New Things to Beware on the Internet
On May 3rd, Google released 8 new top-level domains (TLDs) -- these are new values like .com, .org, .biz, domain names. These new TLDs were made available for public registration via any domain registrar on May 10th.
Usually, this should be a cool info, move on with your life and largely ignore it moment.
Except a couple of these new domain names are common file type extensions: ".zip" and ".mov".
This means typing out a file name could resolve into a link that takes you to one of these new URLs, whether it's in an email, on your tumblr blog post, a tweet, or in file explorer on your desktop.
What was previously plain text could now resolve as link and go to a malicious website where people are expecting to go to a file and therefore download malware without realizing it.
Folk monitoring these new domain registrations are already seeing some clearly malicious actors registering and setting this up. Some are squatting the domain names trying to point out what a bad idea this was. Some already trying to steal your login in credentials and personal info.
This is what we're seeing only 12 days into the domains being available. Only 5 days being publicly available.
What can you do? For now, be very careful where you type in .zip or .mov, watch what website URLs you're on, don't enable automatic downloads, be very careful when visiting any site on these new domains, and do not type in file names without spaces or other interrupters.
I'm seeing security officers for companies talking about wholesale blocking .zip and .mov domains from within the company's internet, and that's probably wise.
Be cautious out there.
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Holy shit someone finally leaked what went down with the Hugos and from a quick skim it appears to be the worst possible scenario: that is, Western award-runners PREEMPTIVELY censoring anything they thought the Chinese government might not like. Clownery AND fascism.
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Surely this won't lead to more issues with accounts getting hijacked, or impersonations, or username hoarding, or getting messages from randos, or etc etc etc . . .
really hoping they don't go through with this, I think I'll leave feedback
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love when men cry about body hair bc "it's hygiene" and yet 15% of cis men leave the bathroom without washing their hands at all and an additional 35% only just wet their hands without using soap. that is nearly half of all men. that means statistically you have probably shaken hands with or been in direct contact with one of these people.
love when men say that women "only want money" when it turns out that even in equal-earning homes, women are actually adding caregiver burdens and housework from previous years, whereas men have been expanding leisure time and hobbies. in equal-earning households, men spend an average of 3.5 hours extra in leisure time per week, which is 182 hours per year - a little over a week of paid vacation time that the other partner does not receive. kinda sounds like he wants her money.
love that men have decided women are frail and weak and annoying when we scream in surprise but it turns out it's actually women who are more reliable in an emergency because men need to be convinced to actually take action and respond to the threat. like, actually, for-real: men experience such a strong sense of pride about their pre-supposed abilities that it gets them and their families killed. they are so used to dismissing women that it literally kills them.
love it. told my father this and he said there's lies, damned lies, and statistics. a year ago i tried to get him to evacuate the house during a flash flood. he ignored me and got injured. he has told me, laughing, that he never washes his hands. he has said in the last week that women are just happier when we're cooking or cleaning.
maybe i'm overly nostalgic. but it didn't used to feel so fucking bleak. it used to feel like at least a little shameful to consider women to be sheep. it just feels like the earth is round and we are still having conversations about it being flat - except these conversations are about the most obvious forms of patriarchy. like, we know about this stuff. we've known since well before the 50's.
recently andrew tate tried to justify cheating on his partner as being the "male prerogative." i don't know what the prerogative for the rest of us would be. just sitting at home, watching the slow erosion of our humanity.
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Aabria: lair action
Jasper: oh, it's okay
Aabria: huh?
Jasper: it's okay, you don't have to do that
Aabria: I don't have to?
[Brennan laughing]
Izzy: we're good
Siobhan: no, thank you
Aabria: that threw me off so fucking much.
Brennan: the authority of, I was like, like that, whatever that was made me be like [imitating a ear piece call]: Aabria, Jasper says no on that
Aabria: yeah yeah, oh I'm so, can you tell him I'm so sorry--
Erika: it's the accent
Aabria: yeah, fucking British accent cinders authority
Jasper: came from such a deep sense of fear. That was where I was coming from
Siobhan! Yes, exactly, the accent. It comes from a deep sense of fear
Brennan: I've never seen someone who's being faced with death and ruin with a voice of like [calmly]: I'm gonna send this back to the kitchen because this was not very good
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I love being a hater but I also love being an Enjoyer, so what I like to do is enjoy something so aggressively and deeply that I come to know everything about it, and bc I know everything, I can find (minor and major) things to complain about. as a fun activity. enrichment. but then I do that, and people think I actually hate this thing. they’ll be like, oh, good to know about (flaw), I was gonna check that thing out but now I’ll steer clear. you don’t get it. I’m complaining because I love it so much. hey wait come back. I’ve got some more stuff to nitpick
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Hetalia Drama CD Vol.7: Let’s Talk About the G8 Members☆, Part Five
(Warning: Poorly-aged Ukraine characterization for real this time, skip this post or proceed with caution)
P1
P2 (tw: Brief poor Ukraine characterization, swearing)
P3
P4 (tw: swearing)
P5 (Hello)
P6
P7 (tw: Poor Ukraine characterization)
P8
P9 (tw: Poor Ukraine characterization)
P10 (End)
[Start scene, birds chirping]
Rus: Haa~ It's hot but the wind is cool~ Looks like today's conference didn't make any progress in the end, and it only got better step by step...
[Dark aura sounds, Russia edition, take two]
Rus: Oh well, sooner or later, I’ll be the one making all the decisions anyway…ufufu♪…
Bel: After that, the world will be ours, big brother.
Rus: B-BELARUS! Weren't you supposed to buy a Spitz and get forcibly sent home?!
Bel: Oh, that? I kinda broke it. I get worried about you being alone, big brother. Furthermore, I thought we should prepare for a future wedding...
Rus: H-Hold on, that's not something you can break and your story doesn't connect at all.
[Heart-thumping sound]
Bel: H A H A H H H…! Even if the story doesn't connect, my heart and mind are still connected! Lih- sten- big brother! To the Belar-r-r-russian Rock of My Heart!!
[Electric guitar sounds]
Rus: I don’t understand anything…
[Distant boinging]
Rus: Ah…Hm?
Bel: That sound…!
[Warning: poor Ukraine characterization starts now]
[Cut to Ukraine]
Ukr: *Boing* I'm going to meet Russia-chan!...*petal-ripping boing* I'm n-not going…*petal-ripping boing* I'm going!..*petal-ripping boing* I'm not going *petal-ripping boing*…*gasp* Ahh, *sad boing* "I'm not going", the petals ended!
[Russia and Belarus approach]
Rus: Big sister♪ What are you doing here?
Bel: *annoyed* Sisterly Invasion. What're you doing, big sister.
Ukr: Ah, Russia-chan and Belarus-chan! Thank goodness!
Big sister was going to meet Russia-chan and got lost…B-But now big sister is torn between making up with Russia-chan or getting along with other countries, I couldn't choose…so I was deciding whether I should go see him or not based on a flower horoscope…
Aahh, *boing* when I got the result, it was not to see him! *boing* What should I do?! *Sobbing boing*
Rus: B-Big sister, calm down-
Ukr: J-Just you wait, I'll rip a petal that says "go meet him" really soon!
[Violent petal-ripping boinging]
Ukr:…Aah, it says "I'm not going" again!! Why am I doing this? Why me…?!
Rus: C-Calm down, big sister!
Ukr: *determined petal-ripping boinging* This is it! This is the one--! Ahh, "I'm not going" aga~in!
Rus: Big sister…
[End scene]
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