Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
Also on @Goldkin (meow.social) for follow requests that don't work here.
Joined Aug 2017
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re: birdsite, pol-adjacent
Jack, keep the spambots, my follower numbers are dying.
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Uh.
Um.
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*quiet screaming*
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I think I’ll keep using Masto as my primary, yeah.
re: birdsite
I often quip that my primary motivator is to make exciting things boring (I write security hardening software). I never thought I’d need to advocate so strongly for that in discussion software, too.
re: birdsite, pol-adjacent
Update: just read that Jack and Twitler sat down for a meeting today to discuss “the health of the public conversation on Twitter”. Not touching Twitter again in light of that news.
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The knight and the dragon fought.
"Hold!" the princess called. "Why do you fight?"
They looked ashamed, and the princess spotted two trampled bouquets.
"Were those for me?"
The knight and the dragon nodded.
"Girls," the princess said, smiling at them, "what if I date you both?"
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
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work from home, transcription (boost with CW)
Thread by @welshpixie
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https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie/101970579417580738
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Last week I saw someone recommend rev.com as a way to make money from home by transcribing. Skeptical, I had a look to see if they were legit, and they seemed to be, so I signed up.
There's a small grammar and English quiz, and then a transcription test, to apply. If successful, you can see client transcription jobs and their pay-per-minute, choose whichever jobs you like, work as much/little as you want.
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https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie/101970593896774370
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I worked casually for a week, had some very interesting jobs across a variety of fields, some of which were entertaining and educational, and made just shy of $300.
They pay every Monday into PayPal. I wanted to make sure I got paid before sharing it here, just in case - but I got paid today. Hurrah!
So yeah, they're legit. You need to be a decent typist with a good grasp of English language and grammar. They also offer translation jobs.
Sharing for those who can do it and need work. :)
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https://mastodon.art/@welshpixie/101970630290336929
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Just as a sample, I've typed up things like teachers meetings re. education in the US, devs talking about cloud computing and blockchain, meetings about disabled access to transport in the US, an interview with Idris Elba, talks about value/worth of drug treatments, a gaming session with a DM and players, interviews with skilled professionals talking about their fields, interviews discussing Apartheid and racism in South Africa...
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re: pol, redacted Mueller report (~)
Update: I am a terse skim and 100 pages in, and my brain has turned to powdered mush from so much dry reading.
But this is very, very thorough, and surprising in how well media reporting stood up in the fact pattern laid out by this document.
pol, redacted Mueller report (~)
Well, I guess I’m reading this thing tonight. Wish me luck?
in re, LB
Also relevant: https://zenpencils.com/comic/king/
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I keep seeing a lot of apologies for not being interesting or funny or positive, and I just wanna say:
You are a person, not a brand. You do not need to be consistently anything but yourself. If you need to take a break, that's OK. We're all people, we'll understand.
Telegram, part trois
On principal, this should not be a decision I need to make because a popular mobile messaging app is becoming more grabby with data. But that being the reality of it, and with the reality being that many friends use it, I might be able to tolerate this.
I’ll have to think about this more, though.
Telegram, part trois
I am not out to family or out at work. My leading presumption is that (a) the Mormon branch of my family will become extremely aggressive, (b) it’s career-limiting to have a furry identity known by coworkers in my field, and (c) it makes it very difficult for me to share personal thoughts not endorsed by my employer.
Re-evaluating these, I think I might... finally be in a position in which I can weather them okay, when and if they happen?
Telegram, part trois
No response from Telegram support to my question about contact permissions. Hm.
I guess I now get to decide whether I want to let it back on my phone, when I’m reasonably certain it’s scraping new data or someone is actively misusing the contact identification features of the app. I guess I need to assess whether I’m prepared for it to out my private profile to more family and coworkers before proceeding.
Not an easy decision to make, but I might just say fuck it.
re: Telegram, part deux
And support request sent.
I wonder if this is something Telegram itself was running or if someone has been using scraped data and fake contact list additions at Telegram's API. Guess I'll see what they reply back with.
Telegram, part deux
So this is weird. Triaging the accounts I blocked yesterday after "X has just joined Telegram", the block rules show completely different users than the ones I added.
Telegram was definitely calling these contacts I recognized yesterday, and now they are... other people? Hmm.
I wonder if this is some kind of phishing thing being run on their platform. Dropping Telegram support a line.
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building fire, anecdote
From https://www.futilitycloset.com/2012/12/01/edifice-complex/:
On visiting the Gold Pavilion Temple in Kyoto, Douglas Adams was impressed at how well the 14th-century structure had weathered the passage of time. His Japanese guide told him that it hadn’t weathered well at all; in fact it had burned to the ground twice in the 20th century.
“So this isn’t the original building?” Adams asked.
“But yes, of course it is.”
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
Also on @Goldkin (meow.social) for follow requests that don't work here.
Joined Aug 2017
