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The old nursery rhyme "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words may never hurt me" has long been debunked because "words hurt too, man." But now we've gone so far in that direction that words are interpreted as if they are physical bludgeons that can physically harm you.

When are the universes outside the NA Social Safe Space going to realise that is not the same as ?

Gaslighting is a form of manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or members of a group, hoping to make targets question their own memory, perception, and sanity. Using persistent denial, misdirection, contradiction, and lying, it attempts to destabilize the target and delegitimize the target's belief.

So, why hasn't at least one guy in one of these secret societies flipped and leaked secrets at some point? I'm specifically thinking about Skull and Bones. Is it just a nostalgia thing carried into adulthood? Just spit-balling.

The AB in MOAB is for airblast. Meaning it didn't explode on the surface, meaning it is ineffective against underground targets. 100 fighters? Big whoop.

Edited my original post, because AB stands for airblast. Not airburst.

I just went around and did some basic nmap-ing on the most popular Mastodon instances, and there's some seriously sketchy stuff in there. Publicly reachable Postgres servers, tons of open internal HTTP ports, SSH with password login, multiple Mastodon instances that seem to be running on mail server VMs, …

I guess if you're just running a single-user instance for yourself, sure, but those are all 2000+ user instances.

Any NetSec Dudes Named Ben have a list of VPN source IPs? Help a brother out?

Local politics are the best. Sheriff takes chief deputy to a "private security training" conference on the taxpayer's dime, then goes to a lovely dinner at an establishment called "Mugs 'N Jugs."

First time engaging with the NA community.