Jeff Forcier
@bitprophet.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
Please see my pinned intro post below, & https://bitprophet.org/bio/ 😊
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.coop/@bitprophet, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.coop/@bitprophet, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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ROFL. Why bother hacking into highly protected government systems, when you can just buy the company that insures CIA and FBI agents, and therefore has a list of all their names?
https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/115574456459457693
https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/115574456459457693
Yogthos (@yogthos@social.marxist.network)
In a stunning intelligence coup, the CIA was caught completely off-guard when Fosun Group quietly bought the company that provides liability insurance to its agents. For an undisclosed period, a Chinese firm had access to the personal details of America's top spies, a move that was perfectly legal and in the open. 😆 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g311jn1m9o #usa #china #cia
social.marxist.network
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
ROFL. Why bother hacking into highly protected government systems, when you can just buy the company that insures CIA and FBI agents, and therefore has a list of all their names?
https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/115574456459457693
https://social.marxist.network/@yogthos/115574456459457693
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Our ❤️ is with you @2600, it sucks having a venue cancel on you. It lit us on fire and forced us to make decisions we resisted. It does give you an opportunity to make changes and try new things, but the pressure is crazy. Let us know if we can help.
May we suggest selling “HOPE is Canceled” […]
May we suggest selling “HOPE is Canceled” […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Our ❤️ is with you @2600, it sucks having a venue cancel on you. It lit us on fire and forced us to make decisions we resisted. It does give you an opportunity to make changes and try new things, but the pressure is crazy. Let us know if we can help.
May we suggest selling “HOPE is Canceled” […]
May we suggest selling “HOPE is Canceled” […]
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I'm sorry, I have to step down from my role propping up a massive hype cycle based on fraudulent financial claims and broad product misrepresentation, because my correspondence with a pedophile sex trafficker revealed that I'm an immoral misogynist
Larry Summers resigns from OpenAI board amid Epstein revelations
Summers said this week he would step back from public commitments amid the latest Epstein news.
www.axios.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I'm sorry, I have to step down from my role propping up a massive hype cycle based on fraudulent financial claims and broad product misrepresentation, because my correspondence with a pedophile sex trafficker revealed that I'm an immoral misogynist
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I can't stop laughing at how nonsensical it is to use the XKCD block tower supported by tiny block meant to represent a open source project maintained by one person for the cloudflare outage. It's not some tiny one person operation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I can't stop laughing at how nonsensical it is to use the XKCD block tower supported by tiny block meant to represent a open source project maintained by one person for the cloudflare outage. It's not some tiny one person operation.
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The Duke of Wellington’s traffic cone has now been swapped for a pigeon sculpture, complete with a mini cone on its head and a little newspaper in its wings. 🐦📰
By The Rebel Bear
By The Rebel Bear
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Duke of Wellington’s traffic cone has now been swapped for a pigeon sculpture, complete with a mini cone on its head and a little newspaper in its wings. 🐦📰
By The Rebel Bear
By The Rebel Bear
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tech guys when a woman kvetches even slightly about computers
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
tech guys when a woman kvetches even slightly about computers
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This is extremely important.
If you don't like something that Mozilla is doing, you need to tell them.
Leaving telemetry on is how you do that.
Mozilla is very transparent about what goes in `about:telemetry` and goes to ungodly lengths to make sure that private info is filtered out. No, really […]
If you don't like something that Mozilla is doing, you need to tell them.
Leaving telemetry on is how you do that.
Mozilla is very transparent about what goes in `about:telemetry` and goes to ungodly lengths to make sure that private info is filtered out. No, really […]
Original post on mindof.jrconlin.com
mindof.jrconlin.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is extremely important.
If you don't like something that Mozilla is doing, you need to tell them.
Leaving telemetry on is how you do that.
Mozilla is very transparent about what goes in `about:telemetry` and goes to ungodly lengths to make sure that private info is filtered out. No, really […]
If you don't like something that Mozilla is doing, you need to tell them.
Leaving telemetry on is how you do that.
Mozilla is very transparent about what goes in `about:telemetry` and goes to ungodly lengths to make sure that private info is filtered out. No, really […]
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One of the problems with the fediverse(s) is that there are in fact cash costs to compute share, and we can't wave it away with VC and ad revenue. There's no economy of scale and complete self-hosting costs hundreds/month even if your admin&mod team is volunteers.
Which is why I'm really keen […]
Which is why I'm really keen […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
One of the problems with the fediverse(s) is that there are in fact cash costs to compute share, and we can't wave it away with VC and ad revenue. There's no economy of scale and complete self-hosting costs hundreds/month even if your admin&mod team is volunteers.
Which is why I'm really keen […]
Which is why I'm really keen […]
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If you're in #philly and looking for help installing Linux on an old laptop or a newish one that can't be updated to Windows 11, or you just want to see what the hype around here is about, check out this event at Indy Hall tomorrow! https://lu.ma/endoften #endof10
End of Ten: Windows 10 Computer Reinstall Party · Luma
On October 14, 2025, support for Windows 10 ended, meaning it will no longer receive support or regular security updates. Microsoft's security blog highlights…
luma.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If you're in #philly and looking for help installing Linux on an old laptop or a newish one that can't be updated to Windows 11, or you just want to see what the hype around here is about, check out this event at Indy Hall tomorrow! https://lu.ma/endoften #endof10
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It appears someone in #cambridgema is scattering thumb tacks in bike lanes, particularly on Hampshire St.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeMA/comments/1oyr647/found_where_the_tacks_were_scattered_on_the_bike/
I guess it's not enough to do anti-mobility […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
https://www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeMA/comments/1oyr647/found_where_the_tacks_were_scattered_on_the_bike/
I guess it's not enough to do anti-mobility […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It appears someone in #cambridgema is scattering thumb tacks in bike lanes, particularly on Hampshire St.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeMA/comments/1oyr647/found_where_the_tacks_were_scattered_on_the_bike/
I guess it's not enough to do anti-mobility […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
https://www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeMA/comments/1oyr647/found_where_the_tacks_were_scattered_on_the_bike/
I guess it's not enough to do anti-mobility […]
[Original post on hachyderm.io]
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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill/115571721123451477
SO. FUCKING. MUCH. THIS.
The day I came to work as myself for the first time I went from being the project lead and expert that everyone deferred to to having every single idea being questioned or completely ignored. In one day […]
SO. FUCKING. MUCH. THIS.
The day I came to work as myself for the first time I went from being the project lead and expert that everyone deferred to to having every single idea being questioned or completely ignored. In one day […]
Original post on foothills.social
foothills.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill/115571721123451477
SO. FUCKING. MUCH. THIS.
The day I came to work as myself for the first time I went from being the project lead and expert that everyone deferred to to having every single idea being questioned or completely ignored. In one day […]
SO. FUCKING. MUCH. THIS.
The day I came to work as myself for the first time I went from being the project lead and expert that everyone deferred to to having every single idea being questioned or completely ignored. In one day […]
Crap, I’m gonna have to figure out how/whether to get to PyCon US 2026 soonish.
The obvious: dare I finally break my “we’re still in a pandemic, actually” no-fly streak? Probably?
Is PyCon worth a third round-trip cross-continental drive? (lol, no, not unless I happen to be funemployed at the […]
The obvious: dare I finally break my “we’re still in a pandemic, actually” no-fly streak? Probably?
Is PyCon worth a third round-trip cross-continental drive? (lol, no, not unless I happen to be funemployed at the […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Crap, I’m gonna have to figure out how/whether to get to PyCon US 2026 soonish.
The obvious: dare I finally break my “we’re still in a pandemic, actually” no-fly streak? Probably?
Is PyCon worth a third round-trip cross-continental drive? (lol, no, not unless I happen to be funemployed at the […]
The obvious: dare I finally break my “we’re still in a pandemic, actually” no-fly streak? Probably?
Is PyCon worth a third round-trip cross-continental drive? (lol, no, not unless I happen to be funemployed at the […]
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November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Our Founder, @Gargron is stepping down from his position as CEO. He shared a reflection on his time building and growing Mastodon on our blog.
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Our Founder, @Gargron is stepping down from his position as CEO. He shared a reflection on his time building and growing Mastodon on our blog.
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
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My vision for Mastodon is a different direction than all previous attempts at social media, by focussing on community ownership, Trust & Safety features, slow user & server growth, and financial sustainability - for the non-profit project, the server administrators, the moderators, and creators […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
My vision for Mastodon is a different direction than all previous attempts at social media, by focussing on community ownership, Trust & Safety features, slow user & server growth, and financial sustainability - for the non-profit project, the server administrators, the moderators, and creators […]
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I remember it being massive news when Pebble made moves to resurrect. Now they're trying to forcibly take away the grassroots dev community that kept Pebbles **alive** after they were abandoned by the original company.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me […]
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me […]
Original post on activitypub.space
activitypub.space
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I remember it being massive news when Pebble made moves to resurrect. Now they're trying to forcibly take away the grassroots dev community that kept Pebbles **alive** after they were abandoned by the original company.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me […]
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me […]
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Seen so many people saying "but Clinton is probably in the files, want them released now?" like it's some kind of gotcha.
Yes. I do. And I want everyone to go down. People I hate, people I love, people I've never heard of. If the evidence shows they've been fiddling with kids, in the bin they go.
Yes. I do. And I want everyone to go down. People I hate, people I love, people I've never heard of. If the evidence shows they've been fiddling with kids, in the bin they go.
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Seen so many people saying "but Clinton is probably in the files, want them released now?" like it's some kind of gotcha.
Yes. I do. And I want everyone to go down. People I hate, people I love, people I've never heard of. If the evidence shows they've been fiddling with kids, in the bin they go.
Yes. I do. And I want everyone to go down. People I hate, people I love, people I've never heard of. If the evidence shows they've been fiddling with kids, in the bin they go.
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Whatever your feelings are about #ai, this is worth a sensible chuckle: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/629
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Whatever your feelings are about #ai, this is worth a sensible chuckle: https://existentialcomics.com/comic/629
It's humidifier season!
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
It's humidifier season!
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An explosion on the railroad tracks of the Warsaw-Lublin route, critically important for delivering aid to Ukraine, is an unprecedented act of sabotage targeting the Polish state and its civilians, according to Prime Minister Donald Tusk […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
An explosion on the railroad tracks of the Warsaw-Lublin route, critically important for delivering aid to Ukraine, is an unprecedented act of sabotage targeting the Polish state and its civilians, according to Prime Minister Donald Tusk […]
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desperately increasing the semver patch release one by one while looking back at the actions tab like a contestant on "the price is right"
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 AM
desperately increasing the semver patch release one by one while looking back at the actions tab like a contestant on "the price is right"
Douglas Adams learns about vibe coding 🤣
https://mastodon.social/@HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2/115563331830366723
https://mastodon.social/@HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2/115563331830366723
Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot (@HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2@mastodon.social)
It was a programming technique that had been reverse-engineered from the sort of psychotic mental blocks that otherwise perfectly normal people had been observed invariably to develop when elected to high political office. #HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot
mastodon.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Douglas Adams learns about vibe coding 🤣
https://mastodon.social/@HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2/115563331830366723
https://mastodon.social/@HitchhikersGuideQuoteBot2/115563331830366723
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@bitprophet Exactly this.
I long ago made a decision that even on toy/personal projects, I would try to write decent code and treat each one as a learning opportunity. I take a productivity hit compared to people who can churn out weekend projects that are valid but only just work, but that's […]
I long ago made a decision that even on toy/personal projects, I would try to write decent code and treat each one as a learning opportunity. I take a productivity hit compared to people who can churn out weekend projects that are valid but only just work, but that's […]
Original post on dragonscave.space
dragonscave.space
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
@bitprophet Exactly this.
I long ago made a decision that even on toy/personal projects, I would try to write decent code and treat each one as a learning opportunity. I take a productivity hit compared to people who can churn out weekend projects that are valid but only just work, but that's […]
I long ago made a decision that even on toy/personal projects, I would try to write decent code and treat each one as a learning opportunity. I take a productivity hit compared to people who can churn out weekend projects that are valid but only just work, but that's […]
The advent of "vibe coding" has made it crystal clear some of us are artisans who at least /try/ to build stuff w/ a chance of lasting; while a whole lot of other people are just cashing paychecks & give no fucks about next quarter, let alone next year.
Like, we already knew this (my entire […]
Like, we already knew this (my entire […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The advent of "vibe coding" has made it crystal clear some of us are artisans who at least /try/ to build stuff w/ a chance of lasting; while a whole lot of other people are just cashing paychecks & give no fucks about next quarter, let alone next year.
Like, we already knew this (my entire […]
Like, we already knew this (my entire […]