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Jerry

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Admin/owner of this Boston-area Mastodon server. A liberal who also follows conservatives who use facts to form opinions & are good people. I want my beliefs challenged. I hate when people agendize everything. I play around with Linux (https://jerry.hear-me.blog)

I also own:
Alternative Mastodon UI: https://phanpy.hear-me.social
Peertube instance: https://my-sunshine.video
Bluesky PDS: https://blue-ocean.social (jerry.blue-ocean.social)
and more...

he/him/his

#StarTrek #ScienceFiction #Linux

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

Jerry, (edited ) to random
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I see Hunter Biden, this and that all over the news. Am I the only one who has absolutely no interest in his trial? #Poll

Jerry, to Netflix
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Normally, I skip shows on Netflix that have been canceled after their 1st or 2nd season because I just don't want to get into them and end up frustrated. Or, to put it another way, I rarely watch a new Netflix series. I wait for the 3rd season, and then I catch up.

But, I was really intrigued by what I saw about #Sense8 in the previews and ended up binge-watching it.

Damn Netflix for canceling it! I think it's one of their best.

This is my biggest annoyance with #Netflix. They cancel great shows in the middle.

Jerry, (edited ) to random
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Jerry, to random
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I never buy anything made by random Chinese companies any longer. There's a reason their stuff is so inexpensive. And, yeah, I had to be burned a few times before I learned this.

https://www.clickondetroit.com/consumer/help-me-hank/2024/05/24/smoke-detectors-sold-on-amazon-recalled-because-they-dont-work/?ICID=ref_fark

Jerry, to Cybersecurity
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Stay safe!
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/05/scammers-can-easily-phish-your-multi-factor-authentication-codes-heres-how-to-avoid-it

Jerry, to prochoice
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Jerry, to random
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Interesting visual perspective.
30-second video

https://my-sunshine.video/w/wu2Z2HaM9aSPFcAShnAgRt

Jerry, (edited ) to random
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UPDATE on 216.106.86.232 :

Every few seconds, it's doing the following GETS. I'm getting about 2,000 calls per hour from this IP.

https://hear-me.social/packs/media/images/friends-cropped-40409bf96999902fa49757ebce824ce6.png

https://hear-me.social/api/v1/streaming?stream=public:local&access_token=O6luKbPRJV0FlTvhCSqn6z4wNwkUJMxUPgD7xMn4fsc

https://hear-me.social/api/v1/announcements

https://hear-me.social/api/v1/notifications?exclude_types[]=follow_request&since_id=79462

Is anyone else getting traffic from 216.106.86.232 ?

I will open a report with the ISP

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I'm putting this under because I've noticed that since 12 PM EDT yesterday (30-Apr-2024), API requests coming in from 216.106.86.232 have been returning 500 errors constantly from my server. No other 500 errors were being returned.

I blocked the IP at the Cloudflare firewall and now the 500 errors have stopped. There were more than 93K 500 return codes in total until now!

I have no idea what the requests are, and it's too late at night to do more research, but I'm passing this along to other Admins as a warning and to see if anyone else is seeing similar behavior.

@Gargron

Here's what I see in Cloudflare for the last one hour before blocking the IP address. Notice all the requests returning 500 are from this single IP. There are no page views. It's all API requests. And 500 errors stopped after I blocked it.

Any insights would be appreciated.

Jerry, to PoliticalHumor
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It's a legal conundrum

#Trump #PoliticalHumor #USPol #USPolitics

Jerry, to Software
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#Agile #Software #programming
This is the way

Jerry, to random
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flipboard.com is a remarkable collection of accounts that are connected to the Fediverse. There are 5,757 accounts from them that are known on this server (we relay with them and get all their content), and these accounts post about every topic imaginable.

You can follow any of their accounts on your favorite Fediverse app! It's great!

I relay with their server so that searches return a richer result set.

Today, I had to create an extra sidekiq process just to handle the surge of posts from them. But, I think it's worth it.

If you have a specific interest, you might find an appropriate account to follow. I'll be looking through their accounts.

Here's a tiny screenshot to show how specialized some accounts are.

#Flipboard #Mastoadmin

Jerry, to threads
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For anyone who hates #Trump (most, I hope?), you'll be delighted to know that MeidasTouch has turned on their #Threads federation and can be followed from Mastodon and other Fediverse apps via @meidastouch

Offer void where prohibited by Admin law

While they have a Mastodon account on mstdn.social (@MeidasTouch), they seemed to have stopped posting with it back in September, sadly.

#USPolitics #USPol #MeidasTouch

@GottaLaff
@jaykuo

Jerry, to threads
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Star Trek fans! :trekbadgetng:

7 of 9 (Jeri Ryan) has turned on Threads Federation and can now be followed on the Fediverse!

She once had an active Mastodon account but hasn't posted anything since last September. But, she's a prolific poster on #threads at @jerilryan

Her inactive Mastodon account is @JeriLRyan

#startrek #7of9 #SevenofNine @georgetakei @GoodAaron

Jerry, to threads
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#Obama has enabled Federation on his threads account, @barackobama, and so his account can be followed here on Mastodon and other Fediverse servers.

This offer not valid on servers where your Admin is blocking #threads

@GottaLaff

Jerry, to threads
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This is a question for those who have moved from #Threads as their primary social media microblogging site to a Mastodon (or other ActivityPub) instance.

  1. Why did you move from #Threads to a different platform, a Federated one?
  2. Did you know anything about Mastodon, or other Federated platforms, before Threads turned on Federation?
  3. How is the experience better, worse, the same compared to Threads?
  4. Are you maintaining dual accounts now or are you completely off Threads?
  5. Other thoughts on the topic?
Jerry, to manga
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My daughter's music group, #Eyrie, in Japan, on June 7th, will release an album through Universal Music Japan, titled, #Hintori, which translates to Phoenix, Firebird, Immortal Bird. In Japanese culture, it's also a symbol of hope and renewal.

They'll be touring later as well through Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya.

I'm so incredibly proud of Rina. She has amazing music talent and her music career is doing so great! She's the one in the middle in the group picture.

"Phoenix" was the life's work of Japan's world-renowned #manga artist Osamu #Tezuka, This is an official album produced with Tezuka Productions.

The album's preface has comments from Osamu Tezuka's eldest daughter, Rumiko Tezuka.

https://www.universal-music.co.jp/eyrie/news/2024-04-05/

#Eyrie #RinaKohmoto #Musician #JapanMusic

Jerry, to random
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@GottaLaff
Nice!

Biden's Threads account is now federating with Mastodon and can be followed with @potus

Jerry, (edited ) to random
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Some random person told me they are blocking me because I don't block threads.

And I wonder, why did he tell me this? Can someone be so arrogant and self-centered to believe that I would care that he, a total stranger, has blocked me? Does he think that he is so important that this would hurt me? Whatever was he expecting the impact to be from me?

He blocked me. So, why would I care???

I live on this planet with people, but I definitely don't understand a lot of them.

Your thoughts? Help me understand.

When a stranger blocks you because they disagree with you:

Jerry, to threads
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President Biden has turned on the Federation option for his Threads account!

@potus

While we have threads.net limited here because of the expectation of poor moderation, his account, as well as a number of others, have been exempted from limiting and can be followed in hear-me.social the same as any Mastodon account.

Remember, though, the feature is in beta. It's one way. You can read posts from #Threads accounts, but those accounts cannot yet see replies, nor can they see who favorited or boosted their posts.

#Potus #Biden

You can see which Threads accounts have no limits, and you can read our Threads policy at https://jerry.hear-me.blog/threads-and-hear-me-social-faq/

Jerry, to threads
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@GottaLaff

Good news for the never fans. George Conway turned on the Federation option on his account and now can be followed on Mastodon.

This offer does not apply where Threads has been blocked by your admin

@gtconway3

Jerry, to privacy
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Concerning

As you walk by, "The sign collects a [cell phone] device’s unique address, which is encrypted before it’s sent back to Soofa, the company said. Soofa described the collection as “passive.”"

Soofa tries hard to convince people there is no threat because THEY don't share with 3rd parties, but only turn the information over to the municipalities.

Beyond that, though, they can't assure that governments won't share, nor can they vouch for how well municipalities will protect the data.

Very concerning as a privacy issue.

#privacy #cybersecurity #tracking

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/03/26/these-solar-powered-signs-across-boston-collect-data-from-your-phone/

Jerry, (edited ) to infosec
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Why everyone should be using an ad blocker. Ads are not just annoying, they are a security issue.
#infosec #Scam #cybersecurity

Jerry, to random
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For those suffering from Trumps reduced bond. May this help your suffering.

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