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Simon Fondrie-Teitler @simon.overgrown.garden · 21h

The super clearly has is own deal with RCN but he at least asked before passing my information along to the sales person there.

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Simon Fondrie-Teitler @simon.overgrown.garden · 21h

Has anyone signed a lease in NYC and immediately gotten sales people at ISPs reaching out to them? Either the realtor or the management company clearly gave my info to Spectrum who has been emailing and calling me trying to get my to sign up.

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Suzanne Smalley @suzannesmalley.bsky.social · 6d

LinkedIn sues software company scraping data from millions of user accounts

therecord.media/linkedin-sue...

LinkedIn sues software company allegedly scraping data from millions of profiles

ProAPIs, a software company, and its CEO Rahmat Alam allegedly run an operation which LinkedIn says charges customers up to $15,000 per month for scraped user data taken from the social media platform...

therecord.media

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Signal @signal.org · 7d

In 2023, Signal was the first mainstream messenger to enable post-quantum cryptography. We’re still ahead of the (elliptical) curve, implementing a new hybrid PQ ratchet ensuring Forward Secrecy & Post-Compromise Security even in a post-quantum world. signal.org/blog/spqr/

Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets

We are excited to announce a significant advancement in the security of the Signal Protocol: the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s...

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Simon Fondrie-Teitler @simon.overgrown.garden · 7d

Would love to see more information on the 3 billion dollars estimate, but even 1/10th could fund free buses for 6 months! Or who knows how many bike lanes.

BTW, not presuming a position from you here, more of a general comment/question for anyone.

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Simon Fondrie-Teitler @simon.overgrown.garden · 7d

I guess my questions then become how much will it cost and, given the resources we can allocate towards the DOT, is it more important to get done than other projects they or others could use it for.

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Simon Fondrie-Teitler @simon.overgrown.garden · 7d

Ignoring the parking argument, I don't understand why many streets safety advocates seem so sure the DOT is wrong about the effects of un-hardened daylighting. And I understand that hardening every corner as well would be great, but It's also not clear to me that it's the best use of the money.

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Simon Fondrie-Teitler @simon.overgrown.garden · 7d

Hope someone told the MTA bus fare enforcement teams

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For customers tapping with a mobile wallet or physical credit/debit card

While your taps will still be accepted during the upgrade window, you will not see the actual associated charges for your fare right away, even if they appear in your mobile wallet app. Charges will be processed after the upgrade is completed. Please allow an additional day or two for the charges to your bank card to settle

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Blair Lorenzo / The Fox and the City @thefoxandthecity.com · 7d

This seems incredibly poorly planned and communicated.

I'm hoping there is a ton of excess time in there, but simply dropping on a Wednesday that "Oh, by the way, you can't add money to an OMNY card this weekend" is a hell of a way to run a service.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority @mta.info · 7d

While we upgrade the OMNY system, you will not be able to buy or load OMNY Cards for some time this weekend (October 3-5).

The upgrade will begin on October 3 at 10 p.m. and is expected to be completed by Sunday, October 5.

Learn more: omny.info/system-upgrade

Image of hand holding OMNY Card in front of OMNY Card Vending Machine

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 8d

I chatted with Kate Lindsay over at Embedded about how I use TikTok to share my reporting 🤳
embedded.substack.com/p/mia-sato-t...

The journalist cracking the TikTok code

Mia Sato was tired of watching news influencers steal her work.

embedded.substack.com

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Kevin Beaumont @doublepulsar.com · 8d

Various US federal government orgs never finished patching Cisco ASA before the gov shutdown

Eg 158.219.75.133,*.cbo.gov|cbo.gov,YES,14/03/24 <- last patched in 2024, Congressional Budget Office

192.231.145.126,vpn.ha.nih.gov,YES,16/11/23 <- last patched in 2023, National Institutes of Health

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Matthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 8d

The UK is demanding another backdoor in Apple’s encryption. www.ft.com/content/d101...

UK makes new attempt to access Apple cloud data

Order issued in September comes after Trump administration said London had backed down in fight over encryption

www.ft.com

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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · 10d

Today, my research group @ Georgia Tech released a paper on vulnerabilities in Tile --- the second largest device finding network after Apple's AirTags.

You can read about it in Wired, reporting by @kimzetter.bsky.social!
www.wired.com/story/tile-t...

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Simon Fondrie-Teitler @simon.overgrown.garden · 12d

Getting code merged is such a great feeling. I made the computer do what I want! Somebody else said I did a good job making the computer do what I want! Now other people are going to tell *their* computers to do things using my instructions!

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NetBlocks @netblocks.org · 12d

ℹ️ Note: Network data show US internet provider Spectrum (AS11427) has experienced widespread outages in various parts of Texas including Dallas; the operator attributes the incident to fiber optic cable damage from a stray bullet 📉 #SpectrumOutage

Graph from NetBlocks showing network connectivity by provider in the United States from September 23, 2025, to September 26, 2025. The y-axis represents normalized connectivity, ranging from 0% to 100%, and the x-axis represents the dates. The graph indicates connectivity disruptions on internet provider Spectrum (AS11427) in Texas, starting on September 26. The drop in connectivity aligns with a cable cut due to a stray bullet. Total recovery is now visible. The chart, and connectivity lines for each city are color-coded. Allen (25% / 100%), Mesquite (31% / 100%), DeSoto (41% / 100%), Plano (42% / 100%), Wills Point (44% / 100%), Garland (44% / 99%), Lewisville (44% / 100%), Coppell (44% / 100%), McKinney (47% / 95%), Dallas (48% / 97%), Cedar Hill (48% / 100%), Arlington (49% / 100%), Irving (51% / 98%), Richardson (58% / 96%), Frisco (59% / 100%)

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New York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social · 13d

💡 Color-coding of station entrance globes began in the 1980s to help #NYCsubway riders determine if entrances were open or closed, and if a token booth was available. Green globes indicated a 24-hour token booth, yellow meant part-time, and red meant the entrance was blocked or was exit only.

Red globes at a subway station in Chelsea, Manhattan.

A red globe light at a subway station entrance with green trees in the background.

a sign explaining what station globe colors mean, depending on if they are painted green or red.

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Julie Kliegman @juliekliegman.com · 13d

@hellgatenyc.com has exactly what I wanted to read on what happened with Bluestockings and its closure

What Is Happening at Bluestockings?

The beloved, embattled queer leftist bookstore announced it was closing its doors on Monday. Why?

hellgatenyc.com

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Simon Fondrie-Teitler @simon.overgrown.garden · 14d

Wait you can? How?

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 15d

Basically, it's unlikely this had anything to do with the UN General Assembly. (USSS tells us that's just one thing they're investigating.) And the notion that this HAD to have been a state-backed operation for espionage purposes is just... not true. (Still could be the case, but that's not a given)

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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 15d

NEW: Here's our report on the "SIM farm" the Secret Service discovered, which hopefully helps better explain what the hell is up with all this. @agreenberg.bsky.social, @lhn.bsky.social, & @mattburgess1.bsky.social report: www.wired.com/story/sim-fa...

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 16d

TREATED AND 'STREETED': "The Big Apple’s $30-billion social safety net amounts to a badly frayed patchwork of systems that still cannot reliably get New Yorkers in psychiatric crisis from subway platforms to hospital beds, a Streetsblog investigation has found." - nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/09/23/t...

'Treated and Streeted': How The City's Safety Net Fails Homeless People in the Subway - Streetsblog New York City

The Big Apple’s $30-billion social safety net cannot reliably get a homeless person in psychiatric crisis out of the subway and into a hospital bed, a Streetsblog investigation has found.

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Simon Fondrie-Teitler @simon.overgrown.garden · 17d

I thought this was bad until I hit guitar cat

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e. hashman @eha.sh · 18d

It's that day! m.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

9/21 - YouTube

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Simon Fondrie-Teitler @simon.overgrown.garden · 22d

This closes a really frustrating #bikenyc gap that I have personally run into! I wish the route to the Spring Street lane was slightly more direct but I can see why it's hard.

Vincent Barone ⛲️ @vinbarone.bsky.social · 22d

NYC DOT has unveiled a proposal for safety and public space upgrades along Canal Street. See the block-by-block proposal here: www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...

And either come to one of the in-person meetings or fill out the online survey with your feedback.

Part of NYC DOT's block-by-block proposal for Canal Street, showing added pedestrian space along the street between Baxter and Bowery. The proposal would also close a slip lane on Varick Street.

Pedestrians crossing Canal Street in a crosswalk.

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Rachel Holliday Smith @rachelholliday.bsky.social · Jan 31

10% of recycled paper in NYC gets turned into pizza boxes on Staten Island!! and other fun facts:

Where Does NYC’s Recycling Go and How Much Really Gets Reused, Anyway?

Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.”

www.thecity.nyc

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