BOWING OUT.

AND UNLIKE PREVIOUS TIME OUTS, I WON'T BE BACK. BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY GOODBYE TO FOLKS I GENUINELY LIKE ON HERE. :)

I WAS GOING TO HANG AROUND UNTIL THE 16TH OF THIS MONTH WHICH IS WHEN “FINGERPINT” KICKS IN. BUT LATELY I’VE BEEN RETHINKING AND SO, THIS IS IT FOR ME.

FEW REASONS FOR THIS…I CAN NO LONGER DEAL WITH THE DAILY CONFIRMATIONS I GET WITH LOGGING ONLINE OF OVERWHELMING APATHY IN THE FACE OF WHAT THEY’RE DOING TO US AND THE COMPLETE LACK OF ANY MEANINGFUL, PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE CONDITIONED TO ACCEPT NOW THAT THEY’RE TOO BIG, WE’RE TOO SMALL AND LACK ANY MEANS OF FIGHTING BACK.

THERE’S NOTHING TO BE DONE IN THE FACE OF SUCH ACCEPTANCE AND, DARE I SAY IT (SORRY. I DO KNOW NOT ALL OF YOU ARE THE SAME) COWARDICE BECAUSE TO ME THAT IS WHAT IT IS WHEN OUR CHILDREN AND ELDERLY ARE UNDER ATTACK, HAVE LOST AND CONTINUE TO LOSE THEIR LIVES AND WE DO NOTHING TO END IT.

WHAT FOLKS INITIALLY DID WAS SET UP ONLINE GROUPS AND ORGANISATIONS AIMED AT PROTECTING OUR RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS. I FEEL THAT REAL LIFE EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT ISN’T CUTTING IT. WITHOUT DEMEANING THEIR INTENTIONS OR ATTEMPTS, I BELIEVE IN OUR HEARTS WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT WILL COME DOWN TO IN ORDER TO PUT AN END TO THIS. JUST, RIGHT NOW, NOBODY ELSE SEEMS WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND CERTAINLY NOBODY IS WILLING TO ENABLE IT.

THAT LACK OF FIGHT FOR OUR VERY SURVIVAL IS LITERALLY THE DEATH OF US. NO PLAY ON WORDS. NO JOKE. THEY’RE KILLING US. NO EXCEPTIONS EXCEPT THE ENSLAVED AND THAT TOO IS NO MORE THAN A WALKING DEATH.

I JUST REALISED FOR ALL MY SHARING OF NEWS AND TRYING TO KEEP FOLKS INFORMED OF WHAT THEY DO AND IT’S EFFECT ON US, I’M NOT ACTUALLY MAKING ANY DIFFERENCE AND INDEED IT TAKES A TOLL ON OUR HEALTH WHEN WE STAY HOOKED UP TO THE NET.

THEY WANT US ALL IN THIS SPACE, RIGHT HERE ONLINE, AND WITH INCREASING (AS YOU CAN SEE FROM ADDED ARTICLE) INTRUSIVE SURVEILLANCE AND THOUGH OTHERS CAN DEAL WITH IT AND KEEP GOING I CANNOT. I VALUE MY PRIVACY. I DON’T GIVE A MONKEY’S WHAT SCHWAB ET AL SAY ABOUT “NOTHING TO HIDE” AND “TRANSPARENCY”. I WANT WHAT IS MINE. MY PESONAL LIFE KEPT PRIVATE. MY PEACE AND SECURITY, SUCH AS IT IS, NOT TAKEN AND SOLD ON TO WHOEVER WANTS TO USE IT.

I WANT MY LIFE BACK AND THOUGH IN REALITY I’M NOT GOING TO GET IT WHAT I WILL ACHIEVE BY STAYING OFFLINE IS A PEACE OF MIND THAT ISN’T THERE WHEN I’M ON AND TYPING. THAT ISN’T HERE WHEN I’M AWARE OF THEIR AGENDA AND FEEDING INTO IT ALL BY BEING HERE AND DOING EXACTLY THIS…LETTING THEM KNOW MY THOUGHTS AND WHAT I WANT TO DO.

IF YOU DEAR READER, CAN COPE WITH ALL THAT, WELL AND GOOD. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. BUT YOU MUST SURELY KNOW THE INCOMING “SECURITY” CHANGES TO THE NET MEAN YOUR ALREADY DWINDLING PRIVACY RIGHTS WILL COMPLETELY VANISH.

THERE ARE TIMES I VEER BETWEEN DESPAIR AND HOPE. DESPAIRING OF ALL HUMANITY WHO IS CURRENTLY DYING WITH A MERE WHIMPER INSTEAD OF A FIGHT TO THE DEATH. WHO DIES ON OUR KNEES, NEVER OUR FEET. WHO FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAS LITERALLY SACRIFICED BABIES, CHILDREN AND OUR ELDERLY ON THE ALTAR OF THE AGENDA WHICH FIGHTS USING NOT SWORDS BUT NEEDLES. AND WE…WE NEVER EVEN PICKED UP A WEAPON BY RETURN.

BECAUSE I’VE FOUND BEING ONLINE DOESN’T ACTUALLY COUNT. THE ONLY ONES TRULY LISTENING ARE THOSE THAT WANT US TO REMAIN HERE SO THEY CAN KEEP A SHARP EYE ON US.

I’M NOT FEEDING THAT BEAST.

I WAS HERE WHEN THE NET WAS YOUNG. AND HAD A KIND OF WILD WEST FEEL TO IT. IT WAS GOOD THEN. NOBODY QUESTIONED OF COURSE, WHY THIS MILITARY CREATED AND OWNED TECHNOLOGY HAD BEEN GIVEN TO US. PERHAPS WE SHOULD HAVE.

I’VE WATCHED IT GO FROM A PLACE ONE COULD DELVE INTO FOR INFORMATION, KNOWLEDGE AND GENUINE FRIENDSHIP OF THOSE WE’D NEVER NORMALLY COME TO KNOW, TO SOMEWHERE THAT PROVIDES LITTLE MORE THAN STATE CURATED KNOWLEDGE (AND MUCH GENUINE KNOWLEDGE NOW BEING SCRUBBED) AND SHOPPING. AND SOCIAL MEDIA, AN AWFUL CREATURE OF IT’S OWN TAIL EATING STATURE WHERE HUMAN DRAMA UNFOLDS FOR THE WORLD’S GAZE INSTEAD OF AS IT SHOULD BE…OFFLINE, REAL WORLD AND TO WHERE THEY KNOW ARE READY TO FLICK THAT SWITCH AND HAND US THE REAL INVOICE FOR BEING ONLINE….THAT “TRUST VERIFIED” ID AND ALL THAT IT ENTAILS.

I’M JUST NOT WILLING TO DO THAT. MANY CAN AND I FEEL IN MY HEART MOST WILL WHICH IS SAD, BUT GIVEN THE LACK OF FIGHTBACK AGAINST THE ASSAULT ON OUR RIGHT TO REMAIN NATURALLY HUMAN, ESSENTIALLY HUMAN, I’M NOT SURPRISED BY IT.

I’VE REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME ON SUBSTACK AND AT LEAST IN THE EARLY YEARS, ONLINE ALTOGETHER. I MADE FRIENDS. I “MET” MY HUSBAND OF ALMOST TWENTY YEARS NOW ONLINE AND WE WILL BE TOGETHER UNTIL THE VERY END. THEY ALLOWED US TO HAVE SOME VERY GOOD TIMES AND EXPERIENCES.

BUT HERE COMES THE PRICE. THAT’S WHY I’M WALKING. I’M NOT WILLING TO PAY IT. FOLKS CAN CALL IT RUNNING AWAY, COPPING OUT OR WHATEVER THEY LIKE BUT I’M OLD AND UGLY ENOUGH TO HAVE DEVEOPED A THICK ENOUGH HIDE. AND SIMPLY PUT, I KNOW MY OWN SELF AND KNOW THE TRUTH OF WHAT I DO. THAT’S ENOUGH FOR ME. IT’S NO SECRET I HATE TECHNOLOGY, EVEN ELECTRICITY WHICH I FEEL HAS BEEN HARNESSED OVER DECADES TO KEEP US ILL AND BEFUDDLED.

THIS ISN’T HOW WE ARE MEANT TO LIVE. THE TECH ADVANCES FOLKS CALL “PROGRESS” AREN’T ACTUALLY DOING US ANY GOOD NO MATTER HOW ALLURING THEIR PROMISES ARE. WE’VE LONG LOST TOUCH NOW WITH HOW WE ARE MEANT TO LIVE. WHAT HAVE WE DONE IN MAKING A SURVEILLANCE MACHINE CALLED A “NET” BECOME SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR LIVES THAT WE CAN BARELY FUNCTION WITHOUT IT?

SO I WANT TO END MY DAYS AS I BEGAN THEM…LIVING A LIFE OF SIMPLICITY IN WHICH THE NET HAS NO REAL PLACE AND DOESN’T REQUIRE ME TO BE THERE PANDERING TO THIS BLOODY KEYBOARD EVERY DAY. TO DO ORDINARY THINGS OFFLINE WITHOUT NEEDING TO SHARE THEM (NOT THAT I EVER REALLY GOT INTO THAT) BUT THAT ARE SATISFYING AND NURTURING AND WHAT LIFE USED TO BE LIKE.

I GREW UP IN A HOME WITH NO ELECTRICITY AND NO INDOOR PLUMBING AND WE WERE HAPPY. WE NEVER THOUGHT WE WERE POOR. WE HAD ENOUGH TO EAT AND WE WERE WARMED BY A REAL FIRE AND OUR WATER WASN’T STATE OWNED TOXIC SLUDGE. I MAYBE CANNOT RETURN TO THAT. BUT I CAN TRY. I WILL BE TRYING. IT’S A BETTER, MORE WHOLESOME GOAL TO AIM FOR, I FEEL THAN AN OLD AND DECREPIT WOMAN’S URGE TO TAKE DOWN THE EVIL TYRANTS, SOMETHING I’VE NO CHANCE OF EVER DOING. ;)

I ACCEPT “THEY” HAVE LIKELY WON. THEY’LL GET THEIR TRANSHUMANIST UTOPIA AND THOSE WHO COME AFTER US, AFTER WE’VE BEEN SYNTHESISED AND ASSIMILATED, WILL NOT BE HUMAN,, EXACTLY. AND WILL BE UNLIKELY TO HAVE THE SAME AFFILIATION FOR NATURE AND THE WORLD WE HAD. WHICH MIGHT BE A GOOD THING FOR THEM. BECAUSE THAT NATURAL WORLD IS ALSO ATTACKED AND DYING. WHAT SURVIVES WILL NO LONG BE NATURAL BUT A CONTROLLED ILLUSION WE WON’T BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN, BECAUSE ALL OF IT, ALL OF THE CHANGES, ALL THE HARMS, ALL THE THEFT, ALL OF IT…IT’S FOR THEM. NOT ME OR YOU AND NOT YOUR CHILDREN OR THEIRS. JUST FOR THEM. THEY SELL THEIR ILLUSION TO YOU AND YOU GET EXCITED ABOUT IT’S SEEMING POSSIBILITIES. WHETHER OR NOT THOSE EXIST, THEY HAVE ZERO INTENTION OF LETTING YOU HAVE ANY PART OF IT OR BE IN IT.

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT LEAVES YOU. I HOPE SO.

WE SHOULD HAVE FOUGHT. WE DIDN’T.

FOR WHAT’S LEFT OF LIFE, AND SPEAKING ONLY FOR MY OWN SELF, I INTEND TO MAKE SURE IT’S AS MUCH MINE AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

I BELIEVE IT’S ABOUT TO COME DOWN TO AN EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF SITUATION. WHERE WE AS INDIVIDUALS MUST STAND ON OUR OWN FEET AND FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, ALONE. AND SAY NO IF WE CAN. AND STAND BY THAT. NO MATTER WHAT.

BECAUSE THEY LEARNED FROM THE LAST TIME. AND THIS TIME THOSE OF US SAYING NO ARE UNLIKELY TO BE LISTENED TO AND ALLOWED TO BE LEFT TO OUR OWN DEVICES. SO ARMOUR YOURSELF WITH WHATEVER YOU NEED OR THINK WILL WORK FOR YOU. IN THE END THE ONLY CHOICE WE MAY BE GIVEN IS IN HOW WE DIE. OUR WAY OR THEIRS.

I’D LIKE TO END ON SOME HOPE AT LEAST. ALTHOUGH EVIDENCE GROWS THAT THERE ISN’T AN INCH LEFT ON THIS ENTIRE PLANET WHICH IS NOT UNCONTAMINATED BY WHAT THEY’VE UNLEASHED, I HAVE A GREAT BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF NATURE.

AND I HOPE THAT SOMEHOW, SHE RISES UP AND FIGHTS BACK AND RECLAIMS SOME OF HER OWN DOMAIN AGAIN. THESE PSYCHOPATHS, THEY MAKE A GREAT DEAL OUT OF ENSURING WE ARE ALWAYS IN AWE OF THEIR POWERS AND PROWESS AND IN FEAR OF WHAT THEY CAN DO.

THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE NOW GODS AND HAVE DOMINION OVER NATURE. I LIKE TO BELIEVE NATURE HAS OTHER PLANS.

IT’S HARD NOW TO BE “OUT IN NATURE” WHEN ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO KNOW THE ONGOING WAR IS STILL HAPPENING IS LOOK UP AT THE SKIES. SO I’VE DEVELOPED A HABIT OF WATCHING THE SOIL. AND EACH TIME THE HUMBLEST WEED STRIVES FOR THAT DIMINISHING SUNLIGHT, I’M THERE TO CHEER IT ON.

BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO READ MY STACKS AND COPIOUS NOTES. I’M ALSO SHARING ONE LAST ANIMAL MEME STACK FOR THOSE WHO APPRECIATED THE SMILES. :)

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES, PLEASE. KEEP YOUR EYES SHARP AND YOUR MIND SHARPER. AND PROTECT THE VULNERABLE IN YOUR LIVES BEST YOU CAN.

ARTICLE HERE…THE NET NEVER WAS OURS.

EXCERPT…But that’s not all. Using the same tool, the government and its public-private, “non-governmental” partners (think, for example: the World Health Organization, or Monsanto) can also shut down any activity that is linked to the Internet. Banking, buying, selling, teaching, learning, entertaining, connecting to each other – if the government-controlled AI does not like what you (or your kids!) say in a tweet or an email, it can shut down all of that for you.