Wandering Adventure Party

I have so little patience for macho bullshit, and even less as I get older. If you're not here to take care of your neighbor, just shut the hell up so the rest of us can work.

Once more for the wannabe infosec tough guys:

Nobody.

Deserves.

To be.

Exploited.

FOH with your smug "Well if they were running that..." What is the point of that? Are you helping? Will people trust you to help them?

And who will help you when you inevitably get got? Who will think you deserved it?

Let me explain very clearly: this is not a feature. This, as evinced by its unavailability in countries with more stringent laws, is a privacy invasion and money grab masquerading as convenience. It is a legislative failure that this can exist at all.

Don't, uh

Don't use this. Don't let your family or friends use it. If you see it in your neighborhood, bang pots and pans, whistle, and scare it off.

(help.openai.com)

Clifford the Big Red Dog is a Kaiju

Fedi is at its best during geomagnetic storms.

Bluesky going down the verifications rabbit hole in a hilariously hamfisted way. Actually, that's a bit too kind. They're doing it in a way that will makes brands and corpos happy, but fundamentally compromises their stated mission of decentralization. By centralizing verification power, you end up with the same godawful power dynamic of old Twitter.

Bluesky (@bsky.app)

Trust doesn’t come only from the top down; it emerges from relationships, communities, and shared context. That’s why we’re also enabling trusted verifiers: organizations that can directly issue blue checks. Trusted verifiers have a scalloped blue check.

Bluesky Social (bsky.app)