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*whispers* you know we can do this cultural debate about art thing all the time, right? Websites and news organizations used to have culture critics on staff whose entire job was writing about books, movies, and TV. People read them and then discussed them. We have the technology to do this again.

said it before and i'll say it again: the number one writing hack is just to make friends. you can either spend an hour in an obscure & contentious reddit forum trying to figure out what a 2012 camaro sounds like or you can ask your buddy, the Car Guy

gf has decided we are watching teen wolf, which they have never seen. we watched the first three episodes of s1 tonight... such nostalgia for me. such delight for gf. so much dubstep

If you're even a _tiny_ bit into security and privacy, pay attention to this one. A court filing in a case against cyberhacker Peter Stokes revealed Microsoft's GDID embedded in EVERY Win11 install provided the FBI the ability to trace his PC across VPNs(!!) & proxies(!!) across three countries.

Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint

GDID is the persistent Windows ID that helped FBI trace a Scattered Spider hacker despite VPNs. Here's how it works and how to limit it.

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you know what's great about having a tattoo of the mcshep girl scout cookie porn. I will never lose sleep at night wondering if that was ai generated

Today is World Refugee Day, during Immigrant Heritage Month. I want to take a moment to recognize and celebrate our refugee and immigrant neighbors, who are precious and valuable members of our community that make our city better and stronger in every way.

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hey @airtable.com are you aware that sending me marketing emails that require users to log in to unsubscribe is a violation of CAN-SPAM § 316.5 which requires users must not have to take any actions other than a single email reply or visiting a single web page to opt out?

Nobody loves unmagical Trevor Because the things that he does are inconsistent and dull Look at him now disappearing a cow He didn’t mean to do that it’s just the ai doesn’t have object permanence

tormenting my gf who is trying to go to sleep by retelling the plot of the mayfair witches trilogy ("this has like, the OG renesmee, and topically there is a race of like, immortal beautiful slendermen?")

tfw you live with an artist whose work is inspired by puritan graves and now you like goody proctor are about to be spotted walking with the devil (newenglandcore 🏒📝)