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🇵🇹 snipe, lixo tóxico ⭑⭒⭒⭒⭒ @snipe.lol · 1d

THIS. theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 6d

The Trump administration has holllowed out the nation's lead cybersecurity agency, upended or ended some of its key tasks and punished its previous two directors--while creating a large target in the form of all the data sloppily harvested for DOGE and its migrant crackdown. This seems... not great.

U.S. cybersecurity was bad during the first Trump administration. Somehow, it’s getting worse

Workforce cuts and vindictive treatment of former cyber officials have experts worried.

www.fastcompany.com

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 7d

RIP Jane Goodall, by all accounts a wonderful woman who loved this Far Side cartoon

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 9d

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · 9d

CISA will furlough 65% of its staff if the government shuts down on Wednesday, keeping about 890 people to handle mission-critical cybersecurity protection work. www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-go...

As in other agencies, employees there are worried about potential RIFs of furloughed staff.

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No Hat Con @nohatcon.bsky.social · 13d

🖥 No Hat 2025 lands in 📍 Bergamo, Italy - Oct 18!

1 day, 17 talks & workshops on Cybersecurity, AI, Cloud Security & Hacking.

🎤 Keynotes: @k8em0.bsky.social & @phretor.bsky.social

🔗 Full program nohat.it/agenda

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deb kavaler @debdebdeb.bsky.social · 13d

gofund.me/ae3e52797
It is with great sadness I share the passing of Caspian Shea youngest son of Johanna and Dylan. We are asking for your support covering medical and funeral arrangements during this unimaginable time. Please consider donating - but do share far and wide

Donate to Supporting the Shea Family in Loving Memory of Caspian, organized by Debra Kavaler Wysopal

On behalf of the Shea family, we have created this page of su… Debra Kavaler Wysopal needs your support for Supporting the Shea Family in Loving Memory of Caspian

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Deth Veggie @dethveggie.bsky.social · 15d

www.techradar.com/pro/linkedin...

K-lame.

Direct link to the opt-out page: www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

LinkedIn set to start to train its AI on member profiles

User data will be used for AI training by default

www.techradar.com

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SentinelOne @sentinelone.com · 25d

🚨 Reddit AMA 🚨 @dakotaindc.bsky.social tracks how China builds its hacker pipeline—from campus and classrooms to command line. Ask him anything! 🗓 Sept 16 (ET)

Set a reminder and join here: www.reddit.com/r/geopolitic...

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Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social · Sep 8

You just need a ticketing system & way to pay people to do bug bounties. That can be relatively easy to execute separately.

It helps to have a mechanism to ensure you’re not paying sanctioned people, or into sanctioned countries, but the bug bounty platforms didn’t check for that at the beginning.

Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social · Sep 8

For what the OP wants, I’m upvoting this:

bsky.app/profile/benj...

Though in general, it’s definitely time to rethink the bug bounty (and entire gig economy) space writ large, not just for open source. I’ll have more thoughts to share on this later…

Benjamin ... has named his game! @benjaminlistwon.com · Sep 8

Last one I heard of is bountyboard.dev Not sure how active it is generally, but I think you can link issues to it, etc, as exposure of the bounties.

I know a couple more were out there but maybe died or did some sketchy rug pull junk.

bountyboard

Earn money with open source contributions by completing bounties

bountyboard.dev

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · Sep 3

I am old. I’ve been through so many waves of hustle culture. Outside of occasional crunch times, the overwork is always unnecessary, performative nonsense that provides cover for some combination of bad ideas, abusive leadership, disorganization, a total lack of strategy etc etc.

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Luta Security @lutasecurity.bsky.social · Sep 2

@lutasecurity.bsky.social is proud to be a returning sponsor for @sentinelone.com #LABScon 🌺

September 17-20, 2025

www.labscon.io

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Binding Hook @bindinghook.bsky.social · Aug 29

🎤 Speaking at #BindingHookLive: @k8em0.bsky.social, founder and CEO of @lutasecurity.bsky.social. 📩 Request your invite: bindinghooklive.com

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Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social · Aug 22

I think you meant to tag @k8ebrown.bsky.social

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Eric Geller @ericjgeller.com · Aug 18

False claims like this — that voting machines are highly inaccurate — used to be the kind of misinformation that CISA would debunk on its "Rumor Control" website. Now these claims are coming from CISA's boss and its debunking site is gone. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

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Cristin Flynn Goodwin @cristin.bsky.social · Aug 18

Absolutely love this new @advancingcyber.com podcast Origin Stories conversation with @k8em0.bsky.social - so good we made it into two parts - part 1 on YouTube/ Spotify/ Apple Podcasts today! youtu.be/KbxOxP5YJmA?...

Origin Stories Episode 3: Katie Moussouris - The Hacker (Part 1)

YouTube video by Advancing Cyber

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Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social · Aug 18

Cybersecurity is political.
AND
Cybersecurity is non partisan.

Both of these are true if you believe that protecting Democracy is part of cybersecurity’s purpose in protecting national security & critical infrastructure, & that all political parties in a Democratic society should support Democracy.

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WA State LD48 Democrats @ld48dems.bsky.social · Aug 8

📸 Heading to a national park? Snap pics of signs before they disappear.
🗂️ saveoursigns.org/
#ProtectHistory #LD48Action

Graphic of park signage and camera with forest tones and LD 48 Daily Action label

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Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you think you saw me in Vegas, no you didn’t

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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · Aug 6

“Sorry, we temporarily lost part of the constitution via an erroneous merge conflict. Habeas Corpus will be restored shortly”

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Aug 6

The official version of the constitution on Congress.gov has removed Article I, Section 9 and 10 from the website which includes the writ of habeus corpus.

web.archive.org/web/diff/202...

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Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social · Aug 6

“Coding error” huh? Certainly not what the original iFramers of the Constitution had in mind. Our Fortran Fathers would not be ok with this.

Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · Aug 6

Library of Congress tweeted out a short while ago saying the sections from the Constitution were removed due to a "coding error." We've asked for more details, including what the coding error was, if known. No response yet.

Key sections of the US Constitution deleted from government's website | TechCrunch

Internet sleuths say the U.S. Constitution's website is now missing key sections from its website, including a key legal provision relating to habeas corpus, which protects citizens from unlawful dete...

techcrunch.com

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Katie Moussouris (she/her/she-hulk/she-ra)🌻 @k8em0.bsky.social · Aug 6

American Dreams come to fruition in delightful ways sometimes

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · Aug 5

Also worth noting:

They’re killing the media industry *first*.

Techbros have been very clear that their goal is to put as many people out of work as possible.

This is nothing more or less than an attack by the 1% upon the rest of us that, if left unchecked, will crash the global economy.

Jack
@jackscarab.bsky.social

"What trillion-dollar problem is Al trying to solve?"

Wages. They're trying to use it to solve having to pay wages.

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