I’m excited to announce that on November 22nd 2024 I will be publishing my very first graphic novel. It’s a story taking place in a far distant future on a planet ruled by digital democracy. The launch party is happening on the 22nd from 5pm to 9pm, at the ‘Zone Z’, located at 3424 Ontario East, Montréal, Québec, H1W 1P9. I will post the details on how to order copies after the launch. Thank you!
We believe the people have a right to political self-realization. Since we’re paying for it, and that we finally have the technology for it, we should be able to have a say in all things related to our governments.
We categorically refuse to recognize representative democracies as being real democracies, and we are going to call out politicians and the media who fail to recognize that difference.
Deciding who’s going to be deciding things for us, is not the same as being able to decide things ourselves.
The politician’s power to create and decide the law needs to be taken away, and their role needs to be downgraded to the equivalent of debate moderators.
Posted in COMIC STRIP, COMMENTARY, POLL, TEST, TEXTUALS WITH VISUALS
Tagged 4-PANELS, COMICstrip, democraticCOMIC, digital democracy, fighting the power, new elected panel, poll, smartphones, survey, vote, webcomic, YOU-CHOOSE!, [ YOU ]
******* UPDATED JULY 7TH *******
Thanks to everyone who voted! ^_^
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NATNOTE: Sorry if this update was late, I was also working on other projects…
![[ LEFTvsRIGHT ]](https://technology4democracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/leftvsright.jpg?w=150)
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Tagged Ballot, COMICstrip, democraticCOMIC, digital democracy, E. Wile, Elections, Electoral campaign, new elected panel, PLAID, PLAIDvsPOLKADOTS, POLKA DOTS, poll, Polling office, real-democracy, REDvsBLUE, RIGHTvsLEFT, vote, VS, webcomic, YOU-CHOOSE!, [ YOU ]
Yep. It’s been 2 years already. First off, a big thank you to [ YOU ]! I couldn’t have done it without [ YOU ], and your loyal support.
And so far, to my great surprise I’ve managed to keep my objective of having at least one entry per month. The stats for the number of visitors I get have finally started to go up, and I expect to get to 6000 visitors by the time the year is over. Adding a new monthly, interactive webcomic called “the CHRONICLES of [ YOU ] has helped with generating some views. But the main draw to this site is still the militant stuff. Which is a bit of downer, because even though it takes me forever to draw those strips, they all get outdone by simple political diagrams. For example:
![[ DEMOCRACY-VOLUME ]](https://technology4democracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/democracy-volume.jpg "This takes no time to draw, but gets all the views...")
I say it’s time to PUMP UP THE VOLUME on your democracy dial!
In the future, I plan to steer T4D back towards its militant roots. Not that I’m planning to cancel your “chronicles”. But instead, as some of you might have guessed from some of the hints I’ve dropped in your 7th appearance, I plan to eventually move that strip to a site specifically designed for less political, fiction-based, comics. But all things in due time.
And right now, it’s time to celebrate!
NO-YTRAP!
( which is “party-on” backwards, as we used to say in high school! )
[n]
NATNOTE: ” Remember, remember, the 5 th of November, the gunpowder plot and treason, I see of no reason, why the gunpowder plot and treason should ever be forgot.” Today is international Guy Fawkes day, and also my birthday, woohoo! : )
Posted in ANALYSIS, COMMENTARY, DECLARATION, GRAPH, MAKEOVER, REPORT, TEXTUALS WITH VISUALS
Tagged 5th of November, anniversary, birthday, cake, celebration, democracy-volume, digital democracy, EYE NOTICE, fighting the power, Gunpowder plot and treason, GUY FAWKES, NO-YTRAP, PARTY, real-democracy, T4D logo, technology 4democracy, update, webcomic, [ YOU ]
So, it looks like we won’t be boycotting the upcoming 2014 Sochi Olympics. Bummer. But, why would we? With all that gender-segregated, celebration of the different aspects of the human body, the Olympics are already very, very, gay.
So I’ve been thinking, we need to come up with a universally recognized gesture that symbolizes support for LGBT people, in Russia, and around the world. Something that athletes can do at the games if they want to show support for us in a non-verbal way. A “Queer Salute” if you will. Something we can also use once the games are over too.
So, I`m holding a poll on the subject. And, in no particular order, here are some potential choices:
OPTION-A ” LIMP-WRISTED ”
A new spin on established queer body language. That bent wrist says: “I’m Queer and I’m proud”, the left hand on your chest says that you’re saying it from the heart.
OPTION-B, ” I heart PINK TRIANGLE ”
Modern, and self-explanatory. A little less outlandish, but also more likely to appeal to our straight allies.
OPTION-C Sign Language for the “G”
A write-in suggestions with a certain flair.
OPTION-D The Japanese gesture
Another stylish write-in option.
OPTION-E The Write-in. You send your sketch or pic, with the title of your pose to: queersalute@gmail.com
So yeah, here’s the poll: ^_^
AH! So the option for the “I heart pink triangle” won the vote, and it’s now the official T4D queer salute for the Sochi Olympics! Which is very cool! A lot people suggested doing it with a downward pointing triangle instead, so here is the final updated version of “I heart PINK TRIANGLE”:
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NATNOTE: The models were rendered as art-store mannequins in a vague effort to keep it gender-neutral. :)
Posted in #9, CHALLENGE, LGBT, POLL, TEXTUALS WITH VISUALS, VS
Tagged digital democracy, EYE NOTICE, fighting the power, gender-ambiguous, gender-segragation, human rights, I heart PINK TRIANGLE, LGBT rights, LGBT salute, mannequin, Olympics, open-ended, pink triangle, poll, queer choice, queer rights, QUEER salute, rainbow, rainbow flag, Russian Olympics, Sochi, Sochi Olympics, survey, symbol, YOU-CHOOSE!
******** UPDATED JULY 31st *******
![the CHRONICLES of [ YOU ] 5](https://technology4democracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/the-chronicles-of-you-5.jpg)
The votes are in, and flamboyance won the election! So here is the new updated content:
![the 2-PAGE GIANT SIZED CHRONICLES of [ YOU ] pg1](https://technology4democracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/the-2-page-giant-sized-chronicles-of-you-pg1.jpg)
![the 2-PAGE GIANT-SIZED CHRONICLES of [ YOU ] 5 pg2](https://technology4democracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/the-2-page-giant-sized-chronicles-of-you-5-pg2.jpg)
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NATNOTE: The upside-down rainbow shaped like the letter “U”, is how you can tell a [YOU]nicorn from a common, run-of-the-mill unicorn.
PEACE!
![[ YOU ]](https://technology4democracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/you.jpg?w=150){kind=small}
Posted in CHALLENGE, COMIC STRIP, LGBT, POLL, TEXTUALS WITH VISUALS, VS
Tagged 2-page, bubble-gum, bus-stop, chewing-gum, COMICstrip, democraticCOMIC, digital democracy, gender-ambiguous, gender-neutral, landmark, neon, neon-sign, POUFFTERIA, rooftop, VS, webcomic, YOU-CHOOSE!, [ YOU ], [ YOU ]SURPER
![[ pink elephant in the room ]](https://technology4democracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/pink-elephant-in-the-room.jpg)
I might as well just get to it: I’m trans and I’ve changed my “nom-de-plume” from NICO.D. to Natacha #9. I’m not going to bore you with the details of my personal life, or what it’s like to be transgender ( Although, I might write a book about that someday… ) . Those who know me, know that this update is something I’ve been talking about doing for some time. I’ve been growing as a person, and I thought it was time I updated my moniker to something that reflected who I am with more accuracy.
So in this case, I am embracing the matrix. I am fully accepting the fact that on the internet I am not a person, I’m a number. Just some data-coded digitized numeral of person…
Hence, the name Natacha #9.
And conveniently enough, since I’m switching to a name that starts with the same consonant as the last one, I’m not changing my T4D signature. As you can see below:
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NATNOTE: According to Wikipedia, the #9 embodies the highest level of changes. That works for me.
![[ RE- CUT ]](https://technology4democracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/re-cut.jpg?w=150)
Posted in CATEGORIZED, DECLARATION, LGBT, MAKEOVER, TEXTUALS WITH VISUALS
Tagged #9, acronym, coming out, digital democracy, elephant-in-the-room, embracingTHEmatrix, LGBT, M2F, N#9, name change, Natacha #9, new logo, Nick Overdose, nom-de-plume, number 9, numeral people, pen-name, personVSnumber, pink, Pink Elephant, T4D logo, TG, trans, transgender, transition, update
******* UPDATED APRIL 1st *******
![the CHRONICLES of [ YOU ] 2](https://technology4democracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/the-chronicles-of-you-2.jpg)
The results are in! And as you can see, even though it was a tight race, the “taking it easy option” won! Thanks to everyone who voted, to everyone who wrote-in an entry, as well as to anyone who just came to read this comic-strip! So, without further ado, here are the duly elected new panels in context:
![[ the ELECTED CHRONICLES of YOU ]](https://technology4democracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/the-elected-chronicles-of-you.jpg)
[n]
NICNOTE: Credit to Mike St-O for coming up with the winning entry! ^_^
Posted in COMIC STRIP, POLL, TEXTUALS WITH VISUALS
Tagged 4-PANELS, BUS, democracy-flavored, democraticCOMIC, digital democracy, EYE NOTICE, iphone, municipal, new elected panel, open-ended, poll, real-democracy, smartphones, STO, technodemocrat, transpo, vote, webcomic, YOU-CHOOSE!, [ YOU ]
![[ 4 PANELS ]](https://technology4democracy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/4-panels2.jpg?w=150){kind=small}
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NATNOTE: The candidate in this comic strip was rendered as genderqueer in order to be more reflective of the electorate.
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Tagged COMICstrip, DIGITAL CONGRESS, digital democracy, gender-neutral candidate, genderqueer, gov system, next-gen gov, real-democracy, reduced-politicians, update, webcomic