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Redid my website to be static instead of wordpress and I've uploaded PDFs for a couple previously offline only things: Open Submission Window Now Closed and Records from the Alabastion Federation Archives. asterolsen.com https://asterolsen.com/

There are many infuriating things about Atlassian’s tools. The fact that Confluence calls individual posts “blogs” is top of my list.

Look out if you're at Kubecon, @lookitup.baby and I have a new way to cause (good) trouble

I wish It was socially acceptable to carry around that YuGiOh arm board thing that holds cards, but except use it to grab your debit card all baddass-like when its time to pay.

Absolutely sending me how I look like an innocent baby and Kat looks like an evil mastermind [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Coding agents like Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex CLI represent a genuine step change in how useful LLMs can be for producing working code. These agents can now directly …

They're like riding a bike: easy, and you don't get it until you try.

I can’t believe Zohran is transing the trains already https://www.mta.info/article/f-m-swap

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It’s been quite a year of self-discovery.

Events in the US right now are a mistake

By the way, a really fun thing about getting added to a years-old private channel is the backscroll. :)

The entire right-wing propaganda machine came after Zohran Mamdani. The president and his allies came after him. Democratic leaders, by and large, did not have his back until the last minute. He still won, turning out historic numbers and inspiring young voters. His politics can win anywhere.

i hope this election cycle empowers everyone the next time a centrist liberal says to drop pro-trans and pro-immigrant rhetoric to enthusiastically tell them to shut the fuck up

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

If you’re wondering what the future of the Democratic Party looks like, watch the young, brown democratic socialist on the TV right now.

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It’s basically Deep Space Nine. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Some readers read every word, others skim. Some readers speak your language, others don't. Some readers read the original version, others a summary.

Well there it is. I've finally made it. I've reached the top.

published a lil JavaScript package called is-mdm, inspired by @lgug2z.com's blog post that was at the top of lobste.rs yesterday and wrote a post about it: bnb.im/posts/is-mdm/ https://bnb.im/posts/is-mdm/

A quick post about is-mdm, a package I wrote to detect MDM enrollment that was inspired by a Rust implementation found on Lobste.rs from LGUG2Z.

Cut my hair from feminine short to an enby baddie short again 🥰 Ah the gender euphoria is real

If you dual-license your software in such a way that it requires a paid license for commercial use, here are two code blobs for you. macOS pub fn mdm_enrollment() -> eyre::Result<(bool, Option<String>)> { let mut command = Command::new("/usr/bin/profiles"); command.args(["status", "-type", "enrollment"]); let stdout = command.output()?.stdout; let output = std::str::from_utf8(&stdout)?; if output.contains("MDM enrollment: No") { return Ok((false, None)); } let mut server = None; for line in output.lines() { if line.starts_with("MDM server") { server = Some(line.trim_start_matches("MDM server: ").to_string()) } } Ok((true, server)) } Windows pub fn mdm_enrollment() -> eyre::Result<(bool, Option<String>)> { let mut command = Command::new("dsregcmd"); command.args(["/status"]); let stdout = command.output()?.stdout; let output = std::str::from_utf8(&stdout)?; if !output.contains("MdmUrl") { return Ok((false, None)); } let mut server = None; for line in output.lines() { if line.contains("MdmUrl") { let line = line.trim().to_string(); server = Some(line.trim_start_matches("MdmUrl : ").to_string()) } } Ok((true, server)) } Looking at mobile device management (MDM) enrollment is not a silver bullet for identifying corporate devices running your software, but it is a good start.

This is why I have a website. It’s also why everything I’ve ever written has appeared on my website with *very* few exceptions Having a single domain name that’s YOU is invaluable. My website gets lots of compliments on its branding and appearance. My slides borrow that appearance, too It matters! [contains quote post or other embedded content]

“buried the lede” bro you poured cement over it

I maintain that Crazy in Love by Eden Project is one of the best songs to listen to while you’re Going Through It and can be really present with music

It feels really great to reject someone who offers to pay you money for something you don't want to do a HUGE privilege

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When you treat your employees like crap you'll still ship your org chart https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/aws_outage_amazon_brain_drain_corey_quinn/

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IMO all parsers should accept trailing commas. Makes Codegen easier for one, and is more consistent/less annoying to edit/move around parts of lists.

Speaking of boyfriends/girlfriends.

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The conversations we have 😅 @kimmy.zip: The clitoris painting on the fridge kitchen looks like a pokémon with boobs Me: It's just like that @kimmy.zip: What does it evolve into? Me: An Orgasm

Who took my spoons!? Give em back! I’ve been eepy all weekend 😪

@tangled.org have you seen git-bug? (https://github.com/git-bug/git-bug) it’d be pretty damned nifty if tangled’s issues were stored & accessible in a git-bug compatible way, for even more decentralisation in the most decentralised app for decentralised VCS!

An older lady gave my 9 year old a pin with a picture of Barney and friends and the text “Join Antifa”

I wasn’t exaggerating it rules so hard [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Software engineering is a team sport. As you advance, you spend less time coding and more time communicating complex ideas in human language; the most expressive tool we have. Writing externalizes your thinking and allows others to give feedback, making everyone more effective. Your technical skills are your floor, writing ability is your ceiling. 2/

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"I just want gay shirts, not GAY shirts."