Second try
Posted on August 31st, 2024 – Comments Off on Second tryDmitri’s timeline set to music.
Archive for the ‘ Patrick Bay ’ Category
/sectionb: DISINFORMATION
Posted on August 13th, 2024 – Comments Off on /sectionb: DISINFORMATION… in which Section B finally make landfall and are immediately thrust into a sticky situation.
In 1832 on this spot
Posted on August 9th, 2024 – Comments Off on In 1832 on this spot
The price of security
Posted on July 30th, 2024 – Comments Off on The price of securityWith all of the state-level attention this lowly blog seems to be getting lately I’ve decided to maintain the trend of password-protected content. The extra step is regretful but necessary.
To view the “Secret agency research” post I just published simply use the following password (without quotes):
“|2e6eKah”
Protected: Secret agency research
Posted on July 30th, 2024 – Comments Off on Protected: Secret agency researchSection B: Criminal Organization
Posted on June 23rd, 2024 – Comments Off on Section B: Criminal OrganizationOn the one hand, “Criminal Organization” seems like a pretty harsh indictment. In the simultaneous contexts of Euro 2024 and Copa America 2024, however, it makes for an interesting opening.
Please don’t read too much into it though. I’m just pointing out a quirky search result.
First try
Posted on June 19th, 2024 – Comments Off on First tryIf you’ve watched, and listened to, the /sectionb shorts then you’ll probably recognize the musical motif but if not then maybe you’ll be experiencing it for the first time, in which case that’s maybe for the best.
This tune also happens to rather happily coincide with the 25th anniversary, more or less, of Lola rennt. If it sounds like the film may have been an inspiration for the track, that’s just pure speculation. Great movie though.
Protected preview
Posted on June 15th, 2024 – Comments Off on Protected previewIf you happened to be on TCL during a very specific and brief window of time in the past day or so you may have read the entirety of a post entitled “Philip and the agency”.
It’s an entry about some of the more obscure research, done right here in Toronto (much of it before my time), that went into /sectionb. Tied into this is a sneak peak about what’s coming up in the story. I also talk a bit about character baselines, motivations, etc.
I feel that /sectionb does just fine on its own but I think that posts like the “Philip” one bring more richness and depth to the narrative, so I decided to password-protect it. But I’m going to give you the password … it’s “/s3ct10nb” (without quotes).
Initially I considered asking for your email but then I thought, nah, too invasive. Disposable addresses require quick turnaround, which I can’t guarantee. I thought about a few other options but all of them required more effort than I’d be willing to make just to read a post, so I nixed them too.
Password protection seemed like the most frictionless way to gauge your interest. Just access the post with the password (see above) and hopefully the signal will get through ;)
Protected: Philip and the agency
Posted on June 14th, 2024 – Comments Off on Protected: Philip and the agencyGood morning, China!
Posted on June 9th, 2024 – Comments Off on Good morning, China!First off, huge confession: I keep stats on this blog.
I like to see how many people are dropping by, what they’re looking at, and where they’re coming from. For quite a while the numbers have been pretty steady … a mix of visitors from around the globe who typically view a few pages per session. Occasionally I’ll get bursts of obvious bot activity but most of the time the site’s traffic looks like regular people just poking around and exploring.
For the last little while, however, I’ve been noticing a certain trend:
You get the idea. So what to make of this?
In my mind there are two main possibilities.
First, China is a big and populous country, the state hasn’t blocked my site (or people are breaking through), and TCL is simply gaining a bit of traction there. If the idea among readers is to gain some exposure to proper English then woe be to them, but I try to take interesting pictures from time to time so maybe that’s the allure. If that’s all there is to this then welcome, 中國人民!*
The second option is a little more sinister: the ostensibly Communist Chinese government has taken an interest in my site, scraping it for any and all content. It’s not as if I haven’t been critical of the Canadian government and its many tendrils, something I imagine the CCP’s domestic propaganda outfits may find appealing.
I suppose that I could also just be cynical and/or jaded. Maybe I’m just misreading the stats. It could also be that I’ve encountered bureaucracy and have scried the truth by gazing into its abysmal maw. Either way, I won’t be singing the praises of the Chinese government, or the Communist ideology any time soon. Socialism, no thanks. I have a few things to say about a few other systems too and if I ever I sing any of their praises, rest assured it’s been coerced.
* if this is wrong then it’s Google’s fault.
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