Marvyn Dodgers

12:30am fire alarm at hotel - lovely

🎶Hello darkness, my old friend It's already dark at 6pm And now I'm slowly creeping 'cause I hurt my back when I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence So down the hall I walk alone Searching for my fucking phone...🎶

This is ridiculous. Quad9's mission is literally free DNS with malware blocking, to help collective Internet defense and threat investigation. That's all they do.

A reminder, because it is almost that time of year: More children are killed by cars on Halloween than any other day of the year, by far. www.vox.com/future-perfe... If you're a parent, I hope you'll do what you can to keep kids safe. If you're driving on Saturday, PLEASE exercise extra caution.

Happy National Black Cat Day! Fun fact, to get a black cat, put out a black cat bowl.

Today we lost Walter Koenig. Some thoughts about a fine actor and genuinely nice guy....

We've been gathering at Starfleet Academy to honor Walter Koenig. Feel free to join us - at times like this, Star Trek fans come together to support one another, and your fellow Captains are here for you, and for Walter.

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'Otters' in ink by Jackie Morris, artist, author who lives and works in a small cottage by the sea in Wales #WomensArt #Monday

Extra Life 2026 is just two weeks away for Team Sensible Shoes! Help us help the kids by making our Shadows of Brimstone game even more interesting/deadly. Come for the banter and fun, stay for the ridiculous fights and mutations! tiltify.com/@blarkytopia...

Cheesecake Factory corporate headquarters this morning.

never coveted a backpack more

Code on My Phone

Great listen!

Marine life dramatically declined in Gulf of Mexico in years after BP oil spill, study finds https://mrf.lu/2HC-8

Druid Loving This Cloak Weather

Bags of full-size Snickers: $23.00 Cheating death: Priceless

I got to get caught up with Alan Dean Foster at the Poisoned Pen bookstore last evening. Hadn't seen Alan for years, so it was good to see him and chat. He was there to discuss his new book Lost on Paradise.

Happy Weekend!🐺👃

If you're engaging in amateur Halloween sculpture this weekend, be sure to use a pumpkin carving kit. It's Knife Ghost season!

Mass Effect. Dragon Age. Knights of the Old Republic. EA is closing BioWare and ending work on the next Mass Effect. Windows Weekly reflects on the studio, its games, and the people behind them. buff.ly/CpKIR8s

This week on Tech News Weekly with @mikahsargent.com : Meta Muse's security flaw, @allisonjo1.bsky.social' iPhone Duo review, Sebastian Herrera on Microsoft's Xbox overhaul, and Isaiah Poritz on Meta's $25 billion New Mexico ruling. Watch or listen: twit.tv/shows/tech-n...

Spoooooky 😂 via Mark Harris (offthemark.com)

Via @explosm.bsky.social

The Australian government is introducing legislation to allow AI companies to use authors’ work to build their models. This would apply to authors from anywhere in the world. Authors: To sign the US Author's Guild petition against (you don't need to be a member): authorsguild.org/news/austral...

Multiple Baldwin County residents have undergone post-exposure rabies treatment after being bitten by bats at different homes, the Alabama Department of Public Health announced Thursday.

::taps sign:: www.amazon.com/Cinderwich-A...

PRIVATE KEY NUMBER FOUR I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE

Oh no

@nedpyle.com no celebrations in Helsinki?

Check out the map if you need a spot to celebrate National Tavern Style Pizza Day. (Not all of them serve Chicago thin crust, but about 90% of them do)

Not a single word of this is hyperbolic in the slightest. Buy your friends in cybersecurity the drink or chocolate of their choice right now. We are not doing well

Mobile mayor: Multiple investigations launched into $14.7 million scam loss https://mrf.lu/2vQ_F

“Again, not my dad!” -Darby

Wish someone would release patches for my vulnerabilities