#Internet Biz Life

[internetbizlife]

The Homesteaders Handbook by Tim And Amber Bradshaw

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[elfgrove]

New Things to Beware on the Internet

On May 3rd, Google released 8 new top-level domains (TLDs) -- these are new values like .com, .org, .biz, domain names. These new TLDs were made available for public registration via any domain registrar on May 10th.

Usually, this should be a cool info, move on with your life and largely ignore it moment.

Except a couple of these new domain names are common file type extensions: ".zip" and ".mov".

This means typing out a file name could resolve into a link that takes you to one of these new URLs, whether it's in an email, on your tumblr blog post, a tweet, or in file explorer on your desktop.

What was previously plain text could now resolve as link and go to a malicious website where people are expecting to go to a file and therefore download malware without realizing it.

Folk monitoring these new domain registrations are already seeing some clearly malicious actors registering and setting this up. Some are squatting the domain names trying to point out what a bad idea this was. Some already trying to steal your login in credentials and personal info.

This is what we're seeing only 12 days into the domains being available. Only 5 days being publicly available.

What can you do? For now, be very careful where you type in .zip or .mov, watch what website URLs you're on, don't enable automatic downloads, be very careful when visiting any site on these new domains, and do not type in file names without spaces or other interrupters.

I'm seeing security officers for companies talking about wholesale blocking .zip and .mov domains from within the company's internet, and that's probably wise.

Be cautious out there.

[rimouskis]

okay thought about it too much for a bit and I actually think biz's "THIS IS BIGGER THAN HIM!" rageout actually really perfectly exemplifies how The Canadian Hockey Machine has used, still uses, and needs to use Sid as an avatar for Canadian Hockey At Large.

McDavid hasn't won yet and until (...if?) he does, Sid is still the head of Canadian Hockey in the national imagination, especially for men/players of biz's age, and flying off his handle on the internet about Sid frittering away the final years of his career (...on the team he loves, captains, and has dedicated most of his life to) instead of going off somewhere else [cough, Canada] to chase another victory represents a real ending, a metaphorical death, to the cultural institution of hockey!

like biz is literally right in that The Country's Construction Of Itself As A Nation Of Sport, yeah, Sid's career is bigger than him. There is a real national mythology that has always used sid, since he was 16, to tell Canada's stories about who they are and what it means to be a Canadian through sport. Literally an enormous portion of the Sid/Ovi rivalry revolves around this, and as Ovi, a Russian, closes in on a record held by the Canadian God-King of the sport, there is a real desire to tighten that grip on Sid, to elevate him as continued proof of Canada's solvency as a nation of hockey. McDavid fell to an American in the Cup finals. Gretzky is about to lose his record to a Russian. There's smoke in the air.

Sid has committed himself to a struggling team. He's not succeeding at a rate anymore to continue his role in propping up that national mythology. "It's bigger than him," and yet Sid has opted out! Hark, the twilight of the era is upon us! And a media personality flipping out on Twitter about it is funny but also a very real finger pointed at something fading into the past in front of his, and our, eyes!!! I love myths!!!

[landoslvr]

MRS CHRIS | c. dixon

summary: a scroll through your internet presence as 'mrs chris'. [social media AU.]

pairing: fem!reader x chris dixon (chrismd)

faceclaim: eva meloche

notes: first piece for mrs chris out of the wag universe. eva is gonna be the main fc I use for mrs chris, hopefully you like it!

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yourinstagram charity match this week, plus some other fun tidbits

view all 129 comments

user that outfit 🤩

user I knew she was a rhode girly 💅

taliamar soooo pretty 🤍🤍🤍

stephan_tries the only person who is safe from my slander in the commentary box

yourinstagram it's because without me you would've been cancelled a loooooong time ago

stephan_tries best pr manager in the biz

user my idol tbh

user you radiate good energy

chrismd10 another day, another slay 😚

yourinstagram please never speak again

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chrismd10 there's norway this is my job

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faithlouisak my daughter's gonna see that picture one day

user get y/n on it now!!!

user creating more work for y/n by posting ethan's ass pics

user couple goals 😩💅

user when he makes her job harder 🤩🤩🤩

user chris hitting the glow-up hard 🤤

user y/n knew what his potential was 🤍

user they started dating and he just got hotter??

user that harry shot was lethal 🫣

user sick video 👍🏽

yourinstagram why must you do this to me? do you hate me?

behzinga I'm sorry

yourinstagram I'm letting you go

chrismd10 sorry mate

yourinstagram you're next md

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yourinstagram norway for the week <3 at shoots and scrubbing ass pics from the internet 🫶🏼

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user she's just so pretty 🫠

chrismd10 good luck with that 🫣

yourinstagram you can explain to olive why her dad's bum is all over the internet one day christopher

faithlouisak aunty y/n would NEVER do that to her beloved neice

yourinstagram my literal baby girl 😭

user y/n drinking wine to ignore her boyfriend and other clients being stupid

user literally every person in the new video, apart from danny, is a part of y/n's client base

user how does she do this shit

user girl has managed to stop HARRY LEWIS from getting cancelled, I'm convinced she can do anything

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yourinstagram mixing work with pleasure apparently..

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user EAT HIM UP Y/N

user in the words arthur television: she gagged him

calfreezy send kart 21 down the river

user chris on a ladder is so funny to me 😭

maxbalegde sexy pr lady, come over right NOW, you look too good to not be at my place of residence

yourinstagram be right there xx

user casual london fashion week pic on the 2nd slide x

yourinstagram humble bragging 😩

user I want her life 😭😭

user ikr literally hanging out with all your friends because you manage their image? sign me up

yourinstagram rlly easy guys, just date a famous youtuber and have a media and communications degree xxxx just so easy!!

chrismd10 never forget where you came from.. me

yourinstagram okay mr arsenal bedsheets x

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yourinstagram I got my Greece trip- I mean video... and got to pick which extras to bring along......

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user quick everyone act shocked that chris is there

user oh my gosh.. no way, chris? I am so surprised

yourinstagram I appreciate the effort guys 🥲

user she just is that bitch 😭

user you know she's got every single one of those men wrapped around her finger

arthurtv i wasn't one of the chosen ones 💔

yourinstagram because im tired of you and chris sharing a bed and me sleeping on the hotel couch

chrismd10 foiled again arthur

calfreezy send me this pic you traitor

user pr manager/photographer

yourinstagram I need a pay rise

chrismd10 thanks for stowing me away in your suitcase xx

user she's mothering I love it

user so hot

user major fitty ❤️‍🔥🤩

taliamar so true

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chrismd10 constantly reminding me who she is in that first photo. happiest of birthdays to my pr manager and nothing else!

view all 412 comments

user happy birthday y/n the pr manager!!

user a y/n photo dump is my favourite kind!!

user spoil us chris!!

wroetoshaw happy birthday y/n!

faithlouisak my wife's birthday 🤩

ksi happy birthday to the goat

user chris and y/n be sappy challenge

callux the queen! happy birthday!!

vikkstagram happy birthday mrs chris!! thanks for everything

yourinstagram thank your lucky stars you posted all nice pictures or I would've deleted your youtube channel xxxx

user Y/N PLEASE 😭

[monzabee]

red, white and blue's in the sky (social media au) -

masterlist ||

Summary: The one where Charles has an olympian girlfriend.

Pairing: charles leclerc x reader (model used: zehra güneş)

Warnings: none other than some cursing and the internet being the internet, kym illman

Author's Note: hi, hey, hello! okay you guys knew i had to do something with my girls, and i had this idea in my mind for a few weeks that i just couldn't shake! just an fyi, if you end up researching zehra, the face claim, and see her height, just know that we are totally prentending her and charles are both complimentary heights. okay? okay, good. i hope you guys enjoy! xoxobee

Please also note that all of my works are protected under copyright, and not available for reposting on other platforms. 

ynyln18

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ynyln18: ready for the final round, biz voleybol ülkesiyiz!❣️

sauronyx: yn 'the wall' yln! turkey is proud of you!

derevclara: forza ragazze, faremo il tifo per voi!

yasemingul: even the italians are rooting for the turkish team😭

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scuderiaferrari: go red team!❤️

charles_leclerc: ❤️❤️

(translation: the best moment of the match the man's life came out of his mouth) (it's a turkish idiom, so you know it makes no sense at all)

(tiktok transcript: Next up, is Charles Leclerc - who is currently dating Y/N Y/LN, best known for her position as middle blocker. Y/N is a player in the Turkish team, 'Vakifbank', and due to the national team season, she is currently away with the Turkish National Team. As one of the most followed volleyball players in the world, Y/N has been awarded the 'Best Middle Blocker' award from VNL two years in a row - quite the achievement to receive against tens of teams and hundred of players at the young age of only 23. I first met Y/N at the Turkish Grand Prix in 2020, where she was the person to award the Pirelli Pole Position award to Lance Stroll in a turn of events. She was there as the guest of Mercedes, as she is one of the athletes associated with the brand. Charles and Y/N met in 2020 in the Turkish Grand Prix, and the pair has kept in touch and became close friends, eventually coming out as a couple in the summer of the 2021 season. Though we don't get to see Y/N in the paddock very often, she is a delight when she has the time to come and support her boyfriend in the Ferrari garage - a great loss for Toto Wolff, I presume.)

charles_leclerc

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charles_leclerc: Always special to be part of @scuderiaferrari when in Italy. Thank you for the incredible support throughout the whole week ❤️ Congrats to Carlos for the amazing drive from FP1 to the last lap of the race. See you in Singapore 🇸🇬

ynyln18: je suis fier de toi, mon amour❣️ (i'm proud of you, my love)

charles_leclerc: ti amo❤️

leclerclechair: next weekend will be better!!

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ynyln18

Liked by charles_leclerc, pierregasly, arthur_leclerc and 688,515 others

ynyln18: champion’s dump🫠 (x2)

pierregasly: liked by pierre gasly

charles_leclerc: casse toi ynyln18: hon hon croissant🥐

tarkanofficial: ❤️🇹🇷🏐

powervolleyballofficial: CHAMPIONS 🇹🇷🏐🏆

harleytifosi: DAI!

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abreusmelissavargas: ben malatyalıyım

charles_leclerc posted a story!

ynyln18

tagged location: Istanbul Contemporary

Liked by handebaladin, abreusmelissavargas, ebrarkarakurt18 and 897,647 others

ynyln18: a week off in istanbul before tokyo, aferin charles öğreniyosun bi şeyler (📸: bawsixteen)

ebrarkarakurt18: kolyen olayım tak beni

formulayolla: SHE TAGGED THE PRIVATE ACCOUNT

pennyzizzazz: yes queen!! make him drop the jpg account!!

ynyln18: working on it, chief🫡

romondo__cr: our turkish wall🇹🇷

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paolaegonu: aşko dur

ynyln18: aşko duramam

charles_leclerc: j'ai une jolie prof😂

charles_leclerc

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charles_leclerc: Next stop, Japan 🤍❤️ @vistajet @thomasflohrvista

sv5yams: the way this man has no regard for global warming

cl16_tifazzi: really? reeeaaally?

ynyln18: 🥹❤️

volleyyn: is he coming to see you? is he?👀 charles_leclerc: of course❤️

charlesleclerc_fanclub_italia: good luck in suzuka!! we believe in you!!

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ynyln18

tagged location: Tokyo, Japan

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ynyln18: daydreaming about paris in the summer

charles_leclerc: madonna mia❤️

paulaegonu: Y/N, chi è quest'uomo? ynyln18: la mia musa

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hasankaya: olympic medal is loading!

lilymhe: best of luck!🩷

[elliottkay]

Hi, I’m Elliott, and writing smut changed my life.

I also write military sci-fi and fantasy and D&D shitposts, but this is about the smut. I promise it won’t get weird. Much.

In 2010, I was scraping by as a substitute teacher and things were not great at home. I had only written gamer fic for friends, my aspiring mil sci-fi novel was stuck, and I needed some sort of escape… and I thought, “Well, I like sexy stories, and Literotica is free, and…”

My story was a feel-good adventure about a college guy with a heart of gold, a jaded demon weary of evil, and Heaven's hottest mess. It was silly. It was sexy. It was polyamorous, warm, and irreverent, and Literotica loved it: high ranking, tons of comments, and holy shit am I getting positive feedback from the internet?

So it became my first book:

…and that book plugged some holes in my life. It didn’t get me out of subbing, but it filled the financial gap, and it picked me up after a break-up. More importantly, it gave me an audience. When I published Poor Man’s Fight, I already had readers, and that led to more readers… many of whom then picked up Good Intentions and loved that, too, though some had the shocking experience of “Oh my god, it’s full of butts!”

If you’ve read this far, it’s probably time for the content warning. I’m a big believer in these, for serious reasons and, um… less serious.

WARNING: “Good Intentions” contains violence, explicit sex, nudity, inappropriate use of church property, portrayals of beings divine and demonic bearing little or no resemblance to established religion or mythology, trespassing, bad language, sacrilege, blasphemy, attempted murder, arguable murder, divinely mandated murder, justifiable murder, filthy murder, sexual promiscuity, kidnapping, attempted rape (which is never comedy), immolation of said attempted rapists, persistent disrespect for vampires (which is always comedy), arson, dead animals, desecrated graves, gang activity, theft, assault and battery, panties, misuse of the 911 system, fantasy depictions of sorcery and witchcraft, multiple references to various matters of fandom, questionable interrogation tactics, cell phone abuse, reckless driving, even more explicit sexuality, illegal use of firearms within city limits, polyamory, abuse of authority, hit and run driving, destruction of private property, underage drinking, disturbances of the peace, disorderly conduct, internet harassment, bearers of false witness, mayhem, dismemberment, falsification of records, tax evasion, bad study habits, and an uncomfortably sexy mother.

…and that’s just the first book.

They've all got those warnings. Even the short story collections.

Credit to the incredible @leemoyer for all my book covers, and for teaching me so much about this biz. And while he's not on the book covers, I've gotta share the other central protagonist as illustrated by the awesome @juliedillon:

...yeah, Alex gets into some shit.

If you're looking for protagonists who really communicate, if you want polyamory instead of love triangles, and if you hate when steamy scenes fade to black, I've got you covered.

If you’ve read this far and you’re interested, or even if you just want to see more content warnings, please give my stuff a look on Amazon (including Kindle Unlimited) or on Audible where they’re narrated by Tess Irondale. Give her a listen and you’d be happy to hear her read just about anything.

[rowdyhughesy]

Cocky rookie - TZ11

This origins from an AU idea I’ve been harbouring for months, lmk if it’s something you guys want!

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tagged: biznasty

yn.bizzy: spot the difference Bissonnette -biznasty- fam edition 🫶🏼

biznasty: I didn’t have a kid just to get chirped everyday of my life

→ yn.bizzy: no, you had me at 17 bc you didn’t know condoms are a thing that exists

spittinchiclets: 👀

ryanwhitney6: mini Biz has more balls then her dad

trevorzegras: tell my future father in law I say hello

→ biznasty: in your dreams Zegras

liked by: colecaufield, anaheimducks and others

trevorzegras: it’s fly time 🦆

anaheimducks: Magic Z’s back‼️

yn.bizzy: Go Yotes!

→ colecaufield: Ariana what’re u doin here

→ yn.bizzy: fan behaviour 🤧🤚🏻 @/colecaufield

biznasty: Zegras do you have anything you wanna tell me?

_alexturcotte: has anyone seen if Trevor’s alive?

liked by: jackhughes, arizonacoyotes and others

yn.bizzy: a boyfriend wasn’t in my 2022 bingo card but it was a nice surprise

yourbestfriend: oh no-

→ jamie.drysdale : you’re telling me

colecaufield: casually setting the internet on fire

→ yn.bizzy: I just love the chaos

biznasty: you’re grounded.

→ yn.bizzy: I love you?

→ biznasty: did you have to choose the cocky little shit

Instagram stories

[verdantwyrm]

why do you have a dni in your website bio you are 22 years old that stuff is like new gen immature puritanical fandom kid junk the kind of people that will prob hate you for liking curly or jimmy its preformative and wont help you stop bad people from being rude to you i love your takes on curly and ayna but i grew up in 2010s weeb anime community no one had to walk on eggshells like this most of them make more less edgy more youtube friendly content now just know that surrounding yourself with people that think people are monsters for enjoying taboo subjects in fiction will not enjoy you ive watched how media literacy has fallen and how toxic and rude fandom has become lifes have been ruined because of silly things people have offed themselfs for being accused of horrible crimes if people hate things i wish they would just interact not make it a public sqaure hanging a calloutpost a witch trial as a kid i never did that i minded my biz praticed internet saftey didnt even post my age in bio experienced older people even warned and told me to not type my name in chat " im 13" now everyone needs to know everything about you and judge you and i think everyone will be healthier if that was not pushed as the norms even something as simple as being a fujo makes you a target and a problem and im confused that like anime nerd subculture 101 it helped me come to terms with my own same sex sexuality and made me accepting of others and connect with others not be a creep its only going to get worst with A03 possibly being in danger and online queer media in general due to the political landscape and these new views and fighting about media will not help older web principles where way better and more mature about things

Oh wow, anon. I'm honestly so grateful you took the time to read my DNI and then send me this extremely long, ridiculously written ask where you call me... a "Puritan" and "Immature" I also hope you know that I grew up with the internet in the 2010's I was literally there for it, they began on January 1, 2010, and ended on December 31, 2019.. that was quite literally my teen years. I was between the ages of 7 and 18.

I'm 22 not.. 13. Also I'm sorry that you thought a DNI was a magical barrier spell that kept out all the nasty bad guys, It's literally a list it can't hurt you.

The list is there for people who give a shit about it, I know I can't do anything about it if someone interacts with me regardless. Thats why I block where I can. You're basically just saying "Wow I wish people would just suck it up and interact anyway instead of having boundaries" and that is so hilarious considering the fact that you just unloaded a Wattpad-length crybaby vent in my inbox just proves that you're obviously listed somewhere on my DNI and are upset about it.

"new gen immature puritanical fandom kid junk the kind of people that will prob hate you for liking curly or jimmy its preformative and wont help you stop bad people from being rude to you"

I love that you think I Do Not Know This. It's actually so beautiful that you genuinely think that I do not know that the big scary mean people on the internet will still interact with me.

Also, lovely grammar, I love the running-on sentences you got there, my DNI really riled you up apparently huh? Anyways may god have mercy on your illiterate soul.

[magicstar16]

Thinking about Mike Deltarune

What if Mike was just as desperate as Spamton?

Mike Rofone is Microphone darkner who runs a tv studio in the dark world. However, the business starts failing in the 90s, as tv starts to become less popular and Lightners start flocking to this newfangled "internet" thing that he can't make heads or tails of. Tenna, his protege and poster child, as much as he likes them, the tv darkner just isn't bringing in new customers anymore. The studio's on the verge of bankruptcy, but he can't give up now! He just needs a miracle! He just needs something flashy! He just needs something new!

He just needs a little help!

And it comes to him

Through a ring on an old telephone.

He picks it up

And through the garbage noise, Mike hears a voice.

The voice tells him he can help Mike. The voice tells Mike that the internet, even though it's still in it's infancy, is also a dark world. That the internet also has addisons. That there's a particular addison there who's as desperate as Mike. His name is Spamton G. Addison. He's failing, but he's got potential, and if Mike plays his cards right, he will make life better for the both of them.

Mike is skeptical at first of course. He's been in business for years at this point, he knows every deal has it's angle. A shiny solution to all his problems served on a silver platter? And that solution happens to come from the main thing that's putting him out of business? It seemed to good to be true... but if there was even a slight chance of saving the studio, he had no choice but to take the gamble right? Plus he's familiar with addisons. Perhaps this internet addison was out of their element, maybe they'd be better suited for tv commercials than advertisements on the internet. Maybe if Mike took them under his wing, he'd have a real big shot on his hands, after all, Tenna was struggling a lot before Mike scouted him. Sure, yeah, he could work with this.

He takes the deal.

The voice sounds pleased.

The voice tells him that tomorrow, the addison would call him. Mike thanks the voice, but its already distorted back into a mass of garbage noise, and hangs up.

Mike tells his secretary to cancel every meeting and hold every call he has tomorrow, he has a special client he's expecting.

The next day Mike paces in his office, the old phone now resting on his desk. He's been waiting for hours starting to have second thoughts. Why did he trust a random stranger on the phone? Why did he take the gamble? Why did he cancel every meeting and call that had more financial potential than whatever lies the voice from the phone promised? He's been in show biz for decades, he should know better than to take a suspicious deal! He's dreading whatever scam he's got himself into. He's gonna go bankrupt for sure now... What's he gonna tell his employees? His coworkers? Oh gosh, what was he gonna tell Tenna? StupidstupidstupidstupidSTUPIDSTUPIDSTUPID-

*Ring Ring*

Mike's spiral is interrupted by the ringing of an old rotary phone. The one he placed on his desk. The sound he's been waiting to hear all day. He picks it up

and to his surprise, someone answers.

"H-hello, am I {Speaking clearly} to a Mr. Mike Rofone? I was told to {Call Now!} you."

The voice is timid, glitchy, a complete opposite to the voice from the call from yesterday. Perhaps this is the "Spamton" the voice was talking about? Mike clears his throat and speaks, trying to mask the disbelief in his voice

"Yes, the one and only Mike Rofone! You're Spamton g. Addison right?"

"{Affirmative}"

Mike and Spamton talk for a bit, with spamton growing much energetic and passionate the more they spoke. Mike is oddly charmed by the Addison. Spamton's got ideas, new, flashy ideas that Mike could only imagine the chaotic new invention of the internet could inspire (Calling a car a "cungadero", whatever a "Pipis" is, what would they think of next?). Though Mike can tell that the ideas aren't quite there, plus Spamton's still has noticeable uncertainty and a lack of confidence in his voice, not to mention the glitchiness. Mike could see why Spamton would be having trouble picking up customers, but it was nothing that a little patented Mike Magic™ can't fix. He'd just have to refine Spamton's ideas, give him a little more confidence, and get a hold on those glitches (Though from what Mike could tell, Spamton probably couldn't control it, but Mike would be lying if he hadn't had a feedback errors in his time, it happens to the best of us! Worst case scenario, they'd just edit the audio).

Mike hires Spamton. Mike promises to Spamton he was gonna make Spamton a big shot! and through the phone he can hear Spamton's barely contained excitement

"I WON'T LET YOU I WON'T LET YOU I WON'T LET YOU I WON'T LET YOU I WON'T LET YOU I WON'T LET YOU I WON'T LET YOU I WON'T LET YOU- I won't let you down sir!"

Mike and Spamton say goodbye to eachother and hang up. Mike chuckles, which turns into a laugh! Sweet signals above! this was actually happening! He had a bright new poster boy on his hands!

But a thought wormed his way into his mind. How was he gonna tell Tenna? Mike couldn't let go of Tenna even if he wanted to (which he didn't, admittedly) Tenna may not have had the star power he used to have, but he was still talented! He couldn't just let that go! He helped Tenna become the star he knew he could be! Maybe he'd just let her keep acting and getting gigs on her own. Yeah, that was probably the best way to go, Tenna was a star after all! Tenna didn't really need Mike's guidance anymore, there was a new little sponge who needed to soak up Mike's expertise. Yeah, yeah that was probably the best way to go about it!

[amethystwrytes]

About Me/M. List

💜Amethyst is the name. (She/Her)

💜Playing it cool since 1989

💜I love about a billion different kinds of music, but this blog honestly is just a KPop worship station for me. You’ll see a lot of BTS, like A LOT, but also plenty more groups mixed in the stew.

💜I don’t like interacting with minors. I can’t stop them from finding and consuming my content, it’s the internet and it is what it is BUT I really don’t need nor do I want to know that they’re all up in my biz. So all I ask is that if you’re under 18, please don’t interact ✌🏼🫶🏼

💜I don’t plagiarize material and am very much not a fan. Every story listed below is mine, from my silly little brain, and I need you to respect that. Intellectual property is a thing, so please do not copy, repost, or translate my stories (as if you’d want to tbh🤭) as your own or without explicit permission. And honestly just don’t do it to anyone, because eventually someone will realize and then the internet will just tear your ass up and nobody wants that. Ick.

💜Despite those last two bullet points I’m actually really chill. I love to chat about pretty much anything but I am pretty introverted until I feel comfortable with someone, then it’s hard to shut me up 😂. So if we’re moots and you’re wondering why I’ve never reached out - it’s probably because I’m scared of you and think I’ll annoy you to no end. Maybe I’m not that chill actually 🤔😂😂😂

💜Requests? You can send them to me at any time, but I can’t promise I’ll write it. Still, it’s fun to read and create scenarios with one another so feel free to hash it out in my ask box or through DMs!!

💜Need a Beta Reader? Hi🙋🏻‍♀️ I’d be more than happy to read through and try and help you. Not to toot my own horn but I do have a dusty lil English Degree in a box somewhere and I used to work in the uni library and help edit term papers 💅 DM me anytime for help.

💜When I write random things that are on my mind, personal, non KPop or dessert related I use the tag “amethoughts” - if you have no interest in those thoughts then you can block that tag if you’d like to.

Masterlist

1. “If I Had Asked” — Jungkook x Gender Neutral Reader. Summary: Jungkook wants to catch up at a mutual friends birthday party. Genre: Romantic. Hurt. Comfort. Fluff. Exes to lovers. Oneshot. Rating: E for everyone babe. There’s some alcohol and marijuana but I mean, nothing weird or crazy happens.

2. “Hard to Handle” — Jungkook x Female Reader. Summary: You’re starting to want a little more from your FWB buddy. Genre: Romance. Smut. F2L. Oneshot. Rating: 18+.

3. “Imaginary Games” — Taehyung x Female Reader. Summary: The only thing that could make a destination wedding - in which you're the maid of honor, who has to give a speech in front of a crowd, who has to wear a dress that cost you a pretty penny that you'll never wear again - worse is the fact that your cheating ex is the best man. Genre: Romantic, Smut, Exes to Lovers, Smidge of Hurt. Oneshot. Rating 18+.

1. “Of Course, Professor” — Minho x Female Reader. Summary: The law professor everyone is scared of generously offers to help you with your school work. Genre: Smut. Romantic-ish. Basically just porn with a hint of plot tossed in. Oneshot. Rating 18+. [Bonus Drabble. Also 18+.]

2. “Safe.” - Hyunjin x Fem Reader x Minho. Summary: A broke ER Nurse offers up her services to a large crime organization in exchange for much higher pay and benefits that are unconventional, but lucrative. The life proves to be questionable at best, and downright isolating at worst which leaves her feeling unsure, unstable and dangerous. Genre: Crime. Romance. Drama. Mafia AU. Series. Rating: 18+ (MDNI).

[sgiandubh]

A first greenlight

The SAG-AFTRA board approved the end of strike deal by a large majority: 86%. Immediately to be followed by debate and vote in member meetings, scheduled to last until December 5. But things are already on the move: a press release from the AMPTP mentions the fact the 'entire industry has enthusiastically returned to work', in a rather peculiar choice of words I didn't think possible to see written somewhere after, let's say, 1989.

More on this, here: https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/fran-drescher-sag-aftra-strike-end-1235786973/

Among the finer points of the agreement that did not make it to the press, I found this one to be quite interesting for us:

Forget the self-taped auditions and focus on the Intimacy Coordinators, who probably become compulsory on set. So the next time we analyze at length a steamy scene, we'll just know Vanessa Woman was around. We have been warned and that goes for Season 8.

I also really loved Drescher's explanation for the fact the union did not get exactly what it asked for, with regard to the desired share of streaming revenue, which has been capped by the final terms of the agreement to way less than hoped:

Because a contract is, in layman's terms, 'the law of the parties', it can always be reversed. Nothing is set in stone, when it comes to business arrangements, ever. Mordor cackled when we tried to explain this simple fact of life. Maybe they'll cackle less when they read it from someone who is roughly two and a half light years far away from our corner of the Internet.

[atranswomansdiary]

Day 47

July 22, 2020

I am not a man… And I don’t think I ever was.

This is ridiculous and preposterous, I know, but it is not as stupid as it reads, I promise.

I was born a man because I was born with a penis. I don’t think there’s anything deeper than that. I don’t believe doctors actually examine your DNA and make sure your chromosomes match your sex—unless there are problems, of course. But, I think we can all agree, even if they did, a human being is not only whatever sexual genetic material their cells contain, aren’t they?

From then on, no one ever asked me if I wanted to be man. Of course they wouldn’t! I was too young to understand the concept, wasn’t I? So, because I was too young to process what was going on, the logical thing was just to assume I was a man. You’re born with a penis? You’re a man.

The problem, however, is that not everyone born with a penis is a man.

As far as I know, people whose gender doesn’t align with their sex—or, in the simplest words, people who have penises but aren’t men or have vaginas but aren’t women—are a minority, yes. And yet any reasonable person, I think, would agree that having that possibility alone should mean that parents, families, and society in general should be open about this and inform their children about it, right? Just to let them know that the possibility exists and that, if it is so in their case, that there are alternatives—reasonable, scientifically-proven ways—of remedying any feelings of inadequacy or general discomfort with their own bodies. After all, they’re only children. They supposedly don’t know better, but adults do. The same way we explain them every other fucking thing in the universe, from atoms to praying to an invisible bearded white man in the sky.

FUCK!

So, you grow up and, at least in my case, I never had any information about this little thing that I’ve come to know as gender dysphoria. My parents were progressive enough to talk to me about sex and relationships, but not about this. I studied in one of the most prestigious schools in the country I grew up in—and I specialized in sciences in high school, so I had the best possible education(?) on the matter—and no one ever fucking even mentioned the existence of trans people. I went to university and studied a bunch of shit, met and saw lots of people, and never in my godsdamned life had even the opportunity to learn about this. I didn’t get to have internet at home reliably until I was 24, but I was still able to teach myself a language, learn about a shit ton of things, buy books on the most diverse of topics—and in various languages—but this specific, vital knowledge was never accessible for me. And I’ve never been a slouch when it comes to research for fuck’s sake! I read (a not very good translation of) Kant’s Kritik der reinen Vernunft when I was 17 years old because I was able to borrow a copy from my school’s library. And yet, somehow, someway, I was never taught about trans people.

The closest I ever got in whole life before I was 30 were a) cross-dressers (what the people around me called "transvestites") and b) the notion of intersexual people.

How can it be possible that a decently informed human being, one who read newspapers since they were able (and could afford) to do so never learned about gender dysphoria and/or trans people?

At the top I said that human beings are not only whatever their DNA says they are. So, it follows, I think, that there must another dimension, non-biological—at least in that sense of the word—that determines them.

That is what people in the biz call “psychology”, I’m told.

So: if being born with a penis is not sufficient reason to be a man, then there must other aspects that complete this definition. Psychological, social, political, philosophical, and even ontological, perhaps? This is not something new or revolutionary and, if you don’t want this messy version of the idea that I’m putting forward, I can’t recommend you Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990) enough. Butler is orders of magnitude more intelligent than I am and writes way better than I ever could on the subject.

So, my poor (wo)man’s version of the issue of gender—as it pertains to me, at least—is as follows. Biologically I am man—AKA I have a penis—but, in almost all other areas of manhood (so to speak), I’m a total and absolute failure, both by my own and other people’s admission. But this isn’t really about “manhood performance”, no. My focus is, instead, on level of comfort/identification with it.

And this is the one area where my dysphoria has been most evident and I can actually trace it back the longest. I never identified as a man, in a manner. I knew that’s who I was supposed to be, on a very subconscious and obligatory level—similar to my reluctant acceptance that my family was my family, whether I liked it or not—but feeling like, happy about it? Nope. Never. Maybe a couple of times during my Conan-esque months, but at that point even I was able to discern that it was more of a pose or an attitude than really something deep and meaningful. It was something that came from the outside in, instead of the other way around.

So that’s why I say that I’m not a man and I probably never was. I was born a human male, that is the truth, but a man? Nope. I don’t think I ever felt comfortable nor identified with that gender label. What’s worse, I didn’t have the language to express my discomfort, anxiety, and sometimes erratic behavior. I was always a “dissident man”, internally, emotionally, psychologically, and affectively long before I discovered that I was also a dissident on a social and even political level.

The tragedy, of course, are the 34 years of my life that took me to realize this. To put these feelings and ideas into words. It’s my whole fucking life we’re talking about! And what’s worse, of course, is that I fear it may be too late. What chances do I have at 34? My body has already been deformed by years of mistreatment, male hormones, and general decay. What hopes and dreams can I foster? I’ve been researching and most people transition when they’re in their late adolescence, early adulthood. I’m ancient, in comparison.

Biologically, I can’t believe that my body will be malleable enough. Psychologically, I don’t think I have the strength of mind necessary to withstand the abuse most trans people undergo every day. Imagining losing my mother’s love, my father’s hard-earned approval, and my siblings’ affection terrifies me. And what about the rest of society? How would I deal with all the nazis that want trans people dead or worse? I don’t think I could. And what about my new job? I like it so much—it’s pretty much perfect, especially since I feel most of the people I get to work with like me well enough—but I don’t think a single one of those persons would accept me if I changed.

I’m not even sure if my lifelong friends or newlymet ones would, to be honest.

So, this is nice and all, but it doesn’t change a single damn thing. I’m still where I started. I’m trapped. No way out. I may now know “the truth about myself”—if there is such a thing—but it doesn’t change a fucking thing. Nice thoughts and feelings, but they’ll have to remain that. They must remain that.

Maybe one day I’ll find someone I feel confident enough to share this secret with. And maybe in sharing that secret I’ll be free, at least for that brief moment. An island of relief amidst a sea of sorrow.

Until then, with love,

ZZ

[fredseibertdotcom]

Emil Rensing, photographed by Elena Seibert, 2001

My mentor: Emil Rensing 

Emil Rensing changed my life. I’ve been lucky that as I’ve gotten older instead of completely settling in (though there’s naturally a lot of that too) there are folks around me that kept me from thinking “old.” Scott Webb and the Nickelodeon promo team, the Fred/Alan gang, the great artists and writers in my cartoon lives. But, I must say, I think when the consumer internet came buzzing, I was just about ready to turn off my brain to it and let the yung’uns take over. Jed Simmons tried to stop me, but I was tired, I was done. Then came Emil. 

For many years, like everyone else, my mentors had been older me (excepting Bob Pittman, my original MTV boss, who was two years younger). But when I was almost 50, it flipped on me. And the first kid that started teaching me a lot of stuff was... Emil Rensing. 

Emil has a number of super powers, not the least being a superior, raw intelligence. He’s a computer engineer, sure (he was one of the early employees of the then-revolutionary AOL), but... My experience has been there are engineers who know how to invent things, build things, fix things, but there are few who understand the human who use those things. On the other hand, the folks who can comprehend humans, don’t often have grasp on where technology is going, they can only figure out where it’s been (I’m probably on that spectrum). Emil, he can connect the dots. It’s seems simple when I’m writing this, but trust me it’s not. Emil appreciates, deduces, discerns, interprets, recognizes, penetrates. Emil sees. 

Emil and I met in 1999, but here’s the quick backstory. 

After a try at becoming a record producer, a stint in country radio and cable television, I had somehow or other found myself happily, thrillingly, in the cartoon business. Then, a few months after insisting to a friend that I was happy just learning to be an independent cartoon producer, the internet was for others, I became the first/only president of MTV Networks Online. Just like any other occupation I’ve had, I had no idea what I was doing. 

A friend from the animation biz, Charlie Fink, someone always interested in ‘what’s next,’ had left Hollywood and joined the early, money losing, what-the-fuck-is-this-internet-thing. He suggested I meet a young engineer –Signore Rensing– he’d worked with. I did, and even though –maybe because!– Emil was 25 years younger, I asked him to join my team, he did. 

It’s hard for me to say what happened in the next year, but for me, it was confusing. The company didn’t really want to succeed in the internet, they just wanted some of that internet moolah that was floating around, and I still didn’t know what I was doing other than occupying space. Soon enough, it was clear to me I couldn’t move the company in any useful direction, so it was equally clear I had to quit. When I told Emil I was leaving he announced he’d quit earlier that day. 

Frederator/NY announcement posters by Hatch Show Print, Nashville

Spontaneously, I blurted, “let’s start a company together. You keep showing me what the internet will mean to me and I’ll you how to make TV shows.” He agreed and we were in business. Frederator Studios –Eric Homan and Kevin Kolde– kept the cartoon fires burning (My Life as a Teenage Robot, Random! Cartoons, Fanboy and Chum Chum, Adventure Time, et cetera) and we started a media/internet consultancy in New York.  The details don’t matter, we did some good work, we made some TV shows, we started some of the early internet video successes, eventually we started, then sold, yet another new company that paced the world in the new vision of streaming video. 

Next New Networks, founded by Emil Rensing & Fred Seibert, posters by Frank Olinsky

Most importantly, Emil kept me young, kept me smart, helped set my stage for the next 20+ years. Emil Rensing changed my life. 

Thank you buddy. xxoo 

I’ve posted often about my mentors, the people I’ve learned the most from. And I’ve noted how often how many of them beg to differ as to whether or not I should credit them as such. So, I’ve calmed down in my titling. But still…

[rametarin]

90s childhood was funny.

On paper, you weren't supposed to talk about sex and things like that in everyday life.

But actually though I remember every nine year old laughing their ass off about Bill Clinton getting a blow job under the desk of the Oval Office in 1995. It wasn't a polite or nice thing to talk about, but, it was the kind of shit we talked about and laughed when there were no consequences involved from adults overhearing our biz.

The 90s was some wild shit, man. And also part of the 90s was looking back at the 1970s and going, "Man things were really barbaric and drug crazed and wild back then. That sort of thing would never fly today." And, in truth, a lot of stuff from the 70s absolutely would not fly in the 90s, or today. But, the times.

Using the phone was kind of like using a bucket with a hole in it. Yes it could do the job you needed of it but shit would slip out of it. "DON'T USE THAT PHONE FOR LONG DISTANCE CALLS! IT'S EXPENSIVE!" And getting charged dollars per minute for long distance.

Meanwhile today it doesn't matter if the person you're calling is in the next room or on the exact opposite side of the world. Same cents to the minute. But BACK IN THE DAY, when cell phones were limited to the wealthy and yuppie.. making calls was a pain in the ass.

Curious about something? No internet- if you're in a dirt poor area. Until about 1996 and by 1998, internet was just unobtainable. Some of the kids had PCs at home, but not many. Then it was affordable, but shit. And when the phone line was in use, you couldn't use it as a phone. So, limited to local library resources. If your local library's resources were supplements written in the 1980s and 1970s? I'm afraid that's just what you had to work with, my dudes. Regional access to information was very much a thing.

[tea-with-evan-and-me]

hello :) i'm sure he knows, to a certain extent. i don't think evan actively seeks out that type of content, but even just by virtue of evan being a celebrity, some things that are a given no matter who he is dating. i don't think it will affect them unless it affects natalie, and she seems to be standing firm with not engaging with hateful ''fans'', and shes not shying away from being a normal couple, not shrouded in secrecy. that's a good sign that she has the backbone to handle any nonsense. i would certainly hope none of evan's relationships were negatively affected by fan chatter.

Hello! I've been working in the industry for the past 10+ years and I have had numerous interactions, hangouts and loose friendships with several actors and such. I can definitely guarantee you that even to someone who does not have social media word gets to their ear very very fast. It might be their mom, a friend or their straight up publicist. I can definitely guarantee you also that no one is left unscathed. Everyone is negatively affected (to different extents obvs) , let alone someone who is not a celebrity and dates someone who is. It's very very difficult from one day to another, to jump to a public pool of sorts where people openly say mean things (or even good things, both equally stressful and weird) about you, in the streets, on the internet, in your small (until recently) ig profile's comment section. No matter how thick skin someone has, and trust me, that usually comes with age and experience, it still affects people, a lot, no matter the face they put online. Long answer, but yes, comments online, even the stupid ones, get under people's skins, even if these are celebrities and yes, it can be one of the breakup causes in many many cases, I've pitifully seen it happen numerous times. Of course we can all hope for the best with Evan and his new girlfriend, but I'm just stating sad facts here. 🥺

i certainly respect your perspective, but not to be funny… i feel that it’s sort of a no-brainer that people don’t want to read or know that people are speaking negatively about them, whether they are a celebrity or an average person. it’s simply not something most people “want”, though oddly enough, there are people who thrive off of it 😬however, it definitely isn’t realistic to think this would doom a relationship, because if that were true, literally no celebrity relationships (with a fellow celeb or a normie) would ever last, because you’d be hard pressed to find *any* folks in the entertainment biz who don’t have fans like some of evan’s. there’s simply no need to take a catastrophic viewpoint. i know “normal” or semi-normie folks who have dated celebrities and they were fine, they learned how to log off and keep it moving, which i think is wise. 99.9% of these people have no courage to ever say jack in real life, so ignoring their cries for attention takes away their power.

[tzeming-janice]

Case Study on China

The Great Firewall of China

The Chinese government has voiced worries about the internet since 1998, viewing it as a potential source of social and political challenges to the regime's cultural values and ideology (Cawford, 2023). In response, China's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) directed the Golden Shield project, which was started in 1998 and finished in 2006 (Open Society Institute, n.d.). This initiative is a regulatory framework accompanied by an extensive system of internet censorship. According to Kerner, the western media has called it "The Great Firewall of China”, implying that it encompasses a set of tools, services, and regulations that the government of the People’s Republic of China uses to prevent access to specific online information by individuals who are physically inside its boundaries.

If you've read this far, you might be wondering how the Great Firewall of China blocks content.

The Great Firewall of China uses various methods to block content. It inspects internet traffic entering and leaving China, blocking entire domains and IP address ranges. Additionally, when a user attempts to search for the blocked keywords and phrases, the Great Firewall will block and redirect the website query in a way that does not let the user access the requested information. Additionally, the firewall also actively scans network connections for potential proxy IPs used to bypass it, such as VPNs or Tor privacy networks (Kerner, n.d.).

Criticism and Concerns of the Great Firewall of China

The Chinese government has come under criticism from numerous human rights organisations for the extensive and invasive state monitoring methods used by the Great Firewall. Critics argued that China has restricted its citizens' freedom of access to information sources by enforcing the Great Firewall's strict censorship (Gisonna, 2023). To illustrate, Google holds less than a 2% market share in China, primarily due to government restrictions, with Baidu being the dominant search engine service (Seth, 2022). In March 2009, the Chinese government also banned access to YouTube after the dissemination of videos regarding security personnel beating protestors in Tibet, a region of China (Zed Biz, 2023).

According to Gisonna (2023), in spite of the Great Firewall facing criticism, numerous technology firms have yielded to the Chinese government's self-censorship guidelines, adapting their products to align with Chinese regulations. For example, Microsoft Corporation has produced an altered version of its web search engine, Bing.

China’s powerful app - WeChat

WeChat was developed by Chinese technology giant Tencent Group and was first introduced in 2011 (Sapra, 2019).

As per Zhang (2018), WeChat has evolved beyond its original purpose as a messaging and social networking app. Tencent has effectively transformed WeChat into a super app, serving as a comprehensive platform where users can seamlessly access a multitude of authorized third-party services. These services range from tasks like ride-hailing, purchasing movie tickets, ordering food delivery, booking hotels, paying bills, and many other functionalities. Long story short, it is nearly impossible to do anything without access to WeChat nowadays (Sapra, 2019).

Tencent (2018) argued that “WeChat aims to embed itself in every moment of the user's daily life, from morning till night, anytime, anywhere.”

Why WeChat fails when expanding abroad?

The majority of features of WeChat were constrained due to the absence of collaboration with local suppliers to offer those services. This is why WeChat is losing its competitive edge and transforming into merely another messaging application (Seppam, 2023).

Simultaneously, as per Medium (2019), WeChat's failure can be attributed to its delayed entry into the foreign market. By the time WeChat ventured into the international market in April 2012, WhatsApp had already surpassed its innovation period, spanning from 2009 to 2011. This indicates that WeChat faced limited growth opportunities to capture the global market.

Social Credit System in China

China's social credit system comprises databases and initiatives designed to monitor and evaluate the reliability of individuals, businesses, government entities, and the judiciary (Lee, 2020). It was formally introduced to the public in 2014 with the unveiling of the Outline for the Construction and Planning of the Social Credit System. In addition to looking at financial history and activity, that similar to credit rating systems in other nations, it also considers things like unethical behaviour and legal infractions (Koty & Huld, 2023).

A credit score may benefit from making good contributions to society through the establishment of social programmes, donations to charitable organisations, or other corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives. A high credit score may grant access to discounted public housing or priority medical care. Conversely, engaging in such undesirable behaviour as dishonest or unlawful taxation, misleading customer behaviour, and so forth, may result in a low rating and adverse outcomes including being barred from trains and aeroplanes (Lee, 2020).

Is the social credit system a way to instill good behaviour and provide safety to citizens?

From my point of view, the opinions on this question are diverse. Supporters argue that the Social Credit System could potentially improve overall societal conduct by promoting trust and integrity. They suggest that by rewarding responsible behaviour and penalising misconduct, the system could contribute to a safer and more orderly society.

On the other hand, critics express concerns about privacy violations, the potential for abuse of power, and the impact on individual freedoms. The system involves extensive surveillance and data collection, raising worries about government intervening into citizens' lives. There are fears that the system could be used for social and political control, suppressing dissent, and restricting individual freedoms.

In general, the goal of China's social credit system is to ensure that residents and companies doing business there adhere to local laws and regulations (Velocity Global, 2023). It is important to strive for a balance between the potential benefits of improved societal behaviour and the protection of individual rights.

References:

Crawford, D. (2023, February 3). What is the Great Firewall of China and how does it work. Proton VPN Blog. https://protonvpn.com/blog/great-firewall-china/

Gisonna, N. (2023, September 21). Great Firewall. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Firewall

Kerner, S. M. (n.d.). Great firewall of China. WhatIs.com. https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/Great-Firewall-of-China

Koty, A. C. & Huld, A. (2023, March 24). China’s social credit system: What businesses need to know. China Briefing News. https://www.china-briefing.com/news/chinas-social-credit-system-how-it-works/

Lee, A. (2020, August 9). What is China’s social credit system and why is it controversial? South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3096090/what-chinas-social-credit-system-and-why-it-controversial

Medium. (2019, November 19). Identify and explore why “WeChat” failed internationally. https://medium.com/@uncigolini/identify-and-explore-why-wechat-failed-internationally-605cff5043d9

Sapra, B. (2019, December 21). This Chinese super-app is Apple’s biggest threat in China and could be a blueprint for Facebook’s future. Here’s what it’s like to use WeChat, which helps a billion users order food and hail rides. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/chinese-superapp-wechat-best-feature-walkthrough-2019-12

Seppam, M. (2023, April 5). How China’s Super-App WeChat Failed in USA and Europe.  Why do other successful local apps fail when expanding abroad? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-chinas-super-app-wechat-failed-usa-europe-why-do-other-seppam/

Seth, S. (2022, December 31). Baidu vs. Google: What's the Difference. Investopedia. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/051215/baidu-vs-google-how-are-they-different.asp#:~:text=Google%20has%20a%20strong%2C%20dominant,government%20has%20restricted%20its%20use.

Velocity Global. (2023, October 6). The Chinese Social Credit System: What to know as a business owner. https://velocityglobal.com/resources/blog/chinese-social-credit-system/

Zhang, M. (2018, March 26). China’s WeChat: The Power of the Super App. Medium. https://medium.com/@miaozhenzhang666/chinas-wechat-the-power-of-the-super-app-dc144657625e