Chris H

@cherdt.bsky.social

Hello stranger. I live in the Twin Cities, which is how you pronounce Saint Paul. I spend too much time in front of the computer when I should be on my bicycle. I work in infosec. he/him/his

I'm a sucker for advice columns. There's a recent trend of letters from people that say a family member or a friend has cut them off with no explanation. There could be other explanations, but immediately I think, "It's because you're a MAGA dumbass and you support the worst people and ideas"

Citrix released patched today for 8 NetScaler vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-88771 through CVE-2026-88778. Although I don't know all the details, word is that one or more of these vulnerabilities are being actively exploited. Patch as soon as possible.

I just spent 4 minutes listening to "Choosin' Texas," where I was surprised to learn the narrator is not choosing Texas, but their boyfriend is choosing Texas (and an old flame that lives there) over her Following Rolling Stone's advice has in no way helped me prepare to solve any problems

I see a lot of articles about "401(k) millionaires" and "everyday millionaires" or "the millionaire next door" But "millionaire" doesn't mean close to the same thing it did 40 years ago:

The CPI Inflation Calculator from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that one million dollars in August 2026 has the same buying power as $327,482.24 in August 1986, 40 years earlier.

The Ski & Snowboard Club is advertising themselves with sidewalk chalk as @sscumn and either they didn't think that through or they absolutely did

We should just accept "wierd" as an alternate spelling. It's not ambiguous, we all know what people mean But people still need to spell "Weird Al" correctly

Different kinds of people: - The glass is half full - The glass is half empty - The glass contains 227g H2O - The glass is the wrong size - No, it doesn't make sense to have different size glasses for different amounts of liquid - My glass is full, but I'm telling you it's half full so I'm relatable

I recently did a single load of laundry at a hotel. The front desk sold me a Tide pod. Everyone is allowed to have personal preferences, but if you don't use unscented laundry detergent, what the hell is wrong with you?

I don't know why the Park Bugle buried their best story on page 6, Ela Cantellano's expose on Como Zoo's new baby sloth, Cusi That's front page material!

For fans of Trading Places: possible commodity market price manipulation! Remember when eggs were really expensive? This may have been due to collusion between major egg producers, according to a complaint from the U.S. DOJ and 17 state attorneys general. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Family behind top US egg producer reaped $320mn after price surge

Descendants of Cal-Maine founder sold controlling stake near a record high after what authorities said was an effort to rig the market

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Student-run newspapers are great. They publish content that major news sources avoid. But MN Daily, get it together: - Recent article about a new cafe and didn't include the address (WHERE) - Recent article about a leadership change didn't include the exec's departure date (WHEN) Five W's!!

Why does new handlebar tape cost $40-$50 now?? I'm going to do a terrible job wrapping my handlebars, I felt far less bad about it when it was $15 handlebar tape