Existential Dread
@sarahday.bsky.social
InfoSec. Former journo. Whovian. She/Her. Cats.
'The Duchess of Mischief'
@SmirkingCat@infosec.exchange
'The Duchess of Mischief'
@SmirkingCat@infosec.exchange
Imagine simping for a person with a Nazi tattoo just because they claim to be a dem. They're not a democrat. They're a Nazi.
October 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Imagine simping for a person with a Nazi tattoo just because they claim to be a dem. They're not a democrat. They're a Nazi.
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My heart is full! Cary NC has turned out spectacularly for No Kings!!
October 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My heart is full! Cary NC has turned out spectacularly for No Kings!!
Thank you Ben and Jerry
always remember who was there for you at your lowest. thank you cigarettes
October 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Thank you Ben and Jerry
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Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."
So, a university president fired a professor because they taught a course that discussed there being more than two genders, and now the university president is being fired for not having fired the professor quickly enough, is where we're at. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...
Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."
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“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
The only good thing in this world is little furr friends.
June 27, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The only good thing in this world is little furr friends.
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"as part of the contract told CBP to not reveal where the data came from"
that sounds completely above board and not at all suspicious
that sounds completely above board and not at all suspicious
NEW: A data broker owned by major airlines sold domestic US flight data to DHS, telling the dept. not to disclose that, according to records obtained by @404media.co—copublished in partnership with @wired.com. No paywall bc FOIA @josephcox.bsky.social w/ the scoop: www.wired.com/story/airlin...
Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.
www.wired.com
June 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"as part of the contract told CBP to not reveal where the data came from"
that sounds completely above board and not at all suspicious
that sounds completely above board and not at all suspicious
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🧵 THREAD: Introducing COYOTE Media Collective
11 Bay Area journalists are launching a worker-owned newsroom because we're tired of corporate control sapping all the joy out of journalism.
Independent Bay Area journalism—with a BITE 🐺 1/4
givebutter.com/coyotemedia
11 Bay Area journalists are launching a worker-owned newsroom because we're tired of corporate control sapping all the joy out of journalism.
Independent Bay Area journalism—with a BITE 🐺 1/4
givebutter.com/coyotemedia
Launch Coyote Media Collective
A new alt-weekly-style publication is hitting the Bay Area
givebutter.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧵 THREAD: Introducing COYOTE Media Collective
11 Bay Area journalists are launching a worker-owned newsroom because we're tired of corporate control sapping all the joy out of journalism.
Independent Bay Area journalism—with a BITE 🐺 1/4
givebutter.com/coyotemedia
11 Bay Area journalists are launching a worker-owned newsroom because we're tired of corporate control sapping all the joy out of journalism.
Independent Bay Area journalism—with a BITE 🐺 1/4
givebutter.com/coyotemedia
They arrested the bastard. 🎉
June 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
They arrested the bastard. 🎉
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The FCC should firmly reject broadcasters' invitation to lock down our publicly owned airwaves.
The FCC Must Reject Efforts to Lock Up Public Airwaves
President Trump’s attack on public broadcasting has attracted plenty of deserved attention, but there’s a far more technical, far more insidious policy change in the offing—one that will take away Ame...
www.eff.org
May 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The FCC should firmly reject broadcasters' invitation to lock down our publicly owned airwaves.
My two goons snuggling. Put a new cat bed on the desk to try and reduce the number of times they're laying on the keyboard.
May 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My two goons snuggling. Put a new cat bed on the desk to try and reduce the number of times they're laying on the keyboard.
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Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope
May 8, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope
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the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
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eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
What's the deal with ecommerce sites now asking for a phone number in addition to email just to get a discount. Hard nope from me.
May 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
What's the deal with ecommerce sites now asking for a phone number in addition to email just to get a discount. Hard nope from me.
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for my first story on substack, I talked with the wonderful people over at @gundamplanet.com about how tariffs will affect things like gunpla, figures and other merch. I had a wonderful time speaking with them and writing this, so please give it a read!
How Trump's Tariffs will Affect Your Hobby Store
The effects of "trade war" could devastate your favorite pastime
miloseung.substack.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
for my first story on substack, I talked with the wonderful people over at @gundamplanet.com about how tariffs will affect things like gunpla, figures and other merch. I had a wonderful time speaking with them and writing this, so please give it a read!
Batman is busy...but Catman....
April 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Batman is busy...but Catman....
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From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
March 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
From a source: “Just had a co-presenter for a buildings research conference bow out. She’s a dual citizen and the FBI came knocking to ask her about her involvement in coauthoring chunks of the Paris Agreement.
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
Climate science is being literally (and I mean literally) criminalized.”
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Streisand Effect to be renamed Zuckerberg Effect:
Meta stops former Facebook director from promoting critical memoir
Social media company wins US emergency ruling preventing ex-director from publicising her book.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Streisand Effect to be renamed Zuckerberg Effect:
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I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.
WaPo's Ron Charles, in his Book Club newsletter, on Meta's repeated questions about his plans to review Sarah Wynn-Williams's "Careless People":
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
"In my 27 years of reviewing and editing newspaper books sections, no company has ever done this with me."
March 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I had not heard of this book but now I am going to read it tonight.
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LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, BULLHORNS ARE THERE. Areas targeted by ICE are being informed by neighbors of their rights.
People are literally walking around with bullhorns telling people not to open their doors and what their rights are. We love to see it.
apnews.com/article/immi...
People are literally walking around with bullhorns telling people not to open their doors and what their rights are. We love to see it.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Volunteers use bullhorns and sirens to warn immigrants when ICE is in their area
Before dawn this week, dozens of volunteers spread across Los Angeles to look for immigration officers. When they see U.S.
apnews.com
March 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, BULLHORNS ARE THERE. Areas targeted by ICE are being informed by neighbors of their rights.
People are literally walking around with bullhorns telling people not to open their doors and what their rights are. We love to see it.
apnews.com/article/immi...
People are literally walking around with bullhorns telling people not to open their doors and what their rights are. We love to see it.
apnews.com/article/immi...