GomiV
@gomiv.bsky.social
Black flagged infosec
cybersecurity • data science • lotta Python • little Rust • OSINT• anarchism • TTRPGs • queer • ND
cybersecurity • data science • lotta Python • little Rust • OSINT• anarchism • TTRPGs • queer • ND
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Today's version of The Colbert Report would have to be a parody channel of all the "investigate the radical left" Andy Ngos of the world: breathlessly taking gopros into goth bars or farmers markets and acting shocked and horrified about the existence of longstanding subcultures. "Hello, FBI?!!"
October 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Today's version of The Colbert Report would have to be a parody channel of all the "investigate the radical left" Andy Ngos of the world: breathlessly taking gopros into goth bars or farmers markets and acting shocked and horrified about the existence of longstanding subcultures. "Hello, FBI?!!"
The problem is most social media can’t decide if it’s a broadcast medium or a “friends connecting with friends” platform.
Facebook, at one point, had a “only friends of friends can find me in search” setting. But OG Twitter was unequivocally a broadcast medium.
They need to pick one path or other.
Facebook, at one point, had a “only friends of friends can find me in search” setting. But OG Twitter was unequivocally a broadcast medium.
They need to pick one path or other.
They should add interaction settings to control the conditions for when someone can follow you. Bluesky’s promise of controlling what you can see would feel so fresh if it also let you properly control who you are associated with. This was the cardinal sin of social media, imo, and not algorithms
August 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The problem is most social media can’t decide if it’s a broadcast medium or a “friends connecting with friends” platform.
Facebook, at one point, had a “only friends of friends can find me in search” setting. But OG Twitter was unequivocally a broadcast medium.
They need to pick one path or other.
Facebook, at one point, had a “only friends of friends can find me in search” setting. But OG Twitter was unequivocally a broadcast medium.
They need to pick one path or other.
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despite everything, i still believe in the potential of humankind to create utopia. but it will require hard work, courage, and above all else extremely deep v-necks that go almost down to the dick
August 1, 2025 at 12:59 AM
despite everything, i still believe in the potential of humankind to create utopia. but it will require hard work, courage, and above all else extremely deep v-necks that go almost down to the dick
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leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
June 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
leftists: that thing you teach us in school to be terrified of is happening
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
historians: that thing is definitely happening
star wars: here is a beat-for-beat breakdown of how the thing happens, but with pew pew lasers. we know you watched it
news outlets: these protesters are out of control
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If I hear anything consistently, it's that the teenagers who get sucked into the Andrew Tate bullshit are almost always getting a dose of similar ideology at home from their dad.
Makes me think the issue isn't with "American teens and Tate" so much as it it's "American dads and their sons"
Makes me think the issue isn't with "American teens and Tate" so much as it it's "American dads and their sons"
May 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If I hear anything consistently, it's that the teenagers who get sucked into the Andrew Tate bullshit are almost always getting a dose of similar ideology at home from their dad.
Makes me think the issue isn't with "American teens and Tate" so much as it it's "American dads and their sons"
Makes me think the issue isn't with "American teens and Tate" so much as it it's "American dads and their sons"
Beltane bonfires in Haymarket Square. Happy May Day!
Or, from a different perspective:
Or, from a different perspective:
First of May
YouTube video by Jonathan Coulton - Topic
youtu.be
May 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Beltane bonfires in Haymarket Square. Happy May Day!
Or, from a different perspective:
Or, from a different perspective:
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It’s so important to not let yourself become bitter or disheartened or cynical. To not let the news of the world break your spirit. Because I’m already doing that. It’s my thing. Find your own, stop copying me.
April 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It’s so important to not let yourself become bitter or disheartened or cynical. To not let the news of the world break your spirit. Because I’m already doing that. It’s my thing. Find your own, stop copying me.
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People don’t always realize the amount of guerrilla social work that is required of booksellers & (especially) librarians these days until they witness it themselves. Even non-readers equate libraries & bookstores with safe havens, & they’re NOT wrong. 1/?
April 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
People don’t always realize the amount of guerrilla social work that is required of booksellers & (especially) librarians these days until they witness it themselves. Even non-readers equate libraries & bookstores with safe havens, & they’re NOT wrong. 1/?
My 191cm father once traveled to the Netherlands for business. Came back across the pond, declaring “they’re all my height!” in amazement.
Average male height across Europe.
The Dutch truly rise above! 🇳🇱
The Dutch truly rise above! 🇳🇱
April 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
My 191cm father once traveled to the Netherlands for business. Came back across the pond, declaring “they’re all my height!” in amazement.
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Saw a post on TikTok about Columbia taking away degrees backfiring, and it made me realize - taking Degrees is way as punishment demonstrates how these institutions believe that their mission is conferring privilege and not providing education.
March 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Saw a post on TikTok about Columbia taking away degrees backfiring, and it made me realize - taking Degrees is way as punishment demonstrates how these institutions believe that their mission is conferring privilege and not providing education.
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one of the most important things to learn, if you're out there doing things:
you don't get to talk about it.
you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story.
it's *always* shut the fuck up friday
you don't get to talk about it.
you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story.
it's *always* shut the fuck up friday
March 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
one of the most important things to learn, if you're out there doing things:
you don't get to talk about it.
you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story.
it's *always* shut the fuck up friday
you don't get to talk about it.
you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story.
it's *always* shut the fuck up friday
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Personally, I think this puts too much weight on the MIC (yeah, 20+y WoT and beyond, but I think they’re more pawn than queen), but it’s otherwise a good breakdown.
February 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Personally, I think this puts too much weight on the MIC (yeah, 20+y WoT and beyond, but I think they’re more pawn than queen), but it’s otherwise a good breakdown.
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"no no, I asked for _COBOL_ programmers!" the manager shouted. Several kobolds are running through the server rooms. One is eating some power cables
February 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"no no, I asked for _COBOL_ programmers!" the manager shouted. Several kobolds are running through the server rooms. One is eating some power cables
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sorry but like, this isn't right?
iso 8601 is a spec for text representations of datetime. it doesn't have an epoch and certainly not one that is 1850.
85 cobol does have dates stored from an epoch, but it's either 1601 or 1582
iso 8601 is a spec for text representations of datetime. it doesn't have an epoch and certainly not one that is 1850.
85 cobol does have dates stored from an epoch, but it's either 1601 or 1582
When I heard Musk say this on Tuesday, my assumption was that it was a programming issue. Because I can code and have written to databases and because I am familiar with other examples of default values being misinterpreted.
Yet somehow Musk isn't.
Yet somehow Musk isn't.
February 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
sorry but like, this isn't right?
iso 8601 is a spec for text representations of datetime. it doesn't have an epoch and certainly not one that is 1850.
85 cobol does have dates stored from an epoch, but it's either 1601 or 1582
iso 8601 is a spec for text representations of datetime. it doesn't have an epoch and certainly not one that is 1850.
85 cobol does have dates stored from an epoch, but it's either 1601 or 1582
Doctor Who taught me never to be cowardly or cruel. That being a clever trickster can beat violence. To surround myself with companions and never travel alone.
And to have jelly babies, as a treat.
And to have jelly babies, as a treat.
Mr Rogers and Sesame Street taught me love, kindness, compassion, and empathy. Star Trek taught me to dream of and aspire to help create a better and more diverse world. Star Wars and Tolkien taught me to fight for freedom, even in the face of overwhelming odds and great evil.
February 12, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Doctor Who taught me never to be cowardly or cruel. That being a clever trickster can beat violence. To surround myself with companions and never travel alone.
And to have jelly babies, as a treat.
And to have jelly babies, as a treat.
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Saying DEI with the hard R
February 10, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Saying DEI with the hard R
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Too many hours in corporate meetings, not enough in mosh pits or in union meetings.
February 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Too many hours in corporate meetings, not enough in mosh pits or in union meetings.
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JD Vance will really be like "you believe in loving thy neighbor? That pales in comparison to my strategy, loving my family first" and then not love his family.
February 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
JD Vance will really be like "you believe in loving thy neighbor? That pales in comparison to my strategy, loving my family first" and then not love his family.
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🧵Follow this thread to learn Martial Arts fundamentals in just 30 days! This is not a substitute for IRL instruction, but it can help you master the basics so you can hit the ground running
Each day watch the new video on this thread, practice at home, and add it to what you have previously learned
Each day watch the new video on this thread, practice at home, and add it to what you have previously learned
January 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🧵Follow this thread to learn Martial Arts fundamentals in just 30 days! This is not a substitute for IRL instruction, but it can help you master the basics so you can hit the ground running
Each day watch the new video on this thread, practice at home, and add it to what you have previously learned
Each day watch the new video on this thread, practice at home, and add it to what you have previously learned
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Remember. It’s never:
We fight for (these people) because maybe we’re more at risk if we don’t.
No more Niemölling.
We fight because they are coming for anyone.
Every single person matters.
Each and every human being’s life and safety is worth the fight.
We fight for (these people) because maybe we’re more at risk if we don’t.
No more Niemölling.
We fight because they are coming for anyone.
Every single person matters.
Each and every human being’s life and safety is worth the fight.
February 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Remember. It’s never:
We fight for (these people) because maybe we’re more at risk if we don’t.
No more Niemölling.
We fight because they are coming for anyone.
Every single person matters.
Each and every human being’s life and safety is worth the fight.
We fight for (these people) because maybe we’re more at risk if we don’t.
No more Niemölling.
We fight because they are coming for anyone.
Every single person matters.
Each and every human being’s life and safety is worth the fight.
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The people who think they are good at everything because they are good at coding are also bad at coding.
February 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The people who think they are good at everything because they are good at coding are also bad at coding.
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Favorite free zine resource(s)? GO! 👇🏼
February 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Favorite free zine resource(s)? GO! 👇🏼