Canada eta 17 days. Austin departure in 12. What the fuck is this weather? I guess I appreciate Austin making it even easier to leave.

Ok the nonstop Vancouver-Austin is a very easy trip home. Too bad most are getting cancelled.

After reading a study on the effects of mobile app/phone use on mood, memory, and attention, I removed all social, shopping, work, and game apps from my phone. So I’ll update here less, but I already recommend it.

BREAKING: The SEC has dropped its enforcement case against Coinbase. Coinbase spent $46 million to influence the outcome of the election. Now they're already getting their payoff.

Do I know anyone familiar with Australian digital privacy laws?

It’s only a matter of time…

Ok, does anyone else really struggle to pay attention to audio books? I have to intentionally focus on visualizing what is being said or I’ll just stop listening and mentally wander. Yes, writing this while listening to audio book… 😹

I feel like some of our senators have forgotten the oath they take pledging to defend the constitution against all threats foreign AND DOMESTIC.

GOOD. Now let’s reverse the rest of the erasure.

My work got me a bottle of whiskey to celebrate becoming a citizen, and ya know, that feels right.

What the (and i cannot put enough emphasis on this) the everloving fuck are we doing.

This is rage inducing. Covering up literal history.

Anyone know of a small biz craft store that carries alphabet beads, yarn, or embroidery supplies? Looking to move away from big box stores. Local to Austin or anywhere that ships.

I have become that which younger me feared. - wake up early for a workday gym routine - keep healthy habits like skincare, protein powder, hydration, sleep - listen to work related podcasts in the morning at the gym - rarely drink alcohol - have small, repeatable routines Turns out… (1/2?)

All 13K tweets, 37K likes, and all my DMs… POOF. How? CYD did it. Get cyd.social

When the Patriot Act was passed, libraries got requests for patrons’ borrowing history. We were prohibited from disclosing those requests. We deleted and shredded those records and stopped tracking reading history for that reason. ALSO.

Last year OpenAI deleted restrictions against using its services for military + warfare activities- then the Israeli military’s use of Azure spiked. https://theintercept.com/2024/01/12/open-ai-military-ban-chatgpt/

Ok if you need a schadenfreude gloat fix, dunk on the ultra rich tech bros who are sad their stock is tanking & their AI models were used to train a much cheaper competitor. Because that shit is funny & punches up

Looking for an audiobook to listen to at the gym. (Old habit was Instagram…) Fiction or non fiction. Ideally not massively depressing, unless it comes with some hope. Don’t wanna start my day wanting to go back to bed. Anyone have any suggestions? #audiobook

Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?

Return to tradition 🇺🇸

Could tell I needed to cry to work through some emotions, so A.J. pit “the quiet place day 1” on. It worked.

I did it! Am dual citizen. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇸 That was wild. Palpable relief from everyone becoming citizens this morning.

i have no words.

Headed to the liminal space that is the parking lot in San Antonio that houses both the USCIS immigration field office and a Home Depot. I hopefully will become a dual citizen, and my brown husband multi-generation American husband will hopefully not be hassled. What fun times!

Seattle peeps. Heads up: ICE is currently on 3rd and University going through restaurants. If you have folks you know who could potentially face deportation, let them know.

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure. Read our op-ed here ⤵️

I want to buy an art print that is a variant of a favorite movie poster, but I have no clue how to find real artists these days instead of people selling not their art. Where do you go to find verified artists’ work? What do!!?

#Infosec friends - halp! Looking for an Austin area local who is interested in taking on a volunteering role with a conference. I’m moving before the next con and I’m hoping to find my replacement. Send people my way?

16 of the 26 Day One executive orders signed by Trump were ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025. Russ Vought, an architect of Project 2025, testifies before the Senate today as Trump's OMB nominee. Project 2025 was always the MAGA agenda.

Feeling critically low on fucks to give. All fucks currently spoken for.

My us citizenship oath swearing ceremony is Saturday. Wild week indeed.

ssd.eff.org#index EFF has a great resource for personal privacy here, even if you don't read the whole thing, it breaks everything down by lists topical to specific interests.

Random Nazi buys the US president

“The evils of capitalism are as real as the evils of militarism and racism. The problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political and economic power”. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Fascist America is here.

Survived some very cold camping. Time to get home, get clean, and snuggle in for an ice day.

So far my bsky feed is 99% cats. The internet is healing in this tiny spot.

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Meow. I used iPhones “clean up” feature to remove a box of cheezits. Wild.