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Over a year ago, National Public Data (NPD), a search site for people, earned a place in privacy infamy for a security breach that revealed the personal data of 3 billion individuals (that's billion with a "b"). Now, after disappearing, NPD is back. As ZDNET sister publication PCMag reported, NPD is open for snooping again under a new owner, the rather mysterious-sounding Perfect Privacy LLC.

Oh boy. Better head over to nationalpublicdata.com and see if your profile is there. Then follow the handy instructions in the ZDNET article to have yourself removed:

How to remove your information from NPD

Search your name on nationalpublicdata.com.

When you find your profile, click "View Full Profile."

Copy its URL.

Go to nationalpublicdata.com/optout.html.

Drop the URL into the "Your Profile Link" field and click "Request Removal."

Enter an email address, and the site will send you an email requesting that you click to confirm deletion. 

You'll need a separate email address for each profile you want to delete. 

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Good news, this is not AI! Just a weird angle for the legs.

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the thing about being nonbinary is that you really do start to forget that other people have such strict walls around what is and isn’t allowed for genders. i thought we all agreed that we made that up. could you climb out of the cave real quick and feel the sunshine for a minute.

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A PSA about trucks from a truck driver

I and some colleagues were talking about how we wish everyone could see the safety videos that our company was showing us, because I don’t think most people understand how traffic works in a truck. So here’s some things we wish everyone on the road knew.

- we’re not kidding about tailgating. If you’re right behind us on a straight highway? Chances are we have NO IDEA you’re there, which means we can’t anticipate any of your movements. Plus slowing down takes multiple downshifts, so we might start decreasing speed way earlier than you expect.

- We’re not kidding about any of our blind spots. WE CAN’T SEE YOU, GUYS.

- That bit about slowing down taking a while? The same goes for when you’re in front of us. Don’t cut off a truck. Oh god, PLEASE don’t cut off a truck. If you cut me off, I’m not irritated, I’m terrified. For YOU. It can take 7 to 9 seconds for us to stop. DON’T CUT OFF TRUCKS.

- Before you get mad about how slow we’re going on the highway, keep in mind that many companies govern their vehicles so they literally CAN’T go over 60 or 65. This is a good thing, I promise. Because…

- Do you know what happens when a car meets a truck in an accident? The car gets totaled and the truck needs a new coat of paint. You will not win this fight. I know nobody likes getting stuck behind a big dumb truck, but it’s not worth your life.

We are trying our best to protect you from our 80,000 pound death machines. Please help us out.

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Saw this:

Made this:

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the trolley problem vs. systemic oppression: a comic.

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two reich's don't make a wrong

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facts that i know for sure:

I’m gay

It’s too hot outside 

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"Is it okay to chest bind if I'm afab?" "I'm cis but I want to use binders" "Is it okay to go on T if I'm a cis woman-"

BUDDY. FRIEND. PAL. YOU DO NOT NEED PERMISSION. THOSE RESOURCES AREN'T AVAILABLE FOR ONE SPECIFIC GROUP! THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT! STOP ASKING FOR PERMISSION I PROMISE YOU NO ONE CARES WHAT YOU DO!

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Cis people think trans people have this:

Deadname

Chosen name

But honestly we really have:

Name

Other name

Deadname

Business name

Old nickname only some people have rights to use

Online name

Extra special secret name you don’t get to know, unless… ;)

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Being told to stop using em dashes in my writing because ChatGPT uses them a lot and people might think it's written by AI...

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On July 31, 1955, the Casey Jr. Circus Train went from “I think I can” to “I thought I could” when it officially opened just 14 days after Disneyland’s public debut.

(Post courtesy of The Walt Disney Family Museum)

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one of my favorite things in the world is when i am excercising Extreme Self Restraint about something, and i want to give in and just do it but i can't, and then my wife just waltzes in and doesn't even pretend that she's gonna resist, she just Does The Thing immediately and i get to be like. ah. as eve, so adam.

two apples please.