Justin Richer @justin.richer.org · 01/10/2026I remember back in the day, Slashdot had a fantastic low bandwidth option. No styling, no images, just straight up text and links. It was great over my palm pilot cell modem! 110
Reposted by Justin RicherMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration 3433411063
Justin Richer @justin.richer.org · 29/09/2026The authorization code in OAuth 2 needs to get back to the client, but what if you can't read a URL on the return? I think we can use HKDF and a bit of copy-and-paste to get by. justinsecurity.medium.com/out-of-band-...justinsecurity.medium.comOut-of-Band Authorization CodesThe authorization code flow of OAuth 2 (and by extension, OpenID Connect) is designed around one key assumption: on the way back from the… 001
Reposted by Justin RicherM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Elizabeth Warren Is Correct....... 671393506
Reposted by Justin RicherRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 20/09/2026For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before. 352160645293
Reposted by Justin RicherPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It's not about "fairness in women's sports" any more than it was about "ethics in gaming journalism." 22036431
Justin Richer @justin.richer.org · 03/09/2026I just implemented my own left-pad function for key processing. I find this need particularly hilarious given the history of left-pad functions. 000
Reposted by Justin RicherTim Cappalli @timcappalli.me · 29/08/2026meatproxy.me 💀meatproxy.meDon't be a Meat Proxy.You have a brain. Use it. Someone thinks you might be forwarding AI answers and calling it work. 151
Justin Richer @justin.richer.org · 28/08/2026Curl has added experimental support for HTTP Message Signatures (RFC9421) in the next release! daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/07...daniel.haxx.seHTTP Message Signatures with curlThe recently published RFC 9421 describes how to do HTTP Message Signatures, and starting just now, curl experimentally supports them. Message Signatures The specification describes this as a mechanis... 020
Reposted by Justin RicherRoss Johnson @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered. 326301886763
Justin Richer @justin.richer.org · 25/08/2026hot take: you can't pretend to be humble with "this isn't my area of expertise" when you immediately follow by fighting with the actual experts in the area. 000
Reposted by Justin RicherQasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 26/07/2026Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen or heard from in 6 weeks(!) in the hospital. Yet he still has a job, still getting paid, and getting unlimited world class healthcare. The man who voted against a living wage, against universal healthcare, and against guaranteed paid leave—is now getting all three. 1152220677393
Reposted by Justin RicherDr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Good grief, this hits home. 324138064876
Reposted by Justin RicherBrett Meiselas @bmeiselas.bsky.social · 24/07/2026lots of reporters suddenly worried about slipping into communism but strangely f*cking quiet about slipping into fascism 676235295735
Reposted by Justin RicherLarry Mitchell @drlarrymitchell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The two ICE agents who murdered a civilian in Biddeford, Maine today. Let's make them famous. 890104336615
Reposted by Justin RicherRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Just 10 people have already poured $617 MILLION into this year’s midterm elections. In the entire 2008 presidential cycle, the last election before Citizens United, total billionaire spending was $16 million. This is not sustainable. We need to get Big Money out of our democracy. 27794583342
Reposted by Justin RicherThe Cola Corporation @cola.baby · 22/06/2026“Librarians are harming our children by exposing them to sexuality when they are way too young.” No, you’re thinking of youth pastors. 16768371161
Reposted by Justin Richerสุพรรณิกาทร์ Supanika Ordoñez @spiraledu.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Just a reminder that the US Woman’s team has won the World Cup four times already. 187107461818
Reposted by Justin RicherMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 05/06/2026Dozey Don went to the trouble of actually creating a chart to compare the length of the Reflecting Pool to the height of 3 various skyscrapers, for some reason known only to him. Towering over ALL of them is, of course, the #EPSTEIN_Files. #TheMidtermsCantComeSoonEnough 907161704342
Reposted by Justin RicherAletheia S.R. @aletheia225.bsky.social · 29/05/2026ICE was "supposedly" created to protect the country from terrorism, and it turns out that ICE is the terrorists. Foreign interference, and ICE must end. It's a corrupt institution. 18856481456
Reposted by Justin RicherRichard Esplin @esplinr.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I'm excited to be part of an event with @justin.richer.org next week. I learn so much every time I talk with him! We're going to discuss identity architecture that support zero trust: VCs, NHI, GNAP, SPIFFE and more. You can join us and have your own questions answered: www.dock.io/live-event-c...dock.ioLive Event - Can we really have Zero Trust with a federated identity architecture?We'll be bringing Justin Richer (MongoDB) for a live discussion with Richard Esplin (Dock Labs) and Agne Caunt (Dock Labs) about whether traditional perimeter-based approaches are fundamentally incomp... 012
Justin Richer @justin.richer.org · 15/05/2026I wonder if we'll see an increase in this as AI assisted code ships more stuff that wasn't changed from demo to production. 020
Justin Richer @justin.richer.org · 11/05/2026Today in "why is this so broken", I am emailing myself files between two laptops who are sitting next to each other on the same desk, on the same network, with the same person (me) running them. 020
Reposted by Justin Richer💞Sabrina💞 @sabrinarina.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Seeing people talking about Alabama & Tennessee like they won a sports game instead of acknowledging that disenfranchising millions of voters on the side of human rights comes with life & death consequences to our most vulnerable populations is absolutely disgusting. 1039990
Reposted by Justin RicherLaurie Ulster @floobish.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Octavia E. Butler, 1998: 25197443668
Reposted by Justin Richercliffdubya.bsky.social @cliffdubya.bsky.social · 31/03/2026These are social media messages from Trump. 661065440
Reposted by Justin RicherJoyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 27/03/2026I love OAuth and I hate OAuth. 183
Reposted by Justin RicherMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/03/2026To whoever did this at the #NoKings in Boston: Thank you.❤️ It made me tear up. And we must to be reminded of needless damage to humanity that results directly from the careless, bellicose bluster coming from the Pentagon and White House. 6664012711486
Reposted by Justin Richermarohgr.bsky.social @marohgr.bsky.social · 25/01/2026www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.comYes, It’s FascismUntil recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny. 3471154
Reposted by Justin RicherMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15/12/2025Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year. 357238377189
Justin Richer @justin.richer.org · 12/12/2025A new small update to mkjwk.org, thanks to some folks from the community. A couple small bugs were fixed, plus you can now copy and save a key configuration as a URL that you can pass around. This doesn't copy your key values, but it does set all the generator's parameters.mkjwk.orgmkjwk - JSON Web Key Generator 000
Reposted by Justin RicherDesert Bus for Hope 🚌 #DB2026 OCTOBER 23rd @desertbus.org · 05/12/2025All righty, we got the all clear this time. Follow Dan as he explores the "cost" of a Desert Bus:youtube.comWhat's the "Cost" of a Desert Bus?YouTube video by Folding Ideas 340469
Justin Richer @justin.richer.org · 16/11/2025Wooo, I won some dice! Maybe I'll try that dungeons and dragons thing I keep hearing about. 030
Reposted by Justin RicherChad Kohalyk @chadkoh.com · 05/11/2025"There's a there there." #ietf124 Lots of enthusiasm and positivity (and advice from experienced folks) for forming an #atproto WG at @ietf.org We had 130 people on the stream and a very active chat. Great job @bnewbold.net and @dholms.xyz and everyone else. Thank you all for showing up! 👏 26011
Reposted by Justin RicherSwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 04/11/2025How do you end up confused and wildly variable about your disposition towards a President... in their second term? Come on brah Brah ur killin me here Ur killin us 31174
Reposted by Justin RicherNPR @npr.org · 25/09/2025Thousands of years before Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert got under President Trump's skin, ancient Greek and Roman poets and philosophers paid a heavy price for displeasing heads of state.n.prWhat Kimmel and Colbert can learn from ancient comedians who ticked off their leadersThousands of years before Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert got under President Trump's skin, ancient Greek and Roman poets and philosophers paid a heavy price for displeasing heads of state. 1823845
Justin Richer @justin.richer.org · 19/08/2025Dear literally every company but mostly Zoom right now: I do not want your AI chatbot, and I especially do not want it taking up 1/3 of my window space to the detriment of everything I use your app for. I don't want tips for icebreakers, I want to have my meeting. 020
Justin Richer @justin.richer.org · 05/08/2025Whaaaaaat? I had no idea, I need to read up on that. I thought the nfc circuit died with the phone. 100
Reposted by Justin RicherAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Freedom from kings. Freedom from fascism. Power to the people forever. ♥️ Happy Independence Day 🇺🇸 999587349051
Reposted by Justin RicherGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Can’t make this up. 3079358399324
Reposted by Justin RicherRaider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 03/07/2025This must end now! Everyone needs to hit the streets and fight back ✊ It’s only going to get worse 🤬 134483443579