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@heidilifeldman@mastodon.social An ad-blocker-friendly version of this story: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/another-ice-threat-visit-how-did-agents-track-down-this-critic-on-his-vacation/ar-AA26J4OC
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Retired from public service. #books #gaming #Midst #CriticalRole #NoAI
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@benroyce@mastodon.social @peachfront@toot.community Keep in mind that in obliterating blue districts... red districts have to be diluted with blue voters.
And the more hard-core the right gets, the more of their own voters get turned off.
I have faint, but persistent, hope that at least some of this redistricting will backfire as voters of all types get more angry with the status quo.
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@themipper@mastodon.social Which means the proof really was in the pudding all along?
@jonny@neuromatch.social
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@jensorensen@mastodon.social And the chasing arrows don't even mean it's recyclable.
We'll see how California's new law trying to tame the mess works out this fall.
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@microblogc@neopaquita.es We have RealID. ICE just says it's fake and arrests the person anyway.
Because it's not about citizenship. It's about a white nationalist regime trying to terrorize and drive out non-whites.
@cremevax@infosec.exchange
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@jargoggles@kolektiva.social @ShiitakeToast@beige.party @JadedBlueEyes@tech.lgbt Wait, spouse and I bought an Elantra hybrid.
Does that mean we're closet queer, or that the car is a closet pickup?
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@aredridel@kolektiva.social Oh this is immensely helpful. I've always struggled with these.
Why don't they just post these in clinical areas for reference?
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@Sheril@mastodon.social I sure hope they livestream the removal of the external signage.
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@dashrb@mstdn.social I use a PC desktop, so it's a good trick for some to know, but not me particularly.
I've started checking to see if turning off Java and reloading the page does the trick. I'd say it does about half the time, but not in this case.
But I've discovered that MSN and Yahoo often mirror these sites, and don't complain about adblockers. Yet. Much better than the sus "archive" sites.
@dalfen@mstdn.social
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@Gargron@mastodon.social I wonder if there is a future ahead of us in which all forms of identification documentation are so devalued as to be useless.
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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social This is hardly a challenge. Baby goats > 99% of existence > SpaceX
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@tezoatlipoca@mas.to There is a saying, that when you find a way to make something idiot-proof, they invent a better idiot.
Both my grandmother and my mother had formal wills, but my family got wrecked over them anyway.
@MicroSFF@mastodon.art
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@brianbilston@mastodon.online I think this was the first poem of yours I ran across, a few years ago.
It hits even harder now than it did then.
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@shanecelis@mastodon.gamedev.place I was thinking more along the lines of:
"All right, put your hand in the box."
"Nothing's happening."
"You're completely correct. I've turned it on now."
"Still nothing."
"You're very perceptive. I've figured out what I did wrong and it should definitely work now."
"OW THE NEEDLE" *dies*
"Yes, you're right. I stabbed you with the gom jabbar. I should not have done that, and I'm very sorry and won't do it again."
@liamvhogan@aus.social
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@theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social I'm white and cis and honest to every single deity that might exist, the stuff you relate makes my brain hurt.
Then again the last time I was in a jury pool one woman seriously demanded to know if the jury would be informed of any and all excluded evidence.
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@benroyce@mastodon.social I mailed my ballot back the day after I got it.
But damn I am nervous about the Cali governor's race. We may literally have no one to vote *for* in the generals.
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@dalfen@mstdn.social I provided a link to MSN with the same story, further down in the comments, if that helps.
There are two people; the first was a poll worker warned about her Instagram posts. This story is more about the second, a guy who had sent a letter to the acting head of ICE.
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@ramkay@mastodon.social And that's the heart of what I fear. Anything that can be falsified can be devalued past use.
Which leaves only in-person biometrics.
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@anderslund@expressional.social I guess I'm just feeling like there are no good answers. Any security created by humans can be broken by humans.
And we've arrived in this world where one's individual identity is so valuable... and yet, third parties who mishandle that information are slapped on the wrist. Meanwhile, that data has slipped any containment.
There is so much more money behind stealing the data than there is in protecting it. We're steadily losing the battle.
@Gargron@mastodon.social
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@anderslund@expressional.social Maybe I'm thinking way too far into this, but it seems to me that any data given that verifies you, is a form of ID that can be stolen. Your "altID" is still ID.
@Gargron@mastodon.social
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@lindenshieldarts@mastodon.social Same with dogs! I felt so bad when I heard about all the "pandemic pups" being adopted. I knew many would end up back in a shelter with behavior problems after people began to return to offices.
Too often we only think "how cute" and "I want" and disregard the animal's own needs.
I need a hand from #sfba #nature #wildlife people.
I’ve had a bit of churned dirt under my bird feeder. Thought nothing of it. I moved the feeder to a new spot less than a week ago.
This morning, I saw the dirt moving. There is clearly something digging underneath. No sign of a burrow entrance and whatever it is, is staying below ground.
I’m inclined to leave it be but I walk around close by and am concerned it may get defensive. Any ideas?
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@fds@mastodon.social Yeah I just shared that sentiment with my spouse.
It makes no sense. Passports are good for 10 years. Presidents are only legally in for 8 max.
I wonder if he's even realized that if he wasn't sticking his name and likeness everywhere, sure as hell no one else would be.
@Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social
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@crazyeddie@mastodon.social @wcbdata@vis.social I found the effect was visible on one of my dual monitors, a new one, but not on the old one.
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@TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world @itgrrl@infosec.exchange It can be about your electronics, too. I can see the effect on my new monitor, but not on my old one.
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@ellenor2000@mastodon.top Similar. It's a word, I recognize it as a valid word, I don't use it myself, but I don't judge anyone for doing so.
It's rare to hear in the US, and I'd assume the user was just having fun with it.
@futzle@old.mermaid.town
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@benroyce@mastodon.social It's not about excitement or strategy. It's about how "jungle primaries" suck donkey balls.
We have a pack of Dem candidates splitting the left, and two GOP pro-Trumpers. The top two, regardless of party, go to the general election.
And the top two, due to the left's lack of consolidation, may be the two GOP asshats.
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@An0n@beige.party Man I love rabbit holes.
This tidbit is on Wikipedia... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_markers_of_marital_status#Jewelry
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@lindenshieldarts@mastodon.social Ah, glad to hear you have a flock!
The study didn't mention conures as far as I can see; I'd be willing to bet, though, that many isolated pet birds would get some benefit out of such calls, even if they weren't quite bright enough to initiate them.
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@magicalgrrrl@indiepocalypse.social It did explain that.
Each data point alone is not important in itself, no more than any single ridge on the tip of your finger. It is the combination of them all into a whole that makes a unique fingerprint, that strips away your anonymity on the internet.
Once you become a known entity, your dossier can be fleshed out, bought, and sold. The US government has been buying this information, no warrant required. Anyone could.
@Migueldeicaza@mastodon.social
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@lindenshieldarts@mastodon.social Out of curiosity, have you heard about this?
https://conservationmag.org/en/video/lonely-parrots-flock-together-with-video-calling-technology
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@WizardOfDocs@wandering.shop Self-healing isn't really that rare of an ability in DC/Marvel, even by what little attention I pay them.
It's been some time since I've read Thieves' World and I had forgotten many details; the character (Tempus) is considered "effectively immortal". His healing speed depends on how happy his gods are with him at the time.
The point, of course, is that torture under such fantasy circumstances could be effectively eternal.
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@mjd@mathstodon.xyz Heh! Reminds me of one of the characters in Thieves' World. A man with the power to heal over time.
Someone tricked him into the clutches of a vivisector. He was not a happy man by the time he got free.
@wollman@mastodon.social In fantasy it's pretty normal to have some sort of limitations. Like, spell reagents, or energy consumption. Triage still needed, actual healing magic rationed.
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@deewani Oh, thank you!
Of those, I would pick the mole.
I don't have a garden, and as a whole my back yard is pretty barren (and, sadly, mostly covered with landscaping cloth). So not likely to be a gopher.
If it's a ground squirrel, the burrow entrance would have to be in an adjoining property. Or under the rosemary, maybe.
But the dirt under a long-standing bird feeder might be a good buffet for an insectivore.
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@cremevax@infosec.exchange @microblogc@neopaquita.es I wish I wasn't, but they've not really made much of a secret of it.
In particular it's Stephen Miller's wet dream to racially cleanse the US.
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@anderslund@expressional.social What I'm trying to say (probably not well, it's hard to put into words) is that having your altID leaked/stolen doesn't feel functionally different to me than, say, this passport leak.
It's an ID masking your ID, but still has the whole value of any set of credentials.
Of course, as you said, physical possession of the device... which is also true of any credentials.
@Gargron@mastodon.social
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@ZenHeathen@beige.party @Corax42@mastodon.social I wouldn't have associated "on the nose" to Charades specifically, although I don't know its origin. It seems more generally used than that.
@colinmford@typo.social
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@ramkay@mastodon.social Not really what I mean, though. An Aadhaar number can be stolen or leaked, and misused, like any other ID credential.
What I mean is, for instance, you have to go in person to your bank to scan your irises before they'll talk to you.
I thought maybe an app could do it, but I realized I couldn't bet against genAI being able to falsify that.
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@cabel@social.panic.com So uh... how was that supposed to work, even it went right, without dragging the flag all over the ground in complete disrespect as he landed?
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@sophieschmieg@infosec.exchange There is nothing about LLMs for a cat to like.
They already know how amazing they are, and it can't open cat food cans.
If you're a #CA #California #voter and not yet decided who to support in the #election for #governor, CalMatters (a nonprofit nonpartisan news site) has an excellent voter quiz.
It leads you through the topics of the day, presents the range of answers, and shows you which candidate(s) align with each answer.
https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2026/governor/quiz
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@pantheonw@kcmo.social All I can think of that would be left if documentation was devalued, would be biometrics.
And *that's* a whole 'nother can of worms.
@Gargron@mastodon.social
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@WizardOfDocs@wandering.shop I wasn't aware of Wolverine suffering chronic pain. Just when he extrudes his claws (or, obviously, is wounded). There's no mention of it on Wikipedia which is really the extent of my understanding.
@mjd@mathstodon.xyz @wollman@mastodon.social
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@hellomiakoda@pdx.social I've never used the app, so I may be totally talking out of my ass here and I hope you forgive me if I'm completely off base.
How about adding enough money to send, and then sending the entire balance to someone? Maybe a friend or charity or whatevs.
Obvs the possible "stocks" might cause an issue, but at least the cash balance would be zeroed out. Maybe?
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@Rainmaker1973@zpravobot.news Hmm.
For one, some packages are too big to get your hands around.
For two, not sure I have the hand strength.
For three, worried the plastic will slice my fingers to ribbons.