Adapt #xkcd2501 to your area of abstruse specialization.

[anyia@lgbtqia.space]

@alice oh no, I was not aware of those affiliations

[arcticedge@furry.engineer]

@alice Huh. I'd always wondered if there was another reason you switched away from recommending CI as babby's first pick set. That would certainly be a good reason!

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@StarkRG the guys involved with Covert Instruments.

They're known for being pro Trump, pro cop, and anti-LGBTQ. The website has the thin blue line in their logo.

[starkrg@myside-yourside.net]

@alice Ahh, that makes sense, actually. Thanks for letting me know. Yeah, the thin blue line bullshit is a huge red flag despite, you know, having a distinct lack of red in it.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@arcticEdge yup. Never meet your heroes and all that.

Well, never meet your heroes if they're republicans at least.

[dany@hsnl.social]

@alice @StarkRG awwww really, LPL too? That sucks, I like his content.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@Dany so did I

@StarkRG

[lerxst@az.social]

@alice @StarkRG wellll, shit. I bought some shit from them last year. Never again. It’s disappointing but I’m better off knowing. Thanks for the knowledge bomb!

[natasha@lgbtqia.space]

@Dany @StarkRG I used to like his content but after knowing @alice here in fedi it seems to me that he's very showoff and tool selling advertiser, while Alice is here for real sport passion (and all of us queer people of course).
After knowing the other info I wasn't aware of before, I decided to block him on my YT timeline for good.

[waldi@chaos.social]

@alice Why did I read "licking"?

[shine@gts.churanova.eu]

@alice @StarkRG oh. I had a bad feeling about them for quite some time, there were some bad vibes from the way LPL talked about his wife a few times, then McNally who's another Covert Instruments person and his videos are a bit too edgy in a creepy way... Didn't exactly expect them to be pro Trump though. Thanks for saying that

[koalou@lgbtqia.space]

@alice
Oh! That's why you don't like him

[thasl@social.tchncs.de]

@alice ah crap, I didn't know that. But sure enough, Thin Blue Line in the logo, that is one hell of a dog whistle there.
Luckily we got @deviantollam and https://www.redteamtools.com/.
Hopefully the Learn About Lockpicking Set is back in stock soon, all the #learnlockpickingwithalice has got me hyped again

[the@ultracrepidarian.mysteriar.ch]

@alice

What "I use NixOS, btw" sounds like, probably.

[celeste_42bit@infosec.exchange]

@anyia @alice I hope McNally is still OK, unlike LPL. I like their content.

[the@ultracrepidarian.mysteriar.ch]

@alice

Here. Here it is. Accurate.

[dany@hsnl.social]

@thasl @alice @deviantollam oh yes Red Team Tools, I still think the colour options on the deadbolt safety strap are *chef's kiss*.

[kekunplazas@mamot.fr]

@alice TIL, thanks.

[zanagb@mastodon.social]

@alice oh. Damn. That sucks ass. But, somehow unsurprising...

Well, to the bin with him

[endlessmason@hachyderm.io]

@shine @alice @StarkRG
You mean the April fools videos?