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
🎨 https://mrjimmydafloof.bsky.social
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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've seen this circulating and, yes, it's probably some AI dude trying to reclaim "slop", but there's another possible interpretation:
High quality content that you disagree with for ethical or political reasons.
300 ia a high quality movie. Its message lines up well with fascism.
High quality content that you disagree with for ethical or political reasons.
300 ia a high quality movie. Its message lines up well with fascism.
January 27, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I've seen this circulating and, yes, it's probably some AI dude trying to reclaim "slop", but there's another possible interpretation:
High quality content that you disagree with for ethical or political reasons.
300 ia a high quality movie. Its message lines up well with fascism.
High quality content that you disagree with for ethical or political reasons.
300 ia a high quality movie. Its message lines up well with fascism.
When I set out to solve this problem in, uh, *checks notes* November 2022?!
(Yeah. soatok.blog/2022/11/22/t...)
Anyway, when I set out to do it, I knew it would be a multi-year effort and most of the challenges would be social, not tech.
But we can build this. We have the technology.
(Yeah. soatok.blog/2022/11/22/t...)
Anyway, when I set out to do it, I knew it would be a multi-year effort and most of the challenges would be social, not tech.
But we can build this. We have the technology.
Towards End-to-End Encryption for Direct Messages in the Fediverse - Dhole Moments
Update (2024-06-06): There is an update on this project. As Twitter’s new management continues to nosedive the platform directly into the ground, many people are migrating to what seem like d…
soatok.blog
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
When I set out to solve this problem in, uh, *checks notes* November 2022?!
(Yeah. soatok.blog/2022/11/22/t...)
Anyway, when I set out to do it, I knew it would be a multi-year effort and most of the challenges would be social, not tech.
But we can build this. We have the technology.
(Yeah. soatok.blog/2022/11/22/t...)
Anyway, when I set out to do it, I knew it would be a multi-year effort and most of the challenges would be social, not tech.
But we can build this. We have the technology.
Right now my piece is almost mature enough to recommend people actually use in production.
The hard part is going to be advocacy: Convincing Fediverse instance developer teams that this is important.
I've got publickey.directory for organizing this effort, but it's still focused on my part for now
The hard part is going to be advocacy: Convincing Fediverse instance developer teams that this is important.
I've got publickey.directory for organizing this effort, but it's still focused on my part for now
Public Key Directory - Key Transparency for the Fediverse
publickey.directory
February 10, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Right now my piece is almost mature enough to recommend people actually use in production.
The hard part is going to be advocacy: Convincing Fediverse instance developer teams that this is important.
I've got publickey.directory for organizing this effort, but it's still focused on my part for now
The hard part is going to be advocacy: Convincing Fediverse instance developer teams that this is important.
I've got publickey.directory for organizing this effort, but it's still focused on my part for now
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I like all the owl posts though. And confused redditors finding out that /r/superbowl is only owl posts.
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I like all the owl posts though. And confused redditors finding out that /r/superbowl is only owl posts.
Very pleased that I heard more about Bad Bunny than whatever else was happening
(And the things I heard were good)
(And the things I heard were good)
February 9, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Very pleased that I heard more about Bad Bunny than whatever else was happening
(And the things I heard were good)
(And the things I heard were good)
*laughs in uBlock Origin*
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
*laughs in uBlock Origin*
If you think I'm being mean, try working in a deli during superbowl weekend and walk away with a shred of love for it
February 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
If you think I'm being mean, try working in a deli during superbowl weekend and walk away with a shred of love for it
Superbowl sunday sucks, but the monday after when everyone won't shut up about it is just as annoying
February 9, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Superbowl sunday sucks, but the monday after when everyone won't shut up about it is just as annoying
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ICE exists to enforce CIVIL immigration law, not CRIMINAL law of any kind. Ergo, there is no legal justification for them:
* to be armed.
* to be masked.
* to kidnap anyone they want when they require judicial warrants to make CIVIL arrests.
* to provide security for the Vice President, ever.
* to be armed.
* to be masked.
* to kidnap anyone they want when they require judicial warrants to make CIVIL arrests.
* to provide security for the Vice President, ever.
February 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
ICE exists to enforce CIVIL immigration law, not CRIMINAL law of any kind. Ergo, there is no legal justification for them:
* to be armed.
* to be masked.
* to kidnap anyone they want when they require judicial warrants to make CIVIL arrests.
* to provide security for the Vice President, ever.
* to be armed.
* to be masked.
* to kidnap anyone they want when they require judicial warrants to make CIVIL arrests.
* to provide security for the Vice President, ever.
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Tied to the "March for Life"
www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...
Multiple potential measles exposures in DC: Check sites and dates
DC Health said Saturday it was notified of multiple people with confirmed cases of measles who visited a variety of locations in the District. Officials did not specify exactly how many infected peopl...
www.nbcwashington.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Tied to the "March for Life"
www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/health/...
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For once he tells the truth! IT WASN'T A MISTAKE! He knew it was racist. He meant I to be racist so why would he apologize for it?
February 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
For once he tells the truth! IT WASN'T A MISTAKE! He knew it was racist. He meant I to be racist so why would he apologize for it?
I actually almost exclusively use Sigmal from my desktop PC lol
February 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I actually almost exclusively use Sigmal from my desktop PC lol
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February 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Throwback to something worth repeating.
February 7, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Throwback to something worth repeating.
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*Sighs*
Freakin' yotes.
Freakin' yotes.
February 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
*Sighs*
Freakin' yotes.
Freakin' yotes.
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vday comms for $150, comment to claim and I'll dm!
February 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
vday comms for $150, comment to claim and I'll dm!
The whole "if I ever win the lottery I won't tell anyone but there will be signs" meme goes here
Throwback to this project, which was massive both in scale and how fun it was! It was a childhood dream to have a full-sized Wolf plush!
Fully made of faux materials, sewn by hand which took me over 90 hours just sewing, not including all the steps around it :,D
#handmade #plush #furry #animalart
Fully made of faux materials, sewn by hand which took me over 90 hours just sewing, not including all the steps around it :,D
#handmade #plush #furry #animalart
February 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The whole "if I ever win the lottery I won't tell anyone but there will be signs" meme goes here
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More photos!
its hard to judge how large this guy actually is!
Measures around 2 Meters!
Also fun little detail: I took a silicone mold of a real wolf claw and casted it in resin for extra realism!
its hard to judge how large this guy actually is!
Measures around 2 Meters!
Also fun little detail: I took a silicone mold of a real wolf claw and casted it in resin for extra realism!
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
More photos!
its hard to judge how large this guy actually is!
Measures around 2 Meters!
Also fun little detail: I took a silicone mold of a real wolf claw and casted it in resin for extra realism!
its hard to judge how large this guy actually is!
Measures around 2 Meters!
Also fun little detail: I took a silicone mold of a real wolf claw and casted it in resin for extra realism!
Reposted by Soatok
Throwback to this project, which was massive both in scale and how fun it was! It was a childhood dream to have a full-sized Wolf plush!
Fully made of faux materials, sewn by hand which took me over 90 hours just sewing, not including all the steps around it :,D
#handmade #plush #furry #animalart
Fully made of faux materials, sewn by hand which took me over 90 hours just sewing, not including all the steps around it :,D
#handmade #plush #furry #animalart
February 5, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Throwback to this project, which was massive both in scale and how fun it was! It was a childhood dream to have a full-sized Wolf plush!
Fully made of faux materials, sewn by hand which took me over 90 hours just sewing, not including all the steps around it :,D
#handmade #plush #furry #animalart
Fully made of faux materials, sewn by hand which took me over 90 hours just sewing, not including all the steps around it :,D
#handmade #plush #furry #animalart
The wording here is imprecise enough to irritate people more in the know than I, but the news is, effectively, great to hear.
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 3:18 AM
The wording here is imprecise enough to irritate people more in the know than I, but the news is, effectively, great to hear.
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