#surveillance texts

[surveillance-slenderman]

*Idiot gets teleported in, holding an Apple Macintosh (old computer)*

... So, this is the place, huh? Where's the technical slender the Anon was talking about?

×@malware-learningfrenchslender

*it clears its throat and looms closer to see better detail through the screen, on it, showing a rather tired expression.*

Hm? Oh. Good evening. I see you've brought me food. Very good.

[cyberianpunks]

Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments

[catmint1]

Among the most poignant scenes in contemporary literature, ever pertinent today, is Winston Smith in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four cradling his paper diary out of view of the panopticon of his telescreen and privately writing down his opinions. Except the telescreen isn’t all-seeing, it’s downright primitive compared to contemporary surveillance capitalism, where Big Brother doesn’t eavesdrop but Alexa does. By contrast, printed books are a zone of resistance against the neon god of the algorithm since tinkering with code can’t delete their contents, as hackers recently did with the Internet Archive. There is a safety to books, where Smith is able to enter the private realm of literature simply by sitting a bit off camera. That’s a freedom which, I fear, will become increasingly rare.

—Ed Simon, "In Praise of Print: Why Reading Remains Essential in an Era of Epistemological Collapse" Literary Hub, 25 November 2024

[pushelz]

Day 2: Friendships

„You look like a first and failed attempt of merging two species.“

„And you look like you‘ve kissed the wrong end of an Vorcha.“

Sometimes, friendship starts with a jab. And potentially escaping an exploding building while being shot at. But if asked, the answer one‘ll get will be a firm „I‘m just making sure that guy does nothing suspicious. So he‘ll stay with me cause even if Shepard trusts him, I don‘t.“ And before you know it, „that guy“ hangs around exclusively with you because you have to make sure he‘s distracted (so he can‘t do something suspicious!).

You give him tasks (mostly getting food because calibrations), letting him watch Fleet and Flotilla (it‘s educational), having conversations (more jabs) and occasionally letting him help with calibrations (not that it‘s necessary, but he can be a capable challenger). But it‘s only to keep an eye on him! So it‘s also normal to carefully talk him through one of his mental breakdowns. Or to keep him company when he has night terrors again. Or… when he looks at you devoid of emotions and says „We are terrified of ourselves.“, you answer:„Thats why you‘ll stay with me so I can continue to keep an eye on you. Or both eyes, when I’m not calibrating.“ That answer often gets you a smile, sometimes even a playful shove along with it.

When one asks Garrus if he sees „that guy“ as a friend, he‘ll answer: „No. I‘m just keeping an eye on him, cause I don’t trust him to keep himself away from danger. And he has a name, thank you.“

Note: Half of the crew knows Garrus spills bullshit at this point, the other half calls him out in it. Shepard even teases him! He‘ll deny it anyways. Crepitus is just glad that he has now TWO people who care for him (a friend and a father). Sorry for the long text. I try to tell some sort of story through this event.

[gulava]

I think you should be able to tell your therapist you’re suicidal without being locked up tbh.

[sarellathesphinx]

Hey did you guys know Reeve is the one who had to tell Elmyra and Marlene that Aerith died in the original game. I think about this constantly

[pizzacade]

U.N.I.T. secretly listens to conversations in their canteens if The Doctor is there, just in case they spoiler future events.

The non-Martain ambassadors mentioned in the first page are the alien species featured in The Ambassadors of Death, just in case you didn't know.

From The Gold Archive.

[kindleaf]

kian: heyyyyyy man, you alright?

rolan, who saw rand's happy trail while he he was stretching and got so horny he almost passed out: i think i hauve lyme disease

[y2k-2day]

Incubus - Stellar (1999)

[surveillance-slenderman]

hhhhwhat thefuuck i s hapoenning

- @virus-slenderman

*they freeze, shoving the TV back onto its body and turning towards the lone TV amongst the wires. Screen displaying a wide-eyed expression seeming full of animalistic hunger and... shame? That's a new emotion. To he documented.*

Little spark...? I thought you had wandered off! I apologize for such a mess. truly, I didn't want this all to happen-! you- you believe me, right?

[dailymtgflavortext]

Thopters don't take breaks, and neither does he.

-Surveillance Monitor

[king-ludwig-ii]

one of the weirder things I’ve seen on Reddit is in a sub for DoorDash someone complained about a dasher vandalizing their car (but also bragging bc they had a ring camera so they got it all documented.) That’s not the weird part thou— for it it’s everyone in the comments smugly talking about how they’re so much smarter and know to never do things like that because ‘there’s cameras everywhere’ and ‘I just always assume I’m being recorded whether I’m at someone’s house or in public’ hello?!

[cangelgifs]

source

[saijito]

Steps to opt-out here (only for U.S. citizens or people who resided in the U.S. during 2017-2024) -> https://clearviewcopout.org.

For Context: "Clearview AI, Inc. is an American facial recognition company, providing software to law enforcement, government agencies, and other organizations. The company's algorithm matches faces to a database of more than 20 billion images collected from the Internet, including social media applications" (description via wikipedia).

Keep in mind, Clearveiw AI built this algorithm without consent, which is why the class action lawsuit is happening. Its a major breach of privacy, and furthers impacts the mass surveillance of citizens by the U.S. government & law-enforcement.

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

it’s not fair that so much of my memory and cognitive function is tied up in something I cannot control or reasonably prevent

[schattenhonig]

Ok, we got rid of Tumblr live, so what's this Tumblr TV now?

Staff of Tumblr, blink twice if they made you do things according to some contract again?