Travis
@travislankow.bsky.social
SecOps, detection engineering. Posts about security thoughts mostly. Photographer, cat herder, and overall nerd. He/him. Opinions are my own.
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Red zone is red
Packers fans will mope
Bears got the win
Someone wake up the pope
Packers fans will mope
Bears got the win
Someone wake up the pope
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Red zone is red
Packers fans will mope
Bears got the win
Someone wake up the pope
Packers fans will mope
Bears got the win
Someone wake up the pope
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The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
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Just because it's being passed around a lot: NO, data centers in space do NOT benefit from space being cold. Space is cold in the formal sense we use to define temperature. But it is very bad at cooling. What would you rather have to cool hot metal: a lukewarm water tub or a giant cold atmosphere?
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Just because it's being passed around a lot: NO, data centers in space do NOT benefit from space being cold. Space is cold in the formal sense we use to define temperature. But it is very bad at cooling. What would you rather have to cool hot metal: a lukewarm water tub or a giant cold atmosphere?
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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New: The recent layoffs in CISA's Stakeholder Engagement Division have virtually shuttered SED, eliminating teams focused on critical infrastructure support, nationwide partnerships, and international coordination.
My story with details cuts and impacts: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-st...
My story with details cuts and impacts: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-st...
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New: The recent layoffs in CISA's Stakeholder Engagement Division have virtually shuttered SED, eliminating teams focused on critical infrastructure support, nationwide partnerships, and international coordination.
My story with details cuts and impacts: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-st...
My story with details cuts and impacts: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-st...
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This is probably part of why everyone on bluesky is 38 years old: 38 year olds are basically the only people who consider it totally normal to flee a sinking ship and then just casually resume the conversation on the tropical island they end up on.
They've outlived dozens of ships.
They've outlived dozens of ships.
June 20, 2024 at 4:00 AM
This is probably part of why everyone on bluesky is 38 years old: 38 year olds are basically the only people who consider it totally normal to flee a sinking ship and then just casually resume the conversation on the tropical island they end up on.
They've outlived dozens of ships.
They've outlived dozens of ships.
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The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
May 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"
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@proreferees.bsky.social Any chance you could help us out? Our contact is not around and we need to submit a question…
May 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Very excited for this year's RiotFest aka Geriatric Millennial Live Aid.
April 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Very excited for this year's RiotFest aka Geriatric Millennial Live Aid.
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The first moments after the Russian missile attack on central Sumy, Ukraine, that killed 35 people.
"Please, save my mom! Don't worry about me!" one wounded boy cries while calling his dad.
The footage is captured by body cameras of patrol officers who rushed to help victims amid ruins and smoke.
"Please, save my mom! Don't worry about me!" one wounded boy cries while calling his dad.
The footage is captured by body cameras of patrol officers who rushed to help victims amid ruins and smoke.
April 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The first moments after the Russian missile attack on central Sumy, Ukraine, that killed 35 people.
"Please, save my mom! Don't worry about me!" one wounded boy cries while calling his dad.
The footage is captured by body cameras of patrol officers who rushed to help victims amid ruins and smoke.
"Please, save my mom! Don't worry about me!" one wounded boy cries while calling his dad.
The footage is captured by body cameras of patrol officers who rushed to help victims amid ruins and smoke.
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Read this thread. "Kids today!" complaints are usually overblown, but when every professor I know is reporting the same thing, there's something real going on.
Hi! Political science prof here. These essays - both @willbunch.bsky.social's and the one about the illiteracy of college students-are consistent with my experience. I've been at a large R1 state university for 20 years. Earned excellence in teaching award in 2014.
Love these students. And yet...
Love these students. And yet...
Here's a real "national emergency": College kids won't, and often can't, read a book from cover to cover. The rise of what one prof calls "functional illiteracy" in the iPhone Age is happening right when our imploding democracy needs critical thinkers
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/stud...
My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/stud...
April 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Read this thread. "Kids today!" complaints are usually overblown, but when every professor I know is reporting the same thing, there's something real going on.
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How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
April 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵
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Taxes are freedom, ignorance is strength
April 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Taxes are freedom, ignorance is strength
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
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Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
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Read Brian Krebs on Big Balls, the guy who just got access to one of America's key cybersecurity entities.
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen...
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen...
Teen on Musk’s DOGE Team Graduated from ‘The Com’
Wired reported this week that a 19-year-old working for Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was given access to sensitive US government systems even though his past associ...
krebsonsecurity.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Read Brian Krebs on Big Balls, the guy who just got access to one of America's key cybersecurity entities.
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen...
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen...