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LinuxAndYarn

@LinuxAndYarn@mastodon.social

🐧Linux sysadmin, infosec aficionado, occasional writer, genx emo kid, 🏳️‍🌈️old lesbian marrried to https://journa.host/@Chrisblue, 🏳️‍⚧️️24 years post, ⚾️Phillies phan phorever, ⚽ever hopeful WNBA & NWSL will give us a franchise. she/her/yo 💙️💛️ Black and trans lives matter. Full stop.

I am avoiding birdsite trauma and will reject follow requests from people who have no posts. Don't take it personally.

infosec on-topic account: https://infosec.exchange/@linuxandyarn

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LinuxAndYarn, to random
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Weird that one only hears about a train derailment when looking for a reason why a package is late. Looks like this was only local news.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/interstate-40-reopens-following-fiery-train-derailment-near-arizona-new-mexico-border/ar-AA1nOQYK

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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"...if I hold the structure of a Choose Your Own Adventure book inside my head next to an old copy of a website I hand-coded in HTML a few decades ago, there's significant overlap. But don't listen to me, I'm not a programmer."

--thing I actually said tonight

LinuxAndYarn,
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@lilithsaintcrow

There's a whole series of these in the Business and Economics section at Barnes and Noble. Of course, there it stands for "Cover Your Own Ass.".

LinuxAndYarn, to HashtagGames
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Swan Swann Hummingbird Ugly Duckling


LinuxAndYarn, to random
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Subtoot about an educated reply guy

https://www.npr.org/2012/04/20/151037079/the-artful-reinvention-of-klansman-asa-earl-carter

LinuxAndYarn, to random
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Happy Bitch Appreciation Day!

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/the-basic-programming-language-turns-60/

ElleGray, to random
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    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @ElleGray

    My boyfriend used our engagement as fodder to sell business advice.

    Here's what it taught me about yeeting him.

    LinuxAndYarn, to random
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    Because of extremely dry weather recently, people are asked not to hold any Wicker Man celebrations or any other observances involving bonfires.

    We wish you a safe and happy May 1 and hope this does not overly inconvenience people.

    For those who wish to post a religious objection, please visit the council website and refer your comment to the "Beltane suspenders policy".

    vantablack, (edited ) to random
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    what is your favorite form of potato? 🥔

    please boost for wider sample size!!! :boostRequest:​

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @vantablack If this is not parody, then I take great comfort in the fact they will not raise children.

    akareilly, to random
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    Yes but can I vote for Beans?

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @akareilly Vote for cats, but never vote for a cat with thumbs. They already have too much power.

    LinuxAndYarn, to random
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    Is this the opposite of "gay for pay"?
    https://youtu.be/XEQa2H7Qhgk

    mttaggart, to Cybersecurity

    Okay 20% of repos is...high.

    Our research reveals that nearly 20% of these public repositories (almost three million repositories!) actually hosted malicious content. The content ranged from simple spam that promotes pirated content, to extremely malicious entities such as malware and phishing sites, uploaded by automatically generated accounts.

    jfrog.com/blog/attacks-on-docker-with-millions-of-malicious-repositories-spread-malware-and-phishing-scams/

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @mttaggart That's sus and a good indicator of bad intentions, but nothing is actually executing or automatically following links in READMEs, is it?

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @mttaggart I don't treat having a project listed on Docker Hub as granting any more credibility than being on GitHub or npm.

    kithrup, to random
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    Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, which I have but have not read. And I keep thinking it's a werewolf book, but that's only because of the title. If you read it, please let me know what you think!

    In the meanwhile, feel free to claim one, or tell other people about the giveaway, or both! Or neither, I mean, that is entirely up to you.

    The world is awful right now, and people are stressed, so see if you can't do something kind for someone.

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @kithrup Sad I missed this. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau was excellent.

    chip, to philadelphia
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    Much to the dismay of my NY friends, I occasionally refer to #Philadelphia as the 6th borough. Seems like some locals are sensing that sentiment too and are not very pleased.

    #StreetArt

    LinuxAndYarn, (edited )
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    @chip Manhattan is the 67th Ward. Brooklyn is the 68th. Queens is the 69th, The Bronx is the 70th, and Staten Island is Bensalem.

    LinuxAndYarn, to random
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    If you're about to get fucked over by the Republican-run House, not for any of the usual reasons like being a woman or non-white or caring about the environment, but because your internet bills are about to get jacked up,

    • Get on Lifeline
    • Call your Representative
    • File an FCC complaint (link in article)
    • Vote in November
    • Support your neighbors who are also fucked

    https://www.wired.com/story/affordable-connectivity-program-ending/

    LinuxAndYarn, to random
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    I'm just a girl on the decentralized internet being embarrassed about the number of times I shouted "Yay rich weirdos" in high school.

    GIF from the Rocky Horror Picture Show with Brad (Barry Bostwick) telling Janet (Susan Sarandon) "It's probably some kind of hunting lodge for rich weirdos," as they stand in the grand foywr of Dr. Frankfurter's castle.

    ramsey, to random
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    This is part of the reason I couldn’t get to a good place (mentally) in order to do a real “Saving Open Source” talk at :

    From @geerlingguy: “2024 is the year corporate open source died”

    https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/corporate-open-source-dead

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @ramsey @conservancy I think there's a severability for new source, treating it as a customization, which is why everything forks from the last (A)GPL release.

    brianvastag, to random
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    Conservative policies kill. The longest study comparing death rates during liberal vs conservative rule, in the UK and Australia, looked at a century of data. Same holds in the US.

    https://newrepublic.com/article/180829/conservative-policies-rhetoric-kill-people?utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SF_TNR

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @brianvastag Nasty, brutish, and short is just how the Tories like other people's loves.

    waldoj, to random
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    I think the new government windmill I should tilt at is outsourcing project management organizations (PMOs) for tech projects.

    Agencies will do anything to avoid actually having any control or oversight over their most important work. Hired a vendor for $100 million to overhaul mission-critical software? Might as well hire another vendor for $20 million to manage the project. Who in government has the job of actually making sure that $120 million is well spent? Nobody!

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @waldoj This is the military-industrial complex writ small.

    lilithsaintcrow, to random
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    "School segregation between Black and white students has returned to 1968 levels." https://www.axios.com/2024/04/24/school-zones-inequality-brown-v-board-report

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @lilithsaintcrow I made a failed attempt to become a New York City teaching fellow, and was shocked to learn that in 2006 segregation of public schools had declined during the Reagan administration and had already reversed to the levels that required busing in the early 70s. Apparently my time in high school, with barely 5% of my graduating class POC, was peak desegregation.

    LGBTQNation, to random
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    Biden administration reinstates health care protections for LGBTQ+ people in “giant step forward”
    https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/04/biden-administration-reinstates-health-care-protections-for-lgbtq-people-in-giant-step-forward/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

    Posted into LGBTQ Nation @lgbtq

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @LGBTQNation @lgbtq I love all the accomplishments and Trump administration policy reversals Biden's had over the past two weeks, but wonder why the hell they took three and a half years.

    darnell, to random
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    Wildlife Photographer Wakes Up From A Nap Under A Tree With... A Sleeping Cheetah Against Him https://www.wecb.fm/wildlife-photographer-wakes-up-from-a-nap-under-a-tree-with-a-sleeping-cheetah-against-him/

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @darnell Cheetah blep!

    LinuxAndYarn, to random
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    After she spent so many years in the closet it's so great to see fully out and doing good.

    LinuxAndYarn, (edited )
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    I loved seeing Aunt Vi get to go indoor kaiju last night on , squaring her shoulders, dropping her attempt to be sunny, and just going into "Darling, I am Lorraine goddamned Toussaint; hurricanes see me in their path and swerve out to sea" mode.

    krusynth, to random
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    Everyone is talking about fast fashion, but no one is talking about the plague of fast furniture. It’s impossible to find true durable pieces that can last for generations anymore, even the so-called “Amish made” pieces are typically cheap stuff being bulk produced in one of a dozen massive factories.

    I can’t even find a solid wood panel bed at any of the vintage or resale shops anymore. Particleboard is the only choice we’re being given. It’s tragic.

    LinuxAndYarn, (edited )
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    @mttaggart @irenes @krusynth I'm also thinking that the prevalence of particle board and MDF has parallels to a discussion from last week about Sears kit homes and how the plans and lumber could be delivered all across the country 100 years ago.

    We simply don't have that much lumber to cut anymore. Nearly the old growth forests outside of national parks are gone, replaced by faster growing softwoods and thinner trees that don't yield big planks for cabinet sides and table tops.

    sundew, to random
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    Help me out mastodon hive-mind... what's the name of the "law" to effect that large organizations shift focus over time from their original aim, instead concentrating on self-preservation and self-promotion?

    I couldn't see it here, but I may have missed it:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_laws

    LinuxAndYarn,
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    @sundew I don't know if it's official, but I've heard it referred to as the "March of Dimes Law." They were founded specifically as an organization to find a cure for polio, and then after the Salk and Sabin vaccines were approved they pivoted to combat all birth defects (a purpose that is vague and impossible enough to guarantee a need for them until the end of the human species).

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