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  When's the last time you did a fire drill on your personal devices? Every day, we all make little micro-choices of ease over privacy, cool function over security. Each one feels benign or manageable. But what about viewing all these choices in the aggregate? Here's a scenario: An unknown actor now has full access to your personal device. Everything. Right now, this minute. Wide open. Take a deep breath, and write down all the accounts that are compromised, and give the data within...

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  RE: https://mstdn.social/@elfin/117333769162710695 When you're In a hole, step one is, "stop digging."

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  With the exception of "travel insurance" every single "tip" here about flying in the United States of America was par for the course when I used to travel pretty extensively in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. This says a lot. Gift article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/travel/air-travel-flight-bookings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D1E.Kl3X.BVhSpwyDFAuC&smid=url-share

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  A notable exception to Betteridge’s Law of Headlines. @ianbetteridge@social.vivaldi.net

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  The Reason article is very good https://infosec.exchange/@Javvad/117206198248946043

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  This is so lovely https://youtube.com/shorts/U9xjLw1wnx8?si=a4MAs43Xd1SrmE0X

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  RE: https://mastodon.social/@leftyknowitall/117026068066454553 This is really cool.

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  FedEx office (at least the one here near me in PDX) has a fascinating and moronic policy: if you send in a print job, like, say, a 60 page double-sided full color document): "There is a $17 surcharge for any print job over $50 picked up the same day. " Let's think about this. Surely a rational business trying to reduce the burden on staff would consider a surcharge for jobs of UNDER $50, to ensure that having employees spending zero-sum time on something is worth tha...

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  Unretouched and unfiltered view of the sunrise over Portland, OR this morning.

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  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@wendynather/117016471575854969 Words of wisdom (of course) from @wendynather@infosec.exchange

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  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@44CON/117037056913881882 This makes a lot of sense; Screenly (and their sister company, SBOMify) are just sooo good. They are sponsoring one of the world's most under-rated and seriously great practitioner-focused security conferences - I really can't recommend #44CON 2026 any more highly - if you are anywhere near London this September, I hope to see you there.

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  RE: https://infosec.exchange/@tychotithonus/117037035686131194 Great three-toot thread; HT @wendynather@infosec.exchange

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  This is my favorite news story of the year. Please boost, it's wonderful. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50849559

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  Behavior consistent with a country begging to enter peace talks and eager to have the war over.

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  AMS->SEA and Delta has no Wi-Fi. I guess with still is a luxury. After all it is brand new technology.

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  Now about four hours of layover in Amsterdam.

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  The most remarkable thing about this story is that the bride, jilted at the altar by the caterer, refused to name and shame the caterer, saying that these things happen. I am certain that I would have done the same thing she did, if by that one infers I mean I would have immediately commenced a campaign to name and shame them in every available media open to posts and I would consider ads in LinkedIn and insta. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7vgd5jmryro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

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  MUC->AMS

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  I love code shares. My “Delta” flight is actually a “KLM” flight that is operated by Hop, an airline so stupid it could only be French.

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  https://theconversation.com/more-testosterone-wont-make-a-better-soldier-or-a-tougher-man-aggression-and-strength-drive-t-levels-not-the-other-way-around-287828

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  ‘Tis chic

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  “In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the... Anyone? Anyone?... the Great Depression, passed the... Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act… Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?... raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. “Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression. Today we have a similar de...

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  So happy to see that under the bold leadership of Oresident Donald J. Trump, the price of so many things is falling. Take home loans, which form the foundation of the American dream!

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  #usability Having a link leading nowhere, or a warning that opens to nothing is super irritating and easily suppressed. Not doing it shows you really don't care about your users' journey.

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  For those of us lucky enough to have a parent with memory issues or dementia, I recommend the Memory Board. We installed it yesterday and already it is helping. You can schedule messages, mix images and text, and it rotates the messages currently set to display. No subscription, just buy the tablet, which starts at $175 in the US. https://memoryboard.com

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  Wow, these reporters ARE good, amirite?

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  Thank God they didn't try this in America. I quote Homer Simpson just before he signed a high interest car loan with a balloon payment in five years: "But that's a long time from now, right?"

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  Oh to be registered to vote in Clacton. https://mastodon.scot/@AlexGallagher/116945662355607169

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  This pan is hand-raised from 2.3mm thick copper by Spijk Selby at his workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark, and lined with pure tin by Normandy Kitchen Copper for a naturally non-stick cooking surface. The handle is forged from 304 stainless steel and secured with 3x 6mm pure copper rivets. Stainless steel was chosen over cast iron for its lighter weight, and over brass for its slower heat-up time, keeping the handle more comfortable to hold during cooking. The pan's black finish is achieved thro...

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  hey #artists: My friend who does spiritual counseling is making her first time web site and needs a logo that spells her four-letter name in a series of hand drawn letters comprised of stages of a flower opening. Any Fedi folks know of someone I can hire? Thanks in advance and please RT for reach?