Notices by Jess👾 (jesstheunstill@infosec.exchange)

@tofugolem A mild correction - I know a LOT of folks on the right wing that honestly believe in the Shirley Exception. "The Good Ones will get an exception to the draconian policies that I'm voting for". It doesn't absolve them of guilt, for sure - they're awful people for believing that "The Bad Ones" don't deserve human rights, even if the good and bad people WERE correctly bucketed. But then the politicians they support don't even bother to make an exception case for The Good Ones. And yet the voters keep supporting them and voting for them anyway.

https://lynmillerlachmann.com/unpacking-the-shirley-exception/

Every time I have to use Microsoft stuff I facepalm that they actually rebranded Microsoft Office - certainly one of the most well known software brands in all of tech - as "Microsoft 365 Copilot".

https://www.windowslatest.com/2025/01/18/microsoft-just-renamed-office-to-microsoft-365-copilot-on-windows-11-for-everyone/

Another fucked thing about the whole DOGE destruction of US Federal science, research, regulations, etc. is that a lot of this sort of thing will take a few years for the impacts to be large enough for normies to notice. And by then it will be far too late. The brain drain will be long since finished. It would be a work of a decade and trillions of dollars to even begin to rebuild it all. They're playing Jenga with the country, and trying to time it so the tower falls down only after they've looted all the pieces they want.

Tag yourself - I'm Melted Butter (divided)

Yeah ... Columbia has now just nominated themselves to be the MOST Fascist Ivy League. Which of course, kids and parents are watching this, and will make their application decisions accordingly. Expect this fall's Freshman Class to be way more fash than any year before.
@JustRosy

I'm okay with the basic notion that the more people someone is supporting with an income, the lower their tax rate is. And doing tax withholding is much better to ensure people don't fuck up paying their taxes and get penalties or criminal charges. But yeah, it certainly could be simply the employer sends the standard percentage to the government, and the government then sends people back their refund or tax credits.
@dalias @gantua

As I do my (US) taxes again ...

Any politician who wants to talk about government deficits are unserious assclowns if they don't put as their top two priorities:

Make it super duper easy for most normal folks to pay the right amount of taxes

Make it super duper likely people and companies who cheat on their taxes get caught

Hey, this 1994 Plymouth Voyager that Jess bought for $100,000 a couple years ago? Well now JessAI printed 150,000 JessAI bills, and gave Jess 100,000 of them in exchange for the keys to the van. "Jess" and "JessAI" believe that "JessAI" is worth $150,000, and thus "Jess" is worth $100,000. Meanwhile the only thing we actually own is this 1994 Plymouth Voyager.

@GossiTheDog

I'm always kinda curious just how many systems would break if you tried setting your username or password to include 💩

That was an impressive new level of wake up bleary, even for me.

Trying to take my pills, I get some water in my mouth. Something distracts me for a moment, then I go back to taking my pills, forget I already had a mouth full of water, and pour more water in my mouth, overflowing and dumping water all over myself. Well, it sure did wake me up quickly I guess...

@Researchbuzz I remember a study a while back of a study about hotel housecleaning staff. One sample was the control, and the other received some coaching about how their physical labor jobs WERE fitness exercise and helping them to be more healthy and in shape. It turns out by the end of the study, the group that received coaching statistically improved on health markers just by beginning to view their work as fitness.

Fantasy artists creating "evil" races that don't just look like exaggerated racial stereotypes
Challenge Level: impossible

Priorities: multiple day battery life
Track steps and heart rate and sleep and set a timer
Able to check the weather

That's about it really

Anyways, does anyone have strong opinions on a smart watch that works with Android?

Am I seeing it right that it's just a regular analog watch with a little digital window in it?
@dan @irene @keira_reckons

So, we're to the literally masked thugs black bagging people in the street in broad daylight stage of fascism. Good to know.

https://youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY?feature=shared

https://bsky.app/profile/paleofuture.bsky.social/post/3llayvzabtk23

Edit: Video shows multiple people in black jackets and hoodies and face masks approaching a Turkish woman in a headscarf on the street, arguing with her briefly, then cuffing her and leading her away to their SUV.

BlueSky skeet is a statement from Tufts University confirming that one of their graduate students was detained by immigration authorities and her lawyer can not get in contact with her.

Hey you.

Go take your meds and/or drink some water and/or go stand outside and get some fresh air for a few minutes. Your body and brain will thank you.

Congratulations?
@dalias @jornane

@dalias Sure, but even stuff that isn't a subscription now could always become enshittified into a subscription later.