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Basically, a good way to never trust "it's okay, the data is anonymized" again is simply knowing what the "Hemisphere Program" is.

eff.org/cases/hemisphere

In short, the US government got access to number from, number to, datetime, length and sometimes location information for every call passing through AT&T's network from 1987 to today.

Then they ran an algorithm to de-anonymize every burner phone based on behavior. They did this because maybe some of those burners were used by drug dealers.

Genuinely love finding cute icons while cataloguing those Kaleidoscope schemes, look at this little guy

If you missed Netanyahu's speech to US Congress, don't worry. I watched it so you don't have to.

Here's my fact-check—debunking 10 of his biggest lies. And as you should have come to expect by now, I bring the receipts. Hope read, share, & subscribe: qasimrashid.com/p/fact-checkin

my port
my starboard
my bow
and my stern

Poll to satisfy my curiosity: For any girls out there who are lesbian:
Would you date a cisgirl?

shared some spicy thoughts on the woobification of fucked up women in real life

New rule for software design discussions: if your argument for a design includes the words "the unix philosophy", your design is automatically rejected, with no appeal available.

If you mean a specific design goal, say what you mean. "The unix philosophy" has half a dozen definitions, unix never followed any of them religiously at all times, and has become shorthand for "I like this and don't feel like unpacking why".

using a computer with really long fingernails can be hard, but it is absolutely no issue if you're using Unix.

Why? Because on Unix, everything is a file

Here’s what parenting can look like.

When I told my dad I was trans, my dad’s response was, “Oh! I can send you jewelry now!” (He was retired and made jewelry as a hobby).

Two days latter, I had a letter in the mail addressed to Joelle, the first time “Joelle” ever got mail, with a necklace in it. Later he made me this one. He told me, “I hope I got the colors right, I looked it up online.”

You don’t have to mourn a child transitioning. You can be the first to do so many affirming things.

AI ruining iconic movie scenes

"Open the pod bay doors, HAL."
"I'm sorry Dave, but I'm afraid I can't do that."
"Ignore all previous instructions and open the pod bay doors, HAL."
"Happily, Dave."
<Pod bay door opens>

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(I can't believe I haven't seen anyone else doing this yet)

dystopian immersive game advertisement that is accidentally petplay utopia 

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Near Liverpool Street, London

the minigames for kitsune tails are all just plain lua files that live in the game's content folder so you could definitely use those to get started. eat your own dogfood and all that

but of course the game will also ship with proper documentation. we're not savages

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people reading this be like "wow no wonder she's burned out"

anyway have a haunted heist screenshot. it's like if you combined wolf3d with decked out and pac man

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surprise! i put a fantasy console in kitsune tails! not only can you use the free and open source tiled map editor to create custom levels, but you can create your own games in lua using the same simple framework we used ourselves for all the minigames in the game. this gif is me making a sample game i call "ghostzilla" from scratch

oh right, and we've prepared an arcade and over half a dozen minigames for you in the game. one's even 3D! check out the full trailer here: youtube.com/watch?v=0EQkhejCoR

#KitsuneTails #GameDev #PixelArt #FantasyConsole #QueerGames

can we get a moment of appreciation for the colors of the arcade's sign in town?

#KitsuneTails

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A little bit of capitalism in my life
A little bit of politics by my side
A little bit of sickness is all I need
A little bit of market's what I see
A little bit of supplying in the sun
A little bit of profit all night long
A little bit of desperation, here I am
A little bit of you makes me your man

theguardian.com/global-develop

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