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30-something gay furry with an interest in cryptography and software security. Mastodon: https://furry.engineer/@soatok Blog: https://soatok.blog 🎨 https://mrjimmydafloof.bsky.social

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Why is bottom humor so punny?

We're sighs queens.

11.03.2026 09:11 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Why is bottom humor so punny?

We're sighs queens.

11.03.2026 09:11 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

As usual, the value in cryptographic agility isn't ability to choose a different algorithm, it's the ability to reject and deprecate an old and insecure algorithm.

10.03.2026 14:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Henry Ford: "You can buy it in any color you want, as long as that color is black."

Me: "You can use any cipher suite you want, as long as it's the cipher suite I specced in the protocol."

10.03.2026 05:37 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*at Real World Crypto and someone mentions crypto agility*

Me: Hold on this is my special interest. I hope you're ready for a poorly rehearsed spiel about algorithm confusion attacks.

10.03.2026 05:33 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

LIVE FROM TAIPEI, IT'S REAL WORLD CRYPTO!

#realworldcrypto

09.03.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 65 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 4

'You Really Think Someone Would Do That? Just Go On the Internet and Tell Lies?'

09.03.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I need every single male artist that follows me to read this. It's not very long. You need to bear witness to this shit. You have to see it with your own eyes because you never will in your everyday life.

I'm serious, read it all please

08.03.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 6314 πŸ” 3136 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 19

Why do they call it TwitchCon and not the Simp-osium?

07.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Why do they call it TwitchCon and not the Simp-osium?

07.03.2026 14:26 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m so tired of seeing people bash Bluesky for being an echo chamber when X is an actual intentionally constructed echo chamber that is demonstrably radicalizing people across the political spectrum who still use it

05.03.2026 14:58 πŸ‘ 14391 πŸ” 2116 πŸ’¬ 521 πŸ“Œ 204
The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew
The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew YouTube video by Veritasium

I just now got around to watching Veritasium's piece on the open-source xz vulnerability and how it transpired, and honestly it's a remarkably good look into both the upsides and downsides of open-source culture, from collaboration to exploitation of free labor. Worth a watch for sure.

06.03.2026 10:19 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We shouldn't engage in state-phobia either, but rather be realistic about the state as one social technology among many that can be used in liberatory and oppressive ways, and across and within which power crisscrosses in many directions

06.03.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The left has its own problem with absolutely loving the state and then being all <surprised pikachu> when the right seizes it

06.03.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

"Cryptocurrency is a scam that can only be used for crime and fraud lol"

>Privacy-oriented service provider is compelled to turn over payment information to the US government, leading an opposition activist getting popped

"omg why did they do this?"

06.03.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

These stupid fucking harassment campaigns need to stop.

I don't care how profound your sense of disgust towards someone's kink is. That is insufficient to mske said kink intrinsically harmful.

Stop cooking your brains on outrage-stoking attention-seekers.

25.02.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 241 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
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Shaming Isn’t Shielding: The Moral Panics That Cry Wolf - Dhole Moments Content Warning: This blog post talks about adult themes and sexuality. If you’re under 18, sit this one out. If you’ve been around the furry fandom for a while, you will notice that di…

How many times do I need to tap the sign?

soatok.blog/2025/02/25/s...

Learning that there is yet another harassment campaign against a queer creator for the Moral Crime of having ABDL kink, because the morons trying to crusade them cannot see it as anything other than pedophilia.

08.12.2025 14:55 πŸ‘ 237 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 7
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Why are furry conventions offering HIV testing to attendees? - Dhole Moments Spoiler: It’s nothing scandalous or bad. Every once in a while, someone posts this photo on Twitter to attempt to dunk on furries: Midwest FurFest 2018 Over the years, I’ve seen this di…

I got a bunch of traffic to this blog post from Twitter today, and have zero idea why, so I'm sharing it here in case someone finds it helpful:

soatok.blog/2024/09/30/w...

21.01.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
23.01.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

If you're reading my posts or following me because of @altnoaa recommending Session over Signal and folks linking to my blog post criticizing Session:

Hi, I'm Soatok.

I'm a gay furry who gets angry at arrogant techbros that put people's lives and safety at risk with poor security advice.

27.01.2026 03:33 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Waitaminute. That service that all the white nationalists send me threats from? That fuckin Proton? Wasn’t the whole reason for using it supposed to be it protected you?

You aren’t here for the hunting, are you

05.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 625 πŸ” 130 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 3
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Pocket the Street Alchemist is doing numbers over on Tumblr for some reason, so here you go Bluesky! I hope you enjoy this dumb moment from a lil weirdo NPC I introduced in my D&D campaign a while back!
#kobold #comic #doodle

04.03.2026 23:25 πŸ‘ 5156 πŸ” 1639 πŸ’¬ 42 πŸ“Œ 5
YOU CAN FIGHT ICE
BY ANNOYING THEM
- MESS UP THEIR FOOD/DRINK ORDERS
- LOSE THEIR TICKETS/RESERVATIONS
- OVERTIGHTEN LUG NUTS, STRIP SPARK PLUGS
- GIVE THEM INCORRECT BUT REAL-SOUNDING
INFORMATION
- RECORD THEM WITH YOUR PHONES
- DISRUPT THEM WITH LOUD NOISES (CAR ALARMS, MUSIC, BANGING METAL) AND BRIGHT LIGHTS (FLASHLIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS)
- SHAME THEM
Fuck yeah
THE FASCISTS WANT COMPLACENCY.
DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM.
Fuck them White supremacist
IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO MAKE Β«MISTAKES"

YOU CAN FIGHT ICE BY ANNOYING THEM - MESS UP THEIR FOOD/DRINK ORDERS - LOSE THEIR TICKETS/RESERVATIONS - OVERTIGHTEN LUG NUTS, STRIP SPARK PLUGS - GIVE THEM INCORRECT BUT REAL-SOUNDING INFORMATION - RECORD THEM WITH YOUR PHONES - DISRUPT THEM WITH LOUD NOISES (CAR ALARMS, MUSIC, BANGING METAL) AND BRIGHT LIGHTS (FLASHLIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS) - SHAME THEM Fuck yeah THE FASCISTS WANT COMPLACENCY. DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM. Fuck them White supremacist IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO MAKE Β«MISTAKES"

Monkey wrenching is such an under appreciated form of protest

03.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 4096 πŸ” 1695 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 19
Thumbs, a 3-panel comic:

1. A tiger sits up alone on his bed, looking at his phone. 

2. β€œIt was real nice seeing you again tonight. I haven’t stopped smiling.” The Tiger wrote.

He then receives three responses that seem like gibberish. Someone struggling to convey their thought. Auto-correct clearly failing them. But the tiger can understand the message.

β€œI like you, too.”

3. A wolf sits alone on his bed, looking at his phone. Struggling to hold the device in his two dog-paw hands. Without thumbs, he can only nap his screen to text as best as he can. For the first time, he feels understood. 

β€”β€”

There once was a wolf, believe it or not,
With floppy grey ears and a snout like a blot.
But what made him so strange, if you count all his claws,
Instead of two hands, he was born with two paws

Thumbs, a 3-panel comic: 1. A tiger sits up alone on his bed, looking at his phone. 2. β€œIt was real nice seeing you again tonight. I haven’t stopped smiling.” The Tiger wrote. He then receives three responses that seem like gibberish. Someone struggling to convey their thought. Auto-correct clearly failing them. But the tiger can understand the message. β€œI like you, too.” 3. A wolf sits alone on his bed, looking at his phone. Struggling to hold the device in his two dog-paw hands. Without thumbs, he can only nap his screen to text as best as he can. For the first time, he feels understood. β€”β€” There once was a wolf, believe it or not,
With floppy grey ears and a snout like a blot.
But what made him so strange, if you count all his claws,
Instead of two hands, he was born with two paws

🐾Thumbs🐾

04.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 5315 πŸ” 1329 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 13
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Oregon Man Gets 12 Years In Brutal Grindr Hate Crime - Joe.My.God. Portland’s CBS affiliate reports: An Oregon man was sentenced on Tuesday after he assaulted a man in 2021 due to his sexual orientation. Daniel McGee, 26, was sentenced to just over 12 years in prison...

And as is traditional the police & prosecutors are still unsure if it was a hate crime.

www.joemygod.com/2026/03/oreg...

05.03.2026 13:39 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The important thing about this labeler is that it provides receipts: github.com/heikadog/lae...

04.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Laelaps (@laelaps.fyi) An anti-zoophilia labeller, from the team behind the Zoophile Mute List. Criteria and evidence: https://info.laelaps.fyi/ Support: https://ko-fi.com/laelapsfyi

By the way, laelaps.fyi

04.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hung out with a ferret buddy last week!

@dookferret.bsky.social
πŸ“Έ @raffyraven.bsky.social

02.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 80 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

02.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 7712 πŸ” 1434 πŸ’¬ 89 πŸ“Œ 62

What a lovely illustration of how actual humans want to use discretionary capital, as opposed to parking it in tax havens or using it to take over political establishments.

02.03.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0