⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ @falken@qoto.org

Heart racing, I run, the slapping of webbed feet just behind me. I stumble twice, but reach the car and slam the door, howling in triumph. Turning the key, I’m greeted with a dry clicking sound. The blood freezes in my veins. From outside the window, I hear a dark, throaty laugh.

A note to American authors, especially of fiction set in the UK :
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Using 'hard' as a signifier of alcoholic makes English speakers laugh because it is so stupid.

"Cider" is ALWAYS alcoholic, if it wasn't it would just be apple juice!

You don't call wine 'hard grape juice' or beer 'hard hopped malt liquid' so why do it for fermented apple juice? It just makes you look silly.

Just stop!

The Truth is Out There: The X-Files started 30 years ago today with the aptly-named "Pilot"!

It's hard to believe that it's already been 30 years since I was hooked on what quickly became my favorite series of the 1990s (even though I gave up before the end of the first run).

And to think that the alien episodes were accompanied by so many fantastic, quality one-off stories. It was fascinating throughout my teenage years.

By the way, Tooms should be back in 2023.

#Babylon5 #TheRoadHome

My motivational phone lock screen

It’s not just about selling you ads.

Ex: you’re a teenager living in a highly conservative state. You’re visiting sites your ultra religious family don’t want you to. Google tracks you NATIVELY IN THE BROWSER and informs 3rd parties of your interest in LGBTQ sites.

You’re NOT SAFE using Chrome.

This is very interesting: https://bun.sh/blog/bun-v1.0

It’s sad to hear #ChaimTopol’s died, it really is.

SF fans of a certain Age will remember him in #FlashGordon … but his signature role was as #Tevye in #FiddlerOnTheRoof

#DoYouLoveMe has to be THE song from the piece …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_y9F5St4j0

Ridiculed at first, "Flash Gordon" has become a campy cult classic, and Sam J. Jones talks about getting the role and making the film.

https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/2022/01/31/flash-in-the-pan-sam-j-jones-on-making-the-cult-classic/

#SamJJones #FlashGordon #CultClassic #80smovies #80s #movies #Movienews #entertainmentnews #entertainment #Film #Celebritynews

Since I've seen a lot of chatter about people switching to #Firefox as Google ramps up the enshitification of #Chrome, let me tell you about a killer feature for people who (a) need multiple accounts on the same websites (eg. devs) or specifically (b) have to use multiple Google accounts.

Firefox has an official addon called Multi Account Containers that lets you trivially set up color coded tabs that have separate sets of cookies. Log into your dev account in one, and your test account in another. Log into your personal #gmail in one and have another tab next to it with your work Gmail. I'm actually not signed in to any Google accounts in most my tabs, I just have containers for the specific tasks I do on Google products.

It'll take you 30 seconds to set up.

Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/

Mozilla's explanation: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers

NASA finally admits what everyone already knows: SLS is unaffordable

"At current cost levels the SLS program is unsustainable."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/nasa-finally-admits-what-everyone-already-knows-sls-is-unaffordable/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Hack of a Microsoft corporate account led to Azure breach by Chinese hackers

Other failures along the way included a signing key improperly appearing in a crash dump.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/09/hack-of-a-microsoft-corporate-account-led-to-azure-breach-by-chinese-hackers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ORG, along with privacy activists, tech companies and security experts, have long warned that it isn't possible to scan messages that use end-to-end encryption without undermining privacy and security.

While this is a huge victory for all campaigners who've highlighted the dangers of the spy clause to be used for mass surveillance, the powers could still be used in the furture.

✊ We continue to fight for the removal of the spy clause.

#OnlineSafetyBill #privacy #e2ee #surveillance #ukpolitics

Girl Genius: Adventures In Castle Heterodyne is out now https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/girl-genius-adventures-in-castle-heterodyne-is-out-now/

#IndieGame #Steam #PCGaming

In EXACTLY two weeks, Starter Villain is out in the world! If you're going the print media route, it's not too late to pre-order the book from your favorite local bookstore - not only will this make sure you get your copy the day it comes out, but you will help out your local bookstore (and me!) in the bargain. Everybody wins! I can't wait for you all to meet this book.

Step 1: remove unnecessary #javascript

https://www.nray.dev/blog/300ms-faster-reducing-wikipedias-total-blocking-time/

"Writing an app is like coding for LaserDisc" https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2022/09/writing-an-app-is-like-coding-for-laserdisc/

It turns out my code was fine. I was running my program wrong

Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Space: 1999 started 48 years ago today with "Breakaway".
This means that the TV series takes place exactly between the year of its broadcast and today.
#scifi #space1999 #gerryanderson #spaceship #tvshow #moon