J. R. DePriest    :EA DATA. SF:

@jrdepriest@infosec.exchange
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Twenty-five years in #InfoSec.
My posts here are my own opinions. I am not speaking for any entity or employer with which I am now or have ever been affiliated.

#USian

#BlueTeam #Linux #Windows
#Scripting #Automation #DataAnalysis.
#SOAR #HyperAutomation

#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #LGBTQIA2S
 #Transgender #TransFemme
  #Bisexual #Pansexual

#Anxiety #CPTSD #ADHD #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD

#Writing #WritersOfMastodon #SteamDeck #Cats #CatsOfMastodon
#StarGate > #StarTrek > #StarWars
#Horror #SciFi

As a writer, I believe genAI removes the *joy* from creating art and strangles the introspection and growth it provides.
It's also one of the most environmentally devastating uses of the underlying hardware.

#Pagan
We are part of the Earth, not apart from it. We rise or fall together. Nobody is going to save us from ourselves, but us.

#BlackLivesMatter #BLM
#SexWorkIsWork
#TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights
#FreePalestine
#AntiFa

github repohttps://github.com/wordeater/
Paranormal Short Fictionhttps://infosec.press/jrdepriest
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"All of this fascism is just like... authoritarian communism. If only there was something, historically, we could more accurately compare the rise of Trump's fascism to. Some group, or movement in history that presages everything Trump is doing in a distinctly Pig Empire setting..."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/22/trump-stalin-national-center-atmospheric-research

American anticommunism is so reflexive we don't have the words to talk about fascism without spewing anticommunism, despite fighting a literal world war against the Nazis. It's incredible.

Trump’s shuttering of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is Stalinist

This is the latest in the relentless purge of climate researchers who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry

The Guardian

So, um. Heads up. If you're defending AI in my mentions, I reserve my right to not be terribly polite in my replies.

I won't harass or otherwise be a *complete* dick, but I've far more than hit my patience with that bullshit.

The slight meta here is that many AI opponents, myself included, have extended a lot of unearned grace over the years. There's a proactive duty to inform yourself about shit, and while I have a lot of grace (and am thankful for the grace others extend me) about not knowing shit, that's pretty well passed now when it comes to AI.

We've all had lots and lots of time to learn what LLMs are, why they don't actually work, what harms they cause, and who profits from the lie that they work.

@anne_twain @Waitnwallflower

Give love like a dog, but accept it like a cat.

As a society we have failed

Hugz & xXx

@MelissaBearTrix

Society has failed because rich people need it to fail. Poor people sticking together would be a massive threat to their continued prosperity.

"There is no such thing as society" - Margret rich man's friend Thatcher.

BBC: What the underwhelming Epstein files release means for Maga

US(less) Attorney General Pam Bondi took to X over the weekend with a bold statement: "President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in American history."

Her post was about efforts to release documents concerning the attempted assassination of Trump last July.

But the folks commenting in the replies had a completely different investigation in mind – the one into Jeffrey Epstein.

And they weren't buying it. 😃😃😃😃😃

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy95w0x9889o

What the underwhelming Epstein files release means for Maga

Conservative influencers were conspicuously silent following the latest release - but political danger remains for the president.

BBC News

In case the limewire link goes down, here's a copy I'm hosting on my own Mastodon server (which you should be able to view inline in your own client?)

60 Minutes report on El Salvador's CECOT prison

#cecot #60minutes

Nobody can experience existential dread 24/7, so make sure you’re taking breaks, hydrating, and stretching.

The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment that Trump doesn’t want you to see.

https://prtb.fname.ca/w/1PunoFjWBkPSwDasyTPBkX

60 Minutes CECOT Segment that Trump doesn’t want you to see.

PeerTube