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Poly
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Better at dancing than parkour.
Helping define and drive security strategy in a regulated global financial modernization space. Gamer. Car enthusiast. Bass addict. Reformed peasant femme goth. 🏳️‍🌈
I can't stress enough how extremely critical it is for folks who are even minorly technical to explain to their extended familles how dangerous AI chatbots and genai are.
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Odd.

Instacart didn't adjust the cost of a by-weight item I ordered.
They charged me $100 in the app, the amount delivered said $40 (sale?) so I tried to contact support for the difference.

Instead the bot refunded the full $100.

Does make me wonder where else they've skimmed.
November 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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*The "Post-Naive Internet." Post-Naive according to them, anyhow

www.mozillafoundation.org/en/nothing-p...
October 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Lawyers in the case before Judge Sara Ellis in Chicago respond today to this DHS statement about Greg Bovino’s use of tear gas:

“The statement is a lie,” they say.
October 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"It's low, it's angled, the doors don't open as wide as you would probably want them to"
Nachos are ready
October 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Holy manipulation Batman.

The men in this season of Love is Blind are criminal.
October 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Remember when they were pearl clutching over Obama eating Grey Poupon, as if it isn't sold in every single fucking grocery store in America. Not quite caviar.

Btwn that + the tan suit, what are other early examples of right-wing media testing the waters of how mouth breathing their side is?
October 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
How are all the "fiscal conservatives" doing?

🤡s
October 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
They tell you not to get vaccinated, while they vaccinate themselves. They tell you not to go to college, while they send their kids to private schools and ivy leagues.

Trump got his COVID booster and flu shot yesterday.
October 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Good thing there's a weekend coming up - the #defcon Youtube channel has dropped a few hundred #defcon33 videos for your perusal. Clear your schedule and let these #dc33 Main Stage & Creator Stage Talks wash over your thirsty brain.

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

As always, enjoy and #passiton.
DEF CON 33 - YouTube
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Ghost of Yotei is fantastic.

Love the combat, RDR2 vibes, gorgeous scenery.
October 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
They're cheering on brutality against their neighbors, oblivious that their own families are next.
October 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thinking of the folks a few years ago, who on a other app, slipped into my DMs *furious* when I said the Trump admin would build concentration camps to meet their deportation goals.

Luckily at least one had an aha moment when I broke down a "How else do you think this will work?"
October 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Had a fresh seafood themed weekend.
Made from scratch -
Mussels with chorizo & tomato
Clam chowder with three kinds of clams
And some fried abalone!
October 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Newsom trying to criticize that Fox News entertainer freak for talking about killing homeless people when he himself destroys their homes, steals their belongings, destroys their prospects is absolutely motherfucking rich.
Heyy Newsom being "cool" while brutalizint our unhoused neighbors does in fact make him a fascist too.

If you believe YOUR ALLY is someone who *gleefully* destroys someone home and bans them from the *only* possible place they can try to be to be near critical life saving resources.
September 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The Alt-Right Playbook: How to Radicalize a Normie
YouTube video by Innuendo Studios
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Odd but unsurprising seeing liberals bury their head in the sand rather than making any attempt to educate themselves about the actual real and present landscape of US politics today. Very boomer coded.
September 14, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The reaction of the Season 2 Australia winner is my favorite yet.

....really? *Blink blink* oh... That's so cool.
September 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Anyway, now is as good a time as any to make sure you're up to date on all of your vaccines.

Flu is out and COVID is available in many states though the chances of getting the COVID shot seems to be limited by the pharmacy's mood and personal circumstances.
September 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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archive.is
September 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Talked to 23 people who suddenly have to pay huge tariffs or otherwise cannot get chainmail from Pakistan, yarn from France, retro computers from Japan, metal music from the Netherlands, DVDs from Germany, cosplay supplies, sunscreen, etc.

www.404media.co/its-just-a-m...
‘It's Just a Mess:' 23 People Explain How Tariffs Have Suddenly Ruined Their Hobby
"The real kick in the teeth is no matter how much manufacturing is brought back to the US these items will never be made in the USA. There is no upside."
www.404media.co
September 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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September 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Weekends are for reading absolutely heartbreaking stories these days. Ugh. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/b...
My Company Rolled Back Its Hate-Speech Protections. What Can I Do?
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:56 AM
MAGA have gone from denying that Trump is the Antichrist, to gleefully embracing the fact that they're demons sprinting toward burning in hell for eternity.
BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’
Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities
www.thetimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM