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Sean Gallagher @SeanG@mastodon.cloud

A work in progress: Dr Facepalm's Worm Book. With apologies to Dr Seuss.

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So, I wrote this thing about how Gizmodo phished the White House and bragged about it...apparently without thinking about the legal implications of trying to phish people...

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Just spent a week with my parents. Resupplied with dank dad jokes.

So Fox News spied on reporters Ailes didn't like, and possibly on a host he had fired after her sexual harassment suit was filed. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Wanted: a way to filter all the Japanese out of the federated feed. (Not that I have anything against Japanese.)

That federated fire hose, though

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I got mad at several websites for breaking standard key bindings before realizing my keyboard wasn't plugged in

Phase 1: carefully curate mastodon.biz, make very brand/corp friendly. pre-populate it with several thousand markov scenebots that follow and boost brands

Phase 2: once brand critical mass is reached, sever any federation and cast it adrift

Phase 3: Periodically inject/tweak the markov bots so that the reaction metrics and data mining look consistent within the instance.

Phase 4: pray it doesn't return like V-ger.

@SeanG unable to use fail2ban on radio signal is a bummer