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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt

@yesthataunt.bsky.social
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Technology. Policy. Social Justice. Menopause. Dark Humor & Tales from the Liminal Hedges. Follow the Money. Follow the Metadata. 100% Organic Spherical Thinking. Gonzo Confessional Poet. Opinions mine.

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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 7h
ZOMG! This is adorable! www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLMMXQSq/
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CAH CAH real smooth 🕺 #maths #mathdance
TikTok video by Math Wonderer
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 This also shows how an entity can "document dump" as a distraction / run out the clock during discovery and/or in ongoing litigation. I'm glad the maths folks called that out here.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yours Truly isn't a conspiracy theorist. BUT Has anyone heard from "Q" since Bestest Buddy + Doggy Bois clobbered any Watchmen?
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If "smarmy" had a picture next to it... OR Where Matricies of Immigration, Education, && Labor Intersect.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Good. Because it's cheaper to make + fly drones than it is to fly Big Bombers. Parts to build them could come by land / sea / flight although w/rising fuel prices the first two would be more likely. (cont)
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
LOOK... Yours Truly is GenX. That puts me in Senior Discount territory at Some Restaurants Near You. (cont)
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 06/10/2026
Letitia James AND Sally Yates??? AMAZING.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Marshall understands Kierkegaard better than some folks out here in these streets... www.tiktok.com/t/ZPLYJWkfA/
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Get married, you are going to regret it…don’t get married, you are going to regret it. #philosophy #catsoftiktok #philosophytiktok
TikTok video by existentialkitten
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Yes. Yours Truly coined the term "algorithmic kettling". What was once used to generate (ad) revenue has made mass surveillance easier. See also: How adware / ad mechanisms have been used to exfil sensitive data.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As crowds shrink && digital spaces get scrubbed, Yours Truly is reminded of another feature of the Roman Vox Populi... The tearing down (if not outright sacking) of the places plastered w/marble effigies && gilded inscriptions.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
OMG JOBZ AMIRITE? The whole canoe is borked from stem to stern. While it didn't start w/Yours Truly, I've been alive long enough to live through its enshittification, including systems-level problems c. ~2010, which likely still haven't been fixed && have multiplied exponentially.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course, when Yours Truly needed to exeunt stage right to run errands, my get up && go, got up && went. SMDH
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Amrk @amrk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I do just want to point out that Jesus canonically looked so unremarkable Judas’ primary job was to point him out to the Romans bc nobody could like, describe him
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Related: youtu.be/9glkD8biCXs?...
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Blade Runner 2049 The Memory Maker Scene. Dr. Ana Stelline recognizes K's memory as her own
YouTube video by Recall
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Search Engines (a.k.a. Google Machine) were created to help humans find things on the World Wide Web (e.g. that www in front of most addresses that aren't apps these days). Google ascended b/c it was faster than the others with decent relevancy. (cont)
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I MEAN... Yours Truly isn't exactly a fan of religious sects, but it's kinda clear that the folks lobbying them haven't ever spoken in depth with a Jesuit.* * = Those of the order are not w/o controversy, however.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
*looks up what that is* *cackles in spawn of Actual Rocket Scientist* A magnetosphere is required to shield *any* from cosmic radiation && burying into the planet will not shield you from some of those. Proper shielding also adds weight to any vehicle / project, which requires *more* energy.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
*sips tea* Folks should have a free & easy interface to opt tf out vs. paying a data broker removal svc(which is probably funded by these chuckle buckets tbh). More insidious invasion of privacy a la convenience as surveillance.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
FASCINATING. Yours Truly is over here waxing poetic about these homo stulti && sometimes, even then, I'm having to be judicious w/my blockity-block button. While my regex is strong, it is not fool proof. youtu.be/LTJvdGcb7Fs?...
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The Internet Is For Porn - Avenue Q - Original Broadway Cast
YouTube video by Broadway Classics
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Muskrat's take just shows what happens when there's no collective / cohesive understanding of How Things Are Made && The Decisions Behind Them. Because, yeah. The goal was never Klingon Cloaking Device. It was built as a tactical / strategic weapon. The folks I've fed at my table... IStG.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
MEANWHILE... "BuT wHy ArE yOu LiKe ThIs?" Listen. Yours Truly was born one way, demonized / civil conspiracied into another, tried "fake it" and failed, worked though *all that* trauma w/professionals... Radical Acceptance.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Probably Satire: CB1: "Hey, if we keep layoffs between 7 - 10%, we won't trigger Pesky Regulations." CB2: *mumbles something about Bottom 10% performers* CB3: "Math checksums." CB4: "Whotsa check sums?" CB3: "It means we're covered on the back end." (cont)
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Elsewhere in The 'Verse: Guaifenesen farts are *the worst*. Toxic Avenger.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What in the W.O.P.R hell is this? Dude needs to pick up paint ball as a hobby && take his besties with him. www.stripes.com/theaters/us/...
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Musk to help lead Pentagon team studying the future of war
Musk will co-lead a new Pentagon initiative called “Project Meridian,” a study that will recommend weapons the military should develop.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
/headdesk It's giving unauthorized removal of hardware from the building vibes. Small Story Time! to follow. techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/h...
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Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Real time footage of my sinuses / congestion right about now.
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Street Rafting on Pink Flamingo Float
ALT: Street Rafting on Pink Flamingo Float
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It might just be the decongestants making Yours Truly more irritable today... But then again, those chuckle buckets are trying to socialize the impacts of their stupidity on us little folks again.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MEANWHILE... Welp. Marta* may be out for the foreseeable future && Yours Truly woke up all congested + sore throat. Karl, however, seems okay all things considered. * = Home Health Aide
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes. AND That one time Yours Truly learned how / had the hours to be a clinical hypnotherapist long before the earliest memes.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Are the girls fighting? LOL
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need to get a full accounting of every dollar each media company accepted of our money stolen by Trump to run his partisan political ads on their channels. Companies who accept these ads are receiving property stolen from the American people & are a disgrace for accepting them
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Nobody has control of the situation." What is highlighted here is an overview of how to pentest. Then imagine rapidly optimizing an approach. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8T3UBxo/
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This really is the last warning shot we will get isn’t it man this sucks
TikTok video by future infinitive ☸️🆘🇺🇸
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Elsewhere in The 'Verse: Yours Truly will never not be amused by what marketers / bots surface to me. I've been chuckling w/r/t the "Pick Me!" energy and/or attempts at flattery. youtu.be/XKQsgb5M2jU?...
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Spice Girls - Wannabe [Music Video] DVD HQ
YouTube video by SpiceGirlsBestHits
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
But what strikes me abt this? The straight dudes being mad they can't break the silicon ceiling b/c of their cultural assumptions && trying to recreate a limp version of their own w/o *any* self-reflection. This is no different than what frats have circulated among themselves.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Today in WTF: Can one call something "charity" if it is contingent upon an inability to say "No"?
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AuDHD is like: That Thingy will take me 30 min. 60 min tops, but Yours Truly didn't set aside the time today... So now there's this scramble to figure out how to fit it in whilst regulating the visceral reaction to the self-demand... Thus, procrastination has set in. I self-own on the daily. XD
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Possibly the best example of American democracy and governance in the era of Trump.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
LOOK... The beauty of People Wrangling during live digital events is that it literally forces you to interact w/folks outside of any algorithmic kettling. On a Good Day, beautiful && connecting things happen. People are absolutely adorable when they learn shit together, && at any age.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
*checks ephemeris* Yours Truly hasn't been awake for an hour yet && folks have been *extra*. Full moon in two days. That && the political nonsense is as good an explanation as any.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Anyway, your problem isn‘t finding the time to take notes. The problem is that taking notes is thinking and thinking has to be done by someone. women have been doing a lot of metacognition that looks like a task when it’s really thinking.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yours Truly *was* mulling this over... And then within the span of ~4 hours, I have had *six* conversations about / adjacent / meta to the zeitgeist "coffee". OR It's 2026 and we're still debating whether or not disabled folks should have access to *anything*, let alone independently.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I shouldn't be surprised that a regime with no integrity also doesn't care about data integrity.
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Jake Broe @realjakebroe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
George Orwell's Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia Cartoon by Guy Venables
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Root cause. Gap Analysis. Aren't these just terms for a meta process? Dare I say meta-cognition?
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
MEANWHILE... A member of the household / staff tested positive for C19 recently. This is something we take seriously && ensuring the health + safety of everyone *shouldn't* be this expensive or controversial, yet here we are.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
*sigh* Yours Truly isn't all that surprised this was exfil a la newer tech exploit. Open ports. Systems integration points. Hard-coded Kludge. One && Done contracts vs. endless subscriptions.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
CALLED IT. How much is the crypto market worth these days? www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8TASs7m/
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TikTok - Make Your Day
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RJ • Your Interdisciplinary Cringe Aunt @yesthataunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Oh no. Oh no no no. *shoulders at ears in frmr lowest level Aviation Systems D division*
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