randsMy reward for actively donating in the last election cycle is an ENDLESS and UNSTOPPABLE flood of political spam. Pro tip: this is an incredible strategy to get me to never donate again.
Paul Hoffman
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Old Skool Internet geek, particularly DNS. Pronouns: us/y’all.
K. Reid Wightman 
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The existence of Oreos implies the existence of Andeos, Noteos, and Xoreos. These can be stacked together to create every type of cookie known to humankind.
memes from outside fedi/atmosphere
École des Bro-ArtsAs someone who runs my own blog, email, social media, backup system, home automation, business site, etc...
I feel like self-hosting digital services is a lot like backyard chickens. Rewarding, lots of control, independence from Big Egg, and a great reminder of why distribution of labor and efficiencies of scale are so important.
Andrea Junker 
Just for those who may be a little confused: “Pro-life” would be 20 Sandy Hook students being college sophomores this year.
Matt BlazeJust to be clear: should I have the terrible misfortune to be killed in a mass shooting, please feel free to politicize the hell out of it. And go ahead and do so immediately. No time will be “too soon”.
If you are at all following post-quantum cryptography (as I unfortunately have to for $dayjob), you want to read this. Even if you don't understand the math she uses (this will apply to lots of us), you can still likely follow the overall logic.
Disclaimer: I'm indirectly mentioned in the first sentence of the last section.
https://infosec.exchange/@sophieschmieg/115714960852149274
Sophie Schmieg (@sophieschmieg@infosec.exchange)
New blog post: A very unscientific guide to the security of various PQC algorithm. I guess I have entered the listicle stage of blog post writing, so I should add: Number 4 will shock you! https://keymaterial.net/2025/12/13/a-very-unscientific-guide-to-the-security-of-various-pqc-algorithms/
angiebaby
Bradalot “The New Wealth of Nations ($)
Kuwait established the world’s first sovereign wealth fund (SWF) in 1953.
Now, Middle Eastern SWFs have more than $5.6 trillion in assets under management (out of $14T in SWFs worldwide), which would make these pools of capital collectively the third-largest economy in the world. By 2030, that number is projected to climb to $8.8 trillion.
Unlike other money funds, they are not only investing for economic gain, but also to project their national power and protect their national interests.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/03/instrumental-capital-sovereign-wealth-funds-gulf
Ned BatchelderIf I get an email with a Word doc attached, and I open the attachment, why does Word let me edit and save the document in the "Mail Attachments" folder!? Make it read-only and force me to save it someplace real before editing... Grr.
Is there a way to make it behave more reasonably? (Mac, Apple Mail btw)
(Also, this is not for me, so recommendations of different software or high-tech solutions will not help :D )