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anyab · 2 years ago

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Via NasAlSudan

Learn about the Sudanese revolution, the significance of December 19, and a legacy of resistance and resilience.

Join our call to action today and everyday during Sudan Action Week.

December 19 2023

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Breaking it down

What is the Sudanese Revolution?

The Sudanese Revolution refers to the popular uprising in Sudan that began on December 19, 2018 and eventually deposed 30-year dictator of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, on April 11 of 2019.

How did the Revolution begin?

Protests first began in Atbara, a city with historical significance to the labor movement in Sudan, in response to the rising costs of basic supplies such as bread and fuel.

Protestors set fire to the national party headquarters, and the news of their revolt quickly spread, inspiring protestors first in other cities, and then in the capital of Khartoum itself.

Online, the caption #TasgutBas, translating to #JustFall, grew in popularity and helped connect the diaspora to those in Sudan.

Was it really just bread?

No. The rising cost of bread in developing nations is an indicator of how badly the economy is strained, to the point where it impacts members of every social class.

At this point in time in Sudan, subsidies on essential goods had been rolled back, funding for social and state services such as healthcare and education was nearly nonexistent, and it is estimated that nearly 90% of economic activity took place in the informal sector, all while the military budget continually increased.

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Who led the charge? Creating a revolution

Group: Sudanese Professional's association (SPA)

Who they are:

Group of labor and trade organizations formed in secret in 2012 and publicly declared in 2016

Backbone of grassroots organizing in Sudan

Role played:

Led action on the street, organized national protests, like the initial march on Khartoum for increased wages before the transition to calls for regime change, and worker strikes.

Group: Local Resistance Committees (LRCS)

Who they are:

Initially formed as groups of students and youth organized together on the more local, neighbourhood basis during the Bashir era

Membership is extremely diverse across socio-economic, ethnic, tribal, religious, and political lines

Role played:

Considered the lifeblood of the revolution, with youth organizing local protests and ensuring safety against governmental repression by standing on the front lines + providing security, food, water, and medication to people

Group: Forces for freedom and change (FFC)

Who they are:

Coalition comprising the SPA, LRCS, the Sudan Revolutionary Front (group of anti-governmental Darfur militias), political parties, and civil society groups

Role played:

Essentially became the political mouthpiece of the revolution and signed onto the transitional government with the military on behalf of Sudanese civilians

It is also crucial to note that from a demographic perspective, it is youth and women that largely led and comprised the Sudanese Revolution.

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How did the revolution succeed?

01. Learning from the Past

Following the Arab Spring wave, Sudan also attempted a revolution in September of 2013

Civilians faced violent crackdowns within the first three days of protest. 200 killed, 800+ arrested

Activists were deterred from mobilization + felt a lot of guilt at the massive loss of life and spent the next 5 years grounding themselves in the study of nonviolent theory and action

02. Building a Movement

Coalition Building and People Power

Diversification of the reach of the movement to make sure all sectors of Sudani society were represented

Decentralization of Activism

Past revolutions in 1964 and 1985 were concentrated in the labor movement and educational elites in Khartoum

This time, experienced nonviolent activists trained those in the capital and ensured ethnic, religious, and tribal diversity

Newly trained activists then taught others locally across the Sudanese states

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Why december 19?

On December 19, 1955, the Sudanese parliament unanimously adopted a declaration of independence from the Anglo-Egyptian colonial power.

The declaration went into effect on January 1, 1956, which is why Independence Day is officially January 1, but December 19 is when the Sudanese people were truly liberated from colonial rule.

The flag shown is Sudan's independence flag. The blue is for the Nile, the yellow for the Sahara, and the green for the farmlands.

The current Sudanese flag was adopted in 1970, with the colors used being the Pan-Arab ones.

During the 2019 revolution, protestors often carried the independence flag instead as a form of resistance to the narrative of an exclusive Pan-Arab Sudanese identity.

December 19 is ultimately a tribute to Sudanese strength and resilience. It honors our independence and revolutionary martyrs - not just those of the 2019 revolution, but the democratic revolutions of 1964 and 1985 as well.

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Why is the revolution ongoing?

The goal was never just the fall of a dictator. The goal was, and is, to build a better Sudan, one free from military rule. One with equal opportunities for everyone, with economic prosperity and safety and security - the key principles of freedom, peace, and justice that the revolution called for.

Today, though, before we rebuild Sudan, before we free it from foreign interests and military rule and sectarianism, we need to save it. Each day that passes by with war waging on is one where more civilians are killed. More people are displaced. More women are raped. More children go hungry. To live in the conflict zones in Sudan right now - whether that be Khartoum, Darfur, Kordofan, or now, Al Gezira, is to be trapped in a never-ending nightmare, a fight for survival. And to live elsewhere in Sudan is to wonder whether you're next.

Sudan Action Week calls on you to educate yourself and others about Sudan, and then to help the Sudanese people save it, because we can no longer do it alone.

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What can you do? Uniting for Al Gezira and North Darfur

As we witness the unfolding events in Al Gezira and North Darfur, the communities of Abu Haraz, Hantoub, Medani, El Fasher, and many others are reaching out for assistance. Sudanese resilience persists to this day, with individuals on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok seeking and providing guidance on transportation services, medical care, food, shelter, protection, safe zones, operational markets, and more. This isn't new for the Sudanese community. A legacy of unity emerged, notably during the 2019 revolutions, where nas al Sudan [the people of Sudan], both within the nation and in the diaspora, rallied together to support each other online. Beyond merely sharing stories on social media, this was about strengthening collective action, enhancing mobilizations, and building a resilient community rooted in solidarity. The essence of the Sudanese community lies in people supporting people, notably during the uprising in 2018 and following the events of April 15th, 2023

Swipe to see how you can help.

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What can you do?

This week, on a day nearly mirroring Sudanese Independence and the popular 2018 uprising, Sudanese resilience endures as war follows nas al Sudan to Al Gezira and again in North Darfur. Our call to action this week is not just to share; it's a collective effort to uplift one another.

Share Resources:

If you have access to resources that can help such as transportation services, medical assistance, food, shelter, etc., please comment below.

Community Requests:

If you are in Al Gezira or North Darfur and require specific support, please comment on your needs

Connect Individuals:

For those unable to share resources directly, help amplify requests by sharing this information within your personal networks. Your connection may lead to support from individuals who can assist.

Spread the Word:

Share this call to action on your social media platforms to broaden the reach and encourage more people to contribute.

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Hanabniho

حنبنيهوا

[We will rebuild]

#keepEyesOnSudan

#SudanActionWeek

#sudan #sudan action week #keep eyes on sudan

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ladyinasong · 2 months ago

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THE DREADFUL FIRST PICS BREAKDOWN

Alternative title: I am zoomed the fuck in on these and here are my findings.

The pictures on Julia Swain's (director of photography) website appear to have been named by date of shooting so I'm presenting them in chronological order:

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-> 13 November 2024, first week of shooting, second day overalI + bts from the crew that day

Young Anne with Jago and future husband Seamus. At first I thought the woman holding Seamus' hand must be his mother Morwen played by a younger actress (I don't believe that's Marcia Gay Harden), but I wonder if that's actually Sophie? Maybe this isn't a straightforward flashback but some sort of vision/hallucination...

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-> 18 November 2024, second week of shooting + bts from the crew that day: 1 & 2

Your guess is as good as mine. I'm tempted to say that's Jago, considering the scene pictured in the next image was shot the same day.

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-> 18 November 2024, second week of shooting + see previous picture for bts content

Jago inside a church. All church scenes were shot at Boconnoc church.

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-> 19 November 2024, second week of shooting + some bts from the crew that day & week from no later than November 20

Morwen and Anne in church.

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-> 19 November 2019, second week of shooting + see previous picture for bts content

Close-up of Anne in church, from the same scene as the previous picture.

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-> 25 November 2024, third week of shooting + some bts from the cast and crew that day (1 & 2 posted by Laurence O'Fuarain who plays Seamus via IG & 3), and that week from no later than November 26

Seamus, Anne's doomed husband.

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-> 27 November 2024, third week of shooting + bts from the crew that day

Morwen holding a sword to Jago's throat!!!

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-> 28 November 2024, third week of shooting + bts from the crew that day featuring Kit

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Jago and Anne. In bed. Sleeping.

^For a better look. He's holding her 🥺 but also is that a tattoo? scar? on Jago's forearm...

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-> 2 December 2024, fourth and final week of shooting + bts from the crew that day

Anne with her hand on Morwen's shoulder.

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-> 3 December 2024, fourth and final week of shooting + bts from the cast and crew that day (1 & 2), and week from no later than December 3

Anne with a soldier's helmet... or is that the mask?

#jonsa #the dreadful #f: the dreadful

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jewishbarbies · 1 year ago

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“Rashida isn’t antisemitic!” lmao

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-781331

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/13/politics/rashida-tlaib-holocaust-comments/index.html

https://nypost.com/2023/11/02/news/how-rashida-tlaib-became-the-biggest-jew-hater-in-congress/

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3654510-house-democrat-slams-tlaib-for-antisemitic-remarks-on-israel/

and these are like. bare minimum examples. don’t even cover shit she’s posted for years on social media. doesn’t cover the likelihood that some of her funding has come from h/m/s.

also to your racist moron loser anon - she’s not a “Semite,” that’s not a term, antisemitism is only about Jews!

just this shit alone is enough to tell you everything you need to know about what kind of person this woman is, and this was back in 2019:

it’s that same ignorant bullshit of “jews are european and only came to the middle east to steal land in 1948”. like. can you read? are you capable? okay, then pick up a fucking book for once in your life and log out of fucking twitter.

#Asks #anonymoose #antisemitism

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saywhat-politics · 3 months ago

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a legal resident protected from deportation by a 2019 court order who has lived in the U.S. since 2011, was deported to a notorious Salvadorian prison on March 15.

April 7, 2025, 8:50 AM MST / Updated April 7, 2025, 1:02 PM MST

By Marlene Lenthang and Gary Grumbach

The United States does not have to return a Maryland man who was accidentally deported to a high-security prison in El Salvador to U.S. soil by midnight, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in an administrative stay that temporarily pauses a judge's previous order.

The Trump administration's request came as the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday morning denied the administration's request for a stay of a judge's order demanding that Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a legal resident protected from deportation by a 2019 court order who has lived in the U.S. since 2011 — be returned to the U.S. by 11:59 p.m. Monday.

#kilmar abrego garcia #u.s. supreme court

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staydandy · 7 months ago

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The Lost Tomb 2: Wrath of the Sea (2019) - 盗墓笔记2 - Whump List

List by StayDandy Synopsis : The group of heroes are pulled into another tomb-raiding expedition that takes them beneath the sea. In an ancient Ming Dynasty ship, they encounter monstrous creatures and puzzling traps. Wu Xie opens the box that he obtained from the Seven Star Coffins of Lu Wang's Palace to discover a snake-browed copper fish. Uncle Wu San Xing recounts the strange occurrences over ten years ago when they went on an archaeological expedition to Paracel Islands. Wu Xie leads a team down to the same place to explore a sunken ship where hidden dangers await. (MDL)

Whumpee : Wu Xie played by Neo Hou (center right) • Zhang Qi Ling played by Cheng Yi (center left) • Wang Pang Zi played by Zhang Bo Yu (2nd from right)

Country : 🇨🇳 China Genres : Action, Adventure, Mystery, Supernatural, Bromance

Notes : This is a Full Whump List • Adapted from books 2, 3 and some of 4 of "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" (Daomu Biji) by Kennedy Xu • Suggested watch order of series (not including movies & spin-offs) : -- 1. Mystic Nine (2016) -- 2. The Lost Tomb (2015) >> 3. The Lost Tomb 2: Wrath of the Sea (2019) -- 4. The Lost Tomb 2: Explore with the Note (2021) -- 5. The Lost Tomb 3: Ultimate Note (2020) -- 6. Adventure Behind the Bronze Door (2024) -- 7. Tomb of the Sea (2018) -- 8. Reunion: Sound of the Providence (2020) -- 9. Reunion: Sound of the Providence 2 (2020)

Related Lists : The Lost Tomb (2015) - Full List • The Lost Tomb 2: Explore With the Note (2021) - Full List • The Lost Tomb 3: Ultimate Note (2020) - Full List • Adventure Behind the Bronze Door (2024) - Full List

Episodes on List : 25 Total Episodes : 40

*Spoilers below*

01 : Wu Xie shocked awake, sweating, from a layered nightmare (nightmare within a nightmare within a nightmare) … Wang Pang Zi knocked out

02 : [nightmare] Wu Xie choked

05 : Unsteady … entrapped in a trance, strangled, broken out of it … Pang Zi knocked over from an explosion … Wu Xie attacked, thrown to the ground, Pang Zi thrown into a wall, Zhang Qi Ling fights; choked & lifted off the ground

06 : [flashback] Passes out

07 : Wu Xie dizzy, entranced … [flashback] head pain, pushed into water … [present] Zhang Qi Ling head pain, recalling forgotten memories … Wu Xie, Zhang Qi Ling, & Pang Zi escaping a collapsing underwater building, stuck on the way out.. Wu Xie unconscious, receives chest compressions, spits up water, knocked to the ground

08 : Recovering from fever (not really shown) … [flashback] cut his own hand

09 : Shocked awake, sweating, from nightmare

11 : (near end) Wu Xie & Pang Zi captured, tied up

12 : … continued from previous ep. ...Wu Xie still captured, tied up … imprisoned.. dehydrated, breathing hard, unsteady.. passes out.. helped to walk

17 : Pang Zi attacked, Wu Xie attacked.. attacked again, knocked out, drowning.. spitting up water … Pang Zi bit by insect

18 : Wu Xie Hit with the butt of a gun, knocked out.. wakes tied up … Pang Zi having a reaction to bug bite; unsteady, arm in hives & paralyzed, passes out … Wu Xie falls, nightmare; wakes trapped in a casket, choked

19 : Drugged, unsteady, passes out, arm nicked & blood taken

21 : Falls, knocked out briefly … Pang Zi entranced into almost killing himself … rolls down a slope

23 : Wu Xie cuts his own hand … dizzy

24 : … continued from previous ep. ... Dizzy … unsteady, holding his head … attacked, choked

26 : Blown back by an explosion, briefly knocked out … falls, hits head, blurry vision, unsteady … cuts his own hand … blown back by an explosion, drowning … wakes in hospital (comedic: with a high-pitched voice from concussion)

28 : Pang Zi's arm in a cast (tho I'm confused as to why)

30 : (near end) Wu Xie knocked out from an explosion … falls into a pit

31 : Pang Zi found unconscious

32 : Found unconscious, head sore from being knocked out

35 : Wu Xie & Pang Zi in a fight; Wu Xie coughs up blood … head pain from noise

36 : Digs out from being buried in snow, head pain.. [flashback] buried in rubble from collapsed tomb, unconscious … [present] rolls down hill, arm hurt.. exhausted, passes out.. headache, collapses … headache … drugged asleep … caught in a trap, hung upside down

37 : Headache … captured … Pang Zi captured, tied up, mouth gagged … Zhang Qi Ling head pain, drugged unconscious

38 : Drugged unconscious … Zhang Qi Ling & Pang Zi trapped in a net, both tied up & hooded

39 : (near end) Wu Xie exhausted, collapses, hypoxia (not enough oxygen), slaps himself, passes out … hallucinating

More Whump Lists for this show: love-me-a-lotta-whump

#whump #whump list #full whump list #Asian whump #China #The Lost Tomb 2 Wrath of the Sea #The Lost Tomb 2 #Wrath of the Sea #盗墓笔记2 #Wu Xie #Zhang Qi Ling #Wang Pang Zi #Neo Hou #Cheng Yi #Zhang Bo Yu

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idlingintheimpalapodcast · 2 months ago

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New Episode Alert: “Write what’s in yourself to write.” IV with SPN FanFic and Original Fiction author, @impala-dreamer

Sandra and Kasey chatted with an author creating OFC and reader-insert fics for the SPN fandom since 2016.

Beka, known as Impala Dreamer, was one of the first tumblr blogs Sandra followed in 2019. Beka keeps the fandom well supplied, with over 1000 fics to her name, and also writes and publishes original fiction.

She indeed lives up to her tumblr tagline: “Smutting People, Writing Angst, A Dreamer’s Business.” Such a fun chat that covered a bunch of topics! Enjoy!

You can find Beka and her fics on tumblr and AO3.

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Chapter Timestamps 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:42 - The history of tumblr 00:03:19 - When did Beka get into Supernatural? 00:05:52 - Dean in the water should keep you hooked 00:07:03 - Beka truly connected with SPN 00:07:58 - The babies in S1 00:09:36 - Beka’s favorite brother 00:14:30 - A beast in bed 00:16:22 - What kept Beka coming back to the show? 00:18:36 - Sweaty Sam 00:19:40 - A season you could give up and never watch again 00:24:29 - Beka likes the Brits 00:25:07 - The show had a lot of great ideas 00:27:41 - Favorite supporting characters 00:30:07 - Does Beka binge or consume SPN buffet style? 00:30:35 - Mystery Spot 00:39:04 - The start of fanfiction for Beka 00:40:43 - The spark to write fanfic 00:41:35 - Writing for comfort 00:42:19 - How the community built up on tumblr 00:43:29 - Reader-Insert focus 00:44:12 - How does Beka decide whether it’s an OC or Reader-Insert story 00:48:35 - tumblr skews reader-insert 00:52:13 - Creative social spaces, reader reactions, and the goal of writing 01:03:18 - Beka’s other fandoms 01:04:48 - When does Beka find the time to write? 01:05:19 - Following Jensen for character inspiration 01:08:31 - Fave fanfic tropes 01:10:46 - Does Beka ship? 01:16:17 - Does Beka have a fave fic she’s written? 01:18:46 - How down the research rabbit hole can Beka get? 01:25:35 - Favorite SPN Authors 01:29:43 - Patreon 01:31:51 - Beka’s original fiction 01:38:03 - Being a part of Jacklesverse Bingo 01:42:00 - A Reader-Insert Big Bang? 01:47:11 - Is Beka a Plotter or a Pantser? 01:48:49 - Happy endings in original fiction? 01:50:53 - Highlighting a handful of Beka’s fanfics 01:57:56 - Fiction isn’t reality 02:00:47 - More of Beka’s fanfics 02:05:21 - Beka isn’t a heavy AO3 tagger 02:08:29 - Kasey’s questions 02:11:42 - Writing words of wisdom 02:19:57 - Final thoughts and outro

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mostlysignssomeportents · 1 year ago

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Subprime gadgets

I'm on tour with my new, nationally bestselling novel The Bezzle! Catch me THIS SUNDAY in ANAHEIM at WONDERCON: YA Fantasy, Room 207, 10 a.m.; Signing, 11 a.m.; Teaching Writing, 2 p.m., Room 213CD.

The promise of feudal security: "Surrender control over your digital life so that we, the wise, giant corporation, can ensure that you aren't tricked into catastrophic blunders that expose you to harm":

https://locusmag.com/2021/01/cory-doctorow-neofeudalism-and-the-digital-manor/

The tech giant is a feudal warlord whose platform is a fortress; move into the fortress and the warlord will defend you against the bandits roaming the lawless land beyond its walls.

That's the promise, here's the failure: What happens when the warlord decides to attack you? If a tech giant decides to do something that harms you, the fortress becomes a prison and the thick walls keep you in.

Apple does this all the time: "click this box and we will use our control over our platform to stop Facebook from spying on you" (Ios as fortress). "No matter what box you click, we will spy on you and because we control which apps you can install, we can stop you from blocking our spying" (Ios as prison):

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/14/luxury-surveillance/#liar-liar

But it's not just Apple – any corporation that arrogates to itself the right to override your own choices about your technology will eventually yield to temptation, using that veto to help itself at your expense:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/microincentives-and-enshittification/

Once the corporation puts the gun on the mantelpiece in Act One, they're begging their KPI-obsessed managers to take it down and shoot you in the head with it in anticipation of of their annual Act Three performance review:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/12/08/playstationed/#tyler-james-hill

One particularly pernicious form of control is "trusted computing" and its handmaiden, "remote attestation." Broadly, this is when a device is designed to gather information about how it is configured and to send verifiable testaments about that configuration to third parties, even if you want to lie to those people:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/your-computer-should-say-what-you-tell-it-say-1

New HP printers are designed to continuously monitor how you use them – and data-mine the documents you print for marketing data. You have to hand over a credit-card in order to use them, and HP reserves the right to fine you if your printer is unreachable, which would frustrate their ability to spy on you and charge you rent:

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hp-wants-you-to-pay-up-to-36-month-to-rent-a-printer-that-it-monitors/

Under normal circumstances, this technological attack would prompt a defense, like an aftermarket mod that prevents your printer's computer from monitoring you. This is "adversarial interoperability," a once-common technological move:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/adversarial-interoperability

An adversarial interoperator seeking to protect HP printer users from HP could gin up fake telemetry to send to HP, so they wouldn't be able to tell that you'd seized the means of computation, triggering fines charged to your credit card.

Enter remote attestation: if HP can create a sealed "trusted platform module" or a (less reliable) "secure enclave" that gathers and cryptographically signs information about which software your printer is running, HP can detect when you have modified it. They can force your printer to rat you out – to spill your secrets to your enemy.

Remote attestation is already a reliable feature of mobile platforms, allowing agencies and corporations whose services you use to make sure that you're perfectly defenseless – not blocking ads or tracking, or doing anything else that shifts power from them to you – before they agree to communicate with your device.

What's more, these "trusted computing" systems aren't just technological impediments to your digital wellbeing – they also carry the force of law. Under Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, these snitch-chips are "an effective means of access control" which means that anyone who helps you bypass them faces a $500,000 fine and a five-year prison sentence for a first offense.

Feudal security builds fortresses out of trusted computing and remote attestation and promises to use them to defend you from marauders. Remote attestation lets them determine whether your device has been compromised by someone seeking to harm you – it gives them a reliable testament about your device's configuration even if your device has been poisoned by bandits:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/12/05/trusting-trust/#thompsons-devil

The fact that you can't override your computer's remote attestations means that you can't be tricked into doing so. That's a part of your computer that belongs to the manufacturer, not you, and it only takes orders from its owner. So long as the benevolent dictator remains benevolent, this is a protective against your own lapses, follies and missteps. But if the corporate warlord turns bandit, this makes you powerless to stop them from devouring you whole.

With that out of the way, let's talk about debt.

Debt is a normal feature of any economy, but today's debt plays a different role from the normal debt that characterized life before wages stagnated and inequality skyrocketed. 40 years ago, neoliberalism – with its assaults on unions and regulations – kicked off a multigenerational process of taking wealth away from working people to make the rich richer.

Have you ever watched a genius pickpocket like Apollo Robbins work? When Robins lifts your wristwatch, he curls his fingers around your wrist, expertly adding pressure to simulate the effect of a watchband, even as he takes away your watch. Then, he gradually releases his grip, so slowly that you don't even notice:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/ppqjya/apollo_robbins_a_master_pickpocket_effortlessly/

For the wealthy to successfully impoverish the rest of us, they had to provide something that made us feel like we were still doing OK, even as they stole our wages, our savings, and our futures. So, even as they shipped our jobs overseas in search of weak environmental laws and weaker labor protection, they shared some of the savings with us, letting us buy more with less. But if your wages keep stagnating, it doesn't matter how cheap a big-screen TV gets, because you're tapped out.

So in tandem with cheap goods from overseas sweatshops, we got easy credit: access to debt. As wages fell, debt rose up to fill the gap. For a while, it's felt OK. Your wages might be falling off, the cost of health care and university might be skyrocketing, but everything was getting cheaper, it was so easy to borrow, and your principal asset – your family home – was going up in value, too.

This period was a "bezzle," John Kenneth Galbraith's name for "The magic interval when a confidence trickster knows he has the money he has appropriated but the victim does not yet understand that he has lost it." It's the moment after Apollo Robbins has your watch but before you notice it's gone. In that moment, both you and Robbins feel like you have a watch – the world's supply of watch-derived happiness actually goes up for a moment.

There's a natural limit to debt-fueled consumption: as Michael Hudson says, "debts that can't be paid, won't be paid." Once the debtor owes more than they can pay back – or even service – creditors become less willing to advance credit to them. Worse, they start to demand the right to liquidate the debtor's assets. That can trigger some pretty intense political instability, especially when the only substantial asset most debtors own is the roof over their heads:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/11/06/the-end-of-the-road-to-serfdom/

"Debts that can't be paid, won't be paid," but that doesn't stop creditors from trying to get blood from our stones. As more of us became bankrupt, the bankruptcy system was gutted, turned into a punitive measure designed to terrorize people into continuing to pay down their debts long past the point where they can reasonably do so:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/09/bankruptcy-protects-fake-people-brutalizes-real-ones/

Enter "subprime" – loans advanced to people who stand no meaningful chance of every paying them back. We all remember the subprime housing bubble, in which complex and deceptive mortgages were extended to borrowers on the promise that they could either flip or remortgage their house before the subprime mortgages detonated when their "teaser rates" expired and the price of staying in your home doubled or tripled.

Subprime housing loans were extended on the belief that people would meekly render themselves homeless once the music stopped, forfeiting all the money they'd plowed into their homes because the contract said they had to. For a brief minute there, it looked like there would be a rebellion against mass foreclosure, but then Obama and Timothy Geithner decreed that millions of Americans would have to lose their homes to "foam the runways" for the banks:

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2012/08/how-treasury-secretary-geithner-foamed-the-runways-with-childrens-shattered-lives/

That's one way to run a subprime shop: offer predatory loans to people who can't afford them and then confiscate their assets when they – inevitably – fail to pay their debts off.

But there's another form of subprime, familiar to loan sharks through the ages: lend money at punitive interest rates, such that the borrower can never repay the debt, and then terrorize the borrower into making payments for as long as possible. Do this right and the borrower will pay you several times the value of the loan, and still owe you a bundle. If the borrower ever earns anything, you'll have a claim on it. Think of Americans who borrowed $79,000 to go to university, paid back $190,000 and still owe $236,000:

https://pluralistic.net/2020/12/04/kawaski-trawick/#strike-debt

This kind of loan-sharking is profitable, but labor-intensive. It requires that the debtor make payments they fundamentally can't afford. The usurer needs to get their straw right down into the very bottom of the borrower's milkshake and suck up every drop. You need to convince the debtor to sell their wedding ring, then dip into their kid's college fund, then steal their father's coin collection, and, then break into cars to steal the stereos. It takes a lot of person-to-person work to keep your sucker sufficiently motivated to do all that.

This is where digital meets subprime. There's $1T worth of subprime car-loans in America. These are pure predation: the lender sells a beater to a mark, offering a low down-payment loan with a low initial interest rate. The borrower makes payments at that rate for a couple of months, but then the rate blows up to more than they can afford.

Trusted computing makes this marginal racket into a serious industry. First, there's the ability of the car to narc you out to the repo man by reporting on its location. Tesla does one better: if you get behind in your payments, your Tesla immobilizes itself and phones home, waits for the repo man to come to the parking lot, then it backs itself out of the spot while honking its horn and flashing its lights:

https://tiremeetsroad.com/2021/03/18/tesla-allegedly-remotely-unlocks-model-3-owners-car-uses-smart-summon-to-help-repo-agent/

That immobilization trick shows how a canny subprime car-lender can combine the two kinds of subprime: they can secure the loan against an asset (the car), but also coerce borrowers into prioritizing repayment over other necessities of life. After your car immobilizes itself, you just might decide to call the dealership and put down your credit card, even if that means not being able to afford groceries or child support or rent.

One thing we can say about digital tools: they're flexible. Any sadistic motivational technique a lender can dream up, a computerized device can execute. The subprime car market relies on a spectrum of coercive tactics: cars that immobilize themselves, sure, but how about cars that turn on their speakers to max and blare a continuous recording telling you that you're a deadbeat and demanding payment?

https://archive.nytimes.com/dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/09/24/miss-a-payment-good-luck-moving-that-car/

The more a subprime lender can rely on a gadget to torment you on their behalf, the more loans they can issue. Here, at last, is a form of automation-driven mass unemployment: normally, an economy that has been fully captured by wealthy oligarchs needs squadrons of cruel arm-breakers to convince the plebs to prioritize debt service over survival. The infinitely flexible, tireless digital arm-breakers enabled by trusted computing have deprived all of those skilled torturers of their rightful employment:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/04/02/innovation-unlocks-markets/#digital-arm-breakers

The world leader in trusted computing isn't cars, though – it's phones. Long before anyone figured out how to make a car take orders from its manufacturer over the objections of its driver, Apple and Google were inventing "curating computing" whose app stores determined which software you could run and how you could run it.

Back in 2021, Indian subprime lenders hit on the strategy of securing their loans by loading borrowers' phones up with digital arm-breaking software:

https://restofworld.org/2021/loans-that-hijack-your-phone-are-coming-to-india/

The software would gather statistics on your app usage. When you missed a payment, the phone would block you from accessing your most frequently used app. If that didn't motivate you to pay, you'd lose your second-most favorite app, then your third, fourth, etc.

This kind of digital arm-breaking is only possible if your phone is designed to prioritize remote instructions – from the manufacturer and its app makers – over your own. It also only works if the digital arm-breaking company can confirm that you haven't jailbroken your phone, which might allow you to send fake data back saying that your apps have been disabled, while you continue to use those apps. In other words, this kind of digital sadism only works if you've got trusted computing and remote attestation.

Enter "Device Lock Controller," an app that comes pre-installed on some Google Pixel phones. To quote from the app's description: "Device Lock Controller enables device management for credit providers. Your provider can remotely restrict access to your device if you don't make payments":

https://lemmy.world/post/13359866

Google's pitch to Android users is that their "walled garden" is a fortress that keeps people who want to do bad things to you from reaching you. But they're pre-installing software that turns the fortress into a prison that you can't escape if they decide to let someone come after you.

There's a certain kind of economist who looks at these forms of automated, fine-grained punishments and sees nothing but a tool for producing an "efficient market" in debt. For them, the ability to automate arm-breaking results in loans being offered to good, hardworking people who would otherwise be deprived of credit, because lenders will judge that these borrowers can be "incentivized" into continuing payments even to the point of total destitution.

This is classic efficient market hypothesis brain worms, the kind of cognitive dead-end that you arrive at when you conceive of people in purely economic terms, without considering the power relationships between them. It's a dead end you navigate to if you only think about things as they are today – vast numbers of indebted people who command fewer assets and lower wages than at any time since WWII – and treat this as a "natural" state: "how can these poors expect to be offered more debt unless they agree to have their all-important pocket computers booby-trapped?"

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/2024/03/29/boobytrap/#device-lock-controller

Image: Oatsy (modified) https://www.flickr.com/photos/oatsy40/21647688003

CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

#pluralistic #debt #subprime #armbreakers #mobile #google #android #apps #drm #technological self-determination #efficient market hypothesis brainworms #law and political economy #gadgets #boobytraps #app stores #curated computing #og app #trusted computing

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Into the Badlands S1, S2 & S3 (2015 - 2019) - Whump List

Synopsis: Sunny (picture) is the best "clipper" in the Badlands. Devoted to the ruthless baron Quinn since childhood, his loyalty is shaken by his feelings for Veil. During a mission, he stumbles upon M.K., a teenager with extraordinary abilities who carries a pendant that seems to arouse the interest of many. While the fragile peace established between the seven barons is endangered, Sunny, with M.K.’s help, is determined to take Veil, pregnant with their child, out of the Badlands.

Notes: Yes, an American show. But, bear with me: it’s heavily influenced by traditional Chinese wuxia, with amazing fight choreography, while still being mixed up with a victorian Mad Max vibe. It’s unique, and even more relevant now than it was 10 years ago, when it comes to the treatment of women, dictatorship, demagogy, bigotry, rebellion… Also the related article on Whumpapedia is an insult to all the whump this series contains. It had to be fixed.

NB: Timestamps might be off (< 1mn) depending on where you watch the show. I do not disclose any character death on purpose. The characters are listed by chronological order of whump in each episode.

WARNING: This drama contains child abuse, forced prostitution, addiction and drug use depiction.

SEASON 1

------ EPISODE 1 ------

M.K.

6:38 Discovered trapped in a chest, running away, knocked out

27:00 Pushed, thrown to the ground, bleeding lip, snaps (black eyes), passes out

36:27 Trying to escape, pushed against a wall, strangled, put in a cell, in shackles, running away

------ EPISODE 2 ------

M.K.

6:00 Blade to his throat

27:43 Kicked in the chest, hit in the leg, falls to the ground, blade to his throat

33:57 Smacked on the head, knocked out

35:25 Locked up in the trunk of a car, tied up

41:31 Grabbed by the throat

Sunny

22:55 In shock, falls to his knees

36:03 Ambushed, surrounded by many armed men, hit during a fight

39:04 Hit on the back of his head, choked

------ EPISODE 3 ------

M.K.

11:35 Pushed from a wall, falls on his back

16:45 Thrown to the ground several times during training, panting, wincing in pain

Sunny

25:45 Cut on his chest

28:22 Wound stitched up

------ EPISODE 4 ------

M.K.

12:42 Small cut on his arm, snaps (black eyes), passes out

31:55 Hit several times during a fight, cut on his cheek, snaps (black eyes), passes out

Sunny

13:05 Violently thrown back by a hit in the chest, hits a wall, knocked out, bleeding head injury

------ EPISODE 5 ------

Sunny

1:49 Wakes up from a nightmare

35:05 Spat on

M.K.

17:35 Grabbed by the shoulder and thrown backwards (that was unnecessary, Sunny, come on)

39:20 Hit on the back on his head, exclamation of pain

41:05 Cuts himself, snaps (black eyes), passes out, collapses

------ EPISODE 6 ------

Sunny

12:25 Surrounded, accused to be a traitor, manhandled, taken away

16:40 Chained in a cell, panting

33:22 Hit in the face, thrown back

36:10 Kicked in the chest, thrown back, brutally beaten, drooling blood, thrown through a wall, unconscious

40:17 Barely conscious, covered in blood and bruises, tied to a pole on a boat, shackle on his neck, scream of anger

M.K.

31:50 Cut on his shoulder, scream of pain, snaps (black eyes)

34:04 Neutralized, passes out, collapses

37:17 Abducted

41:35 Wakes up trapped in a chest, taken somewhere unknown

SEASON 2

------ EPISODE 1 ------

Sunny

0:35 Chained, forced to walk in line, head and hands locked in a pillory, hit on his back

3:55 Trying to run away, caught, hung by the ankles to a wall, knocked out

7:49 Wakes up chained to another prisoner

40:55 Betrayed, pissed, manhandled, taken away

M.K.

6:34 Kicked in the chest

15:02 Thrown back, hits a pole, wincing in pain

16:38 Cut on his cheek, snaps (black eyes), neutralized, collapses

------ EPISODE 2 ------

Sunny

1:56 Forced to fight in a pit while being chained to someone, punched in the face, running away

3:15 Cornered, attacked with a sword, knee to the stomach, grabbed by the throat, pinned down, pulled by the ankles, running away

M.K.

17:06 Drugged, hallucinating, falls to the ground, moaning and wincing in pain

26:47 (In an hallucination) Fighting against an enraged version of himself, grabbed by the throat, pinned against a tree, repeatedly punched, drooling blood

29:30 Wakes up startled

------ EPISODE 3 ------

Sunny

36:13 In a fight to death

------ EPISODE 4 ------

None (at least for Sunny and M.K., for the rest it’s another story).

------ EPISODE 5 ------

M.K.

10:45 Running away

Sunny

36:00 Surrounded, figthting against many men, running away

------ EPISODE 6 ------

M.K.

17:41 Attacked from behind, head smashed through glass, several cuts on his face

34:21 Grabbed from behind, hand on his mouth, pinned to a wall

37:05 Kicked in the stomach, thrown back, spitting blood

37:55 Hit in the chest, collapses

41:48 Crying over the body of his friend

Sunny

36:58 Kicked in the chest, thrown back, knocked out

38:28 Struggling to get back up, wincing in pain, kicked back

39:25 Something done to his chest (Idk, it glows)

42:09 In sudden pain, gasping, collapses

------ EPISODE 7 ------

Sunny

0:30 (Continued from previous ep) On the ground, ringing hear, passes out

3:38 Unconscious, taken care of, wet towel on his forehead, marks on his chest revealed

6:55 Still unconscious, drops of water poured in his mouth

11:51 Still unconsicous

18:19 Choking, respiratory mask put on his face

37:16 Still unconscious, his tattoos start bleeding, convulsions, repeatedly stabbed with a big needle

M.K.

28:40 Thrown through a door, surrounded, fighting

------ EPISODE 8 ------

Sunny

7:39 Surrounded, shot at with crossbows

11:20 Locked up in a cell

M.K.

7:39 Surrounded, shot at with crossbows

11:20 Locked up in a cell

17:02 Cut on his hand, punched in the stomach

34:35 Manhandled

37:35 Pushed against a baril, kicked in the face

------ EPISODE 9 ------

Sunny

26:15 Blown by an explosion, surrounded, attacked

------ EPISODE 10 ------

Sunny

21:25 Shot at with burning crossbow bolts, shot in the chest and leg, blown by an explosion, tunnel collapses on him, unconscious

23:50 Pulled from under gravels

30:38 In an explosion

32:25 Falls through a window during a fight

33:35 Stabbed in the side, smacked in the face, dazed, kicked in the chest, thrown back

36:14 Forced to choose between the lives of two loved ones, watches a loved one sacrifice themselves, bursting in tears

Bajie

28:52 Stabbed in the gut

SEASON 3

------ EPISODE 1 ------

M.K.

15:00 Held captive, smoking opium, multiple scars on his arm, blade to his chest, small cut, smacked in the face, falls down

------ EPISODE 2 ------

M.K.

6:42 Punched in the face, thrown back, bleeding mouth, kicked in the face, collapses, stepped on, knocked out

27:36 Still captive, in withdrawal, curled up on himself, huge bruise on his face

31:16 Injecting himself with heroin, drug-induced hallucination

------ EPISODE 3 ------

M.K.

13:45 Unconscious, tied up to his bed, cut on his arm, groaning in pain, shivering

40:19 Still tied up, forced to eat with a funnel shoved into his throat, moaning in fear, snaps (black eyes), stabbed in the side

Sunny

20:58 Shot at with poisoned crossbow bolts

Bajie

22:53 Cut on his arm stitched up

------ EPISODE 4 ------

Sunny, Bajie

5:05 Drugged

11:57 Ambushed, surrounded

13:55 Tied up, detained by cannibals

16:00 Chained

38:27 Discovered while escaping, fighting against a group of enemies, takes a few hit

M.K.

13:08 Hiding, bleeding from his side injury

33:15 Hit in the head by a projectile, collapses, dazed, crawling back, struggling to stay wake

------ EPISODE 5 ------

M.K.

11:04 Unconscious, wakes up disoriented, snaps (black eyes), neutralized, weak, leaning on walls to keep standing

------ EPISODE 6 ------

Bajie, Sunny

6:25 (This is one of the funniest fight scenes I’ve ever seen, being slapped with an octopus must bruise your ego way more than your face lmao)

33:34 Surrounded, betrayed, fighting his way out of it

------ EPISODE 7 ------

Sunny

36:35 Betrayed, attacked, takes a few hit during a fight

------ EPISODE 8 ------

Sunny

2:40 In a fight against M.K., overpowered, knocked out, dragged, brutally beaten, strangled

6:29 Wounds taken care of, face covered in blood and bruises

M.K.

2:40 In a fight against Sunny, takes a few hit

------ EPISODE 9 ------

Bajie

8:38 Held captive in a cell

17:07 Still captive

27:30 Manhandled, fighting for his life, brought back to his cell

Sunny

36:15 Attacked, knocked out, fighting for his life, beaten, pinned down, drooling blood, beaten more, thrown through a window from a tower, falls into water, drowning

------ EPISODE 10 ------

Sunny

5:35 Emerges of water, exhausted, collapses, severely injured

21:20 Hunted, limping, kicked, spitting blood

29:58 Wounds tended to

Bajie

32:10 Held captive

------ EPISODE 11 ------

Sunny

1:50 Still injured, pushed out of armsway

41:12 Overpowered in fight, kicked back, blade to his throat

M.K.

3:26 Body pierced with a piece of metal, pinned down to a table with the piece of metal

Bajie

9:26 Manhandled

------ EPISODE 12 ------

Sunny

39:56 Blown by a grenade, unconscious

42:32 Abducted, dragged

Bajie

39:56 Blown by a grenade, unconscious

41:15 Pierced with a sword, collapses, vomitting blood, labourious breathing

------ EPISODE 13 ------

Sunny

0:30 In shackles, forced to kneel, angry

31:22 In shackles again

Bajie

3:14 Screaming in pain

31:07 Manhandled

------ EPISODE 14 ------

M.K.

32:42 Blown by an explosion, found severely injured

------ EPISODE 15 ------

M.K.

10:28 Panting, covered in horrible scars

13:18 Smoking opium, weak, unsteady, helped to sit down and drink

------ EPISODE 16 ------

Sunny

27:18 Beaten in a fight

31:12 Still fighting, beaten, spitting blood, pierced with a sword, falls to his knees, pulls the sword out himself, groaning, falls on his back

Bajie

27:18 Beaten in a fight

___

Head to the WHUMP MASTERLIST for more whump!

#into the badlands #whump #full whump list #whumplist #whump list #wuxia #daniel wu #sunny #bajie #m.k.

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Via NasAlSudan

December 17 2023. #KeepEyesOnSudan #SudanActionWeek

Swipe through to build a foundational understanding of the war, its origins, and the key players involved. For actionable ways to support those in Sudan, check the link in our bio. Stay tuned for more posts this week.

Transcript:

National:

On April 15, a war broke out in Sudan's capital city of Khartoum between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and a paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Since then, eight months of conflict has led to major destruction of Khartoum's infrastructure, the most developed region of Sudan, with fighting also spreading to the regions of Darfur in the west and Kordofan in the south.

Civilians in conflict zones have been forcibly displaced, under threat of physical and sexual violence, particularly by the RSF, which has looted, destroyed, and settled in people's homes.

Regional:

In the western region of Darfur, a campaign of ethnic cleansing is being carried out by the RSF targeting the Masalit tribe. Allegations of genocide have been levied against the RSF.

Reports have just emerged that fighting has now spread to Wad Madani in Al Gezira state, which houses nearly 500,000 IDPs from Khartoum.

Key figures:

Abdel Fattah al Burhan Head of SAF

Omar El-Bashir Deposed Dictator of Sudan

Mohamed Dagalo (Hemidti) Head of RSF

Transcript:

Sudan: the war in numbers

A humanitarian "catastrophe"

24.7 million in need of critical humanitarian assistance

70-80% of hospitals out of service in conflict areas

19 million children are out of school

20.3 million people acutely food insecure. 4.9 million facing emergency hunger levels

6.7 million displaced [5.4 million IDPS, 1.3 million refugees]

7,000+ cholera cases an increase of +136% over the past month

Transcript:

FAQ - THE SAF

QUESTION 01: What is the SAF?

Stands for the Sudanese Armed Forces

Is the de-facto government of Sudan

Is headed by Lt. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

QUESTION 02 What is their capacity?

Estimated to have ~200,000 personnel and tactical advantage of airforce

Currently control the relative northern and eastern regions of Sudan with functioning capital in Port Sudan (East)

QUESTION 03 Do they have backing and support?

On the international stage, primarily backed by Egypt

Limited weapons supply from allies

Internally, the SAF is ultimately considered the lesser of two evils

Transcript:

FAQ - THE RSF

QUESTION 01 What is the RSF?

Stands for the Rapid Support Forces

Paramilitary group originating from the Janjaweed, Arab tribal militias armed by al-Bashir in 2003 to fight against ethnically African rebel groups in Darfur + carried out 2003 genocide

Is headed by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemidti)

QUESTION 02 What is their capacity?

Estimated to have 100,000 to 150,000 troops

Winning the ground fight in Khartoum and control 4/5 states in Darfur

QUESTION 03 Do they have backing and support?

On the international stage, primarily backed by the UAE

Have steady weapons supply chain and diversified financial profile with critical assets in UAE and Russia

Transcript:

THE WAR IN SUDAN: CONTEXTUALIZING APRIL 15

(6/1989 - 4/2019) THE BASHIR REGIME

Sudan was under the rule of military dictator Omar Al-Bashir for 30 years, who came to power through an military coup backed by Islamist factions in June of 1989

His time in power was marked by extreme repression, conflict, and economic decline

(12/2018 CURRENT) THE REVOLUTION

In December of 2018, a popular democratic revolution began that eventually unseated al-Bashir on April 11 through the revolt of security sector

Al-Bashir was ultimately replaced by al-Burhan, with Hemidti as his deputy of a Transitional Military Council

Protestors rejected military rule and continued to hold a sit-in outside the military headquarters until its violent dispersal on June 3 of 2019 by the SAF + RSF

Today, the Sudanese people still hope and advocate for freedom from military rule and the transition to democracy

(8/2019-10/2021) TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT

Agreement on transitional government signed between civilian forces and Transitional Military Council on August 17, 2019

Led to formation of joint sovereign council with Abdalla Hamdok as Prime Minister

Transcript:

(10/2021 CURRENT)THE OCT 25, 2021 COUP

Burhan and Hemidti carry out military coup overthrowing civilian counterparts

They draw power from international legitimization despite prolonged mass protests in Sudan

(12/2022) THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

In December of 2022, civilians put out a framework agreement signed onto by SAF and RSF + civil society groups and political parties meant to return to a transitional government

Key part of agreement: question of integration of the RSF into the SAF

Parties were to finalize the agreement and sign on April 1; RSF and SAF ultimately disagreed on integration timeline with RSF wanting 10 years and the SAF wanting 2

(12/2022-4/2023) THE LEAD UP TO APRIL 15

As framework agreement negotiations failed, both parties began mobilizing troops in capital of Khartoum in days leading up to April 15

Residents of Khartoum awoke to the sounds of gunfire on April 15 and by noon, the RSF had seized Meroe airport in the Northern state

Conflict today considered a battle for power between the two generals they are too far in to walk back

Transcript:

FRAMING ALLIANCES

Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF):

Egypt

Israel (Foreign Ministry)

Islamists

Iran

Saudi Arabia

Ukraine (SOF)

Armed Groups

Rebel groups that had taken up arms against the central government in the Bashir Era are forced to ally with the SAF due to the RSF's ethnic cleansing campaign. They include:

Justice and Equality Movement (Gibril Ibrahim)

Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (Minni Minawi)

Gathering of Sudan Liberation Forces (Abdallah Yahya)

Rapid Support Forces (RSF):

Israel (Mossad)

Libya (Khalifa Haftar)

United Arab Emirates

Central African Republic

Russia (Wagner Group)

Chad

Arab Tribal Leaders

Arab tribal leaders across the Western region of Darfur have pledged their allegiance and support to the RSF, with members of the tribes across the Sahel crossing into Sudan to join the RSF's assault as well.

Key tribes include: Beni Halba, Tarjam, Habaniya, Fallata, Misseriya, Taaysha, Rizeigat

Transcript:

IS THERE AN END IN SIGHT?

THE STATE OF NEGOTIATIONS

Effort: JEDDAH TALKS [MAY]

Parties involved: Externally: United States, Saudi Arabia Internally: SAF, RSF

Outcome: Discussed humanitarian ceasefire; signed Jeddah Declaration of Commitment to Protect the Civilians of Sudan - Failed

Effort: INTERGOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY ON DEVELOPMENT (IGAD) [JULY]

Parties Involved: Externally: Kenya, Ethiopia, Djibouti, South Sudan Internally: RSF

Outcome: Proposed peacekeeping troops to ensure humanitarian corridor - Rejected

Effort: CAIRO TALKS (NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES) [JULY]

Parties Involved: Externally: Egypt, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Chad, Eritrea, CAR, Libya Internally: SAF, RSF

Outcome: Discussed lasting ceasefire, safe humanitarian passage, political dialogue framework - Failed

Effort: JEDDAH TALKS [OCTOBER]

Parties Involved: Externally: United States, Saudi Arabia Internally: SAF, RSF

Outcome: Discussed lasting ceasefire, safe humanitarian passage, political dialogue framework - Failed

Effort: IGAD + AFRICAN UNION (AU) [DECEMBER]

Parties Involved: Externally: IGAD, EU, UAE, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United States Internally: SAF (Burhan in person), RSF

Outcome: Agreed to a face-to-face meeting in late December and ceasefire; SAF later issued a retraction - Ongoing

Transcript:

The conflict in Sudan calls for the collective support of all to raise awareness about the war and aid the Sudanese people on the ground, especially when we live in nations that have been complicit in the oppression of the Sudanese people. Explore the options below and share with others. For more information, check the link in our bio.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

EDUCATE YOURSELF

Deepen your knowledge about Sudan, empowering yourself with insights into the complexities of the situation.

DONATE

Extend a helping hand to Sudan by generously donating to individuals or grassroots organizations on the ground.

CONTACT YOUR REPS.

Amplify your impact by contacting your representatives, advocating for positive change.

#sudan #keep eyes on sudan #KeepEyesOnSudan #Sudan Action Week #SudanActionWeek #i hope the way i formatted it is good #i saw a few hours ago that rsf retreated from wad madani outskirts

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Ao3 Works List

An organised list with links & summarises to all the Gen -> Teens&Up Carmen Sandiego (2019) works that I have published. Not locked, accessible without an Ao3 account.

New completed works and chapter updates will be updated and marked with *** & dated.

As of 07/25

One shots / Completed

A Purple Horizon

Words: 11,638

17/03/2025

Summary: pt4 of Team Purple Series

Carmen is apprehensive about change, even if it's good. Moving on feels more like abandoning what was once classed as enough. Circumstances morph, people grow and have to move on, it's the circle of life and something she will have to accept. But it doesn't hurt to try and start things off on a good foot for the ones you're leaving behind.

Post S4 Finale - Pre 2 year time skip.

Collapsing Into Nothing

Words: 3,561

05/03/2025

Summary:

What else can one do but argue?

Set after the events of S03EP01

How To Get Suspended

Words: 3,110

12/12/2022

Summary: pt3 of Team Purple Series

Julia retells the story of how Devineaux got himself suspended for over a week in a completely avoidable yet unavoidable way.

High-rise Familiarity

Words: 3,318

04/09/2022

Summary:

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Stepping Forward

Words: 6,081

10/03/2022

Summary:

After Carmen Sandiego's jump back into the limelight following her 2 year break, a newly adult Player attempts to begin a new chapter in his life by leaving his home in Ontario, to join Carmen in Argentina to continue their work as Team Red.

A Routine

Words: 5,724

04/11/2021

Summary: pt2 of Team Purple Series

Zack and Ivy come bearing (late) birthday gifts in the form of an ironic coffee shop gift card for Julia after honestly forgetting. Forcing the realising that she hasn't bought herself one in years, thanks to Chase. Antics ensue when all four collide, and conversation reveals important, unimportant details.

We Never Really Did That Lunch

Words: 6,509

27/01/2021

Summary:

Chase and Julia finally do that 'lunch'.

Set after the first 6-month time jump within season 4, episode 8.

Good Conversation

Words: 6,023

05/01/2021

Summary:

Chase Devineaux seeks a newly ACME-resigned Julia Argent out for a well overdue discussion and apology. Desperate for answers only she can provide.

Based upon the line: 'Is Carmen Sandiego bad, or is she good?'

A Simple Mission

Words: 13,595

18/12/2020

Summary: pt1 of Team Purple Series

After the rug is pulled out from under Nigel Braithwaite's control of the British SIS and subsequent disappearance, ACME remains to clean up the mess left behind. With Carmen, Shadowsan and Player preoccupied, Zack and Ivy, step out onto the field to pick up a few simple tasks that quickly spiral out of control with the unplanned existence of Agent Devineaux. Now lurking around even more after his recent epiphany, somewhat out for his own accord. When only witnessing someone from afar it's tough to gauge one's true abilities, as Zack and Ivy quickly learn. Especially Zack. Whose confidence shines too bright for his own good.

Post S3

Chaptered / On going

*** A Decent First Impression

Last updated: 11/07/2025

Chapters: 1/3

Words: 3,127

Summary:

There's something tangibly daunting about starting a new job out of one's usual realm of expertise. Especially when that new position is adjacent to someone you will inadvertently be irrevocably entwined with for the foreseeable future, for good and for bad.I like to believe things were decent, civil, between Argent & Devineaux before Carmen Sandiego made her way to their neck of the woods. As decent as they can be when facing down the rusted barrel of a painfully and perpetually slow crawl that is Interpol and its day-to-day operation.

Essentially, an exploration of how I think Julia's first day at Interpol went.

A Chance For Shifted Perspectives

Last updated: 23/02/2025

Chapters: 8/?

Words: 62,685

Summary:

An AU/canon divergence where Chase never pursues Carmen Sandiego to the train station after falling upon his car in S1EP1. Or rather, Julia never allows him to have the keys back.

Reactivation

Last updated: 03/03/2021

PERMANENT HIATUS

Chapters: 14/?

Words: 79,704

Summary:

"Think you can bring the heat, Agent Devineaux?" Set after S2. Later seasons (3 onwards) will not affect the story.

#carmen sandiego #cs 2019 #carmen sandiego netflix #carmen sandiego 2019 #chase devineaux #julia argent #cs ivy #cs zack #cs player #ao3 #disfordevineaux

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