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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“I remember <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/deleting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleting</span></a> my <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MastersThesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastersThesis</span></a>, and then having to run grep on /dev/hda1 to find where on the disk it was so I could copy on the area around it -- then piece everything back together and fix bit that were not retrieved correctly. It was a very stressful experience, but in the end <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/grep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grep</span></a> saved the day.” 🤓😫🤣☺️</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CLI</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Grep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Grep</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/HarrisonMaddison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HarrisonMaddison</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LinguisticFingerprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinguisticFingerprint</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FrequencyAnalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrequencyAnalysis</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/KenThompson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KenThompson</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LaurieWired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaurieWired</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=iQZ81MbjKpU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=iQZ81MbjKp</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a>&gt;</p>
Ultra Verified 🇺🇦<p>Hiding <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> activity, preventing <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/deleting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleting</span></a> official government communications in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/violation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violation</span></a> of the Federal Records Act. </p><p>It's just part of the New <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> Regime. </p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/02/inside-the-hazy-fractured-mess-of-signal-chats-in-the-government-00264466" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/04/02/i</span><span class="invisible">nside-the-hazy-fractured-mess-of-signal-chats-in-the-government-00264466</span></a></p>
eicker.news ᳇ tech news<p>»<a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Googlesearches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Googlesearches</span></a> for <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/deleting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleting</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a>, <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> explode after <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> ends <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/factchecking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>factchecking</span></a>.« <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/google-searches-for-deleting-facebook-instagram-explode-after-meta-ends-fact-checking/?eicker.news" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/01/09/goog</span><span class="invisible">le-searches-for-deleting-facebook-instagram-explode-after-meta-ends-fact-checking/?eicker.news</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a></p>
Pito Salas<p>I had never thought of this. It makes sense. Interesting. <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/sql" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sql</span></a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/database" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>database</span></a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/deleting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleting</span></a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/recovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recovery</span></a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> : "Avoiding the soft delete anti-pattern"(<a href="https://www.cultured.systems/2024/04/24/Soft-delete/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cultured.systems/2024/04/24/So</span><span class="invisible">ft-delete/</span></a>)</p>
@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differently<p>" Everything is fine at <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> ! Get back to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/deleting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleting</span></a> your <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Oculus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oculus</span></a> was already deleted by us at <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> yesterday. "</p><p>- <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MetaPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MetaPR</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NewHire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewHire</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DisasterPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterPR</span></a> guy</p><p>Know to have said : </p><p>' The <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> are on the run! '</p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>Is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>queer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/goodness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>goodness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/vanishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vanishing</span></a> from your <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/feed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feed</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialmedia</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bodypositivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bodypositivity</span></a> might only apply to those who fit into familiar <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/beauty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>beauty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ideals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideals</span></a>. Is <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> systematically <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/deleting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleting</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/creators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creators</span></a> who sit <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/outside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outside</span></a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/norm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norm</span></a>? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BodyPositivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BodyPositivity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Representation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Representation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://xtramagazine.com/power/identity/instagram-fat-censorship-254830" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">xtramagazine.com/power/identit</span><span class="invisible">y/instagram-fat-censorship-254830</span></a></p>
@infosec_jcp 🐈🃏 done differently<p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/8DAdvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8DAdvertising</span></a> chess moves involves <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/deleting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleting</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> to ALSO* <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/deleteinstagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleteinstagram</span></a> 🎯🧵💨🔥</p><p>* You can BACKUP your <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/disrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disrupt</span></a> this process by <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Joining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Joining</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pixelfed</span></a> BEFORE you delete your <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Threads</span></a> 🧵 / <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ProTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProTips</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SavingYourData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SavingYourData</span></a> 📰🗞️📡🛰️📺</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dansup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dansup</span></a></span> 😉😅😏</p>
First Dread Pirate Roberts<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://defcon.social/@deviantollam" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>deviantollam</span></a></span> It appears at first glance that the <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/fbi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fbi</span></a> is <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/altering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>altering</span></a> and <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/deleting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleting</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a>, just like the <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/fisa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fisa</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/warrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>warrants</span></a>. No one will believe the fbi ever again if these <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/allegations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>allegations</span></a> are <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/true" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>true</span></a>. <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discovery</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/chainofcustidy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chainofcustidy</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preservation</span></a></p>
Kyla Wazana Tompkins<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/deleting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleting</span></a> my tweets i'm not going to say it didn't hurt - man i hate cutting my own prose in any form that takes. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/migrating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>migrating</span></a></p>
Laura Phillips<p>From <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/bbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbc</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> affairs editor <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/JohnSimpson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnSimpson</span></a>: “The <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chinese</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/communist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/party" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>party</span></a> under <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/xijinping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xijinping</span></a> can’t allow itself to listen to demands to ease up on its rigid <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/policies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policies</span></a>. Instead it’s sending <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>students</span></a> home from <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a>. The <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> patrol the streets, checking people’s <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phones</span></a> at random &amp; <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/deleting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deleting</span></a> stuff they don’t like.”<br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/zeroCovid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zeroCovid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Xi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a></p>
WrathofJan 🌞🌻🌎🖖<p>This looks great!</p><p>* Collection of helpful tools for leaving <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a>, enhancing the Twitter <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archive</span></a>, <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Deleting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deleting</span></a> your data and moving over to <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>. * </p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/LeavingTwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeavingTwitter</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/TwitterArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwitterArchive</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/DeletingTwitterData" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeletingTwitterData</span></a></p><p><a href="https://github.com/achisto/twitter-offboarding" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/achisto/twitter-off</span><span class="invisible">boarding</span></a></p>