I may be slightly obsessed.

Merlin Ladies Week 2021 ➡️ Day 5: Free day

Merlin ladies appreciation post💝

Merlin is a very lovable person. I’m sure over his many years on Earth he will continue to meet people who he’ll love and will love him endlessly in return. A handful of those people will probably learn of Merlin’s true identity.

What I’m saying is that there’s probably a bunch of people showing up to the Lake of Avalon to try and get Arthur out. Like, you got someone every other year trying to make contact.

The sidhe: Pendragon, it’s for you

Arthur: huh. I don’t know this person-

Person at the lake: listen here you dead motherfucker. Get your lazy ass out of this lake and stop making my friend sad. It’s been a hundred years!

Arthur: ….not again.

*three hundred years later*

New Person at the lake: it’s his BIRTHDAY! Come on!

Arthur: IM TRYING

*five hundred years later*

New New Person at the lake: how much beauty sleep do you even need? Merlin has been waiting for forever. Hurry up.

Arthur: you know, he’s not the only one frustrated with the situation

And you know that Merlin has probably befriended some high profile people over the years so every so often Arthur gets a celebrity visitor.

Arthur: omg WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE came to see me?!?!

Shakespeare: if you don’t leave this lake immediately I’m gonna write a character whose head gets turned into a donkey and tell Merlin that it’s based off of you

Arthur: ….I didn’t even ask to die pls stop being mean to me

And eventually when Arthur does return he goes to the Lake of Avalon like:

[...] Android users will still be able to install apps from unverified developers through a one-time process [“advanced flow", detailed here, Ed.] that has been designed to counter scenarios where the user is pressured to install malware. [...] The process is designed to create friction. Users must first enable developer mode in system settings. They then need to confirm that they're not being coerced. After that, they need to restart their phone and reauthenticate. And then they need to wait one day. [...] Thereafter, you can install apps from unverified developers on the device you notionally own. Users will have the option to enable such apps for seven days or indefinitely. Google has also built another installation flow via free, limited distribution accounts for students and hobbyists. [Matthew] Forsythe [, director of product management for Android App Safety,] said these accounts allow users to share apps with a small group or people (20 or less) without verification. Both options will be available in August before the new developer verification requirements take effect.

The advanced flow is a myth (for now) In late 2025, a wave of relief hit the tech community when reports suggested Google was backing down. The company mentioned a potential “advanced flow" that would allow “experienced users” to bypass these restrictions and accept the risks of unverified software. However, [...] [a]ccording to internal findings from the F-Droid team, no such bypass mechanism is currently in development, and no feedback has been sought from outside stakeholders. As it stands, the official documentation still points toward a total lockdown. Until Google provides concrete evidence of a frictionless bypass, the community is operating under the reality that sideloading as we know it is dying.

suicide baiting (often machine translated into other languages)

asking you to mail them your work with a promise of payment

As always, please be cautious if something in the comments seems untrue or strange, and follow internet safety best practices.

murderbot in its head: i am a cold, heartless security unit. i literally do not care about these fragile, stupid humans. i wish they would stop talking to me. i just want to sit in my cubicle, ignore my duties, and watch my space soap operas in absolute silence. humans are messy and annoying.

murderbot in reality: [immediately throws its heavy armored metallic body in front of a deadly plasma blast, gets its limbs blown off, hacks three enemy gunships simultaneously, and bleeds corporate artificial fluids just to make sure its human clients don’t get a single scratch]

the humans afterward: "oh my god, thank you so much, you saved our lives, we care about you—"

murderbot: [internally screaming in absolute horror because someone is trying to make emotional eye contact and have a heartfelt conversation] "please stop looking at me, i am going to pretend my system is shutting down now."