ceoln @ceoln@qoto.org

Hey. You. Yeah, you.

You look like you could use a cat.

The #CatsOfMastodon are happy to oblige. Have a cat.

Hi all. Just a reminder that I created infosec.space for people who do not want any interaction with threads.net, while infosec.exchange will let members choose whether to interact with threads or not*.

blocking another instance at the account level is not as effective as instance level blocks, but still good at preventing access to posts.

It's January. You know something you can try this month, if you want to see some immediate (and long-term) changes in your life?

A digital detox.

But here's the thing. The way we're normally told to do these is nonsense, and it doesn't work.

There is a better way. I wrote about it this week.

The short version: Stop relying on willpower. Start figuring out how to create absolute barriers to distractions.

Here's a gift link (lmk if it doesn't work for you)

https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/tech-addiction-smartphone-dumbphone-light-phone-1be0652e?st=hhukpoj1069eo6a&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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#Caturday Update: The platform I bought to go over my laptop has been a great success at keeping the cats from stomping across the keyboard while I'm working. Now they can just plop down and block the screen instead. ​

#Cats #CatsOfMastodon

Breaking: FBI encourages all currently-unindicted January 6 participants to come to today’s January 6 Reunion, free food and chances to win door prizes.

Vaginas, nature's fleshlight

Shout-out to the hungover and/or stoned Australian lad following me alongside Cheapside on a Lime bike, heading *west*, who asked me "how to get to Bethnal Green". I tried to explain a simple route back but his eyes were glazed, so I just said "go that way until you reach Old Street then ask somebody else". My man was very lost indeed. I think he may still be out there

#London #Cycling

New sapphic book review: Like They Do In The Movies by Nan Campbell
https://judeinthestars.com/2024/01/06/like-they-do-in-the-movies-by-nan-campbell/

#book #books #LGBTBooks #lgbt #sapphic #BookLover #BookAddict #BookRecommendations #wlw #SapphicReads #BookReview #lesfic #BookReviewer #SapphicBookReview #QueerLit #BookToot #Bookstodon #SapphFic

@sapphicbooks @bookstodon

The question isn't
- Is the Republican party just Nazis

It's
- Why are so many Nazis delighted with the actions of the Republican party

The view of the fast-flowing River Braan from inside Ossian's Hall at the Hermitage, close to the A9 in Highland Perthshire. The Hermitage is a beautiful and intriguing planned landscape that was established in the 1750s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dunkeld/hermitage/index.html

#Scotland #Perthshire #Hemitage #RiverBran #Ossian #A9 #UndiscoveredScotland

I’m collecting these now. Thanks, internet. 😅
#StarTrek #StarWars #FoxNews

"Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself...
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts…”

Poignant parenting advice from Kahlil Gibran, born OTD in 1883 https://t.co/nH078tcf3t

Do you want to be immortalized in The Histories, an encyclopedia of "totally true" stories about real people?

Let me tell your absolutely "legit" story (or expand one). Check out The Histories wiki for details on what $10 gets you! #fiction #writing

https://www.shaunduke.net/thehistories/doku.php?id=buyhistory

New law going into effect in 2024! Cis and straight is no longer the default. Everyone is assumed pan and nonbinary until they come out as something else

You know how when you rent a VPS or a shared server from a host somewhere, and they're all like, "We'll register your domain name too!" ?

It's a trap! :ackbar:

Don't do it.

If for any reason, your host's admin dashboard stops working and they decide to stop answering support tickets, you're kinda locked out of your domain name.

You can't transfer the domain out to an actually-breathing company without a blessing from your current host. Especially if the domain is locked.

Yes, technically you can complain to ICANN about your domain registrar, and maybe something will come of it (after waiting forever), but the trick is, with those hosting companies, they're usually not actually your domain registrar.

The hosting companies often outsource the domain registration process to another company (sorry, Mario) and often these subcontractors don't provide direct customer support. If you complain to your actual registrar, they'll just boot you back to the absentee host and you're back to where you started, waiting for support responses that will never come. Meanwhile, you're effectively locked out of making any DNS changes.

So, the moral of the story? Register your domain names from actual real domain registrars whose whole business is just domain names.

The thing is about Australian wildlife is that most Aussie animals won’t back down from a fight, but most of them don’t go looking for a fight either.

If you’re worried about visiting Australia because of our deadly fauna, here’s a hint. If you see an Australian animal, walk away from it.

A kangaroo has trouble disemboweling a retreating person because its attack involves rocking back on its tail and kicking you with both feet. It’s not really able to do any damage on something that’s moving away.

Magpies will generally let you know where their territory is, and if you stay out of it while they’re nesting, they won’t knock a hole in your head.

You literally have to get in the water to be bothered by sharks or crocodiles. Swim where the locals swim.

Snakes and spiders are about the only thing that you might happen upon by surprise and they tend to be happy to let you leave, but will happily fuck you up in self defence.

Y’see, Aussie wildlife mostly kills idiots who approach it, try to pat it, or catch it. Our animals mostly kill and maim stupid people.

I guess, my point is, we don’t have anything like lions or bears that will chase you down, pull you out of your car and tear you to pieces.

Also, the chances of being shot in this country is almost non existent.

Australia’s a pretty safe place to visit, comparatively.

#Garfield #music #HeyYa
#bot #lyrics