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dko

@dko@infosec.exchange

He/him.

Lapsed craftsperson
No spoons, only knives
Too-earnest chronic illness fuckup

Header image is a church sign that reads:
THOSE PREVENTING HISTORY
FROM BEING TAUGHT
INTEND TO REPEAT IT

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A smiling amorphous cartoon blob gleefully riding a bicycle.
It has swept back handlebars and the back tire is kicking up a modest cloud of dust.

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dko , to Random stuff
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yeah hey if you're considering bariatric surgery please reconsider it and read about omeprazole side effects and honestly just ask me questions here or pvt

dko OP ,
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look, not having a fundus any more is awesome, but vomiting if you eat a little too fast and being basically incapacitated if your antacid doesn't work aren't good deals.

if it helps you do what you think you want to, cool. you can also find an endocrinologist to help you lose the same amount of weight with medication.

you will get far, far more from accepting yourself. it's not a defeat.

really, please, as someone who has fought this battle for more than two decades, the disability and chronic illness spaces have more to offer you than any community you've ever been a part of before.

dko , to Random stuff
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Still image. Screenshot of a chat. Eric Andre "why would meme" is just off screen. Text reads: WHY WOULD STUDENT PROTESTERS DO THIS? text chat: antifa supersoldiers BAYBEE picture of a person in tac gear and helmet that reds ACAB text chat: How do they train? Picture of the same person, rear of helmet reads WHEN THE SHOOTING STARTS GET BEHIND ME text chat reply to "How do they train?": reading theory 😎
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    • notjustbikes , to Random stuff
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    [surprised pikachu meme]

    https://thedriven.io/2024/05/14/nearly-all-major-car-companies-are-sabotaging-ev-transition-and-japan-is-worst-study-finds/

    dko ,
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    @notjustbikes it's so depressing to see the exact same thing happen for a third time in recent memory. america loves to pretend at being a cutthroat, take-all-comers, market-based-economy while subsidizing every single industry with enough lobbyists.

    we saw Japanese car makers revolutionize the automotive landscape despite tariffs in the 70s through 90s, we saw the exact same thing in the 90s through the 2000s with Korean manufacturers, and now it's going to happen again.

    and none of it served the public interest.

    plutonian , to Random stuff
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    i regret to inform everyone that it's going to be a "horny on main" kind of day

    dko ,
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    @plutonian

    Still image. Amy Poehler, an person with medium long blonde hair, wearing a sleeveless dress, giving a double thumbs up. Bottom text reads: YOU GOT THIS

    dko , to Random stuff
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    a third of images with alt text is worlds ahead of anything corporate social media has managed. thank you all for contributing and being thoughtful!

    We've got to pump those numbers UP

    https://mastodon.social/@AltTextHealthCheck/112467699732404812

    Animated image. Matthew McConaughey telling you that these are rookie numbers. Person in a suit, medium length hair, skyline visible in the windows, speaking in a relaxed, yet forceful manner. Bottom text: Those are rookie numbers

    Still image. Chart showing how many images are posted to an instance with Alt Text. chaos.social - 88% beige.party - 86% social.kyiv.dcomm.net.ua - 85% zug.network - 84% photog.social - 81% tech.lgbt - 80% mastodon.scot - 75% mastodon.green - 75% social.tchncs.de - 73% mastodon.art - 72% mastodon.nz - 72% wandering.shop - 72% troet.cafe - 72% dice.camp - 67% aus.social - 65% mastodon.sdf.org - 65% piaille.fr - 64% meow.social - 63% wetdry.world - 60% hachyderm.io - 60% social.lol - 59% nrw.social - 58% sueden.social - 56% norden.social - 54% mstdn.ca - 53% fosstodon.org - 50% sfba.social - 50% mamot.fr - 50% toot.community - 49% mastodon.gamedev.place - 49% c.im - 46% ohai.social - 45% techhub.social - 44% mastodonapp.uk - 43% mastodon.online - 42% mindly.social - 42% mastodon.ie - 42% ruhr.social - 42% kolektiva.social - 37% mas.to - 33% infosec.exchange - 32% universeodon.com - 27% masto.ai - 27% mstdn.social - 27% mastodon.social - 25% mastodon.nl - 25% botsin.space - 24% mastodon.nu - 21% mastodont.cat - 18% fedibird.com - 15%
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    • dko OP ,
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    https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/impact-of-fediverse-clients-on-the-use-of-alt-text/

    plutonian , to Random stuff
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    getting railed in a sundress by someone else also wearing a sundress

    dko ,
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    @plutonian
    sunday hornies > sunday scaries*

    *yhwh, the ultimate sunday scary

    dko ,
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    @plutonian @fiadh pew pew pew

    dko , (edited ) to Random stuff
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    can we go back to a William Gibson dystopia instead of a Philip K. Dick dystopia?

    https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/robot-dogs-armed-with-ai-targeting-rifles-undergo-us-marines-special-ops-evaluation/

    dko OP ,
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    if'n you never read The Second Variety or saw Screamers

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-60rQsK9-w

    dko , to Random stuff
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    realized Substitoot basically disabled my user blocklist

    if you're running it and have seen shit you don't want to, maybe that's why

    hacks4pancakes , to Random stuff
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    Omg, the myths that go around rather than turning on MFA...

    https://youtube.com/shorts/TgTPievQJB0?si=OgiFq3oEEZ4bMd2C

    dko ,
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    @hacks4pancakes The twist at the end could've been that the customer is a CISO

    ReticentTurnip , to Random stuff
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    I bet Russell Stover would kick Russell Brand's ass

    dko ,
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    @ReticentTurnip wish they'd Russel stove his head in.

    djsundog , to Random stuff
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    oh good eugen went to silicon valley. I am sure that will have nothing but positive net effects. silicon valley is well known for producing a chill moderated well thought out vibe on tech dudes.

    dko ,
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    @djsundog sung to the tune of devil went down to georgia, names reversed

    Yuriel , to Random stuff
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    Ok, this is so seemingly simple and obvious but so right on point:

    "Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advice from." - post excerpt from user t_l_wood@mastodon.social

    Freakin' right there. 😌

    dko ,
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    @Yuriel it comes from a rightfully maligned show, yet I think about this at least weekly

    "your boos mean nothing. i've seen what makes you cheer."

    hannu_ikonen , to Random stuff
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    Stop watching cop shows. Fuck the cops.

    dko ,
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    @hannu_ikonen aside from the fact that the show was good despite its setting, one of the things I really respect about the folks who made Brooklyn 99 was that they outright stated that there's no defensible way to make a police procedural and none of them felt right about making the show any more.

    dko , to Random stuff
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    one of the five glasses i got to try on makes me look a little like Hank from Johnny Mnemonic

    and they're the worst to wear and very uncomfortable and there's no way to justify them and everyone i've asked except for one person hates them

    nora , to Random stuff
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    i did a practice

    dko ,
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    @nora :clap_claw: :clap_claw: :clap_claw: makes me wonder if you could make a linoprint with these!

    dko ,
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    @nora now i kind of want to make gnocchi with it 😋

    i really appreciate how much you share and it often propels me into the shop or to make even a little bitty thing. i'm sure i'm not the only one and i just wanted to tell you that you're an inspiration, in the shop or not. thank you :ablobcatheartsqueeze:

    dko ,
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    @nora I hope this little faerie door helps, too

    https://infosec.exchange/@dko/111993648211664257

    ai6yr , to Random stuff
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    Got my Saturday list done!

    Bicycled to the library
    Bicycled to a garage sale
    Bicycled to the store (solely to buy snacks for the pet rabbits 🤔)

    Saw some fitness cyclers
    A few kids on bikes
    No adults doing any utilitarian cycling
    Eight bazillion cars (Nobody walks/bikes in LA!)
    Annoyed the clerks in a store asking them where the nearest bicycle rack was (answer: nowhere nearby)

    dko ,
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    @ai6yr Tom introduced me to the clip-on rear basket and it's been such an upgrade to running errands and going to the store on my bikes!

    I throw a lock and a few bags in the basket when i leave, lock up the bike when I get to the store, unclip the basket and just go shopping with it! It's about the same size as a regular store basket and is generally enough for a week's worth of groceries for me.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1NgPFiBu_k

    dko , to Random stuff
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    the not-so-secret truth is that i'm mostly an uncoordinated goober

    but when i'm making something i don't have to think about my body, only what it lets me create

    and being on two wheels (motor or not) lets me be graceful

    i can't convey just how important experiencing those two things are to my health. and maybe they're important to you, too.
    and you might not know it.
    i didn't until i found/rediscovered repeatable ways to feel them.

    i don't know that this is actionable advice. maybe it's just a way to say: sometimes really simple things are wonderful, and rewarding, and reinvigorating.

    Em0nM4stodon , to Random stuff
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    Have you noticed how people who
    react to their environment and things happening in their lives are often diagnosed anxious, emotional, depressed, eco-anxious even, and are dismissed and medicalized.

    While people who are not reacting to
    anything, even things slowly killing them or others, are deemed normal.

    What’s up with that?

    dko ,
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    @Em0nM4stodon

    Still image. Screenshot of a social media post: @awildmaxdisapp1 Good mental health is when you believe in maintaining the status quo and bad mental illness is when you're upset about the crushing weight of the evils that we create and excuse every single day 10:47 PM - Feb 26, 2024
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    • Alice , to Random stuff
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    I have friends from high school who have kids that are graduating from high school and I’m over here celebrating my graduation into a new loyalty tier at my preferred hotel chain.

    dko ,
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    @Alice i had a heartening thought recently,
    most of my friends that started having kids early
    their kids are about to, or are a few years away from, college and/or the working world
    which means that all of those friends will soon have a bunch of time for cookouts and camping trips and mid-week bike rides

    jetton , to Random stuff
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    Swollen feet?

    Try this One Weird Trick that doctors don't want you to know.

    dko ,
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    @jetton
    just like cutting off one's nose to spite one's face,
    it has the strong benefit of showing results immediately

    Gorebitchev , to Random stuff
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    what if we like spiral sliced the shaft like a ham

    dko ,
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    @Gorebitchev

    dko ,
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    @fcktheworld587 @Gorebitchev

    sluttymayo , to Random stuff
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    law and order: online

    dko ,
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    @sluttymayo

    Still image. Painted fantasy-book-type poster. A person in a modest suit, square tie, rumpled straw hat with maroon band, holding a beaming lower case t. There are giant apes, imps, mummies, sea monsters, succubi, and ghouls in the immediate background, two clawed hands on the person's shoulders. Title reads: kolchak: the night poster "poster" is overlaid in place of the original "stalker"
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    • dko , to Random stuff
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    in case anyone needed more extremely clear statements about what is actually driving tiktok bans

    https://www.politico.eu/article/french-tiktok-ban-new-caledonia-overseas-territory-dangerous-precedent-macron-eu/

    Quinnypig , to Random stuff
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    The double-edged sword of my ADHD procrastination strikes again.

    Pro: I'm very good in a crisis.
    Con: I'm only good in a crisis.

    dko ,
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    @Quinnypig

    Still image. Screenshot from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) illustrating conditional motivation. Eddie Valiant, a detective in shirtsleeves, hat, slacks, loosened tie, and suspenders, saws away at a pair of handcuffs. Roger, a cartoon rabbit, helpfully slips out of the cuffs to steady the box they're using as a workstand. Eddie: You mean you could've done it at any time?! Roger (labeled ADHD): Not at any time, only when it was INTERESTING or URGENT
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    • pivotal , to Random stuff
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    with all our communications being fed into AI, shitposting is more important than ever, we must poison the evil thinking machines

    dko ,
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    @pivotal every peepeepoopoo, incoherent stream of emojos, kink and horny post, every single one is a tiny lego for some techbro to step on

    jonny , to Random stuff
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    Reading this book about how birds go to space when its winter from 1703.

    https://archive.org/details/anessaytowardsp00mortgoog

    dko ,
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    @jonny i might have imagined this in a fever dream, but I'm pretty sure this was almost our best guess about where eels come from until, like, last year

    if this fact is cool you should feel free to redeploy it at your leisure

    *edit: 2022

    https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/fish/origin-eels

    dko , to Random stuff
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    working very hard to benignly social engineer someone on craigslist to ship this to me (after paying a fair price)

    tell me this is not a beautiful clown baby

    dko OP ,
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    @0x00string I've been camping every single place for like eight months and everything's either four figures or a mercier/zeta/respect that would take a bunch of parts to get running nicely.

    this thing has been sitting on a site for a month, i've already talked to the person, they just got it serviced and are actually maybe considering shipping it cross country for a not crazy price

    i'm keepin' my fingers crossed because these seem like an absolute riot

    dko OP ,
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    @0x00string So, funny story. If they decide they don't want to ship it, I'll let you know where to find it, it's not far away😸

    mudboot , to Random stuff
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    my brain: YEA YEA YEA send the text. it's a good idea

    narrator: it was not a good idea

    dko ,
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    @mudboot i'm doing this with a stranger about a bicycle right now and the level of both stupid and giddy are simply not appropriate

    sluttymayo , to Random stuff
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    real cuddlebug hours in the maison de sluttymayo

    dko ,
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    @sluttymayo 🚨 klaxons blaring, lights flashing 🚨
    WE HAVE A DOUBLE EVENT
    THIS IS NOT A DRILL
    WE HAVE A TWO DOG DAY

    https://jorts.horse/@plutonian/112451869206065719

    hannah , to Random stuff
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    Maybe samuel alito just wanted to do something silly for opposite day. And now everyone’s mad

    dko ,
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    @hannah Entering a plea of "Just having a goof with the boys."

    dko , to Random stuff
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    Camping with Steve fans! It's a double rainbow day with a main channel video and a Step Two video.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c8c9QEM8AY

    dko OP ,
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    Build vid

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ApQCePZpIY

    catsalad , to Random stuff
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    On my way to bike week

    Someone putting a balloon on the muffler of a moped then cutting said balloon for the sound effect. When they start it, it sounds like a cartoon car.

    dko ,
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    @TeflonTrout @catsalad the Bazooka Vespa is a e s t h e t i c

    https://oldmotodude.blogspot.com/2018/05/1956-vespa-150-tap-military-scooter-on.html

    dko ,
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    @TeflonTrout @catsalad we need more of these to keep protected bike lanes protected

    dko ,
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    @TeflonTrout @catsalad Looks like they were 3" M20s instead of 2.36" M1 Bazookas (not the fifty other M1s because the US names everything the M1)

    I just really like the sound of /Bazooka Vespa/ :blobcatgiggle:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespa_150_TAP

    sinvega , to Random stuff
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    going through the list of games I bookmarked aeons ago cos they weren't released yet but I had a good feeling about them and of the ones that have since released, an annoyingly high proportion got a very good reception.

    being a hott genius who is always right but whose brain is too fucked to do anything, it is a terrible burden

    dko ,
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    @sinvega
    nerfed for game balance reasons is how i like to think about it

    StillIRise1963 , to Random stuff
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    "CBS News, in partnership with The Trace and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, reviewed records from hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the United States and found that many had routinely resold or traded in their used duty weapons -- a practice that has sent thousands of guns into the hands of criminals.”

    Our lives mean NOTHING to these people. THIS IS A SICK GAME.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/police-selling-guns/

    dko ,
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    @StillIRise1963 @dacig not only has this happened, it has a name, wikipedia article, and was perpetrated by a US Attorney General, ATF director, DEA director, and FBI director.

    very few of the guns were recovered, other than the ones used to murder cops on both sides of the border.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal#2009%E2%80%932011:_Operation_Fast_and_Furious

    FediTips , to Random stuff
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    Substitoot is a free open source add-on for web browsers which automatically fetches complete Mastodon threads from the original server. This is useful if you think some replies are missing due to federation issues.

    ➡️ Substitoot for Firefox (also works on Firefox for Android): https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/substitoot/

    ➡️ Substitoot for Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/substitoot-%E2%80%94-improved-mas/oedncfcpfcmehalbpdnekgaaldefpaef

    ➡️ Substitoot's source code: https://github.com/virtulis/substitoot?tab=readme-ov-file

    Would be nice to know people's opinions and experiences about this add-on 🤔

    (via @manu)

    dko , (edited )
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    @FediTips i've been using this since i saw this toot and it works great!

    «however», it seems to basically disable user blocking. looking at the notes, this is a known issue. i was very confused that i was seeing multiple accounts i thought i'd blocked some time ago in replies and shrugged it off until I thought of disabling the extension and saw a return to expected behavior.

    this makes it unusable for me and, i suspect, others.

    once this is fixed, i'd love to reinstall the extension as well as fund it. this fixes many of the significant problems with the fedi.

    thank you Fedi.Tips for mentioning it and the dev for making it, even if it never gets any further development, i really enjoyed my time with it.

    dko ,
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    @FediTips Yup, I gotcha! I'll make the post clearer.

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