chris j. vargo
@chrisjvargo.bsky.social
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Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
March 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
all this time I’ve been telling people it’s hard to get twitter data now
MUSK: A sophisticated cyberattack from Ukraine took out Twitter's servers
REALITY: Twitter's servers were not secured properly and were publicly visible
Great explainer here from @lhn.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
REALITY: Twitter's servers were not secured properly and were publicly visible
Great explainer here from @lhn.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X
Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.
www.wired.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
all this time I’ve been telling people it’s hard to get twitter data now
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remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity
January 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity
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This Washington Post report haunts me every day
October 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
This Washington Post report haunts me every day
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𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐎 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄
September 13, 2024 at 11:35 AM
𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐃𝐎 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄
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my only real thought about nate silver is i straight up don't think you should trust anyone who appears to have a serious gambling addiction
September 6, 2024 at 9:18 PM
my only real thought about nate silver is i straight up don't think you should trust anyone who appears to have a serious gambling addiction
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If there were a site where I could go donate a few hundred bucks to the Democrats with the understanding that I would never be texted again by any of them, I would cough up in seconds.
August 23, 2024 at 5:12 PM
If there were a site where I could go donate a few hundred bucks to the Democrats with the understanding that I would never be texted again by any of them, I would cough up in seconds.
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Most #generativeAI models were trained on Common Crawl, a massive archive of web crawl data. Yet most people never heard of it. My new research studies Common Crawl in-depth and highlights its influence on LLM research and development foundation.mozilla.org/en/research/... (1/10)
Training Data for the Price of a Sandwich: Common Crawl’s Impact on Generative AI
Mozilla research finds that Common Crawl's outsized role in the generative AI boom has improved transparency and competition, but is also contributing to biased and opaque generative AI models.
foundation.mozilla.org
February 6, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Most #generativeAI models were trained on Common Crawl, a massive archive of web crawl data. Yet most people never heard of it. My new research studies Common Crawl in-depth and highlights its influence on LLM research and development foundation.mozilla.org/en/research/... (1/10)
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Do not do this. This is very dumb, and will end up punishing interesting and creative writing for not conforming to what an algorithm fed on mediocre writing thinks is good writing.
AI in admissions: CU Boulder study creates tool to read college essays
A new AI tool developed by CU Boulder researchers can read college essays — and it has the potential to change the way admissions is run at colleges and universities nationwide.
www.dailycamera.com
December 31, 2023 at 5:19 PM
Do not do this. This is very dumb, and will end up punishing interesting and creative writing for not conforming to what an algorithm fed on mediocre writing thinks is good writing.
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i love car shopping
December 17, 2023 at 4:39 AM
i love car shopping
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This is the CV of the new Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Things are bleak in higher ed, friends.
www.wral.com/story/unc-na...
Things are bleak in higher ed, friends.
www.wral.com/story/unc-na...
December 15, 2023 at 4:18 PM
This is the CV of the new Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Things are bleak in higher ed, friends.
www.wral.com/story/unc-na...
Things are bleak in higher ed, friends.
www.wral.com/story/unc-na...
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Need to analyse hashtags? Our 9th advent gift❄️ helps you download posts and videos from TikTok for a given set of hashtags over a period of time. Find it here: github.com/bellingcat/t...
GitHub - bellingcat/tiktok-hashtag-analysis: Provides tools to analyze hashtags within posts scraped...
Provides tools to analyze hashtags within posts scraped from TikTok. - GitHub - bellingcat/tiktok-hashtag-analysis: Provides tools to analyze hashtags within posts scraped from TikTok.
github.com
December 9, 2023 at 7:10 PM
Need to analyse hashtags? Our 9th advent gift❄️ helps you download posts and videos from TikTok for a given set of hashtags over a period of time. Find it here: github.com/bellingcat/t...
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New: multiple sources, including executives, explain why sites like Jezebel are being shut down despite being very popular. The "brand safety" industry has created a paranoid environment where companies are not prepared to run ads next to important issues. www.404media.co/advertisers-...
Advertisers Don’t Want Sites Like Jezebel to Exist
The 'Brand Safety' and 'Suitability' industries have financially crushed the news business by keeping ads away from articles that its 'sentiment analysis' algorithms think will make people sad or upse...
www.404media.co
November 10, 2023 at 4:46 PM
New: multiple sources, including executives, explain why sites like Jezebel are being shut down despite being very popular. The "brand safety" industry has created a paranoid environment where companies are not prepared to run ads next to important issues. www.404media.co/advertisers-...
$17!
People who use Facebook and Instagram in about 30 European countries will soon have a choice. Kind of.
They can agree to see ads based on Meta’s tracking of what they do online and their whereabouts. Or they can stop ads on Facebook and Instagram if they pay about $17 a month.
They can agree to see ads based on Meta’s tracking of what they do online and their whereabouts. Or they can stop ads on Facebook and Instagram if they pay about $17 a month.
Would you pay $17 a month for Facebook and Instagram?
Europeans will soon have the option to pay to stop ads in Meta apps. Yes, there’s a catch.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 2, 2023 at 1:29 AM
$17!
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Finally I can sleep well knowing my family is safe from Mongolian Steppe archers on our way to Starbucks 🙏
October 31, 2023 at 10:39 PM
Finally I can sleep well knowing my family is safe from Mongolian Steppe archers on our way to Starbucks 🙏