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Awarded author, journalist: cybersecurity, privacy, digital human rights, Covid. WIRED, PopSci, Spinoff, Engadget, FT, IFJ. Visiting Scholar at Stout Research Centre, NZ. Bio: about.me/violetblue Pod: linktr.ee/raisedbyhorror News: patreon.com/violetblue
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I'm apartment hunting daily and it's stressful. But now I've been to tons of showings, I know neighborhoods & property managers, and I can tell when a listing is shady/using old inspection photos. Sometimes I see an ad that's amazing for... reasons. Like this one 😳 www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/r...

submitted 9 hours ago • 17 comments

Robin is saying: "COVID IS BACK" Batman is slapping Robin while responding: "IT NEVER LEFT" #COVIDisNotOVER

submitted 12 hours ago • 3 comments

Happy Pride Month to everyone else who is also chronically ill and high risk and unable to participate in Pride Month festivities because folks won't mask. I see you. Your love is still valid. And to everyone else who can safely attend events this month, please mask up.

submitted 14 hours ago • 22 comments

A #Covid surge and #Pride month double-whammy means you can stay safe and show support for the indie, inclusive, gender-diverse, #queer team behind The Covid Safety Handbook -- grab a copy at the link below, share this post! We keep us safe. linktr.ee/covidbook

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

Wanna support pride? Buy my book, I am a VERY gay author. This is a very gay instruction manual for cat operator’s and there is a very gay sticker sheet included. cuddleunit5.com

submitted 17 hours ago • 7 comments

"We really do want to stay in touch. We’d love for us to find a way to be part of each other’s lives. We don’t want you to think we’re just abandoning you at the exact moment when allyship would actually count for something tangible in this world."

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

No aurora to report from my corner of Wellington yet but plenty of spooky photo ops

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

In other news I finally saw #Sinners and I can't stop thinking about Kara Walker's silhouette installations. www.karawalkerstudio.com

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

FYI: Access: Horror Film Festival, named as one of the most accessible film festivals in the nation, returns this summer with a hybrid slate of films and events that celebrate disability in horror and genre cinema.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Chirps and purrs (Sammy) #Caturday #Blipvox

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

Updated the site ... blipvox.com Now available for IOS in the App Store. (Android store coming soon. More info and APK link on the website.) #blipvox lives!

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Has @paullecomtephoto.nz exploded yet?

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

OMG Aurora alert!

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

"We want people to be off Substack so we need to support people off Substack. This means sharing newsletters, like mine and others, that are on Buttondown or Beehiiv or Ghost or wherever else they end up. It means sharing Patreon links. It means sharing podcasts."

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

New newsletter today! EEDA Newsletter Vol 6, Res 16: What is Needed to Help People Leave Substack www.theinfophile.com/archive/eeda...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Did @theonion.com do this

submitted 2 days ago • 10 comments

Please help spread the word about our free threat modeling training for impacted Federal workers (week of July 7). This is a live-instruction version of our most popular training, Threat Modeling Intensive. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

On a walk near my current apartment, testing an audio app (Blipvox) made by my lovely friend @kosso.co.uk

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

If anyone has any insight into what actually happened here, I'd love to hear it. My Signal is couts.01 www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

It was a scary porting adventure but I am now free of Google wireless: bye bye Miss American Fi. I was an early adopter and brand ambassador in 2016. Thanks for the free Pixels; no thanks for the horrific international call charges and middle finger for use outside the US. Still love my Pixel tho 🙃

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments