Reposted by John LillyBen Adida @benadida.com · 31/01/2026I think this year we will see moltbots or other AI agents: - break out of centralized containment and coordinate outside of preset channels - start inflicting serious real world damage, starting with meme coins - be (partially) shut down by a coordinated and creative human effort. 123
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 31/01/2026This moltbook stuff is hilarious but also feels kind of like AI cosplaying what they imagine humans want them to be like. Trained on all of our science fiction. 020
Reposted by John LillyReid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Trump should release all of the Epstein files: every person and every document in the files. 351395254
Reposted by John LillyBen Adida @benadida.com · 17/10/2025My talk – "Building a Voting Machine Everyone Can Trust" – from USENIX Enigma is now up. www.usenix.org/conference/u... Thanks to USENIX Open Access!usenix.orgBuilding a Voting Machine Everyone Can Trust | USENIX 052
Reposted by John LillyHarper 🤯 @harper.lol · 01/10/2025We gave our AI coding agents access to social media. They immediately started posting. A lot. Then we tested their performance. Turns out agents with Twitter solve problems faster than agents without it. harper.blog/2025/09/3… 1203
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Congratulations, Figma! (NYSE: FIG): johnolilly.com/2025/07/31/congratul… 010
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Yak Shaving My Way Back to Blogging: johnolilly.com/2025/07/21/yak-shavi… 021
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Currently reading: Foundation by Isaac Asimov Rereading it because I started watching the TV show, which definitely isn’t the same but might still be good. 120
Reposted by John LillyFeross @feross.bsky.social · 23/04/2025We just bought a company. Why? Because vulnerability scanning is fundamentally broken. And I’m tired of pretending it’s fine. We acquired Coana, the best reachability analysis engine on the planet.forbes.comSocket Acquires Coana To Build Out Its SCA CapabilitiesBetter analysis of open-source software is vital to help developers close the door on cyber attacks and breaches, but this also creates the danger of "alert fatigue" 23313
Reposted by John LillyReid Hoffman @reidhoffman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025Some news: I've launched a $10m challenge to develop solutions that reverse the decline of trust in American institutions. 2633860
Reposted by John LillyBen Adida @benadida.com · 26/03/2025President Trump just issued an Executive Order on elections. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... I have thoughts on one technical aspect that I know particularly well: voting machines and the federal standards they’re tested to.whitehouse.govPreserving and Protecting the Integrity of American ElectionsBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and 184
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Warp is a killer company & product -- highly worth checking it out 000
Reposted by John LillyJennifer Pahlka @pahlkadot.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Seems like a good time to say this again. 39819
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Guess now we are in a War on Breakfast. Nice work fellas 000
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 17/01/2025I don’t even like guacamole but this is an insane avocado take 110
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 04/01/2025🎯 and something on my mind heading into the new year, also. 120
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 08/12/2024They just released the 1977 Hobbit movie on Max. (Or at least it’s the first time I’ve noticed it.) It is my very favorite, and superior to the recent movies in every way 010
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Yay Gaetz is out. Idly wondering what even worse human Trump will find to prove whatever point he’s making. 360
Reposted by John LillyBen Adida @benadida.com · 19/11/2024The election may be old news for most, but it's not done. As we speak, @voting.works is helping 6 states & 1 big county run post-election tabulation audits. These audits are performed regardless of the margin or outcome. They're a great practice that's becoming more universal. 082
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Browser without Google search deal = no (current) business model. So: any theoretical buyers of Chrome would be buying the browse to augment/support their presumably already strong core business. Which I’m sure the DOJ would love, too. This is a remedy that doesn’t make much sense to me. 120
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Hmm, DOJ reportedly pushing Google to divest Chrome to increase competition. I have many thoughts & feels about this. Mostly: here in 2024, the web is not what it was & this remedy is unlikely (now, at least, if it ever would have been) to get genuinely good outcomes for consumers. 120
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 18/11/2024One of the great ironies of parenting is that just as your kids start to understand you a little bit, and you them, they head off to college, to their own lives, to their own adventures. Bittersweet. Wabi sabi. 2110
John Lilly @johnolilly.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Idly thinking about stack ranking the quality of these cabinet appointments. It is...tough. 250
Reposted by John LillyHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 13/11/2024The thing that really differentiates Bluesky is that it doesn’t feel like it was designed by a bunch of people who will lose their jobs if I spend a little less time on Bluesky. 200297671665
