Chris H
@cherdt.bsky.social
Hello stranger. I live in the Twin Cities, which is how you pronounce Saint Paul. I spend too much time in front of the computer when I should be on my bicycle. I work in infosec.
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All the AI cartoon characters people are posting on LinkedIn appear to be white.
I asked Microsoft Copilot (using GPT-5) to create a cartoon image of a cybersecurity professional. Sure enough, a white man.
AI systems perpetuating the bias in the training data, surprise surprise.
I asked Microsoft Copilot (using GPT-5) to create a cartoon image of a cybersecurity professional. Sure enough, a white man.
AI systems perpetuating the bias in the training data, surprise surprise.
November 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
All the AI cartoon characters people are posting on LinkedIn appear to be white.
I asked Microsoft Copilot (using GPT-5) to create a cartoon image of a cybersecurity professional. Sure enough, a white man.
AI systems perpetuating the bias in the training data, surprise surprise.
I asked Microsoft Copilot (using GPT-5) to create a cartoon image of a cybersecurity professional. Sure enough, a white man.
AI systems perpetuating the bias in the training data, surprise surprise.
First comes the Community Fund Drive at work
Then Minnesota has Give to the Max Day
Then there's Giving Tuesday
It's never a bad time to be grateful for what you have, be generous, and give back. But I end up deleting even more email than usual.
Then Minnesota has Give to the Max Day
Then there's Giving Tuesday
It's never a bad time to be grateful for what you have, be generous, and give back. But I end up deleting even more email than usual.
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
First comes the Community Fund Drive at work
Then Minnesota has Give to the Max Day
Then there's Giving Tuesday
It's never a bad time to be grateful for what you have, be generous, and give back. But I end up deleting even more email than usual.
Then Minnesota has Give to the Max Day
Then there's Giving Tuesday
It's never a bad time to be grateful for what you have, be generous, and give back. But I end up deleting even more email than usual.
I don't know how to answer people who ask, "Have you seen [TV show]?" without coming across like a space alien.
Because with few exceptions, if [TV show] is from anytime after 1992, my answer is no.
Because with few exceptions, if [TV show] is from anytime after 1992, my answer is no.
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I don't know how to answer people who ask, "Have you seen [TV show]?" without coming across like a space alien.
Because with few exceptions, if [TV show] is from anytime after 1992, my answer is no.
Because with few exceptions, if [TV show] is from anytime after 1992, my answer is no.
I used to live (and bike!) in Utrecht and I'm not surprised to see that it is ranked the #1 city for bicycling in the world.
I am slightly surprised to see that it beat Copenhagen (#2) in a list from Copenhagenize: copenhagenizeindex.eu
I am slightly surprised to see that it beat Copenhagen (#2) in a list from Copenhagenize: copenhagenizeindex.eu
Copenhagenize index
copenhagenizeindex.eu
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I used to live (and bike!) in Utrecht and I'm not surprised to see that it is ranked the #1 city for bicycling in the world.
I am slightly surprised to see that it beat Copenhagen (#2) in a list from Copenhagenize: copenhagenizeindex.eu
I am slightly surprised to see that it beat Copenhagen (#2) in a list from Copenhagenize: copenhagenizeindex.eu
I was describing the ClickFix social engineering attack to my family yesterday and realized a lot of people haven't heard of this. If a site asks you to prove you are human by pressing Windows-R, Ctrl-V, and Enter? That's not a real CAPTCHA. Don't do it.
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/clic...
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/clic...
ClickFix: How to Infect Your PC in Three Easy Steps
A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed "ClickFix," the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distin...
krebsonsecurity.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I was describing the ClickFix social engineering attack to my family yesterday and realized a lot of people haven't heard of this. If a site asks you to prove you are human by pressing Windows-R, Ctrl-V, and Enter? That's not a real CAPTCHA. Don't do it.
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/clic...
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/clic...
OK, the bad news is that the Wesley Andrews cafe is closing
The good news is that their Yunnan Red Honey Double Ferment is back! I just ordered a kilo
wesleyandrews.cc/products/chi...
The good news is that their Yunnan Red Honey Double Ferment is back! I just ordered a kilo
wesleyandrews.cc/products/chi...
Yunnan, China Red Honey Double Ferment
About Aolai Mill Torch Pu’er took experience gained from the Mountain Man project to a group ofsmall shareholders operating a cooperative mill, introducing quality controls andadvising while creating ...
wesleyandrews.cc
November 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
OK, the bad news is that the Wesley Andrews cafe is closing
The good news is that their Yunnan Red Honey Double Ferment is back! I just ordered a kilo
wesleyandrews.cc/products/chi...
The good news is that their Yunnan Red Honey Double Ferment is back! I just ordered a kilo
wesleyandrews.cc/products/chi...
It's the refreshing zero-calorie beverage that really gets me going: an ice cold 12 oz. Cholula
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's the refreshing zero-calorie beverage that really gets me going: an ice cold 12 oz. Cholula
The truffula trees were actually invasive in that ecosystem and the Once-ler had just found a way to do good while also doing well
The Lorax was just worried about diminished property values due to lack of mature landscaping
The Lorax was just worried about diminished property values due to lack of mature landscaping
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The truffula trees were actually invasive in that ecosystem and the Once-ler had just found a way to do good while also doing well
The Lorax was just worried about diminished property values due to lack of mature landscaping
The Lorax was just worried about diminished property values due to lack of mature landscaping
Ah, I can tell that someone in the neighborhood is burning leaves as if we lived out in rural Minnesota and not an urban area
November 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Ah, I can tell that someone in the neighborhood is burning leaves as if we lived out in rural Minnesota and not an urban area
"The reigning champion, classically trained to bring you the pain, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!"
[crowd goes wild]
"And in this corner, the challenger, the Dude with the Études, Choppin' Frédéric Chopin!"
[crowd boos]
[crowd goes wild]
"And in this corner, the challenger, the Dude with the Études, Choppin' Frédéric Chopin!"
[crowd boos]
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"The reigning champion, classically trained to bring you the pain, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart!"
[crowd goes wild]
"And in this corner, the challenger, the Dude with the Études, Choppin' Frédéric Chopin!"
[crowd boos]
[crowd goes wild]
"And in this corner, the challenger, the Dude with the Études, Choppin' Frédéric Chopin!"
[crowd boos]
People share links all the time and I have to say:
Y'all put up with way more mediocre content than I am willing to tolerate
Y'all put up with way more mediocre content than I am willing to tolerate
October 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
People share links all the time and I have to say:
Y'all put up with way more mediocre content than I am willing to tolerate
Y'all put up with way more mediocre content than I am willing to tolerate
I was weirded out by numerous people stopping outside my house to take pictures today
Then I realized the maple out front is peak fall color right now, a spectacular specimen
Then I realized the maple out front is peak fall color right now, a spectacular specimen
October 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I was weirded out by numerous people stopping outside my house to take pictures today
Then I realized the maple out front is peak fall color right now, a spectacular specimen
Then I realized the maple out front is peak fall color right now, a spectacular specimen
You're an Alaskan pollock. You find yourself caught in a net. Oh no, you say. I'm finally caught! My untimely demise because I'm highly prized and delicious!
Er, well, says the fisherman. You'll actually be mashed up and turned into imitation crab. Sorry to break it to you.
Er, well, says the fisherman. You'll actually be mashed up and turned into imitation crab. Sorry to break it to you.
October 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
You're an Alaskan pollock. You find yourself caught in a net. Oh no, you say. I'm finally caught! My untimely demise because I'm highly prized and delicious!
Er, well, says the fisherman. You'll actually be mashed up and turned into imitation crab. Sorry to break it to you.
Er, well, says the fisherman. You'll actually be mashed up and turned into imitation crab. Sorry to break it to you.
The literal and figurative demolition of the White House
October 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The literal and figurative demolition of the White House
My neighbor posited that poetry is the most democratic of art forms
If you can read and write, he said, you can create a poem
But it's even more democratic than that, poetry is an oral tradition!
If you can read and write, he said, you can create a poem
But it's even more democratic than that, poetry is an oral tradition!
October 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
My neighbor posited that poetry is the most democratic of art forms
If you can read and write, he said, you can create a poem
But it's even more democratic than that, poetry is an oral tradition!
If you can read and write, he said, you can create a poem
But it's even more democratic than that, poetry is an oral tradition!
Anyone who calls themself a "thought leader" I'm not following
October 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Anyone who calls themself a "thought leader" I'm not following
"Intentionality and presence toward labor is a luxury. To be able to put time and labor into things other than pure productivity is something we're pushed away from"
Do the tools that help make us more productive make work less fulfilling? What would William Morris say?
mndaily.com/295657/opini...
Do the tools that help make us more productive make work less fulfilling? What would William Morris say?
mndaily.com/295657/opini...
Opinion: Faster means faker
Faster means faker. We’re losing access to our simple material pleasures as convenience culture sucks the joy out of everything good and enriching. Our simple material and hedonistic pleasures are...
mndaily.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"Intentionality and presence toward labor is a luxury. To be able to put time and labor into things other than pure productivity is something we're pushed away from"
Do the tools that help make us more productive make work less fulfilling? What would William Morris say?
mndaily.com/295657/opini...
Do the tools that help make us more productive make work less fulfilling? What would William Morris say?
mndaily.com/295657/opini...
Forgot, thanks to 90° weather, that it's Spooky Name season!
This year I will carry on my tradition of picking a name vaguely like my real name
This year I will carry on my tradition of picking a name vaguely like my real name
October 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Forgot, thanks to 90° weather, that it's Spooky Name season!
This year I will carry on my tradition of picking a name vaguely like my real name
This year I will carry on my tradition of picking a name vaguely like my real name
When I saw the "Minnesota Nice. Mississippi Smarter." billboard I thought: is this offensive?
What did I hear in Alabama, the state that ranked 49th in everything? "Thank God for Mississippi."
The website claims that Mississippi turned things around. But does the ad play on that old perception?
What did I hear in Alabama, the state that ranked 49th in everything? "Thank God for Mississippi."
The website claims that Mississippi turned things around. But does the ad play on that old perception?
October 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
When I saw the "Minnesota Nice. Mississippi Smarter." billboard I thought: is this offensive?
What did I hear in Alabama, the state that ranked 49th in everything? "Thank God for Mississippi."
The website claims that Mississippi turned things around. But does the ad play on that old perception?
What did I hear in Alabama, the state that ranked 49th in everything? "Thank God for Mississippi."
The website claims that Mississippi turned things around. But does the ad play on that old perception?
How Polish and Catholic was the Lech Wałęsa audience tonight in Minneapolis?
After we were prompted to sing Happy Birthday (he turned 82 yesterday) half the crowd sang Sto Lot (the Polish equivalent) unprompted
And there were two audience questions about popes (John Paul II and Leo XIV)
After we were prompted to sing Happy Birthday (he turned 82 yesterday) half the crowd sang Sto Lot (the Polish equivalent) unprompted
And there were two audience questions about popes (John Paul II and Leo XIV)
October 1, 2025 at 2:10 AM
How Polish and Catholic was the Lech Wałęsa audience tonight in Minneapolis?
After we were prompted to sing Happy Birthday (he turned 82 yesterday) half the crowd sang Sto Lot (the Polish equivalent) unprompted
And there were two audience questions about popes (John Paul II and Leo XIV)
After we were prompted to sing Happy Birthday (he turned 82 yesterday) half the crowd sang Sto Lot (the Polish equivalent) unprompted
And there were two audience questions about popes (John Paul II and Leo XIV)
After getting bombarded with ads for the event for months, I finally caved and bought a ticket to see Lech Wałęsa speak in Minneapolis tomorrow night
I would assume that you've all been getting the same ads, but I suspect The Algorithm is onto me
I would assume that you've all been getting the same ads, but I suspect The Algorithm is onto me
September 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
After getting bombarded with ads for the event for months, I finally caved and bought a ticket to see Lech Wałęsa speak in Minneapolis tomorrow night
I would assume that you've all been getting the same ads, but I suspect The Algorithm is onto me
I would assume that you've all been getting the same ads, but I suspect The Algorithm is onto me
Fascinating how each social media platform annoys me in a unique way
September 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Fascinating how each social media platform annoys me in a unique way
I collected some phlox seed pods earlier today and put them in a bowl on my kitchen counter
Now they are all over the place. It turns out the pods explode rather dramatically when they're ready?
Explains the popping sounds I've been hearing all afternoon
Now they are all over the place. It turns out the pods explode rather dramatically when they're ready?
Explains the popping sounds I've been hearing all afternoon
September 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I collected some phlox seed pods earlier today and put them in a bowl on my kitchen counter
Now they are all over the place. It turns out the pods explode rather dramatically when they're ready?
Explains the popping sounds I've been hearing all afternoon
Now they are all over the place. It turns out the pods explode rather dramatically when they're ready?
Explains the popping sounds I've been hearing all afternoon
Somewhere out there is a guy named Sam Likely who wonders why no one ever answers his calls
September 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Somewhere out there is a guy named Sam Likely who wonders why no one ever answers his calls
I think "feeding goldfish to zoo bears" is my favorite news story of the day. Brown bears are apparently less picky than other zoo animals. www.startribune.com/edina-lake-g...
Discarded pet goldfish overran an Edina lake, and it’s a win for bears at the Minnesota Zoo
The invasive fish multiplied in Lake Cornelia, clouding the waters. Removing them is helping restore the lake — and feeding zoo animals.
www.startribune.com
September 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I think "feeding goldfish to zoo bears" is my favorite news story of the day. Brown bears are apparently less picky than other zoo animals. www.startribune.com/edina-lake-g...