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mkb

@mkb@mastodon.social

Infosec, privacy tech, modular synths, gaming (many flavors). Oakland, CA. 🧷🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦

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futurebird, to random
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When we used to make mouse trap cars in school I had a friend who loved to set up a chain of traps so when you set off the first one they each set another of in a satisfying sequence of snaps.

No idea what made me remember that… anyway seems like the Georgia case is going well, don’t you agree?

mkb,
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@futurebird I’m about to join the weekly @lawfare Zoom and am excited to hear what they say about the plea.

Teri_Kanefield, (edited ) to random

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    mkb,
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    @Teri_Kanefield @rparloff I got all excited to learn Mr Parloff is here on Mastodon only to realize he is inactive. :(

    futurebird, (edited ) to random
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    The fog of war is bad, ya'll and the fake videos are getting better. If you see something ... intense, upsetting, something that gives you an emotional reaction and either solidifies your views or makes you question them... hit pause.

    I don't care how media savvy you are.

    Especially if it's something that confirms your worst fears. Especially that one.

    Hit pause. Check the sources. Check them direct from the source site, don't trust thumbnails, or watermarks.

    mkb,
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    @futurebird The part about omission resonates with me especially.

    The few times in my life I’ve read or watched news coverage about something I was already intimately familiar with, there have always been misconceptions and omissions but not outright lies. In each case it seemed like the reporter was legitimately trying to do a good job but came to the table with biases (especially establishment bias) and not enough time.

    anildash, (edited ) to random
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    Roughly 1/3 of all sites on the Internet just entered the fediverse. You can’t stop an idea whose time has come. https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/11/wordpress-com-blogs-can-now-be-followed-on-mastodon-and-other-federated-platforms/

    mkb,
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    @anildash I’m really curious about how the software and underlying protocols will evolve as we hit these inflection points.

    grammargirl, to random
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    "Loophole" comes from the slits archers used in castle walls, which in Middle English were called loops but have no etymological relationship to the loop that is a circle of string, thread, etc.

    At first they were just loops, but they became loopholes so people could make it clear they were talking about castle loops and not thread loops.

    It took on the "escape route" meaning in the mid-1600s.

    https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-loo2.htm

    https://www.etymonline.com/word/loophole#etymonline_v_12427

    mkb,
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    @grammargirl I’m assuming that is also related to loupe but so far don’t see anything definitive.

    https://www.wordnik.com/words/loupe

    thepoliticalcat, to random
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    mkb,
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    @thepoliticalcat @piebob What’s especially mind boggling, even if we assume the worst and say the guy has no regard for human life, why would a store employee put their own safety at risk to stop a theft? There’s no upside.

    mkb, to random
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    Hey people, I'm looking for samples of that classic bell sound that used to be used everywhere. It's the one from the chorus of Siouxsie's "Cities In Dust."

    So far my Google skills are failing me. I was sure the DX100 pack by Samples From Mars would have it but no dice.

    Help me Mastodon, you're my only hope.

    molten, to random
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    That'll do for today https://youtu.be/_b0BLotWLpI

    mkb,
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    @molten Sounds good!

    I’m jealous you were able to get your hands on a Seq 5 and Seq 7. I keep checking her site and those two are always sold out.

    grammargirl, to random
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    "Anxious" and "eager" have different meanings but are often confused. Plus, attitudes about these two words are changing, so it's important to be careful. https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/anxious-or-eager/

    mkb,
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    @grammargirl Interesting! When anticipation is the context, I (perhaps incorrectly) take the anxious/eager distinction as a matter of degreee. That is “I am eager for X to happen” means the speaker is excited about and looking forward to X while “I am anxious for X to happen” means the speaker is very eager to the point of being fretful about it.

    It hadn’t actually occurred to me that people might be using anxious incorrectly. I am now eager to observe people’s uses of “anxious.” :)

    grammargirl, to random
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    I've been working out extra hard the last week or so, and I'm so tired I swear it's why I just typed a - instead of a _: not enough energy to hit the shift key.

    7:30 now seems like a perfectly reasonable time to go to bed.

    mkb,
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    @grammargirl In my 20s it was “Woohoo, there’s nobody to stop me from staying up late!”

    In my 50s it’s “Woohoo, nobody can stop me from going to bed early!”

    InternetEh, to random
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    Union busting triggering automatic union recognition without elections is enormous, and could lead to a huge wave of private sector unionizing

    mkb,
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    @InternetEh This is glorious!

    somafm, to DEFCON
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    mkb,
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    @somafm @piebob 🤘🤘🤘

    mkb, to KISS
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    Are there any fans in the house?

    There’s a little stutter in the main riff of “Deuce.” After decades of listening to that album on the regular I still can’t tell whether the rhythm is intentional or they didn’t quite have the chops to play what they intended.

    onan, to random
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    Young men mark out their territory. Later, they see some of that territory wasn't worth marking out, and the way they marked it out wasn't successful.

    Bravado over liking the cool bands is an example, and I did it, then I stopped doing it.

    I knew a guy who knew a guy whose father was a music promoter. His friend said hey, my dad is having The Beatles over for dinner, they're doing a show in the states, do you want to come over? The guy I knew said no, I'm a Stones man.

    mkb,
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    @onan And by extention, it points out the ridiculousness of the idea that if you like Foo you must dislike Bar. Cats vs dogs, Star Wars vs Star Trek, etc. are silly lines to draw. We can like both, or neither.

    Deglassco, (edited ) to history

    Because of his willingness to play for segregated audiences, throughout much of his life, Louis Armstrong was called a sellout and an Uncle Tom by many Black Americans, But, in 1957, Satchmo blew up-—blasting Eisenhower to bits for not condemning treatment of Black American students in the South. His passionate words made world headlines, alienated many white fans, and divided Black America.

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    @blackmastodon @BlackMastodon

    mkb,
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    @Deglassco This was excellent. Thank you.

    historyofpunkrock, to random
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    Fight Milo, fight 👊

    Milo Aukerman, frontman of the Descendents, is currently recovering from a mild heart attack, his bandmates said in a statement today, July 28. They assured that Milo would be fine and that he would make a full recovery after the surgery.

    mkb,
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    @historyofpunkrock Aw shit. Milo isn’t a whole lot older than I am.

    futurebird, to random
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    There is no benefit to anyone on the left being on twitter.

    Nina Turner tweeted "Insulin should be free." some libertarians responded "Nina should pick cotton for free."

    Did this obvious racism hurt them? No, they now have more followers than ever. Being over there is just being bait for these extremists to build their network.

    Grotesque racist images of Nina, rather than being demoted by the algorithm are being promoted since the people posting them paid for blue checks.

    Leave.

    mkb,
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    @futurebird What helped tip the scale for me was realizing Space Karen is not merely insensitive, he’s actively hateful to a bunch of groups.

    Fortunately most of the people I know have bailed and infosec twitter seems to have moved entirely over here.

    Still, I wonder whether Mastodon will gain traction beyond early-adopter types like us. Fingers crossed.

    toplesstopics, to random
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    It'll never make sense to me how cities will make it illegal to pee in public, but then just... Not provide anywhere it IS okay to pee. Do they think people's bladders just turn off if there isn't a toilet available?

    mkb,
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    @toplesstopics A friend of mine uses the phrase “the illusion of control” to describe that sort of policy. Sorry, rulemakers, biology simply is.

    Defiance, to DaftPunk
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    July 16, 1982

    Billy Idol releases his debut, self-titled solo album, “Billy Idol”

    As his first band, “Generation X”, began to see less commercial success, producer Bill Aucoin (managed Kiss through most of the 1970s) helped push Billy Idol to become a solo act.

    This debut album has a lot of great tunes, and several that charted. “Hot In The City”, “Dancing With Myself”, and my personal favorite, “White Wedding”. I have a fond memory of watching the video for White Wedding on MTV, as part of my intro to “new wave” music.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5oTrvdNoP4

    mkb,
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    @Robotron @Defiance If you dig proggy jams, check out Black Light Syndrome, an album by Terry Bozzio, Tony Levin, and our boy Steve.

    Now I need to go listen to Sigue Sigue Sputnik who I probably haven’t heard since the 1980s. :)

    admin, (edited ) to psychology

    UPDATE:

    Zoom Video and Zoom Info are TWO DIFFERENT companies. Sorry everyone.

    Still not a bad idea to get out of their database however.

    This is Zoom's privacy policy. It is an amazing piece of legal engineering granting them the rights to buy, sell, and gather just about any data about business users they want -- including listing you in a Business or Professional Profile (the "directory"):

<https://www.zoominfo.com/about-zoominfo/privacy-policy>

This is their form to opt-out of all tracking in their database which they use to sell your information to 3rd parties. Somewhat ironically, this page won't work unless you turn-off Privacy Badger and Ghostery web browser plug-ins:

<https://www.zoominfo.com/privacy-center/update/remove>

If you use Zoom at work through a business account and don't wish to be listed, consider opting out. They are also collecting information from around the Web outside of Zoom apparently to help build out your profile.

#psychology #neurology #socialwork #psychiatry @psychology@a.gup.pe @socialwork@a.gup.pe @psychiatry@a.gup.pe #mentalhealth #psychotherapists @psychotherapists@a.gup.pe #cookies #tracking #hacking #3rdpartytrackers #HIPAA #privacy #dataprivacy #webbeacons #videoconference #televideo #telehealth #zoom #databrokers
    mkb,
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    @admin @psychology @socialwork @psychiatry @psychotherapists ZoomInfo and Zoom Video are two different companies.

    mkb,
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    @admin @psychology @socialwork @psychiatry @psychotherapists To make things extra confusing, there’s a Zoom that makes recording equipment and Xoom which does overseas money transfer.

    toplesstopics, to overwatch
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    I'm watching 1 and 2 character intro short animations with my kids and omfg how is every one of then making me cry so far 😭

    mkb,
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    @toplesstopics Aren’t they delightful? I’d love to see somebody give that team the budget to make an animated series.

    stevesilberman, to gay
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    Today would have been the 90th birthday of my friend, neurologist/author Oliver Sacks. This is a photo I took of Oliver and his great love Billy Hayes in Muir Woods, before Oliver came out as in his memoir "On the Move." I miss him every day.

    mkb,
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    @stevesilberman I’m sorry for your loss, Steve. He was a remarkable, insightful man.

    andrewstroehlein, to random
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    Honestly, I think the only thing that saves humanity sometimes is that those pursuing evil are very often just plain stupid.

    mkb,
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    @andrewstroehlein @rysiek Lawfare’s @benjaminwittes has been known to describe the previous administration as “malevolence tempered by incompetence.”

    For a while it was looking like DeSantis might be a smarter evil but fortunately for us that doesn’t seem to be panning out.

    futurebird, to random
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    Listen. My husband and I paid off all of our student debts the old fashioned way. When I heard younger people getting relief I could only think one thing:

    Thank God someone noticed the huge negative impact debts have. It was one of the best things Biden did. And only fair considering PPP relief and bailout happened.

    Going of your way to reverse what was already settled is spiteful. Especially when the PPP relief isn't even questioned.

    SOCUTS is full of spite for ordinary people.

    mkb,
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    @futurebird This to me is the crux of progressivism vs conservatism.

    Conservatives are more worried about someone possibly getting something “they don’t deserve” than they are about what benefits society overall. Bastards.

    Frank Wilhoit had it right.

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