I delete most of my posts after a month or so to keep my blog manageable and to organize my reblogs. You have my permission to reblog whatever deleted post I made. It wouldn't be on the internet if I wasn't okay with it getting shared.
I have started my own website where I am organizing resources I've made over the years (and also compiling stuff like recipes and recommendations).
I am also now livestreaming a couple times a week, come hang out on Wednesday nights to get something done and Saturday mornings to look at computers and ask tech questions. All streams will involve rambling stories and Tiny Bastard.
Here are some of the major resources I've made and some of my sideblogs in case you're looking for something that I reblogged, plus my answers to the tech questions I get most frequently:
First of all, here's the death book.
Here's the guide on how to write a research paper.
Here's the de-Googling pamphlet.
Guide on how to talk to people (including helpful commentary from others!)
HERE'S THE LINK TO 2025 California Fire Resources.
I'm also uploading this stuff at archive.org now.
Want to learn how to draw? check @beginningdrawing !
Why I don't go to defcon anymore (tw: sexual assault/harassment)
Are you looking for a good price on computers? Check out @okay-computer.
@compusever - tech and internet stuff.
@how-to-do-activism - how-to's and information about activism and anarchy and stuff.
@depressionbootcamp - mental health and ADHD stuff.
@adultieradults - how-tos and advice that I've posted.
@but-i-eated-it - gluten-free recipes and cooking adventures.
@politicalmissdemeanor - political shit.
@fellow-ny - gender euphoria.
@punkpuns - a comic I used to make.
@pitmusic - my punk band.
@traum-fieber - my black metal band.
@blankie-wanky - cool blankets and fiber projects, mostly by other people.
@ms-demeanor-art-blog - my art stuff.
@ive-got-a-parasite - venom fanblog.
@yelling-about-college - documenting college life and college strategies; kind of a studyblr?
There are more but those are the ones that I want to share the most mixed in with the ones that people want to see the most.
2026 Specs for buying a computer
How to make a computer meaningfully faster
Basic computer shit:
Basics of encryption and safe internet traffic.
Protonmail for email
Cryptpad.fr to replace gdocs, LibreOffice if you want a free desktop office suite
Windows security is probably fine for your AV but if you want more or have a Mac use Sophos free edition (if you're using linux there is no helpful advice I can give you, you probably know more than I do about it)
Here's a good resource on piracy (not written by me)
Here's a great post of coding resources by @shinelikethunder
My preferred browser is Firefox with privacybadger, decentraleyes, https everywhere, multi-account containers, ublock origin, and auto tab discard (sleeps inactive tabs to save RAM). I also have the wayback machine extension because archiving is good. Duckduckgo is my default browser in firefox.
Bitwarden for password management (free version is great, but $10 a year also gets you 1GB of encrypted file attachments)
If I have to use a chromium browser for some reason I use Opera
If you need to check if your email or password data has been leaked, the site you can check on is haveibeenpwned.com
The most basic, intractable fact about mental illnesses is that you simply cannot willpower your way out of them. The only exceptions to this rule are the ones I have, which continue to disable me due to lack of determination and other grave personal flaws
i know things are hella grim in the nsfw/kink art circles especially in the last year --
but I'm hearing there's a NSFW-friendly ko-fi alternative built on atproto that's actively in the works, and being vetted by lawyers right now. as torrent-princess (OP) says, you should be able to swap out payment processors while keeping your account intact. this matters since even if stripe removes support, you'll still have a shop and all of your links intact. (ATproto is an infrastructure that bsky is built on, but is far bigger than bsky with far more opportunities.)
additionally, the Free Speech Coalition is working on a credit union specifically for adult work (including kink art) - here's the link so you can add your interest & support. Since this will be built by sex workers, there'll be far less risk of being debanked for spurious and puritanical reasons.
on a domain TLD level, there's an initiative here for a .furry domain built from the ground up by seasoned furries; it's unclear whether they'll support NSFW, but it's yet another promising turn of events for a group that's been similarly affected by censorship.
there are friends and allies out there helping to build a working parallel infrastructure. keep being vocal, keep supporting these initiatives when it's possible, and keep supporting your nsfw/kink artists. ♥
I had a meeting today about a product that I thought was supposed to be just a network discovery tool but is actually an insane (positive) security tool. The guy demoing the product brought up his CEO and another product the CEO had made and it raised a little flag in my brain so I searched the CEO and found his Twitter and realized I shared a table at a wedding with him in 2009 and had had a conversation with him about the earlier product when it was being developed.
Infosec is a small world and i got this job through an infosec friend so this isn't the first time this has happened but it always amuses me when it comes up.
This is like when I was researching a cloudflare outage and realized i took a series of photos of their Security Lead beating someone with a bag of craisins in a hotel that shut down in 2015.
The guy who we fired for being bad at CX tried to show off his industry contacts by demonstrating that he knew an account rep from one of our vendors from a previous job. Nobody at work knows that one of the solutions architects from that vendor plays explosions with my spouse a couple times a month and officiated my wedding.
I had a meeting today about a product that I thought was supposed to be just a network discovery tool but is actually an insane (positive) security tool. The guy demoing the product brought up his CEO and another product the CEO had made and it raised a little flag in my brain so I searched the CEO and found his Twitter and realized I shared a table at a wedding with him in 2009 and had had a conversation with him about the earlier product when it was being developed.
Infosec is a small world and i got this job through an infosec friend so this isn't the first time this has happened but it always amuses me when it comes up.
This is like when I was researching a cloudflare outage and realized i took a series of photos of their Security Lead beating someone with a bag of craisins in a hotel that shut down in 2015.
I had a meeting today about a product that I thought was supposed to be just a network discovery tool but is actually an insane (positive) security tool. The guy demoing the product brought up his CEO and another product the CEO had made and it raised a little flag in my brain so I searched the CEO and found his Twitter and realized I shared a table at a wedding with him in 2009 and had had a conversation with him about the earlier product when it was being developed.
Infosec is a small world and i got this job through an infosec friend so this isn't the first time this has happened but it always amuses me when it comes up.
I had a meeting today about a product that I thought was supposed to be just a network discovery tool but is actually an insane (positive) security tool. The guy demoing the product brought up his CEO and another product the CEO had made and it raised a little flag in my brain so I searched the CEO and found his Twitter and realized I shared a table at a wedding with him in 2009 and had had a conversation with him about the earlier product when it was being developed.
Hey here's the food that I've figured out his the right combo of cheap, easy to make, tolerably tasty, and relatively nutritionally sound for when my brain is bad:
2c rice (2c is dry, prepare as you usually do. Whatever kind of rice you have is good, brown rice works well)
2 cans of pinto or black beans, drained (or one can of each. Whatever.)
12oz frozen broccoli
1c chunky salsa
Optional: .5c sour cream, .5c shredded cheese.
Also optional: salt, garlic powder, and cumin to taste (to season the rice)
Cook the rice in one pot (with the seasoning if you want to). Put the frozen broccoli, drained beans, and salsa in another pot and bring to a boil. When the rice is done and the bean broccoli salsa stuff is hot, mix the rice into the beans (if adding cheese or sour cream, stir into the beans before adding the rice).
Now you have a food. It's got protein and carbs and fiber and a vegetable (and fat if you add the cheese and sour cream).
The amount described above is a lot. You can portion half of it into single servings to freeze and still have like four meals.
It's not the kind of thing I'd serve to anyone else, but it's a better option than eating instant oatmeal for dinner for another week.
I have been out of my ADHD meds for three weeks and won't be able to get new prescription for another two weeks and there is nothing I want more right now than a single massive task that I can drill into for ten hours a day because having thirty small tasks that take twenty minutes each every day is grinding me into a fine paste and piping me onto crackers with a dill garnish.
I have been out of my ADHD meds for three weeks and won't be able to get new prescription for another two weeks and there is nothing I want more right now than a single massive task that I can drill into for ten hours a day because having thirty small tasks that take twenty minutes each every day is grinding me into a fine paste and piping me onto crackers with a dill garnish.
