L.F. Domingo
@lovelydomingo.com
recovering cybersecurity consultant, now PhD candidate at UMD College of INFO. #LahainaStrong #MālamaMaui
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L.F. Domingo
@lovelydomingo.com
· Nov 15
lovelyfdomingo
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hi folks, happy to connect.👋 i post/repost about safety, security, and risk, AI/ML ethics, design & participation in tech development and policy, music, women’s sports, and other random amusing things. more info about me here: lovelydomingo.com
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is your workplace trying to force ai on you? is a family member giving ai too much power in their life? are you sick of billionaires destroying the environment and making life worse for everyone? here's a list of resources 10+ pages long to help you fight back: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Questioning AI Resource List
Excellent summary of major problems with companies’ focus on AI written by expert in machine learning: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/ Another g...
docs.google.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
is your workplace trying to force ai on you? is a family member giving ai too much power in their life? are you sick of billionaires destroying the environment and making life worse for everyone? here's a list of resources 10+ pages long to help you fight back: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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“If our island has any hope of remaining Hawaii this kind of activity has got to stop,” professor of Native Hawaiian studies at the Kauai Community College Puali‘i Rossi tells WIRED.
“Eventually Hawaii isn’t going to look like Hawaii anymore—it’s going to be a resort community.”
“Eventually Hawaii isn’t going to look like Hawaii anymore—it’s going to be a resort community.”
Mark Zuckerberg Is Expanding His Secretive Hawaii Compound. Part of It Sits Atop a Burial Ground
Meta’s CEO has become one of the biggest landowners in Hawaii, growing his property’s footprint and erecting new mysterious buildings.
www.wired.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
“If our island has any hope of remaining Hawaii this kind of activity has got to stop,” professor of Native Hawaiian studies at the Kauai Community College Puali‘i Rossi tells WIRED.
“Eventually Hawaii isn’t going to look like Hawaii anymore—it’s going to be a resort community.”
“Eventually Hawaii isn’t going to look like Hawaii anymore—it’s going to be a resort community.”
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New from 404 Media: a startup is selling data hacked from peoples' computers to debt collectors, divorce lawyers, more. People already hacked, now being re-vicitmized by startup. I used the tool, found peoples' personal addresses.
“This is so gross and predatory.”
www.404media.co/a-startup-is...
“This is so gross and predatory.”
www.404media.co/a-startup-is...
A Startup is Selling Data Hacked from Peoples’ Computers to Debt Collectors
Infostealer data can include passwords, email and billing addresses, and the embarrassing websites you use. Farnsworth Intelligence is selling to to divorce lawyers and other industries.
www.404media.co
July 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
New from 404 Media: a startup is selling data hacked from peoples' computers to debt collectors, divorce lawyers, more. People already hacked, now being re-vicitmized by startup. I used the tool, found peoples' personal addresses.
“This is so gross and predatory.”
www.404media.co/a-startup-is...
“This is so gross and predatory.”
www.404media.co/a-startup-is...
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We published a reading list of our favorite cyber and cyber-adjacent books.
We're keeping it relatively broad. Books about privacy and surveillance are and will be a part of this.
This is meant to be a post to be updated regularly. If you have suggestions on what we should read next, please share!
We're keeping it relatively broad. Books about privacy and surveillance are and will be a part of this.
This is meant to be a post to be updated regularly. If you have suggestions on what we should read next, please share!
These are our favorite cyber books on hacking, espionage, crypto, surveillance, and more | TechCrunch
These are our favorite cybersecurity books, both by fiction authors, as well as journalists and researchers.
techcrunch.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
We published a reading list of our favorite cyber and cyber-adjacent books.
We're keeping it relatively broad. Books about privacy and surveillance are and will be a part of this.
This is meant to be a post to be updated regularly. If you have suggestions on what we should read next, please share!
We're keeping it relatively broad. Books about privacy and surveillance are and will be a part of this.
This is meant to be a post to be updated regularly. If you have suggestions on what we should read next, please share!
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Another week, another research ethics controversy.
TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized.
But let's unpack this one... 🧵
www.404media.co/researchers-...
TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized.
But let's unpack this one... 🧵
www.404media.co/researchers-...
Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
A Brazilian team used Discord’s API to scrape 10% of its open servers.
www.404media.co
May 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Another week, another research ethics controversy.
TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized.
But let's unpack this one... 🧵
www.404media.co/researchers-...
TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized.
But let's unpack this one... 🧵
www.404media.co/researchers-...
My cousins were featured in NBC Chicago’s segment on AAPI restaurants! Can vouch for Nate’s cooking, so good!
If you’re in the Chicago area, please support!
www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-h...
If you’re in the Chicago area, please support!
www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-h...
Chicago celebrates AAPI Restaurant Week
Here’s your chance to discover some of Chicago’s best restaurants with Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell previews AAPI Restaurant Week
www.nbcchicago.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
My cousins were featured in NBC Chicago’s segment on AAPI restaurants! Can vouch for Nate’s cooking, so good!
If you’re in the Chicago area, please support!
www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-h...
If you’re in the Chicago area, please support!
www.nbcchicago.com/top-videos-h...
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Just an absolutely, fundamentally wrong way to report this research. AI models do not experience "anxiety" or any other emotion. This is misinforming the public. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/s...
March 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Just an absolutely, fundamentally wrong way to report this research. AI models do not experience "anxiety" or any other emotion. This is misinforming the public. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/s...
“Only two-thirds of Maui’s single-family homes house our residents; a third are mostly vacation homes that sit empty much of the year. The portion of condos with full-time residents is even smaller – fewer than 25%.”
Homes for Whom? It’s Time to Act to Keep Hawai‘i’s Families Home - Ka Wai Ola
We all know the stories: The Lahaina ‘ohana forced to shuffle between hotels and vacation rentals five different times after the fire, or the ones who crashed with cousins, making do by piling three o...
kawaiola.news
March 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“Only two-thirds of Maui’s single-family homes house our residents; a third are mostly vacation homes that sit empty much of the year. The portion of condos with full-time residents is even smaller – fewer than 25%.”
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Privacy isn’t about hiding—it’s about trust and control over our own information. In her #SXSW 2025 Keynote, Signal President, @meredithmeredith.bsky.social breaks down why our privacy matters.
March 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Privacy isn’t about hiding—it’s about trust and control over our own information. In her #SXSW 2025 Keynote, Signal President, @meredithmeredith.bsky.social breaks down why our privacy matters.
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In case you are wondering, these are the 22nd and 23rd stalkerware companies since 2017 to either get hacked or inadvertently expose data online due to flaws, bugs, and mistakes.
We are keeping track in this post:
techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/h...
We are keeping track in this post:
techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/h...
February 20, 2025 at 8:26 PM
In case you are wondering, these are the 22nd and 23rd stalkerware companies since 2017 to either get hacked or inadvertently expose data online due to flaws, bugs, and mistakes.
We are keeping track in this post:
techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/h...
We are keeping track in this post:
techcrunch.com/2025/02/20/h...
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New book on #AIEthics from #EasternPhilosophy and #WesternPhilosophy perspectives! With contributions from @drybis.bsky.social , @kiwigreenflame.bsky.social , @karenhao.bsky.social , and many more!!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Social and Ethical Considerations of AI in East Asia and Beyond
This book is a global reflection on disparate religious and philosophical approaches to questions of AI and ways questions affect East Asian societies
link.springer.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
New book on #AIEthics from #EasternPhilosophy and #WesternPhilosophy perspectives! With contributions from @drybis.bsky.social , @kiwigreenflame.bsky.social , @karenhao.bsky.social , and many more!!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Do you know of a public data source that should be preserved? Use this form to help Georgetown's Massive Data Institute in their goal of preserving public data to maintain its accessibility and integrity for research advancement, science replication, and historic documentation.
Save the Data: Data Preservation
Please identify data sets that need archiving so that we can ensure copies of the data exist.
Your responses will help prepare for this upcoming event —
Save the Data: Data Preservation Event: http...
docs.google.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Do you know of a public data source that should be preserved? Use this form to help Georgetown's Massive Data Institute in their goal of preserving public data to maintain its accessibility and integrity for research advancement, science replication, and historic documentation.
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On Thursday, Feb 20 @ 1 pm ET, Lama Ahmad, @camillefrancois.bsky.social, Tarleton Gillespie, @briana-v.bsky.social, and @borhane.bsky.social will examine red-teaming’s place in the evolving landscape of genAI evaluation and governance. RSVP and join us online! datasociety.net/events/red-t...
February 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
On Thursday, Feb 20 @ 1 pm ET, Lama Ahmad, @camillefrancois.bsky.social, Tarleton Gillespie, @briana-v.bsky.social, and @borhane.bsky.social will examine red-teaming’s place in the evolving landscape of genAI evaluation and governance. RSVP and join us online! datasociety.net/events/red-t...
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AI content safety and AI security are two very different things with only minor overlap and we do everyone a gross disservice when we conflate them.
You can have a perfectly well-behaved model that opens the door to massive security risks. Utterly toxic GPT-4chan apps can be secured.
You can have a perfectly well-behaved model that opens the door to massive security risks. Utterly toxic GPT-4chan apps can be secured.
February 1, 2025 at 2:44 PM
AI content safety and AI security are two very different things with only minor overlap and we do everyone a gross disservice when we conflate them.
You can have a perfectly well-behaved model that opens the door to massive security risks. Utterly toxic GPT-4chan apps can be secured.
You can have a perfectly well-behaved model that opens the door to massive security risks. Utterly toxic GPT-4chan apps can be secured.
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Ready everyone?!?
Our bill—done w/ @aaup.bsky.social, @aftunion.bsky.social, @afthighered.bsky.social, @aftmaryland.bsky.social—for collective bargaining for ALL faculty & librarians in the USM system just dropped:
Its here: mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills...
What is it & why is it important? 🧵
Our bill—done w/ @aaup.bsky.social, @aftunion.bsky.social, @afthighered.bsky.social, @aftmaryland.bsky.social—for collective bargaining for ALL faculty & librarians in the USM system just dropped:
Its here: mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills...
What is it & why is it important? 🧵
January 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Ready everyone?!?
Our bill—done w/ @aaup.bsky.social, @aftunion.bsky.social, @afthighered.bsky.social, @aftmaryland.bsky.social—for collective bargaining for ALL faculty & librarians in the USM system just dropped:
Its here: mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills...
What is it & why is it important? 🧵
Our bill—done w/ @aaup.bsky.social, @aftunion.bsky.social, @afthighered.bsky.social, @aftmaryland.bsky.social—for collective bargaining for ALL faculty & librarians in the USM system just dropped:
Its here: mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills...
What is it & why is it important? 🧵
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NEW: China-based DeepSeek has exploded in popularity, drawing greater scrutiny. Case in point: Security researchers found more than 1 million records, including user data and API keys, in an open database.
Exposed DeepSeek Database Revealed Chat Prompts and Internal Data
China-based DeepSeek has exploded in popularity, drawing greater scrutiny. Case in point: Security researchers found more than 1 million records, including user data and API keys, in an open database.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW: China-based DeepSeek has exploded in popularity, drawing greater scrutiny. Case in point: Security researchers found more than 1 million records, including user data and API keys, in an open database.
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"Hong Kong is one of the last places in the world where bamboo is still widely used for scaffolding in construction. It’s flexible, strong + cheaper than steel + aluminium... Scaffolders can erect enough bamboo to engulf a building in a day — even hours — using techniques that are 1000s of yrs old"
Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding: visual explainer
An ancient practice, suitable only for people with nerves of steel, remains alive and well in a modern city full of skyscrapers.
multimedia.scmp.com
January 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"Hong Kong is one of the last places in the world where bamboo is still widely used for scaffolding in construction. It’s flexible, strong + cheaper than steel + aluminium... Scaffolders can erect enough bamboo to engulf a building in a day — even hours — using techniques that are 1000s of yrs old"
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Old enough to remember that TikTok isn't even close to the first technology ban
January 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Old enough to remember that TikTok isn't even close to the first technology ban
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Myself and @the-quantum-ace.bsky.social will be doing a talk next month about asexual, aromantic & agender experiences in STEM.
We are looking for folks to share their experiences with us via a form. Please repost for visibility!
Read thread for more info ⬇️ (1/4)
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We are looking for folks to share their experiences with us via a form. Please repost for visibility!
Read thread for more info ⬇️ (1/4)
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Asexual, aromantic and agender experiences in STEM
Sarah Cosgriff and Katherine Holmes will be presenting a talk where they will be defining what asexual, aromantic and agender means and sharing perspectives of what it's like to be asexual, aromantic ...
docs.google.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Myself and @the-quantum-ace.bsky.social will be doing a talk next month about asexual, aromantic & agender experiences in STEM.
We are looking for folks to share their experiences with us via a form. Please repost for visibility!
Read thread for more info ⬇️ (1/4)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We are looking for folks to share their experiences with us via a form. Please repost for visibility!
Read thread for more info ⬇️ (1/4)
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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President Biden's Executive Order on "Advancing U.S. Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure," which leases public land to private companies to build AI infrastructure, demonstrates the importance of taking an ecological approach to AI with students and developing technoskepticism. 🧵
January 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
President Biden's Executive Order on "Advancing U.S. Leadership in Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure," which leases public land to private companies to build AI infrastructure, demonstrates the importance of taking an ecological approach to AI with students and developing technoskepticism. 🧵
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This is a hell of a story about police abuse of face recognition.
I've spent the past year obsessed with how police are using facial recognition. What I found: Police in 12 states have used these tools to find and arrest suspects when they have no other evidence, leading to wrongful arrests
wapo.st/4fQYlXn
🧵 what I learned from 1,000 docs & dozens of sources ->
wapo.st/4fQYlXn
🧵 what I learned from 1,000 docs & dozens of sources ->
Arrested by AI: Police ignore standards after facial recognition matches
Confident in unproven facial recognition technology, sometimes investigators skip steps; at least eight Americans have been wrongfully arrested.
wapo.st
January 14, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This is a hell of a story about police abuse of face recognition.