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Chris Nagano

@charliesaito22.bsky.social

Important Information:

Turn off the biometrics on your cell phone, pad, and laptop

Search warrant for WAPO journalist also included approval from Federal Judge to use their biometrics to unlock electronic devices

Orwell’s 1984 is here and now

theintercept.com/2026/01/30/w...

Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now

The search warrant to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home shows how authorities can open your phone without your consent.

theintercept.com

February 2, 2026 at 2:59 AM

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htfcuddles

@htfcuddles.mmfcomic.com

Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...

Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users

Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.

www.cbsnews.com

February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM

PaulTT

@paultt.bsky.social

btw fuck politics, i printed and painted dwarfsssss

#wh40k #warhammer40k #warhammerproxy #killteam #miniatures #paintedminis #paintedminiatures #printedminiatures
#dwarfs #henrkyn #yaegirs #hernkinyaegirs

January 20, 2026 at 10:06 AM

PaulTT

@paultt.bsky.social

this is hilarious xD

www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/co...

From the Fauxmoi community on Reddit: Somewhat of a random fact: the last time Denmark sold an island to the US was in 1917. That island was Little Saint James, more commonly known today as “Epstein I...

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January 20, 2026 at 9:59 AM

PaulTT

@paultt.bsky.social

holy fkn fk, why doesn't everybody outside usa-hole, pump up tariffs on fuckin iphones to 500%? if not resolving dumb orange boomer problem, at least ir would sensibilize people lol.. and defund the nazis, too ;)

January 20, 2026 at 8:18 AM

PaulTT

@paultt.bsky.social

yeah something good, sometimes...
support bandcamp and the artists on on it, if you don't already do!

Bandcamp has banned all music made with AI

www.nme.com/news/music/b...

Bandcamp has banned all music made with AI

The announcement was made yesterday (January 13)

www.nme.com

January 14, 2026 at 7:02 PM

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Just Nancy

@justnancy.bsky.social

www.thenation.com/article/acti...

Hit them where it hurts them - boycotts can work

Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.

ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.

www.thenation.com

January 10, 2026 at 10:50 PM

PaulTT

@paultt.bsky.social

mmmmmmmh

January 7, 2026 at 12:59 PM

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Dashingclaire

@dashingclaire.bsky.social

BlackBerry QNX embedded technology ‘now powering more than 275 million vehicles on the road’

roboticsandautomationnews.com/2025/12/19/b...

January 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM

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Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

DELL EXEC: Consumers are “not buying based on AI. In fact I think AI probably confuses them more than it helps them understand a specific outcome."

@pcgamer.com #CES
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/del...

Dell seems to be the first to realise we don't actually care about AI PCs

"What we've learned over the course of this year, from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI."

www.pcgamer.com

January 6, 2026 at 11:26 PM

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Dave Cook

@davecook.bsky.social

I’m so tired, folks. As I’m sure most of us here are…

January 5, 2026 at 6:40 PM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

Colombia has declared an emergency OAS and UN meeting, President Petro demands they convene immediately. #VenezuelaInvasion

Right now they are bombing Caracas. Alert to the whole world, they have attacked Venezuela
They are bombing with missiles.
The OAS and the UN must meet immediately.

January 3, 2026 at 8:09 AM

PaulTT

@paultt.bsky.social

USAssholes are the cancer of the world.
for a while now, just as a cancer, spreading and infecting more and more.
fuck u all. sincerely, from the rest of the world.

January 3, 2026 at 9:00 AM

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Michel Dinel

@padder.bsky.social

I've been avoiding restaurants that use these recent delivery services because of prices and felt drivers/customers were both getting scammed but damn if true (and I know of companies with similar mindset/practices- just look for lawsuits)

www.reddit.com/r/confession...

From the confession community on Reddit

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January 2, 2026 at 8:39 AM

PaulTT

@paultt.bsky.social

hohoho merry cyber xmas!!
late and fast for a little/big xmas gift

#minipainting #miniaturepainting #santa #cybersanta #miniature #3dprint

December 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM

PaulTT

@paultt.bsky.social

yeah, fuck'em all

Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · Dec 9

Israel has officially come out in support of Russia. Netanyahu brags about being in daily communication and coordination with Putin. Israel is also invested in attacking the EU due to Europe still upholding international law and the ICC.

December 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM

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Greg Pak

@gregpak.net

I'm an "A.i." abolitionist. Here's why.

gregpak.net/2025/12/19/i...

I’m an “A.i.” abolitionist - gregpak.net

I’m an “A.i.” abolitionist. No consumer-facing LLMs or generative “A.i.” in anything. Sure, machine learning in science and a f...

gregpak.net

December 19, 2025 at 8:42 PM

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✨Nani 🔜 BlerdCon✨

@sinmachine.is.severed.fyi

Why did I stumble upon Frederick laying here looking like he’s summoning an Eldritch horror?

TL;DR: A long-haired cat sits before a glowing lamp like an ancient god consulting forbidden light, radiating judgment, patience, and eldritch authority.

Details:
A dramatic, low-light photograph of Frederick, a large long-haired Maine Coon cat with tufted ears and a thick mane, seated in near darkness. In front of him is a shallow bowl-shaped lamp emitting a warm, golden glow that illuminates his face from below, casting ominous shadows upward. His eyes are half-lidded and reflective, fixed forward with an expression that reads as ancient, unimpressed, and all-knowing. Wisps of fur catch the light along his cheeks and chest, enhancing the sense of depth and texture. The background is almost entirely black, giving the impression that Frederick is emerging from void or shadow rather than a room. The composition evokes an occult ritual or oracle scene, as if the cat is consulting a sacred flame or channeling cosmic knowledge. The overall mood is eldritch and reverent, with Frederick positioned as a timeless, powerful being calmly judging the universe—and whoever is behind the camera.

December 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM

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Gord Little

@gord.games

Borrowed with love from Mastodon:

No, you’re not a “prompt engineer”, you’re a sloperator.

December 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM

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.chantal//RYAN

@thoughtrise.bsky.social

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing

these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous

this is worth sharing and educating people about

screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed

the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized

text says:

Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved.
Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like.
Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch.
This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.

December 15, 2025 at 2:21 AM

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Anonymous

@youranoncentral.bsky.social

The United States & Israel need to be cut from shared military & intelligence programs immediately. Removing these pariah states from our security infrastructure is not a political or diplomatic disagreement but a matter of national security. Our people are in danger the longer we turn a blind eye.

December 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM

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Matthew Hodson

@matthewhodson.bsky.social

Globally, about 41 million people live with HIV.
I am one of them.
HIV treatment works - but almost 1 in 4 are still not being treated.
HIV treatment also prevents HIV from being passed on during sex - the risk is zero - so treating everybody with HIV is the most powerful tool in HIV prevention too.