“Pre-lawyering”. Yesterday I wrote that just thinking about DOGE sniffing the voter rolls made me feel “pre-violated”. I have run similar tapes in my mind as Travis describes. Maybe we all need to pre-install a red alert app on our phones and have a finger poised over the panic button on the screen whenever we go out; the app would be pr…
“Pre-lawyering”. Yesterday I wrote that just thinking about DOGE sniffing the voter rolls made me feel “pre-violated”. I have run similar tapes in my mind as Travis describes. Maybe we all need to pre-install a red alert app on our phones and have a finger poised over the panic button on the screen whenever we go out; the app would be pre-loaded with our pre-lawyer.
That’s a version of what I’ve been doing daily with my daughter for years. Since I live alone, I text her every morning. If she doesn’t hear from me she checks in. We even share a safe word, for “help!”.
I remember after 9/11 there was a brief interest in human microchips as we use for pets, to enable identification of the deceased, and location of survivors. My mind is going there again. Ah, but that would just cause them to ‘wand’ us and start cutting. I hate having these thoughts!
Around 2003 I had a friend who self implanted a dog microchip in his hand and used it to wave in front of the lock on his front door to get in! He loved it
That’s hilarious! I remember a news story from probably 15 years ago of a tech freak who had a fairly large device installed in the back of his neck; it looked quite sore, and he abandoned his experiment fairly soon.
I would point out that there's a 50% chance you typed this comment on a device which allows the government to track you. Cell phone location data is used regularly to establish where a suspect was at a given time.
Good point. But when they grab people off the street, I’m guessing they confiscate their phones (location devices) so your loved ones have no information. In my fantasy, the hidden chip still works - but that assumes a battery and range, which probably isn’t feasible . . . for now. Which means microchips can’t really be functional trackers even for the government. Back when the anti-vaxers thought there was a microchip small enough to go through a small gauge needle and STILL have that level of capability, I thought “if only!” There really is no recourse for those being nabbed.
And that’s why the idea died. But the government can only track you that way if they know you have a chip. But like I wrote; wanding as they do to dogs. The idea needs a lot of work! I’m not even a sci-fi fan, so someone else needs to work on it.
“Pre-lawyering”. Yesterday I wrote that just thinking about DOGE sniffing the voter rolls made me feel “pre-violated”. I have run similar tapes in my mind as Travis describes. Maybe we all need to pre-install a red alert app on our phones and have a finger poised over the panic button on the screen whenever we go out; the app would be pre-loaded with our pre-lawyer.
That’s a version of what I’ve been doing daily with my daughter for years. Since I live alone, I text her every morning. If she doesn’t hear from me she checks in. We even share a safe word, for “help!”.
I remember after 9/11 there was a brief interest in human microchips as we use for pets, to enable identification of the deceased, and location of survivors. My mind is going there again. Ah, but that would just cause them to ‘wand’ us and start cutting. I hate having these thoughts!
Around 2003 I had a friend who self implanted a dog microchip in his hand and used it to wave in front of the lock on his front door to get in! He loved it
That’s commitment to key-free living.
That’s hilarious! I remember a news story from probably 15 years ago of a tech freak who had a fairly large device installed in the back of his neck; it looked quite sore, and he abandoned his experiment fairly soon.
Microchips would allow the government to track us. NO WAY
I would point out that there's a 50% chance you typed this comment on a device which allows the government to track you. Cell phone location data is used regularly to establish where a suspect was at a given time.
Good point. But when they grab people off the street, I’m guessing they confiscate their phones (location devices) so your loved ones have no information. In my fantasy, the hidden chip still works - but that assumes a battery and range, which probably isn’t feasible . . . for now. Which means microchips can’t really be functional trackers even for the government. Back when the anti-vaxers thought there was a microchip small enough to go through a small gauge needle and STILL have that level of capability, I thought “if only!” There really is no recourse for those being nabbed.
And that’s why the idea died. But the government can only track you that way if they know you have a chip. But like I wrote; wanding as they do to dogs. The idea needs a lot of work! I’m not even a sci-fi fan, so someone else needs to work on it.