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Chris Sylcox

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Insignificant water blob on a blue water covered marble in a sea of marbles and stuff. I like computers. he/him/it/thing

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Software engineering could and should be done with the same care as any other type of engineering. This is a post in honor of Margaret Hamilton (and also a subtweet of all vibe-coders everywhere).
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"“I fought to bring the software legitimacy so that it — and those building it — would be given its due respect, and thus I began to use the term ‘software engineering’ to distinguish it from hardware and other kinds of engineering, yet treat each type of engineering as part of the overall systems engineering process,” Hamilton told El Pais in 2018. “When I first started using this phrase, it was considered to be quite amusing. It was an ongoing joke for a long time. They liked to kid me about my radical ideas. Software eventually and necessarily gained the same respect as any other discipline.”"

Source: https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Privatisation in a nutshell: 1) Steal from us something we own. 2) Sell us back an inferior service 3) Charge us a higher price. The pattern is the same everywhere: royal mail, water, railways, the NHS, public services, council services…
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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
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Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
People Holding Up the Internet | Discussion
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The people holding up the internet
Four billion phones ask one text file what time it is. One lecturer keeps it in his spare time. We counted the rest.
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Lisa Forte @lisaforte.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My TL;DR summary of MonsterCloud CEO charged with defrauding ransomware victims by pretending to have mystical decryption tools but actually was just paying the ransomware groups. lnkd.in/p/es-qUS2P
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TL;DR - the CEO of MonsterCloud, an alleged ransomware remediation company, has been charged with allegedly defrauding ransomware victims. Zohar Pinhasi, the CEO, claimed to use proprietary… | Lisa F...
TL;DR - the CEO of MonsterCloud, an alleged ransomware remediation company, has been charged with allegedly defrauding ransomware victims. Zohar Pinhasi, the CEO, claimed to use proprietary technolog...
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
an internal investigation by cats into whether they have been fed, concludes that they have not.
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Scott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TERMS AND CONDITIONS: By driving past this pole, you agree to have your license plate photographed, stored and searched by police across the country. You never clicked "I agree." Tell Congress to ban Flock: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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Tell Congress: Ban Flock mass surveillance cameras
Contact Congress today!
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons buff.ly/YJ1mAiP
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ChatGPT is adding real cartoonists’ signatures to fake New Yorker cartoons
OpenAI's chatbot isn't just imitating the magazine's style. It's also falsely attributing AI-generated images to real artists.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Five Russian drones and missiles violated Moldova's airspace and exploded inside the country today. ​Moldovan police shared the time and location of each explosion. ​It is only by luck that no one was hurt.
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Karrie Jacobs @karrieurbanist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just when you think this country can’t be any more fucked up… www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/w...
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What We Learned About American Teenagers Supplying Guns to Cartels (Gift Article)
Our reporting revealed how Mexican criminal groups are relying on teenagers and young adults in border states like Arizona to help supply their weapons.
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Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Twitter user _Just_Noel__:

Polio never existed prior to the late 1800’s. Polio cases dropped 99% from the reduced use of pesticides and consumer products laden with arsenic and other heavy metals that demyelinate nerves. The vaccine was either a coincidental occurrence or a well timed psyop.
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NewAccountWhoDis @newaccountwhothis.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WashPost: Taxpayer funded Trump political ads seen by many as illegal draw on government cash that was in part devoted to "memorials for officers killed in the line of duty."
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Campaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorials
The White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
With this monopolized media empire comes not just size but unprecedented power. The power to throw workers under the bus. The power to price-gouge because consumers have few alternatives. The power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told.
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Craig Pittman @craigtimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Florida mayor wins approval of her bid to end her DUI probation early, despite the fact that she was recently arrested for violating her probation. www.naplesnews.com/story/news/l...
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Probation ends early for Naples mayor, who was arrested for DUI
A Collier County judge has granted the Naples mayor's request for an early termination to her probation, which she was arrested for violating in April.
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Liz Szabo @lizszabo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Measles doesn't stop harming people when the rash goes away. Measles can damage the immune system, causing "immune amnesia" for up to five years. Measles outbreaks this year and last could leave thousands vulnerable to other infectious diseases. www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles-outb...
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Measles outbreaks could leave thousands vulnerable to infectious diseases for years
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u... With these guys when you follow the money it’s always a short trip
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...
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CNN @cnn.com · 03/10/2026
A CNN investigation has found that while Jared Kushner acted as a key Middle East peace negotiator, his private equity firm held the largest stake in an Israeli company backing businesses tied to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, including its largest arms manufacturer. cnn.it/4AIwBQs
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Journalists being kicked out need to get the Secret Service badge numbers so THOSE people are held in contempt.
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We already know he’s talking money from the Saudis so they can have 49% ownership of Bugs Bunny which for some reason doesn’t make more people incredibly angry but apparently he still needs more money? He can’t afford to do this, why is he legally being allow to do it then
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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I feel what’s lost in the “Ellison asked Musk for money to buy WBD” story is this implicitly suggests Ellison *cannot afford to buy WBD* which you would think in a normal world would be the very first thing that kills a deal to buy WBD
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 24/09/2026
We may finally be at a point where we find out the answer to this fundamental question: if Trump defies a court order, who will enforce the court order?
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Dr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There are millions of new cases because of COVID. ANY ONE OF US CAN GET THIS LIFE-CRUSHING DISEASE! Huge thanks to George. Please read this important article!
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: Democrats filed a lawsuit late Wednesday asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed federal agents to voting sites during the midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Democrats sue Trump admin to keep armed agents from polls during midterms
Democrats filed a lawsuit late Wednesday asking a federal court to prevent the Trump administration from deploying armed federal agents to voting sites during the midterm elections.
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 24/09/2026
Trump’s decision to host a G20 summit at a business he personally owns is a real problem. Rewarding Putin with an invitation to the summit makes the problem so much worse. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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Trump keeps finding new ways to give Putin unearned rewards, inviting backlash
The president’s decision to host a G20 summit a Trump-owned business is a problem. Inviting the Russian leader makes the problem worse.
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
malpractice story packaging in that the more pertinent details are: this guy is a bodybuilder promoter who killed his own son with a $100K divorce on wheels but is crowdfunding his funeral on a page that just says he was “accidentally struck by a moving vehicle” and they’re close to half that amount
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Young boy killed after father backs Cybertruck into him, police say
A California man accidentally hit and killed his 6-year-old son while backing out of the family’s driveway near Temecula in a Tesla Cybertruck, according to police reports.
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Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 24/09/2026
“Even if the force majeure notice is intended as a precautionary step to win some wiggle room, it risks alarming lenders backing the project. The debt tied to the development is already trading at stressed levels, below 90 cents on the dollar, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.”
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John Fugelsang @johnfugelsang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"House Republicans will continue to hold Hunter Biden’s feet to the fire until we have his testimony...no one – not even the president’s son – is above the law.” - Tom Emmer, 1.17.24 "Don Jr is a private citizen and businessman so this unwarranted attack will go nowhere," Tom Emmer, 9.23.26
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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is something my colleague @billybinion.bsky.social writes about all the time. Cities regularly refuse to compensate people when police trash their property in the course of chasing someone else.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
CNN and Politico blocked from White House hours after judge temporarily restores access – live
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CNN and Politico blocked from White House hours after judge temporarily restores access – live
A federal judge had ruled Trump administration must immediately return the outlets’ press passes and said ban likely unconstitutional * Sign up for US Breaking News emails Yesterday evening, after briefly taking the case under consideration, a federal judge ordered the White House to temporarily restore access to CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, the three outlets the president banned from the building via a social media post last week. White House security may not have gotten the memo, according to Thursday morning reports from CNN and Politico. Continue reading...
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velosrt.bsky.social @velosrt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
He's done as a Dem. Just done. share.inquirer.com/vdjgci?utm_s...
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John Fetterman’s favorability dips as voters see him more as a Republican than a Democrat
Three quarters of likely Democratic voters view the Pennsylvania senator as more of a Republican in a poll conducted after Fetterman participated in Donald Trump's midterm convention.
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🎃 Skippy The Bush Kangaroo 🎃 @skippythekangaroo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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USDA Announces Massive Nationwide Meat Recall—Here’s a Full List
The recall has been designated Class I, the USDA’s most serious hazard category.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.
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POLITICO barred from White House after court ruling restoring access
The Secret Service confiscated a POLITICO reporter's press pass Thursday morning despite a federal judge’s decision hours earlier that a media ban appeared to violate the constitutional due process ri...
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The BBC has long given up even pretending to be interested in who these people are, why they are coming or how they might feel, in favour of acting as a kind of shop window for the parties to display their wares of violence and cruelty
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Most migrant small boat arrivals in single day of 2026
A total of 781 migrants arrive on Wednesday, but the yearly total is below the same point in 2025.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Once again, they don’t follow laws or court orders, so the solution cannot be more laws or court orders, & we need to stop kidding ourselves about that, especially if we’re United States Senators. bsky.app/profile/mcop...
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is a shocking number, and may rise to the level of an atrocity crime if many of these deportees have been subject to abuse or effective statelessness.
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owdoo @owdoo.itch.io · 24/09/2026
This is a good visual metaphor for #gamedev using generative AI to code… it gives the illusion of competency and creativity without an understanding of what the hell is going on.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 20/09/2026
Amtrak didn’t tell us about this exposure, so heads up: if you took an Amtrak train last week through Chicago or anywhere on the Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, or California Zephyr routes like we did, you may have been exposed to measles! Please let the train people in your life know about this
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 19/09/2026
NEW by me at this.weekinsecurity.com: In its first disclosure with U.S. states, ID verification giant IDScan confirms that at least 13-15 million people had their driver's license/passport stolen during a months-long data breach. IDScan implied the hackers are extorting the company for a ransom.
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IDScan confirms hackers stole millions of driver's licenses during data breach
The ID verification giant confirmed the breach lasted at least several months and implied that the hackers are extorting the company for a ransom.
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Washington-Baltimore News Guild @wbng.org · 19/09/2026
This morning, Secret Service barred our own @pen-guild.bsky.social member Cheyenne Haslett from the White House simply for doing her job. Press access cannot be weaponized against journalists for their reporting.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17/09/2026
Joined the Tech Report to talk about how Microsoft only has 2GW of AI chips in service, suggesting that it has at least $82 billion of GPUs in warehouses, and that the industry as a whole may have pre-purchased anywhere from $100 billion to $300bn of GPUs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C-J...
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AI Bubble: ‘This could humiliate the largest companies in the world’ | Ed Zitron
YouTube video by The Tech Report
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A Canadian billionaire will not serve time for sexual assault conviction because he's too old
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Forbes @forbes.com · 17/09/2026
McConnell appeared to need help on how to vote on a farm bill Wednesday.
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McConnell’s Senate Return Sparks More Questions About 84-Year-Old’s Health (Video)
McConnell appeared to need help on how to vote on a farm bill Wednesday.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
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71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 16/09/2026
Cities have been dropping Flock at an accelerating pace over concerns regarding out-of-control surveillance, unwanted data sharing, high expenses, and reports of police abusing the tool.
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Boston dumps Flock, says it shared data nationwide in violation of contract
City: Flock enabled "nationwide lookup" despite contract requiring it to be disabled.
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Go Green @ecowarriorss.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What was once lush forest deliberately burnt down in Indonesia The Leuser Ecosystem The last place on earth where tigers, orangutans, elephants and rhinos still coexist. On paper this place it is protected In reality its being obliterated and will soon be gone forever
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026
Yikes! That ballroom isn’t going to complement the White House. It’s going to overpower it. Look at the scale of this thing. The people’s house is being swallowed by one man’s monument to himself.
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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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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026
for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it. I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance: recordsofenemysurveillance.com
image of a residential intersection with one red car driving across it and a baseball field in the backgroundblack and white dithered image of two red squares around the flock cameras in the previous image, on either side of the intersection
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Dani Welch 🎃 @daniwelch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
What a time to be alive.
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