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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 1h

Hear, hear.

tante @tante.cc · 1h

There is a special place in hell for AI boosters who claimed stochastic parrots to be the best thing ever and who now pivot to talking (usually in the form of criti-hype) about the societal dangers of Sora2.

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 7h

I guarantee the Ritz Carlton isn't renting rooms at government per diem rates...

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

I know this isn’t the point but is it normal for DHS officials to stay at a Ritz-Carlton on work trips?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 7h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 7h

Gross.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 8h

Paging @myraccoonhands.com

Sticker with a raccoon smoking a bong that says "be gay do crime"

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 11h

If you don't want people to call you the Gestapo, maybe try not acting like the Gestapo? 🤔

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 16h

Just @ me next time...

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 17h

Real talk.

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 17h

I think this is a possibility.

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Rowdy @r0wdy.sk33t.expert · 17h

Would be ironic if the Trump admin destroys what little is left of civilized rural American life, forcing those who can leave to migrate to suburban/urban areas and altering the political trajectory of the parties

Rowdy @r0wdy.sk33t.expert · 17h

Where does flood think patients stabilized by the ER go? They gonna put them on an ambulance or flight to the nearest ICU?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

SCARBOROUGH: The Nebraska Rural Health Association says at least 6 rural hospitals would have to close bc of the big beautiful bill

FLOOD: Here's the deal: Some hospitals that are rural hospitals are going to eventually have to transition from being acute bed hospitals into being an ER model

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 17h

This is more than that. She's dropping partisan politics (at least here) for the good of the public.

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 18h

Never in a million years did I think I'd be listening to the "Jewish Space Laser" lady and thinking "Yes. Everything she just said."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I'm talking about the Epstein list. I genuinely don't understand why there's been any effort to hide this & prevent it from coming out. But b/c of the efforts for years now to hide it, it certainly makes you feel afraid when you're one of the ones truly on the frontlines."

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 20h

I'm not sure we should hang our hopes of overhauling healthcare on the guy who recently posted an AI-generated video of science fiction "med beds" as if they were real, claiming every American would get a "med bed card."

Just saying.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21h

Thune: "The president would like to overhaul Obamacare and give people health insurance that is higher quality and more affordable."

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 21h

Sounds suspiciously like something I said teaching my class at @wildwesthackinfest.bsky.social yesterday.

He's 100% right. But until then, orgs will light a LOT of money on fire.

Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 22h

One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 1d

if this isn't civil war i'm not sure what is

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. Northern Command says that elements of the Texas national guard are now “employed in the greater Chicago area.”

The statement claims that they’ve been deployed to protect ICE and federal property.

U.S. Northern Command &
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Effective today, elements of the Texas National Guard, under Title 10 authority and command and control of U.S. Northern Command, are employed in the greater Chicago area.
These soldiers are employed to protect U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other
U.S. Government personnel who are performing federal functions, including the enforcement of federal law, and to protect federal property.
For the latest information on our Federal Protection Mission, please see the link below:

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

incredibly, bleakly funny that trump is going after christopher wray, who spent his entire tenure at the fbi with his head down desperately trying to avoid trump's attention and did nothing to protect the bureau from trump's attacks www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Other prosecutors are investigating former CIA director John Brennan, another prominent Trump critic, and former FBI director Christopher Wray, who was originally appointed by Trump but enraged conservatives who came to believe he had wielded the bureau’s powers against them. Former officials have received subpoenas in recent days in the Wray inquiry, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 1d

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Cliff @cliff.leaninto.it · 1d

If you were in tech and decent at posting between like 2010 and 2018 it opened a lot of doors.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 1d

The Washington Post is rapidly degrading to the point that it has about the same credibility as tabloid journalism did when I was growing up.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

You’ve gotta be kidding me.

This WaPo editorial presents a misleading revisionist history of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal cases against Trump.

Then it has the gall to compare that to Trump’s overt targeting of his perceived enemies.

Really embarrassing stuff.

But the mere fact that a legal tool might be available does not mean it should be used. The
current rage over Grassley's revelation shows why. Smith showed little restraint in his pursuit of a former president. He charged Trump for official acts he took as president. He sought a gag order to limit Trump's ability to criticize the prosecution. He tried to accelerate the case to try a leading presidential candidate before the 2024 election.

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 1d

Not the point of this, but he's 31 and dating a 19 year old.

Not sure I really care about anything this *deeply gross* dude thinks.

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 1d

In some ways this is the government now

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 1d

Earned a follow.

Low Quality Facts @lowqualityfacts.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of my favorite comics we've made.

1 Me: He froze like a deer in the headlights.
2 Deer: Okay tough guy, what would you do?
Me: It’s just an expression.
3 Deer: No, no, no. You’re standing there, suddenly all you see is a blinding light. What’s your plan? I want to hear it.
4 Me, frowning: I would freeze.
Deer: I fucking thought so.

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El Jefe De Security @eljefe.social · 1d

@jesszafarris.bsky.social I JUST GOT YOUR BOOK AND OMG I CAN'T PUT IT DOWN. I BEEN SPELUNKING AROUND IT FOR 2 HOURS LIKE A WARPED TOME OF ARCANA, THANK YOU I LOVE IT!!!

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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, that’s @propublica.org! This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train

This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train — Streetsblog USA

Investigative journalists at ProPublica are betting that the next big tipster is riding the rails right now — and reaching out to find them.

usa.streetsblog.org

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 1d

Five years? Go home Claude, you're drunk...

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 1d

Not all heroes wear capes.

Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 2d

After law school, only one thing is gonna keep me from prosecuting murders in my home town, and that is prosecuting the shameful federal ‘law enforcement’ officers who are so proudly violating the law. Save your signing bonuses for defense lawyers. You’ll need them.

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