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| [OOC] Didn't think I'd need to do this, but... |
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Posted by: robkelk - 05-17-2022, 05:53 PM - Forum: The Attic
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Since I was the one who suggested in the first place that they be added to the Metacontinuity, and since I was the only one who had posted to the wiki anything about them, and since I was the one who came up with how to integrate them into the storyline and had my basic story outline approved without dissent at the weekly writers' chat on May 11, I thought I didn't need to actually come out and say this.
But it looks like I do.
As per the rules of this writing collective, I call "dibs" on the Social Welfare Agency from Gunslinger Girl.
Hands off until I've completed their already-approved plotline, please.
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| How the US' ICE became a domestic surveillance agency |
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Posted by: robkelk - 05-15-2022, 06:44 AM - Forum: Politics and Other Fun
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Full report at americandragnet.org. Summary story on The Register.
From the Executive Summary of the report: - ICE has scanned the driver’s license photos of 1 in 3 adults.
- ICE has access to the driver’s license data of 3 in 4 adults.
- ICE tracks the movements of drivers in cities home to 3 in 4 adults.
- ICE could locate 3 in 4 adults through their utility records.
And almost all of that was done without a warrant.
(I was not aware that Thomson Reuters was in the data-broker business... but they're one of the USA's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency's data sources.)
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| Utility: protection from elements |
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Posted by: Labster - 05-13-2022, 03:37 PM - Forum: The Game Everyone Loves To Play
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My Winter Coat is pretty relaxed. It's a song about a winter coat, and it seems like a joke song, except it just keeps going on and on, and eventually you admit that the musician must really love her coat.
As a power song, it's eight and a half minutes, which is long enough to do something useful. Protection from cold is obvious, but I was thinking it might be protection from the elements more generally. "It's like walking around in your bed all day," after all. Plus I can just see Doug ready to head across the Sahara, and summoning up a parka. "Now I'm ready!" I assume that he could give the conjured coat to others too... it is a coat.
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| Incidental Bits 2 - The Comebacks |
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Posted by: robkelk - 05-13-2022, 02:41 PM - Forum: The Attic
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EDIT: The posts that preceded this post have been moved because they reference a plot that we have been asked to not use.
Old thread is old... and filled with plotbunnies
Chicago, IL, USA
October 14, 2016
"Whatever happened to us yesterday wasn't time travel. We're definitely not in our home world."
"How do you figure that, Rally?" asked Bean around big bites of burgers, not really caring but willing to humor his sometimes-partner.
"When I went to renew my license this morning, they told me that bounty hunting's illegal here. Even if you get a license out-of-state."
"That's a shame," May commented. "It's been three decades. When did they change the law?"
"That's how I know we're in a different world. They changed it in 1963."
May's eyebrows headed for her forehead. "But that's before I was born!"
"Huh," Bean grunted. "So we're not home. Any idea how to find out where we are?"
"Not a clue. Right now, I'm more worried about how to earn a living. Burgers aren't free."
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| Welcome back, Vulpis! |
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Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 05-04-2022, 07:14 PM - Forum: Forums
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Another Yuku-era user, Vulpis, has reappeared from the outer darkness!
Welcome back, Vulpis (like it says in the thread subject). I've reassigned all your old posts to your new account and reset your registration date to the day you originally registered on the old boards.
I hope we'll be seeing more of you now that you're back!
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[IC][STORY][Spamfic][ARC 3] From the person who has everything |
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Posted by: robkelk - 05-03-2022, 07:58 PM - Forum: The Attic
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A little something inspired by fan art, set some time down the road, once people are making their ways in the world.
"Remind me again why we're doing this?"
Rei sighed. "Somebody has to do it, Your Royal Highness."
"We have staff! Well-paid staff! Why aren't they doing this?"
"It's because we have staff that we have to be the ones to do this."
Usagi thought about that for a moment. "You've lost me there."
Sometimes, Rei Hino despaired for her queen. This was one of those times. "We're both in charge of planets now, and by agreement you're the face of the Solar System to anybody who wants to deal with people who don't live on Earth. Belldandy save us all."
"Hey! I'm not that bad!"
Rei refused to comment.
"I know I'm the Silver Millennium's top diplomat because of who I am and who I was in my life in the Silver Millennium, Rei. And I also know that you know that that job plus my schoolwork keeps me busy. Too busy to be doing something like this."
"And that's exactly why you're out here doing it."
Usagi blinked as she tried to figure out what Rei was saying. Finally, she said, "You're not making any sense."
"We have money. we have people to do things for us. We can get almost anything that isn't unique just by asking for it and justifying spending tax money on it."
"I don't do that!"
"Neither do I, but we could do that. What we don't have is unlimited time. So the only thing that we can give anybody as a present that means anything..."
"... is our time! Okay, I get it now!"
"Finally!" Rei Hino, Princess Mars, dope-slapped her sovereign ... lightly and playfully. "Now can we get back to cleaning Ami's pool for her?"
"After we finish this break. You know what Kyoko would say if she caught us wasting food, even something like these ice pops."
Rei nodded. "Okay, let's finish our snack, then get back to work."
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