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I've had the google home equivalent for years. I don't like using my phone for most kitchen tasks. It's good for showing active timers or music/videos playing on screen. It has better speakers than my phone and has a spot on top of the fridge

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 28/09/2026

that marks the same attestation that widevine uses for its security trust levels for DRM right? i.e. you need green for HD Netflix

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 28/09/2026

the reason it factory resets the phone when the bootloader's unlocked is to prevent exfiltration of user data without their password e.g. if the phone is stolen

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 27/09/2026

GET READY TO GET LOUD IT'S TRADER JOES—cuts off as they realize the kick isn't happening #bayfc

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andré @andre-carlisle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

kundananji textbook diving header

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Carbonadoks @carbonadoks.com · 25/09/2026

the pop song version was released this month. but the lyrics were writtiin in 2024. docs.osmarks.net/hypha/p(doom...

docs.osmarks.net

P(Doom) Song Objectively Correct Interpretation

Canonical lyrics (Udio generation is slightly differently formatted to attempt to garner better outputs):

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 25/09/2026

huh claude credited the song as written in 2024, it's not that old is it?

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 23/09/2026

Surely Biden's mental decline was part of it too? I saw lots of "don't believe your lying eyes, protect the incumbent" from Dem leadership. Similar to Gaza, it smelled like a performance to protect existing power If Biden had passed the torch to Harris before the primary it would've helped I think

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 23/09/2026

State-level anti-discrimination is a worthless protection when the feds are the bigots Every one of those doctors that refuses to provide care is a coward rather than standing in solidarity with trans people. I frankly don't care what their independent legal counsel says: make them fight

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Rust Bytes @rustaceans.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hardening Linux's C Code: A Rewrite-and-Verify Loop > Extract Linux C parser, rewrite safely in Rust, differential-fuzz for match, prove no OOB in Lean; helped fix UVC overflow.

Image: Hardening Linux's C Code: A Rewrite-and-Verify Loop

> Extract Linux C parser, rewrite safely in Rust, differential-fuzz for match, prove no OOB in Lean; helped fix UVC overflow.

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 23/09/2026

actually the real clusterfuck would be some gas stations choosing $/liter and some choosing $/quart

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 22/09/2026

eh, worst that I see happening is some bad reviews or an underfilled tank If someone misreads $3/liter as an impossibly good deal they'll quickly find out their mistake

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 22/09/2026

Or they switch to $ / liter. Easier to put a sticker over the unit

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...

To skirt campaign finance laws and conceal the source of the funds, Navatek planned to funnel the donation through a shell company. The CEO wanted assurance that Collins would know where
the money came from. Reed confirmed that she would, the executive said - and that Navatek would get its government contracts.
After the Corner Bakery meeting, Navatek's CEO, Martin Kao, sent an initial $150,000 to the Collins super PAC using the shell company. Two months later, he told Navatek executives that Collins committed to getting the company $32 million in naval contracts, according to an internal company email reviewed by ProPublica.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Dude thinks he's appealing to "moderates" (really just a handful of right-wing podcasters) and can't stop printing out receipts that say "Gavin ain't got that dog in him." His veto may as well have been sent from another planet where Republicans don't instantly breach every supposed norm.

While I share the author's views on the importance of protecting these important healthcare services, extradition is an exclusively executive function. When discretionary, that discretion is appropriately placed with the Governor. I am troubled by the precedent that would be set if an outgoing administration agreed with the Legislature to erode the executive authority of an incoming Governor based on their shared policy preferences, regardless of how righteous and well-intended those actions may be.

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 20/09/2026

Devices can make noises only when I allow it! They don't get to just decide it's time to play!

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 20/09/2026

I'd like a...stern conversation with the guy who decided Bluetooth devices should be allowed to auto play whatever media you had paused when you connect the device Does any OS out there have an "anti-autoplay" feature? tbh I'd root my phone just for this

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 19/09/2026

if it's a public lib it'd be best to respect the second write in order to fit the contract of io::Write, since it says that if write returns Ok(n) then you wrote n bytes of buf to the sink

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 18/09/2026

for parking lots isn't that the idle on an automatic transmission?

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Rust Language @rust-lang.org · 17/09/2026

⚠️ We believe that there is an ongoing campaign targeting owners of popular crates and rust-lang team members that is attempting to compromise devices and accounts in order to use them to publish malware. See our blog post for details: blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/17/t...

blog.rust-lang.org

Be alert: targeted attacks on prominent Rustaceans | Rust Blog

Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 18/09/2026

it's also locale-dependent for Y, W, and J

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 17/09/2026

It is extremely, EXTREMELY, insensitive to descendants of the Holocaust to in any way downplay the seriousness of talking about people being "sent to camps", a statement that should not be normalized in any way at all. Ever. Because of all the people that died, Aaron.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 14/09/2026

Cis people do not understand how much trans people's rights have regressed in just 5 years. 5 years ago, there were none of these restrictions. 19 states banned legal recognition 21 states have bathroom bans 8 states ban gender marker changes on DLs 25 ban gender affirming care for trans youth

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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We're being told that if we sacrifice the rights of some people, then the rest of us get to keep our rights. We all know that's some BS.

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Sarah Clarke - Not your doll @damselindystopia.northsky.social · 10/09/2026

Also: 1) They will absolutely try to include non surgical interventions in any ban. It's a wedge issue. 2) I think treating all elective surgical interventions as off limits for minors at all ages but only if they're trans is discriminatory actually.

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Better than Ezra Klein (1) @mr-sshhhhh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

If you’re an Equality Organization and you endorse anti-trans Democrats, then no you aren’t.

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 09/09/2026

Dr Jess Ting being in the Epstein files was also pretty bad

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 09/09/2026

Basically, a stereotypical MBA who codes or knows people who do. They may or may not be skilled at it. They ignore all externalities of the tech they promote and often fight those claiming it's harmful or political. If it makes money that means it's good. They probably seek or provide VC funding.

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 08/09/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social At the natl level, Dems have so far blessedly remained supportive except for a half dozen who are consistently anti-trans -- all in the House-- and a dozen who backed specific bills with anti-trans provisions. www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-guide-...

erininthemorning.com

The Guide To Anti-Trans Democrats In The 2026 Elections, By State

These are the Democrats that LGBTQ+ people may wish to avoid this election cycle.

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 09/09/2026

Judo dojos have padded walls and I can confirm they're satisfying to whale on (though with no crunchy through-punch)

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 08/09/2026

A huge portion of them fought to protect him after the board fired him. Company's rotten to its core

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/09/2026

this is an…unbelievable paragraph. yeah, what could be the difference between the court overturning a duly-passed and signed law and the court overturning an executive memo that violates the law?

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 07/09/2026

Not that I disagree with the thesis, but isn't this analysis leaving out the increased fuel usage of short trips? Considering the engine start and more stop/go vs highway commuting

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madeline @madelinecooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

the right wing's normalization of the phrase "biological sex" as being completely synonymous with assigned sex at birth has done such irreparable harm not only to trans people but also to most people's awareness of how sex differentiation occurs in homo sapiens at a fundamental level

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 04/09/2026

Reminder to everyone that 18 YEAR OLDS ARE ADULTS If they can strip healthcare from an 18-year-old they can strip it from a 30-year-old

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 04/09/2026

thinking about all the young people who left ban states and came to New York for care, and now

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

the attention to Flock has exploded in recent weeks in April, bolts published an article on the length that a Wisconsin town went through to get Flock to take down its cameras — including covering them in trash bags. what the mayor told us:

"“The fact that they didn’t take the cameras down shows that we are the product,” Diaz said. “They were never really selling to us in the first place. What they are doing is selling to much bigger agencies the ability to spy on a ton of people.”"

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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 01/09/2026

I love how the 2020s has turned into The Decade When Regular People Realized the Law Is Fucked Up Actually

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 02/09/2026

have any of em been pulling "clean-room rewrite" shenanigans like was done with claude code? LLM writes design docs based on the code and another LLM turns that back into code anthropic didn't bother with DMCA takedowns there but nintendo might

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is pretty fucking wild. I had assumed in a worst case scenario he would target blue zip codes and toss ballots based on technicalities but this is even worse than I imagined.

Not only is this system astonishingly untested, USPS has simultaneously implemented an
impracticable zero percent failure rate.
13 When ballots are submitted to USPS in large-volume
batches, if any one ballot in the batch cannot be verified against the Portal, all ballots in that
batch will be rejected. For example, if a state election official brings a batch of 10,000 ballots to
USPS and USPS is unable to match just one of those ballots against the Portal – because, for
example, someone has recently changed their name after marriage or they’ve moved – then
USPS would refuse to mail the remaining 9,999 ballots as well. As the whistleblower notes,

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 01/09/2026

the good ol country of Europe

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 01/09/2026

Only on Assigned Media: Inspiring news from Finland where a movement is growing to oppose the country's restrictive, humiliating approach to transition care. Read about it from @evanurquhart.bsky.social here: assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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Discontent With Finland’s Transpoli Erupts in Growing Protests - Assigned Media

Organizers encouraged by increased visibility and a growing appetite for action to oppose the repressive trans care system in Finland.

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 31/08/2026

ambiguously 1,(False?2:3),4 → (1, 3, 4) or (1,False)?2:(3,4) → 2

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 31/08/2026

I disagree that's any more clear it's non-obvious that a ternary conditional has higher precedence than tuple construction, whether it's spelled C or Python style

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 31/08/2026

I'm surprised there's not a lint for this! at least running ruff format/black will change it to 1, (2 if False else 3), 4

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 30/08/2026

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Aug After forcing trans service menbers out, the Pentagon is now stiffing many for tens of thousands of dollars in severance pay they were promised, leaving many of them destitute and on the street. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

washingtonpost.com

A trans veteran became homeless after the military didn’t pay her severance

Chloe Shapiro is one of a dozen former service members identified by The Washington Post who have waited months for full payments.

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kourge the jafnhár 🏳️‍🌈 @kourge.net · 30/08/2026

coyote vs acme was great. nothing made me laugh like seeing a character casually grab a can of acme canned lion, open it, and chuck it behind

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Alyssa the Kate @alyssa.codes · 30/08/2026

I probably wouldn't show a single popular name and would defer to the employees in that country Multiple names are fine. I'd prefer general policy that considers popular naming over government I don't think showing `(Lake of America)` is good PR for Google in most of the world even if consistent

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