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Tom Maher

@daemonbear

https://github.com/tmaher @tmaher@infosec.exchange πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ΄πŸ» in Dublin

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I’d never looked at the humor/safety dynamic that way before, thank you.

I am curious to your opinions on CPSC[dot]gov - the consumer product safety account with the funny pictures.

02.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for allowing DRM-free ebooks!

26.02.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Approximately 11 microfurlongs per fortnight

26.02.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ho, Ho, Ho! I’m Regrowing My Foreskin!

By Santa Claus

Ho, Ho, Ho! I’m Regrowing My Foreskin! By Santa Claus

Commentary: Ho, Ho, Ho! I’m Regrowing My Foreskin! https://theonion.com/ho-ho-ho-im-regrowing-my-foreskin-2/

22.12.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 1167 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 18
Preview
Read Like a Criminal Big Gay Read 2025 Keynote Speech

I got to deliver a talk on the history and legacy of the Hays Code and the Comics Code, contemporary censorship efforts, and the necessity of identifying with criminality. You can watch and read the whole thing here:

25.07.2025 23:54 πŸ‘ 496 πŸ” 216 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 15

doctor who is a scam designed to make it hard to organize your video files

04.12.2025 19:01 πŸ‘ 328 πŸ” 51 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 6

Okay. The people have spoken.

For every reskeet this gets, I will post a random picture from my camera roll with no explanation (other than alt text).

Let the games begin.

08.05.2024 03:34 πŸ‘ 848 πŸ” 605 πŸ’¬ 25 πŸ“Œ 32
Recalls & Product Safety Warnings

The year is 2025.
All websites are down.
Only one website remains.

www.cpsc.gov/Recalls

18.11.2025 14:33 πŸ‘ 723 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 9
A picture of a Steam Machine with a NeXT logo, green power button, drive bays, and that NeXT kind of stripey part decoration part testarossa intake strakes that aren't. It's a mash of disparate things but damn it's fine.

A picture of a Steam Machine with a NeXT logo, green power button, drive bays, and that NeXT kind of stripey part decoration part testarossa intake strakes that aren't. It's a mash of disparate things but damn it's fine.

Oh if you insist.

18.11.2025 12:43 πŸ‘ 617 πŸ” 147 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 7

This has implications for Taco Tuesday

15.11.2025 14:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Part one: A grey and white cat lounges on a purple cat tree. His mouth is closed and he looks sleepy

Part one: A grey and white cat lounges on a purple cat tree. His mouth is closed and he looks sleepy

Part two: The grey and white cat is yawning. He looks hungry

Part two: The grey and white cat is yawning. He looks hungry

Part three: The grey and white cat’s mouth has widened to reveal sharp and pointy teeth, as if to say β€œfeed me, ape, lest I feed on you”

Fin.

Part three: The grey and white cat’s mouth has widened to reveal sharp and pointy teeth, as if to say β€œfeed me, ape, lest I feed on you” Fin.

In three parts

13.11.2025 14:21 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve had issues with various bits of the stack not using nvidia GPU and defaulting to the integrated graphics. If you’re on Steam, check Help -> System Information and scroll down to Video Card. Driver should be listed as either Nvidia or Intel UHD. I had to set some magic env vars…

14.10.2025 23:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

01.10.2025 04:11 πŸ‘ 13930 πŸ” 2790 πŸ’¬ 306 πŸ“Œ 172
Preview
Radiant Star Radiant Star - Kindle edition by Leckie, Ann. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Radiant Star.

<clears throat>

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0FP...

30.09.2025 15:50 πŸ‘ 524 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 48
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Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become β€œ100% MAGA” Uncertainty reigns as Trump claims China approved TikTok deal.

I say this knowing full well I have approximately zero chance of reaching most people that need to hear it, but

1. Read this: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

2. If you use TikTok or Shorts, you should look into Loops instead.

Loops is federated. No central control. No MAGA takeover.

26.09.2025 19:07 πŸ‘ 123 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 5
Three cables that shouldn't exist - XLR, barrel, and antenna jack to mains.

Three cables that shouldn't exist - XLR, barrel, and antenna jack to mains.

They arrived.

oh no. OH NO.

25.09.2025 14:26 πŸ‘ 402 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 48
Carnegie Mellon University
Future Data Systems
Fall 2025 Seminar Series
Mondays @ 4:30pm ET

Carnegie Mellon University Future Data Systems Fall 2025 Seminar Series Mondays @ 4:30pm ET

Next week is the start of @db.cs.cmu.edu's latest seminar series: Future Data Systems
@samarchdb.bsky.social and I are hosting speakers from leading systems in the datalake / lakehouse space.
Mondays @ 4:30pm ET via Zoom. Open to the public. Videos posted to YouTube: db.cs.cmu.edu/seminars/fal...

17.09.2025 23:14 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the "tax the billionaires" political refrain is Good Actually in part because it is a call for the people at the top to actually be constrained by rules informed by the public interest, a virtue that fingerwagging correctives about how much revenue such taxes would *really* generate doesn't address

09.09.2025 10:59 πŸ‘ 2231 πŸ” 379 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 26

plex got pwned, reset your passwords

08.09.2025 21:59 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 8

Dobson was also a huge advocate of corporal punishment for children. As someone who grew up with that, I can tell you the obvious: it doesn’t work! Only made me distrust my parents and want to hit back.

So Rest in [any kind of gross substance you can imagine), James Dobson.

21.08.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 421 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 0

If someone replaces their Gibson Les Paul with a Stratocaster, does that make them transfender?

07.08.2025 09:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This isn’t a cure for AIDS, it’s a sometimes cure for HIV* in infants. HIV
and AIDS are not interchangeable. If an infant has developed AIDS it’s highly unlikely antiretrovirals would result in a cure, but rather would cause them to be undetectable. HIV is the virus, AIDS is a condition caused by it

01.08.2025 17:37 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Close up of cat face, raving.

Close up of cat face, raving.

26.07.2025 15:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

OH THANK MITHRAS

It's a Murderbot Eve Miracle!!!!!!

10.07.2025 17:15 πŸ‘ 807 πŸ” 126 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 6

β€œCreole griot poutine” sounds both amazing and incredibly Canadian

09.07.2025 16:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did he take the money and run?

04.07.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like β€œmy stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!

03.07.2025 23:25 πŸ‘ 12227 πŸ” 3462 πŸ’¬ 236 πŸ“Œ 873
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30.05.2025 04:24 πŸ‘ 402 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 55

Baby your heart’s on fire!

15.05.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0