Raymond Snow
@raymondsnow.bsky.social
Not created via AI at least in this universe
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Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew. Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found, by Paula Span www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Vaccines Are Helping Older People More Than We Knew. Many shots seem to have “off-target” benefits, such as lowering the risk of dementia, studies have found, by Paula Span www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/h... via @nytopinion.nytimes.com
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Internal docs reveal Meta's tactics to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, including efforts to make scam ads "not findable" for regulators and others (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
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December 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Internal docs reveal Meta's tactics to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, including efforts to make scam ads "not findable" for regulators and others (Jeff Horwitz/Reuters)
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And phew boy it gets a lot worse with this excellent video showing how Flock's exposed systems put people at risk (h/t @jsrailton.bsky.social):
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
This Flock Camera Leak is like Netflix For Stalkers
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
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December 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
And phew boy it gets a lot worse with this excellent video showing how Flock's exposed systems put people at risk (h/t @jsrailton.bsky.social):
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
youtu.be/vU1-uiUlHTo?...
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And as if on cue, here's another exhibit about the same type of security lapses, this time in Uzbekistan
techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/i...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/i...
Exclusive: Inside Uzbekistan's nationwide license plate surveillance system
The Uzbek government's national license plate scanning system was discovered exposed to the internet for anyone to access without a password.
techcrunch.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
And as if on cue, here's another exhibit about the same type of security lapses, this time in Uzbekistan
techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/i...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/23/i...
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Surveillance systems have always presented counter-intelligence and public safety risks -- from backdoors to poorly regulated wares of mercenary spyware firms
Here's another example thanks to @404media.co @jasonkoebler.bsky.social who discovered a Flock camera system exposed to the internet 👇
Here's another example thanks to @404media.co @jasonkoebler.bsky.social who discovered a Flock camera system exposed to the internet 👇
This is 404 Media's @jasonkoebler.bsky.social waving at himself through a Flock camera; one of 60 we learned was left exposed to the open internet. Not only could anyone with a link livestream it, but some admin portals were open with no login credentials required.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Surveillance systems have always presented counter-intelligence and public safety risks -- from backdoors to poorly regulated wares of mercenary spyware firms
Here's another example thanks to @404media.co @jasonkoebler.bsky.social who discovered a Flock camera system exposed to the internet 👇
Here's another example thanks to @404media.co @jasonkoebler.bsky.social who discovered a Flock camera system exposed to the internet 👇
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The Globe and Mail’s Christmas painting: Home on the Range, by William Kurelek.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
The Globe’s Christmas painting: Home on the Range, by William Kurelek
This Prairie snow scene by a Ukrainian-Canadian artist feels like nostalgia
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December 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Globe and Mail’s Christmas painting: Home on the Range, by William Kurelek.
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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What is your favorite Christmas family tradition? 🎄#CalvinandHobbes
December 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What is your favorite Christmas family tradition? 🎄#CalvinandHobbes
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Instacart is using algorithmic pricing to charge you 20% more for your Wheat Thins.
Instacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer Reports
Exclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.
www.consumerreports.org
December 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Instacart is using algorithmic pricing to charge you 20% more for your Wheat Thins.
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People must understand that don't need to save the planet. It's perfectly capable of saving itself, and will do so by killing ut when we become too much of a nuisance. Extreme weather, higher temperatures, less arable land, water shortages? The planet don't care.
It's just about saving ourselves.
It's just about saving ourselves.
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
People must understand that don't need to save the planet. It's perfectly capable of saving itself, and will do so by killing ut when we become too much of a nuisance. Extreme weather, higher temperatures, less arable land, water shortages? The planet don't care.
It's just about saving ourselves.
It's just about saving ourselves.
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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Q&A with journalist Jacob Silverman on his new book Gilded Rage, the radical politics of certain tech elites, AI's impact on Silicon Valley politics, and more (Calder McHugh/Politico)
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October 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Q&A with journalist Jacob Silverman on his new book Gilded Rage, the radical politics of certain tech elites, AI's impact on Silicon Valley politics, and more (Calder McHugh/Politico)
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my new pal here says it's gonna be the best halloween portland has ever seen
October 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
my new pal here says it's gonna be the best halloween portland has ever seen
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bubble dance party
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
bubble dance party
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Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
October 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
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So this is a very, very desperate move - a very silly app of generative AI slop that will be incredibly expensive for OpenAI to run, and on top of it, they're requiring rights holders to *opt out* once they see violations. You can't do it in advance. They're washed, and trying everything to survive.
September 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
So this is a very, very desperate move - a very silly app of generative AI slop that will be incredibly expensive for OpenAI to run, and on top of it, they're requiring rights holders to *opt out* once they see violations. You can't do it in advance. They're washed, and trying everything to survive.
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CRA addresses long call centre wait times by hiring CRA scammers
CRA addresses long call centre wait times by hiring CRA scammers
OTTAWA – In an effort to cut down call centre wait times, the Canada Revenue Agency has hired a new team of agents uniquely equipped to handle calls from concerned taxpayers: scammers who say you owe ...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
CRA addresses long call centre wait times by hiring CRA scammers
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If you don't vaccinate your kids and they end up disabled or disfigured, I hope they disown you as the abusive parent you are.
To be clear, they should disown you for risking their safety like that at all.
To be clear, they should disown you for risking their safety like that at all.
September 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If you don't vaccinate your kids and they end up disabled or disfigured, I hope they disown you as the abusive parent you are.
To be clear, they should disown you for risking their safety like that at all.
To be clear, they should disown you for risking their safety like that at all.
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That's not a denial.
Ingraham: They said you took $50,000 in cash in a bag from an undercover FBI agent…
Homan: I did nothing criminal or illegal.
Homan: I did nothing criminal or illegal.
September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
That's not a denial.
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So, an app was created with the express purpose of anonymously doxxing critics of Charlie Kirk, including their names, locations, and employers.
Guess what? Yup! The app leaked the personal details of its *own* users.
#irony
san.com/cc/app-for-o...
Guess what? Yup! The app leaked the personal details of its *own* users.
#irony
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App for outing Charlie Kirk’s critics leaked its users’ personal data
An app for anonymously reporting individuals accused of speaking ill against conservative Charlie Kirk leaked personal data about its users.
san.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
So, an app was created with the express purpose of anonymously doxxing critics of Charlie Kirk, including their names, locations, and employers.
Guess what? Yup! The app leaked the personal details of its *own* users.
#irony
san.com/cc/app-for-o...
Guess what? Yup! The app leaked the personal details of its *own* users.
#irony
san.com/cc/app-for-o...
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Still digesting this joint finding of federal and provincial privacy regulators into TikTok's compliance with Canadian privacy law. I've found myself shaking my head a few times while going through it. www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actio...
PIPEDA Findings #2025-003: Joint investigation of TikTok Pte. Ltd. by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta - Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
ISSUE 1: Was TikTok collecting, using, and disclosing personal information, in particular with respect to children, for an appropriate, reasonable, and legitimate purpose?
www.priv.gc.ca
September 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Still digesting this joint finding of federal and provincial privacy regulators into TikTok's compliance with Canadian privacy law. I've found myself shaking my head a few times while going through it. www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actio...