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Blog post: Today in Horrifying dystopia: When I got a new floor lamp, I didn’t expect to bring a surveillance device with facial recognition and mood analysis into my home. This thing has a microphone, knows my WiFi, and asks for a selfie. blog.franklinveaux.com/2025/02/toda...

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I think MailChannels has completely lost the plot. Every one of these came through Mailchannels. As a spam and phish filter, they’re worthless—in fact, professional phishers now rely on Mailchannels for delivery. I recommend auto-deleting anything that comes via Mailchannels.

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When the people crown a clown, the palace becomes a circus.

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Heading to the post office to ship today’s batch of free Resist and Empathy stickers! I have now sent out more than a thousand stickers(!!). I seriously had no idea these would resonate the way they did.

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Oh. Oh my. Spotted on Quora this morning. Who wants to tell him about the guy who started the Church of England?

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The current Administration answers a question I feel certain nobody was asking: “What if Sauron, but, like, really f*ckin’ dumb?”

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

My shopping cart software fell over AGAIN. Just got off the phone with my gateway provider, and the cart is back up again. I keep underestimating demand for the stickers. I’m really sorry. 😢 Anyway, it’s working now.

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I have a limited quantity of Resist stickers back in stock! I also have a small quantity of the second sticker design, “Commit the Sin of Empathy.” These are 100% free, but I’ve had to limit quantities. I have a thousand more on the way. They’ll go quick! franklinveaux.com/cart/index.p...

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Wrote almost 3200 words yesterday, including the weirdest sex scene I’ve ever written (involving the protagonist and a cheap Manchester United souvenir keyring), but I’m still not quite sure where this novel is going. #AmWriting #AmWritingFiction

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My uni class in cryptography and infosec continues to pay dividends. Who knew this class would turn out to be so useful in my day-to-day life?

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So I’ve scraped together enough to buy a giant large-format 3D resin printer capable of using a super-hard resin, in an effort to solve my problem making xenomorph hiphugger molds that don’t wear out after 2-3 castings, and, um…it’s so big I might need to get rid of my couch.

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Okay, but hear me out. What if Hugo Weaving as Sherlock Holmes?

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Blog post: Quick update on the Resist stickers: New design on the way, a large order due in, changes to the shopping cart, getting larger quantities, and more! blog.franklinveaux.com/2025/02/upda...

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Noted without comment: Human.

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Noted without comment: All we can do. #Resist

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Just learned today is the Super Duper Bowl or something. So, in the interests of Team Spirit: Go preferred team! Defeat the opposing team! Perform skilled acts!

submitted 15 days ago • 2 comments

Spotted on the ground in downtown Portland.

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I am overwhelmed with gratitude at the kindness I’ve received over the past day, and the enthusiasm for the Resist stickers. I’m on my way to the post office to send out the first set. If you didn’t get a confirmation email, it’s because outgoing emails are still blocked.

submitted 18 days ago • 1 comment

So. Um…last night’s misadventure with the Resist stickers on my site has been illuminating. I’ll make the software more robust before the next batch, but also, my cart generated so much traffic in two hours that my mail server is now listed as a spam source by MailChannels.

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Wow. Um, I didn’t expect that to happen. It took two hours for my entire first production run of Resist stickers to disappear. To anyone else trying to get one, I’m really, really sorry. I’ve ordered more. It usually takes about two weeks for them to be produced.

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Spotted in downtown Portland.

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I know a lot of us are feeling pretty hopeless right now. I’ve just received the first run of stickers I’ve designed to remind us to keep our heads up. I’m giving them away free on my web site. More designs are coming in the next few weeks. Want one? franklinveaux.com/cart/index.p...

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:

submitted 20 days ago • 1186 comments

My personal sex onion. #infographics

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Woke up this morning and the first thing I saw on the Internet was some rando saying “the Big Bang theory says the universe came from nothing” so I made a thing. When you see a statement on this card, you know you can discard whatever else that person says.

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Holy fuck, Temu is like a needy and slightly psycho date you went out with one time who freaked out after you took six hours to reply to them in FB Messenger. I placed one order two months ago for about $22 and…

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Portland, I am back once more in your damp and clammy embrace, after an absolutely lovely couple of weeks with some absolutely lovely people.

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Only just barely made my connection in Denver by a cat’s whisker, but man, the flight here was gorgeous.

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My flight out of Springfield was delayed several hours, so they put me on a different flight that’ll actually get me into Portland sooner than I was scheduled. It’s such a wee small thing!

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My Talespinner’s cat seems not to want me to go. (It’s a fair cop, I’m not thrilled about it myself!)