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LOL true Mastodon verification:

YOU MUST VERIFY YOURSELF ON MASTODON BY:

- Posting a picture of a cat in your lap
- Random photos of flowers
- Wax poetic about your favorite episode of Star Trek TNG (or your hate of the series)
- Random, undecipherable technical blabbering about ham radio electronics
- Mention something about your favorite Linux command line
- Say hello to your many LGBTQ followers/friends here, just because you're glad they're here
- Toot a picture of some mushroom you ran into while walking in the forst
- Something something astronomy
- Random gadget/device/bicycle post
- Post a random picture of a tree or window
- Photo of your sewing/mending project!
- Hand drawn art post

Lyle Kozloff Mar 2

Dark patterns on budget airline websites have gotten, somehow, even worse. Just booked with Flair who displayed my whole party in middle seats on the seat selection screen with no obvious option to NOT select seats (for an extra fee).

Hitting "next" works, but takes you to a vaguely threatening screen that reads like an extortion threat.

Don't get me started on trying to not pay for carry ons or luggage.

Wow.

Lyle Kozloff Dec 23

I was browsing through some photos from 2014, looking for a specific one and came across some random photos with David Hasselhof in them. I couldn't figure it out, and definitely didn't do it myself.

Turns out it was a Google+ joke it took me 11 years to get.

https://www.cnet.com/culture/google-automates-david-hasselhoff-photobombs-for-april-fools/

Google automates David Hasselhoff photobombs for April Fools'

Thanks to a Google joke, your celebrity photobomb dreams are inching closer to reality. So long as you only dream about David Hasselhoff.

CNET

Lyle Kozloff Nov 18

This playlist popped up the other day with the album art of the first song... but it really made me wonder "What is in those lattes? Herbal Essences?!"

Lyle Kozloff Nov 17

I’m seeing an uptick on cold marketing emails where the email body is structured to look like it’s a series of follow ups from an original email… but there was no original email. Super sketchy, but I imagine it probably works: the recipient feels bad that they left this person hanging for multiple weeks.

Anyone else seeing similar patterns?

Lyle Kozloff Oct 12

Daniela Quirke Oct 12

🐸🐸🐸

Lyle Kozloff Oct 9

THIS is what they're A/B testing on me?

Lyle Kozloff Oct 8

key Oct 8

in dire need of a map bc the country roads did not in fact take me home and i am in fact severely lost

Lyle Kozloff Oct 5

Today's forecast is... moon sparkles? I'm not sure what to wear for moon sparkles.

Lyle Kozloff Sep 15, 2025

#SilentSunday