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Sauna Aika

@saunaaika.bsky.social
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Former troglodyte: most people try to go up in the world. I went down - a half-mile down. Worked in IT, supporting research in high energy physics and dark matter searches LGBTQIA+ Ally

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Carmen Harris🇿🇦 @carmenharris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
50 years of ‘don’t touch that’… and along comes Captain IQ.
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Thorin Klosowski @thorinklosowski.com · 01/10/2026
last year we did a little made up holiday called Opt Out October that was all about taking control of your data across platforms. This year we decided to talk about how many excellent alternatives to the products made by big tech are out there www.eff.org/pages/welcom...
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Welcome to Opt Out October. Let’s Take Control of Our Data and Our Devices
Big tech companies are hell-bent on taking away our agency and forcing us to use their surveillance-based services, apps, and devices. It’s hard to fight against, and it often feels much easier to giv...
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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm going to run 100 miles in October anyway, so I might as well do it for a good cause. Almost everyone I know has either battled cancer or knows someone who has battled cancer. I'm asking all y'all to donate a few bucks. Maybe $5, maybe more. You help, I'll run! Please Repost! gofund.me/ae356b6aa
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Donate to I’m Running for the American Cancer Society, organized by Daniel Griffin
I’m running 100 miles to end cancer as we know it, for everyone. This is a … Daniel Griffin needs your support for I’m Running for the American Cancer Society
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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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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 28/09/2026
To the people complaining these sex abuse cases have created a world where men now have to think 10 times before they touch a woman. Yes, that's the point. It's called consent. Welcome to human decency.
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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Marko Mihkelson: Defeatism is not deterrence
The snowball of speculation about an imminent Russian attack on Europe is gathering pace. Isolated facts are being mixed with wishful thinking, worst-case scenarios and, at times, little more than the...
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GJRboston @gjrboston.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
😹😹😹
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Nurse Ratched @nurseratched64.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Tonight I took the car and drove across all of Kyiv, just to see how my beloved city feels at this time. It’s a strange feeling.
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Lisa, the North! ✊ @lisafight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Infuriating that Zelensky has to sit there like a happy clapping monkey forced to listen to this narcissistic lunatics ramblings and insults while he's trying to save his people!🤬
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The Official Pulpit of CULT OF THE DEAD COW @cultdeadcow.com · 23/09/2026
futurism.com/artificial-i... @doctorow.pluralistic.net knows what time it is.
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Is There a Secret Reason for the Industry-Wide AI Slowdown?
Is it really just a matter of ensuring the safety of their AI models that's motivating tech leaders to call for pumping the brakes?
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
German agencies use the linked-device features in WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram to receive messages without breaking encryption. cybernews.com/privacy/poli...
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German police read WhatsApp messages without cracking encryption
45 days of Signal history may be exposed by German police messaging surveillance using linked devices, Netzpolitik says. Read what the documents reveal
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Important to remember against the backdrop of "Ukraine doesn't want the war to end." And what a braindead thing to claim. Of course they want the war over, but not if it means giving up their land and their children.
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Stabatha @stabatha.com · 14/09/2026
Artificial intelligence is not going to wipe out humanity. Natural stupidity has that in the bag.
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Shooti @bambooshooti.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#ResistanceRoots Mary Hunter Austin was born on this day in 1868 in Carlinville, Ill. She was a writer, feminist, environmental conservationist and champion of Indigenous rights. Her life was shaped by the high desert landscapes she loved and battles over our most precious resource: water. /1
Mary Hunter Austin, by Charles F. Lummis, ca. 1900. Austin’s early writing is celebrated for its rich, mystical prose documenting the flora, fauna and Indigenous people of the high desert. Her environmental activism and Indigenous rights advocacy were driven by a mix of personal isolation, a lifelong rebellion against social conformity, and deep immersion in the landscapes and cultures of the American West. Rather than viewing issues in isolation, she developed a unified philosophy that rejected human dominance over both nature and women. Today, she is recognized as a pioneer of ecofeminism, nearly a century ahead of her time. Her later work explores how the exploitation of nature and the marginalization of women are rooted in the same societal power structures.
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Name_Too_Long @nametoolong.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tech job "requirements" are farcical at this point. I remember a post from a guy who got turned down because he didn't have enough years of experience in the programing language *HE CREATED*. I've also seen an (unpaid) internship listing that "required" a CISSP.
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Carmen Harris🇿🇦 @carmenharris.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Mission: Impossible. 😏
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Sauna Aika @saunaaika.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
‘Speak softly and carry a big stick – you will go far.’ If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble … In private life there are few beings more obnoxious than the man who is always loudly boasting … /1
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Susie @bassoosie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Read the alt-text
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DilDog 🅅 @dildog.l0pht.com · 26/08/2026
Exceptionally useful vetted directory of brands that got 'worse on purpose' and importantly, those that did not. ledger.worseonpurpose.com
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Sauna Aika @saunaaika.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“The rule of law demands that investigations be based on evidence of wrongdoing, not ideology …”
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Sauna Aika @saunaaika.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
So, all judges in Texas aren’t corrupt!
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Add that what they're committing to do does nothing to change their surveillance capitalism practices and in fact expands them because it mandates age verification for everyone, the fact "social media addiction" is a thing that's almost completely invented, and the fact--
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 26/08/2026
🇨🇦 🎶Oh, we’re going to a trade war… They thought Canada would fold without a fight. Instead, we rally side by side🍁 Never mistake Canadian politeness for weakness. We can say “sorry” AND stand our ground🇨🇦 #CanadaStrong #ElbowsUp #SheShed
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Sauna Aika @saunaaika.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Went to the library book sale. The book “How to Talk Minnesotan” was on the foreign language table
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Sauna Aika @saunaaika.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The fight for gender equality is far from over #Women’sEqualityDay
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Sauna Aika @saunaaika.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Happy #NationalDogDay from Trouble and Mischief
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Sauna Aika @saunaaika.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Happy Independence Day Ukraine 🇺🇦
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
This is the right take.
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hakan @hatr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"I reported it for a second time to the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and this time, mentioning that military bases were involved, they actually cared a lot." lina.sh/blog/hijacki...
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I accidentally logged hundreds of thousands of phone calls to military bases
How an expired nameserver let me take over e164.arpa zones for multiple territories, and why I probably should have checked my logs sooner.
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SparkyLanders @sparkyl.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Spread far and wide, y'all.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 15/08/2026
I don’t know why everyone is ragging on this. Saying you’re embarrassed to be from Minnesota and can’t wait to leave is a fantastic political campaign strategy and she should definitely do more of it
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 16/08/2026
PSA: Signal apparently has a bug right now where if you have somebody scan your QR code it exposes your phone number and not your username, so if you don’t want to have the embarrassing interaction I just had where somebody was like “seriously? don’t you work in cybersecurity?” act accordingly
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I need this tee shirt.
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TracketPacer @tracketpacer.com · 11/08/2026
you gotta be a catastrophically stupid mf to use a pineapple on a delta flight coming back from DEFCON oh my godddddddd
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 03/08/2026
There are known knowns, known unknowns, unknown unknowns, Minnesotans, and trans and queer shitposters
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 05/08/2026
It's a year and a half after i highlighted the issue, but nice to see: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Senators demand crackdown on wildfire "prediction market" bets
Fire experts warn such markets could incentivize arson.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 04/08/2026
Recent reporting by the Washington Post found that the Trump administration's DOGE effort last year delayed a $10 million grant that was supposed to help thin out dead trees in the Superior National Forest as a way to reduce the fire risk.
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DOGE cut delayed northern Minnesota wildfire prevention funding
MPR News host Emily Bright spoke with Washington Post reporter Brianna Sacks about the DOGE cuts and their impact on the Superior National Forest.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 03/08/2026
"Flock cameras are just one part of a vast ecosystem," @lastweektonight.com's John Oliver warned his audience last night. "Check out resources like the EFF's Atlas of Surveillance, which catalogs each of the technologies used in your area." www.atlasofsurveillance.org/
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 28/07/2026
Make that 30+ now: mn.gov/mnit/media/b...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Another one bites the dust.
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NakedPastor @nakedpastor.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I'm crediting the amazing @hope_peddler on Tiktok and Instagram for the concept behind this cartoon. But this isn't new. Margaret Atwood said a long time ago, "Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them."
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Carmen Harris🇿🇦 @carmenharris.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
A problem-free philosophy… until tomorrow morning. 🍸🦁
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Carmen Harris🇿🇦 @carmenharris.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
When your database has a sense of humour. 🤖
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The Neveen Edit @neveenwood.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Some battles are invisible until you look in the mirror. Hair loss, sight loss, skin stuff, whatever it is - if you can't see someone's fight, that doesn't mean it isn't happening.
Some battles are invisible until you look in the mirror
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Sauna Aika @saunaaika.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
This sentence was not on my bingo card
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
In 2001, Walter Cronkite appeared on the David Letterman show and shared his thoughts.
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Sauna Aika @saunaaika.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Camp Fire, Lake and St Louis counties upgraded to Go status. For the people complaining about wildfire smoke: “Approximately 13,000 lightning strikes were detected with the storms that moved through the area this morning” The Camp Fire is a little over 4 000 acres
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