#history of iot

[vaporeonisland]

The History Of IOTS- GEN 1

NOTE: all of my knowledge of pokémon is exclusively from the anime (I never managed to get my hands on the games lol) so if there's shit that doesnt make sense, well.. just. Ignore it.

Also this is long as shit! (Approx 1.5k words of JUST lore. What the hell.) IOTS lore is very vast and and convoluted, and this is probably going to be one of the shorter posts in this series. My punctuation is also very terrible so be warned.

GEN 1: "Sunsetverse"

Time period: 2018-19

Age: 10-11

Media Included: Primarily Pokémon, with characters from winx club and my little pony added (and edited to fit the universe)

ORIGINS:

- this very first version is probably the one that makes the least sense, because i was. Well. Ten. So just keep that in mind as you read.

- Gen 1 was honestly a huge pokeani fix it fic. I created it out of spite because people were being assholes about my favourite character, serena, and pitting her up against ash's other friends. I didn't like that. So this au was essentially a "fuck you" to those people. I made all of ash's travelling companions friends with each other so there would be no chance of any of them having beef with each other or, more importantly, serena.

- ahh the things we do for our favourite overhated female characters..

- As for why it was called the Sunsetverse, i think it came from the my little pony fandom? This is probably niche, but i was obsessed with the part of the fandom where they made OCs that were the basically the mane six's kids? They were called Next Gens and everyone had such cool different characters and ships!! Literally look up "my little pony next gen" on, like, deviantart, and you'll find a bunch of cool shit.

-To differentiate between everyone's next gens, they'd call their particular au (x)verse, the x usually being the name of the creator  or main character of the au. This definitely isnt exclusive to that particular community, but that's how i found out about it.

- I decided to name my pokeani fix it au similarly. Except i didnt get the creator/main character memo and decided to name it after my favourite my little pony character at the time, sunset shimmer.

GENERAL:

- at the veeery beginning, Vaporeon Island was called Lavender Island, (i forgot Lavender Town existed, lol). I ended up changing it very quickly though.

- there was also a brief period when i had ponies coexist with humans and pokémon? Again, that changed pretty quick. I ended up changing the character's names and basically giving them all trainer sonas.

- Vaporen Island was located in the kanto region, but it had pokémon from all sorts of different regions?? Somehow?? It was like y/n, but if y/n was an island. If you will.

- the names of the towns on vaporeon island were ripped off directly from my little pony and winx club. We had Canterlot, Ponyville, Magix, Melody, the fucking everfree forest, the whole shebag. I was very lazy.

- ponyville was the town where the main characters all usually hung out, and the way I justified it being called ponyville, despite being inhabited exclusively by humans and pokémon, is that there was this really popular tourist spot there which was essentially this marble ponyta sculpture in the town square.

- Vaporeon Island was also implied to have a connection to legendary pokémon, specifically suicune and latias? But i never elaborated on this? I think latias lived next to like a lake in the forest and only ash and the gang knew about it.

- since I wanted everyone to be together, all of ash's travelling companions were now his childhood friends from vaporeon island who just took turns travelling with him in different regions. If they were gym leaders or were in any way influenced by the region they were from (which literally all of them are), well.. not anymore!

- miette was also there? Inexplicably?

- Alola gang wasn't, though. I hadnt watched sun and moon at the time so I didnt know shit about them, so i just... let them stay in alola and figured i'd deal with them later.

- Journeys wasnt out yet either, and by the time it was i had moved on to a different fandom, so goh and chloe never had in on the action either. Sorry guys. I promise you'll be added in later.

- tara first (kind of, this isn't Tara's FIRST appearance but that's a can of worms for later) appears here as a thinly veiled self insert named Bluebell, who somehow had a full team of pokémon despite never having been on a journey. There were a lot of shinies, and at least three eeveelutions. Her starter was a bulbasaur named berry.

- I'll talk more about her when i make a post about the evolution of Tara as a character, but she ended up splitting from tara and becoming a seperate character of her own.

- I gave the my little pony and winx club characters pokémon teams of their own, except I was REALLY obsessed with eevee at the time, so literally everyone had eevees/ eeveelutions. It was BAD.

- I was also a character. Like me, from real life. I wanted to be, the, like, background character who constantly broke the fourth wall and got the characters confused really often. It was honestly kind of funny

- genuinely there is nothing I remember about the plot because I was so focused on showering everything in eevees???? But it was basically the entire pokémon anime but with those weird changes like erasing a few gyms and changing up plot points I didn't necessarily like.

- contestshipping and geekchicshipping were the only canon one ships if I remember correctly. I didn't really care about any of the other ones

- I think I had Bluebell have a crush on ash because I thought it was mandatory that SOMEONE had to like him, which is absolutely hilarious. Thing is, she was a self insert, and I was EXTREMELY romance repulsed as a 10 year old (albeit unknowingly), so I just.. didn't do anything about that. I did make them a fankid because I loved making fankids at the time, and, yes, she had the genetically impossible ombre hair.

- In an early ish version I believe pokéshipping was canon? But I can't really remember all that well. Listen this stuff is like north of half a decade old give my feeble old lady brain a break, please (I'm sixteen)

THE FUCKING TREEHOUSE.

- before we finish off, there is one incredibly important thing I need to talk about: The Treehouse. TM.

- Ash and his ridiculously large group of childhood friends needed a secret base, a headquarters. I thought having a secret meeting  spot was the coolest shit ever, and I had an immense fascination with treehouses at the time, so.

- I ended up going off the fucking rails and creating a monstrosity that defied all laws of anything, ever. I put more effort into this treehouse than i did the entire rest of this story. I cannot do justice to the wackiness of the treehouse with words, but let me try.

-this wasn't just any treehouse, no. It was deep in the everfree forest (which wasn't as scary as it is in my little pony. Just a regular, non-creepy forest)

- This treehouse was a fully furnished house that was somehow bigger on the inside than it appeared to be at first glance. It was composed of, like, a regular house, with a living room and kitchen and several bedrooms (and also a.. pillow room? It was a room with a bunch of pillows. No idea what the purpose of it was)

- in the hallway, there was a bookshelf, which was actually a secret entrance to a fucking LIBRARY or a LABORATORY (it would open up to whichever you wanted. You just needed to have the intention)

- I dont know how they built this. How did they have access to enough books. The chemicals and apparatus required in a lab. Who the fuck is even using either of these rooms. How was zero magic involved (there was explicitly no magic in this world besides pokémon, if they count as such). These kids are TEN HOW DID THEY DO ALL OF THIS.

- There was also an observatory. As if you can just HAVE one. In your house in the woods. Built by 10 year olds.

- if that wasnt enough, there were hammocks in the fucking branches you had to climb to get to. Oh and fairy lights!! (which sounds like a fire hazard, but I digress)

- There were slides and poles and other freaky shit built into the foliage of the tree. So if you got bored in the house you could just get up there and mess around

- EXCEPT I took this into account, actually! See, if you fell to your fucking death, there were. Trampolines. At the base of the tree. So if you fell. Youd just. Bounce. And not die. Because this makes complete sense.

- the tree itself was a fucking disaster, because from the bottom it looked like a regular tree. Like an apple or mango or something. But somehow it Like. Morphed into a coniferous one??? As you went up?? I Don't think i knew how trees worked.

-And Like these branches stuck out of the foliage, which SO defeats the point of it being a coniferous tree, but I digress. You could climb onto them and enjoy the view. There was no protection. You could absolutely fall and break your neck.

- i want to emphasise that i was ten years old when i made this.

- there was a security system involving trapdoors motion sensors?? And poisonous gas??? As if everyone was just itching to rob this fucked up treehouse in the middle of the woods??? Misty was in charge of the security system because of course she was.

- and, to top it all the fuck off, there was a bird stand. Just. A giant bird stand. At the very tippy top. For ash's pidgeot. Just built into the tree, somehow. I don't think I realized birds can just. Perch on trees.

So. To conclude. Gen 1 was very much a mess. It was terrible plot wise and made not a lick of sense. It was basically me going "yknow what would be cool as SHIT" and not waiting for an answer. It was made with love for my favourite characters and also treehouses and defying science. It had the chaos and heart that only something made by a ten year old could have, yknow? And honestly? I love it for that.

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EXPERIENCING ITSELF

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Saw a few reblogs mention stuff about the possibility of other technology being corrupted and how that would work. But maybe Danny only unintentionally affects CCD or CMOs sensor visual technology.

Simplified terms, CCD sensors convert photon origin image elements into light intensity based electrical charges. Those electrons eventually are amplified and converted into voltage via an output node. CMOs sensors are similar with additional digital conversions, they are more prone to noise/image grain and lower resolution. (Most cell phones use CMOs due to it being cheaper.)

Instead of ambiently affecting technology he could affect photon reflection in an area “corrupting” images but not the technology itself. So tech still works but the visual resolution is impaired when focused on him. (Photon interference does affect wifi signals, but is range based and can block or even boost signals.)

Also if he did dramatically affect photons he could potentially stop a lot of rogue’s and Batman’s plans. Trackers could be impaired, range activated traps could be delayed or unable to work, optical recognition devices (like ID scanners), probably a lot of other stuff too both unintentionally and intentionally.

There’s also a potential effect on kryptonions due to photons relationship with solar radiation. So Danny and other ghost could possibly increase or decrease a kryptonions strength. Not in a kryptonite way but a solar processing way, since energy from different types of stars affects kryptonions differently.

Bruce has been having some trouble trying to figure out why the security camera feed at Damian's school keeps on corrupting. The pattern is consistent with a normal students schedule. Classes that change every class period, cameras fizzing out as the unknown walks to their next class, and occasional irregularities in the pattern. The irregularities easily chalked up to the unknown talking to friends or going to the bathroom.

Bruce has every single student with that class schedule pulled up of every student that has the schedule of the Unknown and is even more concerned, noticing that his son has two overlapping classes with the Unknown.

Bruce checks what students have recently transferred schools and sees only one student who's schedule and recent appearance matched.

A student by the name of Daniel "Danny" Nightingale.

[andypiper]

MQTT turns 25 - here's how it has endured

Happy birthday, @mqtt@fosstodon.org! 25 years young.

It’s October 2024 and I’m sitting here in my creative maker studio, wearing a bright t-shirt that excitedly bellows “MQTT 25”! To my left is a top-end Bambu Lab X1C 3D printer, that uses MQTT internally for communication. On my wall are a variety of connected gadgets that display data or that light up in response to MQTT notifications. Today is the official 25th anniversary of the publication of…

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In the scenario, "This is just a thought experiment, but if we had the opportunity to control Gaza, we'd use it to establish a new Locke canal trade route, reducing traffic to Suez in a way that would benefit us monetarily $$$ AND global trade," how does that impact the situation from the point of this post? Is it possible to inflict genocide in the present scenario, while not being strictly settler colonial in a way that evokes replacement theory?

It’s maddening to find out that the scholar who first developed the idea that “Zionism is Settler Colonialism”, Fayez Sayegh, was a member of the Syrian Nazi Party during and immediately after the Holocaust, was an active participant in the Red Scare, using it to demonize Israel as a manifestation of a Global Communist Threat™️ through the height of the Cold War (true to his Nazi roots, accusing Israel of Judeo-Bolshevism) before switching to a Colonialism narrative when Post-Colonialism came in vogue in the 60s. And yet, the people I hear parroting the talking points of this anti-Communist, Ultranationalist Fascist-turned-scholar are the people who are constantly talking about how Liberal Progressives aren’t Communist enough and actually enemies because “Liberals will always side with Fascists”. Maddening.

If you’ve ever noticed how the “Zionism = Settler Colonialism” narrative eerily shares the core components of the far right’s Replacement Theory (that there are 1. Jews 2. conspiring to invade a given place and 3. replace the population with Jews), this is why; it’s because the idea that Zionism is Settler Colonialism came from a literal Nazi.

It is very literally Nazi propaganda.

[tpmt4tpm]

At this time in ur life, oUr world what u believe is what u have been told, read &or see which is all questionable, ICYMI.

Especially nowadays, more than ever before, it’s All an illusion. What YOU think see hear & do is what you get.

[aartichede08]

IOT in Manufacturing Market Research, Industry Outlook, Size, Growth Factors, And Forecast 2028

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Need for supply chain optimization: IoT technology can be used to optimize the supply chain, reducing costs and improving efficiency. This is particularly important in manufacturing, where supply chain management is critical to ensuring timely delivery of products.

Increasing adoption of Industry 4.0: The adoption of Industry 4.0, which emphasizes the use of connected devices and real-time data analysis to improve manufacturing processes, is driving the adoption of IoT technology in manufacturing.

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Chaos Magick

Chaos Magick is a modern form of occultism that defies traditional structures and dogmas, embracing a pragmatic, results-oriented approach to magical practice. Unlike conventional magical systems that adhere to specific rituals, symbols, and deities, Chaos Magick emphasizes flexibility, personal belief, and the use of any technique or symbolism that achieves the desired outcome. Originating in the late 20th century, Chaos Magick has become a significant and influential movement within the broader landscape of contemporary occultism, attracting practitioners who value creativity, experimentation, and personal empowerment. This essay explores the history, principles, practices, and significance of Chaos Magick.

History of Chaos Magick

Chaos Magick emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s as a response to the rigid structures of traditional ceremonial magick and the occult revival movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. The origins of Chaos Magick can be traced to the writings of occultists such as Peter J. Carroll and Ray Sherwin, who were instrumental in developing and popularizing this new approach to magic.

The Influence of Austin Osman Spare:

A significant precursor to Chaos Magick was the work of artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare (1886-1956). Spare's ideas about the subconscious mind, sigils, and the power of belief were highly influential on later Chaos Magicians. He emphasized the use of personal symbols and the manipulation of belief as tools for magical success, laying the groundwork for many of the ideas central to Chaos Magick.

The Birth of the Movement:

In the late 1970s, Peter J. Carroll and Ray Sherwin co-founded the Illuminates of Thanateros (IOT), a magical order dedicated to the practice and development of Chaos Magick. Carroll’s seminal works, "Liber Null" (1978) and "Psychonaut" (1982), became foundational texts for Chaos Magicians. These books outlined the core principles of Chaos Magick, including the emphasis on belief as a tool, the use of sigils, and the concept of "paradigm shifting," where practitioners adopt different belief systems as needed.

Spread and Evolution:

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Chaos Magick grew in popularity, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. The movement attracted individuals interested in a more personalized and experimental approach to magic, free from the dogmatic constraints of traditional systems. As Chaos Magick evolved, it incorporated influences from psychology, science fiction, pop culture, and postmodern philosophy, reflecting its eclectic and adaptive nature.

Principles of Chaos Magick

Chaos Magick is characterized by several key principles that distinguish it from other forms of magical practice. These principles emphasize flexibility, pragmatism, and the central role of belief in achieving magical outcomes.

Belief as a Tool:

One of the core tenets of Chaos Magick is the idea that belief itself is a powerful tool in magic. Unlike traditional magical systems that require adherence to specific beliefs or deities, Chaos Magick posits that the act of believing—regardless of what is believed—is what makes magic effective. Practitioners are encouraged to adopt and discard beliefs as needed to achieve their desired results, treating belief as a flexible and dynamic tool rather than a fixed truth.

Paradigm Shifting:

Closely related to the use of belief as a tool is the concept of "paradigm shifting." In Chaos Magick, a paradigm is a framework of beliefs, symbols, and practices that a magician temporarily adopts to work a particular spell or ritual. A Chaos Magician might shift between different paradigms—such as using Kabbalistic symbols in one ritual and invoking Lovecraftian deities in another—depending on what they find most effective for their goals. This fluid approach allows practitioners to draw from a wide range of magical and cultural traditions.

Pragmatism and Results-Oriented Practice:

Chaos Magick is inherently pragmatic, focusing on what works rather than adhering to tradition or doctrine. The effectiveness of a magical practice is judged solely by the results it produces. This results-oriented approach encourages experimentation and the development of new techniques, as well as the modification or abandonment of practices that do not yield desired outcomes.

Use of Sigils:

Sigilization, a technique popularized by Austin Osman Spare, is a central practice in Chaos Magick. A sigil is a symbol created by condensing a specific intention or desire into a visual form. The practitioner then uses various methods to "charge" the sigil with energy and launch it into the subconscious mind, where it works to manifest the desired outcome. Sigils are valued for their simplicity and adaptability, making them a popular tool among Chaos Magicians.

The Gnostic State:

Achieving a state of altered consciousness, often referred to as the "Gnostic State" or "gnosis," is a key component of Chaos Magick rituals. This state of mind, in which the practitioner is highly focused and free from distractions, is believed to be crucial for the successful performance of magic. Various methods, such as meditation, chanting, visualization, or sensory deprivation, are used to induce gnosis.

Practices of Chaos Magick

Chaos Magick is known for its eclectic and innovative practices, which can vary widely from one practitioner to another. The following are some of the most common practices associated with Chaos Magick:

Sigil Magic:

As mentioned, sigil magic is a cornerstone of Chaos Magick. The process typically involves creating a sigil by writing out a statement of intent, removing duplicate letters, and arranging the remaining letters into an abstract symbol. The practitioner then enters a Gnostic State, charges the sigil with intent, and either destroys or forgets the sigil to allow it to work subconsciously.

Magical Experimentation:

Chaos Magicians often experiment with a variety of techniques, drawing from different magical traditions, religions, and even pop culture. This might include invoking gods from different pantheons, working with fictional characters as if they were real entities, or incorporating elements of modern technology into rituals. The emphasis is always on what is effective for the individual practitioner.

Deconstructing and Reconstructing Beliefs:

Chaos Magicians regularly engage in the practice of deconstructing and reconstructing their beliefs. By deliberately adopting different belief systems, even those they do not inherently believe in, they explore the effects of belief on reality. This practice often leads to a deeper understanding of the fluid nature of reality and the power of the mind in shaping experience.

Use of Pop Culture and Modern Symbols:

One of the more unique aspects of Chaos Magick is its embrace of contemporary symbols and icons from pop culture. Practitioners might use characters from movies, comic books, or video games as symbols in their rituals, treating these figures as modern-day deities or archetypes. This reflects Chaos Magick's adaptability and its focus on personal relevance over tradition.

Psychological Techniques:

Many Chaos Magicians incorporate psychological techniques into their practice, drawing from fields such as cognitive psychology, NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), and hypnosis. These techniques are used to alter consciousness, influence perception, and reinforce the practitioner’s intent. The integration of psychological methods underscores Chaos Magick's pragmatic and results-driven approach.

Significance and Influence of Chaos Magick

Chaos Magick has had a profound impact on modern occultism, influencing both magical practice and the broader cultural understanding of magic. Its emphasis on flexibility, innovation, and personal empowerment has resonated with a new generation of practitioners who seek a more individualized and adaptive approach to magic.

Democratization of Magic:

One of the most significant contributions of Chaos Magick is the democratization of magical practice. By rejecting rigid hierarchies, dogmas, and the need for formal initiation, Chaos Magick has made occult practices more accessible to a wider audience. Anyone can become a Chaos Magician, regardless of background or experience, as long as they are willing to experiment and learn.

Cultural Impact:

Chaos Magick has also influenced popular culture, particularly in areas related to the occult, science fiction, and the countercultural movements of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Concepts from Chaos Magick, such as paradigm shifting and the use of pop culture symbols, have found their way into literature, movies, and art, reflecting the movement's broad cultural reach.

Challenges to Traditional Magic:

Chaos Magick challenges the conventional understanding of magic by questioning the necessity of belief in any particular system or deity. This has led to debates within the occult community about the nature of magic, the role of belief, and the effectiveness of traditional practices. Chaos Magick's focus on results over tradition has encouraged many practitioners to rethink their approach to magic.

Influence on Postmodern Thought:

Chaos Magick is often associated with postmodernism, particularly its skepticism of grand narratives and its emphasis on individual experience. The movement’s fluid approach to reality, belief, and identity aligns with postmodern ideas about the constructed nature of reality and the multiplicity of truths. This has made Chaos Magick particularly appealing to those who resonate with postmodern philosophy.

Conclusion

Chaos Magick represents a radical departure from traditional magical systems, offering a flexible, pragmatic, and highly individualized approach to occult practice. By emphasizing the power of belief, the importance of personal experience, and the value of experimentation, Chaos Magick has redefined what it means to practice magic in the modern world. Its influence extends beyond the occult community, challenging cultural and philosophical assumptions about reality, belief, and the nature of power. As a living, evolving tradition, Chaos Magick continues to inspire and empower those who seek to explore the mysteries of existence on their own terms.

[vaporeonisland]

Hi. I have been gone for. A good while. but I promise I'm still working on iots and the guidebook, I've just been very offline lately LOL. lots of stuff coming up so stay tuned!!!

[assatanur8]

Twelve Powers

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Quinque gazump linkdump

On OCTOBER 23 at 7PM, I'll be in DECATUR, presenting my novel THE BEZZLE at EAGLE EYE BOOKS.

It's Saturday and any fule kno that this is the day for a linkdump, in which the links that couldn't be squeezed into the week's newsletter editions get their own showcase. Here's the previous 23 linkdumps:

https://pluralistic.net/tag/linkdump/

Start your weekend with some child's play! Ada & Zangemann is a picture book by Matthias Kirschner and Sandra Brandstätter of Free Software Foundation Europe, telling the story of a greedy inventor who ensnares a town with his proprietary, remote-brickable gadgets, and Ada, his nemesis, a young girl who reverse engineers them and lets their users seize the means of computation:

https://fsfe.org/activities/ada-zangemann/index.en.html

Ada & Zangemann is open access – you can share it, adapt it, and sell it as you see fit – and has been translated into several languages. Now, there's a cartoon version, an animated adaptation that is likewise open access, with digital assets for your remixing pleasure:

https://fsfe.org/activities/ada-zangemann//movie

Figuring out how to talk to kids about important subjects is a clarifying exercise. Back in the glory days of SNL, Eddie Murphy lampooned Fred "Mr" Rogers style of talking to kids, and it was indeed very funny:

https://snl.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Robinson

But Mr Rogers' rhetorical style wasn't as simple as "talk slowly and use small words" – the "Fredish" dialect that Mr Rogers created was thoughtful, empathic, inclusive, and very effective:

https://memex.craphound.com/2019/07/09/the-nine-rules-of-freddish-the-positive-inclusive-empathic-language-of-mr-rogers/

Lots of writers have used the sing-songy fairytale style of children's stories to make serious political points (see, e.g. Animal Farm). My own attempt at this was my 2011 short story "The Brave Little Toaster," for MIT Tech Review's annual sf series. If the title sounds familiar, that's because I nicked it from Tom Disch's tale of the same name, as part of my series of stolen title stories:

https://locusmag.com/2012/05/cory-doctorow-a-prose-by-any-other-name/

My Toaster story is a tale of IoT gone wild, in which the nightmare of a world of "smart" devices that exert control over their owners is shown to be a nightmare. A work colleague sent me this adaptation of the story as part of an English textbook, with lots of worksheet-style exercises. I'd never seen this before, and it's very fun:

http://ourenglishclass.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2024/09/bravetoaster.pdf

If you like my "Brave Little Toaster," you'll likely enjoy my novella "Unauthorized Bread," which appears in my 2019 collection Radicalized and is currently being adapted as a middle-grades graphic novel by Blue Delliquanti for Firstsecond:

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/

Childlike parables have their place, but just because something fits in a "just so" story, that doesn't make it true. Cryptocurrency weirdos desperately need to learn this lesson. The foundation of cryptocurrency is a fairytale about the origin of money, a mythological marketplace in which freely trading individuals who struggled to find a "confluence of needs." If you wanted to trade one third of your cow for two and a half of my chickens, how could we complete the transaction?

In the "money story" fairy tale, we spontaneously decided that we would use gold, for a bunch of nonsensical reasons that don't bear even cursory scrutiny. And so coin money sprang into existence, and we all merrily traded our gold with one another until a wicked government came and stole our gold with (cue scary voice) taaaaaaxes.

There is zero evidence for this. It's literally a fairy tale. There is a rich history of where money came from, and the answer, in short is, governments created it through taxes, and money doesn't exist without taxation:

https://locusmag.com/2022/09/cory-doctorow-moneylike/

The money story is a lie, and it's a consequential one. The belief that money arises spontaneously out of the needs of freely trading people who voluntarily accept an arbitrary token as a store of value, unit of account, and unit of exchange (coupled with a childish, reactionary aversion to taxation) inspired cryptocurrency, and with it, the scams that allowed unscrupulous huxters to steal billions from everyday people who trusted Matt Damon, Spike Lee and Larry David when they told them that cryptocurrency was a sure path to financial security:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/15/your-new-first-name/#that-dagger-tho

It turns out that private money, far from being a tool of liberation, is rather just a dismal tool for ripping off the unsuspecting, and that goes double for crypto, where complexity can be weaponized by swindlers:

https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/13/the-byzantine-premium/

We don't hear nearly as much about crypto these days – many of the pump-and-dump set have moved on to pitching AI stock – but there's still billions tied up in the scam, and new shitcoins are still being minted at speed. The FBI actually created a sting operation to expose the dirtiness of the crypto "ecosystem":

https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/10/24267098/fbi-coin-crypto-token-nexgenai-sec-doj-fraud-investigation

They found that the exchanges, "market makers" and other seemingly rock-ribbed institutions where suckers are enticed to buy, sell, track and price cryptos are classic Big Store cons:

http://www.amyreading.com/the-9-stages-of-the-big-con.html

When you, the unsuspecting retail investor, enter one of these mirror-palaces, you are the only audience member in a play that everyone else is in on. Those vigorous trades that see the shitcoin you're being hustled with skyrocketing in value? They're "wash trades," where insiders buy and sell the same asset to one another, without real money ever changing hands, just to create the appearance of a rapidly appreciating asset that you had best get in on before you are priced out of the market.

This scam is as old as con games themselves and, as with other scams- S&Ls, Enron, subprime – the con artists have parlayed their winnings into social respectability and are now flushing them into the political system, to punish lawmakers who threaten their ability to rip off you and your neighbors. A massive, terrifying investigative story in The New Yorker shows how crypto billionaires stole the Democratic nomination from Katie Porter, one of the most effective anti-scam lawmakers in recent history:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/14/silicon-valley-the-new-lobbying-monster

Big Tech – like every corrupt cartel in history – is desperate to conjure a kleptocracy into existence, whose officials they can corrupt in order to keep the machine going until they've maximized their gains and achieved escape velocity from consequences.

No surprise, then, that tech companies have adopted the same spin tactics that sowed doubt about the tobacco-cancer link, in order to keep the US from updating its anemic privacy laws. The last time Congress gave us a new consumer privacy law was 1988, when they banned video store clerks from disclosing our VHS rental history to newspapers:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act

By preventing confining privacy law to the VCR era, Big Tech has been able to plunder our data with impunity – aided by cops and spies who love the fact that there's a source of cheap, off-the-books, warrantless surveillance data that would be illegal for them to collect.

Writing for Tech Policy Press, the Norcal ACLU's Jake Snow connects the tobacco industry fight over "pre-emption" to the modern fight over privacy laws:

https://www.techpolicy.press/big-tech-is-trying-to-burn-privacy-to-the-ground-and-theyre-using-big-tobaccos-strategy-to-do-it/

In the 1990s, Big Tobacco went to war against state anti-smoking laws, arguing that the federal government had the right – nay, the duty – to create a "harmonized" national system of smoking laws that would preempt state laws. Strangely, politicians who love "states' rights" when it comes to banning abortion, tax-base erosion and "right to work" anti-union laws suddenly discovered federal religion when their campaign donors from the Cancer-Industrial Complex decided that states shouldn't use those rights to limit smoking.

This is exactly the tack that Big Tech has taken on privacy, arguing that any update to federal privacy law should abolish muscular state-level laws, like Illinois's best-in-class biometric privacy rules, or California's CPPA.

Like Big Tobacco, Big Tech has "funded front groups, hired an armada of lobbyists, donated millions to campaigns, and opened a firehose of lobbying money," with the goal of replacing "real privacy laws with fake industry alternatives as ineffective as non-smoking sections."

Whether it's understanding the origin of money or the Big Tobacco playbook, knowing history can protect you from all kinds of predatory behavior. But history isn't merely a sword and shield, it's also just a delight. Internet pioneer Ethan Zuckerman is road-tripping around America, and in August, he got to Columbus, IN, home to some of the country's most beautiful and important architectural treasures:

https://ethanzuckerman.com/2024/08/29/road-trip-the-company-town-and-the-corn-fields/

The buildings – clustered in within a few, walkable blocks – are the legacy of the diesel engine manufacturing titan Cummins, whose postwar president J Irwin Miller used the company's wartime profits to commission a string of gorgeous structures from starchitects like the Saarinens, IM Pei, Kevin Roche, Richard Meier, Harry Weese, César Pelli, Gunnar Birkerts, and Skidmore. I had no idea about any of this, and now I want to visit Columbus!

I'm planning a book tour right now (for my next novel, Picks and Shovels, which is out in February) and there's a little wiggle-room in the midwestern part of the tour. There's a possibility that I'll end up in the vicinity, and if that happens, I'm definitely gonna find time for a little detour!

Tor Books as just published two new, free LITTLE BROTHER stories: VIGILANT, about creepy surveillance in distance education; and SPILL, about oil pipelines and indigenous landback.

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:

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Before the students left Rek, the rakii had been in the process of developing their own AI. At first they were gifted such intelligence by the students, providing washed-down copies of themselves to add to their tech and craft management. But when the need for more personalized AI and general curiosity arose, they went to work, using the student provided AI as a base or reference point. From there, three types of AI sprouted off these projects: • Student AI - Highly valuable, practical holy relics of what remains of the students. These are "purest" AI and are strictly held within Iot's control, only able to function off student tech. There are only 4 existing and 2 remain within the Idle Library. These AI are again, much more watered-down and while are fairly sentient they aren't 100% sapient.

• Hybrid or Steward AI - A mix between student and rakii coding. Since rakii couldn't exactly copy paste the student AI's themselves, what was given, they managed add on it. These AI were specialized and trained to understand the workings of rakii history, and language, while also being able to work on both student and rakii devices. They are still held under Iot control but with special permission, they can be granted to important government official or funded servers. These AI are a tad more self-aware, understanding their purpose and history just fine.

• Factotum AI - Completely rakii made and trained AI. With little to no student involvement, these AI are either standard algorithmic run assistants or commercially used for things like personal computers, phones, self-driven vehicles (mainly rail cars and public transit) or vending machines. Not ALL devices have AI of course, as the general public have a lot of mixed feelings towards, not such distain but prefer to be the only one in control of their tools. On the upside, they are heavily regulated and lack any possibility for self-awareness or sapience. The ones displayed here are two steward AI named Wyrr'Yoii (left) and Booror (right). Wyrr'Yoii is currently housed on the lunar settlement, Wubu maintaining life support and security, taking the avatar of a temperate. They were handed over to the rakii aerospace committee by Iot, which is heavily funded by the city for the investment of seeking out their missing gods. Wyrr'Yoii is described to be standardly monotone and critical, yet easy-going and understanding. They know exactly where their functionally lies and are always willing to lookout for the inhabitants within them. They have long-range communication with ground control, and furthest orbiting station in their system, "The Needle of Shwati" (A Wubu settler checking in with Wyrr'Yoii)

Booror, is housed within an arctic government building in the Shto Dominion hence taking an arctic avatar. Having accepted trading offers and territory with Iot, they were later granted a steward to keep purpose tabs and documents on community. Ensuring those higher up are up-to-date with any possible trading changes. Though the general public are often wary of this development as recently there has been a project in the works of providing AI with RC units, wanting to see how these AI can interact with the physical world. One unit being an elaborate success, however the reactions of many were generally, "It looks creepy." and it became more of an underground project. (Cartographer Wa'chaa "Quiibii" Iot, speaking with Saiba in their RC unit)