Schuyler
@mrtowne.bsky.social
Gonna start trying to bridge from Mastodon & go from there: https://mastodon.social/@schuyler
Historian & Anthropologist of security technologies, once great lockpicker, now just a great dad.
Impossible to overstate how much I think about locks...
Historian & Anthropologist of security technologies, once great lockpicker, now just a great dad.
Impossible to overstate how much I think about locks...
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Schuyler
@mrtowne.bsky.social
· Jan 2
Hi! I study the history & anthroplogy of security technologies, primarily locks, but have dabbled in door seals, encryption, etc.
Primary periods of focus are pre-history, 1700-1900 in the US/UK & modern era behavioral security in communities of affinity.
Formerly a competitive lockpicker.
Primary periods of focus are pre-history, 1700-1900 in the US/UK & modern era behavioral security in communities of affinity.
Formerly a competitive lockpicker.
Preference for your own children is the seed of eugenics, and pointing out that preference for your own children is inherent to the species/evolution/science IS eugenics.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Preference for your own children is the seed of eugenics, and pointing out that preference for your own children is inherent to the species/evolution/science IS eugenics.
This may be the best distillation of my personal ethos that I've ever seen.
getting to say thank you to the bus driver is perk of taking the bus
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
This may be the best distillation of my personal ethos that I've ever seen.
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One thing I love about @prismreports.org is that they work so closely with incarcerated writers, and surface things I had never thought about before. This piece on how extended incarceration is a violation of reproductive rights by functionally serving as involuntary sterilization is fantastic.
Long prison sentences function as involuntary sterilization of incarcerated people
By keeping me imprisoned through the years when I might have become a parent, the prison system reproduces eugenicist logic
prismreports.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
One thing I love about @prismreports.org is that they work so closely with incarcerated writers, and surface things I had never thought about before. This piece on how extended incarceration is a violation of reproductive rights by functionally serving as involuntary sterilization is fantastic.
Fantastic news
NEW: Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky has conceded. A stunning defeat for a MAGA media fixture who built a national profile on claims of a "complete gang takeover" of Aurora that led President Trump to visit and falsely proclaim the city "conquered" by an immigrant gang
November 6, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Fantastic news
Anyone have some spanish language poetry they love and would be interested in sharing with me?
November 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Anyone have some spanish language poetry they love and would be interested in sharing with me?
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A small town police force bragged that citizens "can't get a breath of fresh air in or out without us knowing" thanks to Flock surveillance cameras.
They used the cameras to wrongly accused a woman of a crime, forcing her to find other surveillance video to prove her innocence.
They used the cameras to wrongly accused a woman of a crime, forcing her to find other surveillance video to prove her innocence.
October 30, 2025 at 2:16 AM
A small town police force bragged that citizens "can't get a breath of fresh air in or out without us knowing" thanks to Flock surveillance cameras.
They used the cameras to wrongly accused a woman of a crime, forcing her to find other surveillance video to prove her innocence.
They used the cameras to wrongly accused a woman of a crime, forcing her to find other surveillance video to prove her innocence.
Very pleasant collection of sights and sounds to take to bed tonight. Lovely ambient yoyo vibes from the Doc
November 1, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Very pleasant collection of sights and sounds to take to bed tonight. Lovely ambient yoyo vibes from the Doc
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A project that my company @performant.bsky.social has been working on for multiple years launches tomorrow! Launch events will be live-streamed on Saturday and Sunday at 1 pm MT. It's been such a privilege to work with the Native Bound Unbound team. They describe the project as follows... (1/4) #DH
The world premiere of Native Bound Unbound: Archive of Indigenous Slavery will be streamed live on YouTube this weekend.
Watch live:
Day 1 (NHCC - Albuquerque) www.youtube.com/live/xiA5Mp_...
Day 2 (MIAC - Santa Fe)
www.youtube.com/live/5r-vWjG...
Follow @natboundunbound for updates and links.
Watch live:
Day 1 (NHCC - Albuquerque) www.youtube.com/live/xiA5Mp_...
Day 2 (MIAC - Santa Fe)
www.youtube.com/live/5r-vWjG...
Follow @natboundunbound for updates and links.
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A project that my company @performant.bsky.social has been working on for multiple years launches tomorrow! Launch events will be live-streamed on Saturday and Sunday at 1 pm MT. It's been such a privilege to work with the Native Bound Unbound team. They describe the project as follows... (1/4) #DH
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If you're planning to protest tomorrow and have questions about carrying your phone, please check out this article from my colleague @yaelwrites.com
It also shares an easy trick for stripping photos of their metadata.
blog.yaelwrites.com/options-for-...
It also shares an easy trick for stripping photos of their metadata.
blog.yaelwrites.com/options-for-...
Options for Phones at Protests
Simply showing up to a protest leaves you susceptible to all sorts of surveillance, including cameras, drones, facial recognition, and more. There's not always a lot you can do about pernicious street...
blog.yaelwrites.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
If you're planning to protest tomorrow and have questions about carrying your phone, please check out this article from my colleague @yaelwrites.com
It also shares an easy trick for stripping photos of their metadata.
blog.yaelwrites.com/options-for-...
It also shares an easy trick for stripping photos of their metadata.
blog.yaelwrites.com/options-for-...
"I was married but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle."
October 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"I was married but I'm not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle."
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My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books
A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.
www.pilsencommunitybooks.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.
Some of y'all get caught on the discover feed without realizing it and get all twisted about it, and I get that, but periodically I just accidentally click through to @tcarmody.bsky.social's feed and slowly die of embarrassment while I scroll and click the little hearts way too many times.
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Some of y'all get caught on the discover feed without realizing it and get all twisted about it, and I get that, but periodically I just accidentally click through to @tcarmody.bsky.social's feed and slowly die of embarrassment while I scroll and click the little hearts way too many times.
@alexisthenedd.bsky.social Literally just found you to say to someone who understands: I'm still sad about Selfie not getting the audience (and seasons) it deserved.
Thanks for writing beautifully about it 5 years ago :)
Thanks for writing beautifully about it 5 years ago :)
October 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
@alexisthenedd.bsky.social Literally just found you to say to someone who understands: I'm still sad about Selfie not getting the audience (and seasons) it deserved.
Thanks for writing beautifully about it 5 years ago :)
Thanks for writing beautifully about it 5 years ago :)
This looks so fun and Sarah is a dope hang!
Chicago! I'm leading a recipe comics workshop at the Logan Square Library this Saturday at 2:30 pm.
It's free! but they'd like you to register ahead of time. Come draw recipe comics with us!
#chicago #logansquare
chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/68c84...
It's free! but they'd like you to register ahead of time. Come draw recipe comics with us!
#chicago #logansquare
chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/68c84...
Recipe Comics Workshop with Sarah Becan
Sarah Becan, the artist behind the Let's Make series (Let's Make Ramen!, Let's Make Dumplings!, Let's Make Bread! and the forthcoming Let's Make Cocktails) will talk about her books and her process fo...
chipublib.bibliocommons.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This looks so fun and Sarah is a dope hang!
Any math/coding geeks want to help me figure out a keyspace thing real (probably not actually) quick?
Medeco Biaxial locks have interesting internal limitations that are well documented but hard to calculate the effect of. Lmk if you have a minute to noodle & I'll send the very detailed details
Medeco Biaxial locks have interesting internal limitations that are well documented but hard to calculate the effect of. Lmk if you have a minute to noodle & I'll send the very detailed details
October 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Any math/coding geeks want to help me figure out a keyspace thing real (probably not actually) quick?
Medeco Biaxial locks have interesting internal limitations that are well documented but hard to calculate the effect of. Lmk if you have a minute to noodle & I'll send the very detailed details
Medeco Biaxial locks have interesting internal limitations that are well documented but hard to calculate the effect of. Lmk if you have a minute to noodle & I'll send the very detailed details
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Tonight of all nights I’m going to re-up my benediction for Chicago.
We are everything.
dansinker.com/posts/202…
We are everything.
dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 6, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Tonight of all nights I’m going to re-up my benediction for Chicago.
We are everything.
dansinker.com/posts/202…
We are everything.
dansinker.com/posts/202…
The best one since San Francisco Housing Crisis
October 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
The best one since San Francisco Housing Crisis
I think about trans liberation every day. Many times a day every day. I routinely search the names of artists and authors I have loved with the words "trans liberation" tacked on.
I am angry all the time.
I am angry all the time.
October 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I think about trans liberation every day. Many times a day every day. I routinely search the names of artists and authors I have loved with the words "trans liberation" tacked on.
I am angry all the time.
I am angry all the time.
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I have no skills
No training
No connections
But i cuss Nazis
No training
No connections
But i cuss Nazis
October 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I have no skills
No training
No connections
But i cuss Nazis
No training
No connections
But i cuss Nazis
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Weirdly I'm kinda happy I was here the day the CEO of this supposed public benefit corporation turned on the public for the benefit of their shareholders.
It's a pretty banal heel turn, as heel turns go, but still.
It's a pretty banal heel turn, as heel turns go, but still.
The team is cooking on some things, including a “zen mode” that can serve as a feature gate for a bundle of settings that turn down the volume on outrage and toxicity.
More on the product direction:
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
More on the product direction:
bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Building Healthier Social Media: Updated Guidelines and New Features - Bluesky
Public discourse on social media has grown toxic and divisive, but unlike other platforms, Bluesky is building a social web that empowers people instead of exploiting them.
bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Weirdly I'm kinda happy I was here the day the CEO of this supposed public benefit corporation turned on the public for the benefit of their shareholders.
It's a pretty banal heel turn, as heel turns go, but still.
It's a pretty banal heel turn, as heel turns go, but still.
"And in your ignorance you have arrived at the truth, as usual!"
- a thing I just screamed down the hallway, not unkindly, but a bit exasperated
- a thing I just screamed down the hallway, not unkindly, but a bit exasperated
September 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"And in your ignorance you have arrived at the truth, as usual!"
- a thing I just screamed down the hallway, not unkindly, but a bit exasperated
- a thing I just screamed down the hallway, not unkindly, but a bit exasperated
@flophousepodcast.com mini fodder
Today I made an important contribution to humanity: uquiz.com/gaDdV2
Warhammer paint or Makeup palette?
Can you tell which colors are official Warhammer paint names, and which are eye shadows from my girlfriend's makeup bag?
uquiz.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
@flophousepodcast.com mini fodder