99% of modern security products are just some company going "would you like this app that gamifies paranoia" and you going "yeag" like just don't do it. just turn it off
09.02.2026 06:08 โ ๐ 1681 ๐ 339 ๐ฌ 20 ๐ 7@setec.bsky.social
Personal account of an all-around nerd and Technical Designer on WoW. Opinions are mine and do not reflect my employer's. He/him. Polyam. @SeTec9 on the old place.
99% of modern security products are just some company going "would you like this app that gamifies paranoia" and you going "yeag" like just don't do it. just turn it off
09.02.2026 06:08 โ ๐ 1681 ๐ 339 ๐ฌ 20 ๐ 7In case you missed the moment.
Art is powerful
Iโm genuinely surprised (in a good way) the NFL went through with this. It was beautiful- the best representation of America we could ask for, overwhelmingly loved by the masses, and antithetical to everything this shitty administration has been trying to sell us. And it fucking slaps.
09.02.2026 02:56 โ ๐ 97 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Very glad to hear this year's halftime show headliner decided to use the opportunity and spotlight to say something meaningful and important rather than *checks notes* beating a dead horse.
09.02.2026 03:08 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The aurora last night in Beaver, Alaska was just incredible. This is a real-time video (not sped up) of the crazy motion I saw. Also, look how BRIGHT it is, wow!
07.02.2026 21:02 โ ๐ 3414 ๐ 704 ๐ฌ 69 ๐ 51What can you do with a history degree?
09.02.2026 01:52 โ ๐ 1380 ๐ 312 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 3Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taรญnos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
09.02.2026 01:38 โ ๐ 17663 ๐ 4602 ๐ฌ 95 ๐ 161I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
09.02.2026 02:11 โ ๐ 21214 ๐ 4978 ๐ฌ 82 ๐ 41No Kings includes Draft Kings
08.02.2026 23:49 โ ๐ 23058 ๐ 5606 ๐ฌ 160 ๐ 96TNG "The Game"; establishing shot of the Enterprise D flying through space, with blue title card that reads: "The Game"
08.02.2026 22:45 โ ๐ 52 ๐ 11 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 4Feel like there has been a lot of โconspiracy theorists were rightโ but what actually happened was victims were and thatโs much harder to accept for most people
08.02.2026 17:36 โ ๐ 673 ๐ 201 ๐ฌ 14 ๐ 1VOY "Think Tank"; Jason Alexander as the alien Kurros, with forehead prosthetics and a black robe; with caption: Have you ever experienced a level-12 seismic event?
09.02.2026 00:05 โ ๐ 69 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0TNG women and dustbusters. Retailer incentive comic book from 2008. Miniseries called intelligence gathering. Cover art by Joe Corroney
08.02.2026 20:19 โ ๐ 24 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0TNG "11001001"; Riker speaks to Tasha, Worf, and two unknown crewpeople in an Enterprise corridor; Tasha and Worf and the other crew are dressed for a Parrises squares match in blue full body spandex outfits with clunky knee and elbow pads, each with a cylindrical hardcase on a shoulder strap to hold equipment; Riker is in usual command red uniform
08.02.2026 20:41 โ ๐ 41 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Primary every Democrat who wonโt fight to abolish ICE.
Every one.
GOOD NEWS! A UNIVERSAL sarbecovirus vaccine candidate has officially started clinical trials! GBP511 is the FIRST vaccine to reach human testing that is intended to protect against MULTIPLE strains of SARS-CoV-2 as well as other related coronaviruses with the potential to spark dangerous outbreaks.
08.02.2026 17:00 โ ๐ 2231 ๐ 719 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 19People imagine picking up and finding *something better* is an easy solution. But how is that supposed to work, when all your time and energy goes to staying alive? You have almost nothing to set aside to actually fight your way out.
08.02.2026 17:59 โ ๐ 126 ๐ 62 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 2picture of a black streetlight post with a skeleton drawn on it in silver sharpie. the skeleton is doing a fancy little shuffle step. beneath it are the words "YOU CANNOT PICKPOCKET A NAKED MAN"
can't stop thinking about this local street art i stumbled across today
08.02.2026 00:05 โ ๐ 2718 ๐ 645 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 28๐ค
#Dwarf #worldofwarcraft
I'm so sorry ๐
08.02.2026 01:50 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0revealed: some shit everybody already knew
07.02.2026 20:46 โ ๐ 121 ๐ 26 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Oh thereโs an idea, putting responsibility where it actually belongs: perpetrators, not kids
07.02.2026 04:26 โ ๐ 525 ๐ 168 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 14Moment of Glory
#warcraft #warcraftart
Just because people can go around repeating it and it can cause a real misunderstanding.
I would say โthis is about as close as we can come to having a vaccine without it being an actual vaccineโ
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
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Job offer!!
Iโm helping a PBS series look for a social media manager/content creator for an upcoming promotional campaign. The start date is ASAP, and a project timeline that currently goes to July.
This is for a series on American Muslim history, so candidates with cultural familiarity preferred!
A drawing of Guile from Street Fighter and Guinan from Star Trek TNG in a crouched fighting stance side-by-side, showing the similarity between Guile's hair shape and Guinan's hat shape
Guile... Guinan... Guilenan
06.02.2026 21:15 โ ๐ 9439 ๐ 2494 ๐ฌ 22 ๐ 53