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Something a lot of white folk don't realize happens to Black people a lot:
When there is a competition between a Black person and a white person for a coveted prize, if the white person wins, they're celebrated. If the Black person wins... they're asked to share the prize with the white person that came in second place.😮
This happens to Black women more often than Black men.
Literary awards (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/15/bernardine-evaristo-margaret-atwood-share-booker-prize-award)
Whitehouse invitation for championship teams:
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/1167965013/iowa-lsu-jill-biden-ncaa-basketball-championship
Decision to make first black female winner, Bernardine Evaristo, share £50,000 prize with Margaret Atwood causes controversyAlison Flood (The Guardian)
If a Black person achieves something and receives an award, and your first instinct is to say, "They should share it!" Think deeply about why you are saying and feeling that.
If the Black person says, "No, I don't want to share it." Will your opinion of them change? Will you think they are being selfish? If so, then was your request really a request?
Angel Reese:
"All this has happened since I won the national championship."
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lzjmEcu_hGs
An emotional Angel Reese thanks her teammates for their support after detailing the abuse she has experienced since winning the national championship last ye...YouTube
A new way to become winged
I completely revamped the wings from scratch, they feel better now! Version 2 available for free on my Gumroad:
https://morghus.gumroad.com/l/zwyvern_v2
IMPORTANT: This is a modification of the ZDragon Avatar Base. You need to own the ZDragon Base to use this product. You can buy the ZDragon here: https://zephyxus.gumroad.Gumroad
Don't let companies like Ubisoft take away access to games you paid for and own. Please sign and share this petition.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071
Require publishers to leave videogames (and related game assets / features) they have sold to customers in a reasonably working state when support ends, so that no further intervention whatsoever is necessary for the game to function, as a statutory …Petitions - UK Government and Parliament
I'm sick of justifying ethical behavior in terms of profit. We use phrases like "adding alt-text brings more customers to your site" or "protected bike lanes increase revenue for local businesses."
You should add alt-text descriptions to images because it helps people.
We need to build bike lanes because it makes cities safer and more accessible.
Reduce carbon emissions because it's the right thing to do! Discussing these things in purely economic terms misses the point.
Boston clinched! It’s playoff time! 🏀🐶
#fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #mascot #furry #furries #furryfandom #fursuitphotography #dogfursuit #caninefursuit #huskyfursuit #dog #canine #husky #costume #cosplay
lukewarm take: all invoices should be limited to 3 or 4 significant digits
nobody cares about a few pennies on a several grand invoice
A spaceship landed in the park. An alien emerged, holding a slate in a tendril.
"Greetings Earthlings," they read. "We have come to learn about this wondrous thing you call l..."
They paused, oculating the slate.
"Love?" a passing dogwalker suggested.
"Libraries! Do they exist?"
My credit score dropped when I paid off my car.
My credit score dropped when I paid off my student loans.
Credit reporting agencies told me: "You should get more loans to increase your credit score."
The system punishes you for not owing them money.
They want you to be in debt.
Credit scoring is one of the biggest scams.
wrote some stuff about the PuTTY ECDSA P-521 bug. probably useful if you want a general overview of what the problem is and who is likely to be affected.
https://chaos.social/@gsuberland/112277864549016674
@dangoodin@infosec.exchange P-521 is ECDSA so 521 bits is actually quite a lot; this isn't like RSA where you need 2048 bits. the problem isn't the key generation - that part is fine - it's the signature generation that has the bug.chaos.social
also did a full vuln writeup of the PuTTY vuln for my employer's blog:
https://infosec.exchange/@nettitude_labs/112281369931140729
Analysis of CVE-2024-31497: A signature generation flaw in a popular Windows SSH client, PuTTY, leaks user's private SSH keys. https://labs.nettitude.com/blog/flaw-in-putty-p-521-ecdsa-signature-generation-leaks-ssh-private-keys/Infosec Exchange
I still hear people arguing that prosecuting a former president sets a “dangerous precedent.”
The truly dangerous precedent would be to establish that presidents are above the law.
On privatisation, three decades ago, the water companies were passed to private investors debt free. Since then:
£78bn has been paid out in dividends
£64bn in debt has been taken o across the sector, and
£190bn has been spent on water infrastructure.... which given the current sewage & related crisis has been clearly inadequate!
Water firms across England want increases in bill of up to 70% in the next five years.
Like the railways, (re)nationalisation looks like the rational answer
Write your own concurrency primitives
You will definitely not regret writing your own concurrency primitives
I’m so excited to share that my new picture book from Random House Children's Books, MY LOST FREEDOM is officially here!
It’s a true story about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II. I looked back at my own memories to help children today understand what it feels like to be treated as an enemy by your own country. This is a story of my family’s courage and the importance of staying true to yourself in the face of injustice.
Use the link below to get a copy from your retailer of choice today.
https://bit.ly/49urMeV
A moving, beautifully illustrated true story for children ages 6 to 9 about growing up in Japanese American incarceration camps during World War II—from the iconic Star Trek actor, activist,...PenguinRandomhouse.com
I made a free wallpaper of #Konqi :3
You can download the 4k .png file on my ko-fi shop uwu
https://ko-fi.com/s/fccbedf941
Hope I'll be able to do more :3
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4K wallpaper of Konqi, KDE's mascot uwu you'll receive a .png version tips are appreciated :PKo-fi
I'm thinking of debuting him at a local indoor meetup on Sunday and just wear him around for a long while!
I hope to get pictures of him in fullsuit!
#fursuit
CVE-2024-31497: Secret Key Recovery of NIST P-521 Private Keys Through Biased ECDSA Nonces in #PuTTY Client
PuTTY client and affected components generate biased ECDSA nonces for NIST P-521 (due to first 9 bits of nonce being zero). Assuming ~60 signatures signed by the same secret key can be collected the attacker may be able to recover the associated private key.
Affected:
- PuTTY 0.68 - 0.80
In addition the following software packages are also affected:
- #FileZilla 3.24.1 - 3.66.5
- #WinSCP 5.9.5 - 6.3.2
- #TortoiseGit 2.4.0.2 - 2.15.0
- #TortoiseSVN 1.10.0 - 1.14.6
(this list may be incomplete)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/15/6 #CVE202431497 #vulnerability #infosec #cybersecurity
Friend: What do you play games on?
Me: I play games on a switch!
#meme #shitpost #networking #tech #infosec
linux has two moods:
shout to c and every other language that has header files
because of course having to keep two files opened side by side to know what some code is is practical and totally not prone to adding bugs /s
Limitless has apps for Mac, Windows, and the web and aims to be a way to prep for and remember the stuff you talk about at work. Plus ChatGPT and much more.David Pierce (The Verge)
Now THAT'S what I call a headline.
Tesla, a future case study for securities law classes across America, had to stop delivering Cybertrucks this past weekend.defector.com
come chat with us online, your options are:
- unencrypted faang client
- other unencrypted faang client
- other other unencrypted faang client
- encrypted faang client that is likely backdoored
- $20 profile microtransactions and constantly changing UX
- client with optional encryption and requires a phone number
- encrypted by default client that also requires a phone number
- 35 year old protocol lacking a lot of QOL features that people still use for some reason
- 25 year old protocol that nobody can agree on which extensions to use
- "unable to decrypt message"
Content warning: Open source sustainability, donations, Finland
In Finland, appealing to the public for donations requires prior permission from the police. Getting the permission is not automatic. Selling stuff far beyond a reasonable valuation counts as asking for donations. Even just saying that you accept donations can get you sued. It doesn't matter if you do it as a private person, as a company, or as a non-profit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_Collection_Act
Money Collection Act - Wikipedia
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