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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 2h

Nice! The sun was hot here yesterday. I’m looking forward to warming up under it on my walk.

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 2h

Imagine a world without needing passwords or encryption keys, or security updates. It’d be so freeing!

Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 2h

Security and bugs. If it wasn’t for criminals and criminal states, we wouldn’t have so many updates. Wish we could sue the nefarious actors.

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 2h

Those winter-shorts-wearing people blow my mind. How are their legs not frozen‽! They must have extra arteries.

Turning on my heating for the first time this season, too, just a bit. It’s 18-19 inside. Refreshing! 😆

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 3h

Insane weather. T-shirt temps Monday and Tuesday, coat today. 😬

I like the saving on the heating bill but not so much the shifting unpredictability of the seasons.

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 4h

Yup. Live in the moment and don’t think too much about the future, is the best way I found. ☺️

Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 4h

I’m so sorry to hear your cancer has spread. I’m glad the hospital beat back the infection and you’re back!

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Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 2d

That wording is in our community guidelines. bsky.social/about/suppor... It's still on our site and they expire on Oct 15 2025. So seeing as the wording is still live and on the site, how were they changed last December?

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 13d

We are hopeful that this will give people some insight into parts of trust & safety that go beyond just "what are our latest content moderation policies" and get out how do you keep users (and people more broadly) safe in areas of conflict.

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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 13d

Some exciting news: this morning we launched a collaboration with @icrc.org: our Trust & Safety: Armed Conflict game. trust-and-safety-game.icrc.org

Trust & Safety: Armed Conflict

Navigate the challenging world of trust & safety amidst an unfolding armed conflict.

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 4h

The technical consensus is clear: you can't create a backdoor that only lets the "good guys" in. However they're dressed up, these proposals create cybersecurity loopholes that hackers & hostile nations are eager to exploit. 6/

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 4h

The reality is that scanning any content before it is encrypted (or after! or during!) negates the very purpose of encryption and is a dangerous backdoor. No amount of tinkering or word games can change that inescapable reality. 5/

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 4h

In particular, we must be wary of "new" proposals that allow scanning of "known content" while claiming to protect privacy by proscribing "indiscriminate" surveillance. We must also look out for those that mandate only scanning for “hashed images or videos.” 4/

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 4h

We're so relieved to see Germany reaffirm its opposition to the dangerous Chat Control proposal--the one that would mandate mass scanning of communications. Germany's long been a solid champion of privacy, and the news that it was considering backing mass surveillance was alarming. 1/

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 4h

I’ll be performing the same ceremony as well. I’m not ready either even though I think it’s the latest I’ve ever had to turn the heat on.

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 4h

Such a look!!

Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 4h

😂 I feel the same. So not fair! I’m going to put in my novel lots of good food my protagonist can eat without getting fat. 😁

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 4h

Beauty in the dying. I love autumn as well, the colours and the refreshing air. Like a new year is starting.

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 4h

Very striking! I love how you can see every feathery detail.

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 4h

We avoided the frost, too. Snuggling under blankets and resigning myself that today I’ll have to turn the heat on…I think it’s the latest I ever have. 🤔

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 4h

Please don’t forget to use Alt-TXT, especially for graphics like this that are hard to read. Helps with search as well. 🙂

I can’t tell if Unmet Needs includes the area of healing the brain, but that’s the biggest unmet need, which can be met entirely or substantially with today’s neurostimulation.

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 18h

I attended two Preptober workshops yesterday, and they shoved me out of my procrastination & past the case of nerves from the good reviews for Time and Space. Can I do it again?! Got a lot done in outlining my places, characters, economic rules to life 9,000 years from now.😅

#WritingCommunity #SFF

Book review of Time and Space

Time and Space by Shireen Jeejeebhoy tells the story of Time, a forty-year-old woman living an ordinary life in Toronto. One day, she is abducted by youths from the future, forever altering her destin...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 13h

If we had responded to Covid by normalizing masking, providing respirators in healthcare & adopting clean air standards…we could have beaten the virus.

We would also be seeing less measles, colds & flu.

We would all be healthier.

I believe history will see it as one of our greatest failures.

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Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 14h

Poor boy. Extra hugs for him enduring such treatment.

Shireen Anne Jeejeebhoy @shireenj.bsky.social · 18h

I attended two Preptober workshops yesterday, and they shoved me out of my procrastination & past the case of nerves from the good reviews for Time and Space. Can I do it again?! Got a lot done in outlining my places, characters, economic rules to life 9,000 years from now.😅

#WritingCommunity #SFF

Book review of Time and Space

Time and Space by Shireen Jeejeebhoy tells the story of Time, a forty-year-old woman living an ordinary life in Toronto. One day, she is abducted by youths from the future, forever altering her destin...

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