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Alarming Mistakes, Deadly Decisions: Fatal Fire at BP-Husky

YouTube video by USCSB

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Going a day without ADHD meds is horrible. On the upside, the relief the next day when it kicks in is wonderful. I would absolutely having failed out of college if evey day was like yesterday. 18 credits plus an enterprise (5+ hours a week) with all the hard classes is painful even on normal days.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

”You will be using AI modules in the future. Use AI here and see how it works.” No ”here’s Verilog homework where you learn to do something”. Just fixing the AI’s mistakes. This is ridiculous.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Banana Man song just came on my pandora station. My brain:

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@swiftonsecurity.com Wondering if you’ve encountered this: The click and drag function on a laptop touchpad stops working. All other parts appear fine, right click, middle click, etc. It can be temporarily resolved by quitting a bunch of tasks in task manager, but by the next day is broken again.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“How many of you have had a professor use AI irresponsibly?” Nearly the entire class of 100+ students raise their hands. The professor who asked is going to tell the college president (though nothing will come of it, he’s very pro money, which comes with AI).

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Side note: if anyone knows of internship opportunities, I am now looking. I’m a junior studying computer engineering, with an interest in anything and everything. I’m willing to go wherever, although Columbus would be great.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Don’t do it… don’t… Don’t say that palantir has internships…

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I’m so glad I’m nowhere near owning a house right now. I’m just now realizing that I have a steam radiator, not a hot water one. And guess who places their plywood desk half a foot away from the steam vent? There’s a much bigger learning curve to apartments than I was expecting…

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I thought that choosing to do an Enterprise (clubs to do unpaid work for various companies) would be interesting. I was not ready for having to figure out company dinners. Nope. I can do the work part, but not figuring out unspoken dress codes and various rules. Rip.

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

welcome to 2020s tech. we got - pervert glasses - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - wiretap - the button that does nothing - we outta ram - we outta hard drives - we outta graphics cards - ten trillion vibe coded apps that nobody uses - wiretap

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“Hey I got a Microsoft Office 2024 code off groupon for 20$. It sent me an email to download Office from mycodes24. com. I just wanted to check with you that it’s legitimate.” [The sketchiest looking email possible] [with a Norton suspicious email warning]

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I was looking forward to most of my classes this semester. And I knew to expect some dumb AI stuff with it. I was not expecting to have an entire class of “let’s use AI to answer these questions and see how the response are different”. Also the same professor who was annoyed his kids hated AI.

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Joshua Eaton @joshuaeaton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“There’s a new Mr. Beast book.” You bolt awake in your workshop in Mainz. It’s 1450. You’re Johannes Gutenberg, and you’ve changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Your printing press must burn.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So 500 tabs on one Chrome window is my computer’s limit… On the upside though, I found a new error message!

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th3 ph3d @th3ph3d.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Everyone has a testing environment. Some are lucky enough to have a testing environment that is not production.

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Upside Downie @adownie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Flu season is almost upon us. Stay safe, folks

An image depicting handshake alternatives and the resulting germ
Transfer reductions:

High Five: 50% less bacteria transferred

Fist Bump: 78% less transferred

Sweep the Leg (martial arts takedown move): 100% less transferred.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just moved into my college apartment. One of the many ”landlord specials“ here: All the carbon monoxide detectors expired in 2003.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Made a get-well gift for a neighbor stuck at a rehab facility for a while. I didn’t realize until too late my reference photo for the clouds was a sunset, not a sunrise. Whoops. #painting #art #sunrise

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Bajiri @bajiri.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hey! I'm looking for DFIR roles in Minneapolis, NYC, or Chicago! My website hosts casual examples of my work, including malware analysis write-ups, threat reports, and talks I've given. alertoverload.com Contact information is available at alertoverload.com/about.

alertoverload.com

Alert Overload

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DilDog 🅅 @dildog.l0pht.com · 16/08/2026

when you're really good at making stuff but only get halfway through before starting the next thing you're a black belt in partial arts

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Red Rax @redrax.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hylo is a vertical city, a city for climbers and fallers, for strivers, builders, and diggers. A city split into strata, not by class, but by perceived class, how 'respectable' your organization appears from the outside. #writing #worldbuilding

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Flight: leaves LAS at 4:30. Took a nap on the plane at 5. Currently:

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Does anyone know if @defcon.bsky.social badge pickup is still open? #defcon #defcon34

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If anyone wants a random midnight phone call, my (not yet on hat) jank phone is working. Comment and I’ll dm you the number. 90% chance it’ll break once I leave home wifi but that’s for past-4am me.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

No hardhat this year I fear. Running into too many problems with the speaker/mic, and I did not realize a hotspot doesn’t work like wifi. Maybe I’ll have a part of the project to show off but I’m doubtful.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

So I’m over here looking at the horrid orange sun and avoiding the outdoors because of the AQI… and someone’s making money off of all this. We reach new lows every day.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I finally was given the admin password to the router. What do you mean there‘a ads and popups on this too???

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Knowing basic math is a bit helpful. Phone numbers are 10 digits, not 9…. (don’t ask, I don’t how I got there either)

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The Blue Angels at Seafair. The announcer forgot to tell us when to cover our ears though… ouch. #blueangels #planes #photography #avation

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

***-666-1337 Coming soon…. (maybe with a rickroll)

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I just found the absolute best phone number for Defcon. Easy to remember and two funny numbers :) While it makes sense for someone who hates vxunderground, I didn’t realize they also hated 666 for being such a scary number as well.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Last shift of working in memory care today. Unfortunately also the same time I’m given a sad reminder why so many rooms keep opening up here.

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DEF CON @defcon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Friendly #DEFCON34 reminder: Meta-style glasses with recording capabilities are prohibited at DEF CON. There is no exception for recording glasses with prescription lenses. Be sure to pack non-violating eyewear if you need them. Please see our Photo policies for more. defcon.org/html/links/d...

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It’s impressive how much someone can completely ignore what you say under the guise of ”we know 30yr old you better than yourself”. I’m not sure at what point In allowed to make life changing decisions if I’m too idiotic at 20 still.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

…It‘s because I didn’t solder the headers on and was instead letting them wiggle freely. The speaker works great now. …

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Behold, I finally found a power supply to steal for my soldering iron. Made the DC33 Mini Badge and soldered the headers onto an amp. For being the first time I’ve soldered headers, I’m impressed only two of then look murdered. #defcon #soldering

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Looking for some help here. I’m trying to use a Max98357a to power a small 8ohm speaker. I’ve verified it has power, and that the speaker output has a difference of ~1.5v from gnd. I think the issue might be the SD pin but I can’t figure it out. Any tips would be great. #esp32 #hardware #circuits

Photo of the Max98357a. The resistance between the SD pin and gnd pin, and SD pin and VIN, both increase over time when being measured with a multimeter.

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

After 5 centuries of pain and suffering… I finally got TLS working on my Pi and esp32, and can send very basic messages. Now I have 5 open days left before Defcon to finish everything else…

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

At this rate I might have more of a walking phone hacking challenge than a working phone system. Asterisk has so many settings… (and I haven’t even read the “read me immediately” security txt yet)

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Max @fl4re.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m very glad there’s so many resources for Asterisk online. Despite that, this attempt at installing it is still driving me insane.

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