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Amethyst Basilisk
@amethyst.systems
Furry hacker of the dragon and Windows variety. Blog: https://amethyst.systems/blog Puzzles: https://crackmes.one/user/frank2
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Hideo Kojima plays a Disney mole! Because, why not?
Hideo Kojima Makes Voice Cameo in Zootopia 2
The icon of stealth video games makes his Disney debut
www.animenewsnetwork.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Hey new MMO with gen AI powered NPC dialogue, how's that working out for you?
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Why it matters
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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So it sure looks like someone invented a fake Russian advance in Ukraine to manipulate the online gambling market Polymarket. Gamblers are making money by betting on the outcomes of battles big and small in the war. Edited map is run by DC-based think tank

www.404media.co/unauthorized...
'Unauthorized' Edit to Ukraine's Frontline Maps Point to Polymarket's War Betting
It looks like someone invented a fake Russia advance in Ukraine to manipulate online gambling markets.
www.404media.co
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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ICYMI, to my knowledge the only publicly available news clip from the time of the first ever #ransomware attack, back in 1989. At the time it was described as “high tech terrorism”.
#hacker #hacking #history
You can also watch it here if you hate YouTube.
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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anyway the answer to the question "how many of california's 13 current gubernatorial candidates defended trans people when asked" is three. 3/13 current california gubernatorial candidates defended trans people when asked.
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Doing preparation for an AppSec role interview. It's amazing how my brain can still identify "The Code Mistake" so quickly with it being so long since I've audited, or even read, code. Despite focusing on fiction writing I guess I've still got it.
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Good night ying nation
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The writing bug is starting to nibble at me. I dunno when it'll be done, but the prologue to Packet Routing and Filtering looks like it's bubbling.
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Hello everyone!! I'm planning a big tf social media event. You don't have to do anything but play along on December 20. Pls send this image anywhere there are tf fans or just repost.

Let's make this holiday season one to remember 🦌🎄❄️
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Another day
Another: Fuck Spotify

www.avclub.com/spotify-stan...
Spotify stands by ICE recruitment ads despite artist backlash
Spotify stands by ICE recruitment ads despite artist backlash
www.avclub.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Y'all should see the ridiculous salaries OpenAI is offering. Absolutely absurd bubble shit. Security engineer starting at 300k? They are playing in VC money like they were Scrooge McDuck swimming in his coin pool, man.
December 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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That’s a very attractive red shirt you’re wearing Admiral Bradley
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Nov 13th: "Republicans will probably shoot down ACA subsidy extensions, but ending the shutdown in exchange for a vote on them is an important strategic move"

Dec 1st: "Republicans will probably shoot down a Hegseth impeachment, so there's no reason to try"
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.

If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.

www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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If you care about the Senate and didn't know prospective Texas candidate Beto O'Rourke was in the influential U.S. #hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow, you can read about it and what the group has been up to since in my revised book publishing tomorrow. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/josep...
Cult of the Dead Cow
The shocking untold story of the elite secret society of hackers fighting to protect our freedom, “a hugely important piece of the puzzle for anyone who wa...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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yeah AI Ben Garrison is incredible
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM