#The Machine murders

[danielleurbansblog]

Review: The Machine Murders

Synopsis: A Dubai balloon festival is attacked by the worst social engineering exploit the world has seen. A prime moment to be working for Interpol. Manos Manu, an Interpol data scientist, arrives in the United Arab Emirates to solve a series of impossible murders that have shaken the Middle East. Interpol’s Singapore back office has proven world-class, with a machine learning team of the…

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#action-packed #AI #Amazon #artificial intelligence #book 1 #book review #CJ Abazis #computer science #crime fiction #Dark #dark thriller #deadly #Desert Balloons #entertaining #Fiction #Goodreads #humanity #murder #must read #new #New Release #novel #Partners in Crime Virtual Book Tours #recommended #secrets #suspense #The Machine murders #The Manos Manu Series #thriller

[abs0luteanarchy]

I wanted to draw their back but I got carried away

#art #ultrakill #v1 ultrakill #cw blood #doodles #mmm proud of the legs #sigh I love murder machines

[charlesray45]

Review of 'The Machine Murders'

Review of ‘The Machine Murders’

Manos Manu, a data scientist turned Interpol agent, is on the Greek island of Mykonos for a criminology symposium when a brutally murdered body is found submerged under extremely unusual circumstances off the coast. The body is an American social media influencer that he knows and the police ask him about it. At first, nothing makes sense until more bodies start turning up and his use of AI leads…

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#AI #C.J. Abazis #mystery #social media #the machine murders

[truly-sincerely]

Obsessively reading everything in game by and about Gortash and the dude is

On a philosophical trajectory that ends in immortality thru technology / the machine

Doesn't have an original bone in his body, but he can backwards engineer anything

Halfway to being a decent scientist but doesn't have the education and is deeply impatient

Overconfident in the veracity of his own results and conclusions

Accurately predicted that the brain would metamorphose and become more difficult to control and then did nothing about it

Outsources his propaganda / arts and humanities

Charming, but he got there in a Pavlovian way (learned from trial and error and probably doesn't consciously know how he does it)

Vindictive af (learned / reinforced)

Darwinian (in the worst way)

Sociopathic, obviously, but extremely Rationalist about it

Never asks questions he doesn't know the answer to and probably thinks this makes him sound more authoritative

Completely incompetent as a strategist (but doesn't know it)

Not nearly as narcissistic / full of himself as he pretends to be

Thinks what he wants is praise but it's never enough because it's not actually what he wants (he wants to be wanted)

Bane makes him feel wanted (conditionally)

Durge made him feel wanted (unconditionally)

Understands intellectually that Durge got ambushed, but he feels abandoned

See also: thematic parallels between Gortash and

Silouv Yali (the Adamantine Forge & the construct Grym)

Oliver (in the shadow-cursed lands)

Astarion and Gale, obviously

#bg3 #Gortash #bg3 gortash #Enver Gortash #bg3 spoilers #'The Ultimate State' reads like it was written in reaction to Durge's disappearance #Yeah if everyone's tadpoled nobody will be able to abandon you ever again #Durge's job was to do murders in Baldur's Gate #but their REAL job was to tell Gortash not to keep the brains of all of his mechanical soldiers in one location #Oliver thought Thaniel abandoned him so Oliver created new friends to play with *eyebrow waggle* #This man wants to abandon the flesh for the machine so bad #He is in for a bad time no matter what #Awfully obsessed with control for someone who has absolutely no control over his current situation #I do not think that word means what you think it means #Absolute moron (affectionate)

[writer-room]

Listen when people say they want Percy to go on a villain arc most times I see it as they want him to go dark, want him to start murdering, maiming, going full Luke, etc. And I support that. If anyone deserves to kill people it's this kid.

However, let us be realistic for a moment, because I quite like the other alternative. Villain arc Percy usually entails "he's finally had enough of the Gods bullshit & will do things his own way". Let us think on this. What would Percy most likely do in this situation? Would it really be murder right off the bat?

I think he'd be the pettiest, annoying little shit there is. And because one can't usually threaten the Gods in a way that truly matters, but they can make them sweat really hard.

This goes beyond ignoring their calls and leaving them on read. He refuses to give food offerings unless it's the nastiest shit known to man. Bribes the cyclops into hucking huge objects up Mount Olympus before they all scurry off. Finds the olive tree Athena gave to Athens, and while he wouldn't have the heart to destroy it, he'd for sure rip off a branch & mail it to her (Annabeth nearly had to put them in witness protection).

Eventually it gets to the point he has Nico on speed-dial and offers him a shit ton of fast food & a 'get out of Percy's quest bullshit free' pass if he could hop into the Underworld and yoink up some annoying spirits or dead monsters to piss off the Gods. When the Gods get pissed at him Percy just silently pulls out some safe-for-demigods phone like "hang on I wanna see how many happy meals I owe Nico for bringing Typhon back up". They know he is not bluffing.

Could the Gods counteract him? Yeah, sure, Hera gave him amnesia and it was like 90% effective for a while. However, he kind of went off the rails, everyone else went off the rails, and then they had even more Roman nonsense to deal with. If anything it both solved but also made even more problems. And a much angrier Percy. So, frankly, they're very confident it could work, but they're a little worried about what the aftermath would be.

Ares suggests just killing him. Poseidon takes offense to this. Artemis scoffs and says even Ares couldn't beat him. Everyone stops for a moment. The question is not asked verbally. But it is seen in the darting eyes and shifting seats.

Can they kill Percy Jackson?

Well, sure, they must be able to. He's a powerful kid, no doubt, with powerful allies, but they are Gods. Of course they can kill him. So that's not the real question, they wouldn't dare really entertain such a thing to ever confirm if it was true, but this is rather the layer of frosting hiding the real atrocity of a cake underneath it.

What will they lose trying to kill Percy Jackson?

What will remain standing in the face of some 18-year-old who lived one of the hardest knocks of life, loves so much it makes them sick, is so completely unaware of his own strength not even they know its full extent, and currently has absolutely zero fucks to give about the end of a reign longer than he will ever understand?

They decide to quietly shut the lid on that whole fiasco and let Percy do whatever he wants.

Unfortunately, they can't exactly ignore everyone else. And everyone else is who Percy cares about the most. So, think of it more like leaving a grenade in a locked box in the attic. Just hope and pray you've moved out before something gets curious and starts rummaging around up there.

#percy jackson #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #rick riordan #dark percy jackson #ideas #talk #text post #greek gods #annabeth chase #nico di angelo #typhon #pjo headcanon #to be entirely clear percy is still someone who did just like manipulate bob into murder #and poisoned Akhlys thru her tears fully intending to kill #among other things. hes still that person. however hes also the guy who helps leo make some weird machine #and they try to test its flight by riding it off a cliff over the lake w bamboleo by gipsy kings blasting #hes still totally that guy (under stress but i say that not as an excuse just as an 'he doesnt do it on a whim. but he still Can') #but hes also like. stupid. & u gotta get him at the right Vibe before he starts to get like Really concerningly murderous about things #usually hes the regular amount of murderous like most halfbloods are bc they deal w too much on a regular basis #i think that a percy turning 'dark' would b him looking the gods in the eye & saying 'no lol. also u suck. L + ratio.' #& then when they try to fight him on it only THEN does he while still holding eye contact begin to make the ocean levels rise #specifically targeting important places to those gods & havin his ocean buddies destroy the place #u wanna dance god boys? he will spare humanity on some rock but he Will destroy everything else #he is one-shotting monsters bc hes not dealing w this. some bs happens & he just grabs some monster by the throat & makes them spill #if that doesnt work he just walks into olympus w pandoras box 2.0 & starts to open it until the gods will talk to him. they start talkin #bs again. he slowly opens it again. they talk. he shuts it. they spew more bs. he opens it a little faster. they give in #dark percy to me is someone who doesnt DEFAULT to violence but who realized 'oh i can just do whatever i want' & found that gods react #best when its violent. he only does this w gods & monsters bc he chooses fastest route to get what he wants. but he recognizes violence Bad #so he just looks for the most receptive response. & then he abuses it relentlessly. but he also hates the gods. come stop him btch u wont

[one-time-i-dreamt]

I was making cookies and then Santa Claus came out of the washing machine and strangled me to death with an extension cord.

I was five years old.

#dream #text #baking #cookie #food #cookies #santa claus #washing machine #strangulation #death tw #murder tw

[seekers-who-are-lovers]

The trio: Aya Rindo, Tsugaru Shinuchi and Shizuku Hasei. Drama snippets of their times before the first chapters (before embarking to Europe that is), memories, and modern times.

#undead girl murder farce #undead murder farce #aya rindo #tsugaru shinuchi #shizuku hasei #the undead trio #I love them #and #taku yashiro #is becoming a favourite #does that mean I am going to like spitz feier more than Ron and Toto??? #the washing machine and the roomba #ugmf official art

[shiorimia]

No longer baby, now evil

#batdr #bendy and the dark revival #batim #bendy and the ink machine #audrey drew #toon bendy #my art #he commits war crimes for fun #AFTER THE WAY HE WATCHED AUDREY GET GANGED UP AND MURDERED BY A HORDE OF LOST ONES #WHILE CHILLING ON A BENCH AND GRINNING CASUALLY #still not over that lmao

[cry-ptidd]

Alexander Anderson x textposts

#hellsing #alexander anderson #shitpost #oh hes so babygirl so sweet #(a 50+ year old religiously motivated murder machine) #he's very dear to me ok #babygirl you look so inhuman and grotesque when you stab your heart with a holy relic I want to rawdog you #oooooh i want to bully him so bad ooooh #also I forgot how fucking scary he looked in the manga when he transformed into Anderplant #like that shit scary!!!! he looks like an empty shell!!!! that's terrifying!!!!

[nights-at-crystarium]

my gnc children

#my sweet beans my precious babies #(an image of two literal murder machines) #ffxiv #vivien rell #alisaie leveilleur #own: next lvl

[fatherentropy]

Yet another Leyendecker study/parody whatever but this time it’s Skyrim and boy howdy do I need a nap

#CWart #The Elder Scrolls #Miraak #Serana #Meeko probably? idk dog #Laury #doesn't typically keep dogs because he's a big ol murder machine but y'know #I was going to post this to dinokhindjun and reblog it over here but I'm too tired to open my other browser hhh

[venomous-qwille]

Mr. Steal yo' YN

#how can I do justice to his immaculate murder machine rizz #nova #ghost in the machine au #gitm au #fnaf dca #fnaf sun #qwilledraws

[maigo-san]

#zolu #lawbepo #kidkiller #monkey d luffy #bepo one piece #murder machine killer #killer one piece #one piece #op fanart

[shkika]

These two slug cats have a lot of parallels to me so I really enjoy them. I love how they are the two starting downpour slug cats yet they are complete opposites.

You have Gourmand enjoying life, crafting and making use of the wonderful little things in life. Going back home and sharing those wonders with others. And (in my headcanons at least) Gourmand starts a family even. (The two little slug pups at the end of the campaign).

Artificer's campaign starts with losing family and subsequently losing yourself. Dedicating yourself to spreading the hurt and pain that was dealt to you. Finding your way into the deepest of parts of where the enemy resides until it's not even about the pups anymore.

#rainworld #rain world #my art #the gourmand #the artificer #rw gourmand #rw artificer #this is also why i thought a starved looking artificer sounds fun #she does no self care and uses all its energy to kill maul bite bite #little murder machine i love artificer being the embodiment of rage #while gourmand is about smarts and family mwuah mwuah #love them #also had fun having some variety with some slug cats! #tw injury #tw mild gore

[magicicephoenix]

my silly silly guy <3

#bendy and the ink machine #batim #the ink devil #demon who au #doodle dump #i fixed his legs so they’re not easily snap-able toothpicks anymore #i dunno why i did that in the first place but he’s better now :) #wah i love him so much…. he is but a guy… a slightly murderous guy but nonetheless… just a guy 🥰

[lauriemarch]

when mitski said "i don't think i can stand to be where you don't see me" and phoebe bridgers said "i'm gonna kill you if you don't beat me to it" and florence and the machine said "i love you so much i'm gonna let you kill me" and taylor swift said "i would die for you in secret" and mitski said "i say your name in hopes you'll hear it in the stars" and lorde said "i love you 'till you call the cops on me" and bleachers said "you steal the air out of my lungs you make me feel it" and the civil wars said "i don't love you but i always will" and there's so much art about killing and being killed and take it all, take my whole heart straight out of my chest, it's yours, it's always been yours

#music and murder #dark academia #light academia #studyblr #booklr #studying #light acadamia aesthetic #study notes #book blog #little women #poetry #mitski #phoebe bridgers #florence and the machine #taylor swift #lorde #bleachers #the civil wars