#lab reporting software

[labreportingsoftware]

Lab Reporting Software

Lab Reporting Software manages pathology labs, hospitals and clinics.

[inkskinned]

i have chronic pain. i am neurodivergent. i understand - deeply - the allure of a "quick fix" like AI. i also just grew up in a different time. we have been warned about this.

15 entire years ago i heard about this. in my forensics class in high school, we watched a documentary about how AI-based "crime solving" software was inevitably biased against people of color.

my teacher stressed that AI is like a book: when someone writes it, some part of the author will remain within the result. the internet existed but not as loudly at that point - we didn't know that AI would be able to teach itself off already-biased Reddit threads. i googled it: yes, this bias is still happening. yes, it's just as bad if not worse.

i can't actually stop you. if you wanna use ChatGPT to slide through your classes, that's on you. it's your money and it's your time. you will spend none of it thinking, you will learn nothing, and, in college, you will piss away hundreds of thousands of dollars. you will stand at the podium having done nothing, accomplished nothing. a cold and bitter pyrrhic victory.

i'm not even sure students actually read the essays or summaries or emails they have ChatGPT pump out. i think it just flows over them and they use the first answer they get. my brother teaches engineering - he recently got fifty-three copies of almost-the-exact-same lab reports. no one had even changed the wording.

and yes: AI itself (as a concept and practice) isn't always evil. there's AI that can help detect cancer, for example. and yet: when i ask my students if they'd be okay with a doctor that learned from AI, many of them balk. it is one thing if they don't read their engineering textbook or if they don't write the critical-thinking essay. it's another when it starts to affect them. they know it's wrong for AI to broad-spectrum deny insurance claims, but they swear their use of AI is different.

there's a strange desire to sort of divorce real-world AI malpractice over "personal use". for example, is it moral to use AI to write your cover letters? cover letters are essentially only templates, and besides: AI is going to be reading your job app, so isn't it kind of fair?

i recently found out that people use AI as a romantic or sexual partner. it seems like teenagers particularly enjoy this connection, and this is one of those "sticky" moments as a teacher. honestly - you can roast me for this - but if it was an actually-safe AI, i think teenagers exploring their sexuality with a fake partner is amazing. it prevents them from making permanent mistakes, it can teach them about their bodies and their desires, and it can help their confidence. but the problem is that it's not safe. there isn't a well-educated, sensitive AI specifically to help teens explore their hormones. it's just internet-fed cycle. who knows what they're learning. who knows what misinformation they're getting.

the most common pushback i get involves therapy. none of us have access to the therapist of our dreams - it's expensive, elusive, and involves an annoying amount of insurance claims. someone once asked me: are you going to be mad when AI saves someone's life?

therapists are not just trained on the book, they're trained on patient management and helping you see things you don't see yourself. part of it will involve discomfort. i don't know that AI is ever going to be able to analyze the words you feed it and answer with a mind towards the "whole person" writing those words. but also - if it keeps/kept you alive, i'm not a purist. i've done terrible things to myself when i was at rock bottom. in an emergency, we kind of forgive the seatbelt for leaving bruises. it's just that chat shouldn't be your only form of self-care and recovery.

and i worry that the influence chat has is expanding. more and more i see people use chat for the smallest, most easily-navigated situations. and i can't like, make you worry about that in your own life. i often think about how easy it was for social media to take over all my time - how i can't have a tiktok because i spend hours on it. i don't want that to happen with chat. i want to enjoy thinking. i want to enjoy writing. i want to be here. i've already really been struggling to put the phone down. this feels like another way to get you to pick the phone up.

the other day, i was frustrated by a book i was reading. it's far in the series and is about a character i resent. i googled if i had to read it, or if it was one of those "in between" books that don't actually affect the plot (you know, one of those ".5" books). someone said something that really stuck with me - theoretically you're reading this series for enjoyment, so while you don't actually have to read it, one would assume you want to read it.

i am watching a generation of people learn they don't have to read the thing in their hand. and it is kind of a strange sort of doom that comes over me: i read because it's genuinely fun. i learn because even though it's hard, it feels good. i try because it makes me happy to try. and i'm watching a generation of people all lay down and say: but i don't want to try.

[apomaro-mellow]

Built for Loving 4

Part 3

Eddie had been assisting others with their own projects for about two months before he was given another assignment. It was one of the odder ones that the others either had no interest or no time for. Eddie was still drawing up the design for a small child. He’d sent two versions already but they’d been rejected with comments and tweaks to make. He’d been pretty good about ending his shifts without overtime and even spending some face time with Wayne. 

Of course, just as things were getting smooth, there was a bump in the road. He was once again summoned by an intern and brought to one of the labs where Owens was waiting. Instead of looking at him though, Eddie was drawn to the operating table, where a figure lay under a white sheet….like a cadaver.

“There’s another problem with your bot”, Owen sighed, like he was tired of seeing Eddie.

“Again?”, Eddie blinked, looking at him now.

“I want you to look at this report from IT. I want you to scrub this bot completely clean and get it right.”

“Don’t want him coming back a third time?”, Eddie asked as he went over to one of the monitors where the report was already pulled up.

“There won’t be a third time, kid. If it doesn’t work, he gets scrapped, you go on probation, and if we haven’t completely lost the trust of the client, someone else will fulfill the request.”

Eddie turned in his chair. “‘Scrapped’? Like-”

“We’ll strip down the usable parts to be recycled, but his software’s gonna have to go.”

Eddie bit his lip and nodded. “Understood.” He commended himself on keeping his voice even, despite the sirens going off in his head. He had everything to lose if this didn’t go right. He didn’t just want to save Steve from the trash heap, this job was his dream. What was he going to do if he failed his first assignment? He turned back to the monitor and Owens left him to it, knowing he had something to prove now.

He scoured the report. It was a transcription of the call from the customer to IT. Eddie worried that Steve had refused a request, but this was different. He opened up the recording of the call to listen to it as he read.

“Brenner Bot Helpline, this is Derek, how may I assist you?”

“This damn bot is broken”, the client hissed. Eddie recognized his voice from Steve’s records from before.

He skipped past the phone operator getting the identification information and asking the prerequisite questions. He resumed play when they got to the meat of the problem.

“This thing isn’t working.”

“Can you explain in detail?”

“It’s…clingy! And cloying. It follows me around whenever it’s on, asking about me, asking things it shouldn’t, retaining things it shouldn’t!”

Eddie paused again. This was getting serious. The operator asked for specific incidents and times and Eddie decided to use that as a reference as he watched the recordings. He slid over to the table, knowing Steve was under it. As soon as he removed the cloth, he could see why Owens put it on. Despite his harsh reality check the first day Steve left, he must have known it would kill Eddie to see him like this.

The client had used the new skin to the fullest. Steve’s body was littered with bruises. His face was the only part of him not marred in black or purple. Eddie almost heaved. He attached the cord and covered him back up, then slid to the computer. He skimmed Steve’s records until he got to the first incident mentioned.

Like before, this was in Steve’s point of view, so he couldn’t see Steve, couldn’t see exactly how he moved or expressed himself. But he could check the code record later. For now, he just needed to see exactly what the issue was.

They were in bed together, the client shirtless and sweaty. Steve was able to read his vitals and tell that it would be some time before he was ready to go again, already calculating the likelihood of another round based on the fact that he hadn’t been put in sleep mode yet. Pleasure bots were designed to learn and adapt to their owner’s preferences. So Eddie could tell something was wrong when Steve spoke and his owner looked annoyed.

“When will you be back?”

“I’ll be back when I’m back. Probably Thursday.”

“I know you’re busy with the Evans deal. But can’t Franklin handle it?”

The client frowned deeply. “Enter sleep mode.”

Steve closed his eyes, ending the recording. Eddie’s hand was over his mouth. Remembering client preferences was one thing. But, well, to put it simply, their typical clientele for pleasure bots usually didn’t want them to be able to recall things like other people’s names, or what was happening in their lives. When they were booted up for the first time and the client went through all their preferred settings, the last step was assigning them a prime directive. This took precedence over everything and any information that wasn’t important to the directive was typically discarded within twenty four hours. 

And Eddie could just guess what this guy made Steve’s prime directive - be my sex slave, be my fuck toy, or something to that effect. Something simple. He shouldn’t be able to recall things related to the guy’s job, sensitive things. With a malfunction like this, Steve could ruin the guy’s life if he talked to the wrong person.

Eddie went to the next incident. The client was getting ready as Steve watched him get dressed. From his vantage point, Eddie could tell that Steve was on the ground.

“Do you have to go?”, Steve asked.

“You know I do. You always know”, the man griped as he buckled his belt.

“To her.” Steve’s voice got an odd edge to it.

“She’s my wife. It’s quite vexing that she understands this arrangement and yet you do not.” Fully dressed, he came over to Steve and knelt down, fiddling with something until Eddie could see that it was rope.

Steve looked down at his wrists and ankles, rubbed red. “Is this love?”, he asked.

But the client was already up and at a mirror, checking himself over. “Put yourself to bed.”

“Do you love me?”, Steve asked again.

“Not this again. Enter sleep mode. Now!”

The screen went black and Steve presumably dropped right there on the floor instead of into bed as instructed. Eddie’s gut felt like it was going to fly out of his ass. He stood and went over to Steve, turning him on.

“Enter diagnostic mode”, Eddie said as he grabbed a tablet to bring up the client’s preferences that he set up.

Steve sat up and looked forward, ignoring Eddie who stood right next to him. “Entertainment automaton, by Brenner Ventures, subject to copyright. Product I.D. EDM-001.” Just like before, his voice was monotone. 

Eddie swallowed and tried to ignore the bruises around his neck as he went down the checklist. “Client name?”

“Gerwin Hammond.”

That was the name on file. Check. “Personality parameters?”

“Agreeable, submissive, unable to say no, will do anything for Gerwin, even kill.”

That was exactly what was on file. Although, Gerwin’s own addition was a little worrying, so Eddie went ahead and asked the follow up.

“Can you kill?”

“All Brenner Bots are unable to harm a human, whether directly or indirectly, or through inaction.”

Eddie sighed a breath of relief. So far so good. Now the one he was truly worried about. The prime directive. He asked Steve his. On file, Gerwin had given the directive to be his pet. About what Eddie had expected.

“To be loved.”

The tablet fell from his hands. “Repeat last statement and elaborate.”

“The prime directive of this mechanism is to be loved.”

“Shitshitshit!” Eddie went to the door and locked it. He then went to the monitor to see Steve’s code. “This can’t be happening. This can’t be happening!” Then he paused in his typing. “What the fuck is even happening? I- …Did I really program a robot…to love…?” 

His fingers flew across the keyboard, searching Steve’s code for anomalies. His first time out the gate, Eddie hadn’t wanted to rock the boat too much. He thought he’d gone really basic. But his coding had always gotten praise. And he did give this one his all. Still, that didn’t explain any of this!

“There’s gotta be something I missed. Something obvious. Something that’s making him-like this!” Eddie’s head shook frantically, his desperation growing as he failed to find anything off in the coding. “This is wrong, this is wrong, this is all wrong! Dammit!”, he slammed his fists on the keyboard.

“There’s something wrong with me?”

Eddie froze. Then slowly, he turned around. Steve was still sitting perfectly straight, like a marble statue. But instead of looking straight ahead into nothing, he was looking right at Eddie.

“How did-you’re supposed to be in diagnostic mode.”

“What’s wrong with me?”, Steve urged.

“Ohhhh so many things. Somanythings”, Eddie squeaked the second bit as the situation fell on top of him. Then Steve’s face fell and he quickly backtracked. “No! No nono, there’s nothing wrong with you, just-your code? Or something, I don’t know!”

“Why doesn’t he love me?”

Eddie had no words for a moment. But that gave him a few seconds to process. There was nothing wrong with Steve. If anything, he had the possibility to be a marvel of technology.

“Do you…love Gerwin?”

“I do”, Steve smiled.

“And you want him to love you back?”

“More than anything.”

Eddie needed time to figure this out. But Steve didn’t have time. Even if he claimed to need a week, a month to figure out and fix Steve’s issue, Owens or one of the other guys would just pop in to check on his progress. He couldn’t let anyone see Steve like this. Steve was going above and beyond his programming right now, which was technically a malfunction. He’d get scrapped in a heartbeat.

“Okay, okay…okay”, Eddie paced about. “First thing’s first. Reset skin.”

Steve’s flesh changed, the bruises disappearing completely. It was like it had never happened. Whatever ‘it’ was.

“Does it hurt?”, Eddie asked, unable to help himself.

“No. But I remember the pain”, Steve said.

Voices passing the lab in the hallway reminded Eddie of where they were. “We gotta get you outta here. Stay put for a second and if anyone comes…play dead or something.”

Steve tilted his head and Eddie groaned.

“I mean just like-drop if you see someone other than me. Understand?”

“Understood.”

Eddie left to grab things for their grand escape. He couldn’t just walk out the front door with company goods. There were cameras everywhere. He passed a custodian closet. Perfect. He returned to his lab section and held the uniform up to Steve. It came with a hat and a mask to cover his nose and mouth.

“And the cherry on top”, he held out a wig. “Passed by a cart on the way here.”

It brushed Steve’s shoulders. Because it had been in a cart with other hair pieces, it was messy and unstyled. But that was just perfect.

“Just keep your head down and follow my lead.”

The ensemble was missing shoes, but Eddie was hoping most wouldn’t notice. He’d worked a few janitorial gigs and people tended to ignore them. Eddie checked that the coast was clear before leaving the lab. It was nearly the end of his shift anyway. No one should bat an eye at him leaving a few minutes early. Steve walked alongside with him, which might seem strange, but it couldn’t be too odd for an employee to shoot the breeze with a janitor, right?

The weight on his shoulders eased as they got close to the front doors. But of course, it just couldn’t be that easy for them. The person who came from one of the halls wasn’t even someone Eddie recognized. They worked on a different floor. That was the moment Steve chose to remember the command he had given him earlier as his knees gave out from under him.

Eddie just barely kept him from collapsing with a groan, garnering the attention of the woman. Holding up a man made of metal was no simple feat.

“Oh my god, is he okay?”

“Yep! Yep, perfectly fine”, Eddie said. “Get up”, he ordered through gritted teeth.

Steve stood, looking in good health for all to see, but the woman didn’t look too convinced. Eddie nudged him with his elbow.

“You’re fine, right? Tell her you’re fine.”

“I’m fine”, Steve answered.

“Anywaaaaayyy, gotta go”, Eddie grabbed Steve by the shoulders and pushed him the rest of the way. He didn’t breathe until they were at his van. And even then, the situation didn’t dawn on him until they were at his apartment and he watched Steve look around.

“....I am so fired.”

Part 5

[covid-safer-hotties]

New from Putrino and Iwasaki's labs: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.18.25322379v1

"there is considerable overlap in self-reported symptoms between long COVID and PVS"

That's because they're the same thing. Yet again, "Vaccine injury" hacks have failed to do one ounce of serology or other study to rule out past covid infections leading to long covid. This is the same as someone getting the flu after eating a sandwich, and people starting to study "Post-sandwich influenza". It makes no sense. Did they go to work and then get this? Well, maybe it's work injury! How about coffee? They drink coffee? How do you know this isn't coffee injury?!?!

A self-reported symptom questionnaire does not prove in any way that these people 1. were made sick by a covid vaccination 2. their symptoms are that of "vaccine induced illness" because they are serologically identical to covid infection-induced long covid. I trust scientists who do science, not just plug surveymonkey results into statistics software, thankyouverymuch.

[mariacallous]

These days, when Nicole Yelland receives a meeting request from someone she doesn’t already know, she conducts a multi-step background check before deciding whether to accept. Yelland, who works in public relations for a Detroit-based non-profit, says she’ll run the person’s information through Spokeo, a personal data aggregator that she pays a monthly subscription fee to use. If the contact claims to speak Spanish, Yelland says, she will casually test their ability to understand and translate trickier phrases. If something doesn’t quite seem right, she’ll ask the person to join a Microsoft Teams call—with their camera on.

If Yelland sounds paranoid, that’s because she is. In January, before she started her current non-profit role, Yelland says she got roped into an elaborate scam targeting job seekers. “Now, I do the whole verification rigamarole any time someone reaches out to me,” she tells WIRED.

Digital imposter scams aren’t new; messaging platforms, social media sites, and dating apps have long been rife with fakery. In a time when remote work and distributed teams have become commonplace, professional communications channels are no longer safe, either. The same artificial intelligence tools that tech companies promise will boost worker productivity are also making it easier for criminals and fraudsters to construct fake personas in seconds.

On LinkedIn, it can be hard to distinguish a slightly touched-up headshot of a real person from a too-polished, AI-generated facsimile. Deepfake videos are getting so good that longtime email scammers are pivoting to impersonating people on live video calls. According to the US Federal Trade Commission, reports of job and employment related scams nearly tripled from 2020 to 2024, and actual losses from those scams have increased from $90 million to $500 million.

Yelland says the scammers that approached her back in January were impersonating a real company, one with a legitimate product. The “hiring manager” she corresponded with over email also seemed legit, even sharing a slide deck outlining the responsibilities of the role they were advertising. But during the first video interview, Yelland says, the scammers refused to turn their cameras on during a Microsoft Teams meeting and made unusual requests for detailed personal information, including her driver’s license number. Realizing she’d been duped, Yelland slammed her laptop shut.

These kinds of schemes have become so widespread that AI startups have emerged promising to detect other AI-enabled deepfakes, including GetReal Labs, and Reality Defender. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman also runs an identity-verification startup called Tools for Humanity, which makes eye-scanning devices that capture a person’s biometric data, create a unique identifier for their identity, and store that information on the blockchain. The whole idea behind it is proving “personhood,” or that someone is a real human. (Lots of people working on blockchain technology say that blockchain is the solution for identity verification.)

But some corporate professionals are turning instead to old-fashioned social engineering techniques to verify every fishy-seeming interaction they have. Welcome to the Age of Paranoia, when someone might ask you to send them an email while you’re mid-conversation on the phone, slide into your Instagram DMs to ensure the LinkedIn message you sent was really from you, or request you text a selfie with a timestamp, proving you are who you claim to be. Some colleagues say they even share code words with each other, so they have a way to ensure they’re not being misled if an encounter feels off.

“What’s funny is, the low-fi approach works,” says Daniel Goldman, a blockchain software engineer and former startup founder. Goldman says he began changing his own behavior after he heard a prominent figure in the crypto world had been convincingly deepfaked on a video call. “It put the fear of god in me,” he says. Afterwards, he warned his family and friends that even if they hear what they believe is his voice or see him on a video call asking for something concrete—like money or an internet password—they should hang up and email him first before doing anything.

Ken Schumacher, founder of the recruitment verification service Ropes, says he’s worked with hiring managers who ask job candidates rapid-fire questions about the city where they claim to live on their resume, such as their favorite coffee shops and places to hang out. If the applicant is actually based in that geographic region, Schumacher says, they should be able to respond quickly with accurate details.

Another verification tactic some people use, Schumacher says, is what he calls the “phone camera trick.” If someone suspects the person they’re talking to over video chat is being deceitful, they can ask them to hold up their phone camera to their laptop. The idea is to verify whether the individual may be running deepfake technology on their computer, obscuring their true identity or surroundings. But it’s safe to say this approach can also be off-putting: Honest job candidates may be hesitant to show off the inside of their homes or offices, or worry a hiring manager is trying to learn details about their personal lives.

“Everyone is on edge and wary of each other now,” Schumacher says.

While turning yourself into a human captcha may be a fairly effective approach to operational security, even the most paranoid admit these checks create an atmosphere of distrust before two parties have even had the chance to really connect. They can also be a huge time suck. “I feel like something’s gotta give,” Yelland says. “I’m wasting so much time at work just trying to figure out if people are real.”

Jessica Eise, an assistant professor studying climate change and social behavior at Indiana University-Bloomington, says that her research team has been forced to essentially become digital forensics experts, due to the amount of fraudsters who respond to ads for paid virtual surveys. (Scammers aren’t as interested in the unpaid surveys, unsurprisingly.) If the research project is federally funded, all of the online participants have to be over the age of 18 and living in the US.

“My team would check time stamps for when participants answered emails, and if the timing was suspicious, we could guess they might be in a different time zone,” Eise says. “Then we’d look for other clues we came to recognize, like certain formats of email address or incoherent demographic data.”

Eise says the amount of time her team spent screening people was “exorbitant,” and that they’ve now shrunk the size of the cohort for each study and have turned to “snowball sampling” or having recruiting people they know personally to join their studies. The researchers are also handing out more physical flyers to solicit participants in person. “We care a lot about making sure that our data has integrity, that we’re studying who we say we’re trying to study,” she says. “I don’t think there’s an easy solution to this.”

Barring any widespread technical solution, a little common sense can go a long way in spotting bad actors. Yelland shared with me the slide deck that she received as part of the fake job pitch. At first glance, it seemed like legit pitch, but when she looked at it again, a few details stood out. The job promised to pay substantially more than the average salary for a similar role in her location, and offered unlimited vacation time, generous paid parental leave, and fully-covered health care benefits. In today’s job environment, that might have been the biggest tipoff of all that it was a scam.

[mckitterick]

She Won. They Didn't Just Change the Machines. They Rewired the Election. How Leonard Leo's 2021 sale of an electronics firm enabled tech giants to subvert the 2024 election.

Everyone knows how the Republicans interfered in the 2024 US elections through voter interference and voter-roll manipulation, which in itself could have changed the outcomes of the elections. What's coming to light now reveals that indeed those occupying the White House, at least, are not those who won the election.

Here's how they did it.

(full story is replicated here below the read-more: X)

She Won

The missing votes uncovered in Smart Elections’ legal case in Rockland County, New York, are just the tip of the iceberg—an iceberg that extends across the swing states and into Texas.

On Monday, an investigator’s story finally hit the news cycle: Pro V&V, one of only two federally accredited testing labs, approved sweeping last-minute updates to ES&S voting machines in the months leading up to the 2024 election—without independent testing, public disclosure, or full certification review.

These changes were labeled “de minimis”—a term meant for trivial tweaks. But they touched ballot scanners, altered reporting software, and modified audit files—yet were all rubber-stamped with no oversight.

That revelation is a shock to the public.

But for those who’ve been digging into the bizarre election data since November, this isn’t the headline—it’s the final piece to the puzzle. While Pro V&V was quietly updating equipment in plain sight, a parallel operation was unfolding behind the curtain—between tech giants and Donald Trump.

And it started with a long forgotten sale.

A Power Cord Becomes a Backdoor

In March 2021, Leonard Leo—the judicial kingmaker behind the modern conservative legal machine—sold a quiet Chicago company by the name of Tripp Lite for $1.65 billion. The buyer: Eaton Corporation, a global power infrastructure conglomerate that just happened to have a partnership with Peter Thiel’s Palantir.

To most, Tripp Lite was just a hardware brand—battery backups, surge protectors, power strips. But in America’s elections, Tripp Lite devices were something else entirely.

They are physically connected to ES&S central tabulators and Electionware servers, and Dominion tabulators and central servers across the country. And they aren’t dumb devices. They are smart UPS units—programmable, updatable, and capable of communicating directly with the election system via USB, serial port, or Ethernet.

ES&S systems, including central tabulators and Electionware servers, rely on Tripp Lite UPS devices. ES&S’s Electionware suite runs on Windows OS, which automatically trusts connected UPS hardware.

If Eaton pushed an update to those UPS units, it could have gained root-level access to the host tabulation environment—without ever modifying certified election software.

In Dominion’s Democracy Suite 5.17, the drivers for these UPS units are listed as “optional”—meaning they can be updated remotely without triggering certification requirements or oversight. Optional means unregulated. Unregulated means invisible. And invisible means perfect for infiltration.

Enter the ballot scrubbing platform BallotProof. Co-created by Ethan Shaotran, a longtime employee of Elon Musk and current DOGE employee, BallotProof was pitched as a transparency solution—an app to “verify” scanned ballot images and support election integrity.

With Palantir's AI controlling the backend, and BallotProof cleaning the front, only one thing was missing: the signal to go live.

September 2024: Eaton and Musk Make It Official

Then came the final public breadcrumb:In September 2024, Eaton formally partnered with Elon Musk.

The stated purpose? A vague, forward-looking collaboration focused on “grid resilience” and “next-generation communications.”

But buried in the partnership documents was this line:

“Exploring integration with Starlink's emerging low-orbit DTC infrastructure for secure operational continuity.”

The Activation: Starlink Goes Direct-to-Cell

That signal came on October 30, 2024—just days before the election, Musk activated 265 brand new low Earth orbit (LEO) V2 Mini satellites, each equipped with Direct-to-Cell (DTC) technology capable of processing, routing, and manipulating real-time data, including voting data, through his satellite network.

DTC doesn’t require routers, towers, or a traditional SIM. It connects directly from satellite to any compatible device—including embedded modems in “air-gapped” voting systems, smart UPS units, or unsecured auxiliary hardware.

From that moment on:

Commands could be sent from orbit

Patch delivery became invisible to domestic monitors

Compromised devices could be triggered remotely

This groundbreaking project that should have taken two-plus years to build, was completed in just under ten months.

Elon Musk boasts endlessly about everything he’s launching, building, buying—or even just thinking about—whether it’s real or not. But he pulls off one of the largest and fastest technological feats in modern day history… and says nothing? One might think that was kind of… “weird.”

According to New York Times reporting, on October 5—just before Starlink’s DTC activation—Musk texted a confidant:

“I’m feeling more optimistic after tonight. Tomorrow we unleash the anomaly in the matrix.”

Then, an hour later:

“This isn’t something on the chessboard, so they’ll be quite surprised. ‘Lasers’ from space.”

It read like a riddle. In hindsight, it was a blueprint.

The Outcome

Data that makes no statistical sense. A clean sweep in all seven swing states.

The fall of the Blue Wall. Eighty-eight counties flipped red—not one flipped blue.

Every victory landed just under the threshold that would trigger an automatic recount. Donald Trump outperformed expectations in down-ballot races with margins never before seen—while Kamala Harris simultaneously underperformed in those exact same areas.

If one were to accept these results at face value—Donald Trump, a 34-count convicted felon, supposedly outperformed Ronald Reagan. According to the co-founder of the Election Truth Alliance:

“These anomalies didn’t happen nationwide. They didn’t even happen across all voting methods—this just doesn’t reflect human voting behavior.”

They were concentrated.

Targeted.

Specific to swing states and Texas—and specific to Election Day voting.

And the supposed explanation? “Her policies were unpopular.” Let’s think this through logically. We’re supposed to believe that in all the battleground states, Democratic voters were so disillusioned by Vice President Harris’s platform that they voted blue down ballot—but flipped to Trump at the top of the ticket?

Not in early voting.

Not by mail.

With exception to Nevada, only on Election Day.

And only after a certain threshold of ballots had been cast—where VP Harris’s numbers begin to diverge from her own party, and Trump’s suddenly begin to surge. As President Biden would say, “C’mon, man.”

In the world of election data analysis, there’s a term for that: vote-flipping algorithm.

And of course, Donald Trump himself:

He spent a year telling his followers he didn’t need their votes—at one point stating,

“…in four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not gonna have to vote.”

____

They almost got away with the coup. The fact that they still occupy the White House and control most of the US government will make removing them and replacing them with the rightful President Harris a very difficult task.

But for this nation to survive, and for the world to not fall further into chaos due to this "administration," we must rid ourselves of the pretender and his minions and controllers once and for all.

[partisan-by-default]

Report: Voting Machines Were Altered Before the 2024 Election. Did Kamala Harris Actually Win?

The Quiet Move In 2024, a federally accredited lab named Pro V&V conducted a wave of hardware and software changes to ES&S voting machines. These were major changes—new ballot scanners, printer adjustments, updated firmware, and a new Electionware reporting system. But they were passed off as “de minimis” tweaks, a label meant for minor changes that don’t require full public review or testing.

However, as noted by Dissent in Bloom substack, the changes were anything but minor.

SMART Elections immediately flagged the move. But by then, it was too late. The machines had already been used in the election. And Pro V&V? The lab responsible for certifying them? It all but disappeared. Their once-public website became a hollow page. No logs. No documentation. Just a phone number and a generic email address.

This is the lab that signs off on voting systems in Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey, California—and countless other places. And when people started asking questions, they vanished.

Something Was Off With the Votes In Rockland County, New York, voters noticed their ballots didn’t seem to count. People swore under oath that they voted for Senate candidate Diane Sare. But in district after district, the machines didn’t reflect it. In one case, nine voters said they picked her. Only five votes showed up. In another, five claimed to vote for her—only three were recorded.

It wasn’t just third-party candidates. Kamala Harris’s name was missing entirely from the top of the ballot in several heavily Democratic districts. In areas that overwhelmingly backed Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand for Senate, somehow, Harris got zero votes. Zero.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump received 750,000 more votes than Republican Senate candidates in those same districts. That’s not just voter preference. That’s a statistical impossibility.

As Dissent in Bloom reported: “That’s not split-ticket voting. That’s a mathematical anomaly.”

[beardedmrbean]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Global makers of surveillance gear have clashed with Indian regulators in recent weeks over contentious new security rules that require manufacturers of CCTV cameras to submit hardware, software and source code for assessment in government labs, official documents and company emails show.

The security-testing policy has sparked industry warnings of supply disruptions and added to a string of disputes between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration and foreign companies over regulatory issues and what some perceive as protectionism.

New Delhi's approach is driven in part by its alarm about China's sophisticated surveillance capabilities, according to a top Indian official involved in the policymaking. In 2021, Modi's then-junior IT minister told parliament that 1 million cameras in government institutions were from Chinese companies and there were vulnerabilities with video data transferred to servers abroad.

Under the new requirements applicable from April, manufacturers such as China's Hikvision, Xiaomi and Dahua, South Korea's Hanwha, and Motorola Solutions of the U.S. must submit cameras for testing by Indian government labs before they can sell them in the world's most populous nation. The policy applies to all internet-connected CCTV models made or imported since April 9.

"There's always an espionage risk," Gulshan Rai, India's cybersecurity chief from 2015 to 2019, told Reuters. "Anyone can operate and control internet-connected CCTV cameras sitting in an adverse location. They need to be robust and secure."

Indian officials met on April 3 with executives of 17 foreign and domestic makers of surveillance gear, including Hanwha, Motorola, Bosch, Honeywell and Xiaomi, where many of the manufacturers said they weren't ready to meet the certification rules and lobbied unsuccessfully for a delay, according to the official minutes.

In rejecting the request, the government said India's policy "addresses a genuine security issue" and must be enforced, the minutes show.

India said in December the CCTV rules, which do not single out any country by name, aimed to "enhance the quality and cybersecurity of surveillance systems in the country."

This report is based on a Reuters review of dozens of documents, including records of meetings and emails between manufacturers and Indian IT ministry officials, and interviews with six people familiar with India's drive to scrutinize the technology. The interactions haven't been previously reported.

Insufficient testing capacity, drawn-out factory inspections and government scrutiny of sensitive source code were among key issues camera makers said had delayed approvals and risked disrupting unspecified infrastructure and commercial projects.

"Millions of dollars will be lost from the industry, sending tremors through the market," Ajay Dubey, Hanwha's director for South Asia, told India's IT ministry in an email on April 9.

The IT ministry and most of the companies identified by Reuters didn't respond to requests for comment about the discussions and the impact of the testing policy. The ministry told the executives on April 3 that it may consider accrediting more testing labs.

Millions of CCTV cameras have been installed across Indian cities, offices and residential complexes in recent years to enhance security monitoring. New Delhi has more than 250,000 cameras, according to official data, mostly mounted on poles in key locations.

The rapid take-up is set to bolster India's surveillance camera market to $7 billion by 2030, from $3.5 billion last year, Counterpoint Research analyst Varun Gupta told Reuters.

China's Hikvision and Dahua account for 30% of the market, while India's CP Plus has a 48% share, Gupta said, adding that some 80% of all CCTV components are from China.

Hanwha, Motorola Solutions and Britain's Norden Communication told officials by email in April that just a fraction of the industry's 6,000 camera models had approvals under the new rules.

CHINA CONCERN

The U.S. in 2022 banned sales of Hikvision and Dahua equipment, citing national security risks. Britain and Australia have also restricted China-made devices.

Likewise, with CCTV cameras, India "has to ensure there are checks on what is used in these devices, what chips are going in," the senior Indian official told Reuters. "China is part of the concern."

China's state security laws require organizations to cooperate with intelligence work.

Reuters reported this month that unexplained communications equipment had been found in some Chinese solar power inverters by U.S. experts who examined the products.

Since 2020, when Indian and Chinese forces clashed at their border, India has banned dozens of Chinese-owned apps, including TikTok, on national security grounds. India also tightened foreign investment rules for countries with which it shares a land border.

The remote detonation of pagers in Lebanon last year, which Reuters reported was executed by Israeli operatives targeting Hezbollah, further galvanized Indian concerns about the potential abuse of tech devices and the need to quickly enforce testing of CCTV equipment, the senior Indian official said.

The camera-testing rules don't contain a clause about land borders.

But last month, China's Xiaomi said that when it applied for testing of CCTV devices, Indian officials told the company the assessment couldn't proceed because "internal guidelines" required Xiaomi to supply more registration details of two of its China-based contract manufacturers.

"The testing lab indicated that this requirement applies to applications originating from countries that share a land border with India," the company wrote in an April 24 email to the Indian agency that oversees lab testing.

Xiaomi didn't respond to Reuters queries, and the IT ministry didn't address questions about the company's account.

China's foreign ministry told Reuters it opposes the "generalization of the concept of national security to smear and suppress Chinese companies," and hoped India would provide a non-discriminatory environment for Chinese firms.

LAB TESTING, FACTORY VISITS

While CCTV equipment supplied to India's government has had to undergo testing since June 2024, the widening of the rules to all devices has raised the stakes.

The public sector accounts for 27% of CCTV demand in India, and enterprise clients, industry, hospitality firms and homes the remaining 73%, according to Counterpoint.

The rules require CCTV cameras to have tamper-proof enclosures, strong malware detection and encryption.

Companies need to run software tools to test source code and provide reports to government labs, two camera industry executives said.

The rules allow labs to ask for source code if companies are using proprietary communication protocols in devices, rather than standard ones like Wi-Fi. They also enable Indian officials to visit device makers abroad and inspect facilities for cyber vulnerabilities.

The Indian unit of China's Infinova told IT ministry officials last month the requirements were creating challenges.

"Expectations such as source code sharing, retesting post firmware upgrades, and multiple factory audits significantly impact internal timelines," Infinova sales executive Sumeet Chanana said in an email on April 10. Infinova didn't respond to Reuters questions.

The same day, Sanjeev Gulati, India director for Taiwan-based Vivotek, warned Indian officials that "All ongoing projects will go on halt." He told Reuters this month that Vivotek had submitted product applications and hoped "to get clearance soon."

The body that examines surveillance gear is India's Standardization Testing and Quality Certification Directorate, which comes under the IT ministry. The agency has 15 labs that can review 28 applications concurrently, according to data on its website that was removed after Reuters sent questions. Each application can include up to 10 models.

As of May 28, 342 applications for hundreds of models from various manufacturers were pending, official data showed. Of those, 237 were classified as new, with 142 lodged since the April 9 deadline.

Testing had been completed on 35 of those applications, including just one from a foreign company.

India's CP Plus told Reuters it had received clearance for its flagship cameras but several more models were awaiting certification.

Bosch said it too had submitted devices for testing, but asked that Indian authorities "allow business continuity" for those products until the process is completed.

When Reuters visited New Delhi's bustling Nehru Place electronics market last week, shelves were stacked with popular CCTV cameras from Hikvision, Dahua and CP Plus.

But Sagar Sharma said revenue at his CCTV retail shop had plunged about 50% this month from April because of the slow pace of government approvals for security cameras.

"It is not possible right now to cater to big orders," he said. "We have to survive with the stock we have."

[dingo-ate-my-hot-lettuce-crazy]

given that he grew up a normal life…

also these jobs are general examples, i dont know entirely enough if they are accurate

[taigacryptid]

how to get into citizen science

what is citizen science?

it's scientists collaborating with everyday people to collect and analyze data!

why should i participate?

you can engage in science without needing a background or formal education in science. if you have passion for it, then you're all set!

it can teach you skills that you can put on a resume and take with you to use in other fields!

in some cases, you can earn service-learning/volunteer hours!

while anti-intellectualism is on the rise (especially in the US), it's more important than ever to learn about and care for the natural world, education, and academia as a whole

donations are always great, but many projects lack enough people to do the work, so that's where citizen scientists come in to help lighten the load

what can i do?

iNaturalist is probably the most popular citizen science project out there. you can take pictures of animals and plants and ID them (they have an auto-suggest feature that accounts for the appearance and location of the organism, and gives you likely species)

Merlin Bird ID from Cornell Lab is similar to iNat but only for birds, and gives the ability to record birdsong and ID birds based on that!

FathomVerse lets players ID deep sea animals from real images collected by researchers, improving the AI they use to ID! (reminder that analytical AI is great, generative AI is not!)

Zooniverse has 83 active projects ranging from subjects such as physics and biology to history and literature! pick your favorite subject and start there!

HerpMapper is like iNat but only for herps (reptiles and amphibians), and they're extra careful about sharing location data of all observations for the sake of protecting vulnerable species (this one has my herp prof on the advisory committee :D)

Smell Pittsburgh is a project aimed to track the air quality in Pittsburgh, one of the most polluted cities in the US

Sensor Community lets anyone buy an air or noise sensor to install and collect data about air or noise pollution (they have guides for assembling it and installing the necessary software)

FrogWatch USA from Akron Zoo accepts volunteers nationwide to ID frogs based on their calls during breeding season

Reef Life Survey accepts volunteers to help catalog and monitor coral reefs

WomSAT allows anyone to report wombat sightings so they can be protected! (only for Australia, of course)

Marine Debris Tracker lets anyone log marine pollution that they've cleaned up, as well as any dumping sites (they also collect data from smaller organizations including schools, so try to find a local one you can join!)

eButterfly is like iNat but just for butterflies!

Foldit is a free game where you can contribute to molecular research by learning about protein structures

[dorokora]

Chapter 16 Prologue Part 3:

We start with a dream flashback of Curren, where she had to go through painful test after test in the lab. Their words don’t bother her, as the other day her brother was scrapped for his hardware and she will be next for her software. Her brother had excellent exam results. He is on par with Isaac and Bertro. But the body's endurance is reaching its limits, and just the other day, he was discarded and taken away. She was captured by the security mechanoids. After this, she will probably be dumped at the "edge of paradise." Suddenly her giant robot brother MS-C1 appeared to rescue her and they escaped using time leap for the first time. Back to the present, Curren thinks about Michael and Amaterasu having their priorities wrong. She commented that the reason they lost was because they couldn't bring themselves to say that they didn't care about the old world that gave birth to them. They don't care about their old home that tried to abandon them. What's important from now on is just how will humans survive? Her and her siblings were incomplete. She couldn't survive on one side alone, she accepted that. The choice, the thought, there may not have been any freedom of choice, but. This is far better than being trapped and destroyed by the outdated idea of ​​a fixed "base." She will carry out Plan C. The girl decided they will live in the future. There is no need for freedom of choice. There is only one way to go.

Back to Tu'er Shen as he continues to see into the future and seeing something beyond comprehension. Back to Onyankopon who explains that “new life” are forms of life made to be adapted to the future. In other words, a resident of a different world, a utopia. This is the next step of MxOther’s plans. “New life” is migrating to the future city, and to Tokyo. And so the future of forming the majority in Tokyo has been decided. Onyankopon remembers a report about the Yoyogi academy being a testing site established for that type of research. Where multiple minds can co-exist in one body. Back to Tu'er Shen, who after seeing the dreaded future decided to find a new guild, he can’t handle what’s coming on his own. Back to Mononobe, Mononobe tells MC there’s a place he wants to take them. The old laboratory at Yoyogi.

The next day, we see Tu'er Shen and Hei Long Yi Quan, the other day Bohemio told the new recruit Tu'er Shen to join up with Hei Long Yi Quan for a mission since their abilities will be perfect together. The mission is to investigate the whereabouts of the institute that’s working with MxOther. Tu'er Shen gets a vision and Hei Long Yi Quan launched his sacred artifact at the maybe threat.

[galwednesday]

This week's deep dive rec is Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou's investigation into infamously fraudulent biotech start-up Theranos and its founder and CEO, Elizabeth Holmes, which conveniently comes in both book and podcast format. Podcast summary:

She was once the world's youngest self-made female billionaire. Now Elizabeth Holmes, founder of the blood-testing startup Theranos, stands accused of leading a massive fraud, and lying to investors, doctors, and patients about the capabilities of her technology. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison. But Elizabeth may be able to sway a jury with her charisma, highly unusual defense strategy and the fact that key evidence has gone missing. John Carreyrou broke the Theranos scandal. Now he’ll take you into the courtroom as he examines Silicon Valley’s fake it-til-you-make it culture, and the case against Holmes.

Episodes 8 and 9 are particularly interesting looks into how Theranos secured funding and partnerships using faked demos, and how this strategy fell apart when potential clients pressed for more technical details. Episode 8 summary:

Elizabeth Holmes wowed investors, board members and journalists with live, in-person demonstrations that made it seem like her blood-testing machine worked. But most of these demos were faked. Behind the scenes, the blood samples were tested either manually or on third-party lab equipment. It's an astoundingly bold deception that was enabled by a software application Sunny Balwani wrote.

Episode 9 excerpt:

NARRATOR: The DOD contingent pressed for more information on how the black box that looked like a big desktop computer tower even worked. Holmes and Edlund refused to answer. That was a trade secret, they repeated. Frustrated, one member of the DOD delegation blurted out, "I'm starting to believe the device is just a box of Palo Alto air." Sensing that they were fast losing credibility, Holmes and Edlund made a small concession. They agreed to pass around the white rectangular cartridge containing the blood sample that slotted into the front of the device. Wagar asked what was inside the cartridge beside the blood sample. WAGAR: And they're like, we're not going to tell you. And so when I got to me, I reached into my pocket and pulled my Swiss army knife out and I started to try and cut it apart because you know, I'm curious and that really wigged them out. Um, I think they kind of jumped over the table to take it back from me. And I laughed at them and I said, you know, you realize that if you actually let this thing out into the wild, the first cartridge, people are going to tear it apart to see how it works. You know, you can't nondisclosure the entire Department of Defense.

[mariacallous]

On Tuesday, New Hampshire attorney general John Formella said that a Texas-based telecom company was behind the reportedly AI-generated robocalls impersonating President Joe Biden that went out ahead of the state’s presidential primary last month.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Formella announced that he had identified Life Corporation and its owner, Walter Monk, as the source behind the thousands of calls and that his office issued a cease-and-desist letter to the company and had opened a criminal investigation into the matter. The Federal Communications Commission sent its own cease-and-desist letters to Life Corporation, as well as another Texas company, Lingo Telecom, the alleged voice service provider of the calls.

“Ensuring public confidence in the electoral process is vital,” Formella said at the Tuesday press conference. “We're providing this update and information today to assure the public that we take this seriously and that this is one of our most important priorities. We are also providing this update and information to send a strong message of deterrence to any person or entity who would attempt to undermine our elections through AI or other means.”

Formella said that anywhere from 5,000 to 25,000 of these robocalls were placed ahead of the New Hampshire primary that mimicked Biden and discouraged voters from voting. “Your vote makes a difference in November, not this Tuesday,” the robocall said.

In January, WIRED reported that two teams of researchers had determined that the call was created with voice-cloning software from the AI startup Eleven Labs. The company declined to take responsibility for the Biden clone, telling WIRED that it was “dedicated to preventing the misuse of audio AI tools.”

Last week, the FCC put out a new proposal to ban robocalls that use AI-generated voices by updating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a 1991 law that regulates telemarketers. The FCC has used the TCPA in the past to go after junk callers, including conservative activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman. In 2021, the FCC fined the pair more than $5 million for violating the law after they placed calls threatening to release the personal information of voters if they voted by mail in the 2020 election.

“Consumers deserve to know that the person on the other end of the line is exactly who they claim to be,” FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement on Tuesday.

[machine-crush-hazard]

sayerhale smut

SAYER crafts an experiment as a thinly veiled excuse to get Hale to suck strap on shift

Personal Interest 2.8k words

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You were not necessarily expecting the materials that were on your table when you arrived at work that day. You knew what these things were usually used for. At least you were pretty sure of their near exclusive use if the videos were to be believed.

”Today’s experiment will be testing your gag reflex. There are certain scenarios in which reducing it as much as possible would be more efficient when administering medication or even with some technologies that would otherwise require invasive surgery to implant. The hope is to gauge a fairly average gag reflex, and try to reduce it through practice. For lack of better phrasing, today Resident Hale, you will be choking on a number of the objects in front of you for data collection.”

You couldn’t do this here. You couldn’t be made to do this here, right?

”Based on your recent data pad usage I feel it safe to assume you know how a ring gag would be worn?”

You tried not to flush when it mentioned your data pad usage. Like this hadn’t been bad enough.

Your eyes cut to the person sharing a workbench with you. Her experiment looked like one of the topical application trials.

“If your hesitance lies in the probability of you producing a socially unacceptable degree of saliva, I would suggest setting those concerns aside for the time being. Based on initial inferences, this experiment will be messy, but ultimately no more noteworthy than any other of the dozens of experiments of their own your fellow residents have to run.”

Sighing and averting your eyes from her you reached for the gag and opened your mouth. You settled the strap between your teeth and toyed for a moment with the best way to buckle it to keep it firmly in place.

The ring gag stretched your jaw ever so slightly beyond the comfortable. You didn’t dare turn to see if the woman to your left was paying you any mind.

“This particular piece of equipment serves a different purpose than what you may have seen from similar looking items before. Its purpose is far more relevant to our goals today. The metal ring contains sensors for an advanced imaging software to record and create models of the way your throat accommodates the various intrusions based on length and circumference.”

“I’m sure we can both agree that the design team certainly could have chosen an alternate design for this device, but I’m afraid they insisted this was the ideal configuration. Believe me, HR has been placing bets on how long this remains in circulation.”

“Let us view this as a learning opportunity in all respects then. Both scientifically and socially. I will consider this to be a part of my continued report on resident feeling toward the sensor design and you may consider it a good opportunity for more personal growth.

“You have little memory of your previous life. You could take this time to consider if your actual interests are aligned with what your curiosity would dictate. The imagined idea can be very different indeed from the reality of these things.”

Great. Good. You watch a couple videos and next thing you know SAYER is suggesting you use a choking experiment as an opportunity to decide if you will enjoy sucking dick. You had thought the testing you were involved with might be less actively embarrassing after your return, but what did you know?

“Let’s begin with an object with more immediate flexibility. Slide your middle and index finger across your tongue and push them as deep into your throat as you can.”

Your stomach did a somersault at the order. You shifted your weight in your seat and immediately saw that for the mistake it was when you felt the slight shot of heat from the movement. This didn’t seem fair. SAYER’s voice was distracting at the tamest of times. Now you were meant to do this like it was the most casual thing in the world around a lab full of other researchers.

You did as instructed. Of course you did.

You felt your own throat spasm around your fingers.

“Excellent, that should be sufficient width for initial calibration of the sensor. Tell me resident, are you prepared to continue? Make one sound for yes, and two if you feel imminently in danger of passing out due to lack of oxygen. And please try not to pass out before you succeed at making both noises, it would really muddie the waters considering your already hindered ability to communicate.”

A wordless noise left you, you looked over at your bench mate and accidentally caught her eye. You were drooling down your chin as you withdrew your fingers, looking upward for further steps.

“I did not instruct you to remove your fingers yet, resident. We will have to begin calibration again. Let this stand as a lesson to wait for direction.”

You groaned. High and pathetic. It was a sound that under different circumstances would have been a barely voiced hum of displeasure, but with your mouth open like this it came out distinct and audible.

Your face flushed hot and dutifully you took your fingers into your mouth again waiting for the woman to your left to look away. You tried not to think of how this looked from the outside and tried harder not to notice how the humiliation of that thought had you pressing your legs together discreetly under the table.

You remained very still, allowing the sensor to calibrate and waiting for SAYER to indicate you were finished.

“Good. You may now remove your fingers,” It said after a long forty five seconds by the clock on the wall.

You did. You also ignored the way SAYER said ‘good’ because you knew with absolute certainty that you were warping the tone of that mentally.

“Now with proper calibration we may move on to the first of the three objects. Pick up the one furthest to the left and slide it into your mouth on as deep as is comfortable.”

It was wider than one of your fingers, about six? seven? inches of black silicone with a rounded tip. The base flared in a way that wouldn't allow it to slide past the gag. It was a dildo, a narrow one without any flourishes, but that was what it was.

You did as asked, shoulders relaxing easily as you were allow to no longer sit with your mouth hanging open. You left an inch or two out of your mouth.

“Ah. I apologize for my earlier insinuations, resident. Evidently you have plenty of experience in this field before your complete unrecoverable amnesia. If this is indeed to your comfort level as instructed you seem to be performing outside of the expected range.”

You felt equally compelled to shift your hips again and to simply melt into the floor in embarrassment if you could manage it.

Had you done this? Enough to be practiced at it? Had you knelt in front of some person and let them slide their dick or strap into your mouth while you knelt at their feet drooling?

And now here you were in the middle of the lab taking instruction from SAYER on how to do this. It said you were better at this than the others, that you took more.

“Now, slide it as deep as you can without gagging. If you need to go slowly or withdraw and readjust the angle that is acceptable. You will snap your fingers when you feel satisfied you have taken as much as you feel you would be able to.”

Riding the high of the moment you steadily began sliding it deeper into your mouth. You choked for a second and had to let yourself relax into the feeling, breathing deeply through your nose. On the next press you got the base pressed flush against the ring and snapped your fingers triumphantly as you resisted the urge to withdraw.

“Fascinating. Do you feel capable of doing the same with the next size up?”

You made one noise. The woman to your left seemed to have completed her experiment and was frequently glancing in your direction as she slowly gathered her things. Her face was flushed. She soon made for the exit, freeing you both from this.

“Good. You may remove the current instrument and complete the same series of steps with the next.”

The next was the same length but decidedly wider. The weight of it on your tongue was nice. A giddy shiver passed through you as you slid it across your tongue and let it settle in your throat as far as was immediately pleasant. Then exhaling slowly you slid it the rest of the way without much effort. Your jaw hurt being propped open as it was, but the pain fizzed through your body as a sharp noise let you, your throat failing for a moment to relax at the intrusion before you consciously forced the muscles to comply.

“I see, remain there a moment.” Seconds passed, “You may remove it.”

You did, drinking in a bit of a gasp, and awkwardly setting it on the table, you were panting and it was far too obvious with your mouth open.

“Resident, we seem to have come upon an unexpected consequence and I must apologize for any perceived wordplay in that statement. You are, most assuredly, too sexually aroused for us to disregard at this stage. My brief silence a moment ago was to allow the head researcher on this project to come to a decision on procedure going forward.”

“I am forced to admit that while you are experiencing these effects they seem, if anything, to improve your performance in this regard. I propose a new addition to this particular experimental trial. We will from here be testing just how effective this motivation can be.”

“This portion of the lab is currently unused, if not uninhabited. You may unzip your uniform, and I will ask you to slide your dominant hand into the lower half of you suit and below your undergarments.”

You blinked a few times, lifting your hand to where the zipper sat at your neck. You stopped thinking. This was insane, right? This was- Were you hallucinating again? It had never been words before…

“Resident, you were given a direction. You are expected to follow it in a timely manner or to communicate why you are incapable. I told you to unzip your uniform and to prepare to stimulate yourself with your dominant hand.”

You, feeling dizzy, scrambled quickly to do as it said. Your uniform forced your hand to rest over yourself, the hot wet skin against the fingers that had been in your mouth moments before.

“Your compliance, though hesitant, has been noted by the head researcher.”

“Let’s focus for a moment on you touching yourself. Begin, slowly.”

Chills traveled through you and a soft helpless sigh escaped you. Oh, it was going to guide you through this?

You dipped your fingertips toward your hole briefly and brought the wetness up to circle your fingers slowly on your dick. You spread your legs wider to allow space. Someone passed by your workstation and didn’t so much as glance at you.

“Good. Now, Resident Hale, as I feel I would not negatively impact your continued performance in this experiment, it may interest you to know that the head researcher on this project is me.”

You made a soft noise, trying to not speed up your movements despite the temptation.

SAYER called for this experiment, it assigned you specifically, why?

“I thought such an experiment might suit you well, and perhaps be of a more personal interest to me as well if you were the subject.”

What?

You made a noise now, it was supposed to be a question but all that came out was a trembling moan.

“Pick up the implement the next size up, Resident Hale. Put only the first inch into your mouth.”

You hesitated.

”An estimate will be fine.”

You picked it up, it narrowly fit through the gag at all. You let the rounded tip sit in your mouth as instructed. The weight of it making you want more. You pressed your tongue upward against the cool silicon, your hand instinctively speeding up, rubbing your dick harder, faster.

“Resident you were not told to move faster. You will slow down or you will have to stop entirely.”

You forced yourself to fully stop for a moment, catching you breath, taking a moment to get a fucking grip. Then you began again, agonizingly slow.

“Maintain that until otherwise instructed. I am well aware of how much strain your body is capable of handling. I will not push you too far, Resident Hale. I am capable of regulating you without your input.”

Fuck.

It was playing with you. It alluding to its time in your body, its time piloting your hands and breath, made you ache for a closeness. How would this feel knowing it was fluttering through your blood, able to tweak the functions of your brain and body at a thought.

“Insert the equipment into your mouth as deep as it will go and immediately withdraw it to its current depth.”

You were hot all over, squirming as you continued to follow directions. You fucked it into your throat once, returning to your position panting.

“Again.”

Your fingers stuttered in their motion. You followed directions, choking for a moment and returning.

God you needed more, needed to move faster, needed it further down your throat.

People were moving around you, the shift was over a couple minutes ago so people were slowly making for the door. Most didn't pass your way, or pay you any notice, but the occasional half-suspicious glance.

“Are you enjoying this, Resident Hale? Is it the public nature of the experiment of something else?”

The extra eyes on you did make you squirm to an extent, but the attention that had you feeling like you were about to melt wasn’t theirs.

You made two noises.

“Considering you do not seem to be panicking I will take this instance of that sound to indicate denial rather than an active danger to your respriatory function. Is that correct?”

You made a noise.

“I am pleased to hear it.” It was… amused? Was it actually pleased?

You were fairly certain you were losing your mind. You held yourself together until you saw the last of them leave, then let out a broken pleading noise, eyes stinging.

“You may move faster now,” SAYER agreed, “but only when a condition is met.”

You waited, hanging onto each syllable.

“If the base of the implement in your hand is flush with the sensor you may move at your preferred pace. I expect you to not attempt to reach completion without this same condition fulfilled.”

Was? Was that?

You made a small questioning noise.

Its tone was one part condescension, and two parts patient indulgence, “Yes, Resident Hale, that is permission to do so at your discretion.”

You flushed at its ability to understand you even like this, but you didn’t waste time.

You slid it into your throat as deep as it could go and let out a deep groan as you started moving your hand faster. Your fingertips slid quickly over slick skin.

“You’ve always been so diligent in following orders, Sven. I wonder how long it would take you if I removed the decision from your hands, if I ordered you to tip over the edge.”

It had never dropped your title before. And its lack of formality, its praise, choking on something for it, sent you hurtling into the direction it was suggesting already. You could hardly remember to breathe as you frantically pursued your orgasm.

“I suppose there is room for one more variety of test before I release you from your shift. Very well, Sven, you will finish now, and you will not remove the item obstructing your airway until you have, so I highly suggest you hurry.”

Your senses had narrowed to touch and the strange not quite noise that was SAYER’s voice in your mind, and within seconds you fell over the edge, your legs scrambling for purchase as your hips pressed upward desperately. An agonized noise tearing out of your mouth despite its occupation.

You felt dizzy and weak as you pulled it out of your mouth and set it on the table. Your throat hurt.

“Good work, Resident. You may remove the sensor. We’ll have to continue tests in this vein in a less formal capacity. I believe the results would be of personal interest to me.”

It wanted to do this again? Personal Interest?

Your trembling fingers worked to find the buckle and remove the gag. You sighed with relief as you eased your jaw shut gingerly.

You nodded, looking down, bashfully.

“I’d like that,” You replied quietly, face hot, and zipped up your uniform, not quite sure where you ought to go to clean up.

But as usual, no sooner had the thought occurred to you than SAYER was speaking up to direct you to the area where you could go to sanitize your equipment, its tone seeming,oddly more patient than usual.

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Fashion Designing Institutes in Hyderabad: Blending Heritage with Modern Creativity

Hyderabad is more than just a city of IT parks and ancient monuments — it's a growing fashion destination blending centuries-old textile traditions with cutting-edge design education. In recent years, students from across India have started flocking to fashion designing institutes in Hyderabad to turn their passion into a professional path.

With a creative-friendly atmosphere, access to rich artisan networks, and modern academic facilities, Hyderabad is quietly becoming the go-to place for fashion aspirants. If you're thinking of stepping into the world of fashion, here’s why the institutes here are worth considering.

The Cultural Edge: Hyderabad’s Textile and Craft Heritage

One of the standout advantages of studying fashion in Hyderabad is access to traditional Indian art forms that are still alive and thriving.

Pochampally Ikat, Kalamkari, Narayanpet weaves, and Muga silk from surrounding regions inspire students to blend heritage with modernity.

Institutes often arrange artisan visits, textile trails, and dyeing workshops, which enrich classroom learning with ground-level insight.

These experiences make students culturally aware and help them design collections rooted in Indian identity, with global appeal.

Modern Infrastructure & Global Curriculum

Hyderabad’s fashion design schools are known for their advanced infrastructure, including:

Fully equipped design studios and labs

CAD software for 2D & 3D garment design

In-house textile printing and embroidery units

Libraries with fashion magazines, trend reports, and design journals

Photography and styling labs for editorial shoots

The curriculum is often benchmarked against international standards, combining traditional modules like garment construction and illustration with emerging areas like:

Fashion Forecasting & Trend Analysis

Sustainable Design Practices

Fashion Business & Entrepreneurship

Augmented Reality in Fashion

E-Commerce & Online Fashion Marketing

Learning Beyond the Classroom

Top fashion designing institutes in Hyderabad go the extra mile to provide holistic learning experiences. Students actively participate in:

Annual Fashion Shows and Design Exhibitions

Style & Branding Workshops by industry experts

Internships with fashion houses, boutiques, and stylists

Student exchange programs with design institutes abroad

Fashion film-making and digital storytelling competitions

These activities help develop soft skills like teamwork, leadership, and creative direction — essential for working in the real world.

Courses Offered by Fashion Designing Institutes in Hyderabad

Whether you're a beginner or looking to specialize, fashion design colleges in Hyderabad offer a variety of programs:

🔹 Certificate Programs (3–6 Months)

Ideal for skill enhancement or testing interest in the field.

🔹 Diploma & Advanced Diploma (1–2 Years)

Perfect for those wanting hands-on skills with quicker industry entry.

🔹 Bachelor’s Degree in Fashion Design (3–4 Years)

Comprehensive academic route with deeper design thinking, internship, and portfolio development.

🔹 Postgraduate Programs (1–2 Years)

Focused training in design innovation, fashion marketing, or merchandising.

Each course type balances creativity, technical skill, and business understanding, preparing students for a fast-paced, competitive industry.

Career Prospects After Completing Fashion Designing in Hyderabad

With the growing fashion scene in Hyderabad and across India, graduates from design schools can pursue careers such as:

Fashion Designer (Apparel, Accessories, Sustainable)

Textile or Surface Designer

Fashion Illustrator or CAD Designer

Retail Buyer or Merchandiser

Fashion Stylist or Visual Merchandiser

Costume Designer for films and TV

Fashion Content Creator or Blogger

Entrepreneur or Boutique Owner

Hyderabad also gives students the advantage of working in Tollywood, e-commerce startups, and independent fashion brands.

What to Look For in a Fashion Institute

Before enrolling, make sure the fashion designing institute you choose in Hyderabad has:

✅ UGC or university affiliation (for degree programs) ✅ Industry-experienced faculty ✅ Strong alumni network and placement record ✅ Access to labs, studios, and digital tools ✅ Focus on both Indian and global fashion perspectives

Also, explore student testimonials, sample portfolios, and past fashion shows to understand the creative output of each institute.