Nostr notes by abadidea

idk how anyone can look at this man, the most Just A Guy guy I ...

2026-10-30T19:07:04Z

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idk how anyone can look at this man, the most Just A Guy guy I have ever seen, and not realize that royalty are actually also all Just A Guys

it’s funny to see the princess in a normal soldier’s uniform ...

2026-10-30T18:36:08Z

it’s funny to see the princess in a normal soldier’s uniform with a name badge that says “van Oranje”. like yeah I guess that is her name, huh

(they are pouring a bucket of cold water over her as some sort of hazing ceremony for her promotion to sergeant)

I guess the closest thing we're getting to any kind of ...

2026-10-30T17:08:32Z

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I guess the closest thing we're getting to any kind of statement from Anthropic is this guy saying offhandedly in a Hacker News comment that only the Cursor version was compromised, in a way that implies that somehow none of this is Anthropic's fault or problem

they've been stealing millions in cryptocoins for years. they ...

2026-10-30T16:31:44Z

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they've been stealing millions in cryptocoins for years. they clearly have a system that accomplishes something for them

honestly, the fact that multiple parties report directly asking ...

2026-10-30T15:25:59Z

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honestly, the fact that multiple parties report directly asking Anthropic for comment and getting none implies that they're huddled in their situation room trying to hammer out what they're going to say with their lawyers, which implies the answers to my questions Ain't Great, Chief

I know VS Code isn't the only editor with this problem but it ...

2026-10-30T14:55:07Z

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I know VS Code isn't the only editor with this problem but it is the only one owned and operated by one of the wealthiest corporations in the world and massively pushed by it; vim has an excuse to be a pathetic helpless baby, vs code does not

a) I didn't say anything about marketplaces; Cursor is a VS ...

2026-10-30T14:07:06Z

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a) I didn't say anything about marketplaces; Cursor is a VS Code flavor and the structural flaw is inherent to all of them.

b) we know for sure it was on Cursor marketplace. No-one seems to know whether it was or wasn't on VS Code marketplace

okay so, it is abundantly clear that the Cursor version of the ...

2026-10-30T14:03:06Z

okay so, it is abundantly clear that the Cursor version of the Claude plugin was compromised (a fork of VS Code), but no-one seems to know for sure whether the vanilla VS Code version was as well

what we can see is that Anthropic has recently been updating the vanilla VS Code plugin once every weekday(!!! what the hell are they doing in there), and yesterday's, version .313, is missing from that history

But whether it existed and then was pulled, or never made it to this platform to begin with, makes a MASSIVE difference to how many infections there are, and notably Anthropic has not said jack yet – only Cursor has.

Does anyone know FOR SURE, from DIRECT EVIDENCE, whether deleting an individual version of a plugin removes it from the public version history list? Because if it does *not* hide the entry, then we can be reasonably sure it never hit this marketplace, which is good

And does anyone at Anthropic want to maybe give clear, helpful statements? 🙃 forgotten how to take action when there's a problem? need the AI to hold your hand?

yes, the question is not whether it was the official plugin (it ...

2026-10-30T13:30:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…308j
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yes, the question is not whether it was the official plugin (it was) but how well VS Code supports cryptographically signed plugins and whether this implies the attackers had Anthropic's keys.

while we know for 100% sure the Cursor version was compromised, ...

2026-10-30T13:29:10Z

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while we know for 100% sure the Cursor version was compromised, it seems to remain very unclear whether anyone caught it through VS Code official, so I'd recommend extreme caution

I'm suffering a prolonged home ISP outage that isn't ...

2026-10-30T13:12:29Z

I'm suffering a prolonged home ISP outage that isn't disclosed on their website, which makes me wonder if they just found the Claude backdoor on an admin's laptop and have hurriedly pulled the Biggest Cable while they do incident response

I don't have a crying emoji upset enough :blobsob:

2026-10-30T13:08:20Z

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I don't have a crying emoji upset enough :blobsob:

signed? you're already imagining a much more responsible ...

2026-10-30T12:50:30Z

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signed? you're already imagining a much more responsible design than exists

there's been an open ticket for people requesting the ability to sign plugins since 2017.

okay, so here's what I'm thinking right now: 1) we, ...

2026-10-30T12:19:48Z

okay, so here's what I'm thinking right now:

1) we, people who like things to have some reasonable baseline amount of safety in our everyday tools, have been complaining for years that VS Code's plugin model is absurdly unsafe and an absolute open sewer; Microsoft shrugs and says it's the user's responsibility to only install reliable plugins

2) as foretold by the prophecy, a major plugin from a major company is compromised and begins pushing shell scripts to automatically install ssh backdoors, which is a thing VS Code plugins can do despite being fucking JAVASCRIPT PLUGINS for a TEXT EDITOR

3) within hours, Binance, the exact sort of company that would be using Claude for daily programming tasks, suffers a massive compromise through a devops laptop and literally billions of dollars in cryptocoins are funneled into the North Korean war chest, the largest heist in history. (We don't know for *sure* at the moment that these are connected, but they sure sound pretty likely to be connected.)

Microsoft, what exactly are you planning to do about your share of responsibility for this catastrophe?

as far as I can tell at this time, it was pushed through every ...

2026-10-30T11:40:14Z

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as far as I can tell at this time, it was pushed through every official source of the plugin

we REALLY need the safeword right about now

2026-10-30T11:35:14Z

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we REALLY need the safeword right about now

jesus christ I only just saw the Claude plugin compromise because ...

2026-10-30T11:12:47Z

jesus christ I only just saw the Claude plugin compromise because I was enjoying a nice white chocolate mocha like a normal human being COULD THIS STOP BEING A WEEK WHERE DECADES HAPPEN PLEASE

I hadn't noticed it's a mirror, but it's not that big ...

2026-10-30T10:49:52Z

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I hadn't noticed it's a mirror, but it's not that big a deal as I wrote it more as a general explainer for boosting onto my timeline anyway

AO3 a fanfiction site that is largely romance, some of it ...

2026-10-30T10:37:45Z

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AO3 a fanfiction site that is largely romance, some of it explicit, some of it not, and more popular with girls than with boys, but definitely readers from all slices of life reading all sorts of genres

but they are notable for taking a hard freedom-of-speech stance on you can post extremely hardcore or problematic erotica as long as it's clearly tagged, stuff that most sites would ban and delist. This means they have to control all their own infrastructure to avoid censorship pressure while also on a shoestring volunteer budget, which is why they're now facing a large downtime after an attack, as they can't just click a cloud deploy button.

the trick is to be one of a handful of entities on the planet ...

2026-10-30T10:28:34Z

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the trick is to be one of a handful of entities on the planet that would also be quite satisfied with stealing an aircraft carrier

even if there's a backups problem, generally either it's ...

2026-10-29T18:58:12Z

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even if there's a backups problem, generally either it's "we have to pull the archived tapes and that might take a few days" or "we have nothing, there is no recovery"

a month implies to me that a lot of code needs to be rewritten to prevent the problem from recurring

NB: ao3 hasn't said yet what went wrong. I am assuming it was ...

2026-10-29T18:54:20Z

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NB: ao3 hasn't said yet what went wrong. I am assuming it was a hacker for the purposes of this post because that's funnier

Whoever hacked AO3 so hard that they're forecasting being ...

2026-10-29T18:48:18Z

Whoever hacked AO3 so hard that they're forecasting being down for a month is not prepared for what happens when every random bored paper-pusher between you and being identified and arrested has her yaoi taken away

I am a female queer atheist of Celtic ancestry, and I am at this ...

2026-10-29T13:24:36Z

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I am a female queer atheist of Celtic ancestry, and I am at this very moment wearing mixed fabrics. It’s hard to imagine someone less qualified to apply for a job bearing the Ark of the Covenant

in retrospect, I suspect Dual_EC_DRBG was deliberately botched by ...

2026-10-29T12:11:47Z

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in retrospect, I suspect Dual_EC_DRBG was deliberately botched by the technicals after failing to persuade management that what they were asking for was wildly unethical and dangerous even by spy agency standards

one was at the potion shop, one was losing a fight to one (1) ...

2026-10-29T11:06:26Z

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one was at the potion shop, one was losing a fight to one (1) goblin off in the woods, it was a real mess

me, standing in the kitchen: uhh, what was I doing here again, ...

2026-10-29T10:33:51Z

me, standing in the kitchen: uhh, what was I doing here again, before I interrupted myself and left the kitchen three times?

calm, deep male voice echoing from the ambient environment: you must gather your thoughts before venturing forth

when ads get through my filters, they're often rather poorly ...

2026-10-29T07:58:16Z

when ads get through my filters, they're often rather poorly targeted because I don't fit into typical interest buckets for my gender and age, but this ad that's clearly targeted at a Levite tribesman from 1200 BCE is perhaps the furthest from the mark yet

okay, I managed to make it an hour after waking up before ...

2026-10-29T07:10:13Z

okay, I managed to make it an hour after waking up before checking my mentions, and there were no unspeakably awful flames waiting for me. good job everyone

remind me, when I inevitably check my mentions first thing after ...

2026-10-28T21:45:25Z

remind me, when I inevitably check my mentions first thing after waking up tomorrow and get mad online, that I told myself I wouldn't check my mentions first thing after waking up tomorrow, because I already know they'll make me mad online

it's pretty normal to buy one alcohol in a Dutch grocery ...

2026-10-28T19:42:20Z

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it's pretty normal to buy one alcohol in a Dutch grocery store like you would one soda or one fruit juice

I’m shaking… everything’s okay but we missed disaster by a ...

2026-10-28T16:07:02Z

I’m shaking… everything’s okay but we missed disaster by a hair

I was walking Odin when a neighbor across the street opened her front door and a dog I’ve never seen before rushed out between her legs, barking and barreling straight towards Odin

That’s not the scary part, dogs preemptively try to fend off Odin all the time and he usually handles it very calmly and politely. The scary part is that the dog dashed out right in front of a car.

Brakes slammed. Missed by an inch.

Turns out, the neighbor is babysitting the dog, so the poor creature was already anxious about being abandoned in a strange place, then saw The Beast out the door.

I know it’s not our fault, Odin did nothing but exist in this situation, but gods I’d have been so traumatized if that dog got killed because they were afraid of Odin

I don't think the Dutch police stand up twelve year olds to ...

2026-10-28T12:53:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…g0dw
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I don't think the Dutch police stand up twelve year olds to do entrapment over something that they would consider about as high priority as littering, no.

there's a middle school across the street from the grocery store and they're allowed to come outside if they don't have class in a given slot

always surprising when that actually works

2026-10-28T09:32:53Z

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always surprising when that actually works

my husband was like “oh yeah, kids have asked me before too” ...

2026-10-28T09:03:15Z

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my husband was like “oh yeah, kids have asked me before too” and like, okay, sure, I can see approaching a young guy who looks like he might be a bro about it

But I am a compulsive motherer. I have grammar teacher aura. I look like I’ll ask if you’ve brushed your teeth and that’s because I absolutely godsdam will. Twelve year old boy, why would you look up and down the street of Amsterdam, City of Sin, and ask ME to sneak you a beer

Good morning to the twelve year old lurking outside the Albert ...

2026-10-28T08:30:39Z

Good morning to the twelve year old lurking outside the Albert Heijn who straight up asked me to buy him a beer (lol no) (but you may pet Odin)

Good morning to a boy who gives mommy a Look when she puts the ...

2026-10-28T07:59:42Z

Good morning to a boy who gives mommy a Look when she puts the leash on and then remembers something she has to do before going outside

“should” will never work, it can’t sustain the needed ...

2026-10-28T07:40:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…jsaz
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“should” will never work, it can’t sustain the needed willpower. You won’t learn a language unless and until you’re excited about it. And if you’re not excited about it, that’s okay.

I have blown multiple psychologists’ minds by telling them I ...

2026-10-28T06:38:38Z

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I have blown multiple psychologists’ minds by telling them I know dozens of trans women and most of them are lesbians

someone has definitely taught them all that the overwhelming desire to be straight is the reason people transition

https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/117433422653458625

2026-10-28T06:20:36Z

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https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/117433422653458625

it's a Tintin-like comic for Dutch and Belgian children. So ...

2026-10-27T21:57:40Z

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it's a Tintin-like comic for Dutch and Belgian children. So there's probably a liiiiittle bit of porn in there somewhere

occasionally I get poor-netiquette replies about Odin and I had ...

2026-10-27T21:25:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…d5em
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occasionally I get poor-netiquette replies about Odin and I had to block one True Freak but most of y'all are in the clear

they are warcriming on me in the quotes :neodog_pensive:

2026-10-27T20:49:17Z

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they are warcriming on me in the quotes :neodog_pensive:

I personally haven't had a problem with bluesky bridgers! ...

2026-10-27T20:48:56Z

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I personally haven't had a problem with bluesky bridgers! I'm not sure I've ever blocked any, maybe one

I acknowledge that some single-user instances are simply ...

2026-10-27T20:43:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…vcr8
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I acknowledge that some single-user instances are simply compulsive sysadmins

a breakdown of my Bad Replies, given that the worst-of-the-worst ...

2026-10-27T19:33:21Z

a breakdown of my Bad Replies, given that the worst-of-the-worst instances are of course blocked by my moderators:

- 80% users from major mainstream servers, especially mastodon.social, who have poor netiquette or the stink of subconscious misogyny about them

- 15% single-user instances owned by people who have already been banned from every open-signup server and sincerely believe that every single one was completely unfair and tyrannical

- 5% kolektiva users openly planning war crimes in my mentions

but, to be clear, I get a lot fewer Bad Replies here than I ever did on twitter while getting a similar number, if not more!, Good Replies

(including from kolektiva users. they're not ALL planning war crimes in my mentions)

in the sense that learning never stops, yes

2026-10-27T17:16:21Z

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in the sense that learning never stops, yes

don’t worry, there’s still always a risk of getting trapped ...

2026-10-27T17:01:29Z

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don’t worry, there’s still always a risk of getting trapped in The Hague when trying to escape Delft

then I block you because fuck off with this disrespect in my ...

2026-10-27T16:59:21Z

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then I block you because fuck off with this disrespect in my mentions

The Dutch reviews of Classical Chinese are in: “eww”. ...

2026-10-27T16:49:56Z

The Dutch reviews of Classical Chinese are in: “eww”. Harsh…

(It stands for eigenschapwerkwoord, an awkward attempt to capture the non-Indo-European verb semantics. The registered trademark is apparently for “radical”…)

#classicalchinese

yes, I guess it has to be a special custom tram to not just ruin ...

2026-10-27T15:26:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…ce48
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yes, I guess it has to be a special custom tram to not just ruin everything in the labs by driving by at all, so that was the main cause of the delay

oh, trivially, it would be screamingly loud on anything you’d ...

2026-10-27T15:11:36Z

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oh, trivially, it would be screamingly loud on anything you’d describe as a sensitive instrument

The United States has a Radio Silence Zone in the mountains where all sorts of everyday things are forbidden for miles around for precisely this reason

However, I have discovered that the tram only runs through 7 pm ...

2026-10-27T14:52:09Z

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However, I have discovered that the tram only runs through 7 pm as a compromise to give the university physicists hours in which to run experiments without picking up the tram on their instruments. Very important to remember for after-work events…

yes exactly. I’ve seen trams before of course, but trams on ...

2026-10-27T13:48:29Z

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yes exactly. I’ve seen trams before of course, but trams on *those tracks* is astonishing to me, I’d never see it coming!

it’s actually the last stop, and there’s a small building on ...

2026-10-27T13:26:42Z

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it’s actually the last stop, and there’s a small building on the platform that’s clearly a nice cozy break room for the drivers. I’d always wondered about the logistics of that

I have come into the office for the first time in a Very Long ...

2026-10-27T13:19:48Z

I have come into the office for the first time in a Very Long Time and was astonished to discover that the tram, the Delft university tram that has languished unfinished for years and years as I navigated on bike or foot through its muddy open-ditch ambitions, has actually been finished, actually began operating two weeks ago, and goes STRAIGHT from the train station to the office park. It’s a Halloween miracle

I’m blown away that the property values have gentrified so much ...

2026-10-27T12:17:50Z

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I’m blown away that the property values have gentrified so much that the current owner has a $&@ Ferrari. My grandfather worked in a factory that made doors

he orders dog treats. We order more flowers than we otherwise ...

2026-10-27T09:26:33Z

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he orders dog treats. We order more flowers than we otherwise would to make up for how many treats he begs off the flower ladies

Odin has learned that the flower booth lady is VERY impressed he ...

2026-10-27T09:18:10Z

Odin has learned that the flower booth lady is VERY impressed he can put his paws on the counter and stand like a customer, so now he eagerly springs up there so she can kiss his forehead

surely it's floating around sketchy public download sites but ...

2026-10-26T18:39:05Z

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surely it's floating around sketchy public download sites but here is the copy I had in my own personal files https://厄.net/backup/CrystalVietnam.gbc

As the 🎃Ritual🎃 approaches its climax, be sure to cloak ...

2026-10-26T17:30:02Z

As the 🎃Ritual🎃 approaches its climax, be sure to cloak your realm in sufficiently spooky boops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=henyMRqMBws

#chiptune #music #halloween

that's probably what happened at the timesheet company but ...

2026-10-26T16:12:23Z

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that's probably what happened at the timesheet company but unfortunately, we are paying a third party for a license to this thing!

there's also an obvious ticking timebomb where our accounts ...

2026-10-26T15:20:03Z

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there's also an obvious ticking timebomb where our accounts for the timesheet site are all tied to our old corporate email addresses that have since been deactivated in favor of a new domain name

100% there's going to be a catastrophic total account lockout one day

✨milady ✨

2026-10-26T15:11:01Z

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✨milady ✨

the timesheet software my employer uses is unspeakably awful, and ...

2026-10-26T15:10:38Z

the timesheet software my employer uses is unspeakably awful, and remarkably, not because of AI nonsense being shoved in – I'm pretty sure it hasn't actually been maintained in any way since roughly 2005. Of its many lacks of obvious expected functionality and inscrutable bugs, I think my favorite might be where you open it and it quietly decides to show you the work calendar not for this week, nor for whatever week you last looked at, but a random week at any point in the last several years

that doesn’t really change what an American finds strange about ...

2026-10-26T10:30:00Z

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that doesn’t really change what an American finds strange about the situation

I find it funny that the middle and high school kids ...

2026-10-26T10:14:57Z

I find it funny that the middle and high school kids “mevrouw” me when I have Odin with me, and only when I have Odin with me

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@at5RSSbot/117501729319636437 something ...

2026-10-26T07:19:41Z

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@at5RSSbot/117501729319636437

something that really surprised me about the Netherlands is that mayors are not elected by the local citizens, but appointed by the national government

anyway, the Amsterdam news did a piece on how the youths have decided that Mamdani should be mayor of Amsterdam too

quoting
note1ata…anvn

Mamdani-hype ook onder Amsterdamse jongeren: "Hij is mijn burgemeester" | https://www.at5.nl/artikelen/240611/mamdani-hype-ook-onder-amsterdamse-jongeren-hij-is-mijn-burgemeester?ref=mstdn | 🕑14:00 | #at5 #amsterdam

So, my previous apartment – it was in Leiden, on a narrow ...

2026-10-25T20:42:01Z

So, my previous apartment – it was in Leiden, on a narrow medieval street, and the buildings were all quite old so they weren't all built to the same standard floor-height, and the windows were all huge. As a result, I could look out my window and have a crystal clear view of the floor of the living room across from me, where some college girls lived.

One day, they had some guy-friends over. And I happened to glance out the window and see one of these boys, mid-conversation, casually and smoothly drop to the floor, execute The Worm with flawless undulations, and spring back to his feet all in one effortless motion, carrying on like nothing happened.

I'm haunted by it. Haunted by this impossibly cool guy I was never meant to perceive, this stolen glimpse of perfection. Where is he now, and is he doing The Worm?

would you love one made out of plastic and styrofoam that will be ...

2026-10-25T17:54:18Z

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would you love one made out of plastic and styrofoam that will be collapsing in on itself within a few years of building it

white New Englanders are just categorically Like This regardless ...

2026-10-25T17:52:21Z

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white New Englanders are just categorically Like This regardless of party

that dirt road in New Hampshire doesn't even have Street ...

2026-10-25T17:10:38Z

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that dirt road in New Hampshire doesn't even have Street View; my other, equally late grandparents' house near Boston does, but I had to walk up and down the street view several times to even find it, because some jackass cut down the trees, tore out the gardens and added a cheap-looking absurdly large garage that is bigger than the entire actual four-bedroom house

and the current owners have put up a big angry sign complaining that they're suing the town because the property evaluator didn't disclose that this cheap, shoddy garage is a huge fucking fire hazard 🔥

It is a strange feeling, how quickly and easily I can open Google ...

2026-10-25T16:32:55Z

It is a strange feeling, how quickly and easily I can open Google Maps and zoom out from my house in Amsterdam, scroll a bit across the Atlantic, zoom back in on the Appalachians and find the three little rectangles that represent my late grandparents' house, workshed and barn on a dirt road in the woods 5500 kilometers away

you: trying to figure out how the first anvil was forged without ...

2026-10-25T14:47:58Z

you: trying to figure out how the first anvil was forged without an anvil

me: wondering how Ludwig Ernst Hans Burmester made the first French curve without a French curve but more importantly, why are they called French curves if the inventor was German

A young boy that I suspect was probably a Ukrainian refugee came ...

2026-10-25T09:53:09Z

A young boy that I suspect was probably a Ukrainian refugee came up and asked in English if he could pet Odin "because this is my favorite breed of dog," and then clearly began arguing with his mother in their native language that see, it's fine, he's ready for the responsibility of a dog over twice his size

then we ran into Ace; despite living in the same building, we hadn't seen him in weeks. He's grown enough to be more of a fun playmate for Odin, shown here being very Normal about it

:kirby_happy:

2026-10-24T19:47:47Z

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:kirby_happy:

If you'd like a small little thing to try for ...

2026-10-24T17:12:06Z

If you'd like a small little thing to try for #NewSkillNovember , how about this tutorial for how to sew-bind a small book https://www.baum-kuchen.net/blogs/analogue-stories/how-to-make-a-simple-hand-sewn-book-a-c

my husband's at a local fighting game tournament and he's ...

2026-10-24T16:54:27Z

my husband's at a local fighting game tournament and he's beating the guys that a year ago were his personal Red on the Mountain

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/112263723495320401 ...

2026-10-24T08:59:00Z

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/112263723495320401

Thinking about when Odin was such a baby, even more baby than now, that he had not yet grasped the causal relationship between walking towards the park and being in the park

He HATED walkies the first several months of his life. He didn’t want to go anywhere and got scared if he lost sight of the house. I literally cried with joy the first time we took him out for a few hours without him getting upset, I think he was 9 months old

He’s completely fearless about new places now, he trusts us that everything will be okay
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one gets the impression that Aristotle felt he couldn't ...

2026-10-23T19:07:30Z

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one gets the impression that Aristotle felt he couldn't defend the dignity of something as common and lowly as a baby rattle (which he is saying is the first tool in education and the cultivation of virtue through music) without connecting it to someone whose high-browedness was beyond dispute

I have long noticed that the ancient Greeks had a compulsion to ...

2026-10-23T18:36:27Z

I have long noticed that the ancient Greeks had a compulsion to attribute everything to an inventor, often implausibly so to someone very famous; I think I have found the apotheosis of this tendency in Aristotle attributing the invention of the baby rattle to "mathematician, music theorist, statesman, and strategist" Archytas.

I just wrote this in my own notes about Greek philosophers taking ...

2026-10-23T17:41:52Z

I just wrote this in my own notes about Greek philosophers taking the slave underclass for granted, and I invite you to weaponize it against the deserving: "He sounds like the kind of man who expects his mother to come do his laundry at Walden Pond."

I have never held one of this specific model but it's a ...

2026-10-23T17:12:45Z

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I have never held one of this specific model but it's a Platinum so it's probably fine. Maybe not the most comfortable for long writing sessions, based on my experience with the even cheaper Platinum Preppy

okay, maybe I should have circled the mistranslation in the first ...

2026-10-23T16:08:47Z

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okay, maybe I should have circled the mistranslation in the first image in neon pink because I think a lot of people are missing it and being confused what's so "whoops" about this

They mistranslated "color: yellow" in Chinese to "color: pornographic" in English.

I think you're reading it backwards. The Chinese ...

2026-10-23T16:02:40Z

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I think you're reading it backwards.

The Chinese straightforwardly says "yellow".

Which has a slang definition, in Chinese, of "porn".

in this context it is miraculously soon.

2026-10-23T15:59:02Z

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in this context it is miraculously soon.

I feel the problem here is that they weren't nearly literal ...

2026-10-23T15:58:40Z

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I feel the problem here is that they weren't nearly literal enough

well, I was able to get a spot in January for the citizenship ...

2026-10-23T14:39:00Z

well, I was able to get a spot in January for the citizenship exam missing from my list, I was worried that they'd just not hold any for months and months and shrug about it

whoops #aliexpressfinds ...

2026-10-23T14:12:48Z

whoops

#aliexpressfinds

I am extremely used to Dutch. I have been using it every day for ...

2026-10-23T09:55:02Z

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I am extremely used to Dutch. I have been using it every day for five years and the test is just a formality. That's not the problem 😂

for me it really has nothing to do with the phonetics, it's ...

2026-10-23T09:48:26Z

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for me it really has nothing to do with the phonetics, it's just that my brain sorts everything into "English" and "not English" and when I reach into the second, I get what I get

I am so vulnerable to ye olde "L2/L3 confusion" Practice ...

2026-10-23T09:45:29Z

I am so vulnerable to ye olde "L2/L3 confusion"

Practice question for Dutch exam (in Dutch): name a few foods that contain a lot of sugar

Me: uh... 糖

I feel like you can glean a lot of profound lessons about ...

2026-10-22T18:17:46Z

I feel like you can glean a lot of profound lessons about infosec, process, safety and design from this Minecraft video where one team digs a giant hole in front of their base, everyone on the server knows about the hole, and yet people keep falling into the hole, including the ones who dug it in the first place https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78j9zqDp2-M

hahahahahahahahahahaha sob

2026-10-22T18:10:24Z

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hahahahahahahahahahaha *sob*

Guide to understanding Amsterdam news: “400 cobras found in ...

2026-10-22T14:50:46Z

Guide to understanding Amsterdam news:

“400 cobras found in shed”: they mean fireworks, it’s fine (it’s not fine)

“Python in console”: no, programmers fleeing PHP, don’t stick your hands in there, it’s a literal snake.

“It’s a poor worksman who blames his tools” has always been ...

2026-10-22T14:30:14Z

“It’s a poor worksman who blames his tools” has always been complete nonsense. No-one complains about imperfect tools faster and louder than a master. A master will yank a cheap or damaged tool out of your hand and yell at you for not blaming it yet

Cheap, lousy tools come from middle managers who don’t know how to do your job. Blame the hell out of poor tools and those who demand you use them

I'm confused. Why would you need to consume the exploit? In ...

2026-10-22T12:59:51Z

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I'm confused. Why would you need to consume the exploit? In fact please don't

huh, is that an authentic account? neat, I didn't know about ...

2026-10-22T11:33:15Z

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huh, is that an authentic account? neat, I didn't know about it

RE: https://cloudisland.nz/@ehashman/117481992432596098 In the ...

2026-10-22T06:35:41Z

RE: https://cloudisland.nz/@ehashman/117481992432596098

In the Netherlands, first we got a national news alert that all government websites were shutting down because of the PHP bug, and then our national comedian-newscaster Lubach did a bit about it.

so yeah, containment was breached

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Oh no

Fi, do you want to know what I was taught in American ...

2026-10-22T06:11:49Z

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Fi, do you want to know what I was taught in American fundamentalist school?

they taught me that they were called “the Dark Ages” because they’re between the initial blossom of Christianity immediately after the life of Christ, and Martin Luther nailing the door.

They think it was dark because of the Pope