🐧Linux sysadmin, infosec aficionado, occasional writer, genx emo kid, 🏳️🌈️old lesbian marrried to @Chrisblue, 🏳️⚧️️25 years post, ⚾️Phillies phan phorever, ⚽ever hopeful WNBA & NWSL will give us a franchise. she/her/yo 💙️💛️ Black and trans lives matter. Full stop. If a politics post has a picture of Donald Trump I'll CW it; otherwise probably not. Please don't take it personally. infosec on-topic account: @linuxandyarn
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Last Notes npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings I'm Dreaming of a White Russian #HolidayThemedFoodAndDrink #12DaysOfChristmas #HashtagGames npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings “I was playing for my country — I shouldn’t be this uncomfortable,” the Olympian said. No, she's not talking about trans folks, despite what politicians would have you believe. She's talking about uniforms that are meant for spectators to ogle, not the players to compete in. https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/article/you-put-the-top-on-and-your-life-is-sucked-out-of-you-the-fight-to-change-womens-sports-uniforms/ #WomensSports #BodyImage npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…hrct "We'll survive it, likely. So long as there's no geese." npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…ge5x I just bought a new tablet last year, not looking for new hardware just yet npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings Did anyone NOT have "self-harm for the Fox coverage" on their bingo card? #nevent1q…0aec npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings Has anyone found a situation where a #car and a #CellPhone seem to hate each other? Went to the dealer because #USB-C charging ports didn't seem to work; tried two (same model) phones, three cords, two ports. The phone charged with the same cable from my computer. The mechanic said they saw no problem. Voltage tester showed 5.13v coming from the port. But ... Their phone and cable -- ok. Their phone, my cable -- ok. My phone, their cable -- no good. WTH? (boost for help, please) npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings TIL my favorite shore town has a zoo with #capybaras https://www.phillyvoice.com/cape-may-county-zoo-baby-capybara-breeding-program/ #CapeMay #Philly npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…p7lw NGH npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…nks4 Woman Ray would have put the spikes on the handle. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings Hey, old people! Are you bothered by "six seven"? Have no idea what it means*? Respond with "three, six and ten" or whatever the VHF channels in your region were. * I don't know but am unbothered, and haven't really cared to look it up. #Philly npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…ppe2 @nprofile…y2w2 Three wings to a pack, from what I hear. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…5j5r @nprofile…nks4 @nprofile…6qws I need to re-read The Confidence Man. I took a grad-level class in Melville back when I was getting my B.A. and it was a nice little mindfuck to round out a novel-a-week sprint. (We got two weeks for Moby-Dick. My favorite of the shorter novels turned out to be White-Jacket.) npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…6yg2 Learning from John Oliver that the Free Press and the for-profit unaccredited University of Austin founded by Weiss with Palantir cofounders Joe Lonsdale and David Sacks (aka Trump's crypto guy), are both funded by the billionaire founder of Kind (hq'ed in Austin), I discovered that I will never buy another Kind Bar again. And unlike a lot of boycotts that I was already participating in by default (e.g. Walmart), I used to buy a Costco-sized box of them every month or two. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…zqpv @nprofile…naem Yes, they demanded I send my driver's license to a third party contractor when I attempted to close my account. I'd rather let them train copilot with data that hasn't been touched in a decade. #LinkedOut #NoPilot #Enshittification #FuckMicrosoft npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…4m93 For your upcoming overlooked 80s list: Hide and Seek, a Canadian TV flick from 1984 based on the novel The Adolescence of P-1. I only saw it once as a kid and misremembered thinking Bruce Davison was in it, but it was decent for the time. The tone was a lot like the "still in the real world" parts of Tron. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256073/ npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…qgtr I only ever order in the store. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings We've given up on the #Phillies today and switched to the Billy Joel documentary on HBO. Just ten minutes has me in a much better mood. #MusicIsHealing npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…n5c6 @nprofile…qgtr Born and bred, but I still like a cheesesteak hoagie, or sweet peppers. But provolone first, last, and always, no doubt. I spent a few years in California in the 90s and there was one little chain that flew in Amaoroso's and TastyKakes every day, so they were getting it right. Way better than that "Whiz Wit" joint on Folsom that thought the AC boardwalk was the best place for an original cheesesteak. (shudder) npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…9rtj @nprofile…gqp6 I've avoided enough AI news and am of the right age so that the only meanings I could think for MCP were Windows admins and the master control program from Tron. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings #JohnKruk mentioned Laverne & Shirley in reference to an upcoming series against the Brewers, and now I want the NHL and MLB to schedule overlapping Phils-Brewers and Flyers-Wild games next year so #Gritty and the #Phanatic can remake the intro. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings Hedy Lamarr finally got credit for inventing the frequency-hopping technology that made WiFi possible, but when are we going to start talking about modern actress and software engineer Wendie Malloc? https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/660/432/693/854/240/original/1d36c84035d6d76b.png npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings We're halfway through the decade (fact) and 3/4 of the way through the millennium (feeling). npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…eqw3 Now you got me thinking about Jackie Hash Brown npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…euhg I know She-Hulk. She-Hulk is a friend of mine. You, ma'am, are no She-Hulk. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…992z @nprofile…d2w9 Had a graphic designer friend whip up a double sided sign for the #Philly #HandsOff rally. Followup: I'm not a good estimator of crowd sizes, but I'd guess 20-25,000 people were there on Independence Mall. Anecdotally, I talked to someone who tried to get on the Chestnut Hill West train at its fourth station and it was already too full to take on more passengers. WHYY doesn't have an exact figure. https://whyy.org/articles/hands-off-thousands-rally-in-philadelphia-against-trump-musk-and-federal-cuts/ #Philadelphia #50501 https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/287/044/637/050/884/original/ed4af831093d2bfa.png https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/287/044/959/259/005/original/3bd8f750faa7b27b.png npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…kmvs Amber Ruffin is a national treasure, and the WHCA jumping after Trump is a national disgrace. Tonight's "Have I got News for You" was probably taped before the firing but I'm going to wonder as I'm watching. Maybe on Monday Seth Meyers will feature "Jokes Amber Can't Tell." npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…xjgs @nprofile…q5wq If the ICE goons won't let you back in, wouldn't that be a gimme for asylum? npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…x9mm Also because of Trump sexism, which has another Penn angle of course https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/10/after-being-demoted-and-forced-to-retire-mrna-researcher-wins-nobel/ npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…t5r6 It also keeps cats from tracking litter under the sheets. I'm not going to be psychotic enough to say you should actually make the bed neatly every day, though. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings The "you can't make this shit up" department is working overtime. https://gizmodo.com/doge-staffer-known-as-big-balls-reportedly-the-grandkid-of-a-kgb-spy-2000567020 #USTreason #WorstFuckingTimeline npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…3sf2 "I learned that Austen had done all this reading during the first time in English history when more women published novels than men. Yet in my own reading, I had skipped them so entirely that it seemed almost intentional. And it was: the critics who shaped our modern idea of the novel in English so frequently dismissed women writers that the systematic excising has a name. It’s called the Great Forgetting." npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…6yg2 High-density cages will only make bird flu spread faster npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings I'm just a girl, sitting in front of a computer, thinking about writing a bot with library calls labeled "diversity" "equity" and "menstruation" to evade detection by the new NSA. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @nprofile…d2rl I'm sure Putin just calls it a happy accident npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1xpc…3t05 It's easy to be celebrated as a genius by writing something like "Picasso at the Lapin Agile." He wouldn't impress the literati with "Picasso at the Boyncy Bunny." npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1xpc…3t05 The Intuitionist is Whitehead's first novel, published in 1999 so it just makes your deadline. 😏 npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1xpc…3t05 Only 20th century? God Bless You Mr Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut Beloved by Toni Morrison Steel Beach by John Varley The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1lrv…tth9 His bedtime is whenever he wants. He's not Reagan. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings Jasmine Crockett up here showing how she already has a page in the Encyclopedia Badassica. #DNC2024 npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub178r…qekt I just wished a "Keep hope alive" chant had spread through the hall. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1q2t…jr8a https://www.thedictionaryofobscuresorrows.com/ npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1zdp…vqv8 I want to see the clock time, which was allowed to speak more. There's no point for a decibel meter, though, because Joe is doing ASMR next to a boombox. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings Whether or not Trump gets elected, #Project2025 is an effort by the Heritage Foundation, NRA,and Charlie Kirk to make government white enough to be invisible in a bathtub. https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/633/359/323/378/831/original/b33626e423f2d69c.png npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1utv…87lr LAM? Rabbit? Is this Easter dinner? Suddenly I feel like Edie Falco in Hackers. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings I met a traveller from Disneyland Who said "Two vast and trunkless webbed feet of gold Stand in the desert... And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Scrooge McDuck, tycoon of tycoons." #DonaldDuckASongOrPoem #HashTagGames npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1tel…4v4v All I ever wanted was to do an honest day's work for an honest lifetime's pay. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub18hd…kf64 Or you could ansible $host -b -m shell -a 'dnf -y install @python39 && alternatives --set python /usr/bin/python3' npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings #SamAsh is closing their stores nationwide. I only learned this today when heading past the one in King of Prussia. and I decided to buy myself a viola for $35. Now to figure out my neighbors' work and sleep schedules so I can figure out when I can try to learn to play this thing without driving them nuts. (When I texted my wife to tell her I'd done this, I asked her not to buy a revolver, cf. http://ireadashortstorytoday.com/richard-brautigan-the-scarlatti-tilt/ ) npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1vqm…ccpx This is why I keep chrome. I won't install Teams, but it doesn't work in Firefox, So Teams in Chrome is my compromise. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings To my only Mom on this Earth I try to give nothing but mirth Since I gave her such pain In the neck and the brain In the long years since she gave me birth. #ALimerickForMother #HashTagGames npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub178r…qekt That long back section with the printing plant and garage bays, just like the one from the old Bulletin building, is often forgotten, but always lives in my dreams. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1llr…vvmp https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/288/425/622/062/321/original/34a2e2f47bc2c6a5.png npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1sqf…5skr "Start by seeing what your car is equipped to collect using Privacy4Cars’ Vehicle Privacy Report. Once you enter your car’s VIN, the site provides a rough idea of what sorts of data your car collects." What the actual fsck are you recommending here? Sharing a VIN with some random website is a privacy issue. What's wrong with make, model, and year? I certainly don't want to provide specific PII for a "rough idea." npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1sk4…d83s Same with cats, but when they're done with themselves, they go on to lick plastic bags. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1grx…uxfe I think even before Citizens United, stopping Florida's vote count in Bush v Gore was the push over the slippery cliff. And three of the Brooks Brothers Rioters are now on the damn Court. npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1khx…geyg There's a solo version with the lyrics. Hella helpful, mate! ;) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohAFvTekvz4 npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub1a24…etnp Ahem! GenX too (she says while swooning over an Addams Family machine from 1992) npub1vf47ye0sz87260cumyhfg5dvgtmcuke7us2vk22dlqcm403n3d8qla72js Rachel Rawlings @npub19dp…zwzj @npub1evl…yenf Also the fact that when a musician is bad, it's easy for even non-musicians to know. Off-key amd off-tempo are easy to detect, but no one can tell right away if you are storing their data in an unsecured S3 bucket, not even other IT folks.