Aleks Char
@alekschar.bsky.social
I am a machines person.
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Hello new followers.
I’m Andy - an illustrator of dragons, dinosaurs and other extinct animals. I work in both traditional and digital media, and am a passionate advocate for human-made art. You can find all my work, purchase my books and contact me here: www.andyfrazer.com
I’m Andy - an illustrator of dragons, dinosaurs and other extinct animals. I work in both traditional and digital media, and am a passionate advocate for human-made art. You can find all my work, purchase my books and contact me here: www.andyfrazer.com
October 18, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Hello new followers.
I’m Andy - an illustrator of dragons, dinosaurs and other extinct animals. I work in both traditional and digital media, and am a passionate advocate for human-made art. You can find all my work, purchase my books and contact me here: www.andyfrazer.com
I’m Andy - an illustrator of dragons, dinosaurs and other extinct animals. I work in both traditional and digital media, and am a passionate advocate for human-made art. You can find all my work, purchase my books and contact me here: www.andyfrazer.com
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“Macaw Owl” painted for Upper Deck’s Rush of Ikorr card game. Digital (ProCreate)
AD: Andrew Ballesteros
AD: Andrew Ballesteros
October 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“Macaw Owl” painted for Upper Deck’s Rush of Ikorr card game. Digital (ProCreate)
AD: Andrew Ballesteros
AD: Andrew Ballesteros
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Okay, it's time. I have a prized Cult of the dead cow Zippo lighter. These simply do not exist anywhere. But a CDC member is hurting and I want to encourage donations to the GoFundMe, so out it goes. Details in thread.
October 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Okay, it's time. I have a prized Cult of the dead cow Zippo lighter. These simply do not exist anywhere. But a CDC member is hurting and I want to encourage donations to the GoFundMe, so out it goes. Details in thread.
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My full art for the borderless version of “Emptiness” from Magic The Gathering’s upcoming Lorwyn Eclipsed set. Oils on Arches oil paper.
AD: Deborah Garcia
I’ll be auctioning the original oil painting the week of October 6th.
AD: Deborah Garcia
I’ll be auctioning the original oil painting the week of October 6th.
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My full art for the borderless version of “Emptiness” from Magic The Gathering’s upcoming Lorwyn Eclipsed set. Oils on Arches oil paper.
AD: Deborah Garcia
I’ll be auctioning the original oil painting the week of October 6th.
AD: Deborah Garcia
I’ll be auctioning the original oil painting the week of October 6th.
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Tired of doomscrolling? Trade chaos for creativity. The new @nostarchpress.bsky.social tech bundle has 21 books on electronics, consoles, and more. Pay what you want—$36 gets them all and supports EFF. www.humblebundle.com/books/elect...
Humble Tech Book Bundle: Electronics for the Curious by No Starch
Pay what you want to deepen your knowledge of video games and technology with our latest Tech Book Bundle: Electronics for the Curious.
www.humblebundle.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Tired of doomscrolling? Trade chaos for creativity. The new @nostarchpress.bsky.social tech bundle has 21 books on electronics, consoles, and more. Pay what you want—$36 gets them all and supports EFF. www.humblebundle.com/books/elect...
The art for Lorwyn Eclipsed is absolutely sick. I'm reading a magic.wizards.com/en/news/magi... and I want them all as my wallpaper. I'm so excited for this set!
magic.wizards.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The art for Lorwyn Eclipsed is absolutely sick. I'm reading a magic.wizards.com/en/news/magi... and I want them all as my wallpaper. I'm so excited for this set!
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A bundle of electronics books in this economy?? Yep! No Starch Press is offering $581 worth of titles for as little as $36 (and you can support EFF, too!).
September 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A bundle of electronics books in this economy?? Yep! No Starch Press is offering $581 worth of titles for as little as $36 (and you can support EFF, too!).
I thought it'a frog computer mouse, lol. I agree. We need more frog phones!
This landline phone is shaped like a frog. We need more frog phones.
September 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I thought it'a frog computer mouse, lol. I agree. We need more frog phones!
I recommend not only this one, but all of Julia's zines. Some come with stickers!
finally (after literally everyone else *) I got my print copy of The Secret Rules of the Terminal!
wizardzines.com/zines/termin...
(* or I hope after literally everyone else, please send us a support email if you didn't get your preordered copy yet!)
wizardzines.com/zines/termin...
(* or I hope after literally everyone else, please send us a support email if you didn't get your preordered copy yet!)
September 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I recommend not only this one, but all of Julia's zines. Some come with stickers!
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Signal Secure Backups are here 🙌
Until now, if you lost or broke your phone, your Signal message history was *gone,* a real challenge for everyone whose most important conversations happen in Signal. So, with careful design and development, we’re rolling out opt-in secure backups.
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
Introducing Signal Secure Backups
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet...
signal.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Signal Secure Backups are here 🙌
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Yep, I've been pwned. 2FA reset email, looked very legitimate.
Only NPM affected. I've sent an email off to @npmjs.bsky.social to see if I can get access again.
Sorry everyone, I should have paid more attention. Not like me; have had a stressful week. Will work to get this cleaned up.
Only NPM affected. I've sent an email off to @npmjs.bsky.social to see if I can get access again.
Sorry everyone, I should have paid more attention. Not like me; have had a stressful week. Will work to get this cleaned up.
@bad-at-computer.bsky.social Hey. Your npm account seems to have been compromised. 1 hour ago it started posting packages with backdoors to all your popular packages.
September 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yep, I've been pwned. 2FA reset email, looked very legitimate.
Only NPM affected. I've sent an email off to @npmjs.bsky.social to see if I can get access again.
Sorry everyone, I should have paid more attention. Not like me; have had a stressful week. Will work to get this cleaned up.
Only NPM affected. I've sent an email off to @npmjs.bsky.social to see if I can get access again.
Sorry everyone, I should have paid more attention. Not like me; have had a stressful week. Will work to get this cleaned up.
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Holy shit:
Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.
www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.
www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
Firefighters question leaders’ role in ICE raid near Bear Gulch Fire - High Country News
Firefighting veterans believe the management team overseeing fire crews played a key role in handing team members over to immigration authorities.
www.hcn.org
September 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Holy shit:
Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.
www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
Stateline spoke to nearly a dozen firefighters, agency staffers and contractors, who said that top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses so federal agents could check their immigration status.
www.hcn.org/articles/fir...
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FYI - because of what I saw happening over on mastodon. Social and a few other instances, I am resetting all the password of infosec.exchange users that haven't logged in during the previous 3 months. There's a lot of password stuffing and whatnot going on and I don't want to contribute to the […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
September 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
FYI - because of what I saw happening over on mastodon. Social and a few other instances, I am resetting all the password of infosec.exchange users that haven't logged in during the previous 3 months. There's a lot of password stuffing and whatnot going on and I don't want to contribute to the […]
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The power of automation! AI browsers will do the hard work of clicking on phishing emails for you, and get prompt injected while they're at it.
"Scamlexity": When Agentic AI Browsers Get Scammed
We Put Agentic AI Browsers to the Test - They Clicked, They Paid, They Failed
guard.io
August 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The power of automation! AI browsers will do the hard work of clicking on phishing emails for you, and get prompt injected while they're at it.
A good read!
I've just about had it with the vagaries of true/false positive/negative. Humbly presented: a more descriptive alternative.
The Tyranny of False Positives
It's time to move beyond true/false, positive/negative.
taggart-tech.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A good read!
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Welcome to the enshittification of cars. This is the worst thing to happen to cars since SUVs.
VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power
The German car-maker says its
www.bbc.co.uk
August 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Welcome to the enshittification of cars. This is the worst thing to happen to cars since SUVs.
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I will never apologize for being a grouch about the fact that everyone takes calls in public over speakerphone now
August 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I will never apologize for being a grouch about the fact that everyone takes calls in public over speakerphone now
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One hour to go for HOPE tickets! store.2600.com/collections/...
HOPE Tickets
store.2600.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
One hour to go for HOPE tickets! store.2600.com/collections/...
This is a solid homelab guide. Go, get one. Happy Birthday @taggart-tech.com :)
You know what? It's my birthday and I'll do what I want. So I'm offering a 61% sale on The Homelab Almanac! Enter ALMOSTFORTY at checkout from now until the end of the month!
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The Taggart Institute: Master Your Craft
The Taggart Institute exists to provide low-cost, high-quality technology training to everyone in a welcoming, supportive community.
taggartinstitute.org
August 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is a solid homelab guide. Go, get one. Happy Birthday @taggart-tech.com :)
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I Couldn’t Agree More With This… 👊🏼👊🏾👊🏿💥
August 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I Couldn’t Agree More With This… 👊🏼👊🏾👊🏿💥
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Found nature’s Labubu. Meet the telescopefish:
August 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Found nature’s Labubu. Meet the telescopefish:
Ozzy died, and I'm sad. Goodbye Ozzy.
July 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Ozzy died, and I'm sad. Goodbye Ozzy.
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Unlike CEOs and other executives, individual contributors understand concert OPSEC
July 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Unlike CEOs and other executives, individual contributors understand concert OPSEC
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I have no idea why I am pairing this link — www.instructables.com/How-to-Build... — with this link — www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/h...
Nope. No idea. None.
Nope. No idea. None.
How to Build a DIY Signal Jammer for Drones, Wi-Fi, and 4G Networks
How to Build a DIY Signal Jammer for Drones, Wi-Fi, and 4G Networks: In this project, I'll show you how to create a powerful homemade signal jammer capable of interfering with various types of signals...
www.instructables.com
July 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I have no idea why I am pairing this link — www.instructables.com/How-to-Build... — with this link — www.theregister.com/2025/07/11/h...
Nope. No idea. None.
Nope. No idea. None.
I know not everybody can go Graphene, so please look at this.
tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
On July 7, Gemini AI will access your WhatsApp and more. Learn how to disable it on Android. | Tuta
Gemini AI needs to be disabled on Android or it will override your privacy settings and gain full access to your texts, calls, and WhatsApp - even if you’ve turned off Gemini Apps Activity. But what d...
tuta.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I know not everybody can go Graphene, so please look at this.
tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
tuta.com/blog/how-to-...