Euclid is known as the "father of geometry" because he got a triangle pregnant

1983: Huey Lewis and the News record “I Want a New Drug,” asking for a drug that emulates being in love: “One that won't make me nervous, wondering what to do / One that makes me feel like I feel when I'm with you.”

1985: First articles reporting on recreational use of MDMA in the club scene.

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Shout-out to the genius who added grid lines to the back of gift-wrapping paper, I feel like this is proof of societal progress.

They're literally doing the meme

My first social media was alt.atheism. I did a popular political Twitter 2007-2010.

Sometimes it feels many have never had to longform with actual Studious Opposition. No, there is not a meme image you can reply with. They are not run-of-the-mill internet chaff. They're ~very~ good at what they do.

The tyranny of consumerization of affluence is everyone has a version of the best thing.Your used iPhone from five years ago runs all the same apps. There was a time this was extremely strictly delineated and I got to see it as a child in the transition. Cross-gen games were fake.

The Other COVID Reckoning ...

1.2 million.

“which l'm instructed to accept as real” uhhh

Living my entire real life as a single continuous shot

NEW: Taylor Swift reveals MS-13 tattoo

Did you know: one of the biggest ways to make a positive environmental impact is to eat plant-based every now & then and also to not go to space

🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.

He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

Fabletics is posting a “Tariff Surcharge” on their receipts. I hope other companies follow suit.

holy fuck

Oh definitely, it's amazing more people don't think of that. "Don't look at me while I enter my PIN directly under the omnidirectional security camera pls"

Anyway, if there is anything _that_ sensitive on your phone... get that shit off your phone ASAP and put it somewhere better. Download Tails and learn proper opsec.

Meanwhile the following scenario is far more plausible: someone already knows your PIN because they saw you enter it, because you unlock your phone about 300 times a day in all sorts of environments around all sorts of people.

Yes yes I know “they can force you to give your fingerprint, but not your PIN.” Guess what, they can force you to give your PIN. You are not a hardened super spy and fascists do not respect rule of law. If they threaten you, you will crack.

Unpopular security opinion: fingerprint is better security than PIN for phone unlocking in the great majority of scenarios most people are regularly in, and mostly irrelevant in the remaining cases unless you are carrying secrets worth more than your life and freedom.

ChatGPT ass presidency

[bluesky timeline]

me: [chanting] blogs, blogs-

other users: blogs, BLOGS

bluesky staff: [pounding their computers] BLOGS, BLOGS, BLOGS!

What in the world is being end-to-end encrypted for a redirect link

You should use Signal. Seriously. There are other encrypted messaging apps out there, but I don’t have as much faith in their longevity. In particular I have major concerns about the sustainability of for-profit apps like WhatsApp in our new “AI” world.

The original Dear Abby was ahead of her time, for real.

Hate it when I accidentally drive up a cul-de-sac with a "No unauthorised parking or turning" sign. Had to just abandon the car

I've cossed more international borders than most, been through checkpoints and searches and have trained human rights activists, journalists and others in staying safe in repressive regimes. In the past few days I've provided some friends with travel advice for no particular reason; here's a thread:

Vampire: Please invite me or I can't come in

Chuck Schumer: Promise not to hurt anyone?

Vampire: Haha we promise no such thing

Chuck Schumer: K get in here

Do this ↓

On the plus side, after decades of failed DARE propaganda the government finally found a spokesperson who can make drugs uncool.

if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.