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Elder Of Ancients

@elderofancients.bsky.social
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Poking at things with sticks since 19mumble www.last.fm/user/ElderOfAncients Delay, Deny, Depose.

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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Google continues to incorrectly interpret search queries as AI Chatbot instructions.
Screenshot of Google AI overview responding to search query as if it was instructions to follow commands.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And I say to my people's masters Beware Beware of the thing that is coming Beware of the risen people Who shall take what ye would not give Did ye think to conquer the people? Or that law is stronger than life And than men's desire to be free?
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
*sniff sniff* Do I smell... enshitification??!
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Hacks courtsey of my daughter. Revenge will come later
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Daughter and wife playing battleship together for first time ever. I will need more beer
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
In case you were wondering, no Claude AI will not make software developers extinct. Unless it becomes sentient.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Sigh.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Chase Bank thinks they will know fraudulent activity on my account than me. I can't fathom why any competent financial institute would not want their customers to monitor their own accounts, except maybe you like fraud?
Screenshot of part of an e-mail notice from Chase Bank about disabling useful credit card monitoring alerts. Full text from screenshot follows:

We're writing to let you know that we're retiring alerts you’re signed up for. You'll no longer receive either of these alerts for any of your credit card accounts starting February 17, 2026:
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International charge posted
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Online, phone or mail charge authorized

Chase helps safeguard your credit card purchases using sophisticated fraud monitoring. We monitor for fraud 24/7 and will text, email or call you if we detect unusual purchases on your credit card.
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A few months ago, ICE hired me I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!" My latest for Slate
slate.com
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
New office shredder gor new year, have concerns about reliability
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Vote Atheism in 2026
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Man it sure is great to have a pristine Windows 11 install that doesn't have any old useless crap on i--
Screenshot of Win11 registry showing FUCKING HOTMAIL as a registered mail client, and it goes to Internet Explorer
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Hello! I'm still alive! I didn't give-up on Bluesky either. Just very busy and distracted. Will try to post more useless shit this year I promise.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Damn it... :(
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Today, an untold number of IT people are learning about DNS NCACHE aka DNS Negative Caching. See also: RFC-2308 #aws #dns #itsalwaysdns #lolz
health.aws.amazon.com
View the overall status and health of AWS services using the AWS Health Dashboard.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Here's Google's official support page suggesting that I should disassembly my phone, push the screen down or pry open the enclosure to fix the swollen battery issue I have. #google #pixel #lawsuit
Screenshot from Google's support page for the Pixel Phones in response to a request for help with a swollen battery. The screen suggests doing a number of extremely dangerous things.


"If needed, reach out to Google customer support for further guidance.

    Try to “press down” or force the cover glass or back cover into the phone.
    Try to pry open the enclosure.
    Try to remove the swollen battery from the device.
    Attempt to repair or fix your swollen battery or dissemble your device by yourself."
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
My loving wife just broke the bad news to me about Ozzy Osbourne's death. I've been busy working. Such a monumental loss to the world, to music, to everything. I was devastated I wasn't able to go to his final show, it sounded amazing.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 22/07/2025
Ozzy Osbourne, the singular metal legend whose Black Sabbath virtually invented heavy metal and in later years became a reality TV pioneer, has died at the age of 76. Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
@sharktastica.co.uk An interesting keyboard for you boss. www.npr.org/2025/07/05/n...
npr.org
How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing
The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
It's 2025 and this is what happens when I update contact information with Fidelity Investments. #infosec #lolz
Screenshot of multiple text messages from Fidelity, all from completely different 5-digit numbers.
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Everybody's an editor. Hell, I knew a man who, after surgery, was left with a semicolon.
Doctor: We had to remove your appendix.

Tolkien: But that's where I explain why elves hate dwarves!
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Typical text exchange with adult daughter.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
In the same day (today) I learn a sequel to Spaceballs is being made (with most of the original cast!) *and* a reboot of The Naked Gun. With Liam Neeson.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Man, I really want to murder some Nazis...
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Literally couldn't stop laughing at this part: "during the execution of one task, the agent cannot find the right person to ask questions on [company chat]. As a result, it then decides to create a shortcut solution by renaming another user to the name of the intended user."
futurism.com
An Entire Company Was Staffed With AI Agents and You'll Never Guess What Happened
An experiment by researchers at Carnegie Melon University staffed a fake software company with AI Agents, and the results were dismal.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Had to say goodbye to Emperor Boris this afternoon...
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Home hospice for Boris whos not been eating much at all the last week. He continues to lose weight but isnt in pain that we can tell. Remember to hug your loved ones and don't let hate overtake you.
Pic of Emperor Boris, a very sick cat, lying on his blanket in a home office with a nearby water bowl.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Man I'm really in a mood to murder me some Nazis right now...
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The irony of this screen is not lost on me.
Screenshot of the FBI webpage loading. It reads "Icon for www.fbi.govwww.fbi.gov

Verify you are human by completing the action below.
www.fbi.gov needs to review the security of your connection before proceeding."
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 15/04/2025
Yiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikes. More details here, but this is... really bad. www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
nextgov.com
MITRE-backed cyber vulnerability program to lose funding Wednesday
Organizations across industry, government, national security and critical infrastructure rely on the CVE Program, which serves as the de-facto global standard for vulnerability identification and mana...
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
It Has Begun
Pic of a grill pilot light in the background with a filthy, soot covered forearm in the foreground
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
"For a mentally retarded adult toddler."
Screenshot of a headline from BBC, quoting White House doctor having a seizure while claiming Trump is in excellent cognitive health
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Some DEI will be harder forvthe Nazis to remove
Picturebof sign at St Louis Arch museum documenting the flight of former slaves to Missouri in 1879
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
OPSEC. www.npr.org/2025/04/04/g...
npr.org
How new tariffs will impact small retailers. And, key takeaways from Trump's 7th week
President Trump's new tariffs are expected to take effect tomorrow. Small retailers are bracing for the impact. And, Trump denies reports of Laura Loomer's influence in yesterday's NSC firings.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Gais! GAIS!! I just found out how to make a multi-post post!!
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
This is worth reading, interesting documentation of how useful Flock cameras may really be. cardinalnews.org/2025/03/28/i...
cardinalnews.org
I drove 300 miles in rural Virginia, then asked police to send me their public surveillance footage of my car. Here's what I learned.
Anyone might wonder how often they are caught on police cameras that operate 24/7. I spent a day driving, and over a month trying to get the answer.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Illustrates how fucked-up the news cycle is that I only just now learned Val Kilmer passed away. :(
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"According to Wired, the cost-cutting team plans to rapidly migrate the Social Security Administration’s systems off COBOL, an outdated programming language, and onto a modern one like Java within months." No. Java is not "modern", it was developed in the 1990s.
fortune.com
Elon Musk's DOGE is undermining the Social Security Administration's technology and operations, former White House official says
Julie Siegel says DOGE is making it harder for millions of Americans to access their benefits.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Sooooooooooon.... #cultofthelamb @cultofthelamb.bsky.social
Screenshot from an e-mail notification on a recent order that reads as follows.

We wanted to let you know that a package was shipped to you via USPS, USPS Ground Advantage on 4/1/2025.  

Shipment Includes:
Item #	Description	Qty
DEV-255142	Cult of the Lamb: Hymns of the Unholy (Deluxe Vinyl)	1
DEV-255134	Cult of the Lamb Unholy Lamb T-Shirt (Black) - xxl	1
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
Super, SUPER hard! Qualys.... man smh....
Screenshot from a Wall Street Journal on ransomware recovery. The text of the screenshot reads as follows:

"It sucks in the cloud, because you have to daisy-chain everything together, you have to know all of these different technologies and it is super, super hard," said Ken Dunham, cyber threat director at Qualys, a cloud security company.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I forget what these are... But they're coming up!
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
@osmote.net bitch, wut you doing in my kotaku, 😂
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
It bears repeating. In fact, I suggest putting it on repeat. #IWantMyScalps #NoNazis
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Inglourious Basterds Official Trailer #1 - Brad Pitt Movie (2009) HD
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Classic Trailers
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
"Hey #french, #uk, #germany and #EU. I'm, like, totally in jail right now. They claim I shot the president. I swear I didn't do it. I totally need you to come down here and bail me out". -- Not Me. Nope. definitely not...
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Hmmmmm......
Screenshot of Southwest's password reset screen stating "We will email you the link to reset your password after you enter your email address and answer security questions", with the only fields being a first name, last name and e-mail address.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
World's Worst Keyboard. www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gam... @sharktastica.co.uk thoughts? :)
pcgamer.com
'I made the world's worst keyboard': This YouTuber's homemade board has over 1,000 keys and types in words, not letters
'Like and sign up to watch'.
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
As a side note, when ivsaid high-maintenance ...
Pic of the many medicines, tonics and snacks used to treat BorisPic of medication schedule for Boris
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Boris has had a fantastic few days! Last vet visit his red blood cell coubt was 17%. Vet made some med changes and holy cow...
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Elder Of Ancients @elderofancients.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Really want pizza
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