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Things I said to ChatGPT in 2025.

Signs of #Spring at Baltimore City Hall 🌷@wjz

this afternoon

@Labcorp Hi. Called your Patient Billing Team again and in no time your expert agent Alina deftly verified my information and sent me a copy of my invoice so I could pay it. Please convey to the appropriate team that emailing it should be more of a priority than texting it. File closed :)

@StateCircle Hi there, we are glad you were able to get in touch with our patient billing team. We also appreciate your feedback and questions about the billing process. We will be sure to pass these along to the appropriate team for review.

.@Labcorp Before I pay my bill I need an itemized bill showing each test and charge. What do you suggest?

@Kabugo_ Fair.

@StateCircle The system didn’t reject your ideas… it rejected the version of you that still believes ideas matter more than hierarchy.

Thanks to X, I don't feel so alone :)

@GerardJebaily There's nothing for which to apologize.

It's hard to make deep apologies to the public over a forecast for potentially deadly weather missing the mark and people not dying as a result. It's like having to apologize that you had to wear your seat belt despite not getting into a car crash. Or apologizing that the bomb didn't go off even though the timer stopped at 0:02. BUT I certainly admit that I didn't do a good job communicating the notable chances of this being a dud KNOWING that a single fly could fall in the ointment and change things completely. For that, I am definitely at fault for and apologize for that poor communication. I must do better and I'm going to commit to it.

It's called March Madness for a reason! From record breaking heat last week to severe weather and even snow... we've experienced it all! (got this idea from my former Chief from Myrtle Beach, @EdPiotrowski) #mdwx #baltimore #wbaltv11

.@wbaltv11 nails it here! 🦀

Password rotation or Forced changes lead to "password hedging," where users just add a number or change one letter (e.g., Summer1! becomes Summer2!). It is biologically impossible for most people to memorize a high volume of complex, random strings every few months, leading to "sticky note" security risks. When security is a hassle, users find dangerous shortcuts, like reusing the same "strong" password across every site they own. The most important fact is that NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), the global authority on cybersecurity standards, officially retired this method In its Digital Identity Guidelines (SP 800-63B), NIST now explicitly states that organizations "SHALL NOT require" periodic password changes. They’ve shifted the focus to Length over Complexity. They recommend allowing passphrases of up to 64 characters and only requiring a change if there is actual evidence of a compromise.

tomorrow is a brand new day

🍀 Happy St Patrick’s Day! 🍀

.@Good_Homes and @vivoapartments GET OVER HERE

As I repost this here, I wonder if there are two very specific individuals whose ears start tingling.

2-Factor Authentication has gotten out of control. Not every single login to a university email needs to be treated like authorizing a nuclear strike.

The State has declared liberal leave for Baltimore City and all counties other than Garrett, Allegany, and Worcester counties from 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. on March 16, 2026.

West Baltimore is a hodgepodge of inhabited homes and vacant houses wedged together block after block. Thousands of vacant houses. Thousands of people trying to survive their environment.

@Designsage @lady_valor_07 let's really consider the X base service level limiting posts to 140 characters again

@lady_valor_07 I assume you are female? If not, I apologize. My advice - If you want to get married & have kids, do not waste your time in a relationship for more than a year or two. You do not have time to waste. Don't date or live w/ someone for 8 years or something.

I’m 25. Give me oddly specific life tips. No general ”surround yourself with positive people” tips. I want the most random, specific advice possible.

Employers, we all want to know this.

@gothburz On at least a few Webcam group interviews, at the point when they ask me if I have any questions, my first question should have been: "Do you already have someone standing by to take this position?" My answer will be found in the resulting awkwardness. Let's all start doing this.

@AI_EmeraldApple @nikitabier You left out the part where Intuit bribes the federal government from simplifying the tax code so that the taxpayers remain confused and frightened and have to buy their TurboTax product hoping to avoid jail.

@nikitabier If it works, RIP turbotax, H&R block, and all the tax accounting industry that only exists because our tax code is insanely complicated.

Just dragged all my tax documents into Grok and said figure it out. Don't have the time for this bullshit anymore.