Mastodawn

Egregious behavior from UPS. A gift was sent to my child by an aunt. When it arrived, they said we needed to pay a $50 tariff. We refused delivery. They then sent my kid a bill for $77.47 that arrived after May 2nd but saying it had to be paid by May 2nd or they would also charge late fees. #tariffs #UPS #badbehavior

K-Squared Ramblings Feb 7, 2008

Spam Switch

With the recent rash of Trackback spam, I finally bit the bullet and am now experimenting with Akismet in addition to Spam Karma. I'm not sure how well they work together, or, at this point, which plugin processes the comment first. Update: I'm trying Akismet on its own for now. Or, more precisely, Akismet as the sole second line of defense. Bad Behavior is still holding the front line. Update (Feb 14): I'm now back to using Spam Karma 2, but with a plugin that uses Akismet as one of the […]

https://journal.kvibber.com/2008/02/spam-switch/

Spam Switch | K-Squared Ramblings

With the recent rash of Trackback spam, I finally bit the bullet and am now experimenting with Akismet in addition to Spam Karma. I'm not sure how well they wor

K-Squared Ramblings

K-Squared Ramblings Aug 22, 2007

Trackback spam is back

I'm surprised it took so long, but trackback spammers seem to have finally figured out that they can sail past the simplest check against trackback spam---does the calling page actually link to the page being trackbacked?--by temporarily adding that link. Or maybe they have for a while, and they've only just started getting past my other layers of defense (namely Bad Behavior and other checks by Spam Karma). *sigh*

https://journal.kvibber.com/2007/08/trackback-spam-is-back/

Trackback spam is back | K-Squared Ramblings

I'm surprised it took so long, but trackback spammers seem to have finally figured out that they can sail past the simplest check against trackback spam---does

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K-Squared Ramblings May 30, 2007

The Good Old Days

I stumbled across an archived mailing list post from a few years ago where I remarked on how little spam targeted WordPress blogs at the time. How things change!

https://journal.kvibber.com/2007/05/pre-spam/

The Good Old Days | K-Squared Ramblings

I stumbled across an archived mailing list post from a few years ago where I remarked on how little spam targeted WordPress blogs at the time. How things change!

K-Squared Ramblings

N-gated Hacker News Oct 23, 2025

🚨 Oh look, the US just #unplugged their "snitch line" for tattling on their buddies' bad behavior abroad. 🤦‍♂️ Because, why face the music when you can just mute it instead, right? 🎵🔇
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqx30vnwd4do #snitchline #badbehavior #USnews #censorship #satire #HackerNews #ngated

US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces - BBC News

The Human Rights Reporting Gateway acted as a formal "tip line" to the US government.

BBC News

Aaron Fernandes Sep 6, 2025

Bella Thorne vs. Mickey Rourke: The Horror Movie That Wasn’t Even in the Script https://iconichipster.com/bella-thorne-vs-mickey-rourke-the-horror-movie-that-wasnt-even-in-the-script/ #BadBehavior #BellaThorne #MickeyRourke

Bonnie Jun 6, 2025

Just a reminder that I have a collection of articles, podcasts, and academic papers on AI. It focuses on controversies, issues, legal questions, and bad behavior by AI companies.

The collection is now up to 1,992 items and started in 2022. Find it here:

https://www.zotero.org/bjrussell/collections/KU8QQNVC

It is tagged as I'm a librarian, and I'm compelled to do so. Feel free to send me articles you find as well!

#AI #controversy #badbehavior #environment #copyright

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Proto Himbo European Apr 19, 2025

Person 1: [Pubilcly posts something controversial, demonizes large groups of people, criticizes a common behavior, etc.]

Person 2: [Disagrees]

Person 1: [Becomes angry, insults Person 2, runs through list of rhetorical errors, implies Person 2 has shoved their way into a private conversation]

This was peak #Twitter ("peak" is not a compliment in this case). I think perhaps I'm seeing it more on #mastodon and the #fediverse in general in the past year.

#BadBehavior #AntisocialMedia