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Creative Writing: Limiting Access To Redwood

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It was near dark when William walked into the farmhouse. He said hello to Mary, filled a rocks glass with ice, and walked to his office on the second floor. He closed the blinds in the window before booting up his computer. Mary banned personal electronic devices on Blue Hills. Not that it mattered; there hadn’t been cellular service or Wi-Fi hotspots on the estate for many years. William didn’t want anyone to see the familiar blue glow of a computer monitor through his office windows, lest he be called a hypocrite. He poured himself three fingers of Jim Beam from a bottle in his bottom desk drawer and waited for the computer to boot up. He clicked a link to a secure satellite uplink and waited for access. The Movement no longer required facial recognition, biometric, and audio scans. The Movement assumed that anyone with a simple username and password, and the equipment necessary to establish a …show more content…

They’re nearly impossible to detect. Besides, you don’t even know for sure that they’re being used,” William said. “Oh, I know they’re being used. We need to root out every evil on this estate.” “Alright, look, I have no objection to some firm rebukes during your community notes, but I’m not going to limit access to Redwood. The farmhands look forward to those visits. It’s the only place they have to barter or buy new provisions.” “Fine, but I will be monitoring this carefully. Our women need to be fruitful and multiply – praise be to God,” Mary said, looking up at the ceiling. “There’s something else I have in mind.” “What?” “It’s time for us to build a stockade?” “What, like a fence? Where do we need a new fence?” “No, not a fence. A stockade, like the kind you used to pose in for pictures at Sturbridge Village. But we need a real one, one that locks around peoples’ wrists and neck.” “You’re kidding, right?” William asked. “What the hell do you need that

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