They're after me... @frickinLasers@social.cleverlibre.org

the best part about being pessimistic is you get to be right a lot

A mustache without a beard is like having one ball.

Twitter sucks without me.

Youse guise. John Lewis' (UK dept store) holiday ad this year. You have to watch it. I'm definitely not emotional about it. Absolutely not.

https://youtu.be/1z0jfP2gCIs

NYT's opinion page gets in under the wire in the competition for Worst Take of 2022: Signal is bad because the people who build it are morally committed to preserving the privacy of their users.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/opinion/jack-dorseys-twitter-signal-privacy.html

one of the guys quit

According to this BMI chart, I definitely need to get taller next year.

They Called 911 for Help. Police and Prosecutors Used a New Junk Science to Decide They Were Liars.
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People who call 911 don’t know it, but detectives & prosecutors are listening in, ready to assign guilt based on the words they hear.

Some have been wrongfully accused & convicted of murder after someone misinterpreted their call for help, while those who used 911 call analysis against them face little or no consequences.

#Police #911 #FBI #Crime #CriminalJustice

https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-fbi-police-courts

MY COPILOT: We just lost 4 engines!

ME: Don't worry, we still have *counts on fingers* oh okay I see the problem now

Iranian Student Drowns Himself In Rhone To Draw Attention To Regime Crimes

“It’s like a challenge to show that the Iranians are so tired of this situation. We want to change our country to a democratic country with equal rights for women and men.”

“When you watch this video, I will be dead. But I am happy because I chose this path without any stress. I’m not sad. I decided to do this to show everyone that we Iranians need help."

#Iran #Iranprotests #IranRevolution

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202212275955

Mastodon rejects funding to preserve nonprofit status https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/12/twitter-rival-mastodon-rejects-funding-to-preserve-nonprofit-status/

A full rotation of the Moon in high resolution created from photos captured by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft.

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200719.html

Credit: LRO/ASU/NASA

Notified Experian on Dec. 23 that their site was allowing anyone to see the credit report for, well, basically anyone, completely bypassing their lame 4-5 multiple guess questions and other security.

Or even in cases (like mine) where trying to get your credit report generates an error saying you have 3 other options for getting your free report from them (calling, mailing, or chat w/ rep). The site said Experian didn't have enough info to validate my identity, but when I changed the url slightly, it showed me my entire report. Glad I checked, too, because the info in there is so completely wrong I don't even know where to start.

So it's Dec. 27, and I still haven't heard anything from Experian.

It's bad enough that we can't stop companies like from making $2B a quarter collecting and selling our info, but this has to stop. Experian has show this year especially that it gives exactly zero fscks about securing access to the data that drives its entire business.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/08/class-action-targets-experian-over-account-security/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/07/experian-you-have-some-explaining-to-do/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/04/experian-api-exposed-credit-scores-of-most-americans/

Moms everywhere agree: I look really nice in this shirt

#MerryChristmas
#StarTrek

Happy launchiversary, @NASAWebb!

Our next-generation telescope blasted off on its mission to #UnfoldTheUniverse one year ago today—but the journey's only just begun: https://jwst.nasa.gov/
#NASA

doctor: you have synesthesia

me: I see what you’re saying

doctor: yes I know, you can stop telling me that

I get the feeling this BBC journalist waited their whole life just for this moment.... 🤣

Welp, time to take down the Halloween decorations.