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bradr@infosec.exchange

Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like bananas. 🦥🏳️‍🌈:donor:Tech Project Therapist (moderately retired). "He has a keen appreciation for kitsch."Disclaimers:  Boosts ≠ endorsement. Toots ≠ truths.ProTip: All the cool content is in the Alt Text.

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Post #4383068
@Viss@mastodon.social Who decided to call it an "earnings call"?
Post #4357163
At home watching a split hvac installation. What a beautiful machine. I think I'm in love.
Post #4189922
TOU update incoming... https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/07/28/elon-musks-company-x-ai-sues-minnesota-over-new-law-to-bar-manipulated-images-to-fake-nudity
Post #4189884
"User hereby consents to the creation and distribution of created or altered images of their likeness, and agrees to hold Company and other users harmless..." in 3, 2, 1... https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/07/28/elon-musks-company-x-ai-sues-minnesota-over-new-law-to-bar-manipulated-images-to-fake-nudity
Post #4188847
second time today that lint has saved my laundry
Post #4141060
Yeah, what's with all these new-fangled and artificial treasons? [from Comey's Motion to Dismiss] #uspol
Post #3808240
The past is never dead. It’s not even past. All of us labor in webs spun long before we were born, webs of heredity and environment, of desire and consequence, of history and eternity. — William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun We casually say "It's the end of an era!" as if eras end in an instant. But those who remember live on, nostalgia is a force, and eras take several generations to end (if ever). #Patience
Post #2266672
uh oh https://letsencrypt.status.io h/t @mhoye [edit: resolved at 21:03 UTC. Seems like an attempted cutover to a new root didn't work, so they fell back to the old root. More details below.]
Post #2214010
What's the opposite of doom scrolling? Spain just pulled off one of the fastest energy transformations in Europe.
Post #2148944
We proudly offer Fossil Fuels and a side of Methane. Moo. #ClimateChange #ORY
Post #2148943
Even without seeing the talk at Minnebar by Paul Cantrell (@inthehands), this review/reflection/meditation by Matthew Tift (@mtift) moved me deeply. In particular, I want to share it with my EU friends as they develop and revise their national tech and energy infrastructures to reduce their, um, supply chain risks. https://matthewtift.com/blog/caring-about-software-caring-about-people #DigitalSovereignity #EuroOffice #EUTech
Post #2148942
I talk to the bots But they don't listen to me, Complain to the mods But they never hear me; Reply guys have time To stop and hear what I say I talk to them all in vain... #MusicalTheatre #PaintYourWagon #Spam
Post #2148941
Late People (Mike Birbiglia) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qGjwssmhTQ #Comedy
Post #1849764
Folks sure do need their isms...
Post #1849763
@AlSweigart I prefer the second one, with the small red circle and matching color text (design idea: make the small important thing visually louder). IMHO The balance would be better if the large circle label were inside the circle.
Post #1849762
Seen on a telephone pole in Wash DC: Wanna See some Cats? May 2. Petworth. https://notboredindc.com/dc-cat-crawl #DC #Caturday
Post #1849761
Electrifying industrial heat in India is now cheaper than producing heat from natural gas and oil across all temperatures, and cheaper than coal in three of five temperature bands, representing 55 percent of the country’s industrial heat needs. Wow. (h/t @volts.wtf) https://energyinnovation.org/report/electrifying-industrial-heat-in-india/ #ClimateChange #Electrification #India
Post #1849760
More wow from last week's Beijing auto show. Chinese EVs Can Now Project Entire Movies From Their Headlights https://insideevs.com/news/794295/chinese-ev-headlight-movie-projectors/ #climatechange #electrification #ev
Post #1849759
Astrological Identity Verification as a Service: Precise ID by experian. #identityVerification #Horoscope
Post #1849758
Make your life the first life that you save. Instructions for Having a Soul, Joseph Fasano https://thedewdrop.org/2026/04/28/joseph-fasano-instructions-for-having-a-soul/ #Poetry
Post #1849757
https://youtu.be/xjAk67c3KPY
Post #1179942
#Coffeegeeks #Coffee #Antifa https://coffeegeek.com/opinions/state-of-coffee/silence-is-no-longer-an-option-why-coffeegeeks-must-reject-fascism/
Post #1179941
I ❤️ 🧅 “In all officially sanctioned matches played from today forward, the pawn immediately in front of a player’s king will be replaced with a sick little hot rod that can move any number of squares horizontally, vertically, or in a circle like it’s doing donuts,” said Arkady Dvorkovich https://theonion.com/international-chess-federation-adds-race-car-piece/
Post #1179940
I'm living with vertical tabs for the first time in Firefox and Vivaldi. Does anyone else live this way?
Post #1179939
This looks cool... 40 miles per day free from built-in solar, 400 miles on a full charge, 0-60 in 6 seconds. https://aptera.us/ #Solar #SolarCar #EV
Post #1179938
The velocity increase in national decarbonization and electrification efforts is a real silver lining in this crazy moment on this crazy timeline. It's crushing my curmudgeonly buzz, it is. [Edit: sorry, U.S., not you yet.]
Post #1179937
OK, these are hard. DailyQuordle1539 6️⃣7️⃣ 5️⃣4️⃣ https://quordle.today 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
Post #1179936
Train station mural at Estació del Nord, València. #Phototgraphy #Art
Post #973601
EU mandates rest breaks for trucking drivers. Those breaks could be used to charge electric trucks. Over half of electrical generation in Spain is solar pv. https://medium.com/enrique-dans/heres-why-electric-transportation-in-spain-is-a-no-brainer-46c2b03e6df0 #Renewable #ClimateChange
Post #973600
@matthew_d_green at 🦋 shared this wild ride: Ask Claude about the string “ba7816bf8f01cfea414140de5dae2ec73b00361bbef0469f11ef0b01d449c8e6” When it gives you an answer: ask it to verify that this number is correct. #LLM #Hallucination