Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

If you have a chance to read @WeirdWriter you absolutely should.

Malicious compliance has never been so hilariously written.

By page fifty, the machine would be heating up. The smell of hot toner would start to fill the cubicle. The rhythmic chunk-chunk-chunk

https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-paperwork-flood/

Inspired by this post (https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/116268399785747534) I made an animated, alphabetised, deeply cursed clock.

https://boat.horse/clock/index.html

i've published my first #chumby widget:

http://chumby.com/guide/C78EE13C-CE96-37DB-8202-C7A207F24A0D/widget

it's a weather widget that's inspired by WeatherSTAR 4000-era The Weather Channel, currently it's limited to guessing your location but the next step will be making a way to choose an exact location to report about

Shitpost. Consent, lewd

Picard leadership tip: Respect must be earned. Trust must be earned. A demand for either means the loss of both.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@josephcox/116297167530484991

apple is not your friend
apple does not have your back

In something you don't see everyday, Apple gave the FBI the real name and email address of one of its customers using Apple's 'Hide My Email' feature. This lets you generate random email addresses to protect your privacy https://www.404media.co/apple-gives-fbi-a-users-real-name-hidden-behind-hide-my-email-feature/

another successful guy in his 50s has been one-shotted by Claude. F in the chat for Mike Masnick, may his brain RIP. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/

I was watching a video about CERN testing that antimatter containment unit by transporting 19 antiprotons. One of the comments I saw was just "who wants to brake check the antimatter truck" and I found that profoundly funny.

There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator:

Only a fraction of people will find this funny.

tired: "I write software"

wired: "I inscribe arcane sigils into crystalline liquid to invoke modern esoteric magics built atop that of ancients"

inspired: "I boss computers around"

Remember!

If you want scalable systems, ask beings with scales to build them!

Public health isn't some privilege that successful societies get to enjoy when every other condition is met, it is the foundational condition that must be met before any society can be successful

Adults lose skills to AI; Children never build them. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202603/adults-lose-skills-to-ai-children-never-build-them

The difference between cucumbers and pickles is jarring.