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Hihi! *hugsback* The NUN in the front row participated. I NEVER thought I'd see that.

I have now seen a nun participate in a standing ovation for a homily. *blink* Wow.

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Holy moly. (Possibly literally.) @yarngirl-mug.bsky.social did you see this? They included video of the standing ovation. I'm still boggling.

Cat @blackcatswhitehats.org · 05/10/2026

I got a rebounder -- indoor little trampoline thing (with a stability bar.) Best. Idea. EVER. Even if I do call it a "bouncer" all the time.

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I was in my 20s before I understood that I am allowed to say no. *solidarity*

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Cat @blackcatswhitehats.org · 02/10/2026

STOP SCHEDULING THINGS IN MY 3PM SPOT. THERE WAS ALREADY SOMETHING THERE. The original thing was moveable, so I did. AND THEN ANOTHER MEETING DROPPED THERE ON TOP OF THE INITIAL INTERLOPER. I'm already close to my hours for the week, I was going to knock off early... NOPE.

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Ryan CrawCour @ryan.crawcour.social · 01/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS: Tensions between Thor and the Care Bears have escalated rapidly overnight.

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Cat @blackcatswhitehats.org · 02/10/2026

If I ask you a question, do not reply with "the LLM says" and paste me the digital spooge you just massaged out of it. Not only did I need an actual answer, you have just made a lovely case for being replaced by whatever LLM you repeated.

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Kids in my class couldn't understand why the teachers and I were crying. (I'm a space nerd from toddlerhood.)

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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I thought it was the other way around -- I only ever saw variants of one basic "brain on drugs", but several different "learned it" ones spring to memory. Might have varied by target region?

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Hive mind, settle a Gen X debate for me. What's more famous: "I learned it by watching you" OR "This is your brain on drugs" And if you need more context then you aren't allowed to answer.

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My teens somehow recognized "learned" without my recollection of having introduced them to it, but I'm not sure they'd recognize "brain". Gonna have to go with "I learned it by watching you!" as the more recognizable. Barely.

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4/4 And who was that prior vendor? Fam, I know I broadcast the hell out of this answer. Turns out I dodged a bullet way those years ago. And with what I know about the former "friend" now, birds of a feather and all that. No naming, but daaaaaamn.

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3/4 Yay, but why weren't they before? Because the last vendor didn't require it. Um, why? This is routine stuff. It's a dumpster fire, but why is the current round *nested* dumpster fires? Turns out the prior vendor didn't do shit. Like, embarrassing levels of didn't. So we have catchup.

2/4 Flash to the present, an important but routine thing that requires an outside vendor is an absolute nightmare, I'm asking why is it this problematic since it's a routine thing, and I know the vendor this time is fantastic. Well, this time around we're getting things in order.

1/4 So a while back (a few years now) I had an interview with a company that I got because their CISO was friends with a CISO then-friend of mine, which falls under "networking". Was ghosted after. Sigh, whatevs.

StuffbyStef🐚🌊🪸✍🏻🌈🚫👑 @stephaniebumpus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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And for those in the back: No means Stop. Stop: Asking Touching Pleading Manhandling Pestering Forcing Mansplaining Telling me to relax and enjoy it Telling me to be quiet Telling me you’re not going to hurt me Putting yourself between me and the way out Ignoring the word No

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Kevin Riggle @kevinr.free-dissociation.com · 28/09/2026

If you have seen me posting about the stickers I've been cooking up, I am proud to say that they're now available. For anyone running LLM cybersecurity evals in your life: www.etsy.com/listing/4583...

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This Stickers item is sold by CriticalPointTV. Ships from Brooklyn, NY. Listed on Sep 28, 2026

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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's Compliance all the way down...

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One tangible reward of becoming an Unrepentant Vibe-Killer For Unsafe Men is that your social circle will rapidly contain fewer Unsafe Men.

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the fool @agnoster.net · 29/09/2026

“Respect me (as an infallible authority) or I won’t respect you (as a person)” is really everywhere once you start to notice it

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J. R. Moock, jr. @jrmoockjr.northsky.social · 27/09/2026

This has fucked me up more than once. If you have a coconut allergy, you NEED to be careful about anything with “activated charcoal” anywhere near the label.

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...

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Temu Tisha Campbell @thatgirlbamz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Please check your student loans (private & fed) and check if you need to recertify your income based agreements & double check that your payments arent being increased. Get ahead of it.

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synecdochic.dreamwidth.org

The updated COVID/histamine link thread because people keep tagging me in to explain it and I keep intending to update the post from 2023 (synecdochic.dreamwidth.org/805203.html) and just not having the capacity because of my own health shit so here is a thread I can pin

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Covered in this thread: 1. The underlying science behind the link 2. Antihistamines as COVID prevention practical advice 3. Prophylactic antihistamines to make you not feel like shit after a COVID vaccine practical advice 4. Antihistamines during an active COVID infection to prevent long COVID

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The histamine receptor H1 acts as an alternative receptor for SARS-CoV-2 | mBio

1. The underlying science behind the COVID/antihistamine link There are two major connections between the SARS-CoV-2 virus and histamine. The first is that the virus uses histamine receptors as a method of cell entry/replication: journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

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In addition to human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can utilize alternative cofactors to facilitate viral entry. In this study, we discov...

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2. Antihistamines for COVID prevention It is VERY IMPORTANT that I start with: this is NOT a perfect preventative and should NOT be your only precaution. The best precaution against COVID is still wearing a well-fitting (K)N95 mask whenever you are around other people.

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3. Prophylactic antihistamines for COVID vaccination Remember up there ^^ where I said the spike protein of the virus is a potent mast cell destabilizer? When your mast cells freak out about something, they drop a lot of chemicals into your bloodstream that cause all kinds of symptoms.

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(Someone Clauded a couple types of linux. This morning has been... eye-watering.)

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Vendor relations: handing the lists of brand new linux CVEs (Debian and RHEL that I've found so far) to the lead pentester on our recently finished assessment and saying "enjoy!" (If they're tested against, they can then be hardened against. Threat actors are likely already aware.)

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Sleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

TIL that there are agencies for influencers. WTF.

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and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him

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Apparently someone Clauded at least a couple types of Linux. The Debian list is eye-watering.

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I know, it was just amusing to wonder.

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Currently certain Federal agencies that appear to have developed a terror of furries.

Okay wait. That just made me wonder if there's a connection elsewhere, because "elsewhere" has such a weirdly specific line of commentary about furries...

Happy Dolly Parton Day! You know, 9/25

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Absolutely synthetic, especially with the $8k price tag, but NEAT!!!!

Cat @blackcatswhitehats.org · 24/09/2026

And this is why one should be careful with writing temporary/stopgap shell scripts... (I wonder if my workplace from ten years ago is still using mine...)

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 24/09/2026

IT IS TIME FOR SPOOKY SEASON

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Cat @blackcatswhitehats.org · 24/09/2026

GRC *nodnod* I used to contract for a couple of Federal agencies. I KNOOOWWWWWW. *lolsob*