The_Gibson @thegibson@hackers.town

things i like about old electronics: you open up the case, and there's an envelope glued to the inside that contains the complete schematics and calibration instructions. a bunch of companies did that until the early 80s, too bad it never really caught on and just stopped at some point.

"Yeah, the shirt's a lie. But isn't being hired just a contract agreement to convert your life energy into something of less value for someone else? That's what all of this stuff is"

Anyone in or near Queens looking to buy a twin bed frame and/or a fairly new mattress? Boosts appreciated.

until a Spider-Man game makes it possible for you to run out of webbing without realizing it while swinging dozens of stories up in the air there will never be a truly good Spider-Man game

I was tasked to recover an email account for a friend, access to which was lost when their prior computer ate itself. They are in possession of prior (though not current) passwords, of security questions, and of access to the recovery email account.

After entering the verification code from the recovery email account, we received this message:

[BEGIN TRANSCRIPT]
Thanks for confirming that you can access the contact email you provided.

Unfortunately Google couldn't verify that _____@gmail.com belongs to you. Learn more about how to recover your account.
[END TRANSCRIPT]

Google's recommendation on the linked page is to give up and make a new account. No means of appeal are provided.

Unfortunately this means the loss of many years of information, connections, personal letters, and photographs.

What makes this a PSA: We _have_ the recovery email address, it _verified_ and access was _denied_.

If you are using Google as an identity centralizer, _this could happen to you_. Google has broken the compact of what a recovery email address is, and should be trusted to hold _nothing_ of value.

Working on a new flash fiction story. Shooting for publishing it on Sunday for #EverythingIsNotOK subscribers. It's a little rough right now, but it starts something like this (hat tip to @thegibson for allowing us 10K characters to do stuff like this):

"Bureaucrat Level 3 Alston Grieve woke up suddenly and in very good spirits. He'd tossed and turned all night with the excitement of what the day held for him, finally succumbing to exhaustion and managing to get a few inadequate hours of sleep. But, no mind! Today was going to be a very good day for Grieve. For today was the day he'd finish his inspection of the alien jails in all 225 countries and would be able to give his final report to the Cabinet. No single person had ever inspected every alien jail before and it was an accomplishment Grieve was very proud of."

Tomorrow! 5/24 @ 6pm PST

Pooka the Stream!

http://pooka.press/

(time info: https://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/ )

Enby face.

which animal you feel attuned with is subject to change, as all things change. I felt a lot of attunement with bats and and crows, but now its specifically three animals that I feel are most significant to my life.

1. Grackles.

2. Wolves

3. Coyotes

But also Coywolves specifically because they exist in unique circumstances closer to me than coyotes and wolves are independently of each other. Its hard to explain but I've done it before.

That's what the fuck he does.

https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/morrisseys-cat-hates-him-2013022861422

@TheGibson

Good morning all. It’s Friday before a 3 day weekend.

This is good.

@freakazoid @Username_Here_ASAP @RawPecans @Ethancdavenport That's exactly what we need, a hackers.town style hellthread. Just nobody tag @thegibson okay?

Everyone knows that James Bond has a “license to kill.” As an international spy, he must sometimes fight for his life. But he’s a trained government employee, specially selected for Her Majesty’s Service. But could you trust just anyone with a license to kill?

Let's find out in the short story Red Card in today's #EverythingIsNotOK newsletter.

https://everythingisnotok.substack.com/p/red-card