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Wednesday September 23rd, 2026

My social feeds say it's bisexual Dan Lyke / comment 0

My social feeds say it's bisexual visibility day, so I'm trying to find that quote that ends "...anything that moves, but I never saw a reason to limit myself".

Edit: Steven Snedker @stevensnedker.bsky.social reminds me that it's Emo Philips, per Fandom Tropedia.

For work watched a video on using Dan Lyke / comment 0

For work, watched a video on using Astra to generate Blender models, and I'm trying to figure out how impressed I should be. I see a bunch of semi-paywalled stuff about using the Blender Python API for architecture, and would love more reasoned views.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsBLhNgqTqQ

Making an LG TV your own Dan Lyke / comment 0

I didn't watch Gamers Nexus — 216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV Problem (YouTube video), I just read some of the rundowns, like ArsTechnica: LG TV shown scanning LAN for third- party phones and other devices.

The tl;dr is that LG TVs store and transmit a transcript of everything they hear you saying, and send it off-site, including, if you don't hook them up to your own Internet they'll connect to open WiFi.

Consider if your neighbor's ISP has a general WiFi connection that other subscribers to the same ISP can use, like Comcast & AT&T.

And, of course, they're vulnerable...

Anyway, the obvious solution is to open that fucker up and short or remove the microphone and antenna.

Here's instructions: This LG G6 OLED Glass Belongs to Me! It’s not spying on me anymore. (YouTube video)

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the payoff Dan Lyke / comment 0

lenazun @lzg@mastodon.social

I've noticed some people are compelled to keep interacting with chatbots because they're not practiced in the art or dropping a conversation the second it becomes uninteresting. some of us have practiced all our lives, by being autistic and/or incredibly rude.

actually, it's not about gender Dan Lyke / comment 0

. Parents go on Fox news whining about parents rights and religious freedom...

Joseph Kutzko was accused of punching and threatening his then-15-year-old child at the family home on Jan. 28, 2025, records from Westborough District Court show. A Southborough police detective wrote that Kutzko punched the victim in the shoulder and pulled them by their hair. Kutzko later allegedly threatened to kill the victim “for not singing in tune during a birthday celebration,” according to court records.

The mother's up on witness intimidation charges.

So, yeah, abusers and bullies.

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Another day Dan Lyke / comment 0

Another day, another person who apparently thinks it's funny to swerve towards a pedestrian in a crosswalk. Whee.

existence of liquid I Dan Lyke / comment 0

The existence of liquid I.V. implies the existence of solid I.V., but I'm not sure how that would work.

Tuesday September 22nd, 2026

he precedent of it having never happened once in the history of humankind Dan Lyke / comment 0

Manitoba premier prefers no airport privatization, says no to rich receiving money to run Richardson. Premier Wab Kinew knows what's up:

"I would point you to the precedent of it having never happened once in the history of humankind, so colour me a little skeptical that all of a sudden handing over a ton of money-making opportunity to some rich folks is going to help the average Canadian out there."

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Security & Meta Muse Dan Lyke / comment 0

I asked Meta’s Muse for its filesystem and it sent me 6.8 GB

Edit: Bonus! Meta Muse AI app flaw lets local malware redirect dictation traffic.


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