Steven Black
@stevenblack.bsky.social
Computer systems analyst in Kingston Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 and I help keep the internet safe and less enshittified.
https://github.com/StevenBlack
https://github.com/StevenBlack
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Stunning footage from earlier today, when the new Kilauea eruption covered the USGS Webcam 3, which is situated in the Halemaʻumaʻu crater near the southern rim of the much larger Kilauea caldera.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
This *isn't* what the people of Pompeii saw.
But it's not very far off.
Reposted by Steven Black
What wellness is marketed as:
-Biohacks
-Body lotions
-Supplements
-Fancy juices
-Fasting
-Crystals
What wellness actually is:
-Healthcare coverage
-Access to therapy
-Walkable cities
-Green spaces
-Living wages
-Eating whole foods
-Physical activity
-Close knit community
-Sleep
-Biohacks
-Body lotions
-Supplements
-Fancy juices
-Fasting
-Crystals
What wellness actually is:
-Healthcare coverage
-Access to therapy
-Walkable cities
-Green spaces
-Living wages
-Eating whole foods
-Physical activity
-Close knit community
-Sleep
April 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What wellness is marketed as:
-Biohacks
-Body lotions
-Supplements
-Fancy juices
-Fasting
-Crystals
What wellness actually is:
-Healthcare coverage
-Access to therapy
-Walkable cities
-Green spaces
-Living wages
-Eating whole foods
-Physical activity
-Close knit community
-Sleep
-Biohacks
-Body lotions
-Supplements
-Fancy juices
-Fasting
-Crystals
What wellness actually is:
-Healthcare coverage
-Access to therapy
-Walkable cities
-Green spaces
-Living wages
-Eating whole foods
-Physical activity
-Close knit community
-Sleep
Updating Rust every sixth Thursday brings me joy.
Does that make me weird?
blog.rust-lang.org/2025/10/30/R...
Does that make me weird?
blog.rust-lang.org/2025/10/30/R...
Announcing Rust 1.91.0 | Rust Blog
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
blog.rust-lang.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Updating Rust every sixth Thursday brings me joy.
Does that make me weird?
blog.rust-lang.org/2025/10/30/R...
Does that make me weird?
blog.rust-lang.org/2025/10/30/R...
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⛔ Error handling in #rustlang with anyhow and thiserror
Error handling in Rust can be a complex topic, especially since a lot of the patterns are different from other languages.
Let's explore some basic options and then go deeper into using anyhow and thiserror crates
🧵👇
Error handling in Rust can be a complex topic, especially since a lot of the patterns are different from other languages.
Let's explore some basic options and then go deeper into using anyhow and thiserror crates
🧵👇
October 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
⛔ Error handling in #rustlang with anyhow and thiserror
Error handling in Rust can be a complex topic, especially since a lot of the patterns are different from other languages.
Let's explore some basic options and then go deeper into using anyhow and thiserror crates
🧵👇
Error handling in Rust can be a complex topic, especially since a lot of the patterns are different from other languages.
Let's explore some basic options and then go deeper into using anyhow and thiserror crates
🧵👇
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At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.
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I am awarded a gold medal by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for my work on #curl
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10...
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10...
A royal gold medal
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (IVA, the same org that selects winners for three of the Nobel prize categories) awards me a gold medal 2025 for my work on curl. This academy, established 1919 b...
daniel.haxx.se
October 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I am awarded a gold medal by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for my work on #curl
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10...
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/10...
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YGK: You Gottabe Kidding
September 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
YGK: You Gottabe Kidding
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Finally, we can watch baseball games in the terminal! 🔥
⚾ mlbt — A TUI for the MLB stats API.
💯 Supports checking scores, standings, and stats. Also watching a live game using Gameday!
🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/mlb-rs/mlbt
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #mlb
⚾ mlbt — A TUI for the MLB stats API.
💯 Supports checking scores, standings, and stats. Also watching a live game using Gameday!
🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/mlb-rs/mlbt
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #mlb
July 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Finally, we can watch baseball games in the terminal! 🔥
⚾ mlbt — A TUI for the MLB stats API.
💯 Supports checking scores, standings, and stats. Also watching a live game using Gameday!
🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/mlb-rs/mlbt
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #mlb
⚾ mlbt — A TUI for the MLB stats API.
💯 Supports checking scores, standings, and stats. Also watching a live game using Gameday!
🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/mlb-rs/mlbt
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #mlb
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June 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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ChatGPT o3 is my favorite way to consume news lately.
I just ask it what I missed regarding some geopolitical shitstorm in the past day or so and it goes off for a minute browsing a few dozen web pages and comes back to me with a report with no click bait or ads or tired reddit commentary.
I just ask it what I missed regarding some geopolitical shitstorm in the past day or so and it goes off for a minute browsing a few dozen web pages and comes back to me with a report with no click bait or ads or tired reddit commentary.
June 18, 2025 at 1:28 AM
ChatGPT o3 is my favorite way to consume news lately.
I just ask it what I missed regarding some geopolitical shitstorm in the past day or so and it goes off for a minute browsing a few dozen web pages and comes back to me with a report with no click bait or ads or tired reddit commentary.
I just ask it what I missed regarding some geopolitical shitstorm in the past day or so and it goes off for a minute browsing a few dozen web pages and comes back to me with a report with no click bait or ads or tired reddit commentary.
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I find it unbelievable that even after around 40 years of secure multi-party computation and Zero knowledge proofs, there's not a single country that does elections in a manner where the citizens can ensure that the results are verifiably correct.
#Cryptography #ZKP
#Cryptography #ZKP
May 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I find it unbelievable that even after around 40 years of secure multi-party computation and Zero knowledge proofs, there's not a single country that does elections in a manner where the citizens can ensure that the results are verifiably correct.
#Cryptography #ZKP
#Cryptography #ZKP
Here's an interesting thing about the Soviet Cosmos 482 landing module which is expected to crash to Earth sometime over the weekend.
Cosmos 482 will pass almost directly over Kingston at 5:37 AM on Friday morning
#ygk
Data and images from heavens-above.com.
www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.aspx?...
Cosmos 482 will pass almost directly over Kingston at 5:37 AM on Friday morning
#ygk
Data and images from heavens-above.com.
www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.aspx?...
May 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Here's an interesting thing about the Soviet Cosmos 482 landing module which is expected to crash to Earth sometime over the weekend.
Cosmos 482 will pass almost directly over Kingston at 5:37 AM on Friday morning
#ygk
Data and images from heavens-above.com.
www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.aspx?...
Cosmos 482 will pass almost directly over Kingston at 5:37 AM on Friday morning
#ygk
Data and images from heavens-above.com.
www.heavens-above.com/gtrack.aspx?...
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Reposted by Steven Black
So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
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www.wealthsimple.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
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New blog post! 📝 Control flow analysis with Hax. In this post we show how to ensure control flow properties such as "function A is always called before function B" in Rust. Super relevant for security! 🔒
buff.ly/ntTW299
#rustlang #formalverification #security
buff.ly/ntTW299
#rustlang #formalverification #security
Control flow analysis with hax
A difficulty of formal verification is that specifying programs can be hard. Certain kinds of programs can end up having a specification that is as complex as the code itself. In this case it is…
buff.ly
March 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
New blog post! 📝 Control flow analysis with Hax. In this post we show how to ensure control flow properties such as "function A is always called before function B" in Rust. Super relevant for security! 🔒
buff.ly/ntTW299
#rustlang #formalverification #security
buff.ly/ntTW299
#rustlang #formalverification #security
As spring approaches, a reminder for Kingston-area boaters and day travelers.
All along the St-Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands, a large majority of Americans voted, sometimes massively, to elect Donald Trump. It's a sea of red MAGA.
Don't give your patronage to the American side.
#ygk
All along the St-Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands, a large majority of Americans voted, sometimes massively, to elect Donald Trump. It's a sea of red MAGA.
Don't give your patronage to the American side.
#ygk
March 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
As spring approaches, a reminder for Kingston-area boaters and day travelers.
All along the St-Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands, a large majority of Americans voted, sometimes massively, to elect Donald Trump. It's a sea of red MAGA.
Don't give your patronage to the American side.
#ygk
All along the St-Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands, a large majority of Americans voted, sometimes massively, to elect Donald Trump. It's a sea of red MAGA.
Don't give your patronage to the American side.
#ygk
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When Mike Myers wore his "Canada Is Not For Sale" t-shirt on SNL, he mouthed a secret code: "elbows up."
It's a reference to the great Gordie "Mr. Elbows" Howe who punished those that messed with his team.
You heard him Canada: elbows up.
If anyone asks why, tell them that Mike Myers sent you.
It's a reference to the great Gordie "Mr. Elbows" Howe who punished those that messed with his team.
You heard him Canada: elbows up.
If anyone asks why, tell them that Mike Myers sent you.
March 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
When Mike Myers wore his "Canada Is Not For Sale" t-shirt on SNL, he mouthed a secret code: "elbows up."
It's a reference to the great Gordie "Mr. Elbows" Howe who punished those that messed with his team.
You heard him Canada: elbows up.
If anyone asks why, tell them that Mike Myers sent you.
It's a reference to the great Gordie "Mr. Elbows" Howe who punished those that messed with his team.
You heard him Canada: elbows up.
If anyone asks why, tell them that Mike Myers sent you.
Number 99 Wayne Nazi
February 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Number 99 Wayne Nazi
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How Dunning-Kruger works...
and travels.
and travels.
February 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
How Dunning-Kruger works...
and travels.
and travels.
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That’s why it’s incredibly important for folks to turn on things like Advanced Data Protection (end-to-end encryption for iCloud.) Go into Settings on your iPhone, type “Advanced”.
February 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
That’s why it’s incredibly important for folks to turn on things like Advanced Data Protection (end-to-end encryption for iCloud.) Go into Settings on your iPhone, type “Advanced”.
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Ok I know nobody cares about this but me, but GOD I care:
1. I have just downloaded your app.
2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account!
3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2
1. I have just downloaded your app.
2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account!
3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2
December 13, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Ok I know nobody cares about this but me, but GOD I care:
1. I have just downloaded your app.
2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account!
3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2
1. I have just downloaded your app.
2. You want me to make an account. I don’t want to make an account!
3. When I enter my email, you inform me that I already have an account! This seems like a good thing, but I know it means only pain. 1/2