Jay

@jws@infosec.exchange
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I work on networks, but mostly cat-and-shitpost on the socials.
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Webpage:https://jaystapleton.ca/
pets:Cats:Pollyester and Penelope. Dog:Juno
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Jay2d ago
endeavorance 🕊️2d ago
Chicken and waffles is somehow better than the sum of its already very high value parts
JayJul 14
Max LeibmanJul 13
Bluesky: Users verify their age by adding a payment method or uploading a photo ID.

Mastodon: Users verify their age by posting pictures of the vintage computer equipment in their homes.
JayJul 12
It occurs to me that the are so many YouTube creators now who use the term "rinse and repeat" to mean "repeat" are too young to have ever needed to read a shampoo bottle to pass the time.
JayJul 3
blairloudlyJul 3
im almost fifty and online a lot so i must be what mid century modern means right
JayJun 29
iamBullivantJun 28

Hungary has banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which essentially means Pride. Today over 500,000 people in Budapest turned up for a Pride march and told the government to: 'Fuck off!'.

#Pride2025 #Hungary #Budapest

JayJun 27

The interoperability era of PCs was a great time. I have so many old phones and tablets with no standard "bios", and various maybe kind of hacks to get some other software running on it.

I just want to be able to install Linux on a tablet that is too old to run the stock os usefully. The screens, even the cpus are decent for a lot of uses, but with no security patches, they're mostly unusable.

There ought to be a law!

JayJun 23
I have a short talk featured on PlatformCon's remote stream:
https://platformcon.com/sessions/complexity-simplicity-through-abstraction
Complexity simplicity through abstraction | PlatformCon 2025

This session explores the evolution of network abstraction, highlighting how past approaches introduced unnecessary complexity and how new strategies can simplify operations while enhancing control and security.

JayJun 20
Jen GentlemanJun 20
I'll never be able to unsee this
JayJun 12
XKCD BotJun 11
If you think curiosity without rigor is bad, you should see rigor without curiosity.
https://xkcd.com/3101/
JayJun 12
Show threadJeremy KahnJun 12

@futurebird

so, you're saying a medium frenched these fries?

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iamBullivantJun 28

Hungary has banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which essentially means Pride. Today over 500,000 people in Budapest turned up for a Pride march and told the government to: 'Fuck off!'.

#Pride2025 #Hungary #Budapest

Show threadBarbara MonacoJun 28
@bullivant The people, united, can never be defeated. Happy Pride, Budapest! 🌈
Show threadzipkid - Breaker of SystemsJun 28

@bullivant police said 40.000 ( ridiculously low). Organizers said 200.000. So, somewhere in between those, but much closer to the latter.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23g02dl1z8o.amp

Budapest Pride draws huge crowds in defiance of Orban legal threats

Tens of thousands have gathered for the LGBTQ march in Hungary's capital, despite a police ban and warning from PM Viktor Orban.

Show threadTisha TigerJun 28
@bullivant That’s how it works 👏
Show threadDani living like it's 2020Jun 28
@bullivant
Politicians joined from various European countries to pressure the government to not overreact. Great to see this, and without violence!
Show threadJoe Cardillo (they/them)Jun 28
Happy Pride to all in Budapest & Hungary 🏳️‍🌈
Show threadxs4me2Jun 28

@bullivant

And very soon I hope!

Show thread🛠 Ba Dang 🌺Jun 28

@bullivant

Awesome !

Show threadchris actualJun 28
@bullivant Well done, #budapest. Well done.
Show threadiamBullivantJun 29
@lackattack 👏
Show threadstux⚡Jun 28
@bullivant LOVE ❤️ IT 
Show threadSigismund NinjaJun 28
@bullivant always suspected that Hungary was the most gay country within the EU. 😘
Show threadiamBullivantJun 29
@sigismundninja 😂
Show threadnixFREAKJun 28
@bullivant that’s amazing good for them.
Show threadmossyruaJun 28

@bullivant

Hey Mr Orban… a few people want to have a chat!!

Show threadFlittermouse 🎸🥁🎹🏳️‍⚧️🐩Jun 28
@bullivant that's a huge festival, in a country of less than 10 million.
Show threadiamBullivantJun 29
@Flittermouse I 'think' that quite a few people came from neighbouring countries to attend. Not sure of the numbers, though.
Show threadHerodotus Machiavelli LivyJun 28

@bullivant
To paraphrase Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young;

Bt the time we reached the Pride March,
We were half a million strong.
And everywhere was a song,
And a celebration...

Show threadA Tattered ScrapbookJun 29
@HMLivy @bullivant Love it! But I think Joni wrote it…
Show threadHerodotus Machiavelli LivyJun 29
@Tattered @bullivant
I never knew that. Thanks. Always good to learn new things.
Show threadiamBullivantJun 29
@HMLivy Very good. 👏
Show threadlilyJun 28
@bullivant was it actually over 500k? that's way higher than other estimations i've seen but it's big if true
Show threadiamBullivantJun 29
@lily That's the figure I saw. But, of course, estimating the size of crowds that size if fraught with difficulties.
Show threadHugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷Jun 29
@lily It looks like 500,000 easily. A nicely intimidating turnout. Will Orban be impressed?He should be. @bullivant
Show threadlilyJun 29
@Tooden @bullivant i'm pretty sure the organisers said 200k during the speeches but that might not be entirely accurate either
so who knows
Show threadiamBullivantJun 29
@lily @Tooden Would the organisers have had a good idea of the numbers on the spot? But happy to be corrected.
Show threadJustinJun 29
@bullivant really stress testing the load limit on that bridge!!
Show threadRejZoRJun 29
@bullivant Homosexuality will exist whether they like it or not. It's not like they are fucking out in the streets, so who gives a shit what they are doing in their own bedroom. Just let them be. It's really not a difficult concept.
Show threadHighlandLawyerJun 29

@rejzor @bullivant
But they might hug in public, or even... kiss! /s

At a railway or bus station, there is nothing so wonderful as seeing a couple joyfully reuniting, embracing and kissing the one they love after an absence. When it is a same sex couple, it is delightful to know that one is in a country where they feel safe & secure enough to express that love in public. #Confelicity

Show threadsebsauvageJun 29
@bullivant
This is totally impressive
Show threadZ̈oé ⛵Jun 29
@bullivant despite the insane heat!! mad respect
Show threadiamBullivantJun 29
@uint8_t Yeap.
Show threadsaxnotJun 29

@bullivant how does one even "promote homosexuality"?
It's part of the naturally occuring world.

That's like trying to stop the promotion of sunlight. it just falls from the sky. trying to stop it sounds like a battle already lost when picked

Show thread HyperSoop Jun 29
@saxnot @bullivant If what fascists are saying doesn't seem to make sense then it doesn't make sense.
Show threadEaterOfSnacksJun 29
@soop @saxnot @bullivant Fachos are never reliable sources. If one told me it was raining I'd check for myself.
Show threadstefanJun 29
@bullivant Thats awesome to see!  

I do wonder where that 500.000 is coming from. Reports I just read said the organizers said it were about 200.000
Show threadiamBullivantJun 29
@stefan I picked it up on social media. Happy to be corrected if other estimates are lower (Hungarian government/police, etc, not included). Whatever, it was a huge number in the face of threats and intimidation by Orban's cronies and thugs.
Show threadstefanJun 29
@bullivant its atleast the number I got out of some german media one being left media while the other is state financed media. Both say its about 200.000 according to the organizers of pride.

So it should be more true than that 500.000. I mean its from the organizers so there might be some error of being a bit more rather than smaller (I think?)

Seems to be a trustworthy number
Show threadiamBullivantJun 29
@stefan Fair enough Stefan.
Show threadmadame poolhairJun 29
@bullivant more of these please 🥺✌🏻🙌🏻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Show threadideaPDishJul 4

@bullivant
Wooden it be weird if someone somewhere they banned homo sapiens?

#gravyBait