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Unrelated, but according to Maynard 2019 there's an infinite number of primes that don't require the letter W.


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Faking a VPN

Feb. 20th, 2026 03:43 pm
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What would be involved in setting up a fake facsimile of a VPN service to gather intelligence on a criminal organisation?

Would this essentially be a VPN where the relay saves a copy of the traffic? Everything I've found to read on the internet assumes more knowledge of tech and jargon than I have. Could a choice of servers in different countries be faked? A UI seems easy enough, but what about the ISP it connects to? If it was simply a gateway to a real VPN, would the real VPN notice? Could it at some point send a second copy elsewhere without being noticed?
Edit: (See armiphlage's post below, that's the scenario I'm going to work with, a gateway to a real VPN. Thank you armiphalge. Additional info or other suggestions also welcome.)

This could be a scheme the character is pondering near the end, so it doesn't have to work - it could simply be trying to find solutions to some of the concerns. He has a habit of staring out the window late at night mulling over such things. He really wants to be able to build a phone case with a rechargeable listening device but we've gotten lost on the physics of discretely charging it from the phone.

There's the social infrastructure to make it appear legit, website & fake reviews and social engineering to get them to bite. I've already written this for a different operation, not in great detail but enough for my purposes. If faking a VPN is feasible, I'd probably replace the existing scheme in those scenes with this one. But the marketing email may be more along the lines of "Police and governments can't subpoena a service they don't know exists" with a link to the dark web.

Edit: It doesn't need to actually work as a VPN, the character won't care about hiding the users' info. It just needs to look like one from their side of things.

Please be careful with how much detail and tech-speak you throw at me, my health is poor and I am easily overwhelmed. If this is a rubbish idea, please be kind in putting it down.

Thank you for any help.

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Tara Markov they will never make me hate you.

Title: hearsay.
Fandom: DC comics (New Teen Titans / The Judas Contract).
Character/Pairing: Tara Markov.
Summary: written for the prompt "Teen Titans (Any Media Type), Tara Markov, and they’d all be so disappointed / ‘cause who am I, if not exploited?" in the Three Sentence Ficathon.
Word count: 300.

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Tara is a bitch; she doesn't swallow her tongue or her pain like a good dainty woman —a model heroine, turning the other cheek with a smile for those who harmed her; she lacks that saintly forgiving heart.

Worse, Tara is a slut —a child touched, ruined and defiled, thick makeup, grey lungs, marred skin; exposing willfully innocent eyes around her to harsh, ugly realities.

Tara is a villain, wicked, depraved, a cancer —deemed a lost cause, unsalvageable, unworthy of kind remembrance—; worst: Tara is dead —voiceless, easily cast as the devil of the story, she gets no second chances.
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Still don't know why they kept asking their ghostly duplicates whether they liked that over and over.


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Title: Stuff Happens
Fandom: BtVS
Author: [personal profile] badly_knitted
Characters: Buffy, Giles, Willow, Xander.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 489: Damage.
Spoilers/Setting: Somewhere around season 3.
Summary: Battling demons can make a bit of a mess.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BtVS, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble.



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I believe there are sexy people who are doctors, but there are no sexy doctors.


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THE LAST WAR

Feb. 18th, 2026 04:34 pm
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Last week I was in NEW YORK CITY with a bunch of writers and editors and important people where we talked about what’s coming up in MARVEL COMICS. As always, I fought hard for every character to “do it” and was shot down because Marvel hates making money. But, besides that it was a nice time and I still haven’t been fired, just “put on notice”.

Incoming DAREDEVIL writer Stephanie Phillips is very popular on TikTok, an app/way of life that I refuse to understand. But I’m always willing to appeal to the people!

It’s been a little bit since I’ve been on here as I don’t feel I need to promote myself now that I have two teevee shows in the works. I also stopped talking to my friends and family because how can I trust their motives anymore?! Are they just after my buckets of teevee gold? Impossible to say. I have not cut out my various lovers though as it’s incredibly obvious that they’re after me for my charm and good looks.

Anyway! Marvel released the teaser image for my next CAPTAIN AMERICA arc, which was very fun to make.

It’s gonna be VERY FUN AND COOL

Speaking of Cap! Issue seven is out TODAY! Frank & Delio are incredible, with Romulo taking things to eleven with his colours. This is a VERY PRETTY BOOK only ruined by my words.

And guess what? This is a DOUBLE CHIP DIP week! My big WOLVERINE miniseries, WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON kicks off today! This bad boy is drawn by the incredible Luca Maresca with poppin’ colours by Jesus Abertov! It tees up my big AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON series for this summer, AND ties into my CAPTAIN AMERICA run, but also it’s just fun, good lookin’ comics?? Also, boy oh boy do I enjoy writing Logan. He’s so cool. Look at how cool he is, murdering those beer bottles!

I think that’s it this week? Part two of my year-long interview series with David Harper is up, where I talk MAD ABOUT DC and the SEX CRIMINALS adaptation and the balance between creator-owned and company-owned work. Check it out!

And hey!! I’m going to be at GALAXYCON RICHMOND in a month! And thus begins convention season.

GalaxyCon Richmond | The creativity is off the charts! Meet the…

Bye!

oh wait what’s wolverine’s favourite social media platform?

sniktok


UPCOMING BOOKS
WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON #1 — Feb 18
CAPTAIN AMERICA #7 — Feb 18
CAPTAIN AMERICA #8 — March 4
WHITE HOUSE ROBOT ROMANCE #3 — March 18
WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON #2 — Feb 25
MAD ABOUT DC — April 1
CAPTAIN AMERICA #9— April 21
CAPTAIN AMERICA #10 — April 29
WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON #3 — April 29
BATMAN BY CHIP ZDARSKY VOL 1 — April 29
CAPTAIN AMERICA #11 — May 13
WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON #4 — May 20
BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS OMNIBUS VOL 1 — May 26
CAPTAIN AMERICA VOL. 1 — June 30
WHITE HOUSE ROBOT ROMANCE HC— Oct 20

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GALAXY CON RICHMOND — March 19-22

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After watching season 5 and reigniting my interest in this fandom, it wasn't surprising when I somehow managed to mix things up with my long-term fandom fixation LOL.

Title: bat-man and robins.
Fandom: Stranger Things.
Character/Pairing: Dustin Henderson & Steve Harrington (gen or pre-slash).
Summary: It's 2005 and Dustin wants to watch Batman Begins. Over Steve Harrington's death body.
Word count: 300.

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"Pick another movie."

"I still can't understand why you don't like—" Dustin mimicked swinging "—the Bat-Man."

He knew exactly why—

"He's a child-endangering piece of shit, that's why."

—Steve was so easy to rile up.

"There's no sidekick in this film! And you don't even read comics, man, why do you care." He surreptitiously took Steve's soda from him, drinking through the straw with the most obnoxious sound he could make. It was warm where Steve's lips touched it.

"Doesn't stop you assholes from talking my ear off about them," he went on, uncaring about Dustin's antics. "Max told me about that War Lord story from last year."

"War Games."

Sometimes Max still acted like she was too cool for nerdy nonsense, but she'd been a fan of Spoiler since the 90s, and got excited when she'd graduated to Robin. Lucas told Dustin that she'd walked back into the comic store with Batman #633 and ripped it to pieces in front of the bemused salesman.

"And don't think for a moment I've forgotten that poll stunt from '88. It made you cry, man!"

"We all cried, Steve!"

There had been varied opinions on the shiny new Robin, but the whole party became invested when they heard about the poll to save his life. Seventy-two votes of difference. It'd been crushing. Steve, for all he insisted he didn't give a fuck about their funny pages, had been extremely offended about the whole thing.

"You know, we can watch the new Star W-"

"No. Fucking. Way." Steve, who didn't even blink at having to buy another drink for himself, also knew how to rile Dustin up.

"Hmm… what about Cinderella Man?"

"Ugh. You're really making me watch a jock film?"

"This is prestige cinema, you little shit-"

Ha! Dustin still got it.



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Author's note: All these kids being nerds from the 80s, aka my (short-lived, but impactful!) favourite Robin's era, has given me waaaaay too much to think about. I have a pocketful or two of nerdy DC headcanons for them and this little thing barely scratches the surface LOL.
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And then this happened!

Feb. 16th, 2026 09:00 am
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Sorry for all the book spam, I truly am, but it's just so darn exciting for me! I should be crafting and sewing, I know, but...



...and then suddenly, this happened!

Cheers to InHouse Publishing in Brisbane for the astonishing turnaround and the beautiful print job! You can order this and my last one from their online bookshop! I've dropped stock of the first book there and it's already finding its way into mail satchels ready to post!

Both books are available through them.

Medieval Wisdom For Modern Women: https://inhousebookstore.com.au/products/medieval-wisdom-for-modern-women
Medieval Household Hints link: https://inhousebookstore.com.au/products/medieval-household-hints









Little Medieval Quote Books

Feb. 12th, 2026 08:03 am
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At InHouse Publishing this morning signing off on the first copy of Medieval Household Hints! My new little quote book! 



Exciting news everyone! Pre-Ordering for both of my Medieval Quote books are now live with the release day within 10 days! Book 1 has been out a while, but is now available for joint shipping with my new one, so it's listing says "new."
Brisbane re-enactors will recognise some familiar faces on the covers (and inside) bringing fabulous manuscript advice to the wider world!

Order here!
https://inhousebookstore.com.au/.../medieval-household-hints 

It's a very exciting time for me right now!

 

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