#spy on android 11

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Reverse engineers bust sleazy gig work platform

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/23/hack-the-class-war/#robo-boss

A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE

THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION

Supposedly, these lines were included in a 1979 internal presentation at IBM; screenshots of them routinely go viral:

https://twitter.com/SwiftOnSecurity/status/1385565737167724545?lang=en

The reason for their newfound popularity is obvious: the rise and rise of algorithmic management tools, in which your boss is an app. That IBM slide is right: turning an app into your boss allows your actual boss to create an "accountability sink" in which there is no obvious way to blame a human or even a company for your maltreatment:

https://profilebooks.com/work/the-unaccountability-machine/

App-based management-by-bossware treats the bug identified by the unknown author of that IBM slide into a feature. When an app is your boss, it can force you to scab:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/30/computer-says-scab/#instawork

Or it can steal your wages:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/12/algorithmic-wage-discrimination/#fishers-of-men

But tech giveth and tech taketh away. Digital technology is infinitely flexible: the program that spies on you can be defeated by another program that defeats spying. Every time your algorithmic boss hacks you, you can hack your boss back:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/02/not-what-it-does/#who-it-does-it-to

Technologists and labor organizers need one another. Even the most precarious and abused workers can team up with hackers to disenshittify their robo-bosses:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/07/08/tuyul-apps/#gojek

For every abuse technology brings to the workplace, there is a liberating use of technology that workers unleash by seizing the means of computation:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/13/solidarity-forever/#tech-unions

One tech-savvy group on the cutting edge of dismantling the Torment Nexus is Algorithms Exposed, a tiny, scrappy group of EU hacker/academics who recruit volunteers to reverse engineer and modify the algorithms that rule our lives as workers and as customers:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/12/10/e2e/#the-censors-pen

Algorithms Exposed have an admirable supply of seemingly boundless energy. Every time I check in with them, I learn that they've spun out yet another special-purpose subgroup. Today, I learned about Reversing Works, a hacking team that reverse engineers gig work apps, revealing corporate wrongdoing that leads to multimillion euro fines for especially sleazy companies.

One such company is Foodinho, an Italian subsidiary of the Spanish food delivery company Glovo. Foodinho/Glovo has been in the crosshairs of Italian labor enforcers since before the pandemic, racking up millions in fines – first for failing to file the proper privacy paperwork disclosing the nature of the data processing in the app that Foodinho riders use to book jobs. Then, after the Italian data commission investigated Foodinho, the company attracted new, much larger fines for its out-of-control surveillance conduct.

As all of this was underway, Reversing Works was conducting its own research into Glovo/Foodinho's app, running it on a simulated Android handset inside a PC so they could peer into app's data collection and processing. They discovered a nightmarish world of pervasive, illegal worker surveillance, and published their findings a year ago in November, 2023:

https://www.etui.org/sites/default/files/2023-10/Exercising%20workers%20rights%20in%20algorithmic%20management%20systems_Lessons%20learned%20from%20the%20Glovo-Foodinho%20digital%20labour%20platform%20case_2023.pdf

That report reveals all kinds of extremely illegal behavior. Glovo/Foodinho makes its riders' data accessible across national borders, so Glovo managers outside of Italy can access fine-grained surveillance information and sensitive personal information – a major data protection no-no.

Worse, Glovo's app embeds trackers from a huge number of other tech platforms (for chat, analytics, and more), making it impossible for the company to account for all the ways that its riders' data is collected – again, a requirement under Italian and EU data protection law.

All this data collection continues even when riders have clocked out for the day – its as though your boss followed you home after quitting time and spied on you.

The research also revealed evidence of a secretive worker scoring system that ranked workers based on undisclosed criteria and reserved the best jobs for workers with high scores. This kind of thing is pervasive in algorithmic management, from gig work to Youtube and Tiktok, where performers' videos are routinely suppressed because they crossed some undisclosed line. When an app is your boss, your every paycheck is docked because you violated a policy you're not allowed to know about, because if you knew why your boss was giving you shitty jobs, or refusing to show the video you spent thousands of dollars making to the subscribers who asked to see it, then maybe you could figure out how to keep your boss from detecting your rulebreaking next time.

All this data-collection and processing is bad enough, but what makes it all a thousand times worse is Glovo's data retention policy – they're storing this data on their workers for four years after the worker leaves their employ. That means that mountains of sensitive, potentially ruinous data on gig workers is just lying around, waiting to be stolen by the next hacker that breaks into the company's servers.

Reversing Works's report made quite a splash. A year after its publication, the Italian data protection agency fined Glovo another 5 million euros and ordered them to cut this shit out:

https://reversing.works/posts/2024/11/press-release-reversing.works-investigation-exposes-glovos-data-privacy-violations-marking-a-milestone-for-worker-rights-and-technology-accountability/

As the report points out, Italy is extremely well set up to defend workers' rights from this kind of bossware abuse. Not only do Italian enforcers have all the privacy tools created by the GDPR, the EU's flagship privacy regulation – they also have the benefit of Italy's 1970 Workers' Statute. The Workers Statute is a visionary piece of legislation that protects workers from automated management practices. Combined with later privacy regulation, it gave Italy's data regulators sweeping powers to defend Italian workers, like Glovo's riders.

Italy is also a leader in recognizing gig workers as de facto employees, despite the tissue-thin pretense that adding an app to your employment means that you aren't entitled to any labor protections. In the case of Glovo, the fine-grained surveillance and reputation scoring were deemed proof that Glovo was employer to its riders.

Reversing Works' report is a fascinating read, especially the sections detailing how the researchers recruited a Glovo rider who allowed them to log in to Glovo's platform on their account.

As Reversing Works points out, this bottom-up approach – where apps are subjected to technical analysis – has real potential for labor organizations seeking to protect workers. Their report established multiple grounds on which a union could seek to hold an abusive employer to account.

But this bottom-up approach also holds out the potential for developing direct-action tools that let workers flex their power, by modifying apps, or coordinating their actions to wring concessions out of their bosses.

After all, the whole reason for the gig economy is to slash wage-bills, by transforming workers into contractors, and by eliminating managers in favor of algorithms. This leaves companies extremely vulnerable, because when workers come together to exercise power, their employer can't rely on middle managers to pressure workers, deal with irate customers, or step in to fill the gap themselves:

https://projects.itforchange.net/state-of-big-tech/changing-dynamics-of-labor-and-capital/

Only by seizing the means of computation, workers and organized labor can turn the tables on bossware – both by directly altering the conditions of their employment, and by producing the evidence and tools that regulators can use to force employers to make those alterations permanent.

Image: EFF (modified) https://www.eff.org/files/issues/eu-flag-11_1.png

CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/

[rpking99]

NEW MUSE UPDATE

As I enjoy my break, it is time to finally get around to adding some new girls! Been a while, huh? Haha!

Now... let's kick it!

NEW GIRLS ADDED

COMICS

Bryce Wayne, The Bat- DC

Starting off we have a genderswaped version of Bruce Wayne, the Batman, from Earth-11.

Introducing: Bryce Wayne, the Bat. Playing the part of a genius CEO, single mother of six and party girl all at once as she works to protect Gotham and keep the streets clean!

Regina 'Gina' Grayson, Nightwing- DC

Another genderswap from Earth-11, the Genderswap world gives us a female version of Richard 'Dick' Grayson!

Still using the name Nightwing, Gina is as fun loving and cocky as ever. As quick witted, clever and such a skilled leader and acrobat.

CARTOONS

Morticia Addams- Addams Family

Mother of Wednesday, she is as hot as she is mysterious and ookie.

ShellyWave- Transformers Kotobokiya

The ever logical and serious member of the DCDC, Shelly is behind the budget of the group and other clubs of the school. Able to take over when Megatronia is busy, be careful trying to face her black and white view point. A scientist who is an expert with biology

SophieWave- Transformers Kotobokiya

Sophie is the most loyal of the entire DCDC, with a not-so-secret crush on their leader. Sophia is very clever with computer and has made herself mechanical 'babies' in her robot companions (Ravage, Laser Beak, Frenzy & Rumble) to assist her in her work for the DCDC. Many refer to her as a 'spy' as she looks for those who may cause problems for the school

ANIME

Sylvia Sherwood, the Handler- SpyXFamily

She is the commanding officer of WISE within Ostania, and Agent Twilight's main contact for Operation Strix. Ooften over worked and stressed over the budget of the misssion, as well as worried about the eventual war that could break out if the mission was to fail.

(Side note, thanks to @the-blackbird-roleplays for assisting me in creating the following AU)

Ryuko Kiriyuin- Kill La Kill AU

Face claim is Junketsu Ryuko. From an alternate universe where she and Satsuki swapped roles, their father taking Satsuki and sabotaging Ryago's data

Ryuko Kiryuin shares a good few traits wish canon Ryuko Matoi. Being hot headed, a bit arrogant and aggressive. But pushed to the max. You can describe Satsuki Kiryuin as the Iron Queen, Ryuko Kiryuin is the Volcanic Empress.

A 'might makes right' attitude to the public, pushing everyone to be stronger. Making herself public enamy number one… And the one number one all at once. Trying to make everyone stronger to battle her mother. Going with a warrior mentality rather than that of a general. Making everyone ready to fight rather than inspiring any form of unity

She's literally a one woman army against what will come, training others without them even knowing they are being trained, to save the world and stop her monster of a mother. Because of that... she is alone. No Elite Four, no support or friends. Just her mother.... and her one friend.

Even in this world, Mako found Ryuko and became her friend. Her one support. Mako's love the only thing giving Ryuko hope and keeping her from falling into despair and pleasure as her mothers tool

Satsuki Matoi- Kill La Kill AU

Satsuki Matoi is the rallying force of the world. The rebel who united the school against her sister, not knowing the plan and not even knowing they are sisters. Having arrived at the school to seek the murderer of her father but seeing liberating the school to be more important than her personal desires.

She is from the country, and so while she tries to speak like a heroic knight... she lets crass profanity and weird sayings slip out in the middle of a speech of epic proportions

GAMES

YORhA Unit 10H- NiER Automata/NiER Reincarnation

A Healing Unit with the Type 10 personality and apperance. A sweet, kind and cheerful Android.

Catherine- Catherine

A succubus from the game of the same name. Working to taunt the souls of wicked men, so they either fall into hell or repent and become better men.

Nico- Devil May Cry

A genius when it comes to the art of turning demon parts into anti-demon weapons. The granddaughter of the woman who created Dante's famous guns, Ebony & Ivory, as well as the daughter of a certain scientist villain from DMC4 who did improve opera against Dante. She is crass, with no filter in her voice, but an excited joy of a person that gives no fucks.

MISC

Sana Tsukumo- V-Tuber

Sana is the oldest of the Council, the first made by the gods. 13,800,000,000 years old to be exact. A gentle, kind, being. She needs the limiter atop her head to stay at a decent/normal size that wouldn’t destroy the planet… that happened once. Luckily Fauna could fix it. A fantastic artist, she is fascinated by the world around her. 

Raora Panthera- V-Tuber

Raora Panthera, the big cat. The artist with the Gods Eye. A skilled artist with a cheerful mind and an addiction to crane games. Loves ladies, and is very energetic and focused. She loves a cute blue cat mascot called Chatini.

Cecilia Immergreen- V-Tuber

Cecilia is an ancient automaton, created to be a maid.But she wished to be more. So much more. Shut down, she was eventually found by Liz and made to be part of justice. She has a habit of… interests. With a life she jumps from one hobby to another, diving right in��� and forgetting about it. She can not drive. Her violin can turn into a lance. She is a little unhinged

Gigi Murin- V-Tuber

Gigi classifies her race/species, officially, as Gremlin. She is a force of nature who can also be distracted by a barking dog, getting into a barking contest with it. Known as the Chaser, she is the rush down member of the group meant to catch the crooks once the others have tracked them down and prepped the situation. Because of her massive metal gauntlets she insists on being called ‘The Fister!’

[jazzmckay]

20 Questions for Fic Writers!

tagged by @broodwoof :> i think ive done this one before but my memory is bad enough that i dont remember my own answers and they might be different because ive posted a lot lately so. here we go

not sure who all has already done this... if you're a writer seeing this and you havent done it yet, do it and tag me 😂

1) How many works do you have on AO3?

116

2) What’s your total AO3 word count?

1,010,049 babeyyy

3) What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Truth in Melody (geralt/jaskier) - 1,534 - my contribution to the famous accidental warlord geralt au, with jaskier as a redanian spy in his midst

The World Upside Down (gen) - 1,367 - my first detroit: become human fic, the beginning of a found family saga

Variable Outcome (gen/connor & gavin) - 910 - one of the many, many d:bh Evidence Room Canon Divergence fics out there

left an impression on my heart (scott/stiles) - 869 - one of the teen wolf old guard fics still clinging to relevancy... 😂

Winter Chill and Summer Bloom (connor/gavin) - 732 - one of my dbh magnum opuses, as far as im concerned

4) What fandoms do you write for?

right now, dragon age. in the past? well.

the walking dead should have its own folder but for some reason during that era i wrote exclusively on gdocs idk. the "other" folder contains l4d2, shameless, shadowhunters, sense8, and borderlands.

5) Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

yep, comments mean a lot to me so i always take the time to reply. if i don't, it's probably because the person said something that made me uncomfortable which has unfortunately happened a couple times lol.... just "oversharing with a stranger" kind of things

6) What’s the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

i have 2 that are basically the same level of hurt/no comfort

Fair Compensation (rk900/perkins) - failed android revolution, perkins being a scumbag

Scoured (anders/hawke) - inquisitor anders is made tranquil

7) What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

im not really sure how to quantify this. im just gonna say this one thats all very light and happy and sweet all the way through. i give even my darkest whump a happy ending, generally, but this one seems like among the most overall fluffy?

Irresistible Gravity (connor/gavin) - 5+1 fic, they keep running into each other in unexpected places as connor figures himself out post-revolution

8) Do you get hate on fics?

i have gotten unsolicited crit before. just deleted it

9) Do you write smut?

yep and i wish i could write more. unfortunately, i struggle

10) Do you write crossovers?

depends on your definition of crossover. i don't think ive written any "the characters from both verses get smooshed into one" before, but ive written "characters from x verse transported into y verse".

11) Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that im aware of

12) Have you ever had a fic translated?

yea! one all the way back on fanfic.net lol.... it was a twilight fic. we dont need to talk about it. but more recently:

Wellspring (cole & vivienne) - based on the banter where cole tells vivienne that if templars come for her, he'll kill them. it was translated into russian!

13) Have you ever cowritten a fic before?

yep, loooong time ago, when i was participating in homestuck shipping events where we got on teams for a ship. shout out to the catchat 🐈

since, ive talked about co-writing a couple times but we never made it anywhere lmao

14) What’s your all-time favorite ship?

this is the worst question in existence how very dare you. i wonder what i said last time. i wonder if it was corvo attano/daud from dishonored. i feel like i probably did say them

15) What’s the WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

i still want to finish ALL my wips. if i had infinite time and spoons, id still finish everything unless ive changed too much since then, which basically just means stuff that goes all the way back to the teenage years, or if the source has been soured for me too much (hp, overwatch). im not sure which im least likely to finish tho... probably the longfic dbh au stuff

16) What are your writing strengths?

i don't know lol i often get comments on my characterization so probably that! i'd like to think i'm decent at pacing as well, particularly since i've spent a lot of time working on it

17) What are your writing weaknesses?

i struggle the most with fluff, smut and conclusions. i also don't have the spoons for long, complex plots anymore, if im honest, and that really sucks. i get easily overwhelmed when trying to piece it together. hopefully the energy comes back someday

18) Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in a fic?

there are times when its appropriate but i think it's something to be careful with. first of all: avoiding racist tropes. a character using other languages should have meaning or be realistic, imo, not be quirky or fetishizing. just need to make sure there's a real, grounded reason for it, that it makes sense. people who speak multiple languages irl have a lot to say about what its like.

and then you need to be careful about the clarity of the text. if there's too much and the readers don't understand, it's going to be confusing. don't lock important context behind a language barrier. don't risk frustrating a person into giving up on the story because they cant keep up. and no, putting translations in the notes is not always enough, if it means the reader has to constantly stop reading to check the notes, losing their place or the flow of the scene

19) First fandom you wrote for?

gonna be real with yall. if you count hand-written things that never made it into fandom spaces and werent even written with the understanding that it was fanfic......... angry beavers. yah, the cartoon about the beaver brothers. yes

if we're talking actual intentional fandom activity that made it to the internet, that would be harry potter.

20) Favorite fic you’ve ever written?

the previously mentioned winter chill and summer bloom is certainly up there. i think ill also say my dbh vampire au series:

Vampire AU (a.k.a. gay vampire/hunter shenanigans)

i'm also very fond of my two fics named after lyrics from blackbird by the beatles

into the light of the dark black night (gen) - dbh post-bomb ending fic

take these broken wings and learn to fly (kara/north) - whumpy soulmate au femslash lets go

[yutopia-eleftheria]

Inktober 2024 Part 2

Day 7 to 13

Note : Since the original Prompt List didn't gave me inspiration (and I actually don't like it either so it doesn't help at all), I decided to do the Prompt List created by @van.neu on Instagram, which ionspired me a lot more.

Here is her Prompt List :

RULES ! (I gave it to myself to add more "punch" and "difficulty") :

No duplicates in terms of Universes (with the only exception being the 2 Eternals drawings, because in alphabetical order, the 2 following for October are from the same Universe).

15 Classic Drawings

15 Minimalist Drawings

Day 16 (that is right in the middle, in that case, "Train", will be a combination of both : half classic, half minimalist).

Extra note : I wasn't able to finish the Eternals drawing (which is Day 9), because I suffered a terrible headache. You will be able to see it only in the Eternals Drawings post. But I will post the Sketch here so you can see the "process", or you can try to guess the character too... (Well at least try to guess before seeing the answer xD !). My apologies for that...

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Day 7 : Protect

Note : This was supposed to be a more serious drawing, but I suddenly thought about that one Meme and decided to just do it.

Style : Classic (3/15)

Universe : Five Nights At Freddy's Witness (Fan Game)

Characters : Drawkill Foxy (Left) (in my Reborn AU) / Weaver Bonnie (Center) (in my Reborn AU ; also Female in my AU) / Crying Child (Right) (which is a girl in this Fan Game)

Time Taken : 2 Hours and 35 Minutes

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Day 8 : Nut

Note : Nadeshiko.exe has cessed to work.

Style : Classic (4/15)

Universe : Does an Android Count as First Experience ? / Does it Count Losing your Virginity to an Android ?

Character : Nadeshiko

Time Taken : 1 Hour and 22 Minutes

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Day 9 : Build

Note : The one I could not finish because of that terrible headache... But I still give you the Sketch (That I actually like tbh).

Style : Classic (5/15)

Universe : Pokémon Violet

Character : Iron Boulder (in my AU)

Time Taken (for the Sketch) :

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Day 10 : Shell

Style : Minimalist (5/15)

Universe : Ghost in the Shell

Character : Motoko Kusanagi

Time Taken : 13 Minutes

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Day 11 : Sofa

Note : This was supposed to be a Digital Drawing, but I ended up doing a Minimalist Drawing because otherwise I wouldn't have the time to finish it, which means that one drawing will be swapped for a Classic one.

Style : Minimalist (6/15)

Universe : My Little Pony

Characters : Pinkamena Diane "Pinkie" Pie (Far Left) / Rainbow Dash (Center, Laying Down) / AppleJack (Back, Left) / Rarity (Center) / Fluttershy (Back, Right) / Twilight Sparkle (Right)

Time Taken : 1 Hour and 58 Minutes

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Day 12 : Gift

Style : Minimalist (7/15)

Universe : Spy X Family

Characters : Anya Forger (Left) / Yor Forger (Right)

Time Taken : 28 Minutes

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Day 13 : Lazy

Style : Minimalist (8/15)

Universe : Juuni Taisen ; Zodiac War

Character : Tsugiyoshi "Nezumi" Sumino

Time Taken : 26 Minutes

[yeeters-muse-archive]

Muse Bio’s

Incomplete Tags

research pending: haven’t gotten to reseaching the character to do them justice in asks or rps

denial of research: In some way or another such as overwhelming amounts of research needed, I can refuse to do research and try and do asks with them the best I can. Just don’t ask about anything in terms of their world.

reference image: basically what it says on the tin. I normally try finding ones that have the character fat, but not with ones with this tag on them

reaction images: This only has happened to two of my OC muses. This is due to them being very gimmicky in nature. It’s because of this that I have to refrain from using them.

List is shown below. Have fun! ^v^

Original cast:

Kasandra, from Xenoblade Chronicles 2= Incomplete (reference image)

Fuyumi Todoroki, from My Hero Academia = Here

Bea, from Pokemon Sword and Shield = Here

Melony, from Pokemon Sword and Shield = Here

Zinnia, from Pokemon ORAS = Incomplete (research pending)

Mannequin, an OC = Here

Yugaami, an OC = Here

Elma, from Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid = Here

Modeus, from Helltaker = Here

Muse Recruitment 1

Samus Aran, from Metroid = Here

Nessa, from Pokemon Sword and Shield = Here

Tifa Lockhart, from FFVII = Here

Cynthia, from Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl = Here

Yu Takeyama (Mount Lady,) from My Hero Academia = Here

Rumi Usagiyama (Miruko,) from My Hero Academia = Here

Muse Recruitment: Males

Lavernius Tucker, from Red vs Blue = Here

Kyojuro Rengoku, from Demon Slayer = Here

The Scout, from TF2 = Here

Astolfo = Incomplete (denial of research)

Milo, from Pokemon Sword and Shield = Here

Shulk, from Xenoblade Chronicles = Here

Muse Recruitment: Furries

Isabelle, from Animal Crossing = Here

The Cheetah, from the DC Animated Universe = Here

Lola Bunny, from Loony Tunes = Here

Vanilla the Rabbit, from Sonic the Hedgehog = Here

Rouge the Bat, from Sonic the Hedgehog = Here

Margaret, from Regular Show by Cartoon Network = Incomplete (research pending)

Muse Recruitment: Original OCs

Gabriella Teho, an OC = Here

Avery Salazar, an OC = Incomplete (reaction images)

Trish⍺, an OC = Incomplete (reaction images)

Tristin Baker, an OC = Here

Ashlee Philips, an OC = Here

Retta ‘Whale’ Joshua = Here

Muse: Recruitment: Mun’s Choices

Mio, from Xenoblade Chronicles = Here

Steve Tholomule, from The Owl House = Incomplete (reference image, research pending)

Melissa Shield, from My Hero Academia = Here

Arezu, from Pokemon Legends Arceus = Here

Yor ‘Briar’ Forger, from Spy x Family = Here

Grusha, from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet = Here

Muse Recruitment: Villains

Monika, from Doki Doki Literature Club = Here

Jessie, from the Pokemon Anime = Here

Lust from Full Metal Alchemist / Brotherhood = Incomplete (research pending)

Android 21, from Dragon Ball Fighterz = Here

Lady Dimitrescu, from Resident Evil Village = Here

Charmcaster, from Ben 10 = Here

Muse Recruitment: Milfs

Sadayo Kawakami, from Persona 5 = Here

Rosalina, from Super Mario = Here

Chi-Chi, from Dragon Ball = Here

Nemuri Kayama (Midnight,) from My Hero Academia = Here

Akane ‘Sato’ Taylor, an OC = Here

Baiken, from Guilty Gear = Here

Muse Recruitment: Muscles

Bria Hancock, an OC = Here

Hilda Valentine Goneril, from Fire Emblem: Three Houses = Here

Mikasa Akerman, from Attack on Titan = Here

Nana Shimura, from My Hero Academia = Here

Hildryn, from Warframe = Here

Chun Li, from Street Fighter = Here

Muse Recruitment: Indie

Natsuki, from Doki Doki Literature Club = Here

The Dryad, from Terraria = Here

Neon Red, from Neon White = Here

Miriam, from Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night = Here

Julianne “Jill” Stingray from VA-11 Hall-A = Here

Abigail, from Stardew Valley = Here

Muse Recruitment: J/RPGs

Mesa, from Warframe = Here

Pyra, from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 = Here

Purah, from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom = Here

Mad Moxxi, from Boarderlands = Here

Hinako Kujou, from Devil Survivor 2 = Here

Sheena Fujibayashi, from Tales of Symphonia = Here

Muse Recruitment: Pokemon Trainers

Klara, from Pokemon The Isle of Armor = Here

Shelly, from Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire = Here

Drasna, from Pokemon X and Y = Here

Sonia, from Pokemon Sword and Shield = Here

Professor Sada, from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet = Here

Skyla, from Pokemon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 = Here

Muse Recruitment: Males Round 2

Shadow the Hedgehog, from Sonic the Hedgehog = Here

Juan Teho, an OC = Here

Noah, from Xenoblade Chronicles 3 = Here

Kakashi Hatake, from Naruto = Here

Raiden, from the Metal Gear Franchise = Incomplete (research pending)

Kratos, from the God of War Franchise = Here

Muse Recruitment: Super Smash Brothers

Shantae from the Shantae franchise = Here

“Cereza” Bayonetta from the Bayonetta franchise = Here

Wii Fit Trainer from the WiiFit series = Here

Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 = Here

Princess Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom = Here

Lady Palutena from the Kid Icarus franchise = Here

Muse Recruitment: Fighting Games

Morrigan Aensland from Darkstalkers = Here

Mai Shiranui from Fatal Fury = Incomplete (Research Pending)

Cammy White from Street Fighter = Here

Bridget from Guilty Gear = Here

Elphelt Valentine from Guilty Gear = Here

Mileena from Mortal Kombat (MK1 timeline) = Here

Special Reward Muses (Muses added for people who help me with problems I announce:)

Mitsuru Kirijo, from Persona 3 = Here

Kim Pine from Scott Pilgrim = Here

Lady Nagant from MHA = Here

Tae Takemi from Persona 5 = Here

Camilla from Fire Emblem Fates = Here

Alisa Ilinichina Amiella from God Eater = Here

Part 2 Here

[simping-for-kamski]

The Heist - Chapter 11

It's up for grabs on Ao3, feat. your favorite Lieutenant Hank Anderson and (violent rev) Markus. And a gun. Woops, tense times!

His hand found the gun holstered in his back. He wasn’t going anywhere unarmed, and this wasn’t Leo’s car, Markus knew that much. He approached carefully to spy on the stranger. The car’s door opened and a large man came out, grumbling about “Fucking snow.” He sighed, breath turning into clouds drifting on the air, and forced his step up the ramp toward the main door. Markus was swift and silent in his back. He extended his arm and pressed the barrel of the gun against the back of the man’s head. “Raise your hands so I can see them and don’t try anything stupid,” he commanded him. The man sighed yet another swear as he complied. “State your identity and your reason for coming here,” Markus ordered. “I’m Lieutenant Hank Anderson, DPD, and I’m coming here to collect a runaway girl and take her back to her parents. They’re worried for her.” Markus frowned. “You’re mistaken. There are no children here.” Just to disprove him a bubbling girly laughter echoed from the other side of the door. “Listen, I know everybody’s on edge right now, but if you could just drop the gun for a second, that’d be appreciated,” Anderson said. “I don’t want trouble, I just want to make sure the girl and her android friend are safe, okay?”

Read from the start! Markus led a victorious uprise against the humans, Detroit is being evacuated, and machine Connor deviated at long last. But what's become of the atom bomb that hasn't been detonated (yet) and who gave it to Jericho?

[onenettvchannel]

FLASH REPORT OVERNIGHT: The 7th New Season and a Reboot of Totally Spies airs over to French kids TV channel 'Gulli' in the early mid-May 2024 [#K5NewsFMExclusive] (updated as final!!!)

(Written by Connie Maheswaran & Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong / Regional Correspondent of Cartoon Network News & Freelance News Writer and Presenter of OneNETnews)

(3rd and FINAL UPDATE) BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA -- 'Totally Spies!' is thus making a fantastic comeback with a new refreshing reboot and an exciting new 7th season to hit the famous French free-to-air kids TV channel 'Gulli'. After 11 years since Season 6 back in 2013, the spy-tastic trio of Samantha "Sam" Simpson, Clover Ewing, and Alexandra "Alex" Vasquez are up to their old tricks on her sleeves, ready to sweep audiences' off their feet once again with their high-flying adventures and stylish espionage.

(ART PHOTO COURTESY: Banijay Kids and Family & Ollenom Studio via Gulli's X Network PHOTO / Originally scheduled from 10:40am -- France local time)

According to a recent tweet post last Monday night on April 22nd (U.S. Pacific local time) from Gulli's official 'X Network' social media account (formerly Twitter and owned by X Corporation), the highly-anticipated reboot of 'Totally Spies!' slated to be broadcast in France later next month. The ongoing revival promises to bring new energetic horsepower to the franchise, providing old-time fans from your nostalgic childhood for girls, and newcomers alike with a different take on the old classic, which much likewise to do so in selected target demographics aside for boys.

(POSTER PHOTO COURTESY: Cartoon Network via FB PHOTO)

Viewers in Canada and American fans are going to have to wait a little bit longer for the English-dubbed release, as reported by Comic Book Resources (CBR), the air of excitement surrounding the return of the aforementioned French animated kids show is palpable. Despite the initial plan for a potential 2023 release, the English dubbing on Cartoon Network (now owned from Turner Broadcasting to Warner Brothers-Discovery) had been pushed back to a potential debut in the fall of 2024, or later sometime by early 2025 onwards. This delay is necessary to create new episodes after the show premieres originally in France, giving fans around the world the opportunity to partake in the spy-filled adventure.

Within late this month of April 2024, we obtained an exclusive trailer video thru DWFH-FM 97.7mhz’s K5 News FM: Dumaguete that the trailer and a teaser combined, which previously deleted from a TikTok video last week (owned by ByteDance Limited).

(SCREENGRAB COURTESY & TRANSLATED BY: Liternaute & Archive_of_Alex via X Network PHOTO)

(PHOTO COURTESY for POTENTIAL REPRESENTATION: Amazon)

The said trailer for the upcoming Season 7 premiere of 'Totally Spies' features an episode titled "Pandapocalypse" where the Spies girls team faces a giant panda causing much chaos in Singapore, as cited from an episode synopsis via french magazine news outlet 'Linternaute'.

(SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong / via Gulli LIVE VIDEO)

While the Spies girls team in later episodes will be futuristic to follow and the early generation of retrospective throughout a potential summer vacation. At the end of the trailer… Alex, Sam and Clover are taking selfies using a WHOOP-sponsored smartphones (which somewhat called Androids or iPhones / iOS). Overall, they will continue to follow the spies on new missions and adventures out of Californian state as they try to maintain their place as WHOOP spies.

(SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Zoo le Mag)

Additional exclusive details provided by the French magazine "Zoo le Mag", shed a light on the new cast as well. Joining our favorite spy trio are the new and returning characters, namingly Gerald James "Jerry" Lewis, now acting as a consultant at a global spy agency 'WHOOP World' after retirement (or World Organization Of Human Protection), and the glamorous Mandy Luxe, who has embarked on her own after high school adventures from Beverly Hills High School (BHHS) in California, United States of America; then studied at Malibu University in California, the said country, after which she now moved to Singapore.

(SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Zoo le Mag)

Apart from the familiar faces, the new blood is set to rock the place, with fresh new protagonists and a male villain, such as the formidable Zerlina (a new head of WHOOP), the ingenious gadget guru 'Toby', and the mysterious 'Cyberchac'. Blending in the old and exciting newcomers altogether, the upcoming new season promises to be an exhilarating ride from start to finish.

The 7th Season premiere of 'Totally Spies' every Sunday mornings in France at 10:40am / 4:40pm in Manila / 3:30am Central U.S., giving the fans a weekly dose of espionage excitement. And for the international fans in Spain and the Middle East for example, there is no need to worry - the series will soon be out in English-dubbed for streaming and viewing for Cartoon Network in various time zones within the later year, making sure no spy enthusiast is left behind on us.

Anticipation builds as the return of your cherished undercover WHOOP agents draws near, guaranteeing a world of excitement, fashion and indelible memories in the realm of the aforementioned French animated kids show.

(SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong / via Gulli LIVE VIDEO)

So, gather your gadgets and get ready to join the big three (3) heroines, and the rest of the gang on their latest mission in Singapore - it's going to be one heckiest wild ride of your life! LIVE and exclusive, starting May 12th, 2024, only on Gulli and streaming LIVE for FREE for French viewers at "replay.gulli.fr/direct"!

ART PHOTO COURTESY: Banijay Kids and Family and Ollenom Studio via Gulli

SOURCE: *https://twitter.com/gulli/status/1782770041051623638 [Referenced X Network Captioned PHOTO via Gulli] *https://kidscreen.com/2022/01/21/gulli-discovery-kids-revive-totally-spies/ [Referenced Classic News Article via Kidscreen] *https://www.cbr.com/totally-spies-season-7-2024-delay/ [Referenced News Article via Comic Book Resources] *https://www.journaldugeek.com/2024/04/23/le-reboot-des-totally-spies-est-la-ou-et-quand-le-regarder/ [Referenced News Article via Journal du Geek] *https://zoolemag.com/actualites/articles/2024/04/1954-le-grand-retour-des-totally-spies [Referenced News Article via Zoo le Mag] *https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo_(magazine,_2004) *https://www.linternaute.com/television/dessin-anime-totally-spies-p3115468/pandapocalypse-e6438572/ [Referenced Synopsis via Linternaute Magazine News] and *https://www.gulli.fr/programme-tv/totally-spies [Referenced Programme Listings via Gulli]

-- OneNETnews Team

UPDATE #1 (as of April 29th, 2024): We got a recording with two trailers, and is to be updated soon within this week. and FINAL UPDATE #2 (as of April 29th, 2024 at 9pm MNL time): We fully appreciate for your patience. Here is an exclusive preview, as recorded by yours truly (above this news article) ^^^^! JUST an IMPORTANT NOTE… It will expire after 3 months. Limited time only. Enjoy and thank you!

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WIP Titles + Canons

Because I posted my first genuine Old Canon snippet yesterday and I also talk a lot about Old/Middle/New Canon now I wanted to take my list from the WIP titles tag and break it down a little more into my rough canons, with some notes about how un/hinged some of these ideas were. I will in fact answer asks about these but I reserve the right to [skip egregious James nonsense]

Pajiir & Delphonus

(the numbered ones are versions typically with multiple drafts)

Old Canon

[1] Azalea the Book (sorry it's just Secrets of Droon but…not that great I was like 8-10 for this. Azalea is the princesstagonist and Zalen is the barely-seen villain)

[2] Azalea Sequels (see above)

[3] Azalea Dream Beginning (ambitious. weird. chocolatey. there was torture??? this draft sucks [mostly affectionate])

[4] Azalea 3 (the origin of Dez and Julian, but they were pawns/patsies in Zalen's wildly ambitious plan to kidnap the entire royal family and then become king [bc he was Azalea's cousin]. I also got super distracted with him just like. falling in love with the royal police chief. There's some really cute stuff in these drafts but most of it is barely plot relevant. There was also a secret spy organization that was plot relevant or would have been eventually? Also first appearances of Kirnus, Hoven, Candra, Emmitt, Bean, and Franny)

[4.5] Meldraco (tiny draft about an orphan adopted by a nobleman who shadow runs a country, from whose estate he plans to escape. sounds cooler than it actually was tbh)

[5] Hope (the last hurrah of "Zalen is the villain" stories)

[6] Princess Azalea (what if the conflict was not "Zalen is the villain" but ghosts, need to procure magic seeds for an overly convoluted birthday present, summer camp, swl power struggles, or maybe Zalen kind of I don't remember what was supposed to happen? Origin of Syndy and a bunch of swl and imbra characters.)

Middle Canon

[7] Spacefarer Stories (wild space adventure involving evil scientist aliens, the rebellion against evil scientist aliens, the previous version of Dez being a charismatic asshole action hero, early versions of Anni/Julian/Dez dynamics, Zalen being pathetic, and a teenager who just wants to stop enduring corporal punishment and being shot back to Pajiir in a tiny space capsule. First appearances of several Melichacha crew members)

[8] Zalen the First (Autobio) (literally what it sounds like, Zalen's autobiography & related. surprisingly not a bad read)

[9] Chykoff Stories (stories about Zalen going to college and studying abroad, having a bad time with his girlfriend and boats, being Silas's roommate)

[10] The War Files (remember that weird nobleman? yeah he started a whole war and I decided to get Azalea and Seriito involved because royals. kind of a nothing draft except I also introduced the first iterations of new Keearo & Kirnus)

[11] Elbas Stories (Zalen, still a rich inventor, decides to buy a whole island)

[12] Az 2019 (a half-assed retwisting of some Princess Azalea threads. Origin of the "Seriito is hot for [graduate student] teacher" concept that became Sheri)

New Canon

The Fourth Android (the Scrivener file is just called Dez. went through so many concept iterations even before I introduced it here that thinking about it makes me want to scream. however some of that old stuff is still a lot of fun)

Delphonus 2 and 3 (sequels to TFA without titles. I just had ideas and needed a place to put them)

Triad (need to post a new intro. I made it better tho I'm not actively writing it)

Syndy & Hoven (favorite aggressive snowglobe story)

Pajiir Reference (there was too much character lore to reasonably put it inside a WIP Scrivener file so I put it here)

Pajiir Side Scenes (there were too many side scenes to reasonably keep inside Pajiir Reference so I put it here)

Locality Space

(previously Faeryland)

Old Canon

Creepsters - Witcheden Phase (9 major versions. faery police shenanigans with a fast and loose association with actual Celtic/English folklore [my output when the input was so many UK cop/mystery shows + a copy of Katherine Briggs' An Encyclopedia of Fairies]. Source of the zipline incident. Kat is our primary human POV)

HS - Horatio's Story (attempted reframing, kinda nothing)

SNA - Standing, Nazib, and Associates (what if it was the faery police guys but they were cool PIs instead)

Spinder and Georg (a full 400+ pages of a so-so-ishly executed romance between Spinder & Isabel under a fake name)

Middle Canon

LiBN - Love in Brú Nua (what if it was the faery police guys but they weren't police or PIs they were just having relationships. in an underground city)

Tales of Tobar Si (what if I super honed in on whatever's up with Horatio & Sid. direct antecedent of Another Ocean's Moon)

Spinder and Isabel (closer to S&G than Nicea, but with more Rodney & Declan)

Isabelle and Spynder (the far superior version [read: it's sexy and the Faeryland/Earth logistics make sense and I made an actual attempt to pay attention to the folklore])

Christina & Kat (lesbian attempting to locate her lost great-uncle [Leon] and with questionable motives falls for a powerful witch [Christina] with an equally powerful and bitchy ex. Walked so Drowning in the Stars could run)

New Canon

Nicea (fun fact: Rodney's design is straight out of Isabelle & Spynder and does not resemble earlier versions)

Another Ocean's Moon (not really written at all yet, though it's pretty much just space Tales of Tobar Si. maybe the Avis & Sorian stuff will go in it)

Drowning in the Stars (except Kat is nice and awkward lol)

Locality Space Side Scenes (currently 99% Sorian and Avis and 1% Michael making amends for the Incident)

If you wanna know more about all the New Canon stuff I have a WIP Master List also.

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[bisluthq]

I don’t know anything about the tech side of phones, I’m a very basic user - I use it a lot lol, but I don’t play with features. I hate Siri, I know all the apps are spying on me and listening but I can pretend they’re not when Siri is turned off at least lol

But I bought a certified restored one and it works great, and I saved a few hundred dollars compared to buying the same model new, or buying the latest model which has the same “computer” parts (i can’t remember what shit is called, but I researched at the time) and like the only difference between my older model on the computer chip side was the gaming chip thing - I don’t game on my phone, except royal match and sudoku type things lol

I have an iPhone 12 or 13 (I really don’t care about models lol) and i liked it because I didn’t want a huge screen. I borrowed one of my sisters old androids that was the size of the iPhone plus (whatever number idk but a big screen one) and fucking hated it. Felt like I was texting on an iPad, too big for my pockets comfortably, it’s really not THAT different, and I’d probably be ok with it and used to it in a week, but even watching Instagram reels, I felt like I was sitting too close to the tv or computer - it was overwhelming for my eyes.

But if you’re unsure and your bf has the bigger screen, can you ask to play around with it and scroll insta, send emails so you see what it’s like to type a lot, and carry it when you go out together so you can see how it fits in your pocket/ hand/ bag?

My parents have newer phones than me (I got them a bargain) and I compared camera settings and theirs has more options and took some cool stuff, but nothing I feel like I’m missing out on.

So I’d say just figure out your priorities that you want in a phone and go from there. But yeah I had a good experience with the refurbished certified ones :)

I also don't game except like Words With Friends on my phone. When I said I play on it I meant like social media tbh. I use that A LOT obviously. But yes I play Sims on my laptop and sometimes on my brother's PS when I go to his house/for sleepovers but otherwise I don't game at all really? But I am on my phone way more than the average person I think :///

Glad everyone seems to have liked the CPO ones.

And if the really new ones don't do many more cool things (aside from Apple Intelligence and the better camera and better battery - which I might not have on the CPO one - I'm not sure they do?), maybe 13/14 is the way to go. Look, I was VERY happy with my 11 for the last couple years. I didn't plan to buy a new one/upgrade this year at all.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Forcing Google to spin off Chrome (and Android?)

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/19/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do/#shiny-and-chrome

Last August, a federal judge convicted Google of being "a monopolist" and acting "as one to maintain its monopoly." The judge concluded that key to Google's monopoly was the vast troves of data it collects and analyzes and asked the parties to come up with remedies to address this.

Many trustbusters and Google competitors read this and concluded that Google should be forced to share its click and quer y data. The technical term for this is "apocalyptically stupid." Releasing Google's click and query data into the wild is a privacy Chernobyl in the waiting. The secrets that we whisper to search engines have the power to destroy us a thousand times over.

Largely theoretical answers like "differential privacy" are promising, but remain theoretical at scale. The first large-scale live-fire exercise for these should not be something as high-stakes as Google's click and query data. If anything, we should delete that data:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/07/revealed-preferences/#extinguish-v-improve

The last thing we want to do is use antitrust to democratize surveillance so that everyone can spy as efficiently as Google does. In theory, we could sanitize the click and query data by limiting sharing to queries that were made by multiple, independent users (say, only sharing queries that at least 30 users have made), but it's unlikely that this will do much to improve the performance of rival firms' search engines.

Google only retains 18 months' worth of click and query data, thus once we cut off its capacity to collect more data, whatever advantage it has from surveillance will begin to decay immediately and fall to zero in 18 months.

(However: the 18 months figure is deceptive, and deliberately so. Google may only retain your queries for 18 months, but it is silent on how long it retains the inferences from those queries. It may discard your "how do I get an abortion in my red state" query after a year and a half, but indefinitely retain the "sought an illegal abortion" label it added to your profile. The US desperately needs a federal consumer privacy law!)

https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/06/privacy-first/#but-not-just-privacy

And just to be clear, there's other Google data that would be very useful to rival search engines, like Google's search index – the trove of pages from the internet. Google already licenses this out, and search engines like Kagi use it to produce substantially superior search results:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/04/teach-me-how-to-shruggie/#kagi

The DOJ has just filed its proposal for a remedy, and it's a doozy: forcing Google to sell off Chrome, on the basis that both of these are the source of much of Google's data, and no rival search engine is likely to also have a widely used browser:

https://9to5google.com/2024/11/18/us-doj-google-sell-chrome/

This represents something of a compromise position: the DOJ had initially signalled that it would also demand a selloff of Android, and that's been dropped. I think there's a good case for forcing the sale of Android as a source of data, too.

In competition theory, these selloffs are referred to as "structural separation" – when a company that provides infrastructure to other firms is prohibited from competing with those firms:

https://locusmag.com/2022/03/cory-doctorow-vertically-challenged/

For example, it used to be that banks were prohibited from competing with the companies they loaned money to. After all, if you borrow money from Chase to open a pizzeria, and then Chase opens a pizzeria of its own across the street, you can see how your business would be doomed. You have to make interest payments to Chase, and your rival doesn't, and if Chase wants to, it can subsidize that rival so it can sell pizzas below cost until you're out of business.

Likewise, rail companies were banned from owning freight companies, because otherwise they would destroy the businesses of every freight company that shipped on the railroad.

In theory, you could create fair play rules that required the bank or the railroad to play nice with the business customers that used their platforms, but in practice, there are so many ways of cheating that this would be unenforceable.

This principle is well established in all other areas of business, and we recoil in horror when it is violated. You wouldn't hire a lawyer who was also representing the person who's suing you. Judges (with the abominable exception of Supreme Court justices!) are required to recuse themselves when they have a personal connection with either of the parties in a case they preside over.

One of the weirdest sights of the new Gilded Age is when lawyers for monopoly companies argue that they can play fair with their customers despite their conflicts of interest. Think of Google or Meta, with their ad-tech duopoly. These are companies that purport to represent sellers of ads and buyers of ads in marketplaces they own and control, and where they compete with sellers and/or buyers. These companies suck up 51% of the revenue generated by advertising, while historically, the share taken by ad intermediaries was more like 15%!

https://pluralistic.net/2023/05/25/structural-separation/#america-act

Imagine if you and your partner discovered that the same lawyer was representing both of you in the divorce, while also serving as the judge, and trying to match with both of you on Tinder. Now imagine that when the divorce terms were finalized, lawyer got your family home.

No Google lawyer would agree to argue on the company's behalf in a case where the judge was employed by the party that's suing them, but they will blithely argue that the reason they're getting 51% of the ad-rake is that they're providing 51% of the value.

Structural separation – like judicial recusal – comprehensively and unarguably resolves all the perceptions and realities of conflict between parties. The fact that platform owners compete with platform users is the source of bottomless corruption, from Google to Amazon:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/28/enshittification/#relentless-payola

In other words, I think the DOJ is onto something here. That said, the devil is – as always – in the details. If Google is forced to sell off Chrome, rather than standing it up as its own competing business, things could go very wrong indeed.

Any company that buys Chrome will know that it only has a certain number of years before Google will be permitted to spin up a new browser, and will be incentivized to extract as much value from Chrome over that short period. So a selloff could make Chrome exponentially worse than Google, which, whatever other failings it has, is oriented towards long-term dominance, not a quick buck.

But if Google is forced to spin Chrome out as a standalone business, the incentives change. Anyone who buys Chrome will have to run it as a functional business that is designed to survive a future Google competitor – they won't have another business they can fall back on if Google bounces back in five years.

There's a good history of this in antitrust breakups: both Standard Oil and AT&T were forced to spin out, rather than sell off, parts of their empire, and those businesses stood alone and provided competitive pressure. That is, until we stopped enforcing antitrust law and allowed them to start merging again – womp womp.

This raises another question: does any of this matter, given this month's election results? Will Trump's DoJ follow through on whatever priorities the current DoJ sets? That's an open question, but – unlike so many other questions about the coming Trump regime – the answer here isn't necessarily a nightmare.

After all, the Google antitrust case started under Trump, and Trump's pick for Attorney General, the credibly accused sexual predator Matt Gaetz, is a "Khanservative" who breaks with his fellow Trumpians in professing great admiration for Biden's FTC chief Lina Khan, and her project of breaking up corporate monopolies:

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/trump-nominates-khanservative-matt

What's more, Trump is a landing strip for a stroke or coronary, which would make JD Vance president – and Vance has also expressed his approval of Khan's work.

Google bosses seem to be betting on Trump's "transactional" (that is, corrupt) style of governance, and his willingness to overrule his own appointees to protect the interests of anyone who flatters or bribes him sufficiently, or convinces the hosts of Fox and Friends to speak on their behalf:

https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/comprehensive-review-revolving-door-between-fox-and-second-trump-administration

That would explain why Google capo Sundar Pichai ordered his employees not to speak out against Trump:

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-employees-memes-poke-fun-company-rules-political-discussion-2024-11

And why he followed up by publicly osculating Trump's sphincter:

https://twitter.com/sundarpichai/status/1854207788290850888

Image: Cryteria (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg

CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en

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Using Spy Apps to Track Your Child's Smartphone Activity

Kids today are highly exposed to smartphones, every other kid has a personal phone nowadays. With more digital life, kids have stopped socializing with their friends and family physically. Technology has influenced everybody’s life, where on one hand it remotely helps us to keep in touch with our loved ones, unfortunately, we can also see some negative effects of technology on people of all ages including kids. 

With readily accessible technology there is also a significant risk involved with it. When we talk about kids specifically, there should be age-related restrictions and they should be allowed to keep personal phones once they reach a certain age. 

Can we restrict kids from using smartphones?

Let’s be honest here, keeping kids away from technology is challenging. Especially after COVID-19, when even the classes were being conducted online, it led to kids spending even more time in front of the screen. Now that the pandemic is under control still people have developed a habit of spending more time on their gadgets. 

Practically, it is hard to keep kids away from the screen for a very long time. But more screen time can lead to an imbalance in your kid’s health, both mentally and emotionally. As per a report by Children’s bureau, children who are exposed to technology are impacted in some way or the other. The report states that 11% of children deal with mood disorders, 10% are behavior or conduct disorders, whereas 8% are affected by anxiety disorders.

However, we can keep a track of their data and activities through a spy mobile app. A spy app is a software that will give you all the information that you need to make sure that your loved one is not into some illegal activities and inviting any type of trouble.

Spy app & how it can help

A parental control app or a spy phone app is a software that is developed to track activities on a target device. You can keep track of everything from calls to text messages. You can also check the social media and all the content being sent, received and viewed on the dedicated device. The spy apps allow you to check the GPS location of the target device. 

Onemonitar is a great application for you if you are looking for a reliable spy app for your phone. It comes with more than 50 features that allow you to do everything you can imagine and beyond. The spy app for android gives you 3 plan options to choose from. Based on your preference, you can purchase the plan that meets your needs. 

Next, you need to install the software on the target phone and not to forget, you can always be assured that the spy app can be undetectable which means that your child or anyone you want to spy on will not be able to see the spy app on their phone while the mobile spy app will do all the work in the background. 

Make a choice

There are many spy apps available in the market but not every spy app you see online is trustworthy. Many apps claim to be highly secure and talk about many features but when it comes to providing the services, the majority of them lack. 

After doing a good research, you can go ahead with the phone spy app that gives you results and a  smooth tracking experience. Onemonitar’s dashboard is very user-friendly and gives you real-time updates. Its features are exclusive and assure you with 100% data privacy and security. 

Remember that your child or any dear one might be struggling with something or maybe in a situation where they cannot come to you for help directly but if you notice any change in their behavior then be assured that Onemonitar is right here to help you.

[biological-catastrophe]

question 28?

Well, it depends on what the definition of dangerous is.

Most capable of physical destruction? Redacted, Cali, Void, and Melas. However, only Redacted and Melas would actually do that.

Most dangerous, including like mental tricks and all? More would be included; Zero, Synapse, and Naoli.

Info about characters under the cut! Because I won't shut up about them.

You can find most of my characters on toyhouse! All art is on there as well, except for Synapse.

Redacted is an evil demon, her motives are unknown. She manipulate and uses the angel Unknown, and currently works with Melas.

Cali is a small saiyan known for her bubbly personality and being quite short. Void is Cali from an alternate timeline, who was infected with a parasite and turned evil. However the parasite was removed and she decided to stay in the current timeline.

Melas is the younger sister of the goddess of life (gods/goddesses in this universe can die, but only of old age or from another like celestial (is that the word) creature). Melas's older sister was given the throne of goddess of life, and she is very spiteful of it. She decided to partner with a demon in an attempt to get the throne to herself. She can control earth, but not control life and plants.

Zero! She is Test Zero, an AI prototype that Melas created. Melas attempted to create 11 androids (1 AI and 10 androids) to prove she could create life, even if it means just using her brains. Zero is one of the few androids that have not revolted against Melas. Instead, she is a spy, staying with those who have revolted in order to help Melas try and catch them again. She has a very cute appearance.

Obv you all know Synapse, but he actually isn't my first cult leader oc. My first cult leader OC is a 3'5 gremlin named Naoli. She's an Avali, a kind of bird creature. She was cursed to almost always lie, and worships her patron with the promise of her curse being removed. Think Kokichi. She is a little shit. But despite this, she is extremely persuasive.

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