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Spark Dust Joe
@sparkdustjoe.bsky.social
Baltimorian, Tech Geek, Not a Doctor (shhh), Not a Lawyer (but I can pick locks), Husband, Sad American, Safe Space 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈, forever caught in the trappings of government contracting and healthcare.
I need to pick someone's brain that knows C# and ASP and knows about custom IIS Modules. I've got a system where I can't change the authentication method inherent to the application, and it has lousy cookies. Wanting to fix that on ingress/egress to IIS transparent to the application. Thoughts?
April 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Republican lawmakers in Utah are advancing a bill that would allow schools to fly swastika flags and Confederate flags while banning Pride flags.

www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
February 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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"People who like to sound tough back the guys with guns over the guys in jeans with sacks of grain or the guys in suits with papers. But take it from someone who spent nearly 1,500 days downrange over the course of 20 years: USAID is worth every penny."
USAID Kept My Troops Safe in Afghanistan
If not for American aid, we would have faced more enemies and won fewer friends.
www.thebulwark.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Reposted by Spark Dust Joe
Oh my fucking God.
Nothing to see here
February 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I was recently introduced to the joy that are Tim Tams... hoooOOOOOOboy have I been missing out!! Think of a nice, little, light, crispy, shortbread cookie/biscuit sandwich with a fudge filling, then smothered in a thin, delectable chocolate. Keebler ain't got S4!T on Tim Tams. 🍫🥰
a person is holding a piece of chocolate cake with a bite taken out of it
Alt: An open package of Tim Tams sits on a table, then a person takes one out and while holding the piece of chocolate, takes a bite, and shows the sticky chocolate remains left on their fingers. (stop animation style multi-frame image)
media.tenor.com
January 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Hmmm.... @deviantollam.bsky.social thoughts on many elderly and disabled residents having a standardized (read: keyed alike) KNOX lockbox outside their homes for emergency responders? I can see why on the surface this looks like a great idea. But I'm genuinely curious on your take. 1/?
December 2, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Eastern US in the DC/Baltimore and Philly regions for Verizon and XFinity/Comcast hit with major outages just after midnight EST. AT&T also reporting large outages on the East Coast and south/central US. Somebody dig up a fiber trunk again or is this something more nefarious? Probably 1st one
November 12, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Someone told me (*cough @deviantollam.bsky.social *cough) that it might be a good idea to come over here instead of Shitter. I gave up on that shite years ago, but hadn't taken the plunge here yet. Figured it was about time.
November 10, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Reposted by Spark Dust Joe
this talk by @deviantollam.bsky.social is a fantastic place to start, I've been sending it to friends and family in addition to having some 1:1 convos

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ihr...
Lawyer. Passport. Locksmith. Gun. (A Talk About Risk & Preparedness)
YouTube video by DeviantOllam
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2024 at 7:05 PM