Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️🌈
@patigallardo.bsky.social
Programmer, infosec, co-founder of TurtleSec, parent, bi 🏳️🌈, NB, she/they, Norwegian 🇳🇴 dyslexic with no edit
Anti-Fascist ✊
Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
🐘: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Patricia
🏡: https://patricia.no
Anti-Fascist ✊
Trans rights are human rights 🏳️⚧️
🐘: https://social.vivaldi.net/@Patricia
🏡: https://patricia.no
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Cat is hitting on a very real point, here. Honestly, my gut instinct is that this is part of what happens when shame is outlawed as an acceptable emotion to feel
Tech doesn't *have* shame, and its workers are forbidden from feeling it. Ergo, anything shameful cannot be tech.
But DOGE is shameful!
Tech doesn't *have* shame, and its workers are forbidden from feeling it. Ergo, anything shameful cannot be tech.
But DOGE is shameful!
There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Cat is hitting on a very real point, here. Honestly, my gut instinct is that this is part of what happens when shame is outlawed as an acceptable emotion to feel
Tech doesn't *have* shame, and its workers are forbidden from feeling it. Ergo, anything shameful cannot be tech.
But DOGE is shameful!
Tech doesn't *have* shame, and its workers are forbidden from feeling it. Ergo, anything shameful cannot be tech.
But DOGE is shameful!
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There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
There actually has not been enough reflection in the tech community about DOGE
The Gen alpha thing with 6-7 and skibidi toilet is exactly my kind of absurd. I want more. Stay weird.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Gen alpha thing with 6-7 and skibidi toilet is exactly my kind of absurd. I want more. Stay weird.
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The main Norwegian news agency covered a report from the largest Norwegian telephone provider - their story contained 5 supposed direct quotes, _none_ of which were actually correct quotes from the report and one of which was attributed to a completely invented vice president for security.
NTB trakk sak med falske sitater og falsk kilde: – En veldig alvorlig feil
Fem av fem Telenor-sitater, og navnet på direktør, var oppdiktet. Feil bruk av KI, forklarer redaktør.
www.journalisten.no
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The main Norwegian news agency covered a report from the largest Norwegian telephone provider - their story contained 5 supposed direct quotes, _none_ of which were actually correct quotes from the report and one of which was attributed to a completely invented vice president for security.
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ISPs and cellular carriers will no longer be required to meet minimum cybersecurity standards after an FCC vote Thursday. “This is such a terrible idea. This is rolling out the red carpet for another attack,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/home/intern...
Internet Providers Can Monitor Their Own Cybersecurity Standards, Says Trump’s FCC
In what the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls a "terrible idea," the Federal Communications Commission has rescinded the requirement for telecom companies to issue yearly cybersecurity reports.
www.cnet.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ISPs and cellular carriers will no longer be required to meet minimum cybersecurity standards after an FCC vote Thursday. “This is such a terrible idea. This is rolling out the red carpet for another attack,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/home/intern...
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What the fuck are we even doing? We’re just continuously reenforcing the idea that we are unable to defend ourselves AND our Main Ally hates our guts and wouldn’t lift a finger to help us if we were on fire.
Jesus. We need to grow a fucking spine.
Jesus. We need to grow a fucking spine.
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
What the fuck are we even doing? We’re just continuously reenforcing the idea that we are unable to defend ourselves AND our Main Ally hates our guts and wouldn’t lift a finger to help us if we were on fire.
Jesus. We need to grow a fucking spine.
Jesus. We need to grow a fucking spine.
This is exactly my sense of humor, it gets funnier the more it gets rehashed.
this guy has like 100 videos exactly like this. all too wimdy to hear him say anything and I love every one of them. might be the pinnacle of norwegian comedy
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is exactly my sense of humor, it gets funnier the more it gets rehashed.
ROFL and Europe still pretends these are serious people, who should be taken seriously. I’m embarrassed for us all.
Stop sucking up to this failed state and defend Ukraine.
Stop sucking up to this failed state and defend Ukraine.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
ROFL and Europe still pretends these are serious people, who should be taken seriously. I’m embarrassed for us all.
Stop sucking up to this failed state and defend Ukraine.
Stop sucking up to this failed state and defend Ukraine.
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this guy has like 100 videos exactly like this. all too wimdy to hear him say anything and I love every one of them. might be the pinnacle of norwegian comedy
November 20, 2025 at 9:42 PM
this guy has like 100 videos exactly like this. all too wimdy to hear him say anything and I love every one of them. might be the pinnacle of norwegian comedy
I have a weird rule for language on my account which I haven’t really said here on Bluesky, I believe. Basically: I only post in English (very few exceptions), but I reply in Norwegian if the post I’m replying to is in Norwegian. I try to remember to set the language right, but sometimes I forget.
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I have a weird rule for language on my account which I haven’t really said here on Bluesky, I believe. Basically: I only post in English (very few exceptions), but I reply in Norwegian if the post I’m replying to is in Norwegian. I try to remember to set the language right, but sometimes I forget.
I know we like to talk about the bad stuff around social media, I’ve been mindblown by how much knowledge I can attain from people around the world demonstrating their craft. Here a Shetland knitter explaining how to knit the fingers of gloves.
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I know we like to talk about the bad stuff around social media, I’ve been mindblown by how much knowledge I can attain from people around the world demonstrating their craft. Here a Shetland knitter explaining how to knit the fingers of gloves.
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Teacher literally weaponized the Someone is Wrong on the Internet phenomenon.
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Teacher literally weaponized the Someone is Wrong on the Internet phenomenon.
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OH: who called it gender-affirming care and not getting transfixed
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
OH: who called it gender-affirming care and not getting transfixed
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I've given up on pointing this out, but it is 100% true. The list of "new discoveries" about platforms that I literally filed public affidavits about in 2010 or testified on live TV about in 2012 is... really long.
We could skip a bunch of bullshit by looking at what is already public.
We could skip a bunch of bullshit by looking at what is already public.
The biggest source for any DSA investigation into addictive design features might not be platforms' risk assessments, but the more than 6 million documents that are part of the pretrial discovery process in the US www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Massive Legal Siege’ Against Social Media Companies Looms
Thousands of plaintiffs’ complaints, millions of pages of internal documents and transcripts of countless hours of depositions are about to land in US courtrooms, threatening the future of the biggest...
www.bloomberg.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I've given up on pointing this out, but it is 100% true. The list of "new discoveries" about platforms that I literally filed public affidavits about in 2010 or testified on live TV about in 2012 is... really long.
We could skip a bunch of bullshit by looking at what is already public.
We could skip a bunch of bullshit by looking at what is already public.
Listen. I’m told the cable thing is normal actually.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Listen. I’m told the cable thing is normal actually.
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Look. I'm not playing with you people.
During the great depression, if you were employed and had a job, you probably were not living on the streets. In 2025, many homeless people have jobs.
Depending on whose stats you use, and if you count part-time employment, between 40% and 60% have jobs.
During the great depression, if you were employed and had a job, you probably were not living on the streets. In 2025, many homeless people have jobs.
Depending on whose stats you use, and if you count part-time employment, between 40% and 60% have jobs.
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Look. I'm not playing with you people.
During the great depression, if you were employed and had a job, you probably were not living on the streets. In 2025, many homeless people have jobs.
Depending on whose stats you use, and if you count part-time employment, between 40% and 60% have jobs.
During the great depression, if you were employed and had a job, you probably were not living on the streets. In 2025, many homeless people have jobs.
Depending on whose stats you use, and if you count part-time employment, between 40% and 60% have jobs.
So I’ve watched a couple of videos lately.
1. This one on UK debt, bonds and interest (Gary’s Economics): youtu.be/YeH5UXYEzPE
2. And this one where Jeffrey Gundlach goes into similar things for the US: youtu.be/n7JV_DaBFXk?...
Iiuc they are both saying that the current trajectory is unsustainable.
1. This one on UK debt, bonds and interest (Gary’s Economics): youtu.be/YeH5UXYEzPE
2. And this one where Jeffrey Gundlach goes into similar things for the US: youtu.be/n7JV_DaBFXk?...
Iiuc they are both saying that the current trajectory is unsustainable.
Jeffrey Gundlach Says Almost All Financial Assets Are Now Overvalued | Odd Lots
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
So I’ve watched a couple of videos lately.
1. This one on UK debt, bonds and interest (Gary’s Economics): youtu.be/YeH5UXYEzPE
2. And this one where Jeffrey Gundlach goes into similar things for the US: youtu.be/n7JV_DaBFXk?...
Iiuc they are both saying that the current trajectory is unsustainable.
1. This one on UK debt, bonds and interest (Gary’s Economics): youtu.be/YeH5UXYEzPE
2. And this one where Jeffrey Gundlach goes into similar things for the US: youtu.be/n7JV_DaBFXk?...
Iiuc they are both saying that the current trajectory is unsustainable.
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*shocked but not surprised face* www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
*shocked but not surprised face* www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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if i was making this video today i would spend more time convincing the students what a scam it is that Unis are charging you $2000 for a course they care so little about they havnt hired the teacher yet or seen the syllabus until two days before the class starts
This (youtu.be/2AvfOhtmCZY?...) is an older @acollierastro.bsky.social video I must have missed, but it is brilliant in explaining the intensity of the bullshit of the adjunct system, for students and instructors.
the adjunct problem
YouTube video by Angela Collier
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
if i was making this video today i would spend more time convincing the students what a scam it is that Unis are charging you $2000 for a course they care so little about they havnt hired the teacher yet or seen the syllabus until two days before the class starts
Is he implying that NVIDIA isn’t getting paid for GPUs because nobody actually has the money or is my sleepy dyslexic brain messing with me?
The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Is he implying that NVIDIA isn’t getting paid for GPUs because nobody actually has the money or is my sleepy dyslexic brain messing with me?
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A plausible theory is that the way US security forces have historically treated minorities accustomed media and society to a nonzero level of micro-fascism in a way that makes it difficult to react to escalation.
They have always been in the process of "first coming for the..."
via @jmberger.com
They have always been in the process of "first coming for the..."
via @jmberger.com
The **chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court** called to expand virtual hearings —citing this incident where ICE threatened to smash the window of a judge’s car — because people who work at the courthouses are no longer safe
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A plausible theory is that the way US security forces have historically treated minorities accustomed media and society to a nonzero level of micro-fascism in a way that makes it difficult to react to escalation.
They have always been in the process of "first coming for the..."
via @jmberger.com
They have always been in the process of "first coming for the..."
via @jmberger.com
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
Aftenposten’s «young and talented men», otherwise known as Elons skibidi Nazis, are suddenly nervous their genocidal* actions might have consequences for them personally.
* www.npr.org/sections/goa...
I hope they all rot in jail.
* www.npr.org/sections/goa...
I hope they all rot in jail.
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Aftenposten’s «young and talented men», otherwise known as Elons skibidi Nazis, are suddenly nervous their genocidal* actions might have consequences for them personally.
* www.npr.org/sections/goa...
I hope they all rot in jail.
* www.npr.org/sections/goa...
I hope they all rot in jail.