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Written by Vickie Gray on 2025-01-07 at 23:48

Two Evening Grosbeaks at the feeder to celebrate Freedom From Meta Day. They are an at-risk species here in Nova Scotia, so I always smile when I see them.

[#]nature #birds #metaphor

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Written by Vickie Gray on 2024-12-15 at 17:44

Sleeping retired pro athlete.

[#]DogsOfMastodon

[#]MastoDogs

[#]Greyhound

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Written by Vickie Gray on 2024-11-18 at 12:23

This retired prizewinning athlete doesn’t give his attention to platforms that eat his soul.

He naps. He eats. He sniffs. He plays with a squeaky corn on the cob. He kisses his people. He naps.

Did I mention naps?

Be like a prizewinning athlete.

[#]MastoDogs

[#]DogsOfMastodon

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Written by Vickie Gray on 2024-11-17 at 18:20

[#]BloomScrolling

The first Cardinal we’ve had in our yard. We’ve heard them, but they haven’t come to feed until now.

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Written by Vickie Gray on 2024-10-31 at 12:26

For those of us outside the political cauldron currently splattering all over the news, and because we live in a different country that just has to live with the sickening international consequences of 40 years of the lives of the rich and famous, here are flowers.

They don’t change what we can’t influence, but they are briefly joyful and a reminder that there is more to life than fascist billionaires

[#]BloomScrolling

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Written by Vickie Gray on 2024-10-23 at 19:42

At Last rose and friends.

[#]BloomScrolling

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Written by Vickie Gray on 2024-10-13 at 13:24

[#]BloomScrolling:

Labyrinth Dahlia, zinnia, rosebuds

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Written by Vickie Gray on 2024-09-21 at 12:15

Between business owner anxiety, existential angst, rage at US politics, wondering what the doctor will do about that thing, and doom scrolling, I’ve been averaging 5 hours sleep/night for about 3 months.

I’m so tired.

What do you do when you are so tired you have added “I’m never going to be able to get a decent sleep again, am I?” to the list of things to worry about at 2 am?

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Written by Vickie Gray on 2024-07-19 at 18:55

So, I teach info security and IT governance certification courses.

And I have endured many years, it feels like many lifetimes, of “certifications don’t matter. Just make a home lab!” And “compliance doesn’t equal security!” From people who get paid a shit ton more than I do.

And I just want to say, accountability for this in every organization that is affected lies with the board of directors. Period. You cannot outsource accountability. There will be lawsuits. And downstream impacts.

So, you’re right. Certifications and compliance don’t equal security. But today it sure as hell seems like having a management team and BoD that can’t just say, “I had no idea automation was so risky and we needed security staff to evaluate releases” is a better option than “Fire the security staff, automate the hell out of everything, and don’t bother me until I’m back from my golf vacation.” Followed by the exhausted techs shrugging their shoulders, saluting the boss, screaming “YOLO” and hitting enter.

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