Lightfighter

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Grew up in Beautiful Downtown Burbank, spent 10 years in the US Army (Infantry). Attended Southern Cal (IR degree) and CUA(JD). And I work currently as an SRE supporting a cloud SIEM product for which I have absolutely no education for, all hands on. Currently loving my adopted State of Colorado. Interests include #books #linux #politics #philosophy #hiking #cycling #motorcycles #veteran #photography
PronounsHe/Him
Amateur Radio Lic.N6MRW
LocationDenver (Arapahoe land)
Githubgithub.com/Mark-Waggoner
LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/markrwaggoner/

One of the hardest things to explain to people without ADHD:

• when it’s interesting, I can start on it
• when it’s uninteresting, I can’t

Note that the second one is not “I don’t want to.” I literally CAN’T.

I have to convince my brain it is interesting to even get started.

Interesting, now the robot is going to decide whether you are human or not.

TechCrunch: Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID

"...Anthropic may ask Claude users to verify their age and identity by uploading their government-issued documents, according to a new version of the company’s privacy policy.

The AI giant says the move was to allow users to appeal having their account flagged for potentially fraudulent activity rather than outright banning them, ..."

https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/22/anthropic-says-claude-may-want-to-see-your-id/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#captcha #ai

Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID | TechCrunch

Claude's chatbot may ask to verify your age and identity "in certain circumstances," such as with a passport or driver's license, according to a privacy policy change.

TechCrunch

"Trump is operating inside an "artificial reality" constructed by aides who feed him selectively curated social media posts to shield him from negative information about the economy and the war. The arrangement, [Nicolle] Wallace said, explains moments like Trump's repeated insistence that the country is "hot."

Iran cracked the code on Trump and is exploiting his 'rapidly decaying' cognition: expert - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2677077672/

Iran cracked the code on Trump and is exploiting his 'rapidly decaying' cognition: expert

Iran appears to have identified and systematically exploited President Donald Trump's rapidly decaying cognitive abilities.That's according to Atlantic staff writer and national security scholar Tom Nichols, who joined MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on "Deadline: White House" on Monday. Wallace argued tha...

Raw Story

"A Joe Biden appointee ruled the government had knowingly "trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens” by amassing the sensitive data and was threatening the right to vote."

Federal judge blocks Trump’s national citizenship database | Courthouse News Service

https://www.courthousenews.com/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-national-citizenship-database/

Federal judge blocks Trump’s national citizenship database

A Joe Biden appointee ruled the government had knowingly "trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens” by amassing the sensitive data and was threatening the right to vote.

Courthouse News Service
Out of these songs, which do you think is the best?
The Girl from Ipanema (João Gilberto, Astrud Gilb
Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver) 🉑
You Really Got Me (The Kinks) 📁
Lights Down Low (MAX, gnash) 🚦
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If a PAC with a "progressive" or "left" sounding name you've never heard of before is spending big for a fringe Democratic candidate, odds are it's another GOP front group trying to f*ck with the Democratic primary.

Please spread the word.

UPDATE: The money behind a network of sham “progressive” super PACs - Judd Legum
https://popular.info/p/update-the-money-behind-a-network

UPDATE: The money behind a network of sham “progressive” super PACs

A network of purportedly progressive super PACs, spending millions in Democratic primaries across the country, is funded by a Republican dark money group, the American Prosperity Alliance (APA).

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study finds 97% of fedi servers run by weird transgenders have better uptime than any microsoft product
@Nonya_Bidniss Walking, talking, autopen.

Guys I'm sorry but you have to click through and see the moron saying "crypt-o-graffy"
He's just so amazingly stupid, it's jaw dropping.

It could happen today. https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3movobv4j7723

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)

Trump on an executive order he's about to sign that he clearly has no clue about: "Quantum ... cryptography. Does anybody know what that is?"

Bluesky Social
@jwilker Statewide voting for the alternatives to Hickenlooper and Bennet alone is worth while. Love voting in Colorado.