PSA: if you get a phishing email and you don't know the right place to send it for the organization the phisher is pretending to be, just forward it as an attachment to reportphishing@apwg.org (the Anti-Phishing Working Group). It will make its way into the block lists for most browsers.
From another network (non-public account so I can't link to it): THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution.
@inthehands@dansup She got love-bombed by TERF activists in the UK and went down the rabbit hole with them. The UK as a whole is very transphobic these days, and how that happened could fill a book (and has, I believe).
The best time to boycott Tesla was when it became obvious he was a shitty excuse for a human being who badly mistreated his employees and tolerated blatant racism at his manufacturing plants. That was years ago. The second best time is now.
@lisamelton@Lana My bottom surgery was on Leap DayโFebruary 29, 2000. That kind of leap day only occurs once every 400 years. When I was offered the date I jumped at it.
Thanks to 47, the US is going to fade into a failed state with nuclear weapons, very much like his patronโs. I wonder if that was the goal all along. https://mas.to/@carnage4life/113931357320717329
@darnell@laurenshof I guess I missed something? What's the problem with bookwyrm.social and kbin.social? The rest I'm familiar with how bad they are. I've been recommending bookwyrm as a replacement for GoodReads and I thought kbin was mostly dead.
The next time you hear someone say โthe Constitution will keep that from happening,โ remember, the Constitution is not going to leap from its display case at the National Archives and fly to the rescue. *People* who want to uphold the Constitution will try to keep it from happening. So when you hear that, make sure to ask: โWhich people? Do they have enough power to do so?โ
Started in #physics, landed in #computers. Flipping bits since 1971. Software Engineer at a large tech company. I write #fanfiction in my nonexistent free time. Trans girl when JFK was President. San Francisco Bay Area.