How is your friday going?
I am getting dangerously close to reading a manual.
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ARCHIVE EVERYTHING. Twitter’s inactive accounts policy is now 30 days without logging in – and they’re already taking accounts down.
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Twitter’s announcement of so-called “end-to-end encrypted” direct messages is complete garbage and an exercise in gobbledygook. Here’s the major caveats:
1. It’s not available to all Twitter users — you must be subscribed to Twitter Blue
2. It must be deliberately opt-in for use
3. You can only send encrypted messages to people who follow you
4. Does not work with groups
5. Only works with text or links — don’t even think of encrypting photos!
6. Where are these messages being stored?With all those caveats, why use Twitter’s end-to-end encryption at all?
Even Elon Musk doesn’t trust this feature right now. He’s said, “try it, but don’t trust it yet.”
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@aardrian @weirdwriter @FreakyFwoof @devinprater @ppatel Also I consider you a friend so he's violated the "Don't Fuck With My Friends" rule. 🙂
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@aardrian @weirdwriter @FreakyFwoof @devinprater @ppatel Well that, and it sticks because Hingson is someone who is supposed to know better.
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@aardrian @weirdwriter @FreakyFwoof @devinprater @ppatel Oh yeah I remember that now.
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Sometimes criminals close the door when plotting crimes.
“We should ban doors!” 🚫🚪
Sometimes criminals hide weapons under their clothes.
“We should ban clothes!” 🚫👖
🙃
Do not fall for these misguided arguments.
Most of the time people use end-to-end encrypted apps to talk about the most mundane things.
Sometimes vulnerable people use end-to-end encryption to protect themselves and stay safe.
We should keep and cherish encryption.
We should demand it everywhere.
End-to-end encryption protects our human right to privacy and safety.
We must fight for it! ✊🔒
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@jason When is it not a two-coffee day?
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It amazes me when people toss around scary percentages around youth identifying themselves as queer as proof of anything other than increased awareness leading to younger people actually finding out there are words they can use to describe themselves.
It’s like left-handedness. Look at that spike! OMG! It’s an epidemic! People are *making* other people left-handed! We need to stop it somehow!
Or, y’know, we stopped demonizing it and people got to be themselves. Could be that.
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@aardrian @weirdwriter @FreakyFwoof @devinprater @ppatel I just read that apology. I'm taking a wait and see approach, but I'm not holding my breath either. Adrian, when was the last time Hingson made that assertion? Recently?
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@iChris My Vegas Golden Knights are still in, but unfortunately the Lightning are out for this year.
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Aside
Afternoon everybody, and welcome to Thursday. So far it’s been slow, and I’m looking forward to today continuing to be slow and maybe going outside later on, maybe during the game.
That reminds me, I need to double check the schedule.
Anyway, it’s supposed to be clear skies today, and 78, and honestly I really want to spend more time outside. I have an outside chair I’ll carry out back so I can sit in the sun. We need to find one for John, but maybe we’ll do that so he can go outside too if he wants.
State College75 °F Clear Sky
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@sarahmatthews In short, yes, overlays are inherently bad. See: https://overlayfactsheet.com
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Want to make a bet about when CNN hosts a White Power Hour with Nick Fuentes and Baked Alaska? They can call it a town hall and have Jake Tapper ask questions.
That fits, right? After all CNN put Kaitlan Collins on a stage with a know sex abuser. Anything to appeal to the worst of humanity in the name of “ratings”. #RSSFeed
–CNN Boss Faces Internal Furor Over Trump Town Hall – Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2023/05/cnn-boss-faces-internal-furor-over-trump-town-hall/
—@jan
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Hi there, it’s LinkedIn. We’ve compiled a list of the least relevant posts on the entire Internet and we think your email box at 3 AM is the perfect place for them
—@mcc
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pre-coffee thoughts with Tilly:
if it’s called catnip because cats love it, then pizza is now Tillynip
I will not be taking questions at this time
this has been pre-coffee thoughts with Tilly
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@jan Honestly I've never been so glad to have not watched CNN in *years* as I was last night.