Sraars
@sraars.comrades.social
Screwing around I guess. Enjoyer of comics, bowling, MST3K, Rifftrax, video games, Star Trek, Sports (Seahawks, Nuggets, Sonics, Arsenal),technology and various other hobbies I never finish.
Self hosting the comrades.social PDS because I like to fiddle
Self hosting the comrades.social PDS because I like to fiddle
All my Colorado homies hate Xcel.
"Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest electric utility, has asked state regulators for an increase of $355.5 million to its rate base, which would boost the average residential electric bill by nearly 10% per month." #denver
Xcel Energy-Colorado seeks electric rate increase to cover investments
Xcel Energy has asked Colorado regulators for an increase of $355.5 million to its rate base, which would boost the average residential electric bill by nearly 10% per month.
www.denverpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
All my Colorado homies hate Xcel.
How anyone is gobsmacked about this is my question.
I am beginning to think I have a super power and should rename myself Captain Obvious.
I am beginning to think I have a super power and should rename myself Captain Obvious.
X's new country tag just unmasked a swarm of troll farms, leaving users gobsmacked at the bot invasion. Who knew disinformation had such a global zip code? #TrollFarm
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
How anyone is gobsmacked about this is my question.
I am beginning to think I have a super power and should rename myself Captain Obvious.
I am beginning to think I have a super power and should rename myself Captain Obvious.
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no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
Germany violating the human rights of Nazis.
"Countries with state subsidies for abortion, transgender-friendly policies for children, hate speech laws and affirmative action policies will now be considered to be violating human rights under rules imposed at the [US] State Department..."
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Germany violating the human rights of Nazis.
The chonky backyard squirrel keeps popping the springs on my squirrel proof bird feeder.
He has screwed himself and the birds.
He has screwed himself and the birds.
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The chonky backyard squirrel keeps popping the springs on my squirrel proof bird feeder.
He has screwed himself and the birds.
He has screwed himself and the birds.
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Please listen to this podcast about ANOM:
darknetdiaries.com/transcript/1...
The FBI ran a string operation in Europe where they created their own 'secure' phone and messaging platform. Their OS used portions of our code and was heavily marketed as being GrapheneOS or based on GrapheneOS.
darknetdiaries.com/transcript/1...
The FBI ran a string operation in Europe where they created their own 'secure' phone and messaging platform. Their OS used portions of our code and was heavily marketed as being GrapheneOS or based on GrapheneOS.
ANOM – Darknet Diaries
In this episode, Joseph Cox tells us the story of ANOM. A secure phone made by criminals, for criminals.
darknetdiaries.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Please listen to this podcast about ANOM:
darknetdiaries.com/transcript/1...
The FBI ran a string operation in Europe where they created their own 'secure' phone and messaging platform. Their OS used portions of our code and was heavily marketed as being GrapheneOS or based on GrapheneOS.
darknetdiaries.com/transcript/1...
The FBI ran a string operation in Europe where they created their own 'secure' phone and messaging platform. Their OS used portions of our code and was heavily marketed as being GrapheneOS or based on GrapheneOS.
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Remember to Call your Reps against this and use the call system from @fightforthefuture.org even the message system from @eff.org to do the same but keep a track of House KOSA via Congress Website to keep track of it.
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Remember to Call your Reps against this and use the call system from @fightforthefuture.org even the message system from @eff.org to do the same but keep a track of House KOSA via Congress Website to keep track of it.
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Important to note here that the FBI was able to access the chat because of an informant who was in the chat.
Your Signal chats are only secure if you know and trust the people in them.
But be careful not to spread this in a way that makes people think "Signal is not really encrypted." Unhelpful.
Your Signal chats are only secure if you know and trust the people in them.
But be careful not to spread this in a way that makes people think "Signal is not really encrypted." Unhelpful.
BIG: FBI spied on Signal group chat of immigration activists CourtWatch, classifying them as violent terrorist extremists for quietly sitting in on court cases, as revealed in intel bulletin we obtained & shared w/ @samtlevin.bsky.social @us.theguardian.com. #FOIA www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Important to note here that the FBI was able to access the chat because of an informant who was in the chat.
Your Signal chats are only secure if you know and trust the people in them.
But be careful not to spread this in a way that makes people think "Signal is not really encrypted." Unhelpful.
Your Signal chats are only secure if you know and trust the people in them.
But be careful not to spread this in a way that makes people think "Signal is not really encrypted." Unhelpful.
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France's cybersecurity agency was previously actively using GrapheneOS. They helped us by auditing our code and submitting bug reports such as this one:
github.com/GrapheneOS/h...
They also made suggestions for security improvements to improve protection against exploits.
github.com/GrapheneOS/h...
They also made suggestions for security improvements to improve protection against exploits.
Undefined behaviour in get_large_size_class() · Issue #133 · GrapheneOS/hardened_malloc
As mentioned there, I'm opening this issue to discuss another finding I investigated following static code analysis of hardened_malloc. If we can reach the following definition in get_large_size_cl...
github.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
France's cybersecurity agency was previously actively using GrapheneOS. They helped us by auditing our code and submitting bug reports such as this one:
github.com/GrapheneOS/h...
They also made suggestions for security improvements to improve protection against exploits.
github.com/GrapheneOS/h...
They also made suggestions for security improvements to improve protection against exploits.
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Contact info for trusted indie media in New Orleans prepping for Border Patrol:
ALERT: @veritenews.org has started a tip line for people to report ICE/CBP sightings in the greater New Orleans area ahead of the upcoming deployment of Border Patrol agents to the region. If you see an enforcement action, raid, illegal detainment, etc., please let us know!
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Contact info for trusted indie media in New Orleans prepping for Border Patrol:
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BREAKING: 30 more Starbucks locations are joining the strike.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
BREAKING: 30 more Starbucks locations are joining the strike.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
Starbucks workers in 25 cities are jumping into the week-long strike.
Now @sbworkersunited.org members at 95 stores in 65 cities have walked off the job.
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NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: Sean Duffy frequently calls safety his “top priority” as transportation secretary. But I spent months wading through regulatory notices and found something far different: that USDOT has been delaying, weakening and killing dozens of safety rules, many opposed by the transportation industry.🧵
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Enormous mistake as @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social reappoints Jessica Tisch NYPD commissioner. He calls her a pursuer of police corruption but she promoted John Chell. Calls her an opponent of authoritarianism but she collaborated with ICE. The case against Tisch:
Mamdani's NYC Can't Afford NYPD Commissioner Tisch
With ICE on its way, how can we expect an ICE collaborator to protect New Yorkers? Here's a compromise: make Tisch sanitation commissioner again
www.forever-wars.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Enormous mistake as @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social reappoints Jessica Tisch NYPD commissioner. He calls her a pursuer of police corruption but she promoted John Chell. Calls her an opponent of authoritarianism but she collaborated with ICE. The case against Tisch:
Alternatively, I could just tell them my username.
The constant need to hoover up personal information by tech bros will never stop.
The constant need to hoover up personal information by tech bros will never stop.
"Find friends by phone" is a common tool in social networks. We're proposing a secure scheme and requesting comments from the dev community.
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Request For Comments: A secure contact import scheme for social networks | Bluesky
This article outlines plans for a future Bluesky feature \- it doesn’t exist yet\! By sharing our ideas early, we hope to solicit feedback from the community.
docs.bsky.app
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Alternatively, I could just tell them my username.
The constant need to hoover up personal information by tech bros will never stop.
The constant need to hoover up personal information by tech bros will never stop.
Anyone feel like an audit?
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Anyone feel like an audit?
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Are you an Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) enrollee? Have your monthly premiums increased?
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Are you an Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) enrollee? Have your monthly premiums increased?
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
We want to hear from you: https://bit.ly/47tEo8n
Jim Breuer has a comedy tour called “Find The Funny”.
He is letting you know ahead of time that you won’t find anything funny at the show unless you were a huge Goat boy fan.
He is letting you know ahead of time that you won’t find anything funny at the show unless you were a huge Goat boy fan.
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Jim Breuer has a comedy tour called “Find The Funny”.
He is letting you know ahead of time that you won’t find anything funny at the show unless you were a huge Goat boy fan.
He is letting you know ahead of time that you won’t find anything funny at the show unless you were a huge Goat boy fan.
Sounds like anyone can just hand out foreign terrorist organizations.
I am naming Walker's Shortbread as a foreign terrorist organization due to what it has done to my waistline.
I am naming Walker's Shortbread as a foreign terrorist organization due to what it has done to my waistline.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said that Muslims are a “threat to our freedom” on Tuesday as he targeted the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S. with a foreign terrorist organization label in an escalation of a movement of anti-Muslim hate in the state.
Abbott Says Muslims Are “Threat to Our Freedom” as He Targets Civil Rights Group With Terrorist Designation
Governors do not have the authority to designate groups as a foreign terrorist organization.
truthout.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Sounds like anyone can just hand out foreign terrorist organizations.
I am naming Walker's Shortbread as a foreign terrorist organization due to what it has done to my waistline.
I am naming Walker's Shortbread as a foreign terrorist organization due to what it has done to my waistline.
A million bucks is a cheap fee to pay eh @karlbode.com?
Meta defeats antitrust case over Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions — Reuters
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms (META.O) defeated a U.S. attempt to unwind its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp on Tuesday when a federal judge ruled the company does not hold a social me...
stocks.apple.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A million bucks is a cheap fee to pay eh @karlbode.com?
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"'We the People' includes we the incarcerated. It’s long past time to allow all voting-age Americans the freedom to vote." Story co-published with Reckon News.
‘We the People’ Includes We the Incarcerated
It’s time to let all voting-age Americans influence their government.
prisonjournalismproject.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"'We the People' includes we the incarcerated. It’s long past time to allow all voting-age Americans the freedom to vote." Story co-published with Reckon News.
This is going to taste of peppermint and desperation.
Beginning Monday, a Frozen Peppermint Hot Chocolate drink will be available exclusively at Starbucks cafés inside Target stores.
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
The chains are hoping the drink can drum up excitement from customers this holiday season.
🔗https://tinyurl.com/yrshv45s
November 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is going to taste of peppermint and desperation.
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"The Colorado State Land Board voiced serious concerns about the Trump administration’s commitment to protecting public lands Thursday while hesitantly approving a $50 million sale of the La Jara Basin to the federal government."
Colorado State Land Board approves sale of La Jara Basin
The $50M sale of 46,000-acre basin in San Luis Valley to the feds followed concern over Trump administration protection of public land
coloradosun.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"The Colorado State Land Board voiced serious concerns about the Trump administration’s commitment to protecting public lands Thursday while hesitantly approving a $50 million sale of the La Jara Basin to the federal government."
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How confident are US importers in the holiday shopping season and beyond?
Let’s just say inbound container units are expected to be DOWN 14.4% this month — and 17.9% next month.
@bloomberg.com $XLY
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Let’s just say inbound container units are expected to be DOWN 14.4% this month — and 17.9% next month.
@bloomberg.com $XLY
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
How confident are US importers in the holiday shopping season and beyond?
Let’s just say inbound container units are expected to be DOWN 14.4% this month — and 17.9% next month.
@bloomberg.com $XLY
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Let’s just say inbound container units are expected to be DOWN 14.4% this month — and 17.9% next month.
@bloomberg.com $XLY
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...