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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

"I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper." - @newyorkstateag.bsky.social

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

INBOX — New York AG Tish James' statement on Trump's retaliatory indictment of her:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 9, 2025

Attorney General’s Press Office/212-416-8060 nyag.pressoffice@ag.ny.gov

Attorney General Letitia James Issues Statement on Donald Trump’s Weaponization of the Department of Justice

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued the following statement after she was indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s office of the Eastern District of Virginia.

“This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. He is forcing federal law enforcement agencies to do his bidding, all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.

“These charges are baseless, and the president’s own public statements make clear that his only goal is political retribution at any cost. The president’s actions are a grave violation of our Constitutional order and have drawn sharp criticism from members of both parties.

“His decision to fire a United States Attorney who refused to bring charges against me – and replace them with someone who is blindly loyal not to the law, but to the president – is antithetical to the bedrock principles of our country. This is the time for leaders on both sides of the aisle to speak out against this blatant perversion of our system of justice.

“I stand strongly behind my office’s litigation against the Trump Organization. We conducted a two-year investigation based on the facts and evidence – not politics. Judges have upheld the trial court’s finding that Donald Trump, his company, and his two sons are liable for fraud.

“I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights. And I will continue to do my job.”

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 2d

One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.

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BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 3d

Let us know what you think. I enjoyed Legacy. Worried Aries is going to be awful.

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BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 4d

I have so many questions….

a man with a beard is wearing a tuxedo and bow tie and is giving a bravo sign .

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 5d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 6d

Amazing numbers

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🔴 READING CRYPTO PAPERS 🔴 SIGNAL SPARSE POST-QUANTUM RATCHET

BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 8d

A far more interesting topic than all the “exciting” email follow-ups I saved for this afternoon

Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 8d

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YouTube video by Deirdre Connolly

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a chimpanzee is laying on a couch and pointing at a book .

BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 8d

What I want to be doing: digging into all the gory details of Signal’s ML-KEM Braid.

Yet somehow I became the guy who has to answer work emails…..

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two men in suits and ties are waving their hands in a room

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BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 8d

Asp.net MVC

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BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations 🎊🎈

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BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 11d

🤣

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National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders

BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 11d

Who’s your favorite Jedi? (Wrong answers only)

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 14d

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...

National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe

www.chosun.com

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BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 15d

Wasn’t the return to office supposed to fix this?

Oklahoma’s big “TV nudes” scandal was… a Jackie Chan movie on a Samsung streaming service

BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 16d

I saw this article saying that was kind of an accident in that the movie was playing on one of the TV’s default channels.

arstechnica.com/culture/2025...

Smart TVs strike again.

arstechnica.com

BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 16d

This thread was a wild ride 😂👏👏👏

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 16d

“Stop saying mean things about me to the press”

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 16d

"This used to be the best job I’ve ever had, the best environment I’ve ever had, the best culture I’ve ever had—and they fucking ruined it.

I will never ever forget how much they ruined it."

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

www.wired.com

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BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 17d

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a woman making a face with the words sure fine whatever

BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 17d

It’s not enough to write about supply chain risk, you want to be the supply chain risk 🤣

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BadCipherCodes @badciphercodes.bsky.social · 18d

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