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so i came here to get ides for my storys what i got was i site fuel of people like me that i am addicted to it
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Once you start thinking about humans as a species in a biome, it affects your entire way of looking at normal things.

The other day I referred to female morning joggers as an 'indicator species' in that if you see women jogging in the dark it means that the environment provides migration pathways (sidewalks, clear signs) and doesn't have any known predators of female morning joggers (guy with knife, bear, BigTruck, male morning joggers).

Though, I think that people consider framing humans as animals reacting to their environment as rude.

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Was scrolling through AO3 and found this gem

Enemy to parent is a trope we have to popularise lmao

Multiple ways to envision this

  1. Adult changes their ways in order to adopt/parent child
  2. Child eventually imprints on adult enemy and follows them around like a duckling
  3. Adult decides to become their child nemesis' parent purely as a power move

4. child was kidnapped for political ransom but adult becomes increasingly concerned about the child both from the child's behavior and the response to the ransom demands, and they form a parent/child bond while the child gets to heal from their trauma

(i'm absolutely talking about Salvage by @muffinlance btw. its my favorite enemy to parent fic by far)

Oh I am adding that to SO MANY THINGS

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Montana opening up some incredible possibilities here. imagine the chaos you could cause by filing a fraudulent marriage certificate for two random people who've never met

New fanfic trope: Montana Absentee Wedding

I think every computer user needs to read this because holy fucking shit this is fucking horrible.

So Windows has a new feature incoming called Recall where your computer will first, monitor everything you do with screenshots every couple of seconds and "process that" with an AI.

Hey, errrr, fuck no? This isn't merely because AI is really energy intensive to the point that it causes environmental damage. This is because it's basically surveilling what you are doing on your fucking desktop.

This AI is not going to be on your desktop, like all AI, it's going to be done on another server, "in the cloud" to be precise, so all those data and screenshot? They're going to go off to Microsoft. Microsoft are going to be monitoring what you do on your own computer.

Now of course Microsoft are going to be all "oooh, it's okay, we'll keep your data safe". They won't. Let me just remind you that evidence given over from Facebook has been used to prosecute a mother and daughter for an "illegal abortion", Microsoft will likely do the same.

And before someone goes "durrr, nuthin' to fear, nuthin to hide", let me remind you that you can be doing completely legal and righteous acts and still have the police on your arse. Are you an activist? Don't even need to be a hackivist, you can just be very vocal about something concerning and have the fucking police on your arse. They did this with environmental protesters in the UK. The culture war against transgender people looks likely to be heading in a direction wherein people looking for information on transgender people or help transitioning will be tracked down too. You have plenty to hide from the government, including your opinions and ideas.

Again, look into backing up your shit and switching to Linux Mint or Ubuntu to get away from Microsoft doing this shit.

there are multiple options here depending on how comfortable you are digging into your computer's registry. You can either simply disable it surface level through settings or excise it entirely from the system registry

reblogging again as a cautionary tale to please PLEASE fucking make a system restore point before you do anything. i consider myself tech savvy and still nearly bricked my computer. and make sure you know how to access safe mode

not to be all i told you so about ancestry tests but 23 and me went bankrupt and can now legally sell human genetic information to the highest bidder, as per their privacy policy which was signed by approx. 15 million test takers

im still mind blown that people really readily submitted their dna so they could be classed by ethnicity on paper permanently. like yeah theres no way this could go badly huh

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maidens if you are going to flee dramatically from my castle in the middle of the night once i reveal my true nature to you please leave your candelabra on the little ledge by the portcullis we are running out of them

starting to think these maidens are stumbling in soaked through from the rain just to steal my beautiful gowns and homewear are any of you actually lost

At the checkout in Home Goods loading the belt with nothing but candelabras in all shapes & sizes while the cashier watches sympathetically and asks if it’s the maidens again

Dumping a box of candelabras I stole from that loser up on the enchanted castle. Passing by the makeover isle and picking another wig for my next run up there. You'd think he'd notice it's just one maiden repeatedly coming in soaked but I guess we all look the same if you only ever touch grass to re replenish your stolen home decor

Enemies to Even More Pathological Enemies

hey in the meantime, y'all should be wearing a mask, because disabled people deserve equitable access to public spaces without having to worry about dying from covid 👍

Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo and Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University said that they have developed a peptide that can bind to the spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2 to prevent COVID-19 infections.

The peptide, which is a short chain of amino acids, has shown effectiveness in experiments involving various coronavirus strains attempting to infect human cell lines and hamsters.

Researchers hope to conduct a physician-led clinical trial for possible preventive and therapeutic treatment.

"The peptide comprises 39 natural amino acids, and it is inexpensive and easily synthesized," Institute of Science Tokyo Distinguished Professor Yoshinori Fujiyoshi said. "It only binds to spike proteins, so it can be considered to have no side effects."

The peptide can be stored in powder form at room temperature and be administered to patients through inhalation by dissolving it in physiological saline and converting it into a fine spray using a nebulizer.

The research is slated to be published in the online edition of the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

-via Japan Times, January 23, 2025. So, so, so hoping this pans out. Thanks for tagging me.

now that trump has tiktok, twitter, facebook and insta in his pocket, get ready for a massive wave of internet censorship. one of trump's greatest weapons has always been misinformation; it's going to become harder and harder to spread facts and criticism going forward. posts that aren't made invisible will be magically ignored by the algorithm. dissidents will have their accounts deleted and voices erased.

this is a suppression tactic. this is another stage of fascism.

This definitely seems like a good time to pull these out

I'll also provide some of my advice:

  1. Don't react immediately. Any form of ragebait or misinformation thrives on gut reactions. Instead, analyze the material. Do research. Think about what you want to say. Or you can not say anything at all. That is also a valid option.
  2. If someone is attacking you online, do not fight back. Block them. If they keep coming back, starve them by giving them nothing to feed on, or report them. If they doxx you or do something that threatens your privacy, report it here and here.
  3. Screenshot and record often. Keep circulating the tapes.
  4. Never, under any circumstances, share personal information on the internet. You might as well go faceless.

If anyone has any other pages that talk about fact checking and how to fact check social media posts, do let me know.

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You might find something like this on your property or along public forest trails. It’s about the same size and shape as a ketchup packet and smells like rotten fish. Believe it or not, this little packet protects you, your pets, and your family. The USDA drops these in areas (including Hamilton County) where raccoon-variant rabies has been known to occur. Raccoons find the packet and eat the contents, and it provides them with immunity to rabies. If you find one, simply leave it where it is, or, if it’s in an area accessible to a pet or child, just put on a pair of gloves and move it. Don’t worry, though— even if it was handled by a human or pet, it doesn’t pose any danger besides an unpleasant odor.

~ For Fox Sake Wildlife Rescue

This is possibly the most insane national security story in the last 50 years. Includes a massive text chain between senior members of the Trump admin gaming out foreign policy and war plans on Signal, and they accidentally added a reporter to the group chat.

Some of the issues:

  • Signal isn't an approved govt platform for classified info (anyone remember Hillary's emails?)
  • Signal's disappearing-messages feature was enabled (apparent violation of federal records laws)
  • Including a journalist in the group constitutes leaking.

The most popular browsers in different countries in 2012 and 2022.

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Nope! When Chrome first came to popularity, people switched over to it cause it was “faster” (turns out, it just eats through your device’s CPU) but since then Firefox has upped its game in a major way. Chrome just doesn’t measure up anymore. Plus, nowadays Chrome is just a data harvester designed to show hyper targeted ads - so even if Firefox ain’t for you, it’s still worth ditching Google for a different browser.

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Legit though I switched to Firefox and it’s so so so much better

i’m gonna keep reblogging this ad infinitum so yall might as well convert now

Also firefox has a working adblock

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Another de-aged Danny au, but he's with Dan & Ellie & Jazz as well.

Jason has like just arrived back to Gotham, caused chaos in the underbelly due to well, 8 heads in a duffle bag, and is just starting his takeover of Crime Alley. It's going good, great even! And then he busts some sort of gang or smuggling ring run by people in white suits and there's... holy shit why do these four toddlers have Lazarus eyes?!

Is that a lab?! And Lazarus waters?! Jason might be a bit mad but he's not an asshole, he's not going to just leave these kids here to the streets. He can't just take them to the Batclan either, and as much as he begrudgingly trusts Talia, he sure as fuck doesn't trust Ras. Who knows what he'd do to four... what are they, pit-kids?

Now he's juggling his whole revenge-thing, running a criminal empire, taking over Gotham's underbelly, and being a single dad. At least the goonion seems to be down for helping, seeing as he's making Crime Alley safer...? .... Fuck he needs some proper sleep

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Another de-aged Danny au, but he's with Dan & Ellie & Jazz as well.

Jason has like just arrived back to Gotham, caused chaos in the underbelly due to well, 8 heads in a duffle bag, and is just starting his takeover of Crime Alley. It's going good, great even! And then he busts some sort of gang or smuggling ring run by people in white suits and there's... holy shit why do these four toddlers have Lazarus eyes?!

Is that a lab?! And Lazarus waters?! Jason might be a bit mad but he's not an asshole, he's not going to just leave these kids here to the streets. He can't just take them to the Batclan either, and as much as he begrudgingly trusts Talia, he sure as fuck doesn't trust Ras. Who knows what he'd do to four... what are they, pit-kids?

Now he's juggling his whole revenge-thing, running a criminal empire, taking over Gotham's underbelly, and being a single dad. At least the goonion seems to be down for helping, seeing as he's making Crime Alley safer...? .... Fuck he needs some proper sleep

You're not the Boss of me! (DC x DP)

Okay so I see a lot of fics and stuff mentioning Batman having a "No Metas in Gotham Rule" and Danny either making excuses because he's not a meta or actually listening to the rule.

But uh, Danny has issues with authority and also, Batman has no authority over Danny.

Imagine Batman tries to scare Phantom off when he chases Johnny 13 into Gotham (Kitty kissed Superman so he's going to kiss Batwoman because that'll show her!) and Phantom literally goes,

"We're both vigilantes here. We're both technically doing something illegal. You can't tell me what to do, you're not my dad."

The problem is that Batman is used to getting this attitude. It's the lot in life for a dad with almost a full dozen adopted kids. The other problem is that he knows exactly how to address that tone in his kids - the Full Name Treatment. Batman's mouth moves faster than his brain can remind him this child isn't one of his and he goes,

"Jason Peter Todd-Wayne. When you're in my city, you follow my rules and --"

The two of them make eye contact, Robin laughs from the next rooftop over, and Danny has a whole new set of problems than just Johnny trying to kiss a vigilante lesbian. He's pretty sure he just figured out who Batman is; and Batman knows it.

Danny: ....yeah well YOU'RE STILL NOT MY DAD AND YOU STILL CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO SO SOCK IT BATS😠😠😤👻🖕🏼

Ok, now cross this with Danny being the Bio kid of Dick.

Someone tried to clone him, but they couldn't quite figure out the technology. The closest they came was a test tube baby (like Talia does to Bruce to make Damian). Now, this villain might be a Bad Guy, but he realises that this is a life he created, albeit unknowingly. So they let the incubation last until Baby Boy is born, then get a goon to travel to the other side of the country and drop him off at a hospital anonymously.

They wash their hands of the whole failed cloning affair and turn to their next attempt to bring down Batman: figuring out his identity.

Cut to 15 years later, and Danny getting caught by Batman as he tries to capture Johnny.

He is already looking into the Amity Park situation since Clark called him in a panic 4 days ago, saying that a ghost kissed him in front of Lois, so Johnny calling this Meta Phantom helps him narrow down his search. The photos of the ghosts may glitch, but now that he's seen the boys face in person, he recognises that he's identical to the son of mad scientists Jack and Maddie Fenton. He was already looking into the boys birth due to his starting resemblance to Dick - it would be a lovely surprise to both boys to find out they had more family in the world - but now that he'd accidentally outed Jaylad's identity, his search became much more urgent.

(In this au, the GIW are actually a privately funded paramilitary organisation that is operating illegally in the United States. They know enough legalese jargon to fake some laws being put into place so that the local civilians won't put in calls for help or put up any form of resistance)

Bruce calls in a favour from Barry, who some over there during his lunch break to grab some hair from the boy's pillow while he's at school, and he is able to start a DNA search to see how distantly Danny and Dick are related. Since the Bad Guy from before was so bad at his job, there's no generic markers for cloning, and the test results showed that Dick somehow fathered Danny when he was 12 years old. Que Bruce freaking out before looking at the 'Mother's' DNA, only to find that it belongs to that D grade villain that was a nuisance for about 6 months before accidentally killing himself in a lab accident.

Several sleepless nights later, and he tracks down the reformed former goon, who now works as a Mall security guard in Ohio. The man had almost forgotten the whole affair but remembered enough to fill in the blanks in the storyline Bruce had put together.

Almost two weeks after Danny first showed up in Gotham, Bruce had a complete write-up of Danny's life - from conception to when he developed his powers. The technology started glitching around that time, so it's hard to gather an accurate recounting of events.

Dick has come to town for the weekend, and he starts to make a joke about how 'B better not Full Name me while I'm out there tonight', but stops when he sees the look on his dad's face. That's the 'I have news and you're not going to like it' face. "What happened? Did he go to the press?"

Bruce hands over the file. Attached to the cover is Danny's most recent school photo, and at first glance Dick thought it was of him. "I found the identity of the meta who goes by the name Phantom. His adopted name is Danny Fenton, but biologically, he's a Grayson."

As Dick collapses into the couch in shock, he's glad that B cleared out the area before starting his explanation.

"I've got a compilation of photos in there, combined with anecdotes attached, for if you wish to learn about the life he's led so far. There's a separate file in the Cave with all the details behind his birth if you want to go over it later. I understand this is a shock. I'll stand by whatever decision you make going forward."

Dick stares down at the picture of Danny. Of his Son. He reaches a hand forward to run his fingers over the photo before handing the file back to Bruce. Anything he needs to learn about Danny, his son can tell him in person. Looking up, he sees that B already knows his decision.

"Alfred has the civilian jet prepared and ready to go. All you have to do is decide who you want to come with you."

Meanwhile, in Amity Park, Danny is finally starting to relax. It's been weeks, and there's been no word from Batman or any of his boyband members.

He needs to hurry over to Tucker's house, his friend just called saying he found something important when he was going through the GIW files they stole yesterday. If he's lucky, Mrs. Foley will invite him to stay for dinner.

You're not the Boss of me! (DC x DP)

Okay so I see a lot of fics and stuff mentioning Batman having a "No Metas in Gotham Rule" and Danny either making excuses because he's not a meta or actually listening to the rule.

But uh, Danny has issues with authority and also, Batman has no authority over Danny.

Imagine Batman tries to scare Phantom off when he chases Johnny 13 into Gotham (Kitty kissed Superman so he's going to kiss Batwoman because that'll show her!) and Phantom literally goes,

"We're both vigilantes here. We're both technically doing something illegal. You can't tell me what to do, you're not my dad."

The problem is that Batman is used to getting this attitude. It's the lot in life for a dad with almost a full dozen adopted kids. The other problem is that he knows exactly how to address that tone in his kids - the Full Name Treatment. Batman's mouth moves faster than his brain can remind him this child isn't one of his and he goes,

"Jason Peter Todd-Wayne. When you're in my city, you follow my rules and --"

The two of them make eye contact, Robin laughs from the next rooftop over, and Danny has a whole new set of problems than just Johnny trying to kiss a vigilante lesbian. He's pretty sure he just figured out who Batman is; and Batman knows it.

Danny: ....yeah well YOU'RE STILL NOT MY DAD AND YOU STILL CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO SO SOCK IT BATS😠😠😤👻🖕🏼

Ok, now cross this with Danny being the Bio kid of Dick.

Someone tried to clone him, but they couldn't quite figure out the technology. The closest they came was a test tube baby (like Talia does to Bruce to make Damian). Now, this villain might be a Bad Guy, but he realises that this is a life he created, albeit unknowingly. So they let the incubation last until Baby Boy is born, then get a goon to travel to the other side of the country and drop him off at a hospital anonymously.

They wash their hands of the whole failed cloning affair and turn to their next attempt to bring down Batman: figuring out his identity.

Cut to 15 years later, and Danny getting caught by Batman as he tries to capture Johnny.

He is already looking into the Amity Park situation since Clark called him in a panic 4 days ago, saying that a ghost kissed him in front of Lois, so Johnny calling this Meta Phantom helps him narrow down his search. The photos of the ghosts may glitch, but now that he's seen the boys face in person, he recognises that he's identical to the son of mad scientists Jack and Maddie Fenton. He was already looking into the boys birth due to his starting resemblance to Dick - it would be a lovely surprise to both boys to find out they had more family in the world - but now that he'd accidentally outed Jaylad's identity, his search became much more urgent.

(In this au, the GIW are actually a privately funded paramilitary organisation that is operating illegally in the United States. They know enough legalese jargon to fake some laws being put into place so that the local civilians won't put in calls for help or put up any form of resistance)

Bruce calls in a favour from Barry, who some over there during his lunch break to grab some hair from the boy's pillow while he's at school, and he is able to start a DNA search to see how distantly Danny and Dick are related. Since the Bad Guy from before was so bad at his job, there's no generic markers for cloning, and the test results showed that Dick somehow fathered Danny when he was 12 years old. Que Bruce freaking out before looking at the 'Mother's' DNA, only to find that it belongs to that D grade villain that was a nuisance for about 6 months before accidentally killing himself in a lab accident.

Several sleepless nights later, and he tracks down the reformed former goon, who now works as a Mall security guard in Ohio. The man had almost forgotten the whole affair but remembered enough to fill in the blanks in the storyline Bruce had put together.

Almost two weeks after Danny first showed up in Gotham, Bruce had a complete write-up of Danny's life - from conception to when he developed his powers. The technology started glitching around that time, so it's hard to gather an accurate recounting of events.

Dick has come to town for the weekend, and he starts to make a joke about how 'B better not Full Name me while I'm out there tonight', but stops when he sees the look on his dad's face. That's the 'I have news and you're not going to like it' face. "What happened? Did he go to the press?"

Bruce hands over the file. Attached to the cover is Danny's most recent school photo, and at first glance Dick thought it was of him. "I found the identity of the meta who goes by the name Phantom. His adopted name is Danny Fenton, but biologically, he's a Grayson."

As Dick collapses into the couch in shock, he's glad that B cleared out the area before starting his explanation.

"I've got a compilation of photos in there, combined with anecdotes attached, for if you wish to learn about the life he's led so far. There's a separate file in the Cave with all the details behind his birth if you want to go over it later. I understand this is a shock. I'll stand by whatever decision you make going forward."

Dick stares down at the picture of Danny. Of his Son. He reaches a hand forward to run his fingers over the photo before handing the file back to Bruce. Anything he needs to learn about Danny, his son can tell him in person. Looking up, he sees that B already knows his decision.

"Alfred has the civilian jet prepared and ready to go. All you have to do is decide who you want to come with you."

Meanwhile, in Amity Park, Danny is finally starting to relax. It's been weeks, and there's been no word from Batman or any of his boyband members.

He needs to hurry over to Tucker's house, his friend just called saying he found something important when he was going through the GIW files they stole yesterday. If he's lucky, Mrs. Foley will invite him to stay for dinner.

You're not the Boss of me! (DC x DP)

Okay so I see a lot of fics and stuff mentioning Batman having a "No Metas in Gotham Rule" and Danny either making excuses because he's not a meta or actually listening to the rule.

But uh, Danny has issues with authority and also, Batman has no authority over Danny.

Imagine Batman tries to scare Phantom off when he chases Johnny 13 into Gotham (Kitty kissed Superman so he's going to kiss Batwoman because that'll show her!) and Phantom literally goes,

"We're both vigilantes here. We're both technically doing something illegal. You can't tell me what to do, you're not my dad."

The problem is that Batman is used to getting this attitude. It's the lot in life for a dad with almost a full dozen adopted kids. The other problem is that he knows exactly how to address that tone in his kids - the Full Name Treatment. Batman's mouth moves faster than his brain can remind him this child isn't one of his and he goes,

"Jason Peter Todd-Wayne. When you're in my city, you follow my rules and --"

The two of them make eye contact, Robin laughs from the next rooftop over, and Danny has a whole new set of problems than just Johnny trying to kiss a vigilante lesbian. He's pretty sure he just figured out who Batman is; and Batman knows it.

Danny: ....yeah well YOU'RE STILL NOT MY DAD AND YOU STILL CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO SO SOCK IT BATS😠😠😤👻🖕🏼

Ok, now cross this with Danny being the Bio kid of Dick.

Someone tried to clone him, but they couldn't quite figure out the technology. The closest they came was a test tube baby (like Talia does to Bruce to make Damian). Now, this villain might be a Bad Guy, but he realises that this is a life he created, albeit unknowingly. So they let the incubation last until Baby Boy is born, then get a goon to travel to the other side of the country and drop him off at a hospital anonymously.

They wash their hands of the whole failed cloning affair and turn to their next attempt to bring down Batman: figuring out his identity.

Cut to 15 years later, and Danny getting caught by Batman as he tries to capture Johnny.

He is already looking into the Amity Park situation since Clark called him in a panic 4 days ago, saying that a ghost kissed him in front of Lois, so Johnny calling this Meta Phantom helps him narrow down his search. The photos of the ghosts may glitch, but now that he's seen the boys face in person, he recognises that he's identical to the son of mad scientists Jack and Maddie Fenton. He was already looking into the boys birth due to his starting resemblance to Dick - it would be a lovely surprise to both boys to find out they had more family in the world - but now that he'd accidentally outed Jaylad's identity, his search became much more urgent.

(In this au, the GIW are actually a privately funded paramilitary organisation that is operating illegally in the United States. They know enough legalese jargon to fake some laws being put into place so that the local civilians won't put in calls for help or put up any form of resistance)

Bruce calls in a favour from Barry, who some over there during his lunch break to grab some hair from the boy's pillow while he's at school, and he is able to start a DNA search to see how distantly Danny and Dick are related. Since the Bad Guy from before was so bad at his job, there's no generic markers for cloning, and the test results showed that Dick somehow fathered Danny when he was 12 years old. Que Bruce freaking out before looking at the 'Mother's' DNA, only to find that it belongs to that D grade villain that was a nuisance for about 6 months before accidentally killing himself in a lab accident.

Several sleepless nights later, and he tracks down the reformed former goon, who now works as a Mall security guard in Ohio. The man had almost forgotten the whole affair but remembered enough to fill in the blanks in the storyline Bruce had put together.

Almost two weeks after Danny first showed up in Gotham, Bruce had a complete write-up of Danny's life - from conception to when he developed his powers. The technology started glitching around that time, so it's hard to gather an accurate recounting of events.

Dick has come to town for the weekend, and he starts to make a joke about how 'B better not Full Name me while I'm out there tonight', but stops when he sees the look on his dad's face. That's the 'I have news and you're not going to like it' face. "What happened? Did he go to the press?"

Bruce hands over the file. Attached to the cover is Danny's most recent school photo, and at first glance Dick thought it was of him. "I found the identity of the meta who goes by the name Phantom. His adopted name is Danny Fenton, but biologically, he's a Grayson."

As Dick collapses into the couch in shock, he's glad that B cleared out the area before starting his explanation.

"I've got a compilation of photos in there, combined with anecdotes attached, for if you wish to learn about the life he's led so far. There's a separate file in the Cave with all the details behind his birth if you want to go over it later. I understand this is a shock. I'll stand by whatever decision you make going forward."

Dick stares down at the picture of Danny. Of his Son. He reaches a hand forward to run his fingers over the photo before handing the file back to Bruce. Anything he needs to learn about Danny, his son can tell him in person. Looking up, he sees that B already knows his decision.

"Alfred has the civilian jet prepared and ready to go. All you have to do is decide who you want to come with you."

Meanwhile, in Amity Park, Danny is finally starting to relax. It's been weeks, and there's been no word from Batman or any of his boyband members.

He needs to hurry over to Tucker's house, his friend just called saying he found something important when he was going through the GIW files they stole yesterday. If he's lucky, Mrs. Foley will invite him to stay for dinner.

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