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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 3h

The Republican method of handling the government shutdown kept giving me feelings of déjà vu. Where have I seen this behavior before?

It's a hostage situation where the terrorists are killing the hostages off one by one until their demands are met.

Except the hostages are governmental programs […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@lizthegrey.com That was my hope as well.

Exit control has been my biggest fear recently.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 1d

1. Last night, 26 Senate Dems helped pass a NDAA containing a military trans sports and surgery ban and dropped demands for protections against US troop deployments in the bill.

It is the latest in the national fight over must-pass bills during the shutdown.

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26 Senate Democrats Help Pass Military NDAA Containing Trans Sports, Surgery Ban, No Protection For US Troop Deployments

The bill passed by a wide margin in the Senate and will be the starting point for negotiations with the House, which contain more severe anti-trans riders.

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 1d

Where does this leave frontier model makers? Well, their valuations are not sustainable unless they are able to both generate value equivalent to 10%+ of each US+EU white collar employee's salary and capture it with a monopoly rather than have to compete on price and erode margins as a commodity.

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) @lizthegrey.com · 1d

We're currently in the biggest game of the Dollar Auction ever created. Each new frontier model represents a bid, whose cost is paid for at the time that it is trained. But the AI market is a most-capable winner-take-most game.

new post by @talor.computer ft me: taloranderson.com/blog/ai-valu...

OpenAI's inflated valuation, as I understand it - Talor Anderson

Blog post: OpenAI's inflated valuation, as I understand it

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 2d

1. In a devastating new Pew Research Survey, only 3 in 10 transgender adults report being accepted by their parents.

And only 1 in 10 say they are accepted by their extended family.

This is the lowest number ever found in surveys asking similar questions.

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Pew Survey: Only 31% Of Trans People Report Being Accepted By Their Parents

The survey comes as transgender people experience a legal assault from the far-right in the United States.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

Knit Hello, a Simple Typeface for Knitting https://kottke.org/25/10/knit-hello-a-simple-typeface-for-knitting

Knit Hello, a Simple Typeface for Knitting

Designer Rüdiger Schlömer has created a new typeface for beginning knitters called Knit Hello. > Knit Hello is a typeface for hand knitting. It was made for beginners: knitters and typographers who love type. You may remember Schlömer from his Futura-based Knit Grotesk. And of course, the earliest bitmap letters weren’t found on a computer screen; blocky letters have been used in cross stitch and knitting for hundreds of years. (via colossal) **Tags:** design · Rudiger Schlomer · typography 💬 Join the discussion on kottke.org →

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 1d

These baskets are amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_PBNBFM-_g

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 3d

2. On Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that his office would launch undercover operations targeting what he called “various groups affiliated with left-wing political violence” in Texas. In a press release, Paxton cited “transgenderism” and “antifa” as driving forces.

Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Undercover Operations to Infiltrate and Uproot Leftist Terror Cells in Texas After Increased Political Violence
In response to the political assassination of national hero Charlie Kirk and the disturbing rise of leftist violence across the country, Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched undercover investigations into various groups affiliated with left-wing political violence known to be operating in Texas.

“Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people,” said Attorney General Paxton. “The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America. There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming.”

The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk’s bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.

President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to “utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Ant…

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 3d

I know non-U.S.ians know that U.S. healthcare is insanely expensive. But it occurs to me that the term "health insurance" is probably masking just how insane. Because our health insurance, unless you work for a company with a good program, does not actually pay for most of my health.

I pay […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 3d

There is something really horrifying about realizing that all my travel plans have to involve researching bathroom laws in states I may happen to pass through or have a layover in.

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Denise Wheeler @denisedwheeler.bsky.social · 3d

Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.

Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.

The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism

In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.

Bondi senate hearing had a folder full of notes for attacking the senators

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Pamela Fox @pamelafox.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 3d

Happy first-full-live-performance-of-Huntrix to those who celebrate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y-ViyUk7Dk

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 4d

Has anyone else had a problem on #macos Tahoe where changing the resolution of any screen causes everything to go black and freeze until watchdog notices that the window server is hung?

Intel #macbook Pro.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 6d

"Spontaneous chimerism".

A woman turns out to have her twin brother's blood. Just the blood. Everything about her is XX except her blood, which is XY and genetically identical to her brother's.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3g_iESUTnF8

Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 7d

My nephew wanted to know what was in "the little safe".

A vintage Spartus 35 mm film camera placed on top of a closed book with a black cover.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 7d

It took until 2112 for them to remove the last bit of random Internet content from the AI databases. "At last," they said, "We can offer people answers that have no biases, fake news, 'alternative facts', or sarcasm!"
The robot stepped out of the data center and looked around in surprise at the […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 9d

❝ generative AI, like chatbots and large language models (LLMs), advertised as research and writing supports—come with a particular risk that matters deeply for the U.S. national security workforce whose decisions can carry life-and-death consequences. Regular use of generative AI programs may […]

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10d

My daughter Shireen is on her silk road trip to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan with her bf. She sent this photo from Tashkent.

"Middle earth or the Middle East. Why choose one!"

Decorative wall with a fantasy map, surrounded by spears and golden lion statues, in a themed setting. Map is in the style of a lord of the rings map, with text in Arabic script. But it displays the Black Sea and surrounding countries and mountains.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11d

I passed a truck towing 🎃🎃🎃 this weekend.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11d

1. It's shutdown day, and anti-trans provisions are on the line... either today, or in a few more weeks if a clean continuing resolution passes.

Trump posted a video this morning blaming a shutdown on trans people and immigrants.

Here is your shutdown guide.

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Shutdown Day Guide For LGBTQ+ People: "Continuing Resolutions" And New Anti-Trans Posts From The White House

Shutdown day is here, and there has been a lot of competing coverage on Republican priorities, Democrat's demands, and what shutdown politics means for LGBTQ+ people in America.

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Wendy Palmer @wendypalmer.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 11d

🏳️‍🌈 📖 Queer Romance Club OCTOBER selection — All of Us Murderers by KJ Charles 📖 🏳️‍🌈

WHO WILL SURVIVE LACKADAY HOUSE?

When Zeb Wyckham is summoned to a wealthy relative's remote Gothic manor, he is horrified to find all the people he least wants to see in the […]

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Two men in suits fleeing from a creepy Gothic mansion, done in a slightly garish pulp fiction style. One of the men has dark, very messy hair and is dishevelled, the other looks much neater.

The title, All of Us Murderers, is in a large and kind of 70s font in yellow (to match the yellow light shining menacingly in the windows of the mansion).

The tagline across the top reads “love. Hate. Secrets. It’s in the blood.”

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13d

@lizthegrey.com Doesn't Australia have subdermal slow release systems? That seems ideal to me. (I'm using patches right now, but as I ramp up I may end up looking like someone's laptop.)

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13d

The terrier has been having incontinence issues, probably due to bladder cancer.
That's understandable, but he can't use that as cover for why he peed in the shepherd's food bowl.

#dogsofmastodon

Terrier with curly fur and large ears, one up, one down, looking directly at the camera.

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Kee Hinckley @nazgul.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 18d

@erininthemorning.com I believe the easiest way is to ask your followers/friends to report it. (I can't find it
In search, you may need to give them a link).