LLS

Edent, 25 days ago (edited 25 days ago) to random

You receive a call on your phone.
The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraud.

"Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right?

The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank."

Your phone buzzes. You tap the notification This is what you see.

Still think it is a scam?
1/3

mekkaokereke, 4 months ago to random

🤫Ugh. Will you people please stop telling Cybertruck buyers what happens to stainless steel when it's exposed to, well, like, anything?

I invested in Rust-Oleum and Bondo in anticipation of these dudes discovering why auto paint exists, and daddy needs a new pair of shoes!

TonyStark, 4 months ago to random

People ask why I talk about elections and voting so much.

It’s because there’s always hope.

Florida Democrats flip Republican House seat in Special Election – WFTV:
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/florida-democrats-flip-republican-house-seat-special-election/BDGBNIJ3CZECRMX6NTSZQVYZX4/

LLS, 11 months ago to random

The Sears case cuts to bone

With its massive catalog, >100y experience w production/inventory/fulfillment & millions of devoted customers, Sears was ideally positioned to move online as THE dominant online retailer

Instead, investors gutted the golden goose

And that’s just one example in @pluralistic’s rundown of the long history of heists like this being pulled by private equity

https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/02/plunderers/#

LLS, 1 month ago to fediverse

Has anyone built a tool that maps which #fediverse instances* federate with which —something to visualize who’s federating (or not federating) with whom?

bc that would be an awesomely useful resource when picking a new community to join/migrate to

—

• above a given membership threshold obvs bc there are a gazillion fedi instances

mcc, 2 months ago to random

Today is my birthday!

If you'd like to do something for me for my birthday, would you please reply to this with—or by other means send me— something with colors you liked? Like an image or a video or a link. Music would also be acceptable if it gives you a strong synesthesiac association with color.

If this request confuses you, here are some examples of images with colors I found striking [Artists: Laurie Barmore, Vian Borchert, Erica Aurahack]. But your reply can be whatever colors you like.

Abstract art by Vian Borchert
Abstract art by Vian Borchert

Tengrain, 2 months ago to random

Just sayin’

LLS, 1 year ago to random

#bellhooks
#queer

LLS, 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

You don’t see such blunt commentary on tv, not even from Rachel. #Maddow on the organized subversion of US democracy and the press

https://youtu.be/CqassXP6HAU

LLS, 2 months ago to disabled

4y ago, when #covid was spreading across the world, I got sick. 4d of severe illness

Then I “recovered” except for low fever, fatigue, body aches…

I worked—& crashed, barely able to get out of bed, rested days/weeks, felt better, went back to work—crashed. That’s the cycle

I set activity limits, cut them back & back…

Today if I walk >400 steps, stand >2 min, sit up >2h, or have >10 min heart rate >85bpm … I crash

Hard lessons. Took a long time to accept I’m #disabled w #LongCovid #MECFS

LLS, 1 year ago to fediverse

“It’s too hard to pick an instance!”

Why?

Because it’s impossible to filter #Mastodon instances lists by basic community rules. You’d have to go to each instance & parse through their #CodeOfConduct

Filtering by interests doesn’t help here

And defaulting folks to mastodon[.]social with its at-best inadequate #moderation only invites more trouble

This is something of a travesty considering the benefits touted re the #fediverse

cc #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter #lgbtq #trans #disabled #abuse

LLS, 6 days ago to random

“Recall records everything users do on their PC, including activities in apps, communications in live meetings, and websites visited for research.”

But don’t worry, it’s encrypted, Microsoft says.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

LLS, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to twitter

Twitter: geek joy, fail whales, new voices, communities forming, breaking news … & doxxing, bigot brigades, fake news networks, gaslighting pols + celebs, the fash…

Last yr I posted a farewell & deleted the app. But was that enough? “X” [#twitter] keeps setting new lows of scary awfulness.

Poll: What did you do to (or are you doing with) your account?

If you’re willing, share why. (And plz, everyone be kind, no need to shame other ppl’s choices here. We each live our own lives.)

LLS, 18 days ago to random

Slop Overflow

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt

LLS, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to mecfs

Give your loved ones, friends, mutuals, followers, neighbors, acquaintances, strangers and yourself the gift of a healthier holiday season and beyond by sharing this list of NIOSH-Approved N95 mask brands and models.

A lot of masks sold or even given away are fakes — and while any mask is better than none, it’s your health on the line. Covid is surging, and even the mildest case with no symptoms can leave you w #LongCOVID

@mecfs

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/n95list1-b.html https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/N95list1-b.html

LLS, 1 year ago to random

“This is the new normal” translates as “fuck y’all”

LLS, 16 days ago to random

if you want to radicalize yourself, look up Project 2025

LLS, 1 year ago to FantasyWriters

new instance, new #introduction:

I’m a #writer of #SFF. #wip stuff will have to go in another post.

I also do fiction #editing, print #bookDesign, #ebook design + #coding, #coverDesign, graphic design … an eclectic assortment of fields to have gained years of experience & expertise in … great for cofounding @tsi, a bootstrapped #smallPress, but at times makes covering the bills a bit of a challenge. ("What is it you do again?)

Links w more info are in my profile.

LLS, 3 months ago to random

Not either/or: solar panels installed ABOVE working ranch/farmland. Fascinating new methods.

> Greater benefits can come from combining solar with food crops. The solar panels must be mounted higher up…kept plants cooler during the day and warmer at night, and they held more moisture in the air. These less-stressed plants…needed substantially less watering…[and] evaporation from the plants even helped to cool the panels and increase electricity output.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301355120

LLS, 21 days ago to random

In case you haven’t read this yet…

Compelling on-the-ground reporting by student journalists, w first-hand accounts & multiple quotes from students & faculty with varied perspectives on what’s happening. Far more informative and revealing than the glib, shallow, misleading coverage thrown up by mainstream corporate cable news & newspaper platforms.

NY Magazine does us all a service highlighting this:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/columbia-university-protests-israel-gaza-campus.html

More: https://www.columbiaspectator.com/

cstross, 3 months ago to random

Gross.

Just blocked (and reported) a new follower from mastodon.social because he's "passionate about digital marketing" (and user pic looks suspiciously like an AI-generated smiling corporate dude). Profile alone left me feeling as if I'd been sleazed on by a used car salesman.

LLS, 3 days ago to random

the verbification meaning of “google” has shifted from “searching” to “shitposting”

LLS, 3 days ago to HashtagGames

On hold, no one can hear you scream.

#ChangeCatchPhrasesAndMovieLines #HashTagGames https://mastodon.social/@LinuxAndYarn/112493606233094287

LLS, 3 days ago to random

“Google yourself” takes on a whole new meaning https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2/112496475718227188

LLS, 3 days ago to random

Can I use gasoline to cook spaghetti faster?

(found, reposting with alt text)