Alan Henry

hey, any exfil is a win in this game, ngl

This is called infantile egocentrism and we're supposed to age out of it by the time we're 5 or so.

when the internet was new, random Limewire users were sued for 6-7 figures over downloading individual songs

today, if you're an AI company, i guess you can just steal entire people's identities with no repercussions

I promise I looked for some good news for this week's infosec roundup.

I uh...didn't find much.

Slurs Filled a Chat Created by a Republican Party Official in Florida

passive voice final boss grand champion honorable mention award for turning slurs into a sentient thing that can do actions www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

An original Nashville sit-in member, along with Diane Nash, James Bevel, and John Lewis. Trained in non-violence by James Lawson. At age 21, he signed a will before the Freedom Rides, knowing he could die.

May his soul be at peace, and may we all have such courage in the face of oppression.

damn i still miss him.

I wonder what the statute of limitations on collecting these debts is....

EMOTIONAL LABOR INVOICE Marginalized Folks. Inc. TO: Potential Ally Privileged Folks, Ltd SERVICE PROVIDER Marginalized Person You Know SPECIALIZATION Existing in Oppression DUE DATE DUE ON RECEIPT DESCRIPTION # UNIT PRICE LINE TOTAL Helped you understand your racism/sexism/ableism/etc. $ 100.00 Endured your microaggression(s) $ 200.00 Taught you about microaggressions $ 300.00 Endured your continued microaggression(s) $ 600.00 Explained something about oppression you could've Googled $ 125.00 Clarified that you are not entitled to my time $ 250.00 Clarified that you are not entitled to my pain $ 350.00 Listened to "not all...." and similar derailments/fragility $ 500.00 Softened my reaction to spare your feelings $ 750.00 Smiled when you apologized for not speaking up in the meeting $ 1,000.00 Subtotal Marginalization Tax Adjustment $ 1,500.00 Amount Due:

Found this in my meme folder and laughed all over again loud enough I think my neighbors must think I'm crazy

its me, the guy who (along with all of you) just wishes I could play a singleplayer bungie game again, those were good video games

The first time I saw Dude Wipes in a store somewhere (many MANY years ago) I laughed so hard I took a picture and posted it around like "fellas is it gay to wipe your ass" and everyone laughed.

Ah, simpler times.

See, every time I think about buying Marathon, shit like this reminds me that nothing short of a discourse-changing success will guarantee the game you bought still exists a couple of months after you buy it.

And even then that doesn't guarantee the people who MADE it will survive.

they silenced her for speaking the truth

Every damned day

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Happy partner-versary! Here's to more years of doing whatever the fuck you want 👈🏾 😆 👉🏾

What if I just order a huge layer cake and eat it

Who's gonna stop me, the world is burning and I'm an adult

"sneak peak" when it should be "sneak peek"

I never correct it because I don't want to be That Guy in a direct conversation, but I cringe every single time.

love when my access model defines the psychological contract i am a very smart executive yes

It feels strange posting like, my work, when the world is burning, but the rent's gotta get paid, so here's this week's infosec roundup.

Great stories in here about how easy it is to poison an LLM, excellent reporting from my former colleagues at WIRED, and more.

I finally pulled the plug on my Flickr Pro account last year and downloaded all of my data - just wasn't worth it to have the archive live anymore when a: I wasn't looking at it anymore and b: everything else is in Google Photos.

Conde Nast push out all of its queer and journalists of color in favor of white people from familiar backgrounds challenge impossible speedrun any %

OH BOY I REALLY WANNA DIG INTO THIS ONE BUT THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY HOURS IN THE DAY

If we had a functional media industry that was capable of holding itself accountable for the impact of its work to the communities it covers (in ways that don't involve back-patting and collecting awards) we would have put an end to this ages ago.

But we don't, so here we are.

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fam I think about this ALL. THE. TIME.

and it drives me wild and not in the good way.

"all of my children are boys, if you only count my one son, and not my two daughters"