Bryan Bishop

We all play a role until we are no longer valuable..

This is fairly simple.

The OSDM is closing up shops because of the data corruption. There aren’t exactly lay-offs in this kind of world. So they need to tie up loose ends.

OSDM Office Drone #4 here knew things. So did his wife. Her first instinct when she found out what happened was to grab…[Read more]

Unintended consequences.

Never been so glad to have not participated in an interaction in my life.

This will probably get clarified when the email comes in, but could this not also be Sabrina talking about reductions within the OSDM, rather than the BOS or the community?

In her call to @nothenrygale, Sabrina seemed to reprimand him for voting without worrying about the people it would actually impact. Perhaps that’s who is the target of The…[Read more]

I think it’s a lot more likely this quote is in reference to ALL of us, not just one faction.

Yes, @coryphella. This is why I was angling where I was with my previous post about the big picture, state of the world thing. While BOS may be a force for justice for some, it’s far from hope in the eyes of others.

If anything, this chapter thus far h…[Read more]

Love that, @coryphella. I’d say we could even take it a step further, and frame it as a dark warning: There is no reason for hope in this world. Not with the chaos in the universe, and certainly not with the larger forces aligned against our community here. Based on facts alone, positive outcomes are unlikely (just as humanity’s very existence is…[Read more]

@nothenrygale I did not vote because I did not believe in your mission or the interaction with MyChild in the first place. And I sure as hell wasn’t going to be roped into playing your reindeer games just because you included an option to say “I don’t believe in this but imma support it anyway.” Do you truly not understand the difference?

Come at…[Read more]

@nothenrygale Totally respect your and @blondie‘s position on this, but we’ll have to respectfully agree to disagree. In my mind, voting “Silence” would still have been participating in, and therefore condoning, the MyChild / Resistance / BOS action. I was never on board with it, and think I’ve made my positions with regard to OSDM quite clear…[Read more]

@blondie

One of the things that was impressed upon some of us last year was that visiting the OOA compound had unintended consequences; that return visits were keeping handlers and actors trapped there.

Basically, it emphasized the idea that the actions we took, no matter how noble, could have horrifying ramifications that we hadn’t even considered. It…[Read more]

@rizzzoooooo

@daela I listened a few more times, could it be valued??? The one is no longer valued?

Shit, I think you’re right. That would certainly be in line with the thematic reading I mentioned above. :-

@kevin Perhaps. Or maybe it’s a meta-message that picking sides was never the point, and we were self-destructive when we should have been constructive.

What was that one leaked email, about how much we could do if we stopped bickering with each other?

Interesting point, @mike.

Another interesting point, that might tie into that and larger community concerns:

The One was always the community. Our greatest collective strength. In The BOS’s lust for vengeance against OSDM, actions were taken that divided us against each other — and now, if this recording is to be believed, BOS actually de…[Read more]

Hat tip to @daela, @theladyj, and @mkarrett. Seems like the call was:

“Congratulations. The One is no longer valid. The BOS decided The One was our enemy’s greatest vulnerability. We infiltrated and compromised any and all information regarding The One. All data has been corrupted and will destroy The One. Congratulations.”

Let’s do this.

Following up with my bits of the conversation as well…

What strikes me about the Noah answer @nothenrygale got was that it was pretty much a non-answer answer. “Should I go?” “I’m not saying you shouldn’t go.”

It has me wondering about all the other responses people received in this interaction – particularly given they were responses to…[Read more]

On a serious note recent revelations of Morgan’s involvement with Stacey and in cahoots with Briarberg really makes me question whether Morgan wants to really burn this shit down like he has said over and over again.

These points from @winstonsmith, @coryphella, @mkarrett, and @chelsea do form a certain pattern. But let’s test it. Let’s assume, f…[Read more]

He updated on FB that it was his actual kid who managed to unlock the phone. Hahaha kids these days.

Exactly what an evolved MyChild that was able to properly mimic people would say.

(I know, I know, but… you know.)

Abstaining for obvious reasons. May we each find what we are looking for in the end.