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A clipping from a Cory Doctorow novel that explains public key encryption in simple terms.
I happened upon Cory Doctorow's work years ago, and the explanation of public key encryption given in his novel Little Brother was the first one simple enough for little me to understand. As it's under a Creative Commons License, I'm reproducing it here. Privacy is going to be needed all the more for the next four years.
Last time, Zoey could have burned down her entire godsdamned school, Erik was crowned king of garbage, and they nearly channeled My Immortal.
Last time, Zoey could have burned down her entire godsdamned school, Erik was crowned king of garbage, and they nearly channeled My Immortal.
Content warnings: discussion of statutory rape (teacher-student), emotional abuse
I would like to claim that I've spent the past two HON-less days trying to find an "I'm kinkshaming" reaction GIF, but that would be a lie.
I would like to claim that I've spent the past two HON-less days trying to find an “I'm kinkshaming” reaction GIF, but that would be a lie. I actually spent them running back and forth between appointments and helping move a recliner, activities which bear much less internet credibility. I was also putting this particular chapter off because it's so draining; it's pretty bad, even by this series' standards. Sorry for the delay in any case. Last time, Zoey found her zombie friend and was a dick to a homeless woman. Content warnings: fire, discussion of rape, abusive relationship dynamics. Also, this chapter is NSFW due to a My Immortal-esque Sexy Part.
Last time, Zoey yelled at her stepdad and helped spread lies about the real meaning of Christmas. Hold onto your hats, kids; this chapter is awful in a lot of different ways.
Last time, Zoey yelled at her stepdad and helped spread lies about the real meaning of Christmas. Hold onto your hats, kids; this chapter is awful in a lot of different ways. Content warnings: They do everything they possibly can to shit on a homeless woman who did absolutely nothing wrong. I don't know what to call that (anti-homeless prejudice?).
Last time, Zoey blamed her friends for having their feelings hurt, then ran away to see her grandmother.
Last time, Zoey blamed her friends for having their feelings hurt, then ran away to see her grandmother.
Content warnings: discussion of abuse
Last time, Zoey was being a spoiled little shit about her birthday party. That's still going on, because it definitely needed multiple chapters.
Un-welcome back to the House of Night. Last time, Zoey was being a spoiled little shit about her birthday party. That's still going on, because it definitely needed multiple chapters.
Content warnings: mention of rape
In this chapter: Zoey exposits to her cat about the previous two books. Everyone is a jerk as usual.
In this chapter: Zoey exposits to her cat about the previous two books. Everyone is a jerk as usual.
Content warnings: rampant homophobia, coercion & rape
At long last we've arrived in Halloween Month -- er, I mean October. October is my very favorite month for a number of reasons, and I've been considering how best to celebrate since mid-August or so.
First and foremost, there's a new Halloween-themed stylesheet on this very [non-tumblr] blog for a limited time only (complete with a pumpkin logo). You can also expect some original fiction to crop up later on, including a completed visual novel for the first time in about five friggin' years. ;; I'm also planning to post guides to the original arts and crafts I'll be working on throughout the month, namely my costume.
But perhaps the most exciting item, at least for random strangers who happen upon this blog, will probably be that I am going to start sporking the infamous House of Night series! It's pretty horrific and it has vampires, so it's a fine choice for Halloween.
The first installment will be up at midnight of 1 October (of course), and I'll be starting from the third book, Chosen.
Why am I starting from the third book instead of the beginning? Because there are already detailed MSTs of the first two books (e.g. Das Mervin) that go over most of what I would want to say anyway, so I would 1. just be belaboring points that were already well-established, and 2. probably get bogged down and driven to drink by the books' sheer awfulness long before finishing (which is presumably what happened to the previous sporkers, bless their hearts).
What kind of posts will these be? Just in case you're not familiar with the "sporking" or "MST" format, it means interspersing passages from the book with my commentary and jokes, in a similar vein to the Mystery Science Theater 3000 TV show. (This is fair use under the criticism and parody provisions, to the best of my knowledge.) I will refrain from personal attacks against the authors and the target audience, because those are mean; I also will not interrupt the action to make childish cracks like "and then the characters fell in a hole and died, yay!", because those don't really engage with what's actually wrong with the text. And believe me, there's a lot wrong with this one.
Be prepared with alcohol, puppy pictures, or the alternate soothing-forgetfulness method of your choice, and get hype for the 1st!
