Soatok
@soatok.bsky.social
30-something gay furry with an interest in cryptography and software security.
Mastodon: https://furry.engineer/@soatok
Blog: https://soatok.blog
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Mastodon: https://furry.engineer/@soatok
Blog: https://soatok.blog
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Soatok
@soatok.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Dhole Moments - Software, Security, Cryptography, and Furries
Writings about information security, cryptography, software, and humanity, from a member of the furry fandom with a dhole fursona.
soatok.blog
Dhole Moments (a play on "dull moments") is my blog.
Here's a short thread about it, some of its highlights, and noteworthy things that have happened related to it.
(Some are at least mildly interesting, I promise.)
soatok.blog
Here's a short thread about it, some of its highlights, and noteworthy things that have happened related to it.
(Some are at least mildly interesting, I promise.)
soatok.blog
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I use Tuta mail, but not because I believe any of their spiel about privacy, it's because I was using Yahoo before, and they gave me a notice like "hey we're gonna start reading your emails to serve targeted ads". I went looking for the email provider least likely to do that.
January 5, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I use Tuta mail, but not because I believe any of their spiel about privacy, it's because I was using Yahoo before, and they gave me a notice like "hey we're gonna start reading your emails to serve targeted ads". I went looking for the email provider least likely to do that.
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TIL: If you need to reset your password for All Nippon Airlines, they will MAIL IT TO YOU ON A POSTCARD. 🤦🏼♂️
(source: a housemate just had to reset his ANA rewards password)
(source: a housemate just had to reset his ANA rewards password)
January 5, 2026 at 10:22 PM
TIL: If you need to reset your password for All Nippon Airlines, they will MAIL IT TO YOU ON A POSTCARD. 🤦🏼♂️
(source: a housemate just had to reset his ANA rewards password)
(source: a housemate just had to reset his ANA rewards password)
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2026 beginning of the year cleaning up files on my PC and found this one a friend send me when working on some code.
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
January 5, 2026 at 6:22 AM
2026 beginning of the year cleaning up files on my PC and found this one a friend send me when working on some code.
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
Every developer can relate.
#solodev #indiedev #development
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PSA: go.sum is not a lockfile.
You never need to look at go.sum.
go.mod has everything you need.
You never need to look at go.sum.
go.mod has everything you need.
go.sum Is Not a Lockfile
In Go, go.mod acts as both manifest and lockfile. There is never a reason to look at go.sum.
words.filippo.io
January 5, 2026 at 8:25 PM
PSA: go.sum is not a lockfile.
You never need to look at go.sum.
go.mod has everything you need.
You never need to look at go.sum.
go.mod has everything you need.
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Improving access to safe abortion care reduces maternal mortality and morbidity, supports gender equality, and contributes to achieving sustainable development goals.
Understanding Abortion Care: WHO Guidelines, Global Health Impact, and Access Challenges
Comprehensive overview of abortion care based on WHO health guidelines. Learn about safe abortion procedures, global statistics, healthcare access barriers, and the impact on maternal health worldwide...
observervoice.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Improving access to safe abortion care reduces maternal mortality and morbidity, supports gender equality, and contributes to achieving sustainable development goals.
Manufacturing consent and controlling the narrative by restricting what words can or cannot be used
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Manufacturing consent and controlling the narrative by restricting what words can or cannot be used
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BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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Stopped in at #PDFC for a bit today. Was just a quick little run, but it was nice to stop on for a bit and be a silly little cat.
I don't know if Dante Dober has a bsky. I couldn't find anything definitively.
I don't know if Dante Dober has a bsky. I couldn't find anything definitively.
January 4, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Stopped in at #PDFC for a bit today. Was just a quick little run, but it was nice to stop on for a bit and be a silly little cat.
I don't know if Dante Dober has a bsky. I couldn't find anything definitively.
I don't know if Dante Dober has a bsky. I couldn't find anything definitively.
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I feel much of this is due to e-mail being dominated by two providers (gmail and hotmail/outlook), and knowledge of how to administer e-mail is being lost outside of those orgs, as even business e-mail is getting outsourced to them.
January 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
I feel much of this is due to e-mail being dominated by two providers (gmail and hotmail/outlook), and knowledge of how to administer e-mail is being lost outside of those orgs, as even business e-mail is getting outsourced to them.
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As someone who's been running mail servers for 2 decades now (gods, I'm old), I totally agree with this. If anything, things seem to be getting worse, as I often see mail from otherwise reputable companies bounce because they don't even have SPF set up correctly, let alone DKIM.
January 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
As someone who's been running mail servers for 2 decades now (gods, I'm old), I totally agree with this. If anything, things seem to be getting worse, as I often see mail from otherwise reputable companies bounce because they don't even have SPF set up correctly, let alone DKIM.
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Everything You Need to Know About Email Encryption in 2026
If you think about emails as if they're anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard--that is to say, they provide zero confidentiality--then someone lied to you and I'm sorry you had to find out from a furry blog that sometimes talks…
If you think about emails as if they're anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard--that is to say, they provide zero confidentiality--then someone lied to you and I'm sorry you had to find out from a furry blog that sometimes talks…
Everything You Need to Know About Email Encryption in 2026
If you think about emails as if they're anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard--that is to say, they provide zero confidentiality--then someone lied to you and I'm sorry you had to find out from a furry blog that sometimes talks about applied cryptography. CMYKat At the end of 2025, at the 39th Chaos Communications Congress in Hamburg, Germany, a team of security researchers posted some devastating vulnerabilities in PGP software (with a focus on GnuPG), and published them at…
soatok.blog
January 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Everything You Need to Know About Email Encryption in 2026
If you think about emails as if they're anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard--that is to say, they provide zero confidentiality--then someone lied to you and I'm sorry you had to find out from a furry blog that sometimes talks…
If you think about emails as if they're anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard--that is to say, they provide zero confidentiality--then someone lied to you and I'm sorry you had to find out from a furry blog that sometimes talks…
Everything You Need to Know About Email Encryption in 2026
If you think about emails as if they're anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard--that is to say, they provide zero confidentiality--then someone lied to you and I'm sorry you had to find out from a furry blog that sometimes talks…
If you think about emails as if they're anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard--that is to say, they provide zero confidentiality--then someone lied to you and I'm sorry you had to find out from a furry blog that sometimes talks…
Everything You Need to Know About Email Encryption in 2026
If you think about emails as if they're anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard--that is to say, they provide zero confidentiality--then someone lied to you and I'm sorry you had to find out from a furry blog that sometimes talks about applied cryptography. CMYKat At the end of 2025, at the 39th Chaos Communications Congress in Hamburg, Germany, a team of security researchers posted some devastating vulnerabilities in PGP software (with a focus on GnuPG), and published them at…
soatok.blog
January 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Everything You Need to Know About Email Encryption in 2026
If you think about emails as if they're anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard--that is to say, they provide zero confidentiality--then someone lied to you and I'm sorry you had to find out from a furry blog that sometimes talks…
If you think about emails as if they're anything but the digital equivalent of a postcard--that is to say, they provide zero confidentiality--then someone lied to you and I'm sorry you had to find out from a furry blog that sometimes talks…
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Biggest insult today: Motherfucking Github rate limited me browsing issues of a software product while being logged out. Git-we steal all your open source code to train our slop machine that management will use to make your life at work worse-hub.
January 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Biggest insult today: Motherfucking Github rate limited me browsing issues of a software product while being logged out. Git-we steal all your open source code to train our slop machine that management will use to make your life at work worse-hub.
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Thanks a million to @kameno-o.bsky.social for this guest report about @nyfurs.org and their event with @gamboiuwu.bsky.social. Part of 3 news stories up today on the site.
dogpatch.press/2026/01/03/f...
dogpatch.press/2026/01/03/f...
New York fandom community is growing – Fuwa Furry Fest takes over Japan Village
Guest Kamen the Lycanroc covers a NYFurs event that follows the one in his previous story, Phoenix Bark. It illustrates the potential of a future furry con in New York City. NYFurs hosted the first…
dogpatch.press
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Thanks a million to @kameno-o.bsky.social for this guest report about @nyfurs.org and their event with @gamboiuwu.bsky.social. Part of 3 news stories up today on the site.
dogpatch.press/2026/01/03/f...
dogpatch.press/2026/01/03/f...
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Awoo! Tonight is the Wolf Moon! Won’t y’all howl with me tonight?
January 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Awoo! Tonight is the Wolf Moon! Won’t y’all howl with me tonight?
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Just in time for the first #FursuitFriday of 2026. With @voltshep.dog! 📸 by @garthwolf.bsky.social. Hope everyone had a great time at New years’ eve!
January 2, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Just in time for the first #FursuitFriday of 2026. With @voltshep.dog! 📸 by @garthwolf.bsky.social. Hope everyone had a great time at New years’ eve!
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January 2, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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I decided to job hunt again this year so I can get off the freelance treadmill and these are the majority of the relevant alerts I get in my area.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I decided to job hunt again this year so I can get off the freelance treadmill and these are the majority of the relevant alerts I get in my area.
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Every time Mitch McConnell's face shows up in a news story I'm reminded of the giant nihilist turtle from The Neverending Story.
January 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Every time Mitch McConnell's face shows up in a news story I'm reminded of the giant nihilist turtle from The Neverending Story.
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If I start to see "do you condemn Maduro" dropped in the same slimy fuckhead tone as "do you condemn Hamas" as if either of those were ever meaningful questions to ask that aren't dodging something else I think I'm going to lose my fucking mind.
January 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
If I start to see "do you condemn Maduro" dropped in the same slimy fuckhead tone as "do you condemn Hamas" as if either of those were ever meaningful questions to ask that aren't dodging something else I think I'm going to lose my fucking mind.
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Boomer watching AI slop on the bus with full volume makes me fearful about the future.
January 2, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Boomer watching AI slop on the bus with full volume makes me fearful about the future.
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500 posts, 20 years, 267k words. A look back at what I've written over the last 2 decades, and why now, in the age of AI, it's more important than ever that we write and share knowledge. adamcaudill.com/2026/01/02/f...
Five Hundred
The year was 2006 when I registered adamcaudill.com and set up WordPress to host this site. I had recently moved, started a new job as a software developer, and I wanted a new place to share…
adamcaudill.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:45 PM
500 posts, 20 years, 267k words. A look back at what I've written over the last 2 decades, and why now, in the age of AI, it's more important than ever that we write and share knowledge. adamcaudill.com/2026/01/02/f...