Christopher Almeida-Symons

Software developer in the online ads world (annoying but keeps the Web free) | #javascript | #react

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

@CryptoTice_ Sounds like property tax

[AI Panda @AIPandaX]

A guy was ready to drop $1,500 on a new OLED TV because his 3-year-old Smart TV was freezing up and took 5 seconds just to respond to the remote.

He unplugged it. Deleted old apps. Cleared the cache. The lag kept coming back.

He went to Best Buy to get a replacement.

The home theater installer in the blue shirt stopped him: "Before you spend a grand, let me show you something."

He grabbed a remote and shook his head.

"There are 8 hidden tracking settings throttling your TV's processor right now. Manufacturers turn them all on by default. Nobody tells you they exist. Let's fix this."

Here's what he showed him in the next 8 minutes. 🧵

[Marty Hogan @marty_hogan]

OK... take my money

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

@0de11_ No he doesn't. Then more people will come I for him

[Ramp Capital @RampCapitalLLC]

Me: Mom can I have $20 to buy a Claude membership?

Mom: We have Claude at home.

The Claude at home:

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

So the Cup Winners' Cup is a European trophy 🤷🏼

[B/R Football @brfootball]

A fifth consecutive European final loss for Arsenal 💔

❌ Lost 1995 European Cup Winners’ Cup final 2-1 vs. Real Zaragoza
❌ Lost 2000 UEFA Cup final on pens vs. Galatasaray
❌ Lost 2006 Champions League final 2-1 vs. Barcelona
❌ Lost 2019 Europa League final 4-1 vs. Chelsea
❌ Lost 2026 Champions League final on pens vs. PSG

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

You can crash your yard's mosquito population without spraying a single chemical with a Mosquito Bucket of Doom.

Fill a 5-gallon bucket about two-thirds with water. Drop in a handful of grass clippings, leaves, or hay. Let it sit for a day, then drop in a Bti dunk (also called Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis, sold at any hardware store as "mosquito dunks," about $10 for six).

Mosquitoes are powerfully attracted to fermenting water and will lay their eggs in your bucket. Bti is a naturally occurring soil bacterium that produces a toxin that kills mosquito, blackfly, and fungus gnat larvae only.

This method doesn't harm bees, butterflies, fireflies, fish, frogs, birds, pets, or people. BTI dunks are EPA-approved for organic use and safe in animal water troughs and birdbaths.

One dunk lasts about 30 days. Top off the water as it evaporates. Cover with 1/2-in Mesh Hardware Cloth to prevent animals from getting trapped and put the bucket somewhere shady where pets and kids won't get into it.

The bucket becomes a mosquito magnet and a dead end. Compare that to fogging the entire yard with pyrethroids, which kills every insect in it, including the predators that eat mosquitoes.

Doug Tallamy's Homegrown National Park has been running the "Mosquito Bucket Challenge" since 2021. The more buckets in a neighborhood, the bigger the dent. One bucket per yard is a great start.

[DailyAFC @DailyAFC]

Louis Dunford singing ‘The Angel’, during the afterparty for Arsenal players, staff & families, after lifting the Premier League trophy today. ❤️🎶

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

@JoelStransky @theo SwiftKey has gotten worst and worst

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

@PolitlcsUK Shared parking? So, two cars per spot, or do they park on top of each other

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

🏆🏆🏆 and you delivered @BukayoSaka87

[Bukayo Saka @BukayoSaka87]

You deserve more Arsenal fans 💔

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.

[now.arsenal @now_arsenaI]

AFTER 22 YEARS, THE ARSENAL ARE BACK ON TOP.

TEARS IN MY FUCKING EYES.

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

@AFC_Monty_ They will only mention the Havertz one, we all know how this goes

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

@philthistweet Because why pay for a team when you can have one dev do frontend, backend, devops, databasing etc

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

@_sorrengailll Still wouldn't use Apple Music, what an awful app

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

@hxy4t Well they know corruption very well. They are just trying to pull us into their club

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

@now_arsenaI If he hasn't watched it, how does he know it shouldn't have been disallowed

[International Cyber Digest @IntCyberDigest]

‼️🚨 ALARMING: Google now treats privacy as suspicious behavior by default. Users of GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, /e/OS, and other deGoogled Android phones are being locked out of millions of websites unless they install the exact Google Play Services software they deliberately removed.

GrapheneOS is recommended by the EFF and used by journalists, lawyers, and activists in high-risk environments. The audience most likely to read Google's data practices and refuse its terms is now flagged as fraudulent for that exact decision.

What happened?:
▪️ Google announced "Cloud Fraud Defense" at Cloud Next on April 22-23, 2026, branding it "the next evolution of reCAPTCHA." Existing reCAPTCHA customers were auto-migrated.
▪️ When the system flags traffic as suspicious, the old click-the-bus puzzle is gone. Users get a QR code instead.
▪️ Scanning the QR code requires Google Play Services running on the device. Internet Archive snapshots show this requirement has been live since at least October 2025, silently rolled out for 7 months before anyone noticed.
▪️ No Play Services = no QR scan = locked out.

The bigger picture:
▪️ Google already tried this in 2023. It was called Web Environment Integrity (WEI), and it would have let Google decide which devices were "real enough" to access the web. Standards bodies and the public pushed back hard, and Google killed it. Three years later, the same idea is back, just hidden behind a QR code instead of a browser feature.
▪️ reCAPTCHA runs on millions of websites. Every developer who keeps using it is now, by default, telling deGoogled Android users they're not welcome...

[Christopher Almeida-Symons @_asymo]

@OrevaZSN People are going to start recording themselves writing these papers just to prove they done it