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Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 4h

The most ridiculous demonstration would, of course, be a webpage which (to simplify) just makes the AI agent running the web browser make it leak all user data. Good luck!

Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 4h

AI-powered web browsers introduce new classes of security and privacy vulnerabilities. New ways to steal private information, loose reputation, and money. Uses in offensive cyber and propaganda are also imaginable.

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 9h

Scathing, but all too obviously accurate, take on the AWS outage by @quinnypig.com.

You're engaging in professional malpractice if you don't share this with your stakeholders. Corey may be an engineer, but he communicates about the issues in an accessible manner.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/a...

Amazon brain drain finally caught up with AWS

column: When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works

www.theregister.com

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himham @himham.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not mincing words anymore.

We need to stop pretending like the New York Times is news.

FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 1d

www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/the-...

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quiznos @quiznos.bsky.social · 4h

Ingrassia is OUT

www.npr.org/2025/10/21/n...

Trump pick to lead watchdog agency withdraws after offensive text messages revealed

President Donald Trump 's pick to lead a federal watchdog agency withdrew from consideration Tuesday evening, after his offensive text messages were made public and GOP senators revolted.

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know why some people struggle with the idea that other folks experience life differently. What you find tedious, someone else cherishes as ritual or routine. This is basic people stuff y’all.

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Inclusive Little Unicorn 🅅 @emmie.bsky.social · 1d

If it quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck...

If he texts like a Nazi (and claims to be), he's probably a Nazi

Interesting how these people keep popping up surrounding Trump and throughout the Republican Party

A screenshot of an article in Politico entitled "Trump nominee says MLK Jr. holiday belongs in 'hell' and that he has 'Nazi streak,' according to texts"

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quiznos @quiznos.bsky.social · 1d

Buncha horse hockey
www.al.com/news/2025/10...

IRS makes major change in how it handles tax refunds: What you need to know

What you need to know before next tax filing season.

www.al.com

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💀Carl💀Corpse💀 @cillic.bsky.social · 2d

Please stop trawling for clout by posting screenshots of posts from the asshat in the whitehouse. We do not need any more evidence that he is a monster.

We have his name blocked for a reason, and you're just feeding the clickbait machine that destroyed news media.

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone got any recommendations for cool and weird places to go/see/eat food in Prague?

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quiznos @quiznos.bsky.social · 3d

This is wonderful and endearing, and such a shame and a sign of times all wrapped into one.
10/10 good parentals

Ian Coldwater 👻🌿 @lookitup.baby · 3d

Didn’t take pictures for obvious reasons, but shout out to the apple-cheeked little girls at the protest with Labubus and MOM’s phone number written on their arms in Sharpie

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quiznos @quiznos.bsky.social · 3d

Worth adding as well, the amount of data collected and made accessible about anyone (LEOs or otherwise) is ALSO unacceptable.
And if they don't like it, they shouldn't do it.
Doxxing is just the 2A of information collection.

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Case @caseker.bsky.social · 3d

If you call yourself law enforcement and go around abducting people and covering your own identity, expect to get doxxed. Maybe if you feel the need to hide your face, your job JUST MIGHT BE A REASON TO BE ASHAMED.

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quiznos @quiznos.bsky.social · 3d

No comment

www.jalopnik.com/1996744/why-...

Why Ford Still Puts Keypads On The Door, Even On 2026 Models - Jalopnik

A physical keypad on a car door may seem hopelessly retro, but Ford still sees value in it. There are things it can do that key fobs and smartphones can't.

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quiznos @quiznos.bsky.social · 3d

We really opened Pandora's box when streaming music hit eh?

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quiznos @quiznos.bsky.social · 3d

What's worse:
Being the door holder for someone *just* a little too far away so you know they feel obligated to rush?
Being the walker *just* a little too far away so you know they feel obligated to wait?

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quiznos @quiznos.bsky.social · 4d

Good

6abc.com/post/philade...

Philadelphia City Council wants to crack down on restaurant reservations

Legislation in seven states is targeting the app, and now a bill in Philadelphia City Council is looking to regulate it.

6abc.com

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quiznos @quiznos.bsky.social · 4d

The worst part of this is my initial reaction was "wow a PhD with a full-time job? Impressive. Haven't heard that in a while" 😭

Heart goes out to all my friends in research working part-time at target and chipotle rn

SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 5d

“Young adults aren’t having enough kids” bro I’m employed full-time with a damn PhD and I’m struggling to afford both groceries and rent.

I love kids but I can barely afford my pets.

Want us to have kids? Try UBI, rent control, universal healthcare, cheaper child care.

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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 4d

I've been heraing @govpritzker.illinois.gov talk a big game. These are his state police inciting violence.

Let's hear what you have to say about this, because your silence will be deafening.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5d

State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.

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Amanda @hellomanders.bsky.social · 4d

Of course women don’t like the cyber truck.

Women only want one thing and it’s

Sigourney Weaver from Alien in the yellow power loader.

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · Oct 22

show some respect

soldiers holding up society meme, in which a couple on a hill overlooks an idyllic city by the sea. the hill is upheld by soldiers, living and dead. society is labeled "12MM bluesky users." the soldiers are labeled "forum nerds good at getting into closed betas"

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quiznos @quiznos.bsky.social · 5d

No. No. Nonono

Why in the fuck was this prioritized over a functional dark mode?

www.neowin.net/news/microso...

Microsoft brings highly-requested feature to SQL Server Management Studio

Microsoft has introduced a new feature in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 22 Preview 3, citing popular demand.

www.neowin.net

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typing loudly⌨️ @typingloudly.zip · 6d

the life of an infrastructure architect:

1) Spend all week in meetings telling people how not to break things when making major or even minor changes

2) They don't listen to you even slightly. Then they call you in the middle of the night when they break everything anyway

3) Repeat the next week

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BoringKate @boringkate.com · 6d

Seeing game devs take a "the customer is always right" approach to feedback is so sad because like I get it from a PR perspective, but...

1) The customer is always wrong

2) Your customers are gamers, so they're twice as wrong

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Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 6d

So we are here. What’s next? More artificially generated content. This content is then recursively used to train new AI models. Quality decreases.

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reni 🦌🫜 @reniadeb.com · 6d

a pumpkin man sits inside a pumpkin house, is the house made of flesh, or is he made of house? he smiles for he does not know

a small pumpkin with a smiley face drawn on in sharpie pen sits within a larger pumpkin carved to look like its home

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