@alice

mask. $2
bear suit. $7
fuzzy hirsute magnificence? priceless

@alice

basic black is one of the bear necessities...

@IrrationalMethod @j_angliss @alexr

i've had probably half a dozen emails show them leaked or compromised. more have shown that someone was bought out and their lists sold.

the most spammed addr i have is one on an IETF RFC, where the emails in the RFC are not hidden at all. i specifically used a unique addr, knowing this. it's been fantastically useful as a canary in the coal mine of who is using really cheap crappy unvalidated lists to spam.

@IrrationalMethod @j_angliss @alexr

the problem with the + hack is that when it's broken, it's *really* broken. most folks have made support unusable for anything not dead simple, so it tends to make that site unusable. murphy's law says it will be some site i need. financial sites are particularly notorious for stupid and bad decisions on how they deal with account security.

@j_angliss @IrrationalMethod @alexr

i gave up on the + method decades ago due to way too many places breaking it and it hasn't really improved. i still run my own mail server so that i can have a unique email per site that *most* sites will accept.

bad web developers and "security" folks using "best practices" lists that have never been valid make life miserable for all of us.

@inthehands

things are really screwed but there are lots of cracks in the walls.

the berlin wall fell very quickly once it started. fascists underestimate the power of the people.

@inthehands

i've been quite impressed with what folks in MSP folks have done to protect their community and neighbors. other occupied cities should be taking note.

@alexr

i have unique emails for every site/vendor, which includes the vendor name. i've had it refused 3 times over the years. 2 of 3, when it was explained, allowed it. the last has been out of business for a long while, deservedly for all sorts of reasons.