{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Jeffrey Haas","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/jhaas@a2mi.social","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1327991","username":"jhaas@a2mi.social","bio":"BGP, BFD, beer.Trying to not break the Internet for a living since 2000.","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":0,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://micro.blog/photos/200/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg"},"items":[{"id":"91284753","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://eupolicy.social/@bert_hubert\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>bert_hubert</span></a></span> A challenge in multiple contexts is understanding how fundamentally people are in the how and why they think.</p><p>As an example, if 3% of the people experience aphantasia, that's already a pool of people that aren't going to get the same thing out reading as those without it:</p><p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantas</span><span class=\"invisible\">ia</span></a></p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116671098460524614","date_published":"2026-05-31T20:34:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"20:34","date_timestamp":1780259681,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91240284","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@urlyman\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>urlyman</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://apobangpo.space/@dnkboston\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>dnkboston</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://social.coop/@afewbugs\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>afewbugs</span></a></span> I make no claims about long term trends. But it's helpful to see how much things can change in short order when it happens for whatever reason.</p><p>China is in a strong race to put solar as many places as they can, and it'll reduce a lot of their pollution output as a side effect.  But they're not the whole planet.</p><p>We're similarly in a race to set the planet on fire with AI. :-/</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116666339959394152","date_published":"2026-05-31T00:24:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-31 00:24","date_timestamp":1780187072,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"91213350","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@SteveBellovin\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>SteveBellovin</span></a></span> Also, whether they have multiple scales available. Michigan is not known to have people that like spice as a default.  I tend to like stuff medium to medium hot from the scale of the peoples the cuisine is from. Discovering how that maps can be a challenge.</p><p>My first encounter with Indian food was in Ann Arbor while I was in college. I remember when was asked whether I wanted the heat, \"Low, Medium, Hot or EEEEendian (Indian) Hot\". The server was  gleeful in that last bit.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116663961392427785","date_published":"2026-05-30T14:19:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-30 14:19","date_timestamp":1780150778,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90672919","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@SteveBellovin\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>SteveBellovin</span></a></span> When I'm feeling spicy, I preface with \"The former slave-holding state, X, ...\"</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116615247501772781","date_published":"2026-05-21T23:51:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-21 23:51","date_timestamp":1779407463,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90316316","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>inthehands</span></a></span> As I commented in a day job email, the issue is that these things are \"externalities\" that aren't inputs many people in the chain care about.</p><p>Those are people that you don't get to have the conversation that the US EPA was created to deal with similar \"externalities\" for their own industries..</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116586318070829601","date_published":"2026-05-16T21:13:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 21:13","date_timestamp":1778966035,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90316238","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@paco\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>paco</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>inthehands</span></a></span> It's the case when choices are made because products are superior, it's because their purchase was mediated at the golf layer of business.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116586307769792839","date_published":"2026-05-16T21:11:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 21:11","date_timestamp":1778965877,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90301190","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@SteveBellovin\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>SteveBellovin</span></a></span> I'd reached the point of single-use burner mails years ago. Enough that when the plussed stuff didn't work, I'll create one in my aliases with a dot. (usual pattern - primary ID + \".\"|\"+\" + company @ domain).</p><p>I also have a pattern that when unsubscribes are inevitably ignored, they go into a rule for postfix that 4xx's the email to let it linger in their queues perpetually.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116585061874977782","date_published":"2026-05-16T15:54:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 15:54","date_timestamp":1778946866,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"90297479","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mstdn.ca/@AmeliasBrain\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>AmeliasBrain</span></a></span> Putting a form of data (and regulatory) sovereignty at the head of the criteria isn't completely unreasonable these days.</p><p>Correct, and secure are what the patients care about.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116584817084878190","date_published":"2026-05-16T14:52:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-16 14:52","date_timestamp":1778943131,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89890162","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@ryanc\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>ryanc</span></a></span> <a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/internet-service-providers-collect-sell-horrifying-amount-of-sensitive-data-government-study-concludes/\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://www.</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">vice.com/en/article/internet-s</span><span class=\"invisible\">ervice-providers-collect-sell-horrifying-amount-of-sensitive-data-government-study-concludes/</span></a></p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116551236395746727","date_published":"2026-05-10T16:32:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 16:32","date_timestamp":1778430731,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89853276","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://yatil.social/@yatil\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>yatil</span></a></span> Because: Middlemen.</p><p>For things that a 1990s web server behind a T1 could happily provide to you.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116545472450233904","date_published":"2026-05-09T16:06:20+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-09 16:06","date_timestamp":1778342780,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89850857","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@SteveBellovin\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>SteveBellovin</span></a></span> Amusing overlap since many cheap safes can be compromised using a strong magnet.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116545192286503149","date_published":"2026-05-09T14:55:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-09 14:55","date_timestamp":1778338505,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89850834","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://secluded.ch/@jeroen\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>jeroen</span></a></span> Sometimes the speed bump vs. the general staff is good enough.  I probably wouldn't have lost my Pebble watch in India had I used the room safe.</p><p>For anyone more interested in the Good Stuff, the safe is effectively an attractive nuisance.  Most people will look in the safe rather than checking under their mattress.</p><p>My favorite terrible example of this stuff was an IETF hotel where the safe was in the dresser drawer which could be removed.</p><p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@SteveBellovin\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>SteveBellovin</span></a></span></p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116545189937897891","date_published":"2026-05-09T14:54:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-09 14:54","date_timestamp":1778338469,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89848768","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@da_667\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>da_667</span></a></span> I work on hardware that societies rely on for their safety. The main thing I want out of \"responsible\" disclosure is the running start to get the fixes to those responsible enough to deploy them. Ideally before the irresponsible folk get another easy toy for their box of hammers to break things.</p><p>Your gripes about the state of things are sadly legit.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116544922965384703","date_published":"2026-05-09T13:46:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-09 13:46","date_timestamp":1778334395,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89411805","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://io.mwl.io/@mwl\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>mwl</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://chaos.social/@PiiiepsBrummm\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>PiiiepsBrummm</span></a></span> It'll depend on how it decides on how to deal with a room.  The original Roomba was mostly a dumb random walk, and spent a lot of time bouncing on things until it could go around them.  It also spent a lot of time getting caught on cords.</p><p>Newer devices have more sensors and can be less dumb about how they interact with the environment.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116501254182800353","date_published":"2026-05-01T20:41:03+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-01 20:41","date_timestamp":1777668063,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89052178","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/@simontatham\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>simontatham</span></a></span> And you've touched the usual followup: Classification and prioritization is not free and is overhead to be managed.</p><p>For email, it's why I resent being pushed to use Outlook by my employer. It is a clumsy tool and I waste far too much precious energy and time using it.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116472309933277298","date_published":"2026-04-26T18:00:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 18:00","date_timestamp":1777226408,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89048914","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/@simontatham\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>simontatham</span></a></span> A bit of white-hair wisdom I share with jr. developers comes from queueing theory:</p><p>If your rate of accomplishing work is less than or equal to the rate of incoming work to do, you effectively have infinite work. The only thing you can do is prioritize, and drop some of it.</p><p>The advice is for engineering systems, but it's applicable to every single other thing they have to deal with... including management.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116472084870446721","date_published":"2026-04-26T17:02:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 17:02","date_timestamp":1777222974,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89046839","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>jwildeboer</span></a></span> I am enjoying Mastodon because thus far it's been people posting good stuff and organically discovering that.  That's how I found you.</p><p>Unfortunately the ecosystem contains the seed of its own demise: It's openness.</p><p>I fear for the coming Eternal September.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116471929364484153","date_published":"2026-04-26T16:23:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 16:23","date_timestamp":1777220601,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89046312","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://eupolicy.social/@bert_hubert\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>bert_hubert</span></a></span> I'm not plugged into quite the right ecosystems to see what's being done, but this problem strongly resembles some of what is addressed by DNSBLs for email spam.</p><p>Unfortunately it also has exactly the same problems such list keepers cause on mail server operators. We really don't want another equivalent of the secret email police for webservers.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116471873038716145","date_published":"2026-04-26T16:09:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-26 16:09","date_timestamp":1777219742,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88985722","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>ianRobinson</span></a></span> The same is true this side of the pond.  By regimen, I hit the earlier part of the spring needing flonase to keep breathing.  Several weeks on, something new gets added and while I can still breathe, I get quite vague around three in the afternoon.  Whatever it is drops out after sundown.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116465720068339694","date_published":"2026-04-25T14:04:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-25 14:04","date_timestamp":1777125855,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88985572","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://sauropods.win/@futurebird\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>futurebird</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mstdn.social/@wyatt_h_knott\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>wyatt_h_knott</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://beige.party/@roknrol\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>roknrol</span></a></span> It becomes important to follow history via power first and stated ideology as a thing only in service to power.</p><p>I had a class on Soviet politics years ago at U. A lesson from the prof was critique of what was stated to be the state philosophy vs. what was implemented. The ready example was how everyone in the state was supposed to be equal, and the highlight privilege within party leadership.</p><p>Then he'd hold the mirror up and ask the same.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116465704271301937","date_published":"2026-04-25T14:00:14+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-25 14:00","date_timestamp":1777125614,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88985263","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://xoxo.zone/@mathowie\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>mathowie</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>mastodonmigration</span></a></span> <span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>mekkaokereke</span></a></span> The direction this eventually goes is getting them declared a type of organization that permits them to be de-banked.  They'll be cut off from their finances prior to that happening.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116465666453081053","date_published":"2026-04-25T13:50:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-25 13:50","date_timestamp":1777125037,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88572483","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://old.mermaid.town/@futzle\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>futzle</span></a></span> There's a variant where you've never seen the original but have seen multiple snips of the clipped version they've chosen to do on TV as reruns over a number of years - but still manage to always miss an important part of it.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116431556371534455","date_published":"2026-04-19T13:15:58+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-19 13:15","date_timestamp":1776604558,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88571894","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>0xabad1dea</span></a></span> At one's more charitable, the best you can do is work from, \"They have broken programming\".  Especially when that programming involves \"being told you have bad programming is an attack that you must immediately disbelieve\".</p><p>Learning, \"Why do I think that?\", is one of the ways out of such things.  That's hard for most people.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116431504158846144","date_published":"2026-04-19T13:02:42+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-19 13:02","date_timestamp":1776603762,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88543862","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://techpolicy.social/@joebeone\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>joebeone</span></a></span> Boo - only anecdotally citable then.</p><p>I've been looking for a phrase to displace this bit of gendered phrase in my lexicon.  Sadly, for my tech circle, the beard part is still mostly apropos.</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116428260408522069","date_published":"2026-04-18T23:17:46+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-18 23:17","date_timestamp":1776554266,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88541241","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://techpolicy.social/@joebeone\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>joebeone</span></a></span> Was this on the Colbert interview?</p>","url":"https://a2mi.social/users/jhaas/statuses/116428048710715696","date_published":"2026-04-18T22:23:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Jeffrey Haas","url":"https://a2mi.social/@jhaas","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.a2mi.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F727%2F325%2F140%2F268%2F385%2Foriginal%2F7a9f6d804ae242c1.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"jhaas@a2mi.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-18 22:23","date_timestamp":1776551036,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}