Before there was Smash Bros., the Sega Saturn had Keriotosse!, with a similar gameplay premise right down to a bunch of unlockable fighters. To expedite access to all those characters, Bo Bayles came up with an Action Replay code to unlock them all — read about it in Double Dime’s story:
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Keriotosse! Gets ‘Unlock All Characters’ Code from Bo Bayles!
Bo Bayles shared a very handy Action Replay code over the weekend that unlocks the remaining 15 fighters in the Saturn exclusive four-player fighter Keriotosse! This brings the fighters roster from…SEGA SATURN, SHIRO!
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In the early 1990s Texas Instruments PC Scheme for MS-DOS was my very first Lisp system. A few days ago I rediscovered and installed it on my Linux PC and you will believe what happened next.
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Rediscovering the origins of my Lisp journey
My journey to Lisp began in the early 1990s. Over three decades later, a few days ago I rediscovered the first Lisp environment I ever used back then which contributed to my love for the language. Here it is, PC Scheme running under DOSBox-X on my Linux PC:Using PC Scheme again brought back lots of great memories and made me reflect on what the environment taught me about Lisp and Lisp tooling.
As a Computer Science student at the University of Milan, Italy, around 1990 I took an introductory computers and programming class taught by Prof. Stefano Cerri. The textbook was the first edition of Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP) and Texas Instruments PC Scheme for MS-DOS the recommended PC implementation. I installed PC Scheme under DR-DOS on a 20 MHz 386 Olidata laptop with 2 MB RAM and a 40 MB hard disk drive.
Prior to the class I had read about Lisp here and there but never played with the language. SICP and its use of Scheme as an elegant executable formalism instantly fascinated me. It was Lisp love at first sight.
The class covered the first three chapters of the book but I later read the rest on my own. I did lots of exercises using PC Scheme to write and run them.
Soon I became one with PC Scheme.
The environment enabled a tight development loop thanks to its Emacs-like EDWIN editor that was well integrated with the system. The Lisp awareness of EDWIN blew my mind as it was the first such tool I encountered. The editor auto-indented and reformatted code, matched parentheses, and supported evaluating expressions and code blocks. Typing a closing parenthesis made EDWIN blink the corresponding opening one and briefly show a snippet of the beginning of the matched expression.
Paying attention to the matching and the snippets made me familiar with the shape and structure of Lisp code, giving a visual feel of whether code looks syntactically right or off. Within hours of starting to use EDWIN the parentheses ceased to be a concern and disappeared from my conscious attention. Handling parentheses came natural. I actually ended up loving parentheses and the aesthetics of classic Lisp.
Parenthesis matching suggested me a technique for writing syntactically correct Lisp code with pen and paper. When writing a closing parenthesis with the right hand I rested the left hand on the paper with the index finger pointed at the corresponding opening parenthesis, moving the hands in sync to match the current code. This way it was fast and easy to write moderately complex code.
PC Scheme spoiled me and set the baseline of what to expect in a Lisp environment.
After the class I moved to PCS/Geneva, a more advanced PC Scheme fork developed at the University of Geneva. Over the following decades I encountered and learned Common Lisp, Emacs, Lisp, and Interlisp. These experiences cemented my passion for Lisp.
In the mid-1990s Texas Instruments released the executable and sources of PC Scheme. I didn't know it at the time, or if I noticed I long forgot. Until a few days ago, when nostalgia came knocking and I rediscovered the PC Scheme release.
I installed PC Scheme under the DOSBox-X MS-DOS emulator on my Linux Mint Cinnamon PC. It runs well and I enjoy going through the system to rediscover what it can do.
Playing with PC Scheme after decades of Lisp experience and hindsight on computing evolution shines new light on the environment.
I didn't fully realize at the time but the product packed an amazing value for the price. It cost $99 in the US and I paid it about 150,000 Lira in Italy. Costing as much as two or three texbooks, the software was affordable even to students and hobbyists.
PC Scheme is a rich, fast, and surprisingly capable environment with features such as a Lisp-aware editor, a good compiler, a structure editor and other tools, many Scheme extensions such as engines and OOP, text windows, graphics, and a lot more. The product came with an extensive manual, a thick book in a massive 3-ring binder I read cover to cover more than once. A paper on the implementation of PC Scheme sheds light on how good the system is given the platform constraints.
Using PC Scheme now lets me put into focus what it taught me about Lisp and Lisp systems: the convenience and productivity of Lisp-aware editors; interactive development and exploratory programming; and a rich Lisp environment with a vast toolbox of libraries and facilities — this is your grandfather's batteries included language.
Three decades after PC Scheme a similar combination of features, facilities, and classic aesthetics drew me to Medley Interlisp, my current daily driver for Lisp development.
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PC Scheme by Texas Instruments, unknown edition,Open Library
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Hey if anyone gets desperate and needs to do some crimes to survive, may I recommend looking for these designer trash bags on trash day to determine who will have piles of stuff to sell.
They won’t have any cash, people who buy stuff like this are living on credit cards. But they’ll have a whole bunch of stuff in their house. A lot of it will be worthless garbage, but they’ll have stuff to steal.
From: @maggiejk
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😂😂 Traget is literally trolling stupid American consumers.Why else would they be selling 15 Kate Spade branded TRASH BAGS for $10?
They are literally laughing at all of us.
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And this isn’t unique to #target. When I was at the little market down the road I heard a woman in the frozen food section talking to one of the employees about how his boss is laughing at us because they left the regular price tag next to the sale price tag showing that we would save exactly one cent by taking advantage of the “sale“. (I love the employees who made the decision to leave the original price tag there though.)
I found out about this ridiculousness because YouTube showed me a video made by a woman who’s trying to tell us how to best score these items. 🤡 NO THANK YOU SCAMMERS NO THANK YOU.
And target must be getting desperate for some foot traffic because if you want that $10 strawberry bag charm that has no purpose at all except to hang off of your bag and get caught on things, you have to go into the store to get it. You can’t order it online so if you really want to waste your money you’re gonna have to go into the target store because that is “exclusive”.
I don’t know anything about Kate Spade other than how she died, but it seems really disrespectful to her life and talents to sell a garbage bag in her name.
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New #dnd / #rpg post from Dungeon Fantastic:
I can't complain, but sometimes I still do
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I can't complain, but sometimes I still do
Overall, my Felltower campaign has been a success. A solid group of core players, some coming and some going in and around the core, for wh...dungeonfantastic.blogspot.com
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You know MAGA is getting desperate when they resort to arguing that Daddy Trump is trying to make you a man by putting you through economic misery.
Of course, they're selling the pitch with misogyny so over-the-top I just laughed at it.
An analysis.
salon.com/2025/04/09/fox-news-…
Fox News, desperate to defend Trump's tariffs, exploits MAGA's masculinity delusions
Right-wing social media has decided soaring inflation will somehow grant them all tradwivesSalon.com
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Hi Amanda - I enjoy your writing and have pointed out repeatedly though, that the Salon Cookie policy is horrible and illegal in Europe.
I suspect you don’t actually visit Masto personally but just have a double posting bit doing it for you. Anyway - there’s no point in me following you just to see links I can’t and won’t open. So bye.
Craze
「クレイズ」
(Heart Soft/Heart Denshi, 1988)
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CRAZE: 300 years after nuclear war, a supercomputer overseer controls a utopian society but sacrifices individual rights. In this side-scrolling shooting game, navigate maze-like stages in a cyberpunk air bike, upgrading it with scattered parts for an epic adventure.
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EBAY automatically opted all folks in to AI training.
"you cannot turn it off via the app or mobile site, you HAVE to be on desktop.
To turn this off, sign into your account click on the Hi (your name)! > My eBay > Account > AI training preferences and you can toggle off the permission."
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Life long American here. Trust me, we *have* gulags here. I find my nationality deeply embarrassing. Those recently tariff afflicted penguins have more honor than most Americans. We're the "good Germans" of 1933 reborn. We will pay dearly for our failure to stand up to fascism. The blood they spill will be on our hands. And don't for a minute imagine they won't spill blood. They've already started.
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👉 #unplugTrump
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#UnplugTrump: Mach dich digital unabhängig von Trump und Big Tech
#UnplugTrump zeigt, wie man sich digital von Trump und Tech-Oligarchen abkoppelt – für Datenschutz, Demokratie und eine gerechtere digitale Zukunft.www.kuketz-blog.de
I don't advocate for tech-patriotism, but I fully support anyone who chooses to exclusively use FOSS.
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I wish there was a usable open source answer to YouTube. Peertube by it's decentralized nature unfortunately can't really provide the same thing.
I always thought there should be a public institution that just builds and maintains server farms to provide people resources to use for non-profit applications. Google-like infrastructure without the Google.
YouTube (and their owners Google) are evil. Time to look for alternatives elsewhere.
For what it's worth I've done a guide to publishing on PeerTube at fedi.tips/how-to-publish-video…
PeerTube accounts' followers don't need to be on PeerTube.
People on Mastodon can follow and interact with PeerTube accounts, so if you set up a PT account you can encourage your Mastodon followers to follow it too (fedi.tips/how-do-i-use-peertub…).
People can also follow PeerTube accounts from podcasting apps such as Apple Podcasts (fedi.tips/how-to-subscribe-to-…).
How do I use PeerTube? How do I follow PeerTube accounts from Mastodon? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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@FediThing
Could I make a suggestion on css styles for fedi.tips?
I think the font weight of the body text needs to be lighter. The default bolded font weight for body text is hard to read.
@FediThing check out this two part blog @_elena wrote about #PeerTube 😃
news.elenarossini.com/peertube…
PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 2: creator edition)
What is it like to use PeerTube as a video creator? Spoiler alert: it's amazing!Elena Rossini
Yayy they strike my channel for using the word "kill" but are increasingly happy to host content about literally killing people like me
I love 2025
kill fascists
It's not that one can now advertise for someone's murder.
Google is nobody's friend.
How many chances have people given them and they've taken it and fafo!?
Best place is sepiasearch.org/ but it's honestly less than ideal. I'd state check out #peertube tags on your instance or even just go to Mastodon.Social and search tags there.
Also I've been asking Youtubers to support Peertube. Not getting a lot of traction, but every person that invests in themselves, hedges their bets, and puts their stuff on Peertube invests in all of us.
Sepia Search
A search engine of PeerTube videos, channels and playlists, developed by FramasoftSepia Search
I might have misunderstood your question though MissConstrue. For finding out general info about Peertube: joinpeertube.org/
If that doesn't help, let me know. Maybe I can do a video on installing and configuring Peertube. I have a Peertube myself for my gaming videos, tech videos, and I do a Fedicast called Fireside Fedi.
What is PeerTube? | JoinPeerTube
A free software to take back control of your videos! With more than 600,000 hosted videos, viewed more than 70 millions times and 150,000 users, PeerTube is the decentralized free software alternative to videos platforms developed by FramasoftJoinPeerTube
The more people post videos, the more people use it. I've tried to highlight the best channels at the moment at fedi.video
The audience doesn't have to be on PeerTube, PeerTube accounts can be followed and interacted with entirely within Mastodon etc.
PeerTube can also be followed from podcast apps like Apple Podcasts etc.
Well, I’m sure the sewer sexist male population is a growth industry for them.
And everyone else who finds that sort of thing less than appealing can go elsewhere.
Hint: I think YouTube is at market saturation. So they aren’t gonna get more people out of this. They are definitely going to lose a lot of people.
The best idea I could come up with off the top of my head:
Ask if Mr. Beast would consider joining a group that is willing to go on strike to bring back protections for trans people.
I don't know if there are enough high-profit youtubers who support trans people to make up for all the money they're making off Joe Rogan. They might choose that it's okay to be a platform only for transphobes, like twitter did. But maybe???
Me in 2025 : I dont want people to know my real email so ill type in my gmail for all the spam and ads
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You know, this might actually just be a ploy to reboot his political career.
"Ted Cruz? Never heard of him. My name is Rafael, and I'm running for office next year!"
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The year is #2025, the war on Ukraine has been going on 3 years, and after decades of attrition and austerity, some sh!tstain just tanked the whole economy and brought back fascism, and this account still works more wonders for my #mentalhealth than most professional services I’ve paid for over the years.
Thank you, Skeletor, for reminding me that I HAVE THE POWER
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@DesertStormVeteran91
Never been so jealous of a dog in my life.
If I ever encounter that star, I *promise* you I will go to jail for what I do to it.
Fuck I need to write blog post about it. I feel lile #MAGA and far rights do not understand that "#law" is not something written by #politicians. Its something people believe in and respect.
Once you fuck around with people who have nothing to loose you will see that they dont respect law anymore.
No matter how many white policemans you will put on the streets. People will uprise and you won't stop them with guns.
They might go full #French. Really.
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How to Distribute Radical Shit: Don't Trust Your Printer
Your printer is a snitch. It's a homing beacon for law enforcement– even offline.Luciana Inara (Revoluciana)
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(Disclaimer: I'm not an expert in this.)
One thing you didn't mention (or I missed) is that this tracking is in place only for *colour* printers. So a monochrome laser printer is likely to be safer.
The reason for these dots in the first place was that governments (even non-facist ones) were concerned about easy counterfeit money, which is only a problem with colour printers.
So, second-hand airgapped B&W laser printer with a nice random stippled background on your poster.
@suetanvil Thanks!
So, I do address this in the full post on the website. Yes, the yellow dots are only with color printers; however, as I mention, it's likely that they have implemented other tracking ability by other means with B&W printers, such as through variations in laser intensity or within the greyscale, etc.
That being said, I mention the second-hand printer, but getting a B&W one second-hand is likely a safer bet. And I love the idea of the stippled background, especially if you can use some of the same ink that is used in the printer. Even better!! I *love* the stippled background idea-- I will add this idea to the website! -- do you mind if I cite you or would you prefer to go unmentioned?
@suetanvil I've been wondering for years if there's any hard evidence re whether current generation black-ink-only printers do, or don't, do this. The original overt purpose of the yellow dots was to deter *counterfeiting* of paper money, and there's no plausible argument that anyone could pass black-and-white facsimiles of (current design) paper money as the real thing, so that *might* mean printer manufacturers were never asked to implement watermarking in their B&W products. And I've never heard of anyone *discovering* any watermarks in B&W printer output and the yellow dots are blatant enough that I feel like any B&W equivalent would also have been caught by now.
Without hard evidence either way, though, my feels are not something to rely on.
@zwol @suetanvil Yeah, I hadn't heard that about counterfeiting. I'm not sure the overt reasoning of it in this sense is anything more than a simplistic justification for what was already just a massive spying program for all sorts of reasons. And the fact that it was done in secret and at the massive expense of consumers (ink costs) and other issues just feels too much like it's still difficult to justify it on that basis. Plus, there have got to be a lot better ways of counterfeiting than an inkjet printer.
But yeah, similar to you, I think it's *possible* the B&W stuff hasn't been implemented, it's just that I don't think it's realistic, and like you imply, it's just not *safe* to rely on the mere possibility that the government didn't bother when we already know the lengths they go.
That being said, it actually did take a while for people to catch on to the inkjet yellow dots, and also took even longer to crack the cryptography, so I do think it's very possible that there could be patterns we're just not seeing. I don't know how many people are actually working on solving this riddle, and if black lights and yellow dots take that long to expose to the public, I have no idea how long it would take to expose subtle shifts in laser printing, especially if researchers aren't super focused on it.
This is a good point, too. I've considered that if I were to do some of this, trying to source old paper, reclaimed paper, etc., or even specialty paper from small suppliers, paid in cash, etc.
Obviously older and reclaimed paper helps with environmental concerns, too. And possibly cheaper.
I think reclaimed things just generally will always be more likely to add obscurity.
One thing I want to point out is that even if there’s no tracking dots, old tech usually has quirks that if you get raided, a flyer, printout, etc. could be confirmed as coming from that machine. Similarly for anything hand made like a print block. Unless it’s used and then discarded, if raided, it can be used to confirm that the flyer, artwork, etc was produced with that block.
It’s harder for gov agencies, but they can still be traced
@mira Thanks, Mira! I do try to highlight that a couple times in the full piece on the website.
Yeah, there's definitely a risk.
The way I look at it is that if you were hypothetically to print something spicy on a new printer, it points directly to you. If you were to use stencils and make a spicy poster, they have to suspect you first, and then they can find ways to confirm that suspicion, which is significantly more friction, work, effort, expertise, etc., and if nothing else, they then have to do a cost-benefit analysis to determine if it's worth it to go after you. If you're already pointing to yourself, though, they don't have to do any work because you've basically turned yourself in already.
It's really important to bring up those risks. But at the same time, sometimes risks have to be taken, and hopefully by combining methods, in the right situation, it's enough to stay safe.
Build the Linotype, yes! But donate it to your public library or makerspace and get it good and widely used before you do anything subversive yourself.
Haha, as long as it's secret and doesn't point to you, and neither do the materials you keep stocked for it..... you're good!
Seriously, a linotype machine would be really cool.
Possibly. But there's no reason why they wouldn't implement this in every one, either. As I mention in the big piece, there are other ways of doing it beyond the yellow ink. That was discovered and deciphered more than 20 years ago. There are lots of ways to do it.
The better question is, do you feel confident in any of them *not* to broadcast tracking info?
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@vxo not that I'm planning to print anything particularly spicy, and I get that stencils or print rollers would be safest, but I was wondering the level of anonymity* with a combination of printing on 2014 BW laser printer (no WiFi capabilities) using "compatible" unbranded toner + photocopies done at local copy shop without surveillance cameras, cash payment.
* Understanding that nothing can ensure 100% anonymity - as testified by recent incident of journo added to signal chat
Yeah, I have a feeling that the copy store would actually make things worse for yourself in this respect. Here's why. If I wanted to catch you, here's what I would do.
* Get dots (or other identification marker) from your poster
* Match it with my database of dots from other posters in the area and get a match with a bake sale poster
* Either triangulate or even easier, ask the local bake sale where they got their copies made.
* Stakeout/position camera
* Cuffs
On the other hand, having the printer under your control makes it less difficult to triangulate or match, etc.
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and let's add: don't use a typewriter (and if you do anything manually by hand, think of fingerprints, DNA evidence, etc.)
The Stasi, East Germany's secret police, used to specialise in tracking the little oddities each typewriter had – spacing slightly off, chipped corners in letters, etc. – and trace them back to individual activists. All it would take for a modern oppressive regime to trace a certain poster back to you is to suspect you and compare the poster or zine with your typewriter.
@amberage So, yes, and I do actually bring this up in the piece. The FBI has those records in the US and would do the same thing.
The difference, of course, being that with the printer, your printed piece points directly to you. With the typewriter, they have to suspect you first, and they need some way of linking it to you. It's a similar risk to buying an old second-hand printer with cash. It still has identifying info, but not enough context to point. But if found, it could definitely be used to corroborate the evidence as a match.
This is something I've been wondering about for zinemaking purposes, it is not trivial to get a hold of a mimeograph in this day and age, and this article contains a pretty handy list of options.
It's not even something I'm just considering for radical political purposes, I'm just getting so tired of seeing fandom projects that bills themselves as zines when they are really fanmade artbooks that cost 20+ dollars and have editorial standards that'd make a catholic literary magazine seem permissive and I'd like to show them how it's done.
@Owlor Totally understand. Security issues aside-- I otherwise like the spirit of people using copy machines, printers, etc., for non-radical stuff because it's still that use-whatcha-got attitude, but at the same time, it's definitely a different vibe than the older stuff. And that doesn't even touch on the editorial standard feel you mention.
It's great to feel that rough and raw feeling from a zine. It feels like that's what it *should* be. But then if I get into feelings of *should* then I've turned the spirit of it on its head.
That aside, while what you said is true, it's not trivial to find a mimeograph machine, it *is* possible, and generally for not a wild amount of money. Some of the bigger issues aren't the machines, but needing to maintain it yourself without access to parts (luckily they are relatively simple machines), and lack of stencils, and needing to make your own.
But the paint can roller is really cool and so is the frame style, and the stencils are less complicated to make. And they're not *that* slow, especially for the types of projects most zine makers would want to use them for. There's a lot of flexibility in the process for those in ways they're not flexible for the machine. I think it's somewhat a toss-up. Regardless of the options chosen, they all seem to be really fun.
The linked EFF article specifically mentions laser printers as being suspect, and says nothing about ink jet printers.
That said, I won't be using my ink jet printer for must-be-anonymous work either.
I've been digging into this recently after buying a much higher quality color inkjet printer than I had before, and I haven't found any evidence that these dots are printed by inkjets. The EFF site you link to very clearly says it's talking about laser printers, which are higher resolution than inkjets and therefore more likely to be used for counterfeiting, the original justification for the tracking.
That said, if people are not comfortable with taking the risk their printer may identify them then they shouldn't. It's my own worry about it that's had me looking into it myself.
@theotherbrook Yes, it's a similar point to monochrome printers and whether or not they are transmitting metadata. You're right about the EFF piece, although I didn't intend for it to be understood as comprehensive, just illustrative.
I think there is a potential issue with the bleed on an inkjet with regards to dots. However, there are still methods and incentives enough to assume that if your threat model demands it, then I wouldn't trust any printer or copier, essentially.
Interestingly enough, the Wikipedia page on it actually links to a 2006 paper discussing research into making it more viable for monochrome and inkjets, etc.
This is a PDF of the info:
web.archive.org/web/2017082205…
Yeah, like you said, it's a matter of what risks does a person want to take? What is their threat model? Because for most things, none of this matters in the slightest, but when it does matter, then a person has to decide what it means for them.
Yeah. I've made a few stickers that I handed out to people. Nothing that I think would warrant going to the effort of tracing but it does make me wonder about my printer. It uses ink reservoirs that I believe are all the same and I've thought about switching the red and yellow just to see if I can spot any dots.
I just want an analog printing press.
@theotherbrook Yeah, see, that's perfect. There's printing radical stuff and then there's printing *radical* stuff. And obviously, what is truly *radical* (and dangerous to print) is likely to shift.
There's nothing wrong with having both. There's nothing wrong with using a printer. It's just that it's dangerous to use *under the wrong circumstances*, most of which most people will never have to worry about, and wouldn't even necessarily be the bulk of most printer jobs today. But it's definitely a good time to prepare for that eventually if you live under an increasingly oppressive regime.
@alive Yes, someone brought this up, and it's similar to the monochrome issue. The thing is, there are other ways of embedding information, which I mention in the piece. The EFF citation was meant to be illustrative, not comprehensive. The dots are simply the only proven ones *so far*, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been happening in other ways. So, a person has to decide based on their own threat models what is worth it or not.
I also mentioned that even the Wikipedia page on this topic has a link to a 2006 pdf at Purdue concerning research into other methods of embedding this information in other ways.
Link to the PDF:
web.archive.org/web/2017082205…
It's all a matter of what you think is a risk or not.
well, "but in 2017 they stopped doing so, believing all color printers actually do have the capability" is simply incorrect, you should at least fix that to be factually accurate.
imo spreading fear about types of surveillance that are theoretically possible but elaborate to implement and there isn't any evidence is actually happening in practice is counterproductive.
also, it's factually incorrect that these dots played a role in the Reality Winner case, printers are only involved in that she used a work printer that maintained a log of every document printed and who printed it.
@alive you're right, I'll fix that wording. Thank you.
I don't believe it's counterproductive to highlight an issue that I do believe is likely, and yes, is a huge risk for people who might print radical content under an oppressive regime. I fail to see how highlighting this issue would be *counter* productive. This isn't about fear from printing *anything*, or using a printer at all, it's only under specific circumstances where people would need to be aware of heightened risks where they fear being taken by secret police in the middle of the day to be taken to an enslavement concentration camp in El Salvador for the words they print-- a risk that increases day by day.
I thought I double-checked the Reality Winner case, I'll double-check and edit in that case. I do remember there was more than the dots, but I did believe the dots played a role.
thanks for fixing that and looking into it.
the reason this seems counterproductive to me is that it is hyperbolic about the capabilities of the state with regard to tracing printers, while not discussing other risks that imo are more significant. for instance, you don't discuss physical fingerprints and dna, which i think are much more likely to get people traced than digital fingerprints generated by printers (except in the case of color laser printers, which very few people use, since they're so expensive). distribution channels are also a huge factor, distroing paper stuff in ways that are truly anonymous is really difficult, and the security considerations there depend a lot on the specifics of what's being distributed and the threat model. in general, i think it's irresponsible to provide security advice for a general audience that doesn't discuss threat modelling with examples.
most people are not going to get and use a mimeograph or a printing press, and discouraging people from using printers for fear of digital fingerprinting means that people will be scared off from distributing paper media in general, even if that isn't your intention.
@alive I'll consider these thoughts, but I think most people are aware of fingerprints and they're aware of how it can be difficult to distribute something without get caught due to camera surveillance, etc., if for no other reason than the fact that most people have seen TV and movies. I don't think that people are generally aware that their printed pages give info that points directly at them.
I don't think the risk is insignificant when it comes to other types of printers-- I believe it highly likely that other methods are implemented, likely enough to take precaution if you have a high enough risk level and they are printing risky enough stuff. Moreover, there are solutions and approaches presented that do not involve mimeographs-- I present the other approaches that make it safer to use printers first. And for the record-- I do mention the significance of a threat model in this post and in others I've written.
I take to heart the accusation that I am irresponsible-- more deeply than you know on a topic like this, where I've been subject to life-altering consequences (positive and negative) due to OPSEC failures by others. To that point, I'll consider your perspective as best I can.
However, my current feelings are that I don't think that people need to have the full picture in one single post which is already almost 2500 words-- it belongs in the context of the other pieces I write and that they can find elsewhere by other authors and experts.
I believe that people have to build on their OPSEC knowledge by building upon what they know one piece at a time, and implementing each piece when they know it. This is because most OPSEC work isn't about obscurity and anonymity, which is all but impossible given time and resources. OPSEC is generally about *friction*, about making the cost too high to be tracked.
By switching their approach from a printer that is either guaranteed or likely to broadcast their exact whereabouts, they have increased the friction significantly. How to go undetected by CCTV or cell phone triangulation or whatever is a totally different topic and many different posts, and I don't think that anyone should be expected to include all of that in one single essay bringing exposure to the topic.
Analog should be a good friend.
Now let’s talk about surveillance cameras.
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Feature request: uses used teabags/coffee grounds as "ink" for b/w printing.
"The printer's out of ink."
"I'll put the kettle on."
I love this video of someone using diy coffee ink with rice flour to make a photo print:
I agree. You should get one-- in case you needed more encouragement 😀
Also, I would love to have a printing press.
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My own theory-crafted favorite printing device for subversives is a late-20th century IBM Wheelwriter daisywheel printer. They were sold in huge quantities, they're still fairly easy to find, buy, and repair, it's not that hard to kludge them to a modern computer, and the print wheels are common enough that you could pitch/replace one after a sensitive print job.
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Option 1: Buy the cheapest disposable one at Walmart with cash. Wear an N-95 mask if you want to be super paranoid.
Option 2: Buy used on Craigslist or at the thrift store.
Used inkjets are likely to be clogged. A lot of thrift stores won't even carry inkjets because they had too many people demanding refunds. Used laser printers usually work, and you can test in the store.
You have a burner phone. You need a burner printer.
This is the idea of the DEDA software or as someone suggested stippling the paper with the same ink before printing.
I'm not sure I would trust just regular yellow paper, though, to be close enough.
@FiddleSix Yes, so that's essentially what the DEDA software I brought up purports to do.
Another commenter also suggested stippling the paper, and I mentioned I would stipple it with the same ink if I took that tactic.
I can't guarantee anything, but that is the concept behind that software. Obscurity vs invisibility.
Laser printers put a pattern of charge onto a roller, which then collects toner, or transfers the charge to a film which collects toner.
So if the roller were not holding a charge, or had a pattern of charge other than that intended by the attacker, the yellow dot message would be harder to read.
I once saw a Brother where two of the toner cartridges had been swapped. The transposition of colours was amusing.
I suppose yellow paper is available, but the toner would show.
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@dominicbennett here was a discussion in another reply thread to this post that might interest you regarding the same topic 😀
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Is it weird to anyone else that there isn't a strong community developed open source 2d printer project? It's one of the most familiar touchstones where everyone recognizes enshittification, they're literally snitching on their owners while picking their pockets, and even beyond that, they're constant sources of frustration because they work so poorly. I don't personally have the technical knowhow, but I'm POSITIVE the maker community does!
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He has always been a hard-working play by the rules colleague. I do not know what he is charged with. I am not confident that he is being provided full due process for a named chair by the University. I may be wrong, but I do not have the information that would provide that confidence right now.
He has been an excellent colleague for 20+ years. Being under investigation is not a crime. I have been asking for information. I do not have it. Unless he is found guilty in a court of law or I get significantly more information, I would like to say I am standing with him. But I do not know how to. So right now, I will say that I have been proud to have been his colleague for two decades. I do not even know if he is still my colleague? He is on administrative leave.
I can not say he is not getting due process - clearly there was a warrant issued. I do not know what is happening.
There is nothing more patriotic in America than demanding transparency in justice and due process, except possibly the notion of innocence until proven guilty.
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He has always been a hard-working play by the rules colleague. I do not know what he is charged with. I am not confident that he is being provided full due process for a named chair by the University. I may be wrong, but I do not have the information that would provide that confidence right now.He has been an excellent colleague for 20+ years. Being under investigation is not a crime. I have been asking for information. I do not have it. Unless he is found guilty in a court of law or I get significantly more information, I would like to say I am standing with him. But I do not know how to. So right now, I will say that I have been proud to have been his colleague for two decades. I do not even know if he is still my colleague? He is on administrative leave.
I can not say he is not getting due process - clearly there was a warrant issued. I do not know what is happening.
There is nothing more patriotic in America than demanding transparency in justice and due process, except possibly the notion of innocence until proven guilty.
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He has always been a hard-working play by the rules colleague. I do not know what he is charged with. I am not confident that he is being provided full due process for a named chair by the University. I may be wrong, but I do not have the information that would provide that confidence right now.He has been an excellent colleague for 20+ years. Being under investigation is not a crime. I have been asking for information. I do not have it. Unless he is found guilty in a court of law or I get significantly more information, I would like to say I am standing with him. But I do not know how to. So right now, I will say that I have been proud to have been his colleague for two decades. I do not even know if he is still my colleague? He is on administrative leave.
I can not say he is not getting due process - clearly there was a warrant issued. I do not know what is happening.
There is nothing more patriotic in America than demanding transparency in justice and due process, except possibly the notion of innocence until proven guilty.
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James H. Rudy Professor of Computer Science, Indiana University at Bloomington - Cited by 18.286 - AI-Centered Security - Systems Security and Privacy - Healthcare Privacy - Incentive Engineeringscholar.google.com
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@adamshostack This is the part that's especially concerning. We don't know what the arrest was about (and whether it was even for a crime or an immigration matter), but it's hard to imagine what reason there could be for the university to scrub its website as if he never worked there.
Either the government put pressure on them or the university was involved in whatever it was about.
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looking through his publications... he's so... *normal* academia soc dude.
though normal in sec looks like crazy spy movie to people who don't know anything about it.
if this keeps going we'll need a disappeared database.
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The Retired J.P. Morgan Executive Tracking Trump’s Deportation Flights
A CFO turned activist has become a go-to source for understanding the administration’s immigration crackdown.Nick Miroff (The Atlantic)
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and voilà!: United States Disappeared Tracker cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog…
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@beckett @quinn @mattblaze @adamshostack there is this: public.tableau.com/app/profile…
It currently lists 246 disappearances.
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If only they had a literature department, something like this might come to mind:
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood...
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FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado | Joan Feigenbaum
This story is very weird. I would like to hear from people with knowledge of the case. https://lnkd.in/eZx7QfF8Joan Feigenbaum (www.linkedin.com)
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If there's a criminal case associated with any of this, I can't find it in the docket for the Southern District of Indiana (or the DC or Eastern VA Districts, either, which are also venues for this sort of case).
It's possible that I missed something (damn you, PACER search), that it's not yet listed, or that it's still under seal. Or that there's no case filed.
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I should also note that there seems to be essentially no confirmation of anything, and the rapid pace at which this is moving suggests quite a bit that's yet to be explained.
- Accepting a tenured job elsewhere, failure to disclose grants, etc, all can be grounds for involuntary revocation of tenure, but that process is lengthy.
- A professor voluntarily resigning to go elsewhere isn't usually kept secret.
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@adamshostack @noplasticshower @SteveBellovin @cigitalgem @spaf And while accepting foreign research grants can, under some circumstances, constitute fraud (e.g., against funding agencies), that's complicated, and criminal charges would generally be accompanied by press releases, etc.
In short, while it's possible to speculate, none of the speculation matches the currently known facts particularly well.
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@adamshostack @noplasticshower @SteveBellovin @cigitalgem @spaf Once again, there is absolutely no publicly available information sufficient to support any conclusions here. And some of the speculation is of the form "Oh, he's of Chinese origin? I know what it must be!". In other words, racist.
Maybe he's a spy. Maybe he's a serial killer. Maybe he's suffering amnesia and wandering around in some desert. We just don't know yet.
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@adamshostack @noplasticshower @mattblaze @SteveBellovin @violetblue good timeline story here indianapublicmedia.org/news/fi…
And the wired story is also helpful. wired.com/story/xiaofeng-wang-…
Fired prof accused of research misconduct, FBI involvement unclear
Professor Alex Tanford, president of the American Association of University Professors Bloomington chapter, got access to communications between Wang and IU administrators.News - Indiana Public Media
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FBI searches two homes belonging to IU Luddy professor and library analyst
The FBI did not comment on the nature of the searches.Andrew Miller (FBI searches two homes belonging to IU Luddy professor and library analyst - Indiana Daily Student)
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Sketchy First Reports
There’s a very weird situation developing at the Indiana University. It’s a case where there are lots of red flags but mostly a lack of information. I’ll try to…Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
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More Details on Situation at Indiana University
Yesterday I told you about a situation at Indiana University tied to a Professor of Computer Science and cryptography named Xiaofeng Wang.Josh Marshall (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
I don't know these people, but I do know that fascists run the FBI and the Homeland Gestapo, so I tend to believe this is regular fascist racism and not a legitimate legal action.
Sorry, but I see no reason to believe anything this administration says.
@hovav So I say sensitive and it definitely understates Wang's contributions to computer science - his h-index alone puts him within the 80th percentile of researchers. It's hard to be influential and prolific without some of your work being sensitive
In 2023-2024 alone, he specialized in confidential computing, info leaks, and exploitation. There isn't a singular answer which sticks out.
Some of his research (e.g. Wang et al 2024) is with coauthors based at China Academy of Science institutions which have been subject to some major scrutiny. I don't think this alone has been cause for concern in the past, but who knows these days.
It's possible he was considering changing employment, perhaps to a PRC university, and that alone is enough to trigger a major investigation. I consider this a chilling effect that will cause more brain drain. I don't blame anyone for getting perturbed by that level of suspicion.
Or it's possible that some more precedented kind of misappropriation or breach occurred. That would be a shame.
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@bees
confidential computing, info leaks, and exploitation
Color me confused. Those are mainstream topics in systems security research, published at the mainstream academic security conferences. I work on many of the same topics and publish at the same venues [cs.utexas.edu/~hovav/publicati…]; is my research "sensitive"?
arstechnica.com/security/2025/…
Nothing not said in this thread.
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado
Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)
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No. We threw money at it. 🤣
Also, a pair of scissors would have been a division. 😝
The multiplication made sure that the driving parts of the formula behaves differently as far as the folding properties of the planar surface is concerned. 🤣
The disadvantage of this method is, that it takes a certain effort and time to implement. But it works pretty well. 👍
Klein's bottle: the reason why the topologist died in the desert.
They tried to fill it with water, but every time they poured some in, it was out.
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Good question for the (unknown) person who conceived it.
Das ist so wie USB-A Stecker. Die sind auch mehrdimensional. Und erst wenn man sie um die richtige Achse gedreht hat, passts.
When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed | John Naughton | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…When the physicists need burner phones, that’s when you know America’s changed
US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuaryJohn Naughton (The Guardian)
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@wordmark
Worth noting that Booking.com sometimes has months-long "technical issues" preventing them from paying hotel operators who use they're platform, tho strangely they don't have any "technical issues" taking money from customers
theguardian.com/business/2023/…
And Booking.com also profits from apartheid and illegal settlement in the West Bank, same as Airbnb and Expedia
theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…
Seized, settled, let: how Airbnb and Booking.com help Israelis make money from stolen Palestinian land
As Israel deploys tanks in the West Bank for the first time in 20 years, we reveal how two of the world’s biggest travel companies are helping settlers commercialise stolen landPrina Shah (The Guardian)
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Yes, I've already cancelled an Airbnb booking.
Better to book directly with a host, where possible.
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Haha, are you kidding? You think any of these crazies gives 1 cent about "some fuel". These fuckers would burn down every forest on Earth if they thought it would make them more powerful.
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@TimWardCam Yeah, but it would be inhumane to kill the Vances to have them stop breathing and talking and reduce our carbon footprint ...
... or did you refer to the plane?!
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@noelreports
Let's be clear. #Vance did not visit #Greenland, because he realized he'd be met with protests if he did. He flew to #Pituffik Air Base (which I'm sure he wants to rename back to Thule Air Base, as an insult to the locals), met some US troops stationed there, and slinkered back to DC like the coward he is.
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How do the brains at the Maga White House work?
"We are going to occupy your country soon. But first we will pay you a visit and we expect all of you to cheer us on"
Really?
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They keep hoping history repeats itself, like when Hitler annexed Austria and the people there were told to be thrilled when he visited.
Update: added picture from Austria at time of the Anschluss.
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No doubt there were many Austrians that wanted to become part of Germany (like some Canadians want to become the 51st state).
However, under pressure from pro-union activists there was a referendum held that was not secret ballot and therefore open to threats and coercion that resulted in a 99.7% vote for acceptance.
The Catholic Church was against it, then Cardinal Theodor Innitzer was assaulted and made a statement in support.
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@nichni @Sanderde @QuantumAspect @gemelliz
Hitler was from Austria. Would Austrians see it as Germany annexing Austria or Austria annexing Germany?
Perhaps the people in Greenland would see things differently if a Greenlander had assumed power in the US and wanted to unite the US with his home country?
@Sanderde @QuantumAspect @gemelliz
"FOOL ME ONCE"< fuckers!
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And if you can’t be sure you’ll get an admiring crowd:
“The Trump campaign paid a contractor who then hired a subcontractor, Extra Mile Casting, to provide services [actors] at the 16 June 2015 rally where Donald Trump announced he would run for U.S. president.”
snopes.com/fact-check/trump-ca…
@QuantumAspect @noelreports @gemelliz
Did Trump Campaign Offer Actors $50 to Cheer Him at Prez Announcement?
The Trump campaign offered actors $50 each to cheer him on at his 2015 presidential-campaign announcement.Bethania Palma (Snopes.com)
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This is how it's done!
"JD Vance and his wife spent only three hours in Greenland during a visit—entirely on a U.S. military base. Protests and a full business boycott forced them to leave, as locals refused to serve or admit them anywhere."
Good on the locals.
What gives anyone the right to 'demand' they need to take their country?
That's Putin's tactic in Crimea and Ukraine.
Trump & Vance are just entitled busy-bodies.
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@WittyDragon
I think we need to organize, mobilize, protest and occupy the streets to get rid of fascists.
Then more activist action when that isn't enough.
I think the time has passed for us to point out their hypocrisy. We've been doing it about #MAGA for 10 years now. They revel in how it annoy us. They think we're cucks.
We know they're irrational. They don't care. They don't think like us. Get. In. The. Streets.
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@Maxfieldripken
Hypocrisy is one of the main requirements for becoming a #MAGA, it's a top skill on their CV.
Everyone needs to act. If any MAGA has finally opened their eyes, it's time they join any anti #Musk, anti #Trump, anti #Vance etc
Act now!
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@WmOrcutt
Thank you for your post.
You speak the truth. Also, why is trump allowed to go to the Super Bowl and Daytona Beach, much less playing golf while he intentionally makes the majority of Americans suffer?
Peace
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Remember when Pete Hegseth said anyone reckless with sensitive government information should be fired on the spot and criminally prosecuted?
Pepperidge Farm remembers.
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That's a long term memory item so yeah, it's gone. Not remembering helps with denial of severe problems. No guilt! Whoo hoo. Add in increasingly rigid thinking.
With my dad I called it Pickle Brain. The official term is alcoholic dementia.
@FrozenPeach @rob11563
Yes -- Korsakoff Syndrome.
my.clevelandclinic.org/health/…
Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a type of memory disorder that requires immediate treatment. It’s caused by a lack of vitamin B1, often due to alcohol overuse.Cleveland Clinic
By this point it has become hard to see pointing out their hypocrisy as anything more than a waste of effort.
Worse - their strategy is to exhaust us; even highlighting their errors has become tiring..
#doom
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Oh boy, my top secret government info has arrived!
You are officially an old person if you heard the sound when you saw this post.
What a hypocrite Hegseth is. It is a pity that people who are caught past out drunk (Hegseth) while in office, don’t get fired also…
“The sworn statement, submitted in response to a request from Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island, the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, was signed by Hegseth’s former sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth. It states that she was with Hegseth when he passed out from drunkenness in the bathroom of a bar”
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This is not a game.
Remember when #Trump very likely sold #nuclear secrets to a #Saudi murderer?
Remember when #Trump kept #topsecret documents in his shitter?
Breaking our #nationalsecurity with no #consequences makes perfect sense when you understand that these people are all grossly #unqualified & likely #Russian #assets.
#Whiskeyleaks
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@freequaybuoy : why not if the iPad is broken?
Yesterday I saw this (on glass, no iPads yet) and liked it: glammr.us/@overholt/1142122646…
The vivid and dreamlike glass paintings of Michalina Janoszanka.
publicdomainreview.org/collect…Through a Glass Lushly: Michalina Janoszanka’s Reverse Paintings (ca. 1920s)
Overlooked kaleidoscopic images of nature painted directly onto glass.The Public Domain Review
I have seen people at art festivals, fairs and markets do just that, make art on the Glass of Defective ipads.and at time incorporate the entire thing in the Art.
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yea they uses white board markers on screens often, as puting in the orders can be hell (especially on old Ipad with that damn slowdown apple did) so using white board markers can be faster, (and a lot of them use codes for orders like 2ccr . 1 ccl.
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Maybe "inferior ham" .. it's all so very good.
😂
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That's what you get when you have a leader that sits on social media all day.
Trump Administration Accidentally Added Atlantic Editor To War Strike Group Chat
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth casually shared highly sensitive national security information in the Signal chat, Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg wrote.Lydia O'Connor (HuffPost)
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Which will be an overwhelming push forward for the european wepon industry!
And don't forget the european weapon technology the US relies on, Hesold Radar Systems, KrausMaffay Tank Guns for the Abrams Tank, Bofors rotary guns, ...
It's been reported that European military powers are working on a 5-to-10-year plan to replace US in NATO.
This is too slow. Trump will drag us all into WWIII before that happens, and Europe will be ill-prepared if they take 10 years to build up their own defence industry. WWII was over in 6 years. It would have been a lot shorter if we hadn't built up our defences in a lot less time than 10 years. (And we would have lost).
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Replace is a cool word
Trump didn't leave #NATO 2 weeks ago, he began a slow process to remove leadership of........
Then NATO met without him, but with Canada and Japan and Oz.
The US is already out, de facto
It'll take a while to do the diplomacy and paperwork, but we've already moved on without them.
I expect intelligence data sharing has already been reduced, including elements of disinformation or distracting information, or fake alternate priority data.
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@sufferforme Sounds like you’re advocating for War Economy like in Hearts of Iron 4. “Build all the Military Factories!”
“The economy law of a country defines how many Civilian factories civilian factories of all factories are needed to produce Consumer Goods Consumer Goods. It affects the Construction Speed Construction Speed of factories and the conversion cost of factories, as well as altering fuel production. 150 Political power political power is needed to change the economy law if the prerequisites are met. The default economy law is “Civilian Economy”.”
I'm not in favour of War or a War economy as some sort of ideological ambition. However, with the start of Trump's second term, the world has changed... dramatically. What do we do if Trump does start Military action against Canada or Greenland (for a start). Sit by and watch (like we have with Gaza)? Or do we go to the aid of our allies? For that we have to be prepared, replacing any reliance on US produced weaponry. I wish that was not the world we live in, but it is.
Yeah, but why would you buy them if you can make your own, or buy from a trustworthy supplier?
In the Battlestar Galactica reboot, the cylons put malware in the military systems in advance, so when they invaded they just switched those systems off and blew humans out of the sky.
I mean it's science fiction. It's not real. 🤯 And who, in the past would think that buying weapon systems from the #mairikkkans would mean that someday in the future, the Failed States of America would switch off those systems.
Allies.
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Yeah, neoliberalism and the Washington Consensus really cleared all that up for me 30 years ago.
I've been using neofeudalism, but techno is way more descriptive
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@Vonskinnback @Paulos_the_fog @Maxfieldripken
Every one who wants to stop this Trump/MAGA/Oligarchic sudden violent overthrowing of our existing government, that are forcibly suppressing any opposition, ignoring legal court orders, & unlawfully eroding Our Civil Rights in their 2025 plan to destroy our democracy needs to send an email like the following to their Republican congressperson!
Senator: senate.gov/senators/senators-c…
Representative: house.gov/representatives
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I think people when they buy their cars, phones printers, you know cameras whatever expect that.
But that’s not how that’s not the world we live in all of our music is now least we don’t own our CDs we don’t own any vinyl which of course have their limitations but still
Every penny we spend on big corporation products whether it’s the food we buy the phone service we use the car as we drive all financing our subjugation in early death
@GhostOnTheHalfShell
Yeah #saas was a clever thing
And I keep talking to people who regret getting rid of their albums and CDs and DVDs, because the intellectual property holders or the streamers or the publishing companies or whatever, they are under no obligation to allow the things to be available online all the time. I threw out a bunch of VHS and DVDs that I really regret too. But I have all my CDs and LPS, and these days, no way am I getting rid of those.
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You do have to be careful though of digital media like that videotape CDs and even hard drives are not immortal. They do breakdown. There is a case, therefore for ripping everything just as a matter of space and having one or two discs to mean, you don’t need that very big ones so you can get some cheap ones you can even get USB sticks.
Never assume that digital media are immortal
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Yeah thanks, i do have a digital burn of all my CDs
And when I can download movies/tv, I'm doing that to make up for VHS and DVDs I no long have. Thennnn, make a hd backup, then a grandparent cloud backup. Whew.
If some of your favorites happen to be classic movies of various kinds, it’s always good to go. Check Internet Archive or just search through your favorite engine just type in Internet Archive in the movie name might be a surprise with crops up.
@GhostOnTheHalfShell oh that's a great idea
I never thought of the Wayback machine for this!
Like, we have inadvertently given away our right to own a thing we bought. For convenience or something and corporations don't care if I can't find a really cool 1976 movie that I used to have on VHS. They really don't care that I bought it once and owned it and have owned it and owned the right to have a copy.
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I'm so glad I never switched over to streaming. The whole arrangement seemed rather precarious, and it turns out I was right.
@pennywhether @Nigel_Purchase the obvious failure of the Budapest Memorandum is bound to get everyone thinking about nukes.
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No, that's not true. He bankrupted five casinos. And it's difficult to make a profit in places where people who are addicted to giving away money walk in, give you their money, and walk out again.
@trimethylpentan True. I wonder how they are doing in terms of supply chain control. I remember I read that only the French focused on keeping the supply chains independent from the US.
It's interesting how the conversations have shifted in just a few months. We have a fleet of Gripens and our government signed a deal to buy 24 F-35s last year. I very much supported it because the US had been reliable ally and it would be an upgrade for our aviation. I don't think the government would sign the deal now. And I wouldn't support it either.
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I haven't the foggiest.
But to my thinking he does everyone, including the Danish government, a lot of good by being so outspoken.
Maybe you've seen the original text and can clarify? It was from March 1
So the solution is to build your own, competitive system. #Trump the job creator in the EU.
@HarriettMB @Nigel_Purchase
Perhaps we should consider the possibility that he’s a rich, racist moron?
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I've been doing that for four years now...
Thus far they remain obtuse to the idea. Maybe they will get it soon.
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Yes please, there is consistently more evidence, greater threat, and more people calling.
I don't know who to call, but demanding protection from subversion is government job.
I don't know who else to call either....
It's hard to take seriously a government who claims it will protect Canada from turnips threats without same gov recognizing that elon and X are part and parcel to that offensive government.
...plus posting on a nazi site should be effin' obviously unacceptable to them by now.... hope they figure it out ASAP.
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Romania and the EU are responding to TikTok like they should after Putin used it to try to hijack Romania's presidential election.
No reason it shouldn't be the same for Twitter.
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Fox News wasn't actually banned in the UK- it was voluntarily withdrawn because the British, to their credit, would not watch it.
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I don't see shouting, not the teeth, not the all caps typing, and its said because there are still people using mastodon on xitter ("shitter" formerly not a weapon) we can tell because links show up in convos (only to be muted).
So what's your point about this bland reminder intended to improve our garden?
Anyone still using X is supporting a Nazi.
Yeah, OK, maybe I bit a bit hard, sorry.
But the underlying thing was that practically everyone here already agrees with you. Hence shouting into the void, or preaching to the choir. I'm not seeing the point, is all. Forgive me if I'm being a slow person tonight.
There are still people, news organisations, like Huffpo and ABC using xitter like it is the Press Release Office, still using the weapon as their video source.
And again, no teeth, no all caps, no shouting, just the insistence to stop now. To stop supporting, stop using, defending, stop playing down, the Musk threat, the invader's armaments.
Musk is a manipulative Nazi, an active and growing threat.
Everyone must, in growing unity and loudness, SHUT MUSK DOWN.
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And just for added measure issue arrest warrants for both #tRump and #elon so they won't go to Canada.
Those 💩's should be in jail.
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Meanwhile Boeing awarded mega contract for new fighter jet.
Priorities.
Feature on Sin & Punishment for the Nintendo 64.
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I spent 20 minutes looking through my music CDs for my copy of Arling & Cameron's Music for Imaginary Films, only to discover it gone. I probably lent it to someone ages ago and never got it back.
I found an unused, still-shrink wrapped copy on eBay for $6, cheaper than the $9.99 Apple Music was charging for digital-only.
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in reply to Bebadefabo • • •it’s also really important to watch what they’re trying to pull in the state that you live in. I live in New Hampshire where the Republicans have a trifecta and since January the house bills that have been pouring in our straight out of project 2025. They’re the same thing that the Republicans are trying to do on a national level. And it’s not just New Hampshire, they’re doing it everywhere in all the states.
The only thing that has been saving us here is that we have the ability to oppose or support newly introduced house bills on line when they are presented in front of the committee, and then also when they go to the Senate.
We had an abortion ban we crushed with public comment on line and in person at committee. 10,000 people opposed it and only 800 supported it.
My favorite was when they tried an anti-education bill that would have removed a whole bunch of classes from public school classes like music and art and civics and personal finance. People said absolutely the fuck not.
By the time they opened that morning 30,000 p
... show moreit’s also really important to watch what they’re trying to pull in the state that you live in. I live in New Hampshire where the Republicans have a trifecta and since January the house bills that have been pouring in our straight out of project 2025. They’re the same thing that the Republicans are trying to do on a national level. And it’s not just New Hampshire, they’re doing it everywhere in all the states.
The only thing that has been saving us here is that we have the ability to oppose or support newly introduced house bills on line when they are presented in front of the committee, and then also when they go to the Senate.
We had an abortion ban we crushed with public comment on line and in person at committee. 10,000 people opposed it and only 800 supported it.
My favorite was when they tried an anti-education bill that would have removed a whole bunch of classes from public school classes like music and art and civics and personal finance. People said absolutely the fuck not.
By the time they opened that morning 30,000 people had opposed it on line. They had to move the hearing because they were afraid even 10% of those people would show up. It was amazing the final count was like 64 in support and more than 30,000 opposed.
The sponsor should be embarrassed. People were so mad the school administrator he claimed asked for this contacted NHPR so they could run an article the next day calling the sponsor out on the lies. I don’t think that man will win his next election. They need to know their nonsense is not popular outside of facebook or gab or whatever.
And as much as I complain about the Democrats, they’ve sponsored some really good stuff. They are trying to increase minimum wage, they’re trying to increase the amount someone can get an unemployment, they’re trying to pass laws that say we have a right to clean air and clean water, they pretended they were trying to pass a bill for body autonomy and anti discrimination in medical care, but that was a scam to get support from childree people because that bill only gives body autonomy to people with specific reproductive diseases (specifically so trans people can’t use the bill to get care per the dem who sponsored it) so it’s important to support the good that some of them are trying to do. I really appreciated the pushback against the bad bills, it was shocking to see very few people had opinions about things like minimum wage.
(Sorry this is so long idk how to make it shorter without losing some of the sense of importance here)
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