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the-hs-etaverse · 4 years

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Hey I think I’m just gonna take a hot minute here and ramble about this Etaverse thing that my blog is ostensibly about because ranting into the void has helped my creative process before and there’s no reason why it shouldn’t now. Okay, that was a lot of words without any commas or periods or anything and okay shut up let’s stay on topic

So I wrote this fanfic that I finished up some time back (for the record, I absolutely despise the cover art, it’s terrible). It’s called Homestuck Eta, cuz it’s not Homestuck 2. Homestuck^2 is Homestuck 2. It’s supposed to be like a follow-up to the Epilogues, except that I got like three plot points wrong, so it’s not even canon to that. Yeah, basically, I inadvertently deviated from canon, but I’m too obstinate to change those minor plot points. Also I like the plot point that caused it to deviate so there’s that.

Okay, that’s out of the way. Well, I’m also really not happy with the way that Homestuck Eta turned out. I mean I definitely like it but it could absolutely be better. I made a couple continuity errors in the fic that I wanna change, and I wanna change the method I used for swearing censorship, and some other minor stuff. I’m also displeased with the way that I handled Dirk, and his planetary invasion in general, cuz I didn’t portray him being as big of a threat that he probably should have been? I don’t know? Anyway, there’s that. I despise going back into already published works and changing parts of them, retcons like that tick me off. But I do want to make those changes, and I also want to add on this little epilogue comic of sorts. So I absolutely want to put the epilogue in the AO3, but I’m concerned, do I go back and edit the fic just for clarity’s sake and all? I mean, the original text would still be up on FFN. So I’m not super opposed to doing some minor edits for continuity and such within the fic. But there’s also a couple bigger changes that I’m contemplating making? I don’t really think I should change any of the scenes that I’m not overly happy with, cuz they’re over and done and changing them could have an impact on the story at large.

So that afterword is pending. The script is written, but I just need to draw the dang thing. I will, one of these days!

Okay, but I’m also a crazy person, because there’s a lot more that I wanna do with this AU. There’s a whole bunch of little side stories that I wanna make or have made already that slot neatly into the canon. I posted one of them already, it’s called Curiosity and the Cat. I like that one. There’s also some other minor stories set after Homestuck Eta that I wanna write, about what happens in the timelines afterwards. The ones about Aradia are my personal favourite :3

My thought regarding those stories is to make the Homestuck-slotted ones into one anthology, and the Eta-followup ones into another anthology. Curiosity and the Cat will stand alone cuz it’s already posted. I guess all I’m gonna have to do regarding these then is just post them, and if I write or finish more, post them too. And keep them in the anthologies.

All right, that’s out of the way. So what makes me an even crazier person is that there are two much more major stories that I wanna make. The first one, the less major one, is about the Beforus ancestors (the ancendances). I already posted a long rant about that version of Kanaya on here. (It turned out surprisingly well imo :3) But yeah, what I’ve been writing for that is basically a journal, the one that Beforus!Vriska kept. It’s not gonna cover all the ancendances, of course, tragically; she won’t meet them all. So I might have to write more stuff for the rest of them, to cover all the lore properly.

And the most major one is a 48-player session, the one that Dirk started, the one that creates Beforus. Here, lemme just copy-paste the thing I wrote about it earlier:

Back in October, I saw something interesting on the MSPA Wiki. Apparently, Hussie joked that a 48-player Squiddles session created the trolls’ universe(s). The statement set the gears in my head spinning: what was the 48-player session that brought Beforus about like? Who were the players? What was their planet like? How many lived, and how many died?

Of course, this was a ridiculous project for me to set out on. I do not have free time, let alone enough to make a campaign of this scope. BUT THAT’S NEVER STOPPED ME BEFORE!!!

Further proof that I am insane: I have already created 48 OCs for this campaign and assigned classpects and planets to them all (some might be changed in the future). I have a general idea of the personalities of almost all of them, designs for like half of them, in-depth thoughts on the plotlines of a handful of them, and lots of other knowledge of their symbolism and everything. I also have like 11 fan-classes that I’ve given a fair amount of thought to, which are (mostly) not that similar to the existing ones, I hope, and for which I have godtier designs. I think this session would be best suited for a MSPFA.

However, I have little free time, I am a known procrastinator, and I am a maladaptive perfectionist. This is the perfect combination for creating major stories and such that end up stagnating and dying after months.

I absolutely want to publish this thing, and draw things for it, and all that sort of thing. But this is, frankly, an absolutely ridiculous undertaking. Honestly, I need help. That’s why I made this blog, so I could reel in help from people (and also to post extensively about both memes and headcanons). So, like... help. Please.

Uh, oh, right, there are all the things I post here about how troll anatomy works and how long god-tier players age and stuff. That’s not really related to any story, but it’s all the fascinating underpinnings, so all those theoreticals are staying on here, I know that for sure. It’s all under the etaccurate tag. Okay, everything for the Etaverse is under that tag. I think I’ll make a masterpost for these theories at some point, just to collect everything in one place.

Anyway, if you guys have any advice for me, please let me know! I could really use some ^w^ also sorry about being so long-winded, I may be blunt but I am not by any means direct

#long post #etaccurate #meow's ranting again

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velcro-rave · 7 years

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post-emoji movie Trauma

WARNING: the following text contains spoilers and can be considered disturbing to some readers. especially my brain, because it’s leaking out my ears after typing this.

This is the first movie ever I’ve gone to see on opening night. And let me just say that, for the record, I’m glad I went to watch with friends. Without them, I would have most likely calmly exited the room, climbed up to the roof, and dived straight off.

I’m honestly fucking terrified of how much this shitty movie has pushed me to the edge. I’ve never felt more ANGRY in my life and at the same time wanted to just curl up in a ball and cry myself to sleep. This is so fucked up. What made it possible for this level of psychological warfare to be used so casually by Sony? Why did they decide this was ever a good idea to present to the public? I’m still shaking (and not from the overpriced Coca-Cola I was sold). Whether it’s out of rage or fear, I don’t know. Not even throwing myself into the deep fires of hell can attempt to restore the intrinsic warmth I felt before I witnessed this crime of a movie. They say that there’s a special place reserved below for people who cause enough pain to humanity, and it is at this point where I pose this question to the following:

Tony Leondis. Eric Siegel. Mike White. Michelle Raimo Kouyate.

Why?

Did you want this to happen to me? Was this the plan all along? To destroy everything you could possibly love in the process of creating this film, to make the audience suffer without any remorse? You got PATRICK FUCKING STEWART as a voice actor, and what is it you do?

Yeah, you make him play A WALKING PILE OF SHIT!!!!

Someone could’ve ran up to me after I left the theater, put a shotgun directly up to my forehead, pulled the trigger, and that would have still not come close to how much my mind had been blown at the shocking reality that this movie, this spawn, could exist in the known universe and continue to be shown to innocent people. There were kids there. Hopeful, happy, young kids with iPhones who thought it was a great idea to head off to the movies and watch a funny relatable movie about emojis without a care in the world. Communicating ideas without the use of words is the “staple” of their generation, as the movie so proudly portrays (even comparing it to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics!), and there’s no reason a family shouldn’t agree to bring their children to this beautiful, heartwarming adventure, right? WRONG.

Nothing could have prepared me for the horrific amount of groan-worthy jokes this movie tossed out. I’ve been wracking my brain for an entire hour trying to remember the most potent ones, but they were so easily forgettable that I can only recall a few offhand. They were tragic. Whenever an opportunity for a shitty pun showed itself, you can bet your ass the writers took it and ran with it to lengths beyond the realms of humor. From the character known as Hi-5′s nonchalant Bye Felicia! to his two puns about snapping (as if one wasn’t enough), I wanted to get up and scream at the ceiling in the hopes that my cries of agony would disrupt the structural integrity of the building and have it fall on top of me, finally freeing me from the slow-cooker of torture that is The Emoji Movie.

At a certain point, Hi-5 (by the way James Corden, I thought you were cool. I thought you were here for us, for all of us as an entertainer, but you just had to take part in ruining me and the world as we know it by accepting this role. I will never forgive you.) mentions something about his heart beating. His… heart? This walking, talking hand has a heart? Does he have lungs? What other internal organs could fit in there and be capable of being slapped around constantly as a result of his stupid ass decisions? Why doesn’t he have arms like Gene or Jailbreak, does his body somehow take into account that he’s already a living appendage? This movie is making me sit and contemplate the anatomy of a fucking animated HAND, and that’s not even as preposterous as a thought can get while watching.

On multiple occasions throughout my viewing experience, I had to take a break to just lean back and sigh, both in anguish of what was happening onscreen as well as the sheer exhausting aspect of it all. The voice acting couldn’t have been more unreliable. Every other line it was a gamble between it being a poorly executed pun delivered so flatly that not even the 4-year old up front let out a little giggle, an obvious statement about what they’re planning to do next, or the most unremarkable snippet of backstory ever revealed. I’m sure all those scenes between Gene and Jailbreak where they gaze at each other were meant to be construed as romantic, but her blasé response to each of his approaches because she “isn’t some princess waiting for her prince” or how “women are deserving of more respect” completely knocked the mood off whatever pedestal it was stepping up to. I get it, these are actual important themes that need to be recognized, and I would be more than happy to see this acknowledged in a movie built on as many metaphors as Zootopia, but the timing of her commentary was the worst I’d ever seen. The constant interruptions made it seem like her words shouldn’t be taken seriously at all!

Unsurprisingly, character background was virtually (unintentional pun. I’m incredibly sorry.) nonexistent, and everything that’s possible to be wondered about the universe could pretty much be answered with a big shrug. For example, why does Hi-5 have a band-aid? Did he get stabbed or something? When did Gene begin to show signs that he was capable of other emotions? Was the Just Dance girl deleted after the trash bin emptied itself out? We didn’t see any signs of the characters going back for her after Hi-5 had to shake off the troll, so did they just leave her there to die? If Jailbreak had been working for a long time to get out, why didn’t she use more of her hacking skills? She pulled up her hologram window things maybe three times total to escape or hide somewhere, does she seriously not have anything else in her repertoire that could potentially help Gene and Hi-5 get to where they need to be quicker? There’s so many questions that don’t even get passively explained. Then again, I’m arguing against the same people who genuinely advocated for the setting to be called Textopolis.

AND WHOSE FUCKING IDEA WAS IT TO MAKE THE MAIN CHARACTER “MEH”??

The ONE emoji with zero interesting qualities and the most monotone parents that, for some fucking batshit insane reason, were given more than the minute of screentime they deserved. I understand for a quick gag, their emotionless response to everything could be funny, but their conversations would just stretch on and on and on. As for Gene, I trusted you, T.J. Miller. I can’t believe you betrayed me, especially after such a hilariously perfect role in Deadpool. Never in my life have I felt so disappointed in a single person. There is no justifiable reason for you to be proud of what you’ve done here. To be honest, I’m pretty sure I astral projected at least three times as I struggled to repress the memory of this trainwreck before it even ended. When I wasn’t desperately clawing at the armrests mid-convulsion, I was staring vacantly at the center of the screen, wondering how this week could have gone so wrong.

This was basically a 91-minute long advertisement. The whiplash of traveling between product placement to product placement nearly made me throw up, which was ostensibly the only thing that could’ve made this worse. Dropbox, Spotify, Candy Crush, Just Dance, YouTube, Facebook, and the almighty Twitter, I hope you’re happy with what you’ve wrought. The “emoji-pop” dance assaulted my eyes so suddenly, acting as the unnecessary cherry on top of the feel-good ending; I think that’s when I officially lost all hope in enjoying the rest of my night.

It’s honestly taking every ounce of my being to hold onto the little bit of life that I have after the Emoji Movie ripped my soul to shreds. The amount of violation I felt as my ears were subjected to endless pop culture references that were relevant years ago, nightmarish depictions of the content of each app on Alex’s phone, and the fact that the god damn Eggplant was in the Unused Emojis room when everyone knows that’s not the case is indescribable. I now have to live with the fact that every time I switch keyboards on my phone, those blank yellow faces will serve as a dark reminder of what I’ve gone through. To any of you reading this that have also watched The Emoji Movie, I am so sorry. I know how difficult it is to process. My recommendation to each and every one of you who haven’t had the chance to witness this sickening spectacle is to KEEP IT THAT WAY. Don’t give in to the peer pressure; this abomination parading itself around as an endearing motion picture will wholly and truly rattle you to the core. My only solace was the complete absence of dabbing or whipping (apart from hearing the song), and I’d like to thank every deity above and below for that small act of mercy.

Here’s to you, Sony. Thanks for ensuring that I not only sink deeper into my depression, but for forcing my mind to house the images I’ve seen today for as long as I live. I wish I could physically bring myself to chuck my phone in a garbage fire, but my entire body has gone numb. Here’s to you, and to all the writers, producers, and directors of this movie that made me sit in a corner pondering how I can possibly live in a future where this monstrosity exists.

Gravely, sincerely,

fuck you, and goodnight.

🖕

#long post #rant #p #the emoji movie #emoji movie #FUUCKKKKKK.#I feel like banging my head against the wall until I pass out #food mention #I would appreciate it if any of you could recommend a good therapist #god knows I need the help #goodnight #2017 #tumblr keeps getting rid of readmores i'm really sorry if this takes up your dash

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lorajackson · 4 years

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She Flew Missions Against ISIS-Backed Terrorists—and Died in a Suspicious ‘Accident’

ABUJA, Nigeria—She was so young and daring, and a thorn in the side of ISIS-backed terrorists and bandits in north-central Nigeria. Her profile was rising fast and in her already extraordinary career she’d broken through the military glass ceiling. But the life of Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first-ever female combat helicopter pilot, was cut short on July 14 when she died in a strange and sudden accident. According to the Nigeria Air Force (NAF), Arotile was “inadvertently hit by the reversing vehicle of an excited former Air Force secondary school classmate while trying to greet her” inside the NAF base in the northwestern city of Kaduna. But not many in Nigeria are convinced the death of the 24-year-old was indeed accidental, especially because her nationwide fame as a talented combat helicopter pilot, and her regular bombardment of terrorist hideouts, had made her a target of armed militants. The manner in which Arotile was said to have died—from the impact of a reversing car—raised suspicion across Nigeria that she was murdered. The country’s leading activists and politicians, including the outspoken former senator Shehu Sani, joined her family in immediately demanding an inquiry into the pilot’s death. The NAF quickly responded by announcing a preliminary investigation into the tragedy. Arotile had just come back from an operation in north-central Nigeria, where she was deployed in the fight to rid the region of ISIS-backed militants and other criminal elements by flying combat missions. The NAF said she served as a squadron pilot in what the military named Operation Gama Aiki and flew “anti-banditry combat missions to ensure a safer, more secured Nigeria.”Russians Are Using African Troll Factories—and Encrypted Messaging—to Attack the U.S.Since last year, armed bandits and militants, including those with links to the so-called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), have terrorized a number of villages in north-central Nigeria, killing hundreds of villagers and displacing thousands from their homes. The military’s response has been through airstrikes, many of which had been carried out by attack helicopters like those flown by Arotile and her fellow fighter pilots.Arotile’s last combat mission was devastating for the terrorists she targeted, a senior NAF official told The Daily Beast privately. She was said to have carried out airstrikes targeting bandits at Kasuwan Ango Community in Nigeria’s north-central Niger State in late June. The Nigeria military had stated last month that strikes by the air component of Operation Gama Aiki at Kasuwan Ango on June 28 and 29 led to the "neutralization of some of the bandits” and the arrest of two foreigners, while the country’s press release distribution agency, PR Nigeria, reported that corpses of bandits littered the area of the operation, an indication that the airstrikes killed numerous terrorists. Arotile herself was targeted by the bandits who shot repeatedly at her helicopter before she managed to overcome them. "Much of our success in the north-central can be attributed to Tolulope [Arotile],“ said the NAF official who didn’t want his name mentioned as he wasn’t authorized to speak. "She was extremely daring and fearless."The manner in which Arotile was said to have died—from the impact of a reversing car—raised suspicion across Nigeria that she might have been murdered. The country’s leading politicians and activists have joined her family in demanding an inquiry into the pilot’s death. The NAF stated on Sunday that its preliminary investigation found that three of Arotile’s secondary school classmates—all civilians who live outside the Kaduna NAF base, and who were on their way to visit another friend living in the same vicinity—were in the Kia Sorento SUV that hit her. The driver, Nehemiah Adejo, recognized Arotile after passing her, and "reversed the vehicle, ostensibly in an attempt to quickly meet up with the deceased, who was walking in the opposite direction.”“In the process,” said Ibikunle Daramola, NAF director of public relations and information, “the vehicle struck Flying Officer Arotile from the rear, knocking her down with significant force and causing her to hit her head on the pavement.”“The vehicle then ran over parts of her body as it veered off the road beyond the kerb and onto the pavement, causing her further injuries,” Daramola said while reporting on the NAF’s initial findings on the pilot’s death on July 19.The three schoolmates were subjected to toxicology tests but no traces of alcohol or psychotropic substances were found in their systems, according to the NAF findings, which also revealed that the driver of the vehicle, Adejo, did not have a valid driver’s license. The trio are expected to be handed over to police, who are set to begin an investigation into Arotile’s death. The late pilot, who was commissioned into the air force as a Pilot Officer in 2017, made history last October when she was winged as the first-ever female combat helicopter pilot in the NAF after completing her flying training in South Africa. Arotile held a commercial pilot license and had undergone tactical flying training on the Agusta 109 Power attack helicopter in Italy. When Nigeria acquired an Agusta 109 Power early in the year, Arotile was asked to introduce the aircraft to President Muhammadu Buhari, during the induction ceremony in Abuja in February.Arotile once said she joined the NAF simply out of "passion” for the military. In an interview with a local publication after Arotile’s death, her father, Akintunde Arotile, recalled when she first developed a passion for flying: “One day—when she was very small—she pointed to one small aircraft parked on a field and said, ‘Dad, one day I am going to fly that aircraft,’ and I said, ‘Amen,’” Arotile told The Punch newspaper. Nigeria’s leading politicians and institutions have paid tribute to her outstanding contribution to the country’s long fight against terrorism. President Buhari recalled her “bravery” and “deft skills in manoeuvring combat helicopters” in a statement his office released shortly after her death, while the House of Representatives said she was “a heroine whose contribution in the war against terrorism and other criminal elements in the country cannot be wished away easily.“Arotile’s death comes at a period when Nigeria is facing increased attacks from armed bandits and ISWAP militants in the north-central and northeast regions. A series of ISWAP attacks last month in the northeastern state of Borno killed close to 150 people, including 20 soldiers. The Islamic State-affiliated group suddenly became active in parts of the north-central region, where Arotile embarked on most of her missions, this year.At a time when Nigeria needs its best hands to contain brutal terror groups like ISWAP, Arotile’s death will definitely be a blow to its effort to defeat terrorists."I was heartbroken when I received the sad news,” Nigeria’s chief of the Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, tweeted. “[Arotile] was one of our shining young stars."Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

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abundantchewtoys · 4 years

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Homestuck^2, re: p1-21

Page 1, 2

Long panel, that first one! ... That white blot in the middle isn't a floating alchemiter. XD Ooh, that's Jake's spaceship, the one ostensibly shaped like a shark? Looks like a human from this far out.

Woow, it looks cool from upfront, Dirk / Postscriptum Narrator didn't do it justice! And Jake's logo echoes Grandpa's real nice. Still, I wonder how Jake with a moustache would look like in this art style - no wait, that was Candy Jake.

Heh, there's Dirk coming up in his anime outfit. The big orange window he's behind actually remind me of Dirkbot's shades.

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Page 3

Hmm, Dirk's been keeping plants. Guess even he grew bored of cold, metallic rooms.

His outfit is appropriately over the top. Though it bears repeating that he's at least 26 years old right now, which edges on ridiculous.

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Page 4

Of course he's messing with us.

And of course he immediately felt the need to squash all hope the metafictional commentary from the epilogues is over. This both sets the mood, sets our expectations straight, and immediately confuses the hell out of everyone that should stumble on this website without an idea what Homestuck is.

"This is so meta"? No, I think we might actually have to start pointing out when some piece of narration ISN'T meta, at this point.

I like how Rose's dialogue is integrated into the site.

The fact that there are no news posts under the comic means that there's no need for the crude "show *log" buttons from before. But still, I like that the text is bordered up, boxed up. It invokes the same feeling from before + come to think of it, it could serve as a reminder that all spoken text is more "limited" than the narration.

Glad to see Rosebot is back to acting more like she used to. She's going to be mighty miffed once Dirk loses control over her thoughts and she fully realizes what he did. Meanwhile, I am pleased she has taken up where AR left off in passive-aggressively messing with him as a sentient former-biological currently-artificial person.

... Also, comparing Rose's soul essence to wine? I'm not sure she'd appreciate the analogy, given her history with the substance.

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Page 5

Cool! Sprite mode is still a thing! Look at all that neat stuff. Yeah, we're back to introducing people in their living rooms. And hah, of course Rose's appearance would be obscured for now, similar to what happened early in Act 6.

... Hah, of course Jake would omit a landing gear.

Strange that Dirk wouldn't know of it. Guess he only knows about things outside his realm of influence if he focuses on them.

Also, letting the blind girl fly the spaceship, real smooth.

Yup, like I thought, it was another three year trip.

I would think Terezi's rather sick of lonesome trips through the void by now. But that she's impatient might have more to do with what Dirk promised her to get her on board with whatever he's planned. Johnsprite?

Hah, Rose thought Dirk was anxious about a Heroic death. Nah, that one isn't in the cards for him, but a Just one's something he very much fears. ... Kind of ironic how the troll most obsessed with Justice is the only other one on his crew.

More confirmation that the trolls are functionally mortal. I wonder if the implication is that trolls are naturally resilient to the decrepidness that comes with aging for humans? That they stay looking fresh until the day of their death, I mean. And that it's more often of unnatural causes that they die in the first place.

Even though trolls were said to not have longevity in the lower castes on Alternia, that could simply have had to do with circumstances. Even on Beforus, I can see how coddling could lead to early deaths.

I mean, it would have been a shitty deal for Karkat, otherwise. Only having a few dozens of years of being a god (I'd assume), in contrast to Kanaya and Terezi's several hundreds.

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Pffff, okay, Dirk, so he claims to want to "fix" what Hussie screwed up about Homestuck's format. Acknowledging the story's title, cool.

What, does he mean something gone wrong early in Act 1? In the B1 session? Jack getting his hands on the bunny.

Good that the narration goes back to black, even if it's still "spoken" narration, it's more readable like this.

...

Wait.

What?

Did he actually accept suggestions at this point? You just know some things there would have been seriously out there, like - bring back Dad Egbert! Let Gamzee and Dirk kiss!

...

Or is that another way in which he trolls us, the readers?

... I'm actually sort of doubting it.

Cool though!

If he did it once, he might do it again.

That's actually, indeed, one of the things in the format Homestuck was first represented in, that was really cool, the direct input from the readers!

What will we have had him do, I wonder?

"> Dirk: Commune."

... I... My first thought was him communing with horses, Tavros-style. That's not it, right, it's gonna show him take a moving sidewalk to the cockpit? ... Right?

Please don't have Dirk commune with horses, Tavros-style.

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Oh, wait, it was COMMUTE that I was thinking off. Welp!

Pffff, he communes with the readership.

... There's pretty much no way the first suggestions isn't gonna be "squack like an imbecil and poop on your desk" or something.

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Yes. Hell yes. Thank you, whoever you were. This is appropriately obnoxious and cheeky.

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Ahhh, sweet vindication. Hypocrit, thine name is Dirk Strider.

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Page 12

Hah, he just scavenged the entiry of Homestuck for his room. Props for the bullocks.

Why did Terezi write that message on her wings, though? Did she know when he took them?

Using that big mug with Jade's face on it as a fern pot, hahah.

Those green boxes in the middle of the room don't look familiar. They probably aren't speakers, right?

That he even considers creating another iteration of Lil' Cal, ugh. Can't argue with Maplebot, though.

He's using CotL as a stool support, really now? :P

So I didn't comment on it before, but it seems like the other plants in his room are all cacti and related flora that doesn't require a lot of watering. Probably for the best, I don't think Dirk has a green thumb.

And the garbage can seems like it could have been alchemized by crossing it with a forge.

Hahah, even the painting Hussie crowdfunded that campaign for is here.

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... Pffffff, whut.

No, huh?

Okay, so Bro strider got the painting gifted to him by Barack Obama, sure... But, Dirk implies he holds Barack in the palm of his hand? What the fuck is that supposed to mean.

Is Dirk trying to reboot Earth A or B on this distant planet?

Or it's meant more figuratively, further evidence that Barack and Bro were intimate.

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Pffffff. Hell yes, trollsonas.

Dirk is a unicorntroll. Of course. Dave was penishead.

I understand how this could have very quickly gone of the deep end with Karkat's reaction, and Calliope's. Of course Dirk would have meticulously developped his character.

Why do Calliope's, uh, Callie's pupils look like squares, though?

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Of course that is why the plants are discolored. Genetic mutation. Not like, JPEG or GIF artifacts. :Page

... Waaaaaait a minute. Is Terezi giving Dirk commands somehow? Does she have a narrative prompt? There's no "Dirk:" before the command, was that supposed to be significant?

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Oh hell yes. Perfection.

This is the new normal. Characters openly commanding others. It's the next level to Sburb's interface, when you think about it.

Hah, Terezi acknowledges this is the third boresnore she's spent flying through a void, heheh.

And oh, so Terezi felt it when Dirk started narrating again. Obvious in hindsight. Also, it's apparently due to her aspect, she thinks, and not just it being Mind, but Dirk's being Heart. She knows her potential choices are being externally monitored and manipulated, in an ephemeral way. That's actually quite cool.

Dirk gives Terezi the power to command him for a while. The fool. She's going to have him eat the plants now.

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I like how he's EMPHASIZING the items that he's INSPECTING while he talks verbally, now. :P Narrative bleedover, I think I'll call it.

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Yup, a stool support.

So, Rose wrote her own version of CotL. I wonder how much it differs from the original work (the B2 version I mean).

Hah, Pony Pals was a dense read for Terezi. Well, I suppose Dirk's version would be. ... Oh it was mostly the memes she had trouble with.

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Well, I think we did a fair bit of reading already.

I'm glad of the progress we made on the first stretch, actually.

Also glad to get a climpse at the meta shenanigans we're in for.

Good to see some sweet things have been brought back to the forefront. Like misattributed quotes, bedrooms and the people standing in them, and Terezi Pyrope.

#homestuck #homestuck^2 #reaction #dirk strider #terezi pyrope #the theseus #narrative bleedover

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Internet Censorship is Here: How Far Will it Go?

Within hours of the recent mass shooting at a New Zealand mosque by a far-right terrorist, the country’s authorities were scrambling to ensure a sickening video the murderer streamed on Facebook was barred from the nation’s screens. Due to the nature of the Internet, the task of removal proved very difficult. But eventually, the government succeeded — using controversial tactics usually associated with Internet censorship by authoritarian regimes.

For some, the action of one highly democratic nation was a worrying reminder that Internet freedom should not be taken for granted. For others it was a triumph of taste and decency over a Wild West online community that still refuses to accept regulation while simultaneously failing to take responsibility for its actions.

a billion Internet users are barely aware that Facebook and Google exist

Versions of this debate are being played out around the world, as authorities, online companies, journalists and web professionals try to strike a balance between free speech and protecting Internet users from highly offensive — and potentially also subversive — content. The spread of “fake news”, alleged attempts by foreign powers to meddle in elections, and the age-old difficulty of defining what should be permitted in a free society, are all part of this debate.

With the technology and the excuses for Internet censorship already in place, it’s a debate that will shape the future of the Web. Or should that be ‘futures’, plural?

Full Censorship Can Be Achieved

In China, a billion Internet users are barely aware that Facebook and Google exist. Authorities have no difficulty in ensuring unpleasant content is not seen on the search engines and social media boards that are available there: The Christchurch video was blocked just as effectively as disturbing footage of the Tiananmen Square massacre is, because the Chinese government has built a system of highly effective controls on the Internet known as “the Great Firewall of China”.

Officially called the Golden Shield Project, China’s system of Internet controls has made fools of the experts who said that the Internet could not be tamed or censored. Jon Penney, a Fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Toronto’s Citizen Lab, told Open Democracy recently that although China’s technology is not yet fully understood by the west, it is:

…among the most technically sophisticated Internet filtering/censorship systems in the world.

“Basically, access to the Internet in China is provided by eight Internet Service Providers, which are licensed and controlled by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology,” he said. “These ISPs are important, because we’re learning that they do a lot of the heavy lifting in terms of content filtering and censorship.” 

Controlling ISPs was one crucial brick of that firewall that allowed New Zealand to take the Christchurch killer’s video down. Indeed, what was controversial for many was the use of such an approach — and the fact that the government used a set of unpublished ‘blacklists’ of the sites it required to be blocked. Kalev Leetaru, a big data expert, wrote on Forbes: “The secret nature of the blacklist and opaque manner in which the companies decided which websites to add to the list or how to appeal an incorrect listing, echoed similar systems deployed around the world in countries like China.”

A Different Internet

China’s great firewall also tracks and filters keywords used in search engines; blocks many IP addresses; and can ‘hijack’ the Domain Name System to ensure attempts to access banned sites draw a blank. This is thought to be done at ISP level, but also further along the system as well, ensuring that browsing even a permitted foreign site from within China can be frustratingly slow. But with sites such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and Wikipedia blocked, most Chinese users simply view an entirely different Internet and App ecosystem.

most Chinese users simply view an entirely different Internet

Adrian Shahbaz, the research director for technology and democracy at Freedom House, an independent watchdog for democracy, says other authoritarian regimes — including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — are already showing interest in China’s technology and censorship system. Russia is building its own version, which will allow it to totally isolate the domestic web from the rest of the Internet; ostensibly, this is to ensure the country’s ability to defend itself from a “catastrophic cyber attack”.

There are concerns that this censorship will spread to the West, where attempts to clamp down on hate speech, and to stop foreign ‘trolls’ pushing fake news in a bid to cause instability and influence elections, mean there is no shortage of justification for introducing controls. French President Emanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump are among the democratic leaders who have threatened crackdowns in the last few months alone.

Censorship or Responsible Regulation?

ISP controls and direct censorship are not the only threats to a unified and ‘free’ internet. With most people consuming their Internet through just a few very popular social media platforms or mainstream news providers, governments can also lean directly on these companies. Singapore — a country that admittedly sits in the bottom 30 of the Press Freedom Index — has just introduced a new “anti-fake news law” allowing authorities in the city-state to remove articles deemed to breach government regulations.

The country’s prime minister said the law will require media outlets to correct fake news articles, and “show corrections or display warnings about online falsehoods so that readers or viewers can see all sides and make up their own minds about the matter.”

Internet giants such as Facebook, Twitter and Google have their Asia headquarters in Singapore and are expected to come under pressure to aid implementation, meaning that those sites could look different when viewed from the city-state. Singapore may not be known for its freedom of speech, but its approach is telling as to how less authoritarian regimes — and those without China’s technology — can impose a creeping web censorship by leaning of the big tech companies that deliver most of the Internet users see.

The Singaporean premier added that “in extreme and urgent cases, the legislation will also require online news sources to take down fake news before irreparable damage is done.” It is not hard to imagine these words coming from a Western leader, or a judge.

Facebook is Already on Board

Facebook itself, after coming under intense pressure over the use of the site to spread everything from dubious news reports to videos promoting suicide, has now joined the calls for regulation. “From what I’ve learned, I believe we need new regulation in four areas: harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability,” Mark Zuckerberg said in a statement recently.

On the subject of data, Zuckerberg cited Europe’s GDPR — a set of regulations governing the use and storage of personal data — as an example to follow. But it is another EU law, passed in recent weeks, that threatens further Internet fragmentation.

The new Copyright Directive will require tech firms to automatically screen for and remove unauthorised copyrighted material from their platforms. Many campaigners have argued the directive will be harmful to free expression, since the only way to guarantee compliance is to simply block any user-generated content that references other copyrighted material in any way, including criticism, remixes, or even simple quotes.

until now, people have been relatively free to publish material online and then suffer the consequences

While the EU directive aims to bolster quality online news journalism by banning its wholesale re-use, sites that rely on user-generated content could end up looking very different when viewed from within Europe, compared to the US for example. Experts talk of a “splintering”, which means that there will effectively be different Internets in different jurisdictions.

Copyright enforcement, of course, is not censorship. And there have always been categories of images, for example, that are illegal in most jurisdictions. But until now, people have been relatively free to publish material online and then suffer the consequences, as was the case in the days of print. Proponents of tighter controls at source argue that simply removing material from sites once it is known to be illegal is a never-ending and ultimately pointless task, especially in the face of organized ’trolls’ who can re-post at will.

During the first 24 hours after the Christchurch attack, Facebook removed 1.5 million re-posts of the murderer’s video, for example. It was only the introduction of controls at ISP level that finally blocked it in New Zealand, at least.

The Human Element

“Extremist content” and “fake news’ look set to be the next targets for politicians who favor stricter Internet controls, or, as they may argue, greater responsibility from ISP providers or major websites. Unlike copyright, this is at least partially subjective, and would require real people, employed by the authorities, to decide what is acceptable on our screens. China, naturally, already employs an army of such censors; it even pays another large group to post material that is explicitly favorable to its policies.

Leetaru said: “Like New Zealand’s recent blocking efforts, China’s system officially exists for the same reason: to block access to disturbing content and content that would disrupt social order. In the Chinese case, however, the system has famously morphed to envelope all content that might threaten the government’s official narratives or call into question its actions.

“In New Zealand’s case, website censorship was limited to a small set of sites allegedly hosting sensitive content relating to the attack. Yet, the government’s apparent comfort with instituting such a nation-wide ban so swiftly and without debate reminds us of how Chinese-style censorship begins.”

Can’t imagine it happening? Britain’s government recently published a ‘White Paper’ — a way of signalling possible legislation — which proposed that social media companies should be forced to take down, within 24 hours, “unacceptable material” that “undermines our democratic values and principles”.

What Constitutes Fake News?

Exactly what constitutes “fake news” has always been open to interpretation: during election campaigns, some democratic leaders have already learned that it is a good label to discredit critical reports with. In Russia, fake news was banned recently, and is defined as anything that “exhibits blatant disrespect for the society, government, official government symbols, constitution or governmental bodies of Russia.”

One area that is being actively targeted in Europe is “extremist” material fostering violence or hatred. In Germany, which already has a system to force platforms to remove “hate speech,” this has recently included censure on a woman who posted pictures of the Iranian women’s volleyball team to contrast their attire in the 1970s (shorts and vests) and now (headscarves and long sleeves).

The following joke was deemed hateful enough to land the poster a social media ban: “Muslim men are taking a second wife. To finance their lives, Germans are taking a second job.”

Another area that Western governments are showing increasing concern about is private groups that carefully regulate membership, designed to allow like-minded people to share their views unchallenged. Already, there have been calls for Facebook to clamp down on these closed groups or “echo chambers”, on the grounds that they are able to serve undiluted misinformation without challenge. While these requests may once again sound reasonable, it is unclear what would constitute an echo chamber and what kind of ‘misinformation’ could be considered unacceptable — or indeed, who would decide that.

How to Beat the Censors

For those wanting to beat EU copywrite laws and, for example, see a meme their friend in California is ‘lol-ing’ about, a virtual private network (VPN) should be a good solution. Already recommended by many security experts, VPNs are encrypted proxy servers that hide your own IP address and can make it look like you are browsing from a different country. For occasional use, even using a public proxy site, a ‘browser within a browser’ may well work.

There are various levels of VPN – an in depth look at the options is available here. However, sophisticated censorship systems such as the Great Firewall of China are capable of detecting VPN use and blocking that too.

A popular alternative to VPN use is the Tor browser, which is designed with anonymity in mind. Although experts rate Tor’s privacy features (and therefore its anti-censorship abilities) higher than VPNs, Tor can also be blocked. What’s more, you have to install the browser on your device and using Tor does not hide the fact that you are using Tor. Both Tor and VPNs are illegal in some countries and their use could put you at risk.

Tor is also the gateway of preference for accessing the Deep Web or Dark Web — which are also used heavily by activists and journalists who are trying to circumvent curbs on their freedom of expression. In a detailed article explaining how to access and use the Dark Web, technology journalist Conor Shiels says:

The Deep Web has been heralded by many as the last bastion of internet privacy in an increasingly intrusive age, while others consider it one of the evilest places on the internet.

The Deep Web is technically any site not indexed by search engines. Such sites would be an obvious place for private groups to base themselves if they are thrown of Facebook or even banned — although of course they may find it harder to recruit new members if they remain hidden from the casual user.

Although the Deep or Dark Web is a popular place for illegal activity, it is not illegal in itself. For those seeking an uncensored experience, it remains a place hidden from the authorities, but of course, the flip side is that you will be hiding your own postings from the vast majority of web users. This aspect of censorship will perhaps be the hardest to bypass as authorities move to cut off the most popular sites and platforms from certain news, views and activities.

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Everything That Upset the Internet This Week

What is the web-o-sphere angry about this week? A despicable and unhumorous comedy set, an infringement of free speech, and the absolving of someone who never apologized for his mistakes. Here’s everything you need to know.

Louis CK’s Latest Comedy Set

THE STORY: On December 31, instead of Twitter exploding with New Year’s resolutions and year-end lists, it was full of tweets about a comedy set Louis CK had done the night before. The disgraced comedian began plotting his comeback with a series of unannounced appearances at comedy clubs just months after it was revealed that he masturbated in front of women at work. Leaked audio of his latest set quickly spurred outrage, and rightly so: CK’s “jokes” spanned everything from homophobia (mocking people who want to be addressed by gender pronouns like they or them) to racism (trotting out a tired routine about Asian men’s penises) to scoffing at the teen survivors of a school shooting.

THE REACTION:

This hacky, unfunny, shallow routine is just a symptom of how people are afraid to feel empathy. It’s much easier to laugh at our most vulnerable than to look at their pain directly & show them love and concern. Louis CK is all fear and bitterness now. He can’t look inward. https://t.co/aQVG0rk87y

— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 31, 2018

This is what passes for humor now by Louis CK. No one should support this racist, misogynistic piece of garbage. pic.twitter.com/PPxxT8TH9V

— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) January 3, 2019

one thing i can’t stop thinking about in the leaked louis ck stand up set is the guy in the audience who yelled “fuck em!” when ck was mocking, i guess, trans kids and teens who were shot at in their high schools

someone find that man and bring him to me

i just want to talk

— Scaachi (@Scaachi) January 2, 2019

RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: When CK issued a public apology in November 2017 after the news of his behaviour broke, he wrote: “I have spent my long and lucky career talking and saying anything I want. I will now step back and take a long time to listen.” So he listened for a year and decided that since he had nothing to lose—because his “life is over”—why not verbally attack everyone he can think of? More than anything else, what this comedy set shows is that CK learned nothing in the past year except how to fuel his own bitterness over “political correctness” and how to lash out instead of introspect. But the cultural climate has changed enormously since 2017, even if he hasn’t, and people are no longer willing to accept inoffensive material cloaked in the thin veil of humour.

Netflix Pulls a Patriot Act Episode in Saudi Arabia

THE STORY: Hasan Minhaj’s political comedy show Patriot Act launched on Netflix last October. The second episode of the series, aired on October 28, delved into US-Saudia Arabia relations and the latter’s possible involvement in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi (which has since been confirmed). Now, the Saudi government claims that this episode violates the country’s cybercrime laws, and requested Netflix to block streaming of the episode in their country—which they’ve done. “We strongly support artistic freedom and removed this episode only in Saudi Arabia after we had received a valid legal request — and to comply with local law,” said Netflix in a statement to NPR.

THE REACTION:

This is disturbing. Love Patriot Act and I’m really bothered that Netflix took this down. https://t.co/5zV55v2NPZ

— Erin Jean Warde (@erinjeanwarde) January 1, 2019

This is insanity.@Netflix pulls 'Patriot Act' episode in Saudi Arabia after it criticized official account of Khashoggi killing: https://t.co/BaYKmUxq60

Seems @hasanminhaj is doing something right. I hope this drives more people to watch his excellent show.

— Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) January 2, 2019

Seriously, @Netflix? https://t.co/GTUrB9P9x7

— fatima bhutto (@fbhutto) January 1, 2019

RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: Netflix basically capitulated to an authoritarian regime bent on curtailing free speech. And it did so by taking down content that itself addressed the regime’s history of curtailing free speech. Meta. At a time when journalists around the world are being attacked or killed for their work, and people’s right to information is being threatened, tech giants like Netflix need to step up and be on the right side of history. By restricting Saudi Arabian citizens’ access to the truth, they’re enabling a serious problem and also setting a dangerous precedent. However, they did leave the episode up on their YouTube channel, so lets see where this story goes next.

Ellen Degeneres Calls for Kevin Hart to be Reinstated as Oscars Host

THE STORY: A few weeks ago, after a bunch of Kevin Hart’s homophobic tweets from the past resurfaced, the internet was, understandably, upset. But not so upset that a heartfelt and honest apology wouldn’t fix it. Hart, however, who had just been announced as the host of the 2019 Oscars, had no intentions of issuing any apologies—instead, he chose to wax on about how he had grown and evolved as a person, and that since he’d apologized in the past, he didn’t need to do so again. The Academy removed him as an Oscar host and ostensibly began searching for a replacement. But as the world found out today, in a clip from his his forthcoming appearance on The Ellen Show, it turns out that Ellen Degeneres not only accepts his “apology” but she also recently called the Academy requesting that he be reinstated as host.

THE REACTION:

In light of Ellen absolving Kevin Hart for his history of homophobic remarks, this seems like a good time to reiterate that no one member of a marginalized identity can forgive a bigot on behalf of the entire group.

— ella dawson (@brosandprose) January 4, 2019

People apologize. People deserve forgiveness.

Kevin Hart never apologized. Kevin Hart doesn’t deserve forgiveness.

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) January 4, 2019

Regarding Ellen DeGeneres…

She condemned Kim Burrell for making homophobic comments that are no different from what Kevin Hart tweeted. The reason why she excused Kevin is because they’re friends. I think that’s bs.

Start holding your friends accountable for their shit.

— Quenchi (@MrQuenchiAdams) January 4, 2019

RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE RAGE: There are many things wrong with the conversation that took place between these two. For one, Degeneres has decided to paint critics of Hart’s homophobia as “haters,” saying “That’s a small group of people being very, very loud.” Now Degeneres has no right to dismiss the fact that people have been genuinely offended and hurt by Hart’s words, and also shouldn’t be commenting on how small or valid she thinks that group is. Two, Hart seems to think that the reason his past tweets resurfaced is because internet trolls are out there trying to “destroy” him. His perception of the situation makes clear that instead of regretting the pain he’s caused people with his comments, he’s upset at them for trying to hold him accountable. Degeneres seems to agree with this positioning of Hart as a victim, saying that by hosting the Oscars he wouldn’t let “whoever’s trying to hurt” him win. This bizarre conspiracy theory that people are just out to hurt Hart is baffling, and absolving him of all culpability—because he happens to be her friend—so that he may pursue his dream of hosting the Oscars is something Degeneres simply doesn’t have the right to do.

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Louis CK’s Latest Comedy Set

THE REACTION:

— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 31, 2018

This is what passes for humor now by Louis CK. No one should support this racist, misogynistic piece of garbage. pic.twitter.com/PPxxT8TH9V

— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) January 3, 2019

someone find that man and bring him to me

i just want to talk

— Scaachi (@Scaachi) January 2, 2019

Netflix Pulls a Patriot Act Episode in Saudi Arabia

THE REACTION:

This is disturbing. Love Patriot Act and I’m really bothered that Netflix took this down. https://t.co/5zV55v2NPZ

— Erin Jean Warde (@erinjeanwarde) January 1, 2019

This is insanity.@Netflix pulls 'Patriot Act' episode in Saudi Arabia after it criticized official account of Khashoggi killing: https://t.co/BaYKmUxq60

Seems @hasanminhaj is doing something right. I hope this drives more people to watch his excellent show.

— Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) January 2, 2019

Seriously, @Netflix? https://t.co/GTUrB9P9x7

— fatima bhutto (@fbhutto) January 1, 2019

Ellen Degeneres Calls for Kevin Hart to be Reinstated as Oscars Host

THE REACTION:

— ella dawson (@brosandprose) January 4, 2019

People apologize. People deserve forgiveness.

Kevin Hart never apologized. Kevin Hart doesn’t deserve forgiveness.

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) January 4, 2019

Regarding Ellen DeGeneres…

She condemned Kim Burrell for making homophobic comments that are no different from what Kevin Hart tweeted. The reason why she excused Kevin is because they’re friends. I think that’s bs.

Start holding your friends accountable for their shit.

— Quenchi (@MrQuenchiAdams) January 4, 2019

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Tekashi 6ix9ine's album leaked over the weekend. His Nicki Minaj-featured track, "MAMA," was a part of the ton that hit the online. a number of the feminine rapper's lines caused listeners to believe she was dissing her rival, Cardi B. The bars in question insinuated the likelihood of Cardi B exchanging sexual favors with business professionals to learn her career.

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6ix9ine’s debut studio L-P DUMMY BOY, was delayed following his arrest on charges as well as felony, however it seems the disputable borough rate in short placed it up purchasable on his own web site. the precise timeline is somewhat unclear, however the choice to sell it should are a response to the record leaky.

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Tekashi 6ix9ine is engulfed in legal troubles that currently have the young rapper fighting for his freedom. Before his arrest fans had their attention on the discharge of his debut album DUMMY BOY. once the arrest, it had been believed the album wouldn't see the sunshine of day anytime shortly and was discovered by 6ix9ine and label officers the album wasn't out thanks to forces on the far side their management. one thing else they can’t management is that the leak of the album that has occurred, creating the discharge on the market to the complete net.

DUMMY BOY was being control to combat the legal problems the “FEFE” rapper was facing however sources currently reveal the album is offered on-line for your enjoyment. The project was on the market on 6ix9ine’s web site for $6.99, however, it had been force down. The album was on the market long enough for a few to be ready to purchase and now could be wide on the market on-line.

Murda Beatz, WHO created “FEFE,” denote on Instagram that he had the complete album and will presumably leak it. He later deleted the post.

The leak of 6ix9ine’s latest work continues a string of dangerous developments for the disputable rapper, WHO was in remission and indicted on felony charges last week. The rainbow color-haired rhymester is presently sitting behind bars whereas he waits for a bail hearing within the case.

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Tekashi 6ix9ine has been in jail since he was in remission last week, however that hasn't stopped his deferred new album 'Dummy Boy' from leaky on-line.

After being in remission on charges that might see him pay the remainder of his life in jail, rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine delayed the discharged of his extremely anticipated album 'Dummy Boy' - but the thirteen song album has currently been leaked on-line.

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Social media was stuffed with folks posting transfer links to the album and sharing screenshots showing that they'd been ready to secure a replica of the 'Dummy Boy' album.

6ix9ine’s immurement forced his team to change the rollout for his Dummy Boy project. Last Wed (November 21), the project’s delay was proclaimed via Instagram.This announcement comes on the heels of Tekashi's recent burst of epic troll, that was ostensibly spurred by a heated argument Tekashi got into with YG affiliate Slim four hundred and his crew. in an exceedingly video provided by TMZ, each parties are often seen yelling obscenities back and forth at one another, and although the "Fefe" rapper complete up walking away before a scuffle may get away, that did not mean he was against a lot of drama.

Just a pair days once his Slim four hundred run-in, 6ix9ine trolled YG over his Uber accident. YG has nonetheless to retort.

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The 13-track project options appearances from Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Gunna, A boogie-woogie Wit prosecuting officer Hoodie, and more.

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Expert: Back of the world in which we live, far in the background, lies another world. The relation between the two is not unlike the relation we sometimes see in the theater between the forestage scene in the regular acting area and a scrim scene projected behind it. Through a thin gauze we see, as it were, a world of gauze, lighter, more ethereal, qualitatively different from the actual world. Many people who appear bodily in the actual world do not belong in it but in that other. — Soren Kierkegaard, “Diary of the Seducer” in Either/Or From the outset, the use of journalists was among the CIA’s most sensitive undertakings, with full knowledge restricted to the Director of Central Intelligence and a few of his chosen deputies. — Carl Bernstein, “The CIA and the Media,” Rolling Stone Personality is persona, a mask…The mask is magic…Larva means mask; or ghost…it also means mad, a case of demoniacal possession. — Norma O. Brown, Love’s Body There are innocent and guilty actors populating the American stage. Unlike the naïve children who joyously revel in the costumes they don for Halloween, unaware as they are of the death fears they exorcise, the corporate mainstream media wear their masks year-round, while they consciously abet the United States government, its intelligence agencies, and its allies in exercising their God-given right to inflict death on people around the world, including many innocent children. To point out the media’s sickening hypocrisy (Greek hypokrites, stage actor) is, in one way, quite easy and facile, but in another quite difficult because of the powerful hypnotic hold people’s “trusted” media have on them. To even suggest that people’s favorite mainstream media are doing the work of the secret state feels so insulting to people’s intelligence with its suggestion of gullibility that many recoil in anger at the possibility. A common retort is that it is absurd to suggest that The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fox News, CNN, etc. are just disseminating propaganda from behind a mask of objectivity. And it is that small word “just” that reveals the falsity of the reply. For obviously these media organizations report truthfully on certain matters. For if they didn’t, their lies would not work. But when it comes to crucial matters of foreign or domestic policy – matters that involve the controlling interests of the elites – lies and deceptions are the rule. Yes, Trump is a narcissistic mana personality who has entranced and mystified his hard core followers. But to think he is the only hypnotist on the stage is childish beyond belief. The psychoanalyst Sandor Ferenczi observed that people are so susceptible to returning to an imaginary childhood through hypnotic trances because “In our innermost soul we are still children, and we remain so throughout life.” Like the little children who go trick-or-treating dressed up as ghosts, witches, or grim reapers, adults too fear death and are easily induced to believe god-like authorities who will quell their fears and ostensibly explain to them who the good and bad guys are. Like parents with children, the masked media magicians play the good cop/bad cop game with great success. Obama was a god; Trump, the devil. Trump is a savior; Obama, a destroyer. This charade is so obvious that it’s not. But that’s how the play is played. At the moment, all eyes are on Trump, who commands center stage. And those obsessively transfixed eyes are staring out of the heads of people of all political persuasions, those that love and those that loathe the man and all he stands for. And who has created this obsession but none other than our friends in the corporate media, the same people who gave us Obama-mania. Meanwhile, back stage…. it’s a wonderful life. There’s Saudi Arabia and the recent news about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and the Saudi war on Yemen. You may rightly wonder what that is all about. And you might remember and be wondering about the poisoning, allegedly by Russia, of those Russian nationals Sergei Scripal and his daughter Yulia, who have been kept in total isolation by the British authorities for eight months. Do you wonder about where the war against Syria went? Has it just gone to sleep until after November’s election? Is that what wars do, take naps? Do you wonder obsessively about the upcoming mid-term election and all those “former” CIA folks running for office? “Crucial” elections, the media tell us. The state of the country is riding on them, right? Or is it the world? There is so much to wonder about. The costumes are so creative, the masks mesmerizing. Something’s happening, right? There is so much to wonder about in Wonderland. Something is happening, as Dylan sings: You raise up your head and you ask, “Is this where it is?” And somebody points to you and says, “It’s his” And you say, “What’s mine?” and somebody else says, “Well, what is?” And you say, “Oh my God, am I here all alone?” But something is happening and you don’t know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones? As you no doubt do know, The Washington Post, The New York Times and other corporate media are outraged by the killing of Khashoggi and now by the Saudis’ war on Yemen. Does their outrage make you wonder how outrage works? Here from seven years ago: The extent of America’s war in Yemen has been among the Obama administration’s most closely guarded secrets, as officials worried that news of unilateral American operations could undermine Mr. Saleh’s tenuous grip on power. That was the NY Times’ Mark Mazzetti on June 8, 2011, two-and-a-half years into the Obama administration. This is Mark Mazzetti for October 20, 2018, “Saudis’ Image Makers: A Troll Army and a Twitter Insider”: In one conversation viewed by The Times, dozens of leaders [Saudi] decided to mute critics of Saudi Arabia’s military attacks on Yemen by reporting the messages to Twitter as “sensitive. The article goes on to describe how the formerly Saudi good guys are getting bad and doing Russian-like stuff like trolling and “swarming and stifling critics on Twitter” in a propaganda and public relations campaign. Boy, isn’t it shocking and a cause for wonder? What they wouldn’t do! And then there’s the Times’ emotional story from October 20, 2018 by Declan Walsh with photos and video from Tyler Hicks – “This is the Front Line of Saudi Arabia’s Invisible War” – that says: The Khashoggi crisis has called attention to a largely overlooked Saudi-led war in Yemen. On a rare trip to the front line, we found Yemenis fighting and dying in a war that has gone nowhere. “Largely overlooked” – by whom? “Gone nowhere” – and where was it supposed to go? Now what’s happening, Mr. Reader? Has the worm turned? Do you wonder? It’s hard to remember to forget or forget to remember, isn’t it? Would this article – “U.S. stepping up weapons shipments to aid Saudi air campaign over Yemen“ – from April, 7, 2015 make you wonder what’s happening now? It begins: “The United States appears to be slowly but steadily deepening its involvement in the war in Yemen.” So many things “appear” and disappear, it makes you wonder, doesn’t it? Yes, the American stage is populated with so many spooky masked media characters, you’d think they were out to scare and trick us, rather than treat us well. I’m afraid that’s what’s happening in Wonderland, Mr. Jones. http://clubof.info/

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Everything That Upset the Internet This Week

Louis CK’s Latest Comedy Set

THE REACTION:

— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 31, 2018

This is what passes for humor now by Louis CK. No one should support this racist, misogynistic piece of garbage. pic.twitter.com/PPxxT8TH9V

— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) January 3, 2019

someone find that man and bring him to me

i just want to talk

— Scaachi (@Scaachi) January 2, 2019

Netflix Pulls a Patriot Act Episode in Saudi Arabia

THE REACTION:

This is disturbing. Love Patriot Act and I’m really bothered that Netflix took this down. https://t.co/5zV55v2NPZ

— Erin Jean Warde (@erinjeanwarde) January 1, 2019

This is insanity.@Netflix pulls 'Patriot Act' episode in Saudi Arabia after it criticized official account of Khashoggi killing: https://t.co/BaYKmUxq60

Seems @hasanminhaj is doing something right. I hope this drives more people to watch his excellent show.

— Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) January 2, 2019

Seriously, @Netflix? https://t.co/GTUrB9P9x7

— fatima bhutto (@fbhutto) January 1, 2019

Ellen Degeneres Calls for Kevin Hart to be Reinstated as Oscars Host

THE REACTION:

— ella dawson (@brosandprose) January 4, 2019

People apologize. People deserve forgiveness.

Kevin Hart never apologized. Kevin Hart doesn’t deserve forgiveness.

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) January 4, 2019

Regarding Ellen DeGeneres…

She condemned Kim Burrell for making homophobic comments that are no different from what Kevin Hart tweeted. The reason why she excused Kevin is because they’re friends. I think that’s bs.

Start holding your friends accountable for their shit.

— Quenchi (@MrQuenchiAdams) January 4, 2019

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Everything That Upset the Internet This Week

Louis CK’s Latest Comedy Set

THE REACTION:

— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 31, 2018

This is what passes for humor now by Louis CK. No one should support this racist, misogynistic piece of garbage. pic.twitter.com/PPxxT8TH9V

— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) January 3, 2019

someone find that man and bring him to me

i just want to talk

— Scaachi (@Scaachi) January 2, 2019

Netflix Pulls a Patriot Act Episode in Saudi Arabia

THE REACTION:

This is disturbing. Love Patriot Act and I’m really bothered that Netflix took this down. https://t.co/5zV55v2NPZ

— Erin Jean Warde (@erinjeanwarde) January 1, 2019

This is insanity.@Netflix pulls 'Patriot Act' episode in Saudi Arabia after it criticized official account of Khashoggi killing: https://t.co/BaYKmUxq60

Seems @hasanminhaj is doing something right. I hope this drives more people to watch his excellent show.

— Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) January 2, 2019

Seriously, @Netflix? https://t.co/GTUrB9P9x7

— fatima bhutto (@fbhutto) January 1, 2019

Ellen Degeneres Calls for Kevin Hart to be Reinstated as Oscars Host

THE REACTION:

— ella dawson (@brosandprose) January 4, 2019

People apologize. People deserve forgiveness.

Kevin Hart never apologized. Kevin Hart doesn’t deserve forgiveness.

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) January 4, 2019

Regarding Ellen DeGeneres…

She condemned Kim Burrell for making homophobic comments that are no different from what Kevin Hart tweeted. The reason why she excused Kevin is because they’re friends. I think that’s bs.

Start holding your friends accountable for their shit.

— Quenchi (@MrQuenchiAdams) January 4, 2019

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Everything That Upset the Internet This Week

Louis CK’s Latest Comedy Set

THE REACTION:

— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 31, 2018

This is what passes for humor now by Louis CK. No one should support this racist, misogynistic piece of garbage. pic.twitter.com/PPxxT8TH9V

— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) January 3, 2019

someone find that man and bring him to me

i just want to talk

— Scaachi (@Scaachi) January 2, 2019

Netflix Pulls a Patriot Act Episode in Saudi Arabia

THE REACTION:

This is disturbing. Love Patriot Act and I’m really bothered that Netflix took this down. https://t.co/5zV55v2NPZ

— Erin Jean Warde (@erinjeanwarde) January 1, 2019

This is insanity.@Netflix pulls 'Patriot Act' episode in Saudi Arabia after it criticized official account of Khashoggi killing: https://t.co/BaYKmUxq60

Seems @hasanminhaj is doing something right. I hope this drives more people to watch his excellent show.

— Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) January 2, 2019

Seriously, @Netflix? https://t.co/GTUrB9P9x7

— fatima bhutto (@fbhutto) January 1, 2019

Ellen Degeneres Calls for Kevin Hart to be Reinstated as Oscars Host

THE REACTION:

— ella dawson (@brosandprose) January 4, 2019

People apologize. People deserve forgiveness.

Kevin Hart never apologized. Kevin Hart doesn’t deserve forgiveness.

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) January 4, 2019

Regarding Ellen DeGeneres…

She condemned Kim Burrell for making homophobic comments that are no different from what Kevin Hart tweeted. The reason why she excused Kevin is because they’re friends. I think that’s bs.

Start holding your friends accountable for their shit.

— Quenchi (@MrQuenchiAdams) January 4, 2019

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Everything That Upset the Internet This Week

Louis CK’s Latest Comedy Set

THE REACTION:

— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 31, 2018

This is what passes for humor now by Louis CK. No one should support this racist, misogynistic piece of garbage. pic.twitter.com/PPxxT8TH9V

— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) January 3, 2019

someone find that man and bring him to me

i just want to talk

— Scaachi (@Scaachi) January 2, 2019

Netflix Pulls a Patriot Act Episode in Saudi Arabia

THE REACTION:

This is disturbing. Love Patriot Act and I’m really bothered that Netflix took this down. https://t.co/5zV55v2NPZ

— Erin Jean Warde (@erinjeanwarde) January 1, 2019

This is insanity.@Netflix pulls 'Patriot Act' episode in Saudi Arabia after it criticized official account of Khashoggi killing: https://t.co/BaYKmUxq60

Seems @hasanminhaj is doing something right. I hope this drives more people to watch his excellent show.

— Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) January 2, 2019

Seriously, @Netflix? https://t.co/GTUrB9P9x7

— fatima bhutto (@fbhutto) January 1, 2019

Ellen Degeneres Calls for Kevin Hart to be Reinstated as Oscars Host

THE REACTION:

— ella dawson (@brosandprose) January 4, 2019

People apologize. People deserve forgiveness.

Kevin Hart never apologized. Kevin Hart doesn’t deserve forgiveness.

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) January 4, 2019

Regarding Ellen DeGeneres…

She condemned Kim Burrell for making homophobic comments that are no different from what Kevin Hart tweeted. The reason why she excused Kevin is because they’re friends. I think that’s bs.

Start holding your friends accountable for their shit.

— Quenchi (@MrQuenchiAdams) January 4, 2019

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Everything That Upset the Internet This Week

Louis CK’s Latest Comedy Set

THE REACTION:

— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 31, 2018

This is what passes for humor now by Louis CK. No one should support this racist, misogynistic piece of garbage. pic.twitter.com/PPxxT8TH9V

— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) January 3, 2019

someone find that man and bring him to me

i just want to talk

— Scaachi (@Scaachi) January 2, 2019

Netflix Pulls a Patriot Act Episode in Saudi Arabia

THE REACTION:

This is disturbing. Love Patriot Act and I’m really bothered that Netflix took this down. https://t.co/5zV55v2NPZ

— Erin Jean Warde (@erinjeanwarde) January 1, 2019

This is insanity.@Netflix pulls 'Patriot Act' episode in Saudi Arabia after it criticized official account of Khashoggi killing: https://t.co/BaYKmUxq60

Seems @hasanminhaj is doing something right. I hope this drives more people to watch his excellent show.

— Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) January 2, 2019

Seriously, @Netflix? https://t.co/GTUrB9P9x7

— fatima bhutto (@fbhutto) January 1, 2019

Ellen Degeneres Calls for Kevin Hart to be Reinstated as Oscars Host

THE REACTION:

— ella dawson (@brosandprose) January 4, 2019

People apologize. People deserve forgiveness.

Kevin Hart never apologized. Kevin Hart doesn’t deserve forgiveness.

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) January 4, 2019

Regarding Ellen DeGeneres…

She condemned Kim Burrell for making homophobic comments that are no different from what Kevin Hart tweeted. The reason why she excused Kevin is because they’re friends. I think that’s bs.

Start holding your friends accountable for their shit.

— Quenchi (@MrQuenchiAdams) January 4, 2019

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Everything That Upset the Internet This Week

Louis CK’s Latest Comedy Set

THE REACTION:

— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) December 31, 2018

This is what passes for humor now by Louis CK. No one should support this racist, misogynistic piece of garbage. pic.twitter.com/PPxxT8TH9V

— Jay Kuo (@nycjayjay) January 3, 2019

someone find that man and bring him to me

i just want to talk

— Scaachi (@Scaachi) January 2, 2019

Netflix Pulls a Patriot Act Episode in Saudi Arabia

THE REACTION:

This is disturbing. Love Patriot Act and I’m really bothered that Netflix took this down. https://t.co/5zV55v2NPZ

— Erin Jean Warde (@erinjeanwarde) January 1, 2019

This is insanity.@Netflix pulls 'Patriot Act' episode in Saudi Arabia after it criticized official account of Khashoggi killing: https://t.co/BaYKmUxq60

Seems @hasanminhaj is doing something right. I hope this drives more people to watch his excellent show.

— Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) January 2, 2019

Seriously, @Netflix? https://t.co/GTUrB9P9x7

— fatima bhutto (@fbhutto) January 1, 2019

Ellen Degeneres Calls for Kevin Hart to be Reinstated as Oscars Host

THE REACTION:

— ella dawson (@brosandprose) January 4, 2019

People apologize. People deserve forgiveness.

Kevin Hart never apologized. Kevin Hart doesn’t deserve forgiveness.

— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) January 4, 2019

Regarding Ellen DeGeneres…

She condemned Kim Burrell for making homophobic comments that are no different from what Kevin Hart tweeted. The reason why she excused Kevin is because they’re friends. I think that’s bs.

Start holding your friends accountable for their shit.

— Quenchi (@MrQuenchiAdams) January 4, 2019

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