@seriesoftubes.bsky.social
Baby, why am I worried now?
Did someone make a fool of me
Before I could show 'em how it's done?
-Neko Case
Did someone make a fool of me
Before I could show 'em how it's done?
-Neko Case
Pinned
Series of tubes
Except “series of tubes” was more or less apt (network engineers routinely refer to long-haul circuits as “pipes”).
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Hong Kong financial regulators pushed Meta on why it wasn’t verifying the ID of financial advertisers (a very common source of scams)
Meta staffers boasted about how, through “skillful negotiation,” it redirected HK to organizing an anti-scam charter signing event requiring no product changes.
Meta staffers boasted about how, through “skillful negotiation,” it redirected HK to organizing an anti-scam charter signing event requiring no product changes.
December 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hong Kong financial regulators pushed Meta on why it wasn’t verifying the ID of financial advertisers (a very common source of scams)
Meta staffers boasted about how, through “skillful negotiation,” it redirected HK to organizing an anti-scam charter signing event requiring no product changes.
Meta staffers boasted about how, through “skillful negotiation,” it redirected HK to organizing an anti-scam charter signing event requiring no product changes.
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We got Meta’s “general global playbook” for defeating advertiser verification regulations, which the company knows would reduce scams. It includes making scam ads “not findable” for regulators searching Meta’s ad library through targeted scrubbing.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta created ‘playbook’ to fend off pressure to crack down on scammers, documents show
As regulators pressure Meta to verify the identity of advertisers on Facebook and Instagram, the social media giant has drafted a “playbook” to stall them. A Reuters investigation examines its tactics...
www.reuters.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We got Meta’s “general global playbook” for defeating advertiser verification regulations, which the company knows would reduce scams. It includes making scam ads “not findable” for regulators searching Meta’s ad library through targeted scrubbing.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
It’s legitimately worrisome that CEO of one of world’s largest social media platforms is unaware that technical specs for this *already exist*, that world’s leading camera-makers (except Apple) have embraced it (+most GenAI vendors), and that Meta is a C2PA signatory, too…
Not confidence inspiring!
Not confidence inspiring!
January 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
It’s legitimately worrisome that CEO of one of world’s largest social media platforms is unaware that technical specs for this *already exist*, that world’s leading camera-makers (except Apple) have embraced it (+most GenAI vendors), and that Meta is a C2PA signatory, too…
Not confidence inspiring!
Not confidence inspiring!
If this invention is genuinely as economically and socially beneficial as these hype-men claim, appropriate public policy response is to require Alphabet -a global tech monopoly- to license all associated IP on FRAND terms
Treat Alphabet like Bells Labs post-‘56 if innovations are so indispensable
Treat Alphabet like Bells Labs post-‘56 if innovations are so indispensable
Interesting data (from Waymo) showing that robotaxis are significantly safer than the average human driver. This is likely because they respect traffic rules. An NYT op-ed by a neurosurgeon calls for a broader adoption as a public health measure. Thoughts? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 31, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If this invention is genuinely as economically and socially beneficial as these hype-men claim, appropriate public policy response is to require Alphabet -a global tech monopoly- to license all associated IP on FRAND terms
Treat Alphabet like Bells Labs post-‘56 if innovations are so indispensable
Treat Alphabet like Bells Labs post-‘56 if innovations are so indispensable
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An insight into the headspace of Google (from their 2025 sustainability report) relating to energy consumption. To them, rising energy consumption is the cause of 'economic growth' - and so their own worsening inefficiency and energy greed cannot be anything but a good thing
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
An insight into the headspace of Google (from their 2025 sustainability report) relating to energy consumption. To them, rising energy consumption is the cause of 'economic growth' - and so their own worsening inefficiency and energy greed cannot be anything but a good thing
Meanwhile, corrupt @mayorbowser.dc.gov and the DC Council (including mayoral front-runner @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social ) lavished $1 billion taxpayer dollars on the football stadium of an out-of-district billionaire and $515 million on the basketball arena of a different billionaire!
Leadership!
Leadership!
La Bise had Permanently Closed - If I list all the restaurants that have closed this year, it'll be an absolute bloodbath :( www.popville.com/2025/12/la-b...
La Bise had Permanently Closed - PoPville
800 Connecticut Avenue, NW previously home to the Oval Room ICYMI: The Oval Room permanently closed here after 26 years here back in November 2020. "La Bise Permanently Closed Modern French cuisine wi...
www.popville.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Meanwhile, corrupt @mayorbowser.dc.gov and the DC Council (including mayoral front-runner @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social ) lavished $1 billion taxpayer dollars on the football stadium of an out-of-district billionaire and $515 million on the basketball arena of a different billionaire!
Leadership!
Leadership!
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Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
Trump Admin Scores Visa for Founder of Russian Propaganda Outlet
Tenet Media’s Lauren Chen is back—even though the illegal-influence and money-laundering investigation remains open.
www.thebulwark.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Exclusive: A year after Tenet Media was busted for funneling Russian money to MAGA pundits like Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, a Trump administration effort involving State and the FBI has welcomed Tenet's founders back into the US. @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-che...
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Yeah please don’t post that the FDIC did “nothing special” for SVB.
That’s flat out wrong and is running with a false narrative. They were favored, as were depositors at First Republic.
You can be glad all depositors were insured or not, but don’t say it’s totally normal and fine.
That’s flat out wrong and is running with a false narrative. They were favored, as were depositors at First Republic.
You can be glad all depositors were insured or not, but don’t say it’s totally normal and fine.
It cost FDIC $16B to make all the SVB account holders whole over the FDIC insurance threshold. That was a huge favor to SV bros
www.davispolk.com/insights/cli...
www.davispolk.com/insights/cli...
FDIC finalizes $16.3 billion special assessment to recover loss from SVB and Signature Bank failures
The FDIC’s final special assessment is largely unchanged from the proposed rule:The assessment base is equal to the amount of an insured depository institution’s (IDI) uninsured deposits, as reported ...
www.davispolk.com
December 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yeah please don’t post that the FDIC did “nothing special” for SVB.
That’s flat out wrong and is running with a false narrative. They were favored, as were depositors at First Republic.
You can be glad all depositors were insured or not, but don’t say it’s totally normal and fine.
That’s flat out wrong and is running with a false narrative. They were favored, as were depositors at First Republic.
You can be glad all depositors were insured or not, but don’t say it’s totally normal and fine.
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In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. “Big tech has made their choice.”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable…
www.404media.co
December 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
In case there was any doubt about where big tech stands.
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"60% of oil, gas and coal power plants slated for retirement in PJM postponed or cancelled those plans this year"
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
December 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"60% of oil, gas and coal power plants slated for retirement in PJM postponed or cancelled those plans this year"
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Bluesky is an echo chamber of academics and journalists with overabundant leisure time, data point 3857384.
•The word “troubling” doesn’t occur in that highlighted footnote.
•This judge is…an Obama appointee
•H-1B is a non-immigrant visa, which there are longstanding critiques of from the Left
•The word “troubling” doesn’t occur in that highlighted footnote.
•This judge is…an Obama appointee
•H-1B is a non-immigrant visa, which there are longstanding critiques of from the Left
December 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Bluesky is an echo chamber of academics and journalists with overabundant leisure time, data point 3857384.
•The word “troubling” doesn’t occur in that highlighted footnote.
•This judge is…an Obama appointee
•H-1B is a non-immigrant visa, which there are longstanding critiques of from the Left
•The word “troubling” doesn’t occur in that highlighted footnote.
•This judge is…an Obama appointee
•H-1B is a non-immigrant visa, which there are longstanding critiques of from the Left
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Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
What’s the Difference Between AI Glasses and an iPhone? A Helpful Guide for Meta PR
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
www.404media.co
December 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Meta thinks its camera glasses, which are often used for harassment, are no different than any other camera.
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
Here's 404 Media's guide to the PR team at Meta:
www.404media.co/whats-the-di...
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I guess it’s possible Randi wasn’t paid off by ai companies to push slop on our kids and is just a boomer who likes ai slop.
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I guess it’s possible Randi wasn’t paid off by ai companies to push slop on our kids and is just a boomer who likes ai slop.
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Scoop: The lone employee behind CISA's Pre-Ransomware Notification Initiative resigned on Friday rather than take a forced reassignment to FEMA.
CISA says PRNI will continue, but sources said David Stern's loss will be a major setback for it.
My story: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ra...
CISA says PRNI will continue, but sources said David Stern's loss will be a major setback for it.
My story: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ra...
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Scoop: The lone employee behind CISA's Pre-Ransomware Notification Initiative resigned on Friday rather than take a forced reassignment to FEMA.
CISA says PRNI will continue, but sources said David Stern's loss will be a major setback for it.
My story: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ra...
CISA says PRNI will continue, but sources said David Stern's loss will be a major setback for it.
My story: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-ra...
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This is an excellent piece on the ecological catastrophe associated with El Salvador's obsession with Bitcoin -->>
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘They turned our home into a cemetery’: the high price of El Salvador’s Bitcoin City dream
Mangroves are being destroyed and residents displaced to make way for an airport to serve president Nayib Bukele’s vision of a tax-free economic hub
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is an excellent piece on the ecological catastrophe associated with El Salvador's obsession with Bitcoin -->>
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Cool analysis here looking at different global scenarios for AI growth. The 'abundance' scenario naturally does the most damage to ecosystems, resources and planetary boundaries
www.se.com/ww/en/insigh...
www.se.com/ww/en/insigh...
December 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Cool analysis here looking at different global scenarios for AI growth. The 'abundance' scenario naturally does the most damage to ecosystems, resources and planetary boundaries
www.se.com/ww/en/insigh...
www.se.com/ww/en/insigh...
We’re living in Alexander Hamilton’s America, where capital dominates and the President exercises powers just shy of a monarch’s (including extensive intervention in industry on behalf of elite interests).
It’s unfortunate that Miranda’s silly musical warped the public’s understanding of Hamilton.
It’s unfortunate that Miranda’s silly musical warped the public’s understanding of Hamilton.
December 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We’re living in Alexander Hamilton’s America, where capital dominates and the President exercises powers just shy of a monarch’s (including extensive intervention in industry on behalf of elite interests).
It’s unfortunate that Miranda’s silly musical warped the public’s understanding of Hamilton.
It’s unfortunate that Miranda’s silly musical warped the public’s understanding of Hamilton.
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From @science.org Breakthrough of the Year: Solar Energy
December 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
From @science.org Breakthrough of the Year: Solar Energy
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a power outage is unusual, but not so unusual it can be waved away as an "edge case"... these vehicles should be pulling over and parking if they can't operate safely, not piling up in intersections and clogging roads
“Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly confusing the driverless cars — and halting them in their tracks. Riders and pedestrians posted videos of Waymos stuck at intersections, long lines of drivers behind them.” missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams across San Francisco after a PG&E outage hit 1/3 of the city.
missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
a power outage is unusual, but not so unusual it can be waved away as an "edge case"... these vehicles should be pulling over and parking if they can't operate safely, not piling up in intersections and clogging roads
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This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Does. Why Don’t Democrats?
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
Most people don’t! There’s lots of other deeply disturbing stuff about RFK and JFK most people don’t know, because Kennedy hagiography is so strong.
I did not know that Bobby Kennedy, father of Trump’s anti-vaccine health secretary, RFK Jr., once worked for Joseph McCarthy.
(from: “Ghosts of Iron Mountain”)
(from: “Ghosts of Iron Mountain”)
December 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Most people don’t! There’s lots of other deeply disturbing stuff about RFK and JFK most people don’t know, because Kennedy hagiography is so strong.
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The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Abundance movement often points to environmental groups as the obstacles to building. But who actually files the lawsuits blocking projects? It’s not environmental groups. It’s been lawyered-up HOAs protecting property values all along. Regulation by litigation is the problem.
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To grow its ad biz in China, Meta has relied on ad agency partners given the power to create special enforcement-protected ad accounts and share them with resellers. The system produces so much fraud that Meta internally calls China its top “scam exporting nation.”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta tolerates rampant ad fraud from China to safeguard billions in revenue
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp decided to accept high levels of fraudulent advertisements from China. Internal company documents show Meta wanted to mini...
www.reuters.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
To grow its ad biz in China, Meta has relied on ad agency partners given the power to create special enforcement-protected ad accounts and share them with resellers. The system produces so much fraud that Meta internally calls China its top “scam exporting nation.”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."
February 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"the USPS is a miracle. it's in the constitution. for the price of a single stamp you can send a letter across the country, from Hawaii to Maine. Trump is trying to take that away from you. He's attacking Christmas cards and wedding invitations. It's un-American and it has to stop."