The Antichrist Writes In

The Antichrist, more commonly known as the Sovereign Peoples United (SPU), has written in.  The Board has received the Standard Letter from the Public Communications Bureau, which by itself is nothing to be alarmed about.  It is all but impossible that the Board would have been noticed by any of the SPU's non-robotic minions, at this early stage. And yet, the speed with which the Standard Letter was dispatched -- after only a few scattered posts by the Board -- is disconcerting.

The message reads in pertinent part:

Dear Publisher:

It has come to the attention of the Public Communications Bureau (PCB) that you are operating an unregistered Information Service (IS).  Although registration is not mandatory, IS operators are encouraged to register each IS with the PCB.  The benefits of registering your IS include automatic pre-publication review of all information placed on your IS for compliance with the SPU Directive for the Prevention of Offensive and Detrimental Speech (SPUD-PODS).  Content that is determined to be out of compliance with SPUD-PODS during pre-publication review will be automatically withheld from publication and securely impounded.

Except in extraordinary circumstances, the operators of registered Information Services will not be subject to penalties for any content that is withheld from publication due to non-compliance.  Such penalties may include, but are not limited to, the impounding of all IS content, whether compliant or not, forfeiture of assets related to publication of the IS, monetary restitution to any offended class or harmed governmental branch, mandatory SPUD-PODS re-orientation, and public participation in remedial social networking.  Operation of an unregistered IS may also subject the operator to annual taxes for the prevention of surplus income.

Content prohibited by GET-PODS may include, but is not limited to: (a) unfair criticism or other information tending to undermine public confidence in any SPU agency, affiliate, board, bureau or institution; (b) any information offensive to any protected class recognized by the Cultural Educational Bureau, including any class protected by race, ethnic origin, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or political disadvantage; (c) any unauthorized publication of copyrighted content or discussion of protected ideas; (d) any information comprising or supporting any unregistered agreement, transaction, trade, or exchange; (e) any advice, opinion, or speculation of a nature requiring a professional or vocational license by the Board of Professions and Vocations; or (f) anything subject to censure at the discretion of the Director.

Register your Information Service today!

Etc., etc.,

Sincerely,

Etiawomb-be Matombenu
Director, Public Communications Bureau

This IS is, and long may it be.  The proliferation in unregistered Information Services since the Great Emancipation is a source of some comfort.  Minor transgressions of the Board are likely to be buried in the deluge of banalities springing up from its unregistered and unwashed peers.  Despite liberal use of AI agents and crowd-sourced sifters, the ever-expanding Eye-Net, and virtually unlimited processing power, the same imperfections of the physical realm that impose scarcity and suffering on the members of the Board also operate as a shield against total control by SPU.   Simply put, there are no shortages of eyes, ears and minds for hire, but trust and loyalty are in short supply.  And like any living entity, SPU is often preoccupied with getting its priorities in order, and so much the more as its power increases.


The Board is tax exempt, and does not intend to register.  The usual precautions will be observed.  Clarity will be sacrificed for the sake of security.  Names will be changed, narratives will be replaced by parables, and simple points will be obfuscated by complex blather. 

Directly accessing the Board should be avoided, and indirect channels for access exploited.  Anyone posting comments here should be assumed to be an agent of SPU or a fool.  Those being watched may do well to stay away entirely.

Now the work may begin.