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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d

Wake up: see some random bro (I think) sneering at the humanities in tech because Hitler had theatre people in his admin, and Peter Thiel has a philosophy degree. Then, fine, burn the humanities to the ground with your nihilism. You’re exactly the kind of person who belongs in the Trump age.

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 3d

This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

someone on the Internet who really wants to convince you to shine lasers at manned aircraft as a protest tactic “because they did it in Chile in 2019” is either:

1. a fascist fed, or,

2. so terminally stupid that they have become functionally indistinguishable from one

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TrustedReveler @trustedreveler.bsky.social · 7d

LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.

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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 4d

I love this image.

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catbutt.exe @catbuttlol.bsky.social · 4d

The political cartoon "The Political Round Table" ruthlessly exposes the stark hypocrisy within the MAGA political ecosystem through a powerful visual juxtaposition of economic disparity. MAGA politicians are portrayed in a luxurious mansion with gleaming swimming pools and expensive cars, while their supporters languish in dilapidated shantytowns. The artwork reveals how political leaders profit by exploiting their base with divisive rhetoric, encouraging supporters to vote against their own economic interests and undermine their own democracy. A high, barbed-wire fence symbolically separates the two worlds, highlighting the profound disconnect between political promises and lived reality. The cartoon brutally illustrates the mechanism of cultural manipulation, where inflammatory messaging serves as a smokescreen for systematic economic exploitation.

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Bitquark @bitquark.io · 5d

And it won't be the last time this happens.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6d

Hack of age verification firm may have exposed Discord users’ ID photos

Names, email addresses and other contact details of about 70,000 global users could also have been taken Government ID photos of about 70,000 global users of Discord, a popular messaging and chat platform among video gamers, may have been exposed after hackers compromised a company contracted to carry out age verification checks. Some users’ names, email addresses and other contact details, IP addresses and messages with Discord’s customer service agents may also have been taken. The attacker has been trying to extort a ransom from the company. No full credit card details or passwords were seized. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 8d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 8d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 8d

To be clear, ADF cooked up a case with fake facts, distorted medical research and fabricated harms to be able to gain the constitutional right to torture LGBTQ children.

That's what they want to do, to torture LGBTQ youth.

slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court’s First Blockbuster Case This Term Looks Pretty Fake

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that seeks to undo a major triumph of the LGBTQ+ movement.

slate.com

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8d

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 8d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 8d

Oracle is the same company tapped to store data on U.S. TikTok users, so... not a great look to have spilled a ton of executives' personal data.

Clop raid on Oracle EBS started months ago, say researchers

: Strap in, admins. Exploits began in August and now the code is out there

www.theregister.com

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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 8d

You don't even need to read the article to know this is a durian.

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FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 8d

They are STILL killing people and digging unexploded ordnance out of Cambodia!

Jack Charnista @jackcharnista.bsky.social · 8d

The US dropped 7.5 million tons of bombs during the Vietnam war. That’s 3x more than during all of WW2.

But all they had to do was stop being so politically correct and they would have won.

SMDH. People haven’t been taught enough history to categorically reject this bullshit out of hand.

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 10d

I kinda think we should maybe stop using that Anthony Bourdain quote about the slaughter of Cambodians for other stuff. like I just saw this and I promise whatever Tim Willits did to American McGee's "dark alice in wonderland game" it's not as bad as a four year bombing campaign and the Khmer Rogue

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catbutt.exe @catbuttlol.bsky.social · 8d

Did you decide on your y2k hacker fit? Halloween is almost here!!!
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phreakocious @phreakocious.net · 12d

The HTTP Graph Collector extension for Chrome now supports Manifest v3. Analyze your browsing data to deconstruct the web with Gephi or other graphing tools for fun or research.

GitHub - phreakocious/HTTP-Graph-Collector: Chrome extension and Python support scripts to collect data for HTTP Graph

Chrome extension and Python support scripts to collect data for HTTP Graph - phreakocious/HTTP-Graph-Collector

github.com

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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 9d

A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Collection of His Drawings & Writings www.openculture.com/2025/10/digi...

A Complete Digitization of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Codex Atlanticus, the Largest Collection of His Drawings & Writings

No historical figure better fits the definition of “Renaissance man” than Leonardo da Vinci, but that term has become so overused as to become misleading. We use it to express mild surprise that one p...

www.openculture.com

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Why @why.bsky.team · 10d

A little proof of concept I've been working on, it's a version of Bluesky that you can run locally, even on your laptop, that pulls just the data you care about from the firehose, indexes it, and provides you an interface to view and interact with posts.

GitHub - whyrusleeping/konbini

Contribute to whyrusleeping/konbini development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Al Sweigart @alsweigart.bsky.social · 9d

Curl project maintainers have had enough of AI slop "contributions":

"We still have not seen a single valid security report done with AI help."

"We are effectively being DDoSed. If we could, we would charge them for this waste of our time."

www.linkedin.com/posts/daniel...

#hackerone #curl | Daniel Stenberg | 254 comments

That's it. I've had it. I'm putting my foot down on this craziness. 1. Every reporter submitting security reports on #Hackerone for #curl now needs to answer this question: "Did you use an AI to fin...

www.linkedin.com

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Bitquark @bitquark.io · 15d

Everything old is new again.

jstnkndy @jstnkndy.bsky.social · 15d

I'm at the point where I've seen first hand production platforms running AI generated code and have found critical vulnerabilities in those platforms. We're getting to the point where the number of emojis in the code will be telling of the number of bugs.

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catbutt.exe @catbuttlol.bsky.social · 11d

Enbys FTW! 🔥

Democracy is not a spectator sport! 🇺🇦 @grrlscientist.bsky.social · 11d

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#Biodiversity #Spider🕷️ #NewToScience #NewSpecies #Thailand🇹🇭 #Gynandromorph #Wildlife #Halloween🏮 #SpookySeason😵‍💫 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

Half Male-Half Female Spider Discovered In Thailand Is New To Science

Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon in this previously unknown species.

www.forbes.com

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vanoreo @vanoreo.bsky.social · 12d

for anyone confused at the bluesky waffle discourse, google "blue waffle" for context

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 13d

What academic worth their salt trusts the word of ANY Big Tech company? Their histories demonstrate they will lie, cheat and steal and that they do not care about anything about making trillions; why trust them? Why entrust our students to them? Why train your chatbot replacements?

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 13d

“The pilot will explore how AI can enhance teaching, research and university operations, while also gathering feedback to guide the responsible and effective use of AI across campus.”

William & Mary launches ChatGPT Edu pilot

By integrating artificial intelligence tools, the university is positioning itself at the forefront of higher education innovation.

news.wm.edu

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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 16d

You know what? Right now I don’t trust:
- The media
- Social media
- The government

I’m going to refrain from passing judgment on recent events (ESPECIALLY their motives) for a long time.

We’re in a really dark time at present with respect to accurate, reliable information.

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