DM
@d-m.bsky.social
Also here: https://infosec.exchange/@_dm
Infosec, Trust & Safety, but mostly screaming into the void
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Infosec, Trust & Safety, but mostly screaming into the void
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Absolutely right. It's amazing how these ultra-rich guys want us to feel sorry for them.
Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’
Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
giftarticle.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Absolutely right. It's amazing how these ultra-rich guys want us to feel sorry for them.
Genuinely confused about this.
Are they just lying, or did the person who posted this misunderstand "~" to mean "-"?
"Why is the minus sign a bit squiggly? Must be those quaaludes I took an hour ago."
Are they just lying, or did the person who posted this misunderstand "~" to mean "-"?
"Why is the minus sign a bit squiggly? Must be those quaaludes I took an hour ago."
December 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Genuinely confused about this.
Are they just lying, or did the person who posted this misunderstand "~" to mean "-"?
"Why is the minus sign a bit squiggly? Must be those quaaludes I took an hour ago."
Are they just lying, or did the person who posted this misunderstand "~" to mean "-"?
"Why is the minus sign a bit squiggly? Must be those quaaludes I took an hour ago."
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This is far from over, but I tend to agree. Authoritarian attempts are prototypical cases of multiple equilibria: when the key actors believe that it will succeed, they are more likely to join, which makes it more likely to succeed. When that belief crumbles, the probability of success vanishes...
In the last few weeks, I’ve become increasingly convinced that Trump and his regime are totally cooked.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
They can only stay in power by stealing elections—but they can only do that if enough people are willing to help them.
They’re in a downward spiral and can’t pull themselves out of it.
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is far from over, but I tend to agree. Authoritarian attempts are prototypical cases of multiple equilibria: when the key actors believe that it will succeed, they are more likely to join, which makes it more likely to succeed. When that belief crumbles, the probability of success vanishes...
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Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
Is it possible to have negative charisma?
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Is it possible to have negative charisma?
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Super interesting reporting on Palantir‘s efforts to be used in Swiss governmental services and the military. They decided against it, because they worried Palantir was giving information to CIA and NSA and feared a loss of national sovereignty.
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
December 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Super interesting reporting on Palantir‘s efforts to be used in Swiss governmental services and the military. They decided against it, because they worried Palantir was giving information to CIA and NSA and feared a loss of national sovereignty.
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
www.republik.ch/2025/12/08/w...
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I can’t believe FIFA gave Trump a peace medal only for him to immediately despatch US armed forces to threaten Venezuela.
This incident is threatening to undermine the credibility of the whole thing!
This incident is threatening to undermine the credibility of the whole thing!
December 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I can’t believe FIFA gave Trump a peace medal only for him to immediately despatch US armed forces to threaten Venezuela.
This incident is threatening to undermine the credibility of the whole thing!
This incident is threatening to undermine the credibility of the whole thing!
Gmail smart compose is a technically amazing feature, but one which is truly offensive to a core part of my humanity.
Fortunately you can turn it off with just a click.
Fortunately you can turn it off with just a click.
December 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Gmail smart compose is a technically amazing feature, but one which is truly offensive to a core part of my humanity.
Fortunately you can turn it off with just a click.
Fortunately you can turn it off with just a click.
Seems like, whether knowing or not, Witkoff and Trump’s “peace plan” is about setting up Ukraine for future Russian invasions.
Hard to see a good outcome here among many bad options.
Hard to see a good outcome here among many bad options.
Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ that Donald Trump wants to trade for peace
Known as the Donbas, the region has become the fulcrum of fraught US-led diplomacy to end Russia’s full-scale invasion
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Seems like, whether knowing or not, Witkoff and Trump’s “peace plan” is about setting up Ukraine for future Russian invasions.
Hard to see a good outcome here among many bad options.
Hard to see a good outcome here among many bad options.
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Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Absolutely chilling read (as a disinformation researcher):
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
The systematic crackdown on disinformation scholars, newsrooms, factcheckers and NGO’s. All in the name of so-called free speech.
By @jamesrball.com @theverge.com
www.theverge.com/features/839...
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Imagine, for just a second, Biden saying this about Fox News.
And I bet the absolutely feckless White House press corps won’t cover this like the legit constitutional 1A disaster this is.
And I bet the absolutely feckless White House press corps won’t cover this like the legit constitutional 1A disaster this is.
Trump: "I think the people that have run CNN are a disgrace. I think it's imperative that CNN be sold because you certainly wouldn't want to just leave those people with some money so they can spend even more spending poison. It's lies. I wouldn't want to see the same company end up with CNN."
December 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Imagine, for just a second, Biden saying this about Fox News.
And I bet the absolutely feckless White House press corps won’t cover this like the legit constitutional 1A disaster this is.
And I bet the absolutely feckless White House press corps won’t cover this like the legit constitutional 1A disaster this is.
Is Repeating Disinfo in a Headline Actually Good for Comprehension?
Disinfo experts have long recommended not spreading disinfo, but the New York Times' editors have signalled a shift in that advice.
Disinfo experts have long recommended not spreading disinfo, but the New York Times' editors have signalled a shift in that advice.
And, what are his qualifications again? Is it that he has a worm in his brain and looks like the sole of an old boot?
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Is Repeating Disinfo in a Headline Actually Good for Comprehension?
Disinfo experts have long recommended not spreading disinfo, but the New York Times' editors have signalled a shift in that advice.
Disinfo experts have long recommended not spreading disinfo, but the New York Times' editors have signalled a shift in that advice.
And, what are his qualifications again? Is it that he has a worm in his brain and looks like the sole of an old boot?
December 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And, what are his qualifications again? Is it that he has a worm in his brain and looks like the sole of an old boot?
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it remains absolutely funny to me that the one thing that unites MAGA and Blue Labour is "we are too high up on the value chain and we need to go back"
Over 50% of the UK goes to uni. 50% of our economy doesn’t require this, and we are misallocating high value human capital, this is the problem that you for some reason, are pretending not to grasp.
December 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
it remains absolutely funny to me that the one thing that unites MAGA and Blue Labour is "we are too high up on the value chain and we need to go back"
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Times New Roman is the gateway font to Fraktur.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Times New Roman is the gateway font to Fraktur.
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Man, it's amazing how little Americans understand about America.
Rep. Massie Introduces Bill to Remove the United States from NATO
massie.house.gov
December 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Man, it's amazing how little Americans understand about America.
It's a big country, right? And in a two-party system, the ideological diversity captured under the "not actually fascist" party is a pretty big tent.
Not sure the NZZ is quite sophisticated enough in its understanding of American politics to get that, though.
Not sure the NZZ is quite sophisticated enough in its understanding of American politics to get that, though.
Die Demokraten rutschten ab 2016 nach links und verloren erneut gegen Donald Trump. Nun probt eine Allianz von Geldgebern, Think-Tanks und Politikern den Aufstand der Gemässigten.
Bye bye Linkspopulismus? Demokraten in den USA setzen wieder auf die Mitte
www.nzz.ch
December 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It's a big country, right? And in a two-party system, the ideological diversity captured under the "not actually fascist" party is a pretty big tent.
Not sure the NZZ is quite sophisticated enough in its understanding of American politics to get that, though.
Not sure the NZZ is quite sophisticated enough in its understanding of American politics to get that, though.
Oh, turns out it's a multi-day holiday.
Happy “Every cloud services company I’ve ever used emails me about a React vuln even though I’ve never ever used React” Day to all who celebrate.
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Oh, turns out it's a multi-day holiday.
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Man I know it isn’t relevant but seeing those two side by side really demonstrates that, even with all the money in the world, plastic surgery has its limits.
The Ellison family’s desire to take over Warner Bros should alarm anyone concerned with U.S. propaganda & media consolidation—
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
They would own Paramount, Warner Bros, CNN, CBS, HBO, TikTok & a host of major cable channels
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Man I know it isn’t relevant but seeing those two side by side really demonstrates that, even with all the money in the world, plastic surgery has its limits.
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Love how the credit agencies think I’m gonna download their apps and create an account just so I can freeze my credit file.
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Love how the credit agencies think I’m gonna download their apps and create an account just so I can freeze my credit file.