jik.federate.social.ap.brid.gy
he/his
ex #USDS (fired by DOGE)
I work primarily in #infosec, #IT, and #SaaS infrastructure. Prior to USDS, I was a #tech #startup #CISO.
Dad, old-school hacker […]
[bridged from https://federate.social/@jik on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
1,030 posts
211 followers
15 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
comment in response to
post
Czeslaw Milosz wrote about this in The Captive Mind.
"A man may persuade himself, by the most logical reasoning, that he will greatly benefit his health by swallowing live frogs; and, thus rationally convinced, he may swallow a first frog, then a second; but at the third his stomach will […]
comment in response to
post
The thing you can't tell when you see me staring stiffly into the camera in this segment is just that, i.e., that I am staring stiffly into my webcam, because _I can't see the news anchor who is interviewing me_.
She can see me on a screen in the studio, but all I'm seeing at my end is a white […]
comment in response to
post
@EllenJS I think my mom did say she was proud of me on the phone today after the comment about getting a new job, so it's not all bad.
comment in response to
post
@BakerRL75 thanks, added the hashtag to the post, that's a new one for me
comment in response to
post
@jandi @hrbrmstr I wish I could figure out how to find a particular segment from a particular broadcast source at GDELT, and I suppose if I had enough time to play with it I could figure it out, but in the small time I had to check it out just now I found it completely impenetrable.
comment in response to
post
"You're kidding yourself if you think you're a big enough fish for Trump and Musk to care about."
You're probably right, but I'm doing everything I possibly can to make enough good trouble to make you wrong.
Because right now, every one of us needs to be doing everything within our power to […]
comment in response to
post
It is just patently astonishing to me that anyone can look at what has been done to Gaza and the West Bank and claim with a straight face that what _Israel_ has suffered since Oct. 7 is parallel to "the mass graves and ash-laden fields of Poland" vs. the reality: thanks to Israel, _Gaza_ is now […]
comment in response to
post
@EllenJS Probably, since I've already spoken with them about it several times. 😉
comment in response to
post
The support folks at Linode / Akamai kindly gave me a brief tutorial on how to handle a bogus #DMCA takedown notice. They aren't allowed to decide themselves that the notice is bogus. I have to unpublish the blog posting and then file a counter-notice with Linode (which I've now done), which […]
comment in response to
post
For the record:
* They emailed me the same request again on January 1, 2025. I once again told them to pound sand.
* This morning they escalated by filing a #DMCA takedown request with #Linode, my hosting provider. Email addresses can't be copyrighted, so the request is totally bogus. Linode […]
comment in response to
post
They're supposedly rolling out a new and improved unemployment portal later this year. What are the odds that it will do away with the ridiculous nightly maintenance window? I sure hope so!
comment in response to
post
@EllenJS I'm a cross between Howard the Duck and Alfred E. Neuman.
Not the best person to be the face of a movement. 😜 I hope someone else steps up soon so I can withdraw into the shadows where I prefer to stay.
comment in response to
post
The article appeared in the print edition of the Boston Herald, page 8, full page, with a different headline, "Firings come at a cost / Hub man swept up in DOGE cuts says talent being lost". The online headline is better. 😉
#politics #USPol #DOGE #VA #USDS #infosec
comment in response to
post
@EllenJS Dang it, I didn't realize there was a paywall on it because I have a browser extension which plows through them automatically. I've updated my original posting to include the archive.today link. Thanks for pointing that out!
comment in response to
post
@cryptadamist I am holding most of my family's retirement savings in cash and gold and silver ETFs. For the same reason as Warren Buffett.
comment in response to
post
@jik
5. The government: the bad stuff is the fault of the gays/Jews/feminists/coastal liberal elites/vaccine doctors
6. Dumb people: grab torches and pitchforks
comment in response to
post
Well, #GoogleSheets is working again in #Firefox, and since my Firefox version didn't change between when it broke and when it started working again, I must conclude that #Google did something to break #Sheets on Firefox and then realized only after shipping the change that they had done so and […]
comment in response to
post
@Birk_lab I personally know the people behind Federal Workers Against DOGE. They are not "Trump initiated."
You are absolutely right that it is risky for feds to be engaging in acts of resistance against the administration. And yet, we need feds to engage in acts of resistance against the […]
comment in response to
post
@Birk_lab https://federate.social/@jik/114007977378267261
comment in response to
post
@joeinwynnewood done!
comment in response to
post
The amount of love and support from the fedi pouring into my notifications tonight is very much appreciated. I don't take it for granted, and I appreciate you all. 🫂
comment in response to
post
@cryptadamist yup we're on it