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Reality Winner @reazlepuff.bsky.social · 11d

What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 11d

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.

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Lucas Brown Eyes @lucasbrowneyes.bsky.social · 12d

Microsoft shoved their AI Copilot into everything in Windows 11. Which lead to an increase in Windows 10 use. So they announced they'd stop support for Windows 10, but its usage was still strong. So they started to put Copilot into Windows 10.

Windows 7 use is surging 5x now.

AI is product poison.

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 13d

I rely upon @andylevy.net for inciteful baseball commentary.

(This tweet contains no spelling errors.)

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 13d

She deserved a third Oscar for "Barbarella".

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 13d

I had such a crush on her as a kid after seeing "Barbarella", her best work.

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 13d

If you want to stand up for free-speech, the time to do it is when you own side is violating it, such as during Biden's pressuring Internet companies to censor "misinformation".

If you only defend the speech of your own side, what you are defending is your side, not free-speech principles.

Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 13d

The legendary Jane Fonda “has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, the McCarthy-era initiative started by her father, Henry Fonda ...” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era

In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 15d

My sister lives in the Portland area and I'm trying to convince her to drive downtown to take video of the Rose City Antifa protests outside the ICE detention center.

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 15d

Don't modern phones do a good job at this now?

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15d

"In 2025, Americans may be reading this novel with somewhat different eyes than in times gone by, when strongman rule, cult-like worship of leaders, and reality-denying propaganda were things that happened somewhere else." www.thebulwark.com/p/animal-far...

‘Animal Farm’ Never Gets Old

Orwell’s classic turns 80.

www.thebulwark.com

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 15d

You an easily find license plate reading apps for your Android. Modern phones easily have enough AI power to do a good job, recording not just the number, but also the color, type of car, and often even the make/model of car.

All you need to do is provide it power.
www.perplexity.ai/search/andro...

Perplexity

Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.

www.perplexity.ai

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 15d

...and, of course, act counter to the Leader's interests in an environment where law enforcement is hunting political enemies.

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 15d

License plate readers are growing fast. These days, they are cheap to own and operate. Essentially, a $100 burner phone with a $5/month prepaid account can be made into a license plate reader. It's gonna solve a lot of crime, making it impractical to drive anywhere to commit crime.

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 15d

For most Americans, driving is a part of everyday life. That’s why EFF, ACLU and NACDL are urging the Virginia Court of Appeals to hold that searches of ALPR data require a search warrant. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

EFF Urges Virgina Court of Appeals to Require Search Warrants to

This post was co-authored by EFF legal intern Olivia Miller.For most Americans—driving is a part of everyday life. Practically speaking, many of us drive to work, school, play, and anywhere in

www.eff.org

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 18d

State police: "Why does your license plate say SNIFFER?"

You: "Uh, erm, oh, it's because I'm in IT. That refers to a packet sniffer that diagnoses Internet problems."

State police: "Okay, carry on."

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 19d

you guys don't mock the president. my own grandfather was murdered when an escalator stopped, launching him 700 feet through a hotel lobby and into the open mouth of a waiting anaconda

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The Onion @theonion.com · 18d

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 19d

I'm told it's over 200% of mathematicians agree cutting prices by 1500% is impossible.

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Till Eckert @tilleckert.com · 19d

1/ I’m Till Eckert, a ProPublica reporter. For the past 2 weeks, I’ve been going to the same NY immigration courthouse.

Nearly every time, I see ICE agents arresting immigrants. Today, a woman was slammed to the ground after begging officials not to take her husband away.

Thread 👇

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · Feb 28

anyway periodic reminder that congress can at any time they wish, and should tomorrow, end this

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19d

Lol. LMAO, even: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the
Eastern District of Virginia
FILED
IN OPEN COURT
SEP 25 2025
CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA
United States of America
games B.Comey/r
Defendant
REPORT OF A GRAND JURY'S FAILURE TO CONCUR IN AN INDICTMENT
As the foreperson of the grand jury of this court at a session held at
Alexandria, Virginia
on
Count 1
Sep 25, 2025 I report that 12 or more grand jurors did not concur in finding an indietment inhis case.
only.
Under Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(c), this record is being filed with the court clerk and will not be made public unless the court orders otherwise.
Pursuant to the E-Government Act, The original of this page has been filed
Date:
sepzs, 2075
under seal in the Clerk's Office

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James Comey @jamescomey.bsky.social · 19d

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 19d

James Comey was just indicted by a grand jury.

Back in the Obama admin as FBI director, he defended government encryption backdoors by claiming that the DoJ would never abuse it's authority, and if it did, the courts would stop them.

Has he changed his mind?

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 21d

As far as I can tell, all the good people have been raptured.

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 20d

I see you are still here.

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 21d

As far as I can tell, all the good people have been raptured.

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Robert Graham @erratarob.bsky.social · 21d

In yesterday's discussion of that UN SIM farm story, I mentioned the conflict between techies and the sorts of "people who matter" that the NYTimes quotes.

Today, I write a blogpost that expands on that.

cybersect.substack.com/p/techies-vs...

Techies vs. the people that matter

In my last blog post, I described how the New York Times doesn’t cite technical experts, but rather “People Who Matter”—people with impressive résumés, like having been the “Director for Cyber Inciden...

cybersect.substack.com

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