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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC (Friday only!) @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 16h

Granny Dream's Hot Butter Ice Cream from Hypnospace Outlaw

Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 14h

In case you didn't know, this wasn't the original intent, and saving the Little Sisters was supposed to actually deprive you of ADAM: www.polygon.com/2016/9/19/12...

BioShock bungled its best chance to make play meaningful

The tragedy of the Little Sisters

www.polygon.com

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 1d

www.theverge.com/news/793362/... Google decided giving the user malicious information isn't a vulnerability. How's that mission statement going?

They've made the underlying problem unsolvable. Still, they should at least fix and reward findings when users have even less hope to protect themselves.

Brandon Downey @bdowney.bsky.social · 1d

Very surprised this is a Will not Fix from Google; perhaps popularizing will help.

(ht to @headmold.bsky.social, source of gloomy stuff this evening).

Also would it be more or less likely to be fixed if it were called 'ASCII sNuggling' vs. 'smuggling'.

Google won’t fix new ASCII smuggling attack in Gemini

Google has decided not to fix a new ASCII smuggling attack in Gemini that could be used to trick the AI assistant into providing users with fake information, alter the model's behavior, and silently p...

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 2d

Or what Mastodon already is?

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 2d

The clearest explanation of the new US COVID vaccine rules I could find. I rushed to get my shot today just before finding this, but it matched my experience.

Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 3d

After RFK Jr.’s shenanigans, COVID shot access will be a lot like last year

Most people can get vaccinated at their local pharmacy like normal.

arstechnica.com

Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 7d

Hey Europe, can you put off your authoritarianism crisis until we're finished in the U.S.? Thanks!

Signal @signal.org · 7d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 7d

I watched their podcast (www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7DE...). They claimed throughout that the success of identity checking on the Play Store was what led them to this and they weren't adding new verification requirements for Play Store devs. developer.android.com/developer-ve... says the latter too

Android developer verification

YouTube video by Android Developers

www.youtube.com

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 7d

blurbusters.com/crt-simulati... is cool. Motion clarity by imitating a CRT as hard as you can

The 120 Hz demo (www.shadertoy.com/view/X3ccDN) works in Chrome+Android after I disable chrome://flags/#throttle-main-thread-to-60hz . But on Mac, I get pink smearing (Chrome/Safari/Firefox)

CRT Simulation in a GPU Shader, Looks Better Than BFI - Blur Busters

Who Is this for? CRT Enthusiasts, software & hardware developers, emulator authors, all of who wish to reduce display motion blur of 60 years of legacy 60fps 60Hz content with softer flicker than BFI....

blurbusters.com

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 7d

Google Play already requires identification to publish on their store. Their ineffectiveness at getting rid of malicious apps is *with* this kind of policy.

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 9d

Not to mention they're breaking the model of F-Droid: f-droid.org/2025/09/29/g...

F-Droid and Google's Developer Registration Decree | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

For the past 15 years, F-Droidhas provided a safe and secure haven for Android users around the world tofind and install free and open source apps. When cont...

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 9d

Whatever they claim, Google is still taking away the freedom to install what you want in Android without their permission: android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/09/lets... . Killing anonymity will allow/force them to block some devs like Apple does: www.macrumors.com/2025/08/27/a...

Let's talk security: Answering your top questions about Android developer verification

News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.

android-developers.googleblog.com

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 15d

nobody died on it that I know of but the British grew a 2,300 mile hedge across India to impose salt taxes - www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The mysterious disappearance of the world's longest shrubbery

The natural living barrier was described as "utterly impassable to man or beast", and snaked across India from the Indus River to the Mahanadi. But why doesn't anyone remember it?

www.bbc.com

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 20d

Oh and neck into or out of bottom generally, I think. But a thing I've wondered is whether using the same inversion method repeatedly biases twists in the threads of the fabric.

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 20d

I feel like it's only 3 holes. After all, if 3 holes were sewn shut, the 4th hole would clearly not be one. It's just the edge of the garment.

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kopper @w.on-t.work · 22d

oh HELL NO

java installer except the "3 billion devices run java" screen is replaced with an advertisement for a "oracle tiktok enterprise edition"

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Kim Masters @kimmasters.bsky.social · 22d

Damon Lindelof takes a stand.

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 22d

Occasionally, I see discourse about boycotts hurting innocent employees of the target companies. So before it starts again:

I'd rather no one undeserving loses money, sure. But boycotters' money will still go somewhere. Different people doing something useful will get paid instead.

Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 22d

Sadly, I have nothing from Disney to cancel, but others certainly should. I need a "supercancel" where I get some money back for my old Hulu subscription to forget what I watched.

rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 22d

here's a direct link to canceling your Disney+ account. post your cancellations in the comments.
www.disneyplus.com/commerce/acc...

Account | Disney+

Manage your Disney+ Account

www.disneyplus.com

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 23d

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_...

The actual original Google Desktop would intercept your TCP connections to do its dirty work. Good times... arxiv.org/pdf/1108.2704

Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 23d

Google Desktop is back! www.androidauthority.com/google-app-f...

Google's new app shows Microsoft how desktop search should work

Google has a new Windows app that lets you search your computer, Google Drive, installed apps, and the web without interrupting your work.

www.androidauthority.com

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · 24d

Bring back the "none" cipher!

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Rebecca @bexcauldron.bsky.social · 28d

BUT SHE’S GOT A NEW BOOK!

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rob pike @robpike.io · 27d

I had the privilege to work with Joseph H Condon at Bell Labs. (To us he was just "Joe"). His father was Edward U Condon, an important physicist who in time was head of the US's National Bureau of Standards, back when the US government cared about such things....

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Manoj Kasichainula @headmold.bsky.social · Sep 10

Also, I imagine they want to reduce support costs. If someone thinks they should be getting 200 Mb/s downloads instead of 150, Nintendo might not want them calling in to complain about it.

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