Kee Hinckley

@nazgul@infosec.exchange
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Passionate about making social media a safe place for everyone.


SWE with a BA in Anthropology.
Four decades on social media.
From Bell Labs intern to Meta TL in Scaled Human Review (it doesn’t). Currently consulting.
Previously nazgul, mooshjan, and coyotetoo (a long time ago) on Twitter. they/she

See pinned post for more details.

Banner Art: ©️ Shadi Fotouhi. Four self-portraits of my daughter depicting various medications and the emotions they are meant to treat.


Pronounsthey/she
LocationSwinomish Tribal Reservation (non-native, on land sold during the Dawes Act attempt to break up the reservations)
OccupationRetired, writing SF&F, and tech and social commentary
Metaphorical Satire
@xvf17 @rmd1023 Who are you again? :)
1) He’a literally from Uganda born to Indian parents. 2) This should show how much of a hack both Ben Ryan and the New York Times is on so many other topics. I’ve watched them pull this shit with trans healthcare for the last 5 years. Drop your NYT sub.

Here's a promise.
I will donate money to the first Democratic Party candidate who sends me an automated bulk text saying what they stand for and plan to do.

"Help us flip the xxx" is not a stance. I know who you're fighting against. Tell me what you're fighting for.

I'm not holding my breath.

#uspol

Surprise surprise. A week after Sarah McBride gives cover fire for throwing trans people under the bus, some Dems are privately indicating they’ll capitulate on trans youth healthcare and citing the pseudoscientific Cass Report literally drafted in consultation with hate groups.
big heart in tiny body
( provide more snacks please)
#dogsofmastodon #dogs #Humor
Per @npr.org, the Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with the White House U.S. DOGE Service, has built a searchable national citizenship register with data from the Social Security Administration & immigration records— without public notice & comment. Infrastructure for a police state.

The Trump administration is bu...
NPR (@npr.org)

This is NPR 🎙️

Bluesky Social

Dad passed away. Before the end, he made an AI avatar of himself.

The avatar was a full interactive with input. We displayed it on the big screen at the funeral service.

It was nice to see him up there, thank him, tell him what he meant to us.

Until his close friend Muriel stood up to deliver her speech.

It was plain embarrassing to watch Dad's avatar start removing its clothes, especially with Mum in the front row.

I guess he won't be forgotten by anyone now.

#MicroFiction #tootfic

“They will hunt you, they are like a cross between a lentil and a velociraptor,”

Calling it an allergy to red meat under-describes the impact. The proteins that trigger the allergy appear in everything from meat to toilet paper and even being near things that are cooking can trigger it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/29/lone-star-ticks-increase-climate-crisis

‘Explosive increase’ of ticks that cause meat allergy in US due to climate crisis

Unusually aggressive lone star ticks, common in the south-east, are spreading to areas previously too cold for them

The Guardian
Under these laws I would have been charged with a felony in fourth grade for helping create the War Against School Patrol and singing "Glory, glory, hallelujah. Teacher hit me with a ruler...." instead of getting marched down to the principal's office and getting a lecture.
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/06/27/tennessees-law-on-school-threats-ensnared-students-who-posed-no-risks-two-states-passed-similar-laws/
Tennessee’s Law On School Threats Ensnared Students Who Posed No Risks. Two States Passed Similar Laws.

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. New laws in Georgia and New Mexico are requiring harsher punishments for students — or anyone else — …

Techdirt
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big heart in tiny body
( provide more snacks please)
#dogsofmastodon #dogs #Humor
@returntosender Like when you give them a bath! lol