Category: Higher Education

  • WIFI Bombshell On 092225

    Monday 09/22/25 was my day off. Nowadays the kids go to school so you can actually enjoy your day off šŸ˜‚

    So I enjoyed my rest until about 4pm when I decided to step out to go get some fresh air…and coffee of course.

    Went to my local deli, got me a coffee and a pastry, and sat at the local park doing my favorite thing—tweeting away, or is it Xing away?šŸ˜‚

    Anyway, my phone started having connectivity issues—slow etc, the usual stuff TIs go through, so I decided to check if there was some public WiFi in the area—one of the great things about NYC.šŸ‘ As I’m scrolling through the WIFI options, look what a TI ran into😳😳. Lord Have Mercy!!

    A few seconds later, it was gone. They probably went, ā€œoops, he wasn’t supposed to see thatā€šŸ˜‚and made it disappear.


    There was this illegally parked Mercedes just idling there. That’s the only ā€œsuspectā€ I could think of, even though it’s hard to pin down this stuff. Just because one thinks they may be the one doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true. I just found it odd that it was illegally parked right next to where I was, that’s allšŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

    Long story short, I got out of there faster than Usain BoltšŸ˜‚

    Also something to think about the next time you gošŸ™„while listening to this TI bitch about getting stuck at a NYC shelter for over a year, even though super qualified for CityFHEPS, not getting NY state financial aid for college even though clearly eligibleā€¦šŸ¤”

    If this doesn’t answer your question, then you’re clearly not looking for an answeršŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

    ***Updated Sunday 10/17/25***

    Chilling at the SAME spot at about 7:45pm, just taking in the lovely Fall ā€œsweater weatherā€ and boom!!šŸ‘‡šŸ˜³

    ***Updated Monday 11/03/25***
    On my off day, and was chilling at the SAME spot at about 6:40 pm—taking in the nice Fall weather before going back home. I tried to access the local public WiFi hotspot but was having issues for some reason. When I looked closely at the WiFi options, look what my eyes bumped into.😳 Is that WHY a TI is having issues connecting to the local public WiFi?šŸ¤”šŸ¤¦ā€ā™€ļø. Could they at least HIDE that name?šŸ˜‚

    Question now is, what ELSE do they do to targeted individuals as they sit peacefully at a public park, library..,Are they ONLY watching them? Why are you watching somebody seating peacefully at a park minding his own business? Hmm šŸ¤” I think you get the DEW driftšŸ¤”

  • TIs & Higher Education 090425 Edition

    ***An update from this earlier post***

    There’s an important update about school, that I have been slow to update you about. Remember I  had gotten caught up in some tuition drama during the Summer semester that forced me to appeal the charges? Well, turns out my appeal was approved, and I ended up successfully registering for the Fall Semester

    ***Approved Appeal***

    The interesting thing this Fall is that NY Governor Hochul has instituted a new program that allows people like me to attend college for FREE, yeah you read that right, totally FREE—tuition, books and everything.

    So when I was registering this Fall, I made it clear to the QCC folks—Registrar, Financial aid staff, everybody that I want the Governor’s free program. So the staff at QCC told me that only certain programs are eligible and I wasn’t currently enrolled in those—I should say, only certain Majors are eligible. 

    So they told me I had to switch my major to one of the eligible ones before I got considered for the program. So I switched my major for CIS to Cybersecurity, which is an eligible major.

    After the switch, they told me I had to go to the financial aid office because they are ultimately responsible for who gets into the free program—they make the determination

    So I went to the financial aid office right after switching my major to cybersecurity, just to double check on the info I had received thus far. The FinAid folks said the info was accurate—that even though it’s a free college program, one had to file a 2025-26 FAFSA and NY State aid(known as TAP) to be considered into the program—and their explanation made sense. They wanted to make sure the people who get the free ride are those who have no other available forms of financial aid—the last resort crowd like myself.

    I know I did my FAFSA back in late March-April so I had no issue with that. TAP on the other hand, I don’t even know what to tell you what kind of witchcraft is going on with the TAP folks.šŸ˜‚To date, I’ve made almost 10 applications, and it’s ALWAYS the same result—some alleged problem with my FAFSA that prevents them from processing my state aid. Somebody at NY state aid (TAP) does NOT want this TI attending school FOR REAL!!šŸ˜‚

    The latest one I filed was on…right after I spoke with financial aid office after switching my major to cybersecurity. Look what I got anback this morning—the SAME damn thing😳

    As of now it still shows that I owe tuition so I’m not sure if the financial aid folks will use this as the reason to throw me on the free ride program, or will they stick a TI with the bill again. I think we all know the odds are 90-10 stick the TI with the billšŸ˜‚. But anyway, stay tuned. We shall see. 

    Just so you know, if there were ā€œissuesā€ with my financial aid application that needed fixing/addressing, the good folk at QCC Financial Aid office would know, and would have told me about it. According to them, everything is fine with my FAFSA, I’m just maxed out on the Pell & the loans. Very fishy what’s going on with the TAP folk. TI alarm has been going off every time they show up on the scene 🚨 🚨. Something there just ain’t right, SOMETHINGšŸ˜‚. I’ll dig into their affairs and report back to you.

    Also nowadays I like to check in with my new best friend, ChatGPTšŸ˜‚, so I figured I’d ask about the nexus between targeting programs and higher education. Here’s what came back. Notice the part about ā€œdenied scholarshipsā€. Is that what TAP is up to?😳. Hmm, we report, you decidešŸ¤·ā€ā™€ļø

    Also just to make sure you didn’t miss it. Notice what my new best friend ChatGPT also says towards the end—that they do this stuff ā€œin subtle, deniable waysā€ā€”the good ol’ plausible deniability. See how smart my new best friend is? Something to think about next time somebody tells you all TIs are crazy. The truth is more often that they cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt the crimes being done to themšŸ¤”