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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 1d

But also, just stop this bullshit. It's not protecting anyone, and never will in any format.

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 2d

Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now with added AI slop australiainstitute.org.au/post/shame-a...

Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now with added AI slop

“Single JobSeeker just hit $400 a week. Let me know how you’d go if you were getting that little and were randomly not paid.” This comment, from the

australiainstitute.org.au

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 1d

There's never been any reason why any platform needs your actual ID. With a verification service that just says yay or nay, platforms could just validate against that and stop creating vast attractive troves of unsecured PII in an instant.

CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 1d

"Don't upload your ID unnecessarily anywhere on any platform," says government MP Josh Burns says on the ABC's teen social media ban special.

The law requires platforms to require at least one option for age checking other than ID, but IDs will likely be required for many.

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 1d

Lol yes that's the joke

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 1d

how's it so hard to find electrolytes without potassium... it's not a unique problem!

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 1d

always love to spend several hours fighting Microsoft over basic functionality because they deprecate daily use things *before* implementing the replacement

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 1d

"just update the modules by running this PowerShell cmdlet"
*modules are in use, please close the application using them and try again!*

Um...

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 5d

The gang's all here

@marklawrenceauthor.bsky.social

Three books on a white background, top left is The Red Queen's War series, top right is The Broken Empire series, and bottom middle is The Book of the Ancestor series, all by Mark Lawrence.

Three open books on a white background, top left is The Red Queen's War series, top right is The Broken Empire series, and bottom middle is The Book of the Ancestor series, all by Mark Lawrence.

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 6d

feeling very fortunate to have some truly excellent friends just quietly showing up in amazing and critical ways

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BleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 7d

Discord says they will not be negotiating with threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company's Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs and partial payment information for some people.

Hackers claim Discord breach exposed data of 5.5 million users

Discord says they will not be negotiating with threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company's Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs and partial payment information for some people.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 8d

okay sure, just ignore requests to return stuff loaned by someone who just lost everything, seems reasonable

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 10d

in the space of 7 weeks i have had my future brutally ripped away, become homeless, and now lost almost everything i have ever owned

having a hard time seeing anything but more suffering ahead

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 10d

there's nothing for me

Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 10d

Because I'm not a cunt, rescued and sorted all the stuff that's not mine, too.

Dunno why, since I'm the only one who gives a fuck, apparently.

By myself, of course.

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 11d

if anyone knows of a community theatre or similar that would like a bunch of military uniforms and hats, and random costume stuff, lmk (Canberra preferred, can deliver)

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Misty K Snow @mistyksnow.bsky.social · 11d

Age verification is great at keeping people safe... NOT!

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

www.theverge.com

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 11d

emptied the storage unit and sorted through everything, had to throw away every piece of furniture and a ton of other stuff 😞

exhausted, but have to go back tomorrow to finish a few last bits and pieces

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 14d

fresh, professional, haircut for the first time since January

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 16d

no, I don't have a plan, yes it's making me anxious and dread waking up every day

please stop asking

Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 16d

*any

though I did just realise there's a bag of bedding missing so I guess I'll have to tackle that one next week. 😮‍💨

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 16d

Third load of washing today in the machine. That's everything that isn't dry clean only from the flooded storage container, and the clothes I wore in there just in case I brought an mould back.

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 17d

Incredibly exhausted from a crazy busy week and yet can't sleep. It's 4am, shut up brain.

Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 17d

Managed 4 loads of laundry today, should get the rest into 2 or 3 more loads tomorrow. 😮‍💨

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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 19d

Checked with them this morning but I'll ask them again, thanks!