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“When you want to know how things really work, study them when they're coming apart." — Unknown Semi-retired Software Developer. Greybeard. Atheist. Neurodivergent. Still masking. He/Him/They There won't be any games on a dead planet.

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · Nov 15

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 4h

Yikes. Hope you get that resolved soon!

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💀 SkeletAnn Lemay 💀 @annlemay.bsky.social · 12h

"Hard coded text strings."

(My villain origin story.)

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 17h

In addition to being just an absolutely terrible idea on its own, it is simply not believable to me that those wouldn't be used to show ads when "idle".

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 18h

I hope it does! Best wishes!

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 21h

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 20h

I've been meaning to buy some emergency whistles for a while now, but current events have convinced me to finally purchase them today.

Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 22h

ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago

Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 1d

Dude also wants more police (but not any additional accountability, apparently) and ten foot high AI-powered billboards at street level downtown?

Ugh. Hard pass.

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Rhonda Henry @rhonda234567.bsky.social · 2d

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 1d

I think once you've touched enough hot things in the kitchen you get to know exactly where your tolerance lies, and short exposures of anything less aren't particularly bothersome.

Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 1d

I kinda love the idea of dozens of these being blown in their faces, lol

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 1d

ICE whistles are the perfect counter to Republican dogwhistles.

Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 2d

"DoorDash fascists" is gonna stick with me, I think.

James Davenport @jradavenport.com · 2d

I swear to god these are DoorDash fascists. Showing up late, in their own crappy car, no idea what they're doing. Did they get the wrong house? Too bad, you can contact AI support in some app probably.

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 2d

Here's a link to a more detailed article, since the story linked above appears to omit some very important details.

www.wbez.org/public-safet...

The video appears to contradict the government's allegation that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire on her late Saturday morning on Kedzie Avenue near 39th Street, her attorney, Christopher Parente, said at a detention hearing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse.

Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 2d

i SHITU not

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 2d

That is excellent news!

Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 3d

So. Freaking. Good!

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Jeremy Parish, imperial aerosol kid @jparish.bsky.social · 3d

Tears stream down my face. Is this what it feels like to experience victory, purer and more complete than any man has ever known?

Game Sack @gamesack.net · 3d

God I love that word. I can't remember where I saw it, but there was some video that said "Castlevania got its name because it's a Metroidvania set inside of a castle".

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 3d

I had to send this to one of my kids who attended University in Japan.

They're gonna love it. /s

Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 3d

Wow 😆

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 3d

There are hundreds of reasons why age verification tech is a terrible idea, but the fact that none of it can keep your data safe is not the least of them.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 4d

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 3d

I heard from someone who knows someone who should know, that most of them hang out in coffee shops.

Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 4d

The police have been doing so for ages, so it seems to me to be inevitable that the secret police will eventually do so as well.

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Philip Bak @philipbak.bsky.social · 4d

Whatever this is, it’s fabulous, and I’m sold.

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 4d

The best thing would be to ask your local antifa chapter's training coordinator. If your local chapter doesn't yet have a training coordinator, consider running for the position yourself. Help fight fascism and get those sweet sweet Soros bucks!

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Grimdoot @grimdoot.bsky.social · 4d

That is insane. What a pain in the ass.