Aphrodite ☑️ :boost_ok:

Verum mirabilius fictionem.   Helps put together #2600’s #HOPEconf.   Host of #AlmostLive.   Foolishly doing bonkers things on #BadIdeaSaturday.  Helping make things happen. #TeamFAFO, Diversionary Tactics Division.  #Hacker, breaker, dreamer, maker.   #DomesticViolence survivor several times over. Eco-leftist. Friend of Blåhaj.  #AuDHD.  she/elle/αυτή
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Everything posted on this account is in some way related to #hacking, especially if it doesn’t look like it.

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2024-08-23 21:44:37

Things I Rather Like:
Being a functional adult.
Things I Rather Dislike:
Needing to take a a few meds for that to happen.
I like being functional more than I dislike the fistful of meds I need.
I need to remind myself this some days.
Maybe you need this reminder too.

2024-08-14 02:35:14

Curious some good tactics for when feelings feel too big.
For an adult, to be clear.
Me. I’m being overwhelmed by feelings that are too big to process.

2024-08-04 03:09:58

You are worthy.
You are valued.
You are loved.
And you are worthy of love.
You’re human. That’s the only justification necessary.

2024-07-26 22:01:12

Found an unopened box of 5.25” floppies during a clean up.
The sticker on the sealed box was unexpected.
#Olympics
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2024-07-26 21:32:33

And this is why I drive a beater from 20y ago instead of a new car… and why I intend on electrifying an old beater instead of buying a new car.
From: @npub1v2s…mqq5
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112854597447900406

2024-07-19 15:44:38

Found the building where your #IT people are working…
#Crowdstrike
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2024-06-23 18:54:07

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@npub1nac…0mta
They give the game away in their tagline:
“All the news that’s fit to print.”
But who determines what’s fit to print?
The owners, as dictated to by their advertisers.

2024-06-02 22:16:47

I let the dough ferment for almost a full day. Nice density, crumb, and crust.
Fresh baked bread at home is an amazing thing.
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2024-05-30 21:39:59

(disclosure: not a lawyer, just a law nerd)
So some good news for my #Canadian friends:
Trump can’t visit Canada without permission anymore.
s. 362, False Pretence or False Statement, appears to be the closest to the offences of which he has been convicted in the city, county, and state of New York. (Just visited that court complex recently for personal business.)
For offences greater than $5k has a max prison term of 10y.
That’s the threshold for permanent criminal inadmissibility.
:)

2024-05-23 19:26:00

Consider how twisted
our cultures must be
if caring for people
counters “society”
From: @npub1a3r…yhhn
https://mastodon.social/@rootcompute/112491788604533035

2024-05-23 16:25:27

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@npub1qag…9gyn
It’s going to be an interesting situation.
And this case will be going on a hard core challenge once I clean it up.

2024-05-23 15:36:37

So today’s a first for me.
I bought a car for -$5.
That’s not a typo.
A person officially sold me their vehicle for $1. In the dash was about $6.
Mechanically this is a fairly solid vehicle. It’s a 2007 Toyota so it will withstand a lot. The manual transmission is in good nick as well.
The next challenge is cleaning it. There’s was a lot of life and living done in this car and it shows. So far I’ve tossed a shopping bag of trash and half a roll of paper towels to get cleaning started.

2024-05-15 01:28:49

Did a lot of walking today.
Most since I’ve had surgery on my ankle 6mo ago.
I did my best today.
I will do my best tomorrow.
One does what one can.
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2024-04-02 21:06:22

Why I Don’t CW Most Of My Mental Health Stuff:
Because unless I’m going into anything close to graphic details, and trust that I’ve been through enough that I know when I start to skate that edge, it’s more helpful for folks to know they are not alone in their struggles.
Depression and anxiety have been lifelong companions. PTSD and dissociation make their presences known. Autism and ADHD inform how I perceive reality.
And it helps everyone for me to be open about this.

2024-03-28 21:26:34

Time to send up the flag and a call for help.
Someone I know in the #GTA who’s #trans and that is a victim of domestic violence. I need to connect that person to resources that can help her get the person assaulting her out of her life.
Fortunately, she is the only one with a legal right to live at her residence. Unfortunately, the abuser is threatening to escalate things.
Apart from calling the police, what other #DA #DV orgs are in the GTA that I can refer her to?
#Toronto

2024-03-22 00:39:37

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@npub1qag…9gyn
Gigolo is a good one.
(I’m giving zero fucks about propriety since this is for a written piece that’s supposed to be emotive and because I’m having issues with remembering certain words.)

2024-03-22 00:32:45

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@npub1qag…9gyn
Paramour covers multiple genders, and it is used as a neutral term in poly relationships so it’s a no go.
The other word describes the man who is flippant with intimacy, not the one with whom a woman is flippant with.
“The philandering bastard has a mistress,” for example.

2024-03-22 00:22:14

Turns out there’s no word in English that specifically is a masculine counterpart to “mistress,” in the infidelity sense.
Foolish q: does such a word specifically exist in other languages?
I’m not talking about a term that encompasses multiple genders. Just the idea of a man a partner in a committed relationship is using to cheat.

2024-03-16 05:32:53

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@npub1sac…apc0
oh that’s ok.
just send me your credit card information and a bitcoin to cover the shipping costs and i’ll get them to you.

2024-03-16 04:23:55

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I’ve posted this on Reddit as well, and I’ve already had one person with a parasitic mindset asking me to sell the games to them if they aren’t returned.
For clarity, I will not profit off another’s discomfort. These are not for sale. Either they get to the owner by Monday, or I drop them off at the Lost Property Office and, if I have any say on it, they’ll go to BC Children’s Hospital for use by patients.
So please please don’t ask to buy them.

2024-03-16 03:44:47

Please boost this.
If you lost a small box full of #NintendoSwitch games at 22nd Street Station, please contact me with the titles and a few other details and I’ll get your games back to you.
My DMs are open.
#Burnaby #Surrey #NewWest #Vancouver
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2024-03-14 00:27:29

A follow up on that post from yesterday.
The young lady I spoke to was Cassidy Megan, founder of an #epilepsy awareness org.
Like far too many conditions, epilepsy is beset with misunderstandings and stereotypes that are harmful for both people with the condition and society generally.
It’s a condition that can often be treated, but those wrong ideas of epilepsy and the stigma keep people from treatment and just living life.
March 26 is #PurpleDay. Show support. :)
https://www.purpleday.ca

2024-02-26 07:35:04

#mHealth
If you’re not going to love and like yourself, loser, then I’ll like and love you enough for both of us until you get it through your skull that you’re worthy of love and respect and affection.
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2024-02-21 04:42:31

I’m taking a crack at making #FediCard for others.
Here’s one for @npub1mz8…y3lg
Flavour:
Bust a Myth: Reference to https://youtu.be/3EPTfOTC4Jw where they proved that Raymond Chen was untruthful about Space Cadet Pinball on Dave’s Garage, which removed the video.
Community: N runs restless.systems and the DisNCord server.
Flavour: N created Mixer’s FTL.
Ask, I may make you one too :)
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2024-02-20 00:13:50

Endorsing antivax positions is endorsing cruelty.
The surge in antivax malarkey is parallel to the gutting of child labour laws, slashing occupational safety regulations, limiting access to reproductive care, prohibiting trans care.
These are all efforts to inflict pain on others and self, and attempting to not have the “and self” part his by othering, dehumanizing the target, be the target kids, women, trans folks, workers…
From: @npub1su4…a0dw
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/111960704488331345

2024-02-14 19:41:28

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@npub1mjj…h2pr @npub1vm6…5kpm @npub1vk5…srde
pull the wool over your own eyes and join the church of the subgenius instead.
eternal salvation or triple your money back!

2024-02-11 03:09:10

So earlier, the linked post was posted with #AIArt.
But it’s that time, everybody!
#BadIdeaSaturday!
#MakingItAnalog
I thought, “I’m someone that can handle kitchen tools, why can’t I make this fantasy real?”
I went to a local grocery store, bought fruit… mostly.. and went to work!
I’m not expert at cooking, nor do I have skill with food art, so it ain’t perfect, but at least it’s real and it’s tasty.
#GongXiFaCai #LunarNewYear
From: @npub138x…8r06
https://tenforward.social/@moopsy/111908134246802760
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2024-02-01 02:29:12

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@npub1udr…8gc6
Back in 2010, I had issues with seniors whose fingerprints were so worn thin they couldn’t use the fingerprint scanners to clock in.
It’s fascinating and frustrating that people forget that, unless they’re unlucky, they too will be an old and have the coordination and physiological issues they disdain elders for having,

2024-01-28 03:52:04

Still can’t believe it’s been 30 years to the day since #Babylon5 first broadcast.
One of the best sci-fi series ever made.
First show to use CGI this extensively.
First show to have a proper Internet fandom.
First show to have what we’d now call a “show runner.”
If you haven’t watched it yet, give it a go.
Yes season 1 is a bit slow, but once the actions picks up in s2 you’ll be glued since “No one is exactly who they appear.” -G’kar
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2024-01-22 08:48:08

I did my best today.
I will do my best tomorrow.
One does what one can.

2024-01-22 05:25:06

Hope is what you do when you think that there’s something you can do to make the situation better. It doesn’t mean that you know how to solve the whole thing. It means that you know what to do next… If there is a step that you can take next that will take you to a place where there might be another step, then you have hope, and you can do something.
-Cory Doctorow @npub1hyk…3p33,
The Eleventh Hope Keynote (2016) https://archive.org/details/youtube-Qid6_J38BDI

2024-01-22 05:19:49

Spent the last few hours crossing a few streams.
I am doing some work for @npub1s48…kz5f.
I’m taking a look at some stuff @npub1hyk…3p33 has shared at the event over the years.
And I’m incorporating a little of that in my #derad work, helping those who want out of cultlike organizations find their way out.
As Cory said, once one has principles that are simple, that can anticipate and correct for future lapses, they can inform everything you do.
https://www.reddit.com/r/HelpMeGetOut/s/0D04lpAemJ

2024-01-10 23:12:30

One of the more intriguing things I’ve worked out, at least in myself:
Laughter is healing.
And laughter is diagnostic.
In my deepest, darkest moments, the ones , I can’t laugh or make jokes. That’s my biggest red flag that Something Is Wrong.
If I’m capable of a joke that isn’t self-deprecating and laughing, I’m probably ok.
This goes for physical health as well as mental health.
Intriguing that people who subscribe to hateful ideologies can’t make or take a joke, though.

2024-01-07 23:06:11

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@npub1zw0…uljm
i’m a one hit wonder with cannab… frop.
seriously. one hit off a vape or a joint.. i mean, a corncob style pipe.. and i’m seeing “Bob” with triple my money in hand and offering his greatest bestseller “How To Enjoy Hell On Five Cents Per Day” at the low low price of $134.92.

2024-01-07 23:01:03

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@npub1zw0…uljm
great more frop for me - you have any idea how hard that is to get just because it’s a “controlled substance” and “we’ll flog you until you go ‘yes, daddy’” and…
umm..
never mind i too am sober.
>.>
<.<

2024-01-07 20:57:37

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@npub1zw0…uljm
How much frop did you toke for this, where can I get some besides of course getting eternal salvation or triple my money back, and how can i safely and legally smack such folks upside the head for horrific amounts of money?

2024-01-05 20:34:02

I’m hoping someone can help a friend of a friend of mine.
She’s @npub1axv…lex7.
If you know her, please please get in touch with her ASAP.
A mutual friend advised that she appears to be at high risk of SH and/or sui and her communications appear to be very very tainted by pain, that she is responding with despair to any comms.
Rule Zero is “Protect life.” When someone’s at risk like this, I cannot stand by. Please help.

2023-12-30 16:40:22

#37c3
Small ethical lapses presage larger ones absent intervention.
Last Dec, a small ethical lapse lead to identifying $xM of likely fraud in an US NFP.
#CCCamp23 pointed to organizational failure issues.
TLDR: actions taken by camp staff were inconsistent with posted public policies. In an injured state, I felt unwelcome and unsafe right after dislocating my foot.
Then this ugly output of allowing input by that error.
This ain’t a new problem.
#CCC, something is very wrong. FIX THIS.

2023-12-28 12:36:30

“Love conquers hate.”
Annoying pithy phrase, right?
Actually, no.
It’s not at all wrong.
And the most bonkers part?
Hate may have factions, edifices of lies, cultists turned killers, and propaganda besides.
But love can defeat all of that without lifting a finger in violence or a lifting a voice in anger.
#derad

2023-12-28 09:56:18

There are, at root, two types of journo.
Access journos trade their name and access to pages and airtime for access to some person.
Quick and easy way to just be that person’s bullhorn, saying exactly and uncritically what such person want to be heard.
Ignored journos keep their integrity at the cost of being heard.
But they are the ones that point out and prove that every utterance of that person is a bald faced lie.
Follow ignored journos that know what’s up. :)

2023-10-04 18:21:39

so i just had my phone start buzzing and this appeared….
nice! finally!
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2023-09-21 05:00:49

If by this time in two years I’m near totally offline, don’t be surprised.
Increasingly, the Internet, the place which for over 30 years has been refuge and home for this perennial outsider, doesn’t feel like that anymore.
Mastodon is one of the places that still feels like home, though.

2023-09-17 19:30:03

a path can be changed -
the pattern is not the dress
until it is cut
#haikyu #haiku #poetry

2023-09-13 23:39:39

16km walking yesterday and my right leg is really hating me for it.
Oh well.
Gotta keep gently pushing my boundaries, my tolerances, my endurance for when I need to push it closer to a limit.
#LongWalkForLongCovid

2023-09-12 20:09:52

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@npub1fgl…4jl4
pardon me, friend, but i’m a talentless, foolish, dull, ugly hack
if i beat you in any of those dimensions there’s something wrong with the universe

2023-09-02 22:15:15

The scariest thing for a bigot attempting to convince others to become bigoted is direct experiences with the targets of that bigotry.
The more I travel, the more apparent it is that a human is a human.
Sure we have differences, but they are all superficial compared to that core observation that a human is a human.
That concept strikes terror in the hearts of those spreading hatred.
The bigot wants to shrink your world to preclude one experiencing that phenomenon.
Do not let them.

2023-09-02 18:12:08

One of the fascinating aspects of the #HumanAlgorithm of Mastodon:
One never knows quite how far a post will go.

2023-09-02 15:17:07

Would love if any #ultramarathoners could hook a sister up with some training tips.
I’m working a little on the blind side re reconditioning the body.

2023-08-22 08:53:37

Bad mental health day.
Without the right supports in my life, it could very easily have become a bad mental health week, month, or even year.
Days like today are why I will never claim to be cured from depression, anxiety, PTSD, etc. But at the same time, I’m not weighted down by those conditions like I used to be.
Yes it sucks but it could suck harder. :/

2023-08-21 17:24:49

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@npub13vv…0sze
Worth noting: in Illinois, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who’s also the State Librarian, pushed the first state bill in the USA prohibiting book bans.
The odds of success at the state level in Illinois are functionally zero.
Local libraries, though, are more likely targeted by hateful activists. That’s where our friends in Illinois need to focus activity.

2023-08-12 22:11:47

If you’re at #Defcon31, tell your friends who aren’t yet on #Mastodon to sign up for https://defcon.social.
Decentralized and decommercialized social media platforms are where #TheFutureWillPrevail by fighting back against monopolists and #enshittification.
That commercial social media push towards conflict and controversy is not baked in.
In contrast, the #HumanAlgorithm encourages community and conversation, just like the evolutionary default in offline life.

2023-08-12 21:14:14

Long shot:
Lost the other earring. Would deeply appreciate it if it were found today.
#defcon31
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2023-08-10 05:23:49

#Defcon31 Survival Tip:
It’s freaking >100°F/37°C by day and still in the upper 80s F/ lower 30s C by night.
STAY HYDRATED.
DRINK MORE WATER.
If you’re thirsty, you’re already dehydrated.
If you have a weird headache you’re not used to, you’re likely dehydrated.
Track your hydration by your pee.
As Burning Man advises, “Piss Clear.” Pale yellow to clear is a sign that you’re hydrated.
Water is everywhere in con space. Drink it!
…unless you want to experience HospitalCon.

2023-07-17 23:35:13

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@npub1w0k…z3sz
It’s both fascinating and disturbing to see how many are willing to sacrifice their faculties at the feet of bullshitters.
It’s even more disturbing and fascinating to see how many one thinks of as various levels of intelligent sacrificing their faculties at the output of LLM GAIs, the ultimate bullshit generators.
LLM GAIs are all but the Orwellian Ministry of Truth, unquestioned and seemingly unquestionable by those that don’t know any better.

2023-07-17 23:03:13

friendly reminder that @npub1l0j…r2eg is now on the metaverse.
give them a follow!

2023-06-12 19:22:32

Holy hell.
A Supreme Court Justice is resigning amidst investigations into his conduct.
…in Canada.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/russell-brown-supreme-court-justice-resigns-1.6873402

2023-04-04 21:16:09

if you’re feeling like something is missing today, it’s because it’s 4/04