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@lodrina.bsky.social

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"liberal arts section of the computer underground" -j. menn

A stop sign under which has been installed a yellow rectangular professional looking sign with the words "hammer time". Together, the two unexpectedly take you back to the 90s: STOP, HAMMER TIME.
A blue USPS mailbox surrounded by snow on all sides, about a foot deep or more for 5 feet in any direction. Also, the slot where you would put mail is 100٪ filled with slow from the outside.
Jumboron "WIN" text with players in a celebratory circle in front of a goal
A marketer totally butchering the spelling of my name. Twice. Even after I ask them to correct the spelling.
cDc book along with stickers and patches on offer as part of fundraiser. More details at link in post.
Cult of the Dead Cow revised paperback with 2.5" circular purple embroidered patches with the "V" fur Veilid logo. Also 2.5" round holographic stickers with the cDc Cult of the Dead Cow logo.
A book display called "what's your lucky number?" And Jeff Kosseff book "the twenty six words that created the internet" on display between other books with numbers in their title. A large atrium of a multi story library can be seen in the background
Foreground in focus: folded blue and orange ink zine "Camberville Hacker History - The Bsides Drop - ver 1.0.1" Background: out of focus but lit two people on stage for Veilid live chat demo
Stage with Veilid slide about design goals. Medus4 on left with orange hair, DilDog on right behind podium. The front rows are at the bottom of the frame and you can see the backs of heads paying attention to the talk.
Outside park with lots of palm trees against a clear blue sky but the palm tree center in the photo on closer inspection is not like the others: it is taller and the fronds very evenly spaced, and hiding broadcast antennas. There's also a giant ant climbing the trunk which for some people might be the first clue there's something unusual here.
I LOVE YOU unamerican sticker on a trash can. It looks like a newly applied shiny vinyl sticker
[BLANK SPACE] music exhibit at NSA museum, winter 24/25, showing liner notes from a Taylor Swift album with a secret message and a friendship bracelet and alphabet beads "CRYPTOLOGIC"
Green Ghostwrter orb coming out of a computer in front of 2 surprised and amazed 90s era kids
It's the Michelin man looking all dough boy like on a bicycle. Fat and happy.
Elizebeth Friedman; Agnes Meyer Driscoll; Juanita Moody; Ann Carascristi
SANS half page flyer with front and center photo of me in profile instructing a class The advertisement is for a conference in Baltimore, March 3-8, please join me!
Directions for folding a fortune teller from a square piece of paper. The source easypeasyandfun.com also shows examples of the finished folded items decorated like tiger faces with a middle opening fold as the mouths
A motorcycle parked on a bright blue sky day in front of "ponyhenge" which is a bunch of springy toy horses in a field in a circle a la Stonehenge
A giant in vehicle screen that says "do you want to deauthorize the following device? carter's iPhone [Yes][No]"
GNU tee shirts on a table in the process of being folded There is an Ada & Zangemann children's book about software being used to fold the shirts all gnice and gneatlt
Two filets of salmon, perfectly cooked on a small indoor counter top grill.
Creepy ghoul image with pink and blue hues; Cult of the Dead Cow logos at the top; announcing text file #429 at the bottom
B&W photo of a cat wearing a fancy hat with shawl and button (badge) that says "Votes for Women" The cat is stepping on a sign that says "We demand the vote" Under that is the subtitle "Advocate for Women's Rights"
A good colored skeleton sitting at a wooden table reading a big spooky book. There are lit candles and a dark window in the background
A small treasure chest the size of a large kleenex box. It is shut and my hand is holding two toothpicks, throng to "pick" it open. There is a stack of 5 paperback "Cult of the Dead Cow" books in the background
4 adventure motorcycles parked perpendicular to the sidewalk sharing one car size parking space in a rural town center
Flyer for "Hackers" the movie in 35mm at the Somerville theater, pre show at 6pm, after party at Crystal Ballroom
Pop up alert "Tracker traveling with you. Unknown Apple AirTag detected"
"Fire" character turning to fire emoji
Auditorium where a slide acknowledging Becky Bace "InfoMom" is on the screen
Barney wearing boxing gloves against a semi famous non costumed opponent
Boston Public Library courtyard dusted with snow
Fording a river on a motorcycle in the middle of nowhere
A live traffic map of Boston. All the major arteries (95 - ring road, 93 through highway) are red or very dark red indicating heavy traffic
Picture of book, text: ECHO POLL Source: From on online survey of 233 members of Echo, October 1995. Margin of Error: I wonder about the Echoids sometimes. Why do you lurk¿ 21% said "I have nothing to say." 16% said they were shy, intimidated, or felt like an outsider. 12% said "To learn," or "To get the lay of the land." 7% said they were voyeurs. 3% said there was nothing worth responding to. (from Cyberville by Stacy Horn)
Text: Imaging getting arrested and cat just comes along and f*ing sits on you Image: Person facedown on ground with cat sitting on top. Motorcycle nearby on ground while police stand around
Riding a BMW motorcycle through Monument Valley
Cow in front of motorcycle adventure sign