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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 29m

As I was walking through a neighborhood with lots of embassies, I was stopped by the police who asked what I was taking photos of. I said birds (which was true) and they smiled and wished me a nice day. So anyway, please download the Merlin Bird ID to use as an alibi merlin.allaboutbirds.org

Merlin Bird ID - Home

Identify Bird Songs and Calls Sound ID listens to the birds around you and shows real-time suggestions for who’s singing. Compare your recording to the songs and calls in Merlin to confirm what you...

merlin.allaboutbirds.org

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 2h

This is accurate; they are a good source and often the first to publicly write about something.

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 5h

We take security seriously

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 11h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 11h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 18h

In confusing times, I often find comfort in WH Auden's poem The Fall Of Rome (full poem here poets.org/poem/fall-rome), especially the last stanza:

Altogether elsewhere, vast
Herds of reindeer move across
Miles and miles of golden moss,
Silently and very fast.

The Fall of Rome

The piers are pummelled by the waves;

poets.org

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, I stand corrected on a lot of things. (But the articles didn't talk about T's connection with her. They talked about him not winning the prize.)

Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 18h

As people far more knowledgeable of the situation (including Venezuelan friends) have pointed out already, to say that Maria Corina Machado is a problematic Nobel Peace Prize winner is an understatement. Listen to this interview @npr.org did with her one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5571...

🔊 Listen Now: Nobel Laureate Maria Corina Machado on Regime Change in Venezuela

Up First From NPR on NPR One | 11:07

one.npr.org

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 23h

Me: gender is a social construct.
Also me, trying to buy a cable: no, this is a female plug, I need a male one.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 1d

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not a dog person but this hit me right in the feels.

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 2d

This is Manolo. His family invited strangers to spend time with him on his last day. His mom said, "This was such a perfect way to celebrate the life of a dog who truly loved spending time with people and their dogs. Run free and fast forever, Manolo. I will never stop missing you." 14/10 for all

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 1d

This is a good move and also note they "will provide a thousand iPhone 17 devices to civil society organizations who can get them into the hands of at-risk users". This is definitely going to have a tangible impact.

Etienne - Tek @tek.randhome.io · 2d

A major evolution of Apple Security Bounty, with the industry's top awards for the most advanced research - Apple Security Research https://security.apple.com/blog/apple-security-bounty-evolved/

A major evolution of Apple Security Bounty, with the industry's top awards for the most advanced research - Apple Security Research

Today we’re announcing the next major chapter for Apple Security Bounty, featuring the industry’s highest rewards — up to $2 million and a maximum payout in excess of $5 million — expanded research categories, and a flag system for researchers to objectively demonstrate vulnerabilities and obtain accelerated awards.

security.apple.com

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Laura Vidal @elevidalbe.bsky.social · 1d

With the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize to María Corina Machado, we're diving once again into endless debates about her political position - with media calling her "far-right" or "radical right."

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 2d

Oops.
Which is to say: if someone recommends a book by a local author, I'd start with that (I keep meaning to do so myself).

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 2d

I read Things Are Never So Bad They Can't Get Worse by William Neuman a few years ago, which isn't bad, but also very much an outsider's (NYT journalist) point of view. Which

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 2d

Also stating the rather obvious fact that the situation in Venezuela, like everywhere in the world, is multi-dimensional. It is possible to be against Maduro and still no big fan of Machado.

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 2d

I wish articles about Maria Corina Machado winning the Nobel Prize would solely focus on her and her work in Venezuela and not mention that other guy.

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 2d

This 1994 song by Ghanaian singer Ata Kak is so good atakak.bandcamp.com/track/daa-ny...
(H/T Le Monde, who every week share three songs from Africa www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti... )

Daa Nyinaa, by Ata Kak

from the album Obaa Sima

atakak.bandcamp.com

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 3d

I probably shouldn’t post a photo of a spotless starling, should I?

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 3d

I have so many thoughts and feelings about that Gaza peace deal and everything surrounding it's but then I saw a Gazan journalist post on Instagram "the genocide is over" and I realized my thoughts and feelings don't fucking matter.

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 3d

I work in threat intelligence. This tracks.

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 3d

Not the main point of the article, nor the main problem, but now I have to add "but not those people" to my "does digital security work for vulnerable people".

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 3d

Same!

(I realized that when I liked the photos on another social network I was supposed to choose one, but then they had already gone.)

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 4d

I didn't manage to register to vote in the upcoming Dutch elections which is kind of okay, as I've not lived there in almost two decades, and kind of not, as the country has some crazy politicians and also, I myself tend to have political views that I 100% agree with.

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 4d

I think also they have historically avoided team codes that are already used as country codes (hence also TBV).

Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 4d

My brain registered that headline as "preschoolers arrested for ransomware attack" and yeah, soon.

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Martijn Grooten @martijngrooten.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah, I was clearly told this by a CBP official when I ticked the 'tourism' box because my first destination wasn't the conference I was going to attend.

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