Since last night's windows updates, attempting to use my Yubikey causes edge to completely lock up and require task manager to force end the process. It's a real pain when Hello for Business tries to force you to set up a PIN you've already got, and locks you out of your computer entirely...

Microsoft: Please sign into your account There you go MS: Signing you out! Please close the window now. ....

If people could stop including the entire internet in their SPF records that'd be great

hey! if you're in the US and in a state that restricts gender affirming care, my friend flies for an amazing organization that will give you free flights to states/clinics that can help u get access. elevatedaccess.org

I've been bedridden for the last 16 months for medical reasons, and I'm still about 1000$ behind on being able to pay for my car and storage. I'm sorry to keep asking, but if you could send a couple dollars, it'd really help. ko-fi.com/fooneturing

Time to develop the first roll out of the ancestral Praktica B100

That's totally a normal way to park...

It needs to be said more often that the world is a better, more beautiful and more enriching place BECAUSE trans people are a part of it.

Folks, today (20 Nov) is Transgender Day of Remembrance and I hope everyone can take some quiet moments to reflect and acknowledge on the violence and harm that has taken many from our wonderful Trans+ communities historically. And a reminder that it costs nothing to be kind to everyone. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ 🩵💜🤍

turns out they simply refuse to log any support requests even if you do get through to a human guess that is a good way of having amazing stats in your monthly reports! #microsoft

pst import also now constantly fails. again, no avenue for support in spite of paying for pro level. can someone get me a working contact method for business support?? #microsoft

it looks like the workaround I used last time to delete malicious emails is now also broken. Microsoft blocking admins completely from protecting users unless they pay for the highest level licenses, yet again

For every entry-level vacancy, there are 39 people on the JobSeeker payment. Of those, 25 have barriers to work. This is the highest ratio ever recorded by the Snapshot. Entry-level jobs now make up just 11% of all vacancies. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

at least i can spend ages photographing birds while i'm stuck in bed

stopped by mum's childhood home (built by her dad) today to take a few film shots on the Praktica (parents camera from 1981), took a couple digital ones too

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a failure in many ways, but at least very amusing

clear skies at the right time for once #auroraaustralis

not really sure how to feel other than old

Finally got back from the tech the camera my parents bought in 1981. I can't recall when it stopped working but I've wanted to fix it for a long time. Even took it to Germany to try to get it fixed in Dresden where it was built. Really looking forward to seeing how the first roll of film comes out.

why is every fucking parking lot in the city a hole in the ground now

thought I got plenty of lollies but already ran out

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

difficult realising i don't belong anywhere

legit troubleshooting mssql on server 2000 right now

it's very satisfying to see recognisable negatives come out of the developing chemicals, especially for a camera you've never used before, that's at least 65 years old

how many fucking times must I purchase the same set of pins before I actually get to have them...

if yt music could stop crashing every half hour, that'd be great

well, at least the storage in the sl5 is actually removable... got all my photos and docs

A viral video showing a lack of accessibility into the offices of the federal minister for disability has highlighted broader issues for access into public buildings, an advocate says.

i know i usually have 4 or 5 tabs permanently open, nfi what half of them are...

don't expect things to go well, but it'd be great if everything could just stop failing at the worst possible moment so i can catch a fucking breath

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There's never been any reason why any platform needs your actual ID. With a verification service that just says yay or nay, platforms could just validate against that and stop creating vast attractive troves of unsecured PII in an instant.

how's it so hard to find electrolytes without potassium... it's not a unique problem!

always love to spend several hours fighting Microsoft over basic functionality because they deprecate daily use things *before* implementing the replacement

"just update the modules by running this PowerShell cmdlet" *modules are in use, please close the application using them and try again!* Um...

The gang's all here @marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social

feeling very fortunate to have some truly excellent friends just quietly showing up in amazing and critical ways

Discord says they will not be negotiating with threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company's Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs and partial payment information for some people.

It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

okay sure, just ignore requests to return stuff loaned by someone who just lost everything, seems reasonable

in the space of 7 weeks i have had my future brutally ripped away, become homeless, and now lost almost everything i have ever owned having a hard time seeing anything but more suffering ahead

there's nothing for me

Because I'm not a cunt, rescued and sorted all the stuff that's not mine, too. Dunno why, since I'm the only one who gives a fuck, apparently. By myself, of course.

Age verification is great at keeping people safe... NOT!

emptied the storage unit and sorted through everything, had to throw away every piece of furniture and a ton of other stuff 😞 exhausted, but have to go back tomorrow to finish a few last bits and pieces

fresh, professional, haircut for the first time since January

no, I don't have a plan, yes it's making me anxious and dread waking up every day please stop asking

Third load of washing today in the machine. That's everything that isn't dry clean only from the flooded storage container, and the clothes I wore in there just in case I brought an mould back.