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Same, I love her so much!

Nathan Fillion and the FIREFLY Cast Seem to Be Teasing a Revival Nathan Fillion and his Firefly castmates are teasing some kind of big announcement for March 15. Is Firefly finally returning?

I forgot what hope feels like nerdist.com/article/nath...

Image is collage artwork of a man in sunglasses and a respirator mask holding open a black trenchcoat in a grey alley. Text is cutout "ransom note" style letters that read: Pssst Wanna buy some PROTECTION Inside thre man's trenchcoat on display like illicit goods is more text that reads: N95, KN95, redimask, Flomask, BOOSTER, Hepa filter, UV light, ventilation

New: Physics Girl is back! #LongCovid books for kids, Covid is 2x as deadly as RSV in AU + US, new research: Covid can directly infect heart tissue, places lighting up for International Long Covid Awareness Month, updated local risk levels, and more.

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Lately Max has stopped nudging the door open and instead pops it open with both front paws so it swings wide and he appears like an old timey gunfighter entering a saloon, I love it

ICO writes to Meta over 'concerning' AI smart glasses report Videos, including of glasses-wearers using the toilet or having sex, are sometimes reviewed by a Kenya-based subcontractor.

Last year when I was checking into a hotel, the desk person was wearing Meta glasses. I kindly asked them to take them off. They were annoyed. I said, “I do not consent to you looking at my credit card and ID with Meta glasses on.” My instincts were correct: www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Selfie in a dark movie theatre before the film begins. I am a white girl in a black sweater with a big orange, cream, and green moth with a small skull head embroidered on the front, and a small trans pride pin on the lapel. I am holding up a peace sign. I have a great trans pride manicure in white, pink, and blue triangles. I have a black respirator mask on and a big orange flower in my black hair which is piled up on my head. Minimal makeup and rhinestone gems are on my temples that you can't see in the photo, and I think I look cute for once, actually.

I had (still have) a packed week so couldn't carve out time to cosplay this one, but I managed to pull off some Bride orange and death's head moth to be thematic

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I mean, I'm glad I saw it and there's a limited selection of weirdoes in my life I'd say should do the same. I hope someone does a burlesque routine inspired by it.

On one hand, visual feast and seriously weird. On the other, it was like someone having to try all the parking spots in the lot before picking one, and I think Pitch Meeting is going to have a field day with this one.

Whaaaat the fuck did I just watch

Photo interior of a movie theater waiting area showing mostly the elaborate mural on the ceiling in gold tones. Two red lights cast to the ceiling to frame projections from the film The Bride

The now.

Cybersecurity: March 3, 2026 | Threat Model Get more from Threat Model on Patreon

📣 Mar. 3's #ThreatModelCybersecurity: DHS hacked "for a couple Pretti Good reasons”, CISA's ex-czar, & more 👩‍💻

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This would *significantly* set these kids back from being able to enter the modern workforce, not to mention kneecap their online security/anti-scam education, and devastate a significant number of kids through social isolation. Especially at-risk kids. Cascading generational damage.

I can *hear* the music when I look at that image

Post an iconic horror movie image.

I feel like this new research showing that Covid *literally* infects the heart and gives "healthy" people new serious cardiac problems should somehow be bigger news.

How to win in November

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New: @micahflee.com's ICE Contracts Explorer, LinkedIn/Persona verification data collection exposé, Nearby Glasses app, Wharton's "Cognitive Surrender" study, a tartan for witches, @temporalinvestigations.com launches, and remembering FX 💔 #cybersecurity #TrekSky

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Full on makerspace and a sound studio

Covid hospitalisations climb as New Zealand enters new wave There’s been an increase in hospitalisations and in wastewater detections, and it’s expected to last another month or two.

Still absolutely adamant you do not want Covid. Long Covid is still a crisis and is the worst health impact I’ve ever personally experienced.
Our health system is much worse than it was in 2020 - you do not want to navigate it with Covid impacts.

Book a booster here: app.bookmyvaccine.health.nz
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YouTube video by Auntie Midori InVocation object request from Midori

Y'all, @planetmidori.bsky.social is doing a super cool piece of art and needs help from current or former sex workers in the EU or UK. Can you help her get the word out?

Tagging folks who might have connections: @onqueerstreet.bsky.social, @tylerthebadwolf.com

hop in boys we’re doing a crusade

One of the greatest, Bruce Campbell, announcing he has cancer. Our hearts are with you Bruce, Hail to the King.

A dark photo in a nightclub in Berlin shot at the level of the bar showing a bottle of champagne, a hand, behind it is a cigarette in an ashtray and blurry bar patrons

His hand, his cigarette, our NYE champagne 💔

Yeah I'm not going to be okay with this one. Known for the default password list and Huawei's router backdoors, remembered always as a dear, loving friend who was always there and ready to understand. Great dancer, too.

We met when spies attended his talk in Malaysia: www.zdnet.com/home-and-off...

Resist ‘dangerous and socially unacceptable’ age checks for social media, scientists warn Computer scientists are campaigning against the global march toward age checks online.

"There is no scientific evidence to support the assumption that banning minors from accessing services would have a positive effect on their mental health and development." www.politico.eu/article/age-...

WTAF

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📣 Feb. 26's #ThreatModelCovid: Covid Defense Kits for cancer patients, L.A.'s #LongCovidAwarenessDay, & more 🦠

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