Hackers wear cat ears to indicate how easy it is to get them to do what you want them to do.
As any hackspace will confirm, dealing with a group of them really is like herding cats.
Cats with opposable thumbs who can fuck around with mains voltage and email servers.
rixx
npub1vw…vyr38
2026-10-24 08:43:56 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1vwrj3salhurj4t26ttv9ecfz7ehxxr3ptds57jktzcygy47aa37s0vyr38Seen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-10-24 08:43:56 UTCEvent JSON
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