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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 1h

Among the organizations who still hold integrity, glad the Nobel Peace Prize Committee is among them.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 9h

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 4h

This feels exceptionally low.

Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 4h

'Payroll pirate' hackers diverting salary payments from university employees, Microsoft says therecord.media/universities...

'Payroll pirate' hackers diverting salary payments from university employees, Microsoft says

A phishing campaign is gaining access to universities' third-party platforms and routing employee paychecks to accounts controlled by hackers, researchers said.

therecord.media

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Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 13h

Buried in Michigan's antiporn bill is a provision to effectively outlaw "circumvention tools," such as VPNs.

Mark my words: legislators will increasingly leverage porn panic to restrict or ban VPNs, and to limit internet privacy far beyond adult sites.

Experts raise privacy concerns over Michigan bill targeting pornography and VPNs

Rep. Josh Schriver, the bill’s sponsor, says the law is designed to target only producers and distributors of pornography, not everyday internet users.

www.wilx.com

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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 13h

“Yes, we’re having a party dance-off scene in a movie about the fictional meeting & friendship of two colonial revolutionaries. Welcome to Bollywood.”

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Cass Morris @cassmorriswrites.com · 18h

Look, if you never got an A on a paper comparing the poetry of Romantic poets that you wrote hungover the same morning it was due, did you even get an English degree?

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 1d

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Lock Down Your Life @lockdownyourlife.com · 18d

Every Millenial right now.

Geralt of Rivia sottong at a table. He is wearing a black shirt and medallion. Text reads
Current mood: Geralt of Rivia.
I've lived through a whole dark age and three supposed end of days.

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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 14h

Watching RRR: every scene, every line is over the top, but damn if the story doesn’t hold back either. #bollywood #historicalfiction

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 14h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 14h

I saw a tiktok comment that said the only war in Portland is the war on rhythm... and they're not wrong.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 15h

If it's not collected, it can't be abused, misused, or used for finical benefits

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Yes, forcing users to upload documents for age verification is going to end very badly.

Collecting sensitive documents, like ID is an especially bad idea.

Do not collect shit that you do not need to collect, ever.

If it's not collected it can't be leaked.

That is all.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 21h

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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Patrick C Miller @patrickcmiller.bsky.social · 20h

Attackers Season Spam With a Touch of 'Salt' www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/a...

Attackers Season Spam With a Touch of 'Salt'

Researchers report an increase in the use of hidden content in spam and malicious email to confuse filters and other security mechanisms.

www.darkreading.com

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 1d

Does anyone know of a RELIABLE tool for screen recording long sessions on macOS?

I've been burned a ton of times by tools which seem great... and then they crash and lose the whole recording, or it turns out the audio wasn't recorded properly

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Sam Antics @dsoart.com · 1d

My Canadian girlfriend will be hearing about this

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1d

She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Michael Geist @mgeist.bsky.social · 1d

The government saw the writing on the wall: no support for Bill C-2 lawful access rules that would have created new warrantless access demand powers. My post on today's embarrassing reversal that must be accompanied by a commitment to prioritize privacy.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/10/gove...

Government Reverses on Bill C-2: Removes Lawful Access Warrantless Demand Powers in New Border Bill - Michael Geist

The government today reversed course on its ill-advised anti-privacy measures in Bill C-2, introducing a new border bill with the lawful access provisions (Parts 14 and 15) removed. The move is welcom...

www.michaelgeist.ca

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 1d

Ahem:

I Am Canadian : The Rant

YouTube video by SHNKArchives

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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 1d

‘Z’

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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James McLeod @jamespmcleod.ca · 1d

Every morning I lock in.

Every afternoon I crash out.

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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 1d

Normally prefer separation of church & state, but given that went out the window long ago…

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Victoria McIntosh @vmcntosh.bsky.social · 1d

The temptation to toss my iOS devices at a brick wall increases. Certainly, can’t champion them as a company these days.

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

www.404media.co/apple-banned...

Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 1d

BREAKING: Clearview have been told that - *shockingly* - the UK GDPR applies to their indefensible business of selling your face to foreign law enforcement agencies, after PI intervened in a recent legal case.

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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