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Cake day: September 3rd, 2023
  • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldtoScience Memes@mander.xyz•AerosolEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Top contenders:

    Red-cockaded Woodpecker — “cockaded” refers to a ribbon or rosette ornament once worn on hats, not anatomy.

    Cock-of-the-rock — sounds like a tavern name invented by a teenager.

    Dickcissel — often cited as the funniest North American bird name. “Dick” was historically a common nickname for a male bird.

    Bush Thick-knee — not penis-related, but frequently gets laughs.

    Rufous-naped Lark — harmless, but “rufous-naped” is often misread at a glance. Shag — in British English, perfectly normal; elsewhere, not so much.

    Cockatoo — contains “cock,” though the name comes from Malay, not English.

    Woodcock — another classic.

    Black-cockatoo and other cockatoos — bonus points for stacking “cock” into longer names.

  • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users: Leak show feds tracking anti-ICE Reddit users like "Budget-Chicken-2425"English
    6·
    4 months ago

    These newsletters come out all the damn time and are relatively easy to get signed up for these Fusion Center briefs. You can generally apply if you have at least a remote level of need for them either through physical security, or cyber security.

    They’re typically based on SAR (suspicious activity reporting), so they’re essentially briefs and generally tip guides about things that might be happening in your state or area. All those tips that you send via tips.fbi.com or similar tend to make their way to your local fusion center. They get marked down for relevant current political climate stuff from multiple agencies, typically include thwarted terrorist events or online calls for action, and will usually training available.

    While most of the info in these newsletters are For Official Use Only, there’s a lot that might straight up be publicly available which can still be shared under the CUI Program. You just can’t share the entire document itself since it’s typically unclassified, but that doesn’t mean you can share it publicly. Parts of it maybe, it’ll tell you which parts you can. It’s similar to Traffic Light Protocol for any CISA stuff if you get those. TLP Clear is capable of being publicly released. Everything else has some sort of limitation.

  • BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•It's just aging /sEnglish
    21·
    5 months ago

    I hate to tell you, but this sort of anti-science medical fearmongering is half the reason why millennials and older had to suffer through their entire formative years and young adult lives dealing with untreated ADHD by treating help as if it’s makes people lesser than others.

    They’re just kids! They don’t need no ritalin, that’s just how boys are! He just needs to focus, and that’s on the school to figure out! Besides, what happens when they stop taking it, all the good work you’ve done for 10 years including the capability of getting a good job will just fall apart when the apocalypse hits!

    Okay, Bill. Now don’t forget to take your omeprazole and losartan heart meds before you have to visit the ER again from thinking you’re having a heart attack, or actually having one again.