In hacker news:

The world's dumbest hacker decided it was a great idea to hack the central website of the biggest network of cyber security and computer programmers in the world. AND piss off the biggest collective of trolls on the net, at the same time.

It's not going well for them.

bsky.app/profile/aapur.bsky.so

I was unaware this was a thing in the fed-iverse or whatever you call it. I've just been quietly enjoying hanging out on counter.social and bsky, blissfully unaware of the horrors just over the wall.

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Not to sound flippant or dismissive of the death of a human being, but how is this news?

A) It's a Waffle House.
B) There was a murder.

A always implies B. In fact, all jokes aside, I don't think there's a single Waffle House in the US that hasn't seen at least one murder.

That said, the macabre humor is kinda funny, anyway. Or maybe it's just that I have to laugh so I don't scream at yet another mass shooting in the US.

Someone posted the first image to my chat, and the second came flooding into my mind.

Because I'm old.

That is NOT a rustic medieval chair, artist.

Those are Senegalese birthing chairs. πŸ€£πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜‚

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Is anyone else getting weird negative-looking user icons on mobile? I've tried clearing my cache but a bunch of folks - including my own icon - still show up as a negative image next to posts.

Almost fell for an online scam. The first image is the jacket they advertise, but the second is /also/ shown in the listing.

You don't have to be a fashion guru to see the massive difference in materials and manufacturing quality between the two.

Guess which one you'd get in the mail if you actually spent money with this scammy company. Avoid LightInTheBox.

In honor of @th3j35t3r's post about Bridge Over Troubled Water, I'm bringing back one of my favorite jokes/memes I made on the hellsite years ago. 🀣🐺

"Simon and Garfunkel, a timeline..."

Clown. Car.

I just want to post these two images side by side for everyone - that's how they appear on my feed right now - note the times. It's hilarious, sad, and maddening.

It's like playing whack-a-mole. But the moles are anti-democratic libertarian nutbags.

Concerning, Amazon. Very concerning. Though I appreciate the warning since I'm hosting an event next week...

(Also, they're free from the government again.)

Trying to keep myself amused while the world burns, I turned to finally cracking open Civ VI.

Um. Hello, Steam? That's not a "barbarian." That's a very, very famous gay porn star. πŸ˜…πŸ˜‚πŸ€£πŸ˜…πŸΊ

Salt & Straw has decided not to release Dracula's Blood ice cream this October.

I have decided not to patronize Salt & Straw this year.

There's only one ice cream I ever go there for, year-round, and that's the brandy-cinnamon-pig's blood. It's not for everyone, but it's fun and tasty. πŸ§›πŸΊ

This, by the way, is a daifuku mochi. It's a delicious little ball of glutinous rice pounded into submission, stuffed with sweet filling, and dusted with sugar or rice flour.

I come to you with a warning, fellow CoSo-ites. This stuff is /disgusting/. I didn't think anything with the words "Thai Tea" and "Tapioca Pearls" could make me want to eat durian to wipe away the smell and taste of another food, but this one did.

I've got to scrub my mouth right now. Seriously. No joke.

It was like sucking on a chemical swage pipe. And after looking at the ingredient list, I know why.

Stick to Taste Nirvana. That's the good stuff.

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