit scraping people's data. We are investigating and will take appropriate action." Facebook said Banjo no longer has access to Facebook's APIs.

A Google spokesperson said the Pink Unicorn Labs apps were removed from the Play Store in 2016, but did not elaborate when asked if Pink Unicorn Labs itself removed them or if Google did.

Apple did not respond to a request for comment.

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