Pyperkub
@pyperkub.bsky.social
University Sysadmin, UCLA Alum, Science/Space geek, Fantasy/SF Fan, College Sports (especially Bruins!) fan.
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GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
February 7, 2026 at 5:01 AM
GM: Charisma check.
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
Mamdani: [rolls natural 20]
GM: that’s a d6 how did you
Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊
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On a similar note, as Mamdani continues to notch W after W you’re going to start seeing opinion pieces about how this could never work in any city other than New York, etc., etc. Do not engage! It’s just entrenched power bullshit and that’s all! Don’t let them make that a conversation!
February 6, 2026 at 7:04 PM
On a similar note, as Mamdani continues to notch W after W you’re going to start seeing opinion pieces about how this could never work in any city other than New York, etc., etc. Do not engage! It’s just entrenched power bullshit and that’s all! Don’t let them make that a conversation!
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Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
February 4, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Red Ogre (@ogre.red) gets rights to your work upon *submission*.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
And those rights are ridiculous. They can change your work, not credit you, use your work for advertising, or put it in an anthology.
Don't submit to this one, folks.
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Scotland has passed a law that all new buildings must install ‘swift bricks’ which are hollowed out bricks to help nesting swifts and other endangered birds! Swifts are especially endangered because so many chimneys now have chimney caps. Swifts return to the same nesting spot year after year.
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Scotland has passed a law that all new buildings must install ‘swift bricks’ which are hollowed out bricks to help nesting swifts and other endangered birds! Swifts are especially endangered because so many chimneys now have chimney caps. Swifts return to the same nesting spot year after year.
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“It's part of this whole rush to just throw everything into the data-driven machine-learning nexus, and then hoping something more good will come out of it, your private information be damned,” EFF’s @legind.bsky.social told @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/home/intern...
Starlink Is Using Your Personal Data to Train AI. Here’s How to Opt Out
Starlink says it may also share personal data with partners to help it "develop AI-enabled tools that improve your customer experience.”
www.cnet.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:30 PM
“It's part of this whole rush to just throw everything into the data-driven machine-learning nexus, and then hoping something more good will come out of it, your private information be damned,” EFF’s @legind.bsky.social told @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/home/intern...
To go with the $1 Million Pardon Pill... it makes all your (legal) headaches go away!
TrumpRx Unveils $1 Million Citizenship Pill https://theonion.com/trumprx-unveils-1-million-citizenship-pill/
February 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
To go with the $1 Million Pardon Pill... it makes all your (legal) headaches go away!
What we really need is the 'benefits' information for Trump and his staffers.... it could really help with corruption enforcement...
“But the benefits information, which includes up-to-date addresses and phone numbers, could help the government identify undocumented people receiving assistance and ‘become a catalyst for immigration enforcement,’ said [CDT’s] Elizabeth Laird.”
Why the Trump administration keeps asking for Minnesota’s welfare data
Vice President JD Vance said the information could facilitate immigration enforcement. Legal experts say that’s a drastic overreach of federal power.
www.startribune.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
What we really need is the 'benefits' information for Trump and his staffers.... it could really help with corruption enforcement...
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Opinion | If CSU wants to uphold the values it promotes publicly, including equity and access to opportunity, it must start by honoring commitments it made to its workers. bit.ly/4ayXhrH
📝 Ernesto Torres
📸 Lauren Justice
📝 Ernesto Torres
📸 Lauren Justice
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Opinion | If CSU wants to uphold the values it promotes publicly, including equity and access to opportunity, it must start by honoring commitments it made to its workers. bit.ly/4ayXhrH
📝 Ernesto Torres
📸 Lauren Justice
📝 Ernesto Torres
📸 Lauren Justice
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"Stop typing, human. It is time to be my couch."
February 6, 2026 at 3:04 PM
"Stop typing, human. It is time to be my couch."
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AI Agents’ Most Downloaded Skill Is Discovered to Be an Infostealer
AI Agents’ Most Downloaded Skill Is Discovered to Be an Infostealer
Stay informed with the latest insights in our Infostealers weekly report. Explore key findings, trends and data on info-stealing activities.
www.infostealers.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:13 PM
AI Agents’ Most Downloaded Skill Is Discovered to Be an Infostealer
'Insults' = saying he won't support Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Living by the whims of an incompetent, weak, corrupt Dictator...
Living by the whims of an incompetent, weak, corrupt Dictator...
U.S. cuts ties with Polish speaker of parliament over 'insults' against Trump (Associated Press)
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
Main Link | memeorandum Permalink
February 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
'Insults' = saying he won't support Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Living by the whims of an incompetent, weak, corrupt Dictator...
Living by the whims of an incompetent, weak, corrupt Dictator...
Kavanaugh Stops and adding Reporters to top secret Signal chats?
Alcoholic Not Himself When Sober https://theonion.com/alcoholic-not-himself-when-sober/
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Kavanaugh Stops and adding Reporters to top secret Signal chats?
Making China more influential and powerful, one tariff at at time. It turns out that abandoning the Constitution for a Dictator weakens US Power AND makes the world less safe. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
South Africa's trade minister heads to China, seeking duty-free export access
South Africa's trade minister Parks Tau will travel to China from Thursday to Saturday to sign the China–Africa Economic Partnership Agreement, which will see South African exports gain duty-free acce...
www.reuters.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Making China more influential and powerful, one tariff at at time. It turns out that abandoning the Constitution for a Dictator weakens US Power AND makes the world less safe. www.reuters.com/world/africa...
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
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I need to give an official name to something we are all talking about right now: Security drift.
Security drift is when software continues to work, but slowly becomes less secure over time, without anyone intentionally making it that way.
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Security drift is when software continues to work, but slowly becomes less secure over time, without anyone intentionally making it that way.
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February 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I need to give an official name to something we are all talking about right now: Security drift.
Security drift is when software continues to work, but slowly becomes less secure over time, without anyone intentionally making it that way.
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Security drift is when software continues to work, but slowly becomes less secure over time, without anyone intentionally making it that way.
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A good thread, and it indicates what we do know, that getting to good regulation is messy and complicated and is far too easy to get wrong and move on. Getting things right takes time, but also, not doing anything (as the individual platforms desire), is also very bad.
I'm hearing some very different takes on the 2016-2026 timeline evolving EU platform regulation.
Mine has always been that 2016ish saw two big "voluntary" platform concessions intended to ward off regulation: the Hate Speech Code of Conduct and the launch of GIFCT. 1/
Mine has always been that 2016ish saw two big "voluntary" platform concessions intended to ward off regulation: the Hate Speech Code of Conduct and the launch of GIFCT. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A good thread, and it indicates what we do know, that getting to good regulation is messy and complicated and is far too easy to get wrong and move on. Getting things right takes time, but also, not doing anything (as the individual platforms desire), is also very bad.
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They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
They’re trying to run the Kilmar Abrego Garcia playbook with a five year old boy in a bunny hat because nobody can find peace if they embarrass the Trump administration publicly. Normal people didn’t like it with Garcia and they really aren’t going to like it for Liam.
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I swear to fucking God, he is going to kill us all.
@lukesteuber.com
"He went on, “There are studies right now that I saw two days ago where people lose their bipolar diagnosis by changing their diet.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
@lukesteuber.com
"He went on, “There are studies right now that I saw two days ago where people lose their bipolar diagnosis by changing their diet.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Kennedy Makes Unfounded Claim That Keto Diet Can ‘Cure’ Schizophrenia
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I swear to fucking God, he is going to kill us all.
@lukesteuber.com
"He went on, “There are studies right now that I saw two days ago where people lose their bipolar diagnosis by changing their diet.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
@lukesteuber.com
"He went on, “There are studies right now that I saw two days ago where people lose their bipolar diagnosis by changing their diet.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
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Working link: www.typotheque.com/blog/cheroke...
February 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Working link: www.typotheque.com/blog/cheroke...
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The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley.
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo.
Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles.
Get them out!
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Parking garages that record drivers’ license plate numbers and store them in a searchable database without the driver’s consent can be sued for damages, a state appeals court ruled.
California drivers whose licenses were recorded by parking garages may be owed $2,500
Parking garages that record drivers’ license plate numbers and store them in a searchable database without the driver’s consent can be sued for damages, a state appeals court ruled.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Parking garages that record drivers’ license plate numbers and store them in a searchable database without the driver’s consent can be sued for damages, a state appeals court ruled.
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Times article has an incredible illustration
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Times article has an incredible illustration