When you get a chance please change the [blurred] DMARC record: WS-25GO:~!502$ host -t txt _dmarc.[blurred].com _dmarc.[blurred].com descriptive text "v=DMARC1; p=none; pct=100; rua=mailto:[blurred]@dmarc.postmarkapp.com; sp=none; aspf=r;" To this: _dmarc.[blurred].com descriptive text "v=DMARC1; p=none; pct=100; rua=mailto:[blurred]@dmarc.postmarkapp.com; ruf=mailto:[blurred].com; sp=none; aspf=r;" The addition is in bold.

When you get a chance please change the [blurred] DMARC record: WS-25GO:~!502$ host -t txt _dmarc.[blurred].com _dmarc.[blurred].com descriptive text "v=DMARC1; p=none; pct=100; rua=[blurred]@dmarc.postmarkapp.com; sp=none; aspf=r;" To this: _dmarc.[blurred].com descriptive text "v=DMARC1; p=none; pct=100; rua=[blurred]@dmarc.postmarkapp.com; ruf=[blurred].com; sp=none; aspf=r;" > Signature

A #TechIsShitDispatch tale in two screenshots:
On the left: a screenshot of the email I sent to #Jira Service Desk to ask our IT team to make a DNS change.
On the right: how that email look when it landed in the Jira ticket.
Two rather important differences […]

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I did a quick trip to the supermarket today for a few things for lunch. Well, it was _supposed_ to be quick, but of course nothing ever is when technology is involved! (1/3)

Screenshot of Garmin Connect app with none of the data that's supposed to be there showing up. All the widgets are blank.

#GarminConnect recently stopped importing calories eaten from #MyFitnessPal. This breakage coincided with #Garmin introducing a new, premium (paid) feature for importing nutrition information into Connect, making me and others suspect they broke the basic […]

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I was able to regain access to Uncle's #Hilton Honors account after an hour and a half on the phone with Hilton.
The first call lasted 56 minutes and perhaps would have eventually been successful if it hadn't suddenly disconnected. So I had to call back and start over, which took a bit less time […]

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While cleaning up Uncle's old email I discover he has a ton of Hilton Honors points, which he can't use anymore but I can when going to NYC to help him.
(I won't give Hilton money after their capitulation to ICE, but I will gladly use their rooms for free!)
To do this, I need […]

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My motorcycle loan was from #GreenwoodCreditUnion. I wanted to pay it off via ACH transfer.
Most banks can do transfers in one business day. But Greenwood? Nope! They don't support Zelle or FedNow, and their ACH transfers take at least three days to go through. It appears […]

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I regularly place large orders of a particular variety of tea from the Twinings website, because it's pretty much the only variety I drink and it's often hard to find in grocery stores.
Shipping is supposed to be free for orders over $50.
When I went to order tea several days […]

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I receive marketing #spam from Thrift Savings Plan, a.k.a. #TSP, the 401k-like thing that federal government employees participate in.
I've never been particularly interested in TSP spam, but I tolerated it while I was a participant. However, DOGE fired me a year ago and I'm […]

Alert Profile on Hold Your account has been placed on hold because we could not verify your identity. Call (401) 739-4600 to remove the hold.

Decided to pay off my Greenwood Credit Union motorcycle loan from my home equity line at my main bank, since the interest rate on the HELOC is lower and likely to stay that way given what the fed has been doing.
Went through all the rigmarole to add my main […]

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Yesterday I suddenly found myself unable to log into my bank's web portal. Whenever I tried to log in, it claimed my session was closed because I was idle, or I already had an active session, or both (!!).
I was able to log in from a new profile created to test this. I was […]

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The 2nd #Fidelity rep I spoke with also failed to deliver.
I had a 3rd convo with them. 2 days later I got email with the info I needed.
Ironically, the info they sent was a screen capture from their website.
It turns out I […]

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Either #AARP recently had a security incident and therefore reset everybody's passwords without admitting it, or they periodically reset people's passwords without telling them, or they're just incompetent, because I just had to reset my password, which is stored in a […]

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The #enshittification at #Garmin continues apace. They've just taken the previously free integration between Garmin Connect and #MyFitnessPal, which allowed you to track what you eat in MFP and have the calories show up in the Garmin app, and moved it into their subscription […]

Email screenshot: Thrift Savings Plan You can view your Thrift Savings Plan online account statement by signing into My Account. Find your statement by clicking on the red circle icon in the upper right-hand corner of your home screen. From there, select the Secure Mailbox tab. For More Information Online My Account at tsp.gov

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I get this email today from Thrift Savings Plan (the 401k equivalent for federal employees).
It says I should "click on the red circle icon in the upper right-hand corner of [my] home screen," but there is no red circle icon in the upper […]

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Today, January 31, 2026, I received an email notification from my previous #healthInsurance company, #GEHA, notifying me that I had a new Explanation Of Benefits available on their website.
I have not been a GEHA member since March 2025.
The notification provided no details […]

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Months after first reporting it, I'm still unable to view claims on my uncle's #healthInsurance portal. I've reported the problem multiple times and been told multiple times "we're working on it."
Today a rep called me […]

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Last year I rolled over my uncle's #Fidelity managed 401k into an IRA. When I did the rollover distribution from Fidelity, it didn't tell me that any of the money in the distribution was post-tax. Afterward, the transactions that showed up in the transaction history also […]

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I ordered two remanufactured toner cartridges for my #HP #printer. These are Staples-branded cartridges and the #Staples website claims they're compatible.
Today I tried to use them and the printer rejected them: bad chip.
It's bullshit that HP is still pulling this cartridge […]

RE: https://federate.social/@jik/115776804159458716

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After I factory reset my #TPLink #AX6000 router to fix routing issues, I left 4 features disabled that had previously been enabled: antivirus, QoS, SPI Firewall, and Airtime Fairness.
I made a note to myself: if the […]

Screenshot of GrubHub app error screen. There's a cartoon drawing of a scooter with a flat tire. Below that it says "We've hit a roadblock". Below that it says "Confirm that you're not a robot and we'll get you back up and running in no time." Below that it says "Block ID:" but the actual Block ID is blurred to protect my privacy.

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This is what I see when I try to log into #GrubHub on my phone.
It tells me to "confirm that [I'm] not a robot" but offers me no instructions or guidance for how to do that.
I am able to log into the GrubHub website with the same username […]

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For days I've been trying to figure out what concrete steps I could take to help the protestors and observers in Minneapolis from afar.
Yesterday, I finally got an answer: there's a group buying and installing car dashcams for observers, and they have an Amazon […]

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Sony (PlayStation) sends email telling me there's something wrong with my payment information and I need to fix it or scheduled payments won't work.
This email looks every bit like phishing (they could have included the last four digits of the card number or told me what's […]

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The shit for brains company that administers the Flexible Spending Account my wife just enrolled in at her job preassigns usernames for their web portal, and they've decided to put at the end of everyone's preassigned username… the last four digits of their SSN. 🤦
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I am perpetually amazed by the fact that nearly all the companies that offer Flexible Spending Account administration services to businesses in the United States are complete and total clowns who apparently can't make it over even the incredibly low bar of, "When you send […]

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It's been more than a year since #Debian #Linux deprecated the insecure #SHA1 hash algorithm in #APT repositories.
The #KeyBase and #Slack APT repositories (I'm sure among others) are still using SHA1, and therefore for over a year they have not worked in Debian without […]

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My son just tried to fill out the #FAFSA for the first time. The first step in that process is creating a #FsaId at https://studentaid.gov/
The website is broken and refusing to allow my son to create an FSA ID. "An unknown error has occurred. Please try again later or close […]

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My uncle's care team at the hospital has been trying to get his health insurance company to approve daily nurse visits. This effort is time-critical, because he's almost ready, medically, to be discharged, and if the nurse visits aren't approved by then he's going to go back […]

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Remember how I was being forced to reboot my home router multiple times per day because it would suddenly stop allowing specific TCP connections through the router?
I tried to get help from TP-Link support, and they were […]

Screenshot of Vanguard login screen showing a failed login attempt with the error message "Your username or password is incorrect."

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#Vanguard says my username or password is incorrect. That's false.
Nevertheless, reset my password successfully and immediately afterward I got the same message with my new password.
My wife can't log in either.
Doesn't work in Vivaldi […]

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