Dan Veditz
@dveditz.bsky.social
Firefox browser security, Santa Cruz Mountains dog owner and amateur musician
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Santa Cruz is the first city in California to terminate its contract with Flock Safety, the automated license plate reader operator. www.kqed.org/news/1207003...
As Federal Surveillance Grows, Santa Cruz Axes Powerful License Plate Readers | KQED
Santa Cruz City Council voted 6-1 to end its contract with Flock
www.kqed.org
January 17, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Santa Cruz is the first city in California to terminate its contract with Flock Safety, the automated license plate reader operator. www.kqed.org/news/1207003...
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Possible that the overall tone has shifted, but imo it's bc when they tried that line, they got SHOUTED DOWN like they had declared it to be PITCHFORKS AND FIRE TIME!!!
Put the bat on the countertop the moment the nazi walks in.
Put the bat on the countertop the moment the nazi walks in.
January 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Possible that the overall tone has shifted, but imo it's bc when they tried that line, they got SHOUTED DOWN like they had declared it to be PITCHFORKS AND FIRE TIME!!!
Put the bat on the countertop the moment the nazi walks in.
Put the bat on the countertop the moment the nazi walks in.
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chickenshits www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:49 PM
chickenshits www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
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The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would force social media platforms to filter and suppress content that the Trump admin is willing to argue makes kids "depressed" or "anxious."
Videos of ICE murdering people make me pretty depressed and anxious, and I'm a grown ass adult.
See where this is going?
Videos of ICE murdering people make me pretty depressed and anxious, and I'm a grown ass adult.
See where this is going?
January 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) would force social media platforms to filter and suppress content that the Trump admin is willing to argue makes kids "depressed" or "anxious."
Videos of ICE murdering people make me pretty depressed and anxious, and I'm a grown ass adult.
See where this is going?
Videos of ICE murdering people make me pretty depressed and anxious, and I'm a grown ass adult.
See where this is going?
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And when she was just on the cusp of understanding this, I said, now imagine they sold that information about you to anyone who wanted it, so that there would be people out there able to manipulate you whom you've never even met.
And now you're not the trainer, you're the dog.
Now she gets it.
And now you're not the trainer, you're the dog.
Now she gets it.
January 5, 2026 at 7:40 AM
And when she was just on the cusp of understanding this, I said, now imagine they sold that information about you to anyone who wanted it, so that there would be people out there able to manipulate you whom you've never even met.
And now you're not the trainer, you're the dog.
Now she gets it.
And now you're not the trainer, you're the dog.
Now she gets it.
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Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Christ on a bike, this is brilliant.
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
And disgustingly historically accurate. 10/10
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Surfer statue, holiday spirit.
Merry Christmas!🎄
Merry Christmas!🎄
December 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Surfer statue, holiday spirit.
Merry Christmas!🎄
Merry Christmas!🎄
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and the winner of the "2025 best thing on Internet" has just arrived
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
Size of Life
From an amoeba to a blue whale
neal.fun
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
and the winner of the "2025 best thing on Internet" has just arrived
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
neal.fun/size-of-life/
@carlbergstrom.com
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React Developers: I need you to upgrade right now. I don't ring the alarm bell often, but this time I am. It's similar to Log4j, but not yet exploited in the wild. This is quite serious, please upgrade now.
youtu.be
SheHacksPurple: Upgrade React and Next.JS RIGHT NOW
twp.ai
December 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
React Developers: I need you to upgrade right now. I don't ring the alarm bell often, but this time I am. It's similar to Log4j, but not yet exploited in the wild. This is quite serious, please upgrade now.
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EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.
Don't look up!
Don't look up!
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
EVERY house we looked at in altadena had a high fire risk, so we looked and bought in Pasadena even though there was less inventory. EVERY house i looked at in Altadena burned in Eaton, four weeks after we closed. Eaton missed our house by five blocks.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
the risk rating worked. shame it’s gone.
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This has been an extraordinary set of data to process: 1.3B unique passwords, 2B unique email addresses (including mine 😭) and almost 3M of our @haveibeenpwned.com subscribers in there. It’s been weeks of processing to get this loaded, and finally, it’s done www.troyhunt.com/2-billion-em...
2 Billion Email Addresses Were Exposed, and We Indexed Them All in Have I Been Pwned
I hate hyperbolic news headlines about data breaches, but for the "2 Billion Email Addresses" headline to be hyperbolic, it'd need to be exaggerated or overstated - and it isn't. It's rounded up from ...
www.troyhunt.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This has been an extraordinary set of data to process: 1.3B unique passwords, 2B unique email addresses (including mine 😭) and almost 3M of our @haveibeenpwned.com subscribers in there. It’s been weeks of processing to get this loaded, and finally, it’s done www.troyhunt.com/2-billion-em...
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don’t let these decrepit fucks pretend zohran’s outspoken support for queer and especially trans new yorkers didn’t arguably deliver his margin of victory
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
don’t let these decrepit fucks pretend zohran’s outspoken support for queer and especially trans new yorkers didn’t arguably deliver his margin of victory
In NYC watching as Liz Story is back in a recording studio for the first time in 15 or more years. It sounds glorious!
November 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
In NYC watching as Liz Story is back in a recording studio for the first time in 15 or more years. It sounds glorious!
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do folks have any idea how much cops cost?!
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
do folks have any idea how much cops cost?!
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
it would be less expensive to just feed people.
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there is NOTHING in the science to justify this. fuck this
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too. n.pr/4qFa1mY
Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
there is NOTHING in the science to justify this. fuck this
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I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
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Rich people don’t buy newsrooms because they care about journalism they do it so they can control the news.
October 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Rich people don’t buy newsrooms because they care about journalism they do it so they can control the news.
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I feel this should be obvious but we do understand the reason for the focus on gender affirming care for incarcerated people, right? The goal is to get people to admit that they think gender affirming care is *not medically necessary*.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I feel this should be obvious but we do understand the reason for the focus on gender affirming care for incarcerated people, right? The goal is to get people to admit that they think gender affirming care is *not medically necessary*.
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Clocks go back in the UK tonight. They change in the US on November 2nd. Welcome to the Week When No One Knows What Time It Is 😆
October 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Clocks go back in the UK tonight. They change in the US on November 2nd. Welcome to the Week When No One Knows What Time It Is 😆
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WBEZ/Sun-Times are crowd-sourcing a map of ICE raids.
Put aside what they’re doing and to whom and why.
The fact that the people of an American city, including the mayor and governor, have to guess where Federal agents are operating, is itself insane.
interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/
Put aside what they’re doing and to whom and why.
The fact that the people of an American city, including the mayor and governor, have to guess where Federal agents are operating, is itself insane.
interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/
October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
WBEZ/Sun-Times are crowd-sourcing a map of ICE raids.
Put aside what they’re doing and to whom and why.
The fact that the people of an American city, including the mayor and governor, have to guess where Federal agents are operating, is itself insane.
interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/
Put aside what they’re doing and to whom and why.
The fact that the people of an American city, including the mayor and governor, have to guess where Federal agents are operating, is itself insane.
interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/
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It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
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A list of laws, theories, principles and patterns that software developers might find useful, including the 1% Rule and “institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution”. [hacker-laws.com]
October 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
A list of laws, theories, principles and patterns that software developers might find useful, including the 1% Rule and “institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution”. [hacker-laws.com]
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Brown pelicans dive bomb the anchovy buffet, Monterey Bay.
October 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Brown pelicans dive bomb the anchovy buffet, Monterey Bay.
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Good evening twilight, Monterey Bay. 🌅
September 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Good evening twilight, Monterey Bay. 🌅