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VP of Trust & Safety at Cloudflare. I run: canhazip.com, nslarchive.org, and rainbowtabl.es he/his/him PGP: flowcrypt.com/me/justin

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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 23/09/2026
After 15+ years at Cloudflare, I am taking some time off to recharge and look for my next adventure. Please apply if you'd be a great fit to lead an amazing team of Trust & Safety professionals who are helping to make the Internet better every day. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
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Cloudflare hiring VP, Global Head of Trust & Safety in Washington, DC | LinkedIn
Posted 1:00:16 PM. About UsAt Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 22/09/2025
John Oliver Slams Jimmy Kimmel Suspension on ‘Last Week Tonight,’ Urges Disney’s Bob Iger to Tell Trump Administration ‘F— You, Make Me’ variety.com/2025/tv/news...
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John Oliver Slams Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: Disney Must Say No to Trump
John Oliver used most of his 'Last Week Tonight' episode to condemn ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 21/09/2025
Trump border czar Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
theguardian.com
Trump border czar Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 in cash from undercover FBI agents | Trump administration | The Guardian
Alleged handoff occurred before Trump won second presidency, after which administration killed federal corruption case
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 24/08/2025
“Palantir’s tools pose an invisible danger we are just beginning to comprehend” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
Palantir’s tools pose an invisible danger we are just beginning to comprehend | Juan Sebastian Pinto | The Guardian
Weaponized AI surveillance platforms threaten human rights around the world. Here’s how they work
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 13/08/2025
Israel Kills Six More Journalists in Gaza “Around two hundred members of the media have now lost their lives since October 7.” www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
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Israel Kills Six More Journalists in Gaza
Around two hundred members of the media have now lost their lives since October 7.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 22/06/2025
CONGRESS, NOW MORE THAN EVER, OUR NATION NEEDS YOUR COWARDICE theonion.com/letter-to-co...
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Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice - The Onion
Share This Editorial
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far: A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.
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Brewster Kahle @brewster.kahle.org · 16/06/2025
Moment of Gratitude: CloudFlare CloudFlare saved the Internet Archive servers from a DDOS yesterday. Max rate of this DDOS attack was 525 Gbps (44.93 Mpps) of a "TCP flood" @archive.org does not have enough bandwidth to fend off that kind of attack = wouldbe bad saturday. Thank you #CloudFlare
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 13/06/2025
Yeah, so this is not supposed to happen.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/06/2025
the fact that people were told “today you are going to an elementary school to lie to teachers and kidnap kids” and didn’t immediately tell their bosses to go fuck themselves is all you need to know about why ICE should be dismantled
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 29/04/2025
Update on this. Apparently the bill just passed the House... 409-2. So, uh, yeah. A ton of Dems just gave the Trump FTC more power to censor the internet. Great job guys.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 16/04/2025
“What the Courts Can Still Do to Constrain Trump” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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What the Courts Can Still Do to Constrain Trump - The Atlantic
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s deportation case is a test for the rule of law.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 10/04/2025
BREAKING: The House passed a bill that limits judges' ability to block the Trump administration's unconstitutional actions nationwide. This bill is a threat to the rule of law and endangers all of our rights — the Senate must reject it.
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Alexandra Reeve Givens @alexreevegivens.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Courage is contagious: IRS leaders are right to resign over the outrageous deal for taxpayers’ information to be used in sweeping immigration efforts. apnews.com/article/irs-...
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IRS acting commissioner is resigning after deal to share immigrants' tax information with ICE
The Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner is resigning over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people i...
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 08/04/2025
“As CISA braces for more cuts, threat intel sharing takes a hit” www.theregister.com/2025/04/08/c... So short-sighted. This will just make us less safe.
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CISA braces for more cuts, threat-intel efforts are doomed • The Register
Analysis: Will 'gutting' the civilian defense agency make American cybersecurity great again?
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 04/04/2025
“Kennedy’s team requested that Marks turn over data on cases of brain swelling and deaths caused by the measles vaccine—data that Marks said doesn’t exist because there have been no such confirmed cases in the U.S.” www.wsj.com/health/healt...
wsj.com
Exclusive | Ousted Vaccine Chief Says RFK Jr.’s Team Sought Data to Justify Anti-Science Stance
Dr. Peter Marks says the new health secretary’s team wants to show vaccines aren’t safe while promoting dangerous and unproven treatments.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 05/04/2025
Israeli Malware Maker Linked To Six Government Purchasers, Abusive Deployments www.techdirt.com/2025/04/04/i...
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Israeli Malware Maker Linked To Six Government Purchasers, Abusive Deployments | Techdirt
Israel-located NSO Group may no longer be a malware option for the US and other discerning governments around the world, thanks to blacklists, lawsuits, and its disturbing willingness to sell to so…
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 28/03/2025
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
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Louise Matsakis @lmatsakis.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
When I read the details of what ICE did in this case—showing up at the house of a young protestor’s parents, texting them out of the blue—a wave of familiarity washed over me. It eerily reminds me of the way China seeks to intimidate student activists and journalists
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 25/03/2025
Recent high-profile deportations began with phone searches at airports. What are your rights? The answer: it depends. www.theverge.com/policy/634264/cust…
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Is it safe to travel to the United States with your phone right now? | The Verge
Know your rights, but also minimize your risk.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 23/03/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/polit… How dare you question the government?
nytimes.com
With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law Firms - The New York Times
A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/03/2025
This is completely fucked up. I know everything is fucked up, but THIS is why universities need to stand up and fight, not cave like Columbia did. NOTHING will satisfy them, and all the capitulation just leads to more demands and humiliation.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 13/03/2025
Built a simple tool using Cloudflare’s Brand Protection to detect suspicious domains and alert companies to spear phishing attempts (sometimes) before they happen. rainbowtabl.es/domainhunter-identif…
rainbowtabl.es
DomainHunter: A Distributed System for Identifying Potentially Malicious Domains
DomainHunter is a distributed system built on Cloudflare Workers designed to help security teams identify, analyze, and respond to potentially malicious domains.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 01/03/2025
www.alternet.org/rubio-zelensky-tru… Why does Zelensky need to be the adult in a room filled with children?
alternet.org
'Spineless' Rubio blasted for demand Zelensky apologize to Trump following CNN interview - Alternet.org
After U.S. President Donald Trump angrily berated visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a televised Friday, February 28 meeting in the White House, hawkish neocon John Bolton urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to resign from the second Trump Administration. Bolton, who served as n...
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 01/03/2025
I guess they’re an ally now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/fe…
theguardian.com
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats | US national security | The Guardian
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 01/03/2025
What a complete disgrace. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2…
theatlantic.com
One of the Grimmest Days in American Diplomacy - The Atlantic
Today marked one of the grimmest days in the history of American diplomacy.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
From a FOIA perspective, "the entire federal workforce should write down and email what they did last week" is extremely funny
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 23/02/2025
But... but... but... the DOJ said that Elon had no authority other than to advise the President.
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Phil Malone @prmalone.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Right? Trump's DOJ lawyers said straight-up in an official court filing that Musk was NOT an employee of DOGE and has "no actual or formal authority." So ignore the shit out of his bullshit tweets and threats. He ain't the boss of you.. www.cbsnews.com/news/elon-mu...
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Musk is not an employee of DOGE and "has no actual or formal authority," White House says
The White House said in a legal filing that Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't an employee of its Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 20/02/2025
Someone is keeping a changelog of all the stuff we’re gonna go back and undo after this passes, right?
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mweinstock.bsky.social @mweinstock.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 08/02/2025
I guess we’re trying to do this BS again. “UK demands Apple break encryption to allow gov’t spying worldwide, reports say” arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02…
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UK demands Apple break encryption to allow gov’t spying worldwide, reports say - Ars Technica
Apple last year opposed UK’s secret notices demanding encryption backdoors.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 05/02/2025
The biggest breach of U.S. government data is under way
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The biggest breach of U.S. government data is under way
Elon Musk's DOGE has taken control and accessed large swathes of Americans' private information held by the U.S. federal government. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Zeyi Yang 杨泽毅 @zeyiyang.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
I did not have "CIA leaks a list of all its employees hired in the last two years" on my 2025 bingo list but here we are www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/u...
nytimes.com
C.I.A. Sends White House an Unclassified Email With Names of Some Employees
The list of partial names was provided in an effort to comply with an executive order to trim the federal work force.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 05/02/2025
Surely unrelated, right? USAID Was Investigating Starlink Over Its Contracts in Ukraine | agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's company at the time of the assault. gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-…
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Elon Musk's Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink's Contracts in Ukraine
The agency was in the midst of a probe into the billionaire's equipment at the time of Musk's assault.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 24/01/2025
Any humans from Docker that I can with? Regarding this www.linuxserver.io/blog/we-need-to-…
linuxserver.io
We Need To Talk About Docker Hub | LinuxServer.io
We Need To Talk About Docker Hub
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 09/01/2025
No Fact-Checking and More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA | Mark Zuckerberg has fully adopted the language of his former right-wing critics about what constitutes censorship www.wired.com/plaintext-meta-zucker… I guess we’re doing this BS.
wired.com
No Fact-Checking and More Hate Speech: Meta Goes MAGA | WIRED
Mark Zuckerberg has fully adopted the language of his former right-wing critics about what constitutes censorship.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 21/12/2024
Some good news to end the week. therecord.media/judge-rules-nso-gro…
therecord.media
Judge rules NSO Group is liable for spyware hacks targeting 1,400 WhatsApp user devices | The Record from Recorded Future News
The precedent-setting ruling from a Northern California federal judge could lead to massive damages against NSO Group, whose notorious spyware has been reportedly used by various governments worldwide.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 20/12/2024
Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction www.doctorswithoutborders.org/lates…
doctorswithoutborders.org
Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction | Doctors Without Borders - USA
Amid continued attacks, siege, and blockade, Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 04/12/2024
www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-of… We’ve gone from “think about the kids, encryption is terrifying” to “think about the Chinese, encryption is critical for national security”
nbcnews.com
U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid cyberattack
FBI and CISA officials said it was impossible to predict when the telecommunications companies would be fully safe from interlopers.
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
here is my growing directory of tech media people and outlets on here, in the form of a couple starter packs that mostly don’t overlap, one I made and one I found bsky.app/starter-pack... bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 20/11/2024
Hey, I've written something for MSNBC (first time I've written for them). www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
msnbc.com
Opinion | The blurred line between X and the Trump administration
Forget the ridiculous "Twitter Files." This is what it actually looks like when a social media company works in concert with the government.
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I cannot think of a better outcome for InfoWars.
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C. A. Bridges @cabridges.bsky.social · 01/06/2024
The state of Florida prevented cities from lighting up their bridges in rainbow colors for Pride month. So people did it themselves anyway.
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Florida won't light bridges in rainbow colors. So Jacksonville's LGBTQ community did.
After the state said its bridges will be lit red, white and blue all summer, LGBTQ supporters used rainbow-colored flashlights on Main Street bridge.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 01/06/2024
Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week | Ars Technica Time to ditch Chrome then. Hello again Firefox. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024...
arstechnica.com
Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week
Chrome's Manifest V3 transition is here. First up are warnings for any V2 extensions.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 09/05/2024
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
tomshardware.com
Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT
Stack Overflow is overflowing with salt.
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 18/04/2024
Senate Now Considering Section 702 Re-Up With A Dangerous Amendment Attached To It www.techdirt.com/2024/04/17/s...
techdirt.com
Senate Now Considering Section 702 Re-Up With A Dangerous Amendment Attached To It
For a little while, it looked as though Section 702 surveillance might finally be curtailed, if not substantially reformed. Lots of House Republicans were irritated that some of Trump’s inner…
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 26/03/2024
Senators ‘Shocked’ To Learn TikTok Does Things Only Made Possible By Their Corrupt Failure To Pass A Real Privacy Law via @mmasnick.bsky.social www.techdirt.com/2024/03/26/s...
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Senators ‘Shocked’ To Learn TikTok Does Things Only Made Possible By Their Corrupt Failure To Pass A Real Privacy Law
We’ve noted a few times now how the quest to ban TikTok is heavily peppered with bad faith actors who historically don’t care about consumer privacy or national security. We’ve al…
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xxdesmus (he/him) @botnet.club · 15/03/2024
Hong Kong’s Zero-Opposition Legislature Aims To Up Oppression With New ‘National Security’ Law www.techdirt.com/2024/03/15/h...
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