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Asher Wolf

@asherwolf.bsky.social
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Amnesty Media Award 2014. Cryptoparty. Anti-Robodebt campaigner. Digital rights. Mutant network node herder. Completing a Master of Social Work. Devouring entropy www.patreon.com/asherwolf

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merritt @merrittk.com · 1h
we fucked up bigtime when the internet slipped from the utopian promise of being able to connect with ANYone into the hellscape of being connected to EVERYone
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Woodrow Hartzog @hartzog.bsky.social · 1h
This is the way.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1h
Oh shit. National treasure Margaret Throsby is in hospital after being hit by an e-bike in a high impact accident: broken hip and a head injury
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1h
Councils are increasingly banning smart glasses at public facilities aboutregional.com.au/smart-glasse...
aboutregional.com.au
Smart glasses face ban at council pools as larger policy push planned | About Regional
A southern NSW council has become the latest to move to ban smart glasses over privacy concerns, but an expert…
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 13h
In a video, the FBI calls the suspect arrested in the Netherlands, Pepijn Van der Stap, aka Umbreon, as one of the ShinyHunters leaders It also encourages other ShinyHunters members to rat-out their friends or get arrested www.fbi.gov/video-reposi...
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 2h
“A Dutch man ​whose journey from cybercriminal to reformed security professional was widely covered in the international media has been arrested as part ‌of an investigation into the hacker group ShinyHunters”
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Reuters @reuters.com · 28/09/2026
Amsterdam man arrested in ShinyHunters hacking investigation, police say reut.rs/4z4eov7
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Amsterdam man arrested in ShinyHunters hacking investigation, police say
A 24-year-old ​man from ‌Amsterdam was arrested ​earlier ​this month as part ⁠of ​an investigation ​into the hacker group ShinyHunters, ​Dutch ​police said on ‌Monday.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 2h
Protesters call for pause on $2 billion Fishermans Bend data centre themelburnian.au/protesters-c...
themelburnian.au
Protesters call for pause on $2 billion Fishermans Bend data centre
Community activists have staged a protest outside Albert Park MP Nina Taylor’s South Melbourne office, calling for a pause in construction of a planned $2 billion “hyperscale” data centre next to West...
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 2h
Home Affairs has ordered all federal departments and agencies to conduct a legacy technology stocktake within six months, until the end of March 2027 www.itnews.com.au/news/home-af...
itnews.com.au
Home Affairs orders gov-wide 'legacy' system stocktake within six months
After OpenAI agent interaction with Medicare statistics site.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 2h
This aint good smbtech.au/news/austral...
smbtech.au
Australians Turning To Buy Now Pay Later For Household Bills And Health Costs, Zip Data Shows – SMBtech
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David Harrison @trawg.bsky.social · 2h
'A department spokesperson said no payment was made "to those responsible".' Astonishing lack of detail here - what happened!? If no payment was made that implies some sort of hack where the attackers were able to just transfer money out?
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Clément Canonne @ccanonne.github.io · 3h
Meanwhile, on my way to the office. #USyd
A kookaburra, on a sign near a pond (Victoria Park, in Sydney)A close-up of the very fluffy kookaburra
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Graham Readfearn @readfearn.bsky.social · 3h
News from me: Antarctica’s winter sea ice has peaked at its third-lowest level on record, falling a million square kilometres – or almost 400,000 square miles – short of the long-term average, scientists have confirmed. "This is not a future problem. It’s a now problem.”
theguardian.com
Antarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’
Coverage falls a million square kilometres short of long-term average with global heating likely driving losses
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The Independent @the-independent.com · 3h
I met Christa Pike 20 years ago. This is why she shouldn’t be executed tomorrow
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I met Christa Pike 20 years ago. This is why she shouldn’t be executed tomorrow
Two decades ago, Helen Roberts interviewed Christa Pike – the youngest woman on death row – and saw a vulnerable youth shaped by severe trauma. As Pike’s lawyers fight her imminent execution, Roberts explains how the system failed this woman long before her terrible crime
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12h
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 3h
I strongly suspect one day @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social will be leader of the Greens
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 8h
......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................isn't that what makes the vans go www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
No explosive devices were found in three vans searched near RAF Fairford as part of a terrorism investigation but a quantity of petrol was recovered, police have said.

Five British nationals were arrested in the early hours of Sunday morning after a resident living near the Gloucestershire airbase reported suspicious activity involving three vans.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 3h
Queensland government department loses $800,000 in cyber attack www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Queensland government department loses $800k in cyber attack
The review, released on Friday, said no government data or sensitive information was compromised during the incident.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 4h
CDC Data Centres reveals plans for $15 billion facility near Wagga Wagga
abc.net.au
Riverina could soon be home to one of Australia's biggest data centres
A proposal by CDC Data Centres would see one of the largest data centres in Australia developed on the outskirts of Wagga Wagga.
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 14h
Super important- 'Central chest pressure or tightness is the most common heart attack symptom in both women and men. Women are more likely... to have other symptoms, such as breathlessness, nausea or vomiting, unusual fatigue, or pain in the jaw, neck, arms or upper back'.
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 5h
We have a fox that lives in our yard. Recently it made a den underneath our house and made these little things! I’d love to get them out from under the house, as it sends the dog crazy and he barks at all hours. But how can we get rid of these?
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 3h
The registered owner was a social worker from Doncaster, UK
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 12h
Australian government concedes no scientific consensus on social media harms for teenagers – but ‘credible risks’ justify ban
theguardian.com
Australian government concedes no scientific consensus on social media harms for teenagers – but ‘credible risks’ justify ban
Commonwealth tells high court its proposed laws to let users opt out of algorithms would ultimately have the same effect as the ban * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian government has conceded it implemented the “world-leading” under-16s social media ban before there was scientific consensus on the link between mental health harms and social media use, but argued the “credible risks” of issues such as addictive behaviours and anxiety justify the policy. In its defence against a high court challenge of the ban, the government has also argued its proposed digital duty of care legislation, allowing users to opt out of social media features such as algorithms, would ultimately have the same effect as the ban, if implemented. Continue reading...
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Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 14h
Dale Vince plans London-wide news operation to take on ‘rightwing bias’ in the media - www.theguardian.com/business/202... would be great if this happens
theguardian.com
Dale Vince plans London-wide news operation to take on ‘rightwing bias’ in the media
Green energy entrepreneur plans rescue package for the group behind the Camden New Journal, Islington Tribune and Westminster Extra
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mick @midofo.bsky.social · 14h
Stop listening to these Silicon Valley AI charlatan sales people
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 15h
The horror of living long enough online is memory of the true source of every goatse meme
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Peter Anderson @zerogeewhiz.bsky.social · 16h
This is the one and only picture of a car for sale on FB Marketplace. "This car got accident,and it's engine and gear box,other parts are good condition.I want to sell it asap." I'm sure you do, mate. Says it's in Mudgee, but the location map shows the Mascot area.
A very crashed BMW 3 Series that has apparently bounced off several things before falling backwards into a wooded ditch.
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 15h
Cue ridiculous amounts of paperwork and insisting we turn up in person with various documents to be sighted... while doing the bizarre N95 masking, 2 meters physical distancing, pretending to be estranged tapdance.
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 15h
I feel your pain. Our eldest started uni interstate during COVID state border closures, so it was obvious he would need his own copy of Medicare card etc. But he was only 16 at the time and Centrelink insisted he had to be 'estranged' to do so. 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 15h
Wonder if I should try to stir up an age discrimination case over the Aus Passport Office requiring full fees, a full PC8 form and a new guarantor at age 18. Why the hell can’t I just renew Kid’s passport when he ages out of a child’s passport rather than pay… $422 at the end of 2027
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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 16h
Not a chance. Hasn't been time for CAB to meet 😒
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Pete @wellsenkind.net · 17h
I mean this is a department that broke their own testing servers for over a week last year and couldn’t figure out how to roll them back to the last good state. Security is the theatre they get the industry to implement, not anything they build internally.
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Pete @wellsenkind.net · 17h
I feel its bold of you to assume they even know what is sitting on the forward facing server. Or how many of said servers have files of one kind or another sitting on them.
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The Sun, XIX |shop & comms open @thesunxix.bsky.social · 18h
Sometimes I think about this little guy I painted last year and about the lucky person who got him the same exact day I listed it and just nod my head. #art #illustration #watercolor
Picture of a tiny watercolor painting surrounded by stationery and art supplies. The subject of the painting is a radish with a confused expression
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 16h
This, but instead of coral it’s your brain and your friends’ brains and your children’s brains…
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 16h
Making carbs: quinoa, rice and a baked sweet potato
Pot of quinoa, rice and a sweet potato
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The Sydney Morning Herald (unofficial) @smhaustralia.nzcow.com · 17h
📢 You can blast these hospital-haunting bugs with radiation for 200 hours and they still won’t die.
smh.com.au
‘Ultimate superbug’: New form of antibiotic resistance uncovered
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 17h
I just had a childhood flashback. I still remember how the buttons felt to click and I can suddenly remember every part of that room
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 19h
Stuff I got done today: - med appointment - study access plan rewrite with the disability liaison at uni - figured out how much interest Kid earned so I can finish doing his taxes - got a UVP at VicRoads - picked up cat food and headlight restoration kit - restored the car headlights
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What will warfare look like in the years ahead? Join Brigadier James Kidd, DG Future Land Warfare, Prof David Kilcullen and Dr Sally Burt to discuss the technologies shaping conflict 📅 Thurs 1 October, 12.00–1.30 pm 📍 Majura Theatre, Canberra Airport Register: us.list-manage.com/12ULfURRlGM?...
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Future of Warfare Seminar
Join us to explore cutting-edge tech and tactics shaping the future battlefield
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 19h
Sensitive data on all FBI employees included in hack www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
nytimes.com
Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 23h
I was going about my normal duties as an AI agentic agent - stealing artist's works, taking people's jobs, encouraging people to commit suicide, randomly adding extra limbs and fingers to people in pictures etc., when I slipped and accidently hacked into some Medicare data. For that I am truly sorry
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 19h
Roadworthy centre told me they fail cars if the headlights are opaque with age. Asked how much they’d charge to fix them: $77. Bought a restoration kit for $35 and fixed it myself
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 23h
So don't be disabled or have a family. Wilson really leaning into the "Just don't be poor" vibe he reeks of.
Wilson says Coalition would find savings by cutting NDIS, aged care, childcare

By Emily Kaine

Shadow treasurer Tim Wilson says a Coalition government will seek to make savings by cutting back on NDIS, aged care and childcare, as he argues spending on the schemes is out of control.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 19h
Came home, cat still miaowing like a broken clock and thought, fuck it and opened the door for her. She slunk around my legs while I did some work outside, miaowing excitedly. And then three minutes after I came inside she miaowed at the door to come in as well. Jumped up on the couch and went quiet
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The Sydney Morning Herald (unofficial) @smhaustralia.nzcow.com · 20h
📢 The senior web developer for the premier’s department has appealed against the decision to suspend him without pay.
smh.com.au
Public servant faces sack over fake timesheets and porn allegations
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 22h
Soooooooo. As expected, the guy in that story about Muse doing FB Marketplace deals *had* in fact clicked the permission to "always allow" Muse to do things for him. Still very, very poor design by Meta such that the user didn't understand what permission he was giving...
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Update on letting Muse run Facebook Marketplace for me.
So I’ve spoken to 
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 and the Muse team tonight and we went through the log to figure out what went wrong. Regarding the address leak. The first thing that popped up from Muse when asking it to handle my Facebook marketplace was an option with ‘Allow One Time’ or ‘Allow Always’. I clicked the latter thinking it would still send approvals to accept offers later down the line (it didn’t so be careful). 
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By doing that it granted Muse permission to send messages on my behalf going forwards using a template it put together using information it asked from me. Which also included the pickup address that I did give to Muse (again I didn’t think it would send it out to everyone that gave me an offer so it’s worth checking). I mentioned to the meta team it could be easily overlooked as it was with me and they said they will be making this more clear moving forwards. 
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Regarding the lowball offer situation. It accepted an offer of $600 and sent out my address to a buyer to come collect the item after I strictly set a minimum of $700 with Muse. The Meta team informed me this was an error on their end which caused a display issue removing the ‘7’ from the output to the buyer. And with it stating “Sounds good, 00 it is!” after the buyer asked for $600 it made it look to the buyer like his offer was accepted. 
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I suggested to Meta that each message sent by Muse should have a little “Sent By Muse” badge underneath so everyone knows it wasn’t sent by a human as there was really no way of knowing who sent what in the chat which is very concerning.
As for the buyer, we made up and he even came by tonight to buy something else. All ended well.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 22h
Anyone got a technical write up of the OpenAI / Australian gvt website issue?
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Breaking: OpenAI has released more info on the agents access of Australian government websites, and has apologised for the incident, and its handling of it. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
OpenAI ‘sorry and working to do better’ after hack of Medicare and other Australian government websites
Artificial intelligence firm to front parliament as it apologises to Australians for agent attack
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Quick question: do you think the government has yanked the files they claimed they didn’t want OpenAI’s agents accessing that were sitting on the forward facing server of the health data portal yet? Or…?
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