Draken BlackKnight

Techno-exorcist
(Legacy) Keeper of the Scroll of the Court of Lazarus (toots/boosts are my own)
Witch since 1997
Married since 2003
Navy vet 1996-2000
Has 3 cats
Modding Android since 2009
Switched distros to Fedora
Anti-Meta
Anti-Musk
Fuck artificial "intelligence"
Please no DMs. Contact info is in toot 10 of my intro post
I autoblock reply guys

Punch MAGAs. It's your patriotic duty.

Contact info: https://masto.nyc/@draken/115923970799010755
Website: https://drakenblackknight.neocities.org/

Public Key

npub174wrknah38ce8tpjys7ndt5yru0yrz8akln5an9gam89qet3reksv3x7k5

NIP-05 Address

draken_at_masto.nyc@momostr.pink

Profile Code

nprofile1qqs02hpmf7mcnuvn4sezg0fk46zp78jp3r7m0e6wej5wanjsv4c3umgpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dstag4q2

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub174wrknah38ce8tpjys7ndt5yru0yrz8akln5an9gam89qet3reksv3x7k5

Show more details

Last Notes

2026-07-21 09:38:17 UTC

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116957111958362941
In which he goes over "dickovers," which is the way the corpos maliciously comply with laws like GDPR. My recommendation is to substitute his recommendation of "use Firefox" with "use @npub1vpu…608s on desktop and IronFox on Android) instead, but we're all critics. :3
#note1fgh…njly

2026-07-19 02:02:50 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.world/@paninid/116942241440966641
This is a war crime.
#note1ejw…t3yy

2026-07-17 15:09:10 UTC

https://cdn.masto.nyc/media_attachments/files/116/935/942/219/580/667/original/a0fbdc32f032f08b.jpg

2026-07-15 17:09:59 UTC

- reply

Does this mean @npub1mtr…trt0 is safe? 🙃

2026-06-28 16:29:33 UTC

RE: https://social.coop/@eric/116827225269038742
Those rehired workers should be demanding double their pay, benefits, and vacation. Right now they're holding all the power. Refer to @npub1fdr…lvhs's "boss in the back seat with the Fisher Price steering wheel" analogy for my reasoning.
#note1vjf…6mx3

2026-06-04 10:40:43 UTC

Backed @npub1fdr…lvhs's new book with just 11 minutes to spare.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-reverse-centaurs-guide-to-life-after-ai @pluralistic

2026-05-23 20:29:05 UTC

- reply

So "yes."

2026-05-23 15:27:21 UTC

- reply

Yes, I just want to know which iteration of her it is so I know if her Master is still around or not.

2026-05-23 03:33:32 UTC

- reply

Is that Girl or Mage?

2026-05-12 14:25:51 UTC

- reply

Does Vivaldi exist?

2026-04-01 23:29:14 UTC

- reply

Okay, in all seriousness Rebel could've waited until next week to call since this is a 1 hour show.

2026-04-01 23:14:23 UTC

- reply

It's the Iran excursion. Accept less stuff like a good patriot while public radio goes bye-bye.

2026-04-01 23:12:48 UTC

- reply

I thought they were playing 10k hours of country...:(

2026-03-27 19:11:38 UTC

- reply

I commented on that toot and immediately got blocked by those gaslighting DARVO fucks.

2026-03-27 18:48:24 UTC

- reply

Counteroffer: How about you apologize to everyone you have snapped at and then gaslit everyone else into thinking you were the ones who were wronged?
Exhibit A: Me. I asked a simple question and you started going off about how I was trying to dox Micay (false), working for Copperhead and Techlore (false; I was heavily involved in the dev community on XDA at the time), and spreading lies (this one's true but as retaliation to the aforementioned).
I'm willing to talk if you are.

2026-03-25 19:32:34 UTC

- reply

I'd like to hear @npub1x8w…gvay speak in person about how hellish the tech industry can get in person but she's been busy legally fighting her former bosses at some fruit company for the past 5+ years.

2026-03-04 20:15:34 UTC

The guy on the left was a US Marine Lt. Colonel who was arrested and convicted for selling missiles to Iran.
The guy on the right is a Fox "news" *snicker* "military analyst" who says Iran shouldn't have missiles.
They're the same guy.
https://cdn.masto.nyc/media_attachments/files/116/172/720/849/410/646/original/4afd91e8a6118654.jpg
https://cdn.masto.nyc/media_attachments/files/116/172/720/807/130/376/original/911804da7d83e736.jpg

2026-02-25 16:41:50 UTC

@npub1fdr…lvhs on how Dozing Donald's horseshit is a funhouse mirror version of reality.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/24/mamdani-thought/

2026-02-11 17:20:26 UTC

- reply

Is beer computer?

2026-02-07 16:31:42 UTC

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116030250866195948
Bill Stickers is an innocent man.
#note1ytm…dyx0

2026-02-05 03:01:01 UTC

An update on my @npub1pl0…qn57 FLX1s:
It doesn't read ALL of the T-Mobile 5G bands. That's okay. It's not a dealbreaker. This thing still functions as a cell phone and a powerful cyberdeck.
Trying to get the MicroSD card mounted as RW but won't let me chmod even as root.
I haven't been this excited about a phone since OnePlus was still developer-friendly.

2026-01-30 03:43:16 UTC

- reply

Yes. I subscribed to your shorts there.

2026-01-27 00:09:06 UTC

- reply

Umm...ActivityPub has @npub1wa2…zalq.

2026-01-26 20:03:29 UTC

- reply

...did you say favorable things about Ubuntu?

2026-01-22 18:00:10 UTC

- reply

You're also under an "exploding tree warning."

2026-01-21 15:36:54 UTC

I knew it was bad already but @npub1fdr…lvhs is making me glad I'm testing out (and hopefully soon daily driving) the @npub1pl0…qn57 FLX1s.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/21/cod-marxism/

2025-12-17 17:46:42 UTC

- reply

If we're talking about community-driven efforts to bring back beloved browsers, let's resurrect Netscape Navigator!

2025-11-13 16:23:51 UTC

- reply

"EDT?"

2025-10-23 20:19:05 UTC

@npub1fdr…lvhs breaks down what in the actual fuck is wrong with Amazon.
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/23/traveling-salesman-solution/

2025-09-18 02:14:19 UTC

- reply

I mean, most people have put their phone numbers on self-doxing platforms like everything owned by APT group Meta in spite of being able to use a pseudonym along with a fake ID.
What will it take for people to delete their Fakebook accounts?
Certainly not someone dying. That clearly hasn't worked.
As long as people continue using surveillance platforms owned by APT groups like Meta and X, we're going to continue seeing these chilling effects of people getting fired for voicing an opinion.
2/2

2025-09-18 02:10:56 UTC

What we've seen in the week since fascist imbecile Charlie Kirk was murdered in a school shooting is the result of what privacy advocates have been saying for literally years: "real name" policies and platforms that demand identifying information (like phone numbers) can be weaponized against their user bases and people need to move to federated platforms like Mastodon and other ActivityPub-supporting instances.
1/?

2025-09-17 03:14:02 UTC

Wise words to live by.
https://cdn.masto.nyc/media_attachments/files/115/217/453/952/297/029/original/ab771a21ab51f2aa.jpg

2025-08-25 05:56:23 UTC

- reply

Navy vet 1996-2000 here.
I remember when the so-called "oathkeepers" started posting this during Obama's Presidency on Fakebook (I took myself off their mailing list when it was apparent they were a domestic terror organization) so pardon me if I take a "once bitten" approach to this.

2025-08-23 14:46:05 UTC

- reply

Next time you're in NYC go to this bar called Otto's Shrunken Head. Last time I was there (which, admittedly, was around 10 years ago) you were able to take the tiki glass home with you for a $5 deposit!

2025-08-04 22:40:53 UTC

@npub15jt…z2e8 shouts out @npub1vr9…yuuq in the latest episode after the nearly hour long interview with @npub1fdr…lvhs.
I want to go to @npub1dqd…8xy4 one of these years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFABFe-5-uQ

2025-07-31 19:05:16 UTC

Take some time out of your day and read this essay by @npub1fdr…lvhs https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/31/unsatisfying-answers/#systemic-problems

2025-07-07 23:49:39 UTC

- reply

I'm fully aware both Graphene and CalyxOS have dropped support for the 4 series. I did not say for Lex to flash Graphene. All I said was Lineage is better in most use cases than stock and simply gave an example of how I'm not running stock.

2025-07-07 23:14:56 UTC

- reply

LineageOS is still better for a lot of use cases than stock Android. Both of my Pixels (a 6a and an 8 Pro) are running GrapheneOS.

2025-06-29 06:02:45 UTC

- reply

In order to be a genuine "satanist" one must meet the following criteria:
1) Believe in jesus tales
2) Worship the entity set up to be the villain in said jesus tales

2025-06-29 03:18:22 UTC

- reply

Anton LaVey explains why in The Satanic Bible.

2025-06-10 10:02:39 UTC

- reply

It means China's sharing intel.

2025-05-29 09:46:33 UTC

- reply

Here's a "Not The Onion" story for you to cover.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxvr3n7wlxo

2025-04-07 17:01:59 UTC

- reply

I thought "certified identities" was the whole point of Safety Numbers.

2025-04-07 16:54:48 UTC

- reply

Then please. Seeing as how YOU made the claim @npub1rkw…5q62 is not secure, would you explain your statements that do not involve the incident where Russia went phishing for Ukrainian users?

2025-04-07 16:45:11 UTC

- reply

Disingenuous explanation. Signal is pretty secure and private. It's not approved for government use because the Disappearing Messages feature is in violation of the Public Records Act.

2025-04-05 21:39:01 UTC

- reply

I still think it's because people are abandoning Windon't altogether rather than deal with "upgrading" to Windon't 11.

2025-04-05 17:06:30 UTC

- reply

Is the gap between Windon't 10 and 11 narrowing because of adoption or because people are abandoning the platform altogether after a rough few years?

2025-03-16 01:10:07 UTC

- reply

...that would require me to reregister for Github. I deleted my account as part of my anti-Microsoft purge back in June.

2025-03-14 15:22:48 UTC

- reply

UPDATE: You can still manually install UBO by downloading it from its git, unzipping it, opening up brave://extensions, hit Load Unpacked at the top, and navigate to the unzipped folder. All hope is not lost.

2025-03-14 15:12:41 UTC

So I'm setting up @npub1t4g…ml9t Beta on my Linux laptop (had to do a complete reinstall) and I noticed something: Brave removed the ability to install Manifest v2 extensions from the Beta and Nightly builds!
If you don't believe me, try it for yourself.
@npub12w6…2axu [@techlore](https://social.lol/@techlore )

2025-03-08 16:15:39 UTC

https://cdn.masto.nyc/media_attachments/files/114/127/700/096/897/179/original/5ea4a1816587cc17.png

2025-03-03 00:35:01 UTC

- reply

Shopping around the major #Linux laptop manufacturers as well as Alienware (which I've had excellent luck with in the past), once the finances are freed up it looks like I'm ordering a @npub1sfg…fqh4 laptop. Mostly price point, but I can also mod it later on.

2025-03-01 21:39:15 UTC

Finally got some good financial news for myself. Which is good, because I'll soon be in the market for a new battle station. I'll end up stripping my current one for parts after buying a base model laptop made for Linux.

2025-02-13 04:44:22 UTC

https://cdn.masto.nyc/media_attachments/files/113/994/747/568/687/282/original/32ba0e023156b09c.jpg