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Simon Zerafa (Status: :meowBox: 😊)
@simonzerafa.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
Old school IT Technician and Cyber Janitor.
Interests in InfoSEC, History, Physics and SciFi.

Anti-fascist. Wacky Improvisation and Drive by Philosophy […]

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Unsolicited tardigrade
February 10, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Many of you might have already seen the ultra cute "sea sheep" (Costasiella kuroshimae), but yesterday I learned 2 mind-blowing facts about the family of sea slugs they belong to:

1. They incorporate chloroplasts (the organelles in plant cells that do the […]

[Original post on berlin.social]
November 27, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My wife is trying her new hearing devices for the first time today, and she is discovering how strange an experience it is 😉

I've had mine for over a year and they can be strange and take some getting used to.

If you suspect you might have a hearing loss, then get yourself tested by a […]
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January 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM
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hammock and salad, on Tangara

#darmok #hammock #salad #jalad #tangara #tanagra
January 15, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Really odd foggy weather today.

Looks like an inversion layer has settled in 😲
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
@lily @terminaltilt

Can someone within earshot of Jeff please tell him to fuck off with this shit.
January 15, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Using TESSERA really feels like science fiction sometimes; Sadiq's been using it to spot all the solar panels with just a simple CNN (just 42000 parameters!) built over our foundation model https://toao.com/blog/earth-observation-budget-solar-farms-tiny-model
Earth Observation on a Budget: Finding Solar Farms with a 42k-Parameter Model - Sadiq Jaffer
toao.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
@jerry

Well there is that school of though which states that you may well be a new person restored from backups after each sleep cycle 😉

See also: Star Trek type transporters are murder machines 😉🖖
January 15, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Hm, a different word for "influencer" is "sheepherder"🤔

Don't be sheep people 🐑
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 AM
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Gen Z rocks.
January 15, 2026 at 12:08 AM
@jerry

I was trying to add AI in there as well so we can flease some investors with all the buzzwords and tech fads 😆🤷‍♂️
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
@jerry

BGP via Quantum Blockchain? 🙂
January 14, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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A man is walking home alone late one foggy Halloween night, when behind him he hears:

BUMP...

BUMP...

BUMP...

Walking faster, he looks back and through the fog he makes out the image of an upright casket banging its way down the middle of the street toward him.

BUMP...

BUMP...

BUMP […]
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December 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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"A Department of Homeland Security whistleblower has released the identities of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees Tuesday in what has been called potentially the largest agency data breach for the department."
January 13, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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AOC says rising healthcare costs are funding ICE: "You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs" - LGBTQ Nation

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/quick-hit-aoc-says-rising-healthcare-costs-are-funding-ice-you-get-screwed-over-to-pay-a-bunch-of-thugs/
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) continues to express her outrage over the death of Renee Nicole Good, a queer wife and mother who was shot three times by ICE agent Jonathan Ross while driving away from him. In a recent conversation with a reporter, Ocasio-Cortez drew a direct connection between increasing health care costs and the funding ICE has been allotted to wage its terror campaign in blue cities. > * * * > > ## Related > > AOC says ICE has become an “anti-civilian, paramilitary” org after an agent murdered a queer woman > > * * * “We’re seeing what they are doing with this reckless explosion in funding, and mind you… I want everybody to understand: The cuts to your healthcare are what’s paying for this. All that extra money that everybody’s paying right now in their premiums… Nearly a trillion dollars in health care was taken out and given to ICE.” “So understand how these dots connect,” she continued. “You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face. That is what this administration is doing. That’s what the Republican party did.” > ### Insights for the LGBTQ+ community > > Subscribe to our briefing for insights into how politics impacts the LGBTQ+ community and more. > > Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. > > Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. > > Email Frequency > > Email * > > Frequency * > > * Daily Brief > * Week in Review > * Week in Good News > > > Sign Up > AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face. pic.twitter.com/zjgRAcyNVU > > — Acyn (@Acyn) January 13, 2026 Congress’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act indeed eliminates about a trillion dollars in health care funding, which the Center for Medicare Advocacy called the largest rollback of federal health care funding in American history. Meanwhile, the bill provides ICE with $75 billion over four years. According to the Brennan Center for Justice, the $11.25 billion allocated specifically for detaining immigrants marks a 400% increase over last year’s budget and exceeds the Department of Justice’s 2026 budget request for the entire federal prison system. The bill also allocates more than $170 billion over four years to overall border and interior enforcement, more than the annual budgets of every local and state law enforcement agency in the country combined. _Subscribe to the**LGBTQ Nation newsletter** and be the first to know about the latest headlines shaping LGBTQ+ communities worldwide._
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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TIL I can get my dog to eat when she doesn’t want to by offering the food to her stuffed animals.
January 13, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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ICE officers slipping on ice while trying to terrorize communities is the most accurate metaphor imaginable. No balance. No footing. No moral ground. Just cruelty, incompetence, and gravity doing its thing.
January 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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FBI Agent’s Sworn Testimony Contradicts Claims ICE’s Jonathan Ross Made Under Oath | WIRED
FBI Agent’s Sworn Testimony Contradicts Claims ICE’s Jonathan Ross Made Under Oath
The testimony also calls into question whether Ross failed to follow his training during the incident in which he reportedly shot and killed Minnesota citizen Renee Good.
www.wired.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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The best way I can think of to memorialize a noted online proponent of racism and authoritarianism and occasional cartoonist, Scott Adams. An essay written on the occasion of his self-proclaimed cancellation.

www.the-reframe.com/the-case-for...
The Case For Shunning
People like Scott Adams claim they're being silenced. But what they actually seem to object to is being understood.
www.the-reframe.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
They phoned and asked me to come in to work tomorrow, probably because they can find anyone to cover the twelve hour shift starting at 06:30h.

I'm off on annual leave after tomorrow anyway, so I'll use my time to find another job. Already have one iron in the fire 😆
January 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Well it's been a spectacular day so far. Called one of my now former supervisors a "fucking prick"(because he was being a prick) and left work early.

What's even more remarkable is that is feels absolutely amazing 🙂👍
January 13, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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Looking forward to more extensive coverage of the civil war about to break out in our hellhole cities.
January 12, 2026 at 7:47 AM
@phocks

Unintelligent UX and UI design wins again 😉🤦‍♂️
January 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
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wien.rocks
January 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM