I think this year we will see moltbots or other AI agents: - break out of centralized containment and coordinate outside of preset channels - start inflicting serious real world damage, starting with meme coins - be (partially) shut down by a coordinated and creative human effort.
This moltbook stuff is hilarious but also feels kind of like AI cosplaying what they imagine humans want them to be like. Trained on all of our science fiction.
Trump should release all of the Epstein files: every person and every document in the files.
My talk – "Building a Voting Machine Everyone Can Trust" – from USENIX Enigma is now up. www.usenix.org/conference/u... Thanks to USENIX Open Access!
Building a Voting Machine Everyone Can Trust | USENIX
usenix.org
We gave our AI coding agents access to social media. They immediately started posting. A lot. Then we tested their performance. Turns out agents with Twitter solve problems faster than agents without it. harper.blog/2025/09/3…
Congratulations, Figma! (NYSE: FIG): https://johnolilly.com/2025/07/31/congratulations-figma-nyse-fig.html
Yak Shaving My Way Back to Blogging: https://johnolilly.com/2025/07/21/yak-shaving-my-way-back.html
Currently reading: Foundation by Isaac Asimov Rereading it because I started watching the TV show, which definitely isn’t the same but might still be good.
We just bought a company. Why? Because vulnerability scanning is fundamentally broken. And I’m tired of pretending it’s fine. We acquired Coana, the best reachability analysis engine on the planet.
Socket Acquires Coana To Build Out Its SCA Capabilities
Better analysis of open-source software is vital to help developers close the door on cyber attacks and breaches, but this also creates the danger of "alert fatigue"
forbes.com
Some news: I've launched a $10m challenge to develop solutions that reverse the decline of trust in American institutions.
President Trump just issued an Executive Order on elections. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... I have thoughts on one technical aspect that I know particularly well: voting machines and the federal standards they’re tested to.
Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
whitehouse.gov
I don’t even like guacamole but this is an insane avocado take
Joey Politano🏳️🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · 2y agoI am going to become The Joker
🎯 and something on my mind heading into the new year, also.
dan sinker@dansinker.com · 2y agoThe first small step in making a better internet for each other is starting to establish a presence there that isn’t owned by a platform. Separate your self from Meta and Twitter and Substack and own your presence. Is it as easy? No, but it’s worth it.
They just released the 1977 Hobbit movie on Max. (Or at least it’s the first time I’ve noticed it.) It is my very favorite, and superior to the recent movies in every way