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Maaike
@maaike.bsky.social
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Social Psychologist, digital native, checks sources,loves irony. Maker of humans, breaker of stuff, hacker of both. Tries not to judge.
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riana.bsky.social
I've said it a lot lately: the problem with nonconsensual deepfake porn of adults isn't the "porn" part, it's the "nonconsensual" part. That HAS to be accounted for when regulating, otherwise you're just banning legal porn, which is (1) unconstitutional but (2) what the Heritage Foundation wants.
Excerpt from Copyleaks blog post about Grok's AI-CSAM/NCII problem: "The trend appears to have started several days ago, when some adult-content creators prompted Grok to generate sexualized imagery of themselves as a form of marketing on X. However, almost immediately, users began issuing similar prompts about women who had never appeared to consent to them. In other words, Grok moved from consensual self-representation to a form of scaled nonconsensual image generation."
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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techcrunch.com
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
techcrunch.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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berthub.eu
Microsoft heeft heel Office net omgedoopt tot "The Microsoft 365 Copilot app". Voorspelt weinig goeds voor de pogingen om AI weg te houden uit je kantooromgeving... Het staat echt op www.office.com
The Microsoft 365 Copilot app (formerly Office) lets you create, share, and collaborate all in one place with your favorite apps now including Copilot.*
January 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
maaike.bsky.social
Het is weer een mooi avontuur en verhaal voor later!

Geniet ervan iedereen
January 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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berthubert.bsky.social
From a long fermenting blog post draft. Venezuelan oil is not that interesting since it is tricky to process & thus very expensive, while oil demand is declining:
There are various ways of looking at this graph. We can lament that the 2023 pledge (in red) is not ambitious enough, or we could express justified doubt that we’ll even deliver on that. But there is a wholly different way of looking at it. To the government of an oil-state, this graph looks like an outright declaration of war. This graph represents national bankruptcy if not extinction for specific oil producing countries like Russia and Venezuela. So what would actually happen? If the oil cartels coordinate, they can slowly shutter their production in unity, and they’d all suffer equally and fossil prices would remain more or less as normal, except they’d sell less. We may already be seeing signs of such voluntary shuttering. But it won’t last. Saudi Arabia can produce oil for a few dollars per barrel. But Russia needs six times more money (~$30) before they make any profits. Both countries need seriously high oil prices to stay alive (>$80, $100 perhaps for Russia). Meanwhile, the world is electrifying loads of things, and if you manage to heat your house with solar or wind, you’d pay only $15-$30 to get the heat output of one barrel of oil. If you were driving a car and you manage to charge it from solar/wind, you are looking at costs oil would only reach at $7/barrel (this all pre-tax). You don’t have to be a green dreamer to see that any country that needs $80/oil to survive is looking at an imminent world of pain. Someone else (renewable energy) is competing at prices that are whole factors lower. And getting even lower.
January 4, 2026 at 10:31 AM
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virgilvox.bsky.social
I created an interactive map showcasing all the #hackerspaces worldwide. The data was sourced from wiki.hackerspaces.org using wikiteam for scraping.

- 1214 active hackerspaces
- Presence in 113 countries
- Average years open: 13
- Average members: 103

Explore the map here: hackerspace.sh
hackerspace.sh
hackerspace.sh
January 4, 2026 at 7:27 PM
maaike.bsky.social
Listen… I want this option in every opticien’s store asap
January 5, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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lookitup.baby
Ask and ye shall receive
Zenni ID Guard: Helps Disrupt Unwanted Tracking & Defend Your Privacy | Zenni Optical
Anti-infrared lens technology reflects near-infrared light—reducing unwanted tracking signals and long-term IR exposure from the sun.
www.zennioptical.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:54 AM
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doublepulsar.com
Couldn’t tell Congress due to fear of leaks but can tell random oil companies.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
Reporter: Did you speak with the oil companies before the operation? Did you tip them off?

Trump: Before and after. They want to go in and they’re going to do a great job.
January 5, 2026 at 6:42 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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annaecook.com
After reading this, I am compelled to share it.

It has me thinking quite seriously about the photos I am willing to share, which I’ve already been very intentional about.

No one should have to go through this, no one should be allowed to use any technology to do this.
 antlervel.vet @antlervel.vet · 3d
I‘m discontinuing my social media use for the foreseeable future and I want to explain why.

I woke up in the new year to discover that some guy on here had saved photos I took on New Year’s Eve and used Grok to remove my clothes. I know this because he showed me.
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 PM
maaike.bsky.social
But what I was looking for is this:

“Venezuela has the largest oil reserves, and the eighth largest natural gas reserves in the world.”

“Somalia has reserves of several natural resources, including uranium, […] to over 25% of the world's then known uranium reserves of 800,000 tons.”
From Wikipedia page about Venezuela: Petroleum and other resources See also: History of the Venezuelan oil industry and Energy policy of Venezuela Figure 3. Venezuela's exports of crude oil, January 2018-December 2019 cia Venezuela's exports of crude oil from January 2018 to December 2019(330] Venezuela has the largest oil reserves, and the eighth largest natural gas reserves in the world. [331l Compared to 2009, another 40.4% in crude oil reserves were proven in 2010, allowing Venezuela to surpass Saudi Arabia as the country with the largest reserves of this type. 332] Venezuela's main petroleum deposits are located around and beneath Lake Maracaibo, the Gulf of Venezuela (both in Zulia), and in the Orinoco River basin (eastern Venezuela), where Venezuela's largest reserve is located. 333) @ en.wikipedia.org C ... Part of the Wikipedia page about Somalia: Oil blocks in Puntland Somalia has reserves of several natural resources, including uranium, iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt and natural gas. The CIA reported when?) that there are 5.663 billion cubic metres of proven natural gas reserves." The presence or extent of proven oil reserves in Somalia is uncertain. The CIA asserts that as of 2011 there are no proven reserves of oil in the country, " while UNCTAD suggests that most proven oil reserves in Somalia lie off its northwestern coast, in the Somaliland region. (258) An oil group listed in Sydney, Range Resources, estimates that the Puntland region in the northeast has the potential to produce 5 billion barrels (790 × 106 mỉ) to 10 billion barrels (1.6 x109 m°) of oil, 259) compared to the 6.7 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in Sudan. (260) As a result of these developments, the Somalia Petroleum Corporation was established by the federal government. 261] In the late 1960 +w---1---+- discovered en.wikipedia.org major uranium atpuorto unu vuler rare mineral Continued from Wikipedia page about Somalia: vollivalco i the 22:51ion barrels of proven oil rasere too. Sudan. 260] As a result of these developments, the Somalia Petroleum Corporation was established by the federal government. 261] In the late 1960s, UN geologists discovered major uranium deposits and other rare mineral reserves in Somalia. The find was the largest of its kind, with industry experts estimating that the amount of the deposits could amount to over 25% of the world's then known uranium reserves of 800,000 tons. 262) In 1984, the IUREP Orientation Phase Mission to Somalia reported that the country had 5,000 tons of uranium reasonably assured resources (RAR), 11,000 tons of uranium estimated additional resources (EAR) in calcrete deposits, as well as 0-150,000 tons of uranium speculative resources (SR) in sandstone and calcrete deposits. 263) Somalia evolved into a major world supplier of uranium, with American, UAE, Italian and Brazilian mineral companies vying for extraction rights. Link Natural Resources has a stake in the central region, and Kilimanjaro Capital has a stake in the 1,161,400 acres (470,002 ha) Amsas-Coriole-Afgoi (ACA) Block, which includes uranium exploration. 264] en.wikipedia.org C ...
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
maaike.bsky.social
F*ck me,

These are not the links I expected to show up when lazily typing in Venezuela expecting to find a link to the Wikipedia site in the top 3!

All tech is rotten to the core
Screenshot of iOS screen resulting from typing in Venezuela in the search bar. 22:43US-Venezuela: Trump's. 5Gs100.. One of the world's most advanced aircraft carriers has arrived in the water... Images VenezuelE Websites Show More #Venezuela - Search / X See posts about #Venezuela on X. See... twitter.com › hashtag › Venezuela #venezuela - Search / X See posts about #venezuela on X. See... twitter.com › hashtag › venezuela TikTok - Make Your Day tiktok.com › tag › venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
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rincewind.run
they have literally never gotten over the Obama situation room photo for the bin Laden raid
socialistdogmom.bsky.social molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 2d
the photographer was definitely like, "ok everybody, look tough!" but we know they're all just reading tweets with their arms crossed in a country club dining room divided up by bedsheets tacked to the beams
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Yes, this is exactly the time to demand Democrats "do something."

They can denounce Trump's actions as unconstitutional. They can state that he must be impeached and removed. They can make clear that all involved will be held accountable.

These are the core duties of a role they all signed up for.
January 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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eliothiggins.bsky.social
Good time to repost this
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
OSHIT: Seven Deadly Sins of Bad Open Source Research - bellingcat
Learning to recognise these widespread mistakes will help you judge the quality of open source analysis — or improve your own.
www.bellingcat.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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chadloder.bsky.social
What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things
January 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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myrthehilkens.bsky.social
De Amerikaanse @schimmelpenninck.bsky.social is er he-le-maal klaar mee.
January 3, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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thomasfuchs.at
Apropos of nothing, a scientifically proven way to help your brain deal with stressful situations is to play Tetris.
Tetris DX (Game Boy Color game) running on my Analogue Pocket.
January 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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aphclarkson.bsky.social
Plausible worst case scenario with Venezuela in four steps:

1. Rubio and Venezuelan exiles sell the idea of decapitation strikes against Maduro to Trump as the one big thing that solves Venezuela, cartels and Cuba for the US.
November 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
maaike.bsky.social
I hate that my brain went:
January 3, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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patrickwbb.bsky.social
They really bombed Venezuela before releasing the Epstein files.
January 3, 2026 at 8:11 AM
maaike.bsky.social
😂
January 3, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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vcdgf555.bsky.social
Caracas is under attack.
January 3, 2026 at 6:18 AM
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leahmcelrath.bsky.social
Shortly after the videos of the US attack on Caracas began emerging, an apparent propaganda campaign rolled out with posts on X to the effect of “Free Venezuela” in English and “Venezuela Libre” in Spanish.

So this is a very coordinated and multi-pronged effort.
January 3, 2026 at 6:59 AM