Returned again to the streets to make my voice heard. as usual, lots of great signs and support from passing drivers. some high schoolers had questions about my sign. #nokings #vote
Category: Soapbox
Soapbox style rants
i spent an hour this morning talking to a scammer!
i was called by a scammer this morning. i was bored so i decided to keep him on the line. here is the end of our txt conversation and the call recordings i made. enjoy.
i was called by “general manager David Sawyer” (CID 779.222.0815) who claimed to be of the Mega Millions Sweepstakes (775.208.9213). At first they wanted me to pick up gift cards. i then recieved a txt message about where to send the a postal money order. “David” insisted he stay on the line the whole time, so i did. He even provided helpful tips like “don’t tell anyone my buisness.”
TXT from +1 (775) 208-9213:
License financial officer: Edward Sanders, address:4840 w Haddon ave Chicago, IL 60651
this first audio file is the final call. It was after the above txt chain. it’s much funnier and shorter. the second file is actually the first and main call. i was deliberately wasting time and asking dumb questions. it’s over 34 minutes even edited.
No Kings 3! This time downtown!
My first No Kings protest downtown and it was exciting. Live performance, crazy characters, great signs and lots of camaraderie. i gave out stickers and made friends as we idled and marched. Unlike the first and second march, this time i traveled to downtown los angeles to participate in a much larger gathering. i couldn’t get pictures of all the incredible costumes. Everyone was so friendly and curious. i lost count of how many times i bumped into or stepped on the foot of a fellow protestor.
impressive turnout for the No Kings march in Studio City!
Not one of the big marches in Los Angeles, but there must be well over 250 people of all ages!
Zapp updates his logos!
To be honest i wasn’t a fan of Elon before i bought my car. my biggest stated fear was that Elon would destroy Tesla before they finished my car. By that i meant that he would drive tesla into enshitification or bankruptcy before full self driving was ever realized. This afternoon, i’ve rebranded with the help of APX! Autobots rollout!
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Back from Defcon 32 with knowledge swag but no voice
I had a great time this year. i went deep into the sticker game and spent WAY too much time playing with the badge. Playing with the badge allowed me to meet and work with some incredible people with whom we learned, laughed, and lamented the badge’s terrible supplied SD cards. This year i brought flyers to promote my phone adventure game and joined in #StickerLife with a supply of stickers of my own. unfortunately the printers gave me too many flyers, but not enough stickers.
My game did get some traction this year for the first time. Still no winners, but i did get this incredible voicemail from one of the players. I appreciated more ridiculous phone stuff. great job whoever you are! EDIT: i think i found you Foxbox!
The Badge had a lot of problems. only some of which were patched with updates. I excitedly made changes, but then the SD card would fail and be unable change back. currently mine is stuck as a Mario Game, which is not so terrible. i can finish the Defcon GameBoy game on an emulator.
Bird Platform kills off 3rd party development!
And with it, the last of my engagement. Tapbots makes incredible software for interacting with twitter. Despite it’s already limited API integration, chief twit killed the integration completely with no word or warning. You had incredible developers working for your users, but now you have pissed them off. I cannot wait to see the incredible work that comes out of spite.
be3n is now completely carbon neutral thanks to offsets!*
Thank you Jon Oliver for putting the dream of carbon neutrality only $1 away. https://www.oliversoffsets.org/
*We think. Given the uncertainties of carbon math, this claim cannot be guaranteed.