no matter how sure you are that these guys have broken a whole bunch of laws, you aren't nearly as certain as they are

Holly Brewer@earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 2d ago

“Several conservative organizations …— including the Heritage Foundation and American Moment — have pressed White House counsel to either prepare pardons or put in place funding for the legal fees necessary to defend junior staffers from criminal and congressional probes or potential lawsuits.”

to little surprise, "Tailscale oh no no no no no" turns out to be...uh. well, you can read it yourself. this is an axe-grinding exercise that uses confident-sounding slop as camouflage.

+100 either you made the best software or not we're in this phase of shipping fast janky things and I'll be the first to say it's fun and often useful, but we will also see big new tentpoles calcify into 'best' with sustained evolution and polish, with care, with firm thoughtful direction

codewright@codewright.bsky.social · 3d ago

To me the right reaction to being told "I don't want to try it because it was made with AI" is not self-righteous indignation. The right reaction is to keep on working until it is undeniably the best and most useful thing it can be, out-competing alternatives by a mile.

“Child safety” measure that restrict teenagers’ access to information and ability to communicate with each other should 100% be seen in the context of youth protest movements — in India, France, the U.S., Mexico, the Philippines, and a whole lot more places.

Kate Ruane@kateruane.bsky.social · 5d ago

"[Snap] offers students a way to organize without putting everything on public display: Unsaved messages disappear, while bitmojis and generic usernames blur identities more than on Instagram, for instance." www.teenvogue.com/story/france...

github.com/mitmproxy/mi... On the bright side, this is really handy for IoT reversing

Add `--emudhra` option (#8500) · mitmproxy/mitmproxy@1692344

github.com

An interesting take, but I have a feeling this won't age well. eliastaylor.com/noexploit/

Anonymity is one of the best guards we have against consequences ranging from social embarrassment to overt government oppression. So why are we giving it up without a fight? My latest at @bostonglobe.com on free speech, the changing internet, and what we stand to lose in an anonymity-free world:

To save democracy, we need online anonymity - The Boston Globe

Laws aimed at protecting children online could have serious unintended consequences.

bostonglobe.com

While US federal officials play Whac-a-Mole to uncover critics’ names, the whole world is moving toward a system that requires handing over your identity as a condition for speaking online in the first place.

To save democracy, we need online anonymity - The Boston Globe

Laws aimed at protecting children online could have serious unintended consequences.

bostonglobe.com

Bad day to launch my PHP based certificate authority

the idea that empathy is dangerous has been permeating right-wing spaces for a while, but it's not an actual element of their ideology as much as it's a defense mechanism against confronting the reality of their cruelty

Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 6d ago

"A survey released Tuesday (Oct. 20) found that Republicans and evangelicals increasingly see empathy as a danger that can lead society away from God." religionnews.com/2026/10/20/a...

Seize his fucking assets

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 6d ago

BREAKING WSJ: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the military-grade version of Starlink that Ukraine relied on.

UPDATE: I found Wedgewood’s Kalshi account. He goes by Andrew and has been insider trading using the fake polls that he was posting. I reported this to Kalshi, hope they do something about it @gelliottmorris.com

G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 6d ago

We were investigating Wedgewood for faking their data and emailed them for comment this morning, ahead of publishing the findings tomorrow. They are now trying to cover up their fraud with the "we were doing a social experiment" excuse. Full story here: blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/fiftypluso...

We were investigating Wedgewood for faking their data and emailed them for comment this morning, ahead of publishing the findings tomorrow. They are now trying to cover up their fraud with the "we were doing a social experiment" excuse. Full story here: blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/fiftypluso...

FiftyPlusOne just caught a pollster faking data — and they copped to it

In response to a request for comment on a FiftyPlusOne investigation, Wedgewood Polls admitted their data was bogus

blog.fiftyplusone.news

FiftyPlusOne.news@fiftyplusone.news · 6d ago

50+1 has caught another pollster faking data: fiftyplusone.substack.com/p/fiftypluso...

jenny tightpants@jtp.bsky.social · 6d ago

computers were a mistake arstechnica.com/security/202...

excited to see Bluesky polarize against not having tracking features and ads on your devices because it proves you touched AI

Techmeme@techmeme.com · 7d ago

Developers and vibe coders are using AI tools like Claude Code to get rid of sponsored ads on their smart TVs, disable tracking features, and more (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Not only was pre-WWII America a place fascinated by “eastern” religions, but this fails to understand the degree to which people in the past imagined a future based on existing trends of increasing interconnectedness.

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly@rtodkelly.bsky.social · last wk.

but not in a nazi way

a tax revolt fueled by stupid people who don’t understand escrow payments www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.

The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.

politico.com

The generation that got to buy cheap houses thanks to a postwar construction boom, then blocked new housing construction to juice their asset values is now whining that they have to pay taxes on their unearned wealth. Just breathtaking selfishness.

jamelle@jamellebouie.net · last wk.

a tax revolt fueled by stupid people who don’t understand escrow payments www.politico.com/news/magazin...

watch the movie, you'll see why they're doing this

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · last wk.

(THR) - TikTok has banned the entire Musk film account, citing political content that violates its policies. .. raises concerns about Big Tech suppression that the very film seeks to expose.” @thr.com www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politic...

“I don’t want AI to replace artists and writers” is a humanist sentiment but “I don’t want robots to replace delivery drivers” just comes across as regressive to me.

A retired Penn professor has been blocking Uber Eats robots for months. This week, she got arrested for it

Carolyn Marvin, 78, said she is exercising her First Amendment right to protest — and will do it again.

phillyvoice.com

It's so regressive. People get caught up in some weird "dignity of work" mindset. We should be trying to reduce people's toil! For every job that's fulfilling or genuinely provides transcendental value by being done by a human, there are a few dozen that just suck and are only done for the paycheck

Aubrey Gilleran@aubreygilleran.bsky.social · last wk.

“I don’t want AI to replace artists and writers” is a humanist sentiment but “I don’t want robots to replace delivery drivers” just comes across as regressive to me.