FenHarellan
@fenharellan.bsky.social
Working in cybersecurity. Bethesda Verified Creator. 🇺🇸 immigrant to 🇵🇹. Antifascist, antiracist, anticapitalist. ADHD and unmedicated.
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FenHarellan
@fenharellan.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Intro post? ehhh why not 😆
I go by Fen, she/they enby. Keyword soup for me:
👾Streaming
🌙The Elder Scrolls (mostly Morrowind)
🚀Starfield
🛠️Starfield modding
👻Cosplay
🐈Cats
🧪Science
🐲Dragon Age
🃏Magic: the Gathering (MtG)
📖Books (mostly fantasy, some sci-fi)
🌪️Meteorology (esp tornadoes)
🌋Vulcanology
I go by Fen, she/they enby. Keyword soup for me:
👾Streaming
🌙The Elder Scrolls (mostly Morrowind)
🚀Starfield
🛠️Starfield modding
👻Cosplay
🐈Cats
🧪Science
🐲Dragon Age
🃏Magic: the Gathering (MtG)
📖Books (mostly fantasy, some sci-fi)
🌪️Meteorology (esp tornadoes)
🌋Vulcanology
Had a blast at #BSidesLx on Th and Fri. Keynotes were amazing, talks were excellent. The badge game was hella fun too, I got really close to the rank needed to win a prize. I also got this awesome flamingo from Kat Fitzgerald.
#BSides #BSidesLisbon #Lisboa #SashaTheFlamingo
#BSides #BSidesLisbon #Lisboa #SashaTheFlamingo
November 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Had a blast at #BSidesLx on Th and Fri. Keynotes were amazing, talks were excellent. The badge game was hella fun too, I got really close to the rank needed to win a prize. I also got this awesome flamingo from Kat Fitzgerald.
#BSides #BSidesLisbon #Lisboa #SashaTheFlamingo
#BSides #BSidesLisbon #Lisboa #SashaTheFlamingo
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Growing concerned that Boo Boo might be the world's most photogenic kitten.
November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Growing concerned that Boo Boo might be the world's most photogenic kitten.
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Discworld 36 - Making Money
@rhi.bsky.social @discworldofficial.bsky.social @terrypratchett.bsky.social @terryandrob.bsky.social
#Discworld #MakingMoney #MoistVonLipwig
@rhi.bsky.social @discworldofficial.bsky.social @terrypratchett.bsky.social @terryandrob.bsky.social
#Discworld #MakingMoney #MoistVonLipwig
November 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
Just finished a major reorg and purge of my saved-for-later Magic: the Gathering cards. Think I culled like 500 cards out of my binders. Feels good to free some space up.
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Just finished a major reorg and purge of my saved-for-later Magic: the Gathering cards. Think I culled like 500 cards out of my binders. Feels good to free some space up.
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Brilliant, essential thread from @doublepulsar.com on hype around AI cyber threats. My summary:
1. Google release a really honest paper saying some malware has used AI to morph into new capabilities but..
2. …goes on to point out that the capabilities are crap
3. Industry hype ignores part 2
1. Google release a really honest paper saying some malware has used AI to morph into new capabilities but..
2. …goes on to point out that the capabilities are crap
3. Industry hype ignores part 2
There's some really big caveats to this. A thread.
New: Google says it has discovered at least 5 malware families that use AI to rewrite their code and generate new capabilities on the fly, suggesting AI-powered malware is finally starting to take off. cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
Report also has interesting stories about state actors' AI use.
Report also has interesting stories about state actors' AI use.
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Brilliant, essential thread from @doublepulsar.com on hype around AI cyber threats. My summary:
1. Google release a really honest paper saying some malware has used AI to morph into new capabilities but..
2. …goes on to point out that the capabilities are crap
3. Industry hype ignores part 2
1. Google release a really honest paper saying some malware has used AI to morph into new capabilities but..
2. …goes on to point out that the capabilities are crap
3. Industry hype ignores part 2
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//Arguing with anyone who is pro AI/LLM's often reaches a point where I go: am i debating with GPT thru a middleman? And thats possibility is so sad.
Someone who abandons their reasoning and just lets the bot do it for them.
My errors will be MINE goddammit, not some magical rocks doing.
Someone who abandons their reasoning and just lets the bot do it for them.
My errors will be MINE goddammit, not some magical rocks doing.
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
//Arguing with anyone who is pro AI/LLM's often reaches a point where I go: am i debating with GPT thru a middleman? And thats possibility is so sad.
Someone who abandons their reasoning and just lets the bot do it for them.
My errors will be MINE goddammit, not some magical rocks doing.
Someone who abandons their reasoning and just lets the bot do it for them.
My errors will be MINE goddammit, not some magical rocks doing.
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Short Answer: Fuck no.
Long Answer: If a company tries AI phrenology in their hiring process, they're guaranteed to do worse things once you work there. Don't.
Long Answer: If a company tries AI phrenology in their hiring process, they're guaranteed to do worse things once you work there. Don't.
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Short Answer: Fuck no.
Long Answer: If a company tries AI phrenology in their hiring process, they're guaranteed to do worse things once you work there. Don't.
Long Answer: If a company tries AI phrenology in their hiring process, they're guaranteed to do worse things once you work there. Don't.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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So loss making OpenAI is now begging for US government money to finance its research based on unproven promises of riches to follow at some unspecified date. Is anyone else recalling renaissance alchemists persuading rich patrons to support them because they'd be turning lead into gold any day now?
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 AM
So loss making OpenAI is now begging for US government money to finance its research based on unproven promises of riches to follow at some unspecified date. Is anyone else recalling renaissance alchemists persuading rich patrons to support them because they'd be turning lead into gold any day now?
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In this effort to attain security, independence and privacy of course were suspect...
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
In this effort to attain security, independence and privacy of course were suspect...
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There's some really big caveats to this. A thread.
New: Google says it has discovered at least 5 malware families that use AI to rewrite their code and generate new capabilities on the fly, suggesting AI-powered malware is finally starting to take off. cloud.google.com/blog/topics/...
Report also has interesting stories about state actors' AI use.
Report also has interesting stories about state actors' AI use.
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
There's some really big caveats to this. A thread.
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"Centrists" need to call Mamdani a "radical leftist" so they can say Trump/Farage fascism is just the opposing side of an equally matched "both sides" conflict
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
BBC Radio 4 this morning joined Trump in describing Zohran Mamdani as a "radical leftist".
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Centrists" need to call Mamdani a "radical leftist" so they can say Trump/Farage fascism is just the opposing side of an equally matched "both sides" conflict
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
But Mamdani is just a middle of the road, European social democrat
And "centrists" - ie centre-right and right - are simply pro-fascism.
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As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.
November 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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One of the many things that gets me about the Louvre password is you KNOW there are a bunch of world-weary sysadmins who gave up the fight years ago bc administrators kept complaining about a real password being TOO HARD & now they're simultaneously like 'I fucking TOLD YOU' & also in huge trouble.
November 4, 2025 at 8:56 AM
One of the many things that gets me about the Louvre password is you KNOW there are a bunch of world-weary sysadmins who gave up the fight years ago bc administrators kept complaining about a real password being TOO HARD & now they're simultaneously like 'I fucking TOLD YOU' & also in huge trouble.
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I think there is something in our lizard brain that likes seeing a pile of stuff that we did at the end of the day and sitting at a desk doing things on a computer just doesn't provide that. Desk job still better but I get what people miss about making stuff.
November 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I think there is something in our lizard brain that likes seeing a pile of stuff that we did at the end of the day and sitting at a desk doing things on a computer just doesn't provide that. Desk job still better but I get what people miss about making stuff.
A movie you've seen more than seven times in a gif.
November 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A movie you've seen more than seven times in a gif.
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That's it, Steve, it's all over. Sorry mate.
November 1, 2025 at 11:12 AM
That's it, Steve, it's all over. Sorry mate.
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1 November 1755 10:15 UT
The great Lisbon earthquake and tsunami that also razed coastal towns of Algarve, Andalucia and Morocco: 15,000 killed. Tsunami reached Antilles and Brazil. Magnitude (8.5?) and epicenter (SW Cape St. Vincent?) are still uncertain...
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
The great Lisbon earthquake and tsunami that also razed coastal towns of Algarve, Andalucia and Morocco: 15,000 killed. Tsunami reached Antilles and Brazil. Magnitude (8.5?) and epicenter (SW Cape St. Vincent?) are still uncertain...
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
November 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
1 November 1755 10:15 UT
The great Lisbon earthquake and tsunami that also razed coastal towns of Algarve, Andalucia and Morocco: 15,000 killed. Tsunami reached Antilles and Brazil. Magnitude (8.5?) and epicenter (SW Cape St. Vincent?) are still uncertain...
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
The great Lisbon earthquake and tsunami that also razed coastal towns of Algarve, Andalucia and Morocco: 15,000 killed. Tsunami reached Antilles and Brazil. Magnitude (8.5?) and epicenter (SW Cape St. Vincent?) are still uncertain...
emidius.eu/AHEAD/event/...
October 31, 2025 at 11:24 PM