Month: May 2023

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So now they're implementing TFA (two factor authentication) at work when using VPN. Like everything else Main ITS does, this was not completely thought out. First off, several of us got a "Final Warning" email on Wednesday advising us that we hadn't set up our PINs and that this needed to be done because this was going into effect the following day.

Excuse me? FINAL NOTICE?! This is the first I've heard of this!

When word got back to them that no one had received any previous notification, they backed off and said implementation would be postponed until next week. Gee, thanks!

They held a zoom meeting for all departmental I.T. staff yesterday morning and walked everyone through setting this up, creating PINs, downloading the app onto your phone, etc.

Someone brought up a very salient point: what if a user doesn't have a cell phone? (I mean, it's rare, but there are people who aren't on the grid.) "Uh…we'll get back to you on that. Let's move on."

So yeah. While I had no trouble setting it up for my use, two of my colleagues were unable to create the initial PIN number.

Needless to say, Monday is going to be interesting a clusterfuck because as of 4:30 pm on Friday, no enterprise-wide email had gone out to inform the unwashed masses of this imminent change or what they needed to do to set it up.

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And While We're On the Subject of Batshit Crazy…

Again, from Comic Sans:

MAGA 'Prophet' Warns Of Technologically Advanced 'Mermaids And Water People' In Bonkers Speech

Amanda Grace suggested 'hand to hand combat' with these supposed 'mermaids' who are spreading 'wickedness' at a far-right ReAwaken America event at Trump's Doral Hotel in Miami.

In a bizarre and bewildering display of rhetoric, a speaker at a right-wing conference hosted by one of Trump's properties embarked on an unhinged rant, delving into the realm of highly technological mermaids and water people spreading "wickedness" throughout society.

The peculiar diatribe was delivered by self-proclaimed "Prophet" Amanda Grace during the ReAwaken America event, which attracted a gathering of American far-right and Christian nationalist attendees at the Trump National Doral Hotel in Miami.

You can hear what she said in the video below.

Grace said:

"I have never seen more images of mermaids and water people in my life. That's a division in the kingdom of darkness and they're highly technologically advanced."

"And we have to understand what we're dealing with. And we have to understand the rules of engagement in spiritual warfare. And we are meant for hand-to-hand combat."

"Darkness has completely eclipsed the White House of this nation."

Predictably, the outlandish nature of Grace's remarks triggered a flurry of confusion, mockery, and the proliferation of memes across various online platforms.

The combination of the highly unusual subject matter, coupled with the passionate delivery, contributed to the audience's bewilderment and subsequent online ridicule.

 

Grace is far from the only self-proclaimed religious "prophet" to align themselves with the MAGA movement.

Last year, author and commentator Rachel Hamm—who at the time was vying to become California's next Secretary of State—claimed that her decision to run for office was predicated on her son's miraculous experience meeting Jesus Christ in a closet with a scroll.

Similarly, Julie Green—who runs the Evangelical Julie Green Ministries—has claimed more than once that God will "bring back" former President Donald Trump to the White House without the need for an actual election.

As of this writing, Green's prediction has yet to come to pass.

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Kirk Cameron Claims 'Nefarious Forces' In Public Schools Are 'Killing God' In Mind-Numbing Rant

From Comic Sans:

Actor and far-right Evangelical Christian activist Kirk Cameron is the latest figure to attack teachers in a bizarre rant delivered on right-wing propaganda network One America News.

In his remarks, Cameron implied teachers and other public school staffers are evil liberals in league with some kind of malevolent spiritual force, bent on indoctrinating children to the usual Republican bogeymen, "socialism" and "communism."

Cameron also claimed these so-called "nefarious forces" are actually "killing God."

That was only the beginning of the list of things that made very little sense in Cameron's rant, which you can watch below.

Cameron began his rant by claiming liberals always use children as the targets for their "woke" evil.

"The target is always children and that's why God gave children to parents and not to governments and woke institutions that are staffed and manned by those who want to undermine the faith and values that made America great, that advanced the good."

So it follows, according to Cameron, liberals in league with the dark side always choose children as their battle ground.

"We shouldn't be surprised that nefarious forces are targeting children because the goal is ultimately the collapse of the family and the killing of God in America."

"What that does is that it destabilizes our moral and societal structures so they can then be replaced and reorganized with something different like progressive, socialist, communist ideas…and that has always been the plan."

"Whose plan?" you may be asking.

Cameron did not elucidate, nor did he explain how liberals are able to defeat God Himself when He is, you know… God.

Cameron's comments did not go over well with anyone online who is remotely in touch with reality.

Also missing from Cameron's comments?

An explanation for how overworked, underpaid teachers have the energy to fight God Himself via their students, or how this supposed cabal of "nefarious forces" has the numbers to do so given teachers are resigning en masse at unprecedented rates.

Almost seems like he made this whole thing up.

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So This Happened Yesterday

Ben's fine; just a burn on his arm from the airbag. His new knee is fine. The other driver is fine. Fucking I-10!

We're expecting the insurance company to call this a total loss. He's already got a deposit down on a replacement vehicle. Just waiting for everything to sort itself out now.