Reposted by Aaron MauroWilliam Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Having long been aware of those tech bros who read my work as utopian porn, where they’ve taken that doesn’t exactly surprise me. 12073691882
Reposted by Aaron MauroNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"People are really mad and however mad you are, it’s not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world. They’re traitors to creation.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...theguardian.comNaomi Klein: ‘Extreme wealth has a deranging effect. It turns you into a supremacist’She’s tackled neoliberalism and the digital world, now the writer and activist is taking on tech billionaires. She explains how the super-rich are capitalising on climate and financial chaos in pursui... 6639041329
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Campaign interference can come in many forms: The Reagan Campaign Delayed the Release of the Iranian Hostages newrepublic.com/article/1723...newrepublic.comIt’s All but Settled: The Reagan Campaign Delayed the Release of the Iranian HostagesSuspicions have long swirled around unscrupulous campaign manager William Casey. We believe the evidence is now overwhelming. 000
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026www.alilleybrinker.com/blog/1passwo...alilleybrinker.com1Password Supports the Ethnic Cleansing of Europe — Andrew Lilley Brinker1Password has committed $300,000 to Omarchy. This is unacceptable and must be rescinded. 000
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026arstechnica.com/ai/2026/08/r...arstechnica.comReport: Nvidia to acquire AI model repository Hugging Face for $13 billionNvidia is nabbing critical infrastructure for open models as interest grows. 000
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 23/08/2026www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caANALYSIS | How Trump's tariffs work to redistribute wealth up the food chain | CBC NewsThough nominally aimed at making foreign "cheaters" pay, the U.S. president's tariffs have in fact been a powerful domestic mechanism for taking money from poor and middle-class Americans and giving i... 000
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026panopti.capanopti.capanopti.ca — Map ALPR & Licence Plate Reader Cameras in CanadaSee where automatic licence plate readers (ALPRs) and Flock-style surveillance cameras are deployed across Canada. An open-source, crowdsourced map built on OpenStreetMap. 111
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Jason Arday's death sparks UK debate over academic rigor, racism after media 'frenzy' www.thestar.com/news/world/e...thestar.comJason Arday’s death sparks UK debate over academic rigor, racism after media ‘frenzy’Cambridge University hailed him as the youngest Black professor in the institution’s history. He was found dead at his apartment in south London last week. 030
Reposted by Aaron MauroUNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 17/08/2026⚡️ Poland is preparing for war as Warsaw warns Russia could launch a major provocation within months.united24media.com“We Are Preparing for War”: Poland Says Major Russian Provocation Could Be Months AwayPoland is preparing for potential war with Russia, developing advanced defense systems like the SAN counter-drone system under the East Shield program. 310231
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 06/08/2026www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...cbc.caTracking Canada’s fascist fight clubsCBC’s visual investigations team reveals where some of Canada’s white nationalist 'active clubs' gather to prepare for violence. 000
Reposted by Aaron MauroThe Record @therecordmedia.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Connor Riley Moucka pleaded guilty today to participating in one of 2024's biggest cybercrimes therecord.media/guilty-plea-...therecord.mediaCanadian man pleads guilty to Snowflake hacks that led to 165 breachesA 26-year-old from Ontario faces as many as 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud, identity theft and conspiracy charges related to the 2024 hacks of cloud platform Snowflake. 011
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Institutional neutrality: the case against - University Affairs universityaffairs.ca/opinion/inst... by Jennifer Simpsonuniversityaffairs.caInstitutional neutrality: the case against - University AffairsJennifer S. Simpson argues that universities must eschew neutrality to advance democracy, ethics and the public good. 000
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Egale Canada Responds to Tim Hortons’ Harry Potter Campaign egale.ca/egale-in-act...egale.ca 001
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Tim Hortons and the no good very bad ‘Harry Potter’ collaboration xtramagazine.com/culture/tim-...xtramagazine.comTim Hortons and the no good very bad ‘Harry Potter’ collaboration | Xtra MagazineTim Hortons licensing “Harry Potter” in 2026 essentially means directly funding J.K. Rowling’s anti-trans crusade 102
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 19/07/2026NoSignups - Open Source Tools : nosignups.netnosignups.netNoSignupsA directory of no-signup, in-browser, open-source tools you can use instantly in your browser 030
Reposted by Aaron MauroElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/07/2026The Atlas of Surveillance, our database mapping police surveillance tech across the U.S., turns six this week! Want to know how police are keeping tabs on you and your neighbors? Search for your town on the Atlas of Surveillance: www.atlasofsurveillance.org 213359
Reposted by Aaron MauroElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 09/07/2026Following EFF and 404 Media’s report on Texas’s use of Flock cameras, eye-catching billboards popped up in Houston, warning drivers that if they’re pregnant, the state of Texas could be tracking them. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.org"We Want Texans to Know Their Rights": Q&A with Mayday Health on theLast May, EFF reported that a sheriff’s office in Texas searched data from more than 83,000 automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras to track down a woman suspected of self-managing an abortion. 423883
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 03/07/2026www.rawrlab.com/godot_ninten...rawrlab.comRAWRLAB Games - Free Godot™ engine port for Nintendo Switch™ and Nintendo Switch™ 2 000
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 28/06/2026TrophyLab: trophylab.mod.gov.ua/en/trophylab.mod.gov.uaTrophyLabAccess to aggressor equipment and its analysis — a platform for those working on defense solutions. 000
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Check out my strawpage! aaronmauro.straw.pageaaronmauro.straw.pageaaronmauro's strawpageaaronmauro's strawpage 000
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 15/06/2026en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_ge...en.wikipedia.orgGaza genocide - Wikipedia 000
Reposted by Aaron MauroAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Ms. Rachel: As the American Academy of Pediatrics says, there is no safe amount of time for a child to be in detention. The Dilley immigration detention center must be shut down. We need to end the cruel policies of family detention and family separation. 182203175464
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The Sad Wives of AI www.wired.com/story/meet-t...wired.comMeet the Sad Wives of AIMen are obsessed with AI. Many of their wives absolutely hate it—and them. 000
Reposted by Aaron MauroPaul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Markets are rational 50 out of every 0 times. 1569
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 05/06/2026jmail.worldjmail.worldJmail, logged in as jeevacation@gmail.comYou are logged into jeevacation@gmail.com, Jeffrey Epstein's email. Sourced from the November 2025 House Oversight Committee data release. 000
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 05/06/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAfter hundreds protest Hamilton data centre proposal, committee denies Steelport planning application | CBC NewsHamilton’s Committee of Adjustment denied an application from Slate Asset Management to split up an industrial lot. The company has said it is considering building a data centre on part of it. Hundred... 010
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked www.404media.co/hackers-simp...404media.coHackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It WorkedThe exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI. 010
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Data Feminism for Data Visualization Course openvisualizationacademy.org/courses/data...openvisualizationacademy.org Introduction - Open Visualization Academy 000
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 29/05/202640% of OSAP grants went to private career college students in 2024-25: data www.thetrillium.ca/news/educati...thetrillium.ca40% of OSAP grants went to private career college students in 2024-25: dataData obtained by FOI request shows private career college OSAP recipients received on average over $15K in grants in 2024-25. 000
Reposted by Aaron MauroJanne M. Korhonen @jmkorhonen.fi · 28/05/2026REALLY GOOD read: how to use LLMs to make you smarter, not dumber. Discusses oft-neglected context of viral claims, esp. that one MIT study regularly cited as evidence that #LLM use makes people dumber. AND has concrete, practical examples! cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/how-to-use...cardcatalogforlife.substack.comHow to Use AI to Make Us SmarterThe headlines say AI is making us dumber. The research tells a more complicated story. 3429
Reposted by Aaron MauroBrianMcLachlan @brianmcl.com · 27/05/2026For those coming to town for TCAF, I'm making a thread of some other artsy fun things you might want to do while here. Obviously stopping by the festival founder's Beguiling/Little Island comic shops, 319 College Street. #TCAF 16629
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 23/05/2026trek.epicrandomness.comtrek.epicrandomness.comStar Trek Title Card GeneratorMake your own era-accurate Star Trek episode title cards in seconds. Boldly go! 001
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 22/05/2026The AI Resist List airesistlist.orgairesistlist.orgThe AI Resist ListA living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for. 012
Reposted by Aaron MauroPhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 14/05/2026Two new facts stand out: 1. 85% of hallucinated citations in preprints are also in the subsequent journal version (thanks, peer review!) 2. Fake cites more likely to use the names of (male) scholars who are already highly cited, creating a fake-citation Matthew effect. arxiv.org/abs/2605.07723arxiv.orgLLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citationsLarge language models (LLMs) are known to generate plausible but false information across a wide range of contexts, yet the real-world magnitude and consequences of this hallucination problem remain p... 18627297
Reposted by Aaron MauroJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 07/05/2026Kind of surprised that this hasn't been bigger news. It's finals week for a whole lot of universities, and yet, Canvas (a learning/grading platform used by ~9,000 schools globally) is currently inaccessible because of a pay-or-have-your-data-leaked hack. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...insidehighered.com“PAY OR LEAK”: Hackers Target Big Higher Ed VendorThe criminal extortion group ShinyHunters breached Instructure last week. The hackers, who have also attacked individual universities, demanded the ed-tech giant pay up or face a data leak. 8620581025
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane: www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...thatprivacyguy.comGoogle Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del... 010
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 28/04/2026www.ndtv.com/world-news/u...ndtv.comUS Student Arrested For Jokingly Asking Benjamin Netanyahu to "Drop Bombs" On Her CollegeFIU police said they worked with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force and the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office to identify the student. 000
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 26/04/2026www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgTrump fires NSF's oversight boardDismissal of the National Science Board is widely seen as latest move to erase NSF’s independence 010
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 19/04/2026www.theregister.com/2026/03/31/a...theregister.comAnthropic accidentally exposes Claude Code source code: Oopsy-doodle: Did someone forget to check their build pipeline? 000
Reposted by Aaron MauroEliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Palantir put out a 22-point summary of their CEO's book The Technological Republic. It's pitched as a defence of the West, but if you read it through the VDA framework, verification, deliberation, accountability, what it's actually doing looks rather different. twitter-thread.com/t/2045574398... 20140021646
Reposted by Aaron MauroHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 09/04/2026This is so well done. 👌 560196798275
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Trump's next budget once again calls for massive cuts to science arstechnica.com/science/2026...arstechnica.comTrump's next budget once again calls for massive cuts to scienceCongress rejected huge cuts to science in 2026, but Trump is trying again. 010
Reposted by Aaron MauroSarah Stang @sarahstang.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I was quoted in the New York Times talking about Rosalina, my favourite Mario character (a galactic mother star goddess, what's not to love?)! Check it out here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/03/arts/nintendo-mario-galaxy-movie-rosalina-princesses.htmlr.pebmac.caWill Nintendo Solve Its Princess Problem in ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie?’As the company releases the sequel “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” the need for narrative has meant a new focus on its sparse cast of female characters. 094
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Europe builds Microsoft-alternative ‘Euro-Office’ to reclaim digital sovereignty - tech.eu/2026/03/27/e...tech.euEurope builds Microsoft-alternative ‘Euro-Office’ to reclaim digital sovereigntyThe open-source initiative promises seamless document compatibility, transparent governance, and reduced dependency on non-European platforms. 010
Reposted by Aaron MauroDigital Humanities at Brock University @brock-ddh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026We are hiring an Interactive Digital Media Specialist. This role maintains our development studios and supports research and teaching in the department. Join our award winning team as we grow our programs! #brocku brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/brocku_caree...brocku.wd3.myworkdayjobs.comInteractive Digital Media Specialist, Research and Learning SupportBrock University is located on the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples, many of whom continue to live and work here today. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada ... 012
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 25/03/2026The Billion Dollar War on Trans People (With Alejandra Caraballo) m.youtube.com/watch?v=SJa4...m.youtube.comThe Billion Dollar War on Trans People (With Alejandra Caraballo)YouTube video by Here We Come 001
Reposted by Aaron MauroLorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 23/03/2026SCOOP: Someone has found new samples of the iPhone spyware DarkSword and published them on GitHub, putting millions of iOS users at risk. A cybersecurity researcher told us that the leaked spyware is "way too easy to repurpose" and "we need to expect criminals and others to start deploying this."techcrunch.comSomeone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones | TechCrunchLeaked "DarkSword" exploits published to GitHub allow hackers and cybercriminals to target iPhone users running old versions of iOS with spyware, according to cybersecurity researchers. 710179
Aaron Mauro @aaronmauro.bsky.social · 23/03/2026March, 19-21: God is a comedian - by No1 no01.substack.com/p/march-19-2...no01.substack.comMarch, 19-21: God is a comedianA stiff drink is recommended 010