Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

A tale in 3 pictures. In which our hero wonders if he can and doesn't stop to ask if he should.

#c #programming

Understanding the "News Cycle"

Breaking News!
Broken News... 😢
Slowly Mending News.
News. Coming to Terms With Itself.
News. Setting New Boundaries.

News? Forgetting Past Mistakes, Growing Reckless Again.

Breaking News!

time to update your fucking threat models.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@munin/116127669866441825

Welp. Looks like it's gonna be "Anthropic is now a de-facto chattel of the US Military and all your queries to it are now subject to their interference"

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/25/tech/anthropic-safety-policy-change

Knowledge of queer stuff is actively kept from us, and the descriptions of our experiences are often done by people outside of our community.

#meme #anarchism #anarchyMeme

Everybody wins in this battle!!!

#AltText #comic #cute #furry #plush #pooltoy

There's a lot of stuff about AI-generated image, video, or text "tells", but—as with good old Photoshopped images and emailed urban legends—the most reliable method is not to look at the content itself, but *find the original source*.

The source may show the content was:

- real but taken out of context (e.g. had a caption attached stating something false)
- real but unethically produced (e.g. posed/harassed wildlife)
- real and by an actual human being who should be credited
- originally from an ad agency, special effects artist, satire site, obscure TV show, generative AI, etc.
- called out as false by people in the comments

Scientists have detected another possible Monday arriving as early as next week. If true, this will be the 9th Monday this year. They warn that there are a little over 3 days left to prepare.

Mondays can be bad. Hug those you love and help them through it. Spend these remaining days wisely.

Spot on ...

retro horror-comedy game

Anyway tl;dr, it can be scary at times, but you can be a girl if you want. You can be a boy if you want. You can be non-binary if you want. None of this is shit is set in stone.

Be a chaos gremlin, a pastel goth cutie, a ruff-n-tough dude, whatever you want. 💜

It is 222 A.D. You are the transgender Empress Elagabalus, "call me not a man for I am a woman". Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1776. You are "Public Universal Friend", a transmasculine Quaker. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1906. You are Karl M. Baer, a trans man undergoing sex reassignment. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1930. You are Lili Elbe. Transitioning is new and experimental. (to be fair you did get a uterus transplant.)

It is 1966. You are in Compton's Cafeteria with a bunch of other trans people when the owners call the cops to throw you all out. You riot. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 1969. You are Marsha "pay it no mind" Johnson. You are in a mob-run gay bar when the cops attack. You throw a brick. There is a bit of a scuffle. Transitioning is new and experimental.

It is 2026. You are a transgender adult or child listening to the NYT and British Guardian claim this is the first generation anyone has tried transitioning in. Transitioning is new and experimental.

Persist against all odds

A planned change to Amazon means that if people buy items on your wishlist, it could expose your address. Definitely a threat to people who have public wishlists.

https://www.404media.co/amazon-wishlist-address-private-third-party/

Git won't track empty directories (because at heart it only tracks files). Common advice is to add a '.gitkeep' file so the directory isn't empty and git will make the directory.

EVEN BETTER ADVICE: put a README in the directory explaining what the empty directory is for and what will eventually be there.