Dennis
@dennisf.bsky.social
Gentleman of leisure. Legendary wedding guest. I wrote two of the best books you haven't read. Friend of hackers. https://decipher.sc
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Dennis
@dennisf.bsky.social
· Jun 10
Met one of my literary heroes and fellow Virginian @blacktopkid.bsky.social last night. He’s exactly as cool and gracious as you’d think.
This Maxx Crosby story about how he was named Maxx instead of normal Max is so great.
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How Did Maxx Crosby Get The Second "X" In His Name? | 02/10/22
YouTube video by Dan Patrick Show
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November 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This Maxx Crosby story about how he was named Maxx instead of normal Max is so great.
youtu.be/cWwr_c6nxvs?...
youtu.be/cWwr_c6nxvs?...
What a trio of sentences @rodger.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What a trio of sentences @rodger.bsky.social
The OSU-Michigan game includes a player named Bo Jackson and a coach named Wink Martindale. This should be airing on the Game Show Network in 1988.
November 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The OSU-Michigan game includes a player named Bo Jackson and a coach named Wink Martindale. This should be airing on the Game Show Network in 1988.
This is a great essay about a movie that’s not great but very fun.
It’s me! I’m the pop culture critic in question!
we’ve add a new thing at GOOD MOVIE and i’m very excited about it
we commission a pop culture critic to write an essay about one specific character from one specific movie
it’s called Character Study
first up: Jules from My Best Friend’s Wedding goodmovie.substack.com/p/character-...
we commission a pop culture critic to write an essay about one specific character from one specific movie
it’s called Character Study
first up: Jules from My Best Friend’s Wedding goodmovie.substack.com/p/character-...
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is a great essay about a movie that’s not great but very fun.
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Dear people who’ve never worked in journalism but think they know how journalists should behave: We’re not there to argue with sources or “call them out.” We don’t give a shit about their manners or what names we’re called. We’re there to get a question in, get a quote, then GTFO and GBTW. -30-
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Dear people who’ve never worked in journalism but think they know how journalists should behave: We’re not there to argue with sources or “call them out.” We don’t give a shit about their manners or what names we’re called. We’re there to get a question in, get a quote, then GTFO and GBTW. -30-
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we’ve add a new thing at GOOD MOVIE and i’m very excited about it
we commission a pop culture critic to write an essay about one specific character from one specific movie
it’s called Character Study
first up: Jules from My Best Friend’s Wedding goodmovie.substack.com/p/character-...
we commission a pop culture critic to write an essay about one specific character from one specific movie
it’s called Character Study
first up: Jules from My Best Friend’s Wedding goodmovie.substack.com/p/character-...
Character Study: Jules from My Best Friend’s Wedding
Julia Roberts is not like the other girls
goodmovie.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
we’ve add a new thing at GOOD MOVIE and i’m very excited about it
we commission a pop culture critic to write an essay about one specific character from one specific movie
it’s called Character Study
first up: Jules from My Best Friend’s Wedding goodmovie.substack.com/p/character-...
we commission a pop culture critic to write an essay about one specific character from one specific movie
it’s called Character Study
first up: Jules from My Best Friend’s Wedding goodmovie.substack.com/p/character-...
@jowrotethis.bsky.social Am I the only one who had a brief panic attack that the redhead in the car in the first episode of Stranger Things S5 was BARB?!?
November 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
@jowrotethis.bsky.social Am I the only one who had a brief panic attack that the redhead in the car in the first episode of Stranger Things S5 was BARB?!?
I literally live in turkey town. Those things are jerks.
This documentary on suburban turkeys in Massachusetts might be just what you need today 🦃 #Thanksgiving
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TURKEY TOWN (full documentary)
YouTube video by GBH
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November 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I literally live in turkey town. Those things are jerks.
IOCs (indicators of cornbread)
Some (vaguely) Thanksgiving-related security phrases for you to use this weekend:
credential stuffing
big game (hen) hunting
Scattered smothered covered and chunked Spider
YAML
cookies
watering hole
Plymouth infosec Rock star
SPAM
Dinner roll your own crypto
What else ya got? 🦃
credential stuffing
big game (hen) hunting
Scattered smothered covered and chunked Spider
YAML
cookies
watering hole
Plymouth infosec Rock star
SPAM
Dinner roll your own crypto
What else ya got? 🦃
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
IOCs (indicators of cornbread)
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Really bothering me that ESPN’s projected CFP bracket features a really unlikely scenario (it specifies that Miami in as the ACC Champion, which has like a 10% chance of happening, maybe less)
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Really bothering me that ESPN’s projected CFP bracket features a really unlikely scenario (it specifies that Miami in as the ACC Champion, which has like a 10% chance of happening, maybe less)
Oh your ancestors had shoes to eat? Fancy!
I think Pecan Pie is one of those things that is divisive now because it’s just a blob of sugar with nuts on it but to someone 150 years ago who ate shoes it was probably like having 12 orgasms at once
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Oh your ancestors had shoes to eat? Fancy!
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My pi take is that its probably made up. What do you mean there’s a magical fancy number that defines the relationship of various shapes to one another. Just write 3 and you’ll probably be fine most of the time
November 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My pi take is that its probably made up. What do you mean there’s a magical fancy number that defines the relationship of various shapes to one another. Just write 3 and you’ll probably be fine most of the time
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Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
Did not see the Usenet mention coming here.
On December 4, 2007, in the Usenet group “Friends of the Friendless,” someone wrote:
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
“Happy Friendsgiving Y’all!”
And that is the first recorded use of ‘Friendsgiving’ in print.
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Did not see the Usenet mention coming here.
This is SO good. I've done a few oral histories and it's *much* harder than the finished product makes it look. Great stuff.
Here’s my oral history of CREED, the movie not the band. With help from Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, and many more. www.theringer.com/2025/11/25/m...
If I Fight, You Fight: The Oral History of ‘Creed’
Ten years ago, Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan cemented their partnership and pulled off a million-to-one shot, bringing the ‘Rocky’ franchise into a new era
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is SO good. I've done a few oral histories and it's *much* harder than the finished product makes it look. Great stuff.
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"Sha1-Hulud: The Second Coming”
Not good.
Not good.
November 25, 2025 at 4:03 AM
"Sha1-Hulud: The Second Coming”
Not good.
Not good.
This show THE CHAIR COMPANY could’ve been an email.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This show THE CHAIR COMPANY could’ve been an email.
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Just in time for the holiday week...it's a new npm worm!
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decipher.sc/2025/11/24/n...
New Shai Hulud NPM Worm Emerges - Decipher
Researchers from Wiz are currently tracking more than 25,000 affected repositories across approximately 350 unique users.
decipher.sc
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Just in time for the holiday week...it's a new npm worm!
decipher.sc/2025/11/24/n...
decipher.sc/2025/11/24/n...
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Cowboys sun glare alert @rodger.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Cowboys sun glare alert @rodger.bsky.social
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Me getting fired up to sit on the patio
November 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Me getting fired up to sit on the patio
The internet is not a network, it's a small handful of platforms held together with rock n roll and silly string (@k8em0.bsky.social ™) and sometimes it falls down. On the @deciphersec.bsky.social pod, @rmogull.com helped me figure out why.
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Rich Mogull on the Cloudflare Outage, Resilience, and Single Points of Failure
YouTube video by Decipher
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The internet is not a network, it's a small handful of platforms held together with rock n roll and silly string (@k8em0.bsky.social ™) and sometimes it falls down. On the @deciphersec.bsky.social pod, @rmogull.com helped me figure out why.
youtu.be/2118EJ4Gb5s?...
youtu.be/2118EJ4Gb5s?...
John Wick 5 looks rad
this is a set piece from a McQ Mission: Impossible movie
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
John Wick 5 looks rad
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Things got a little weird in Washington this week. We break it all down for you!
decipher.sc/podcasts/doj...
decipher.sc/podcasts/doj...
DoJ Sanctions, the SEC Abandons the SolarWinds Action, and the FCC Reverses Course on Telecom Security
It’s an acronym-filled, government-only bonanza this week! We discuss the DoJ sanctioning Russian bulletproof hosting provider Media Land (0:53), the S...
decipher.sc
November 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Things got a little weird in Washington this week. We break it all down for you!
decipher.sc/podcasts/doj...
decipher.sc/podcasts/doj...