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Ian Bowers

@iggdawg.bsky.social

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Pro nerd, mostly networks and infosec. All opinions are my own and are probably bad. Same iggdawg as the bird app and the elephant app. Boston-ish. He/Him. DMs open because I am a chaos enjoyer.


Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Wait there's no "bring me 10 heads" side quest?

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they/them might be giants ☭'s avatar they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social
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The entirety of the Americas was full of people before Europeans, whole and rich civilizations with cities and artwork and histories that settlers almost or in some cases completely succeeded in destroying. It’s too great a tragedy to put into words.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Our run as a "Nation of laws" was imperfect but fine. Not looking forward to the whole "Nation of men" but I guess here we are.

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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴 's avatar Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴 @knilirabaj.bsky.social
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Need the Supreme Court to rule that Black people don’t have to pay taxes because of Originalism or some shit.

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David_j_roth's avatar David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social
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I don't want some egghead bureaucrat telling me whether there's poison in the water I drink. Ideally I'd want that decided by a 29yo judge who went to a "biblical law school" and does not believe dinosaurs existed, and then to have that decision reaffirmed six years later by the Supreme Court.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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In my case it ends up being misogyny. I get to ho-hum shrug it off and the task falls to wifey.

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SwiftOnSecurity's avatar SwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com
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Anyway, I’ll be voting – but you’re welcome for your choices to matter years later in ways you were warned about but didn’t match your online aesthetic to other insulated political cosplayers. The bed you made is gonna be warm tonight. Unlike, you know, some other people.

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I guess nobody told SCOTUS not to make changes in prod on a Friday. Or else shit breaks. Welp.

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To recap the past 24 hours: Jake Tapper: who should be president Trump: I should be president Biden: no, I should be president Roberts: actually I am the president

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Stare decisis is about as authoritative as vibes with this supreme court.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Innocent! Anyone could have dug that hole!

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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"Is there any badguy shit we're not doing yet? Can we funnel some cash into that?"

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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I'd argue most of them don't actually believe in any god in a meaningful way, except when they need to use religion as a shield or a bludgeon. And they have their own moral compass, which only ever points in one direction. And they're aware of all this and comfortable with it.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Just did a Battlestar Galactica rewatch and they have heavy shakycam on indoor conversations between two people alone in a room. It's great.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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If Christians focused more on the actual teachings of their namesake vs weaponizing obscure verses out of context, I think we'd all be in a better place. That said, your point is well taken.

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rahaeli 's avatar rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social
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I'm not going to litigate the specifics of this situation, but there are some critical lessons here for people who are thinking of running a labeler (and to some extent they're the lessons of T&S in general, but they are even more important given the paradigm of composable moderation).

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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I sometimes wonder how folks like that would have developed in an environment where they got to forge their worldview via interaction instead of instruction. I'm not saying it'd be any different, but I often wonder.

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Lauren's avatar Lauren @laurenkayes.bsky.social
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It’s so cool that cities are like “pweeease only turn your AC on if you’re actively dying and don’t go below 79 🥺🤘🏻💗” while the AI nobody asked for is slurping up the power grid to make 1 image of a girl with 5 tits

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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In writing this I'm understanding that one extension of this is "hardship is necessary for goodness" which I absolutely don't agree with. So I'll take this on the chin and say my worldview does need a little refining, but I'm ok with being a work in progress.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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While I don't think everyone needs to reinvent the wheel, I think there's value in kiddos stealing a toy and finding out it felt yucky when their friend got sad. Sometimes you have to skin a knee to understand that skinning knees sucks and should be avoided. But at a high level I get you and agree.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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The "liberals make everything political" crowd gets so confused when a candidate wins even though their voters didn't have yard signs and flags with their name all over them.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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I'll trust someone who operates in good faith with their own flawed moral compass vs someone who strictly adheres to someone else's moral compass. And it's not even close.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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This was true a week ago, it's true today.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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People who claim this kind of thing always baffle me. You can't tell right from wrong on your own? Only in some religious context? You don't have your own moral compass, you just borrow one and go based on vibes from there?

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Kevin M. Kruse's avatar Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social
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Dear Reporters,

If you’re interviewing a theocrat who says “all our laws are based on the Ten Commandments” and you don’t immediately ask them to provide evidence and examples for that laughably stupid claim, just go ahead and quit your job.

www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/u...

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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How is this so universally true? There's always some pancake pillow with no support, and an overinflated accent pillow that's about as useful as a soccer ball.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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The thing about every troll is they all think they're the first one to figure out trolling and they have some clever angle the rest of us will find confusing and disarming.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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I'm opting into being mean, but exclusively to you. Because you're an asshole, you don't belong here, and you should know that.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Nah bud, you're just being a hateful asshole. You opted into this conversation just to shit on people.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Most of my friends ask if they should take off their shoes upon entering. I've never even had to ask. I'm baffled by this article.

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Originalism continues to be whatever originalists say it is.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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When I leapt from BSD to Linux eons ago, I started with Ubuntu because it was easy and mostly actually worked out of the box. Now I'm a father of 3 and can't be bothered to troubleshoot anything. Someone has had any problems I've had before so there's a fix. I'm literally both ends of this chart.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Most of my team is in AU and I'm Eastern time. I have a morning standup call with them every evening where I wish them a happy whatever day tomorrow is. Time is the worst.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Thank you for this wholesome moment of joy.

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They all went to Macy's and asked for the school shooter fit

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Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) 's avatar Karl (sad trombone noise enthusiast) @brainnotonyet.bsky.social
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since it appears neo fascist Vic Mackey is here trolling people it’s probably good to remind people to block that account and any account that follows it for your own safety. I oiled assume much of the coordinated far right trolling is coming from around that account and a few other Nazi accounts.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Pretty much all the worst stuff humans have done can be found on earth. It's terrible.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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This man had exactly one good tweet ever and he deleted it.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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I mean, intertidal dampers are sort of like seatbelts...

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Thank goodness. We Ians are few. We can't afford to lose any of us, certainly not a flagship Ian.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Yes, I read it quite well. You don't speed in your neighborhood or similar streets because you're familiar with its specific risks. Other places where you're unfamiliar with what specific risks they might have, well screw those.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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There's plenty of room in this bush, get in.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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"I don't speed in my neighborhood but in other neighborhoods it's fine" very good stuff, champ. Top notch.

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Ian Bowers's avatar Ian Bowers @iggdawg.bsky.social
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Something is going on. I refuse to find out what it is, but it's out there and it's going on.

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