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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Napoleon Bonaparte made his servants break in his shoes before he wore them. His entire wardrobe was two different outfits repeated. When he arrived at St Helena he had a meltdown about the house smelling like paint. His stare was so unnerving other heads of state believed it was magical.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
if only the pentagon had known about this beforehand….
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@ Bluesky Elder
WIRED has tracked thousands of US military & intel personnel coming & going from classified sites, incl. NSA hubs & nuclear vaults. We know where they sleep, what they eat, and which brothels they visit.
It's an ocean of blackmail & national secrets within reach of every spy agency in the world.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Unprecedented corruption right in front of us
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/04/2026
Like Miyazaki, I am a sucker for military aircraft. Gear details in the down the thread.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
what did he know
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Kevin Mirsky @kevinmirsky.com · 06/03/2026
My @404media.co sweatshirt gets so many compliments every time I wear it, it's honestly funny lol
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry must be destroyed.
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
A Trump-appointed district judge described the conditions of ICE detainees with no criminal history held in a temporary cell in the Central Islip federal courthouse on Long Island for days — putrid, cramped, inhumane and unlawful.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
New: DHS now says that two weeks of missing surveillance footage from ICE's Broadview Detention center isn't "missing," it was never recorded in the first place and thus can't be produced in an abuse lawsuit. An utter shitshow: www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...
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DHS Says Critical ICE Surveillance Footage From Abuse Case Was Actually Never Recorded, Doesn't Matter
Court records reveal the incredibly sad state of ICE's evidence retention systems.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/01/2026
[stares directly into the camera]
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/01/2026
Walz: "To Americans who are watching this, I've got a question for you: What side do you want to be on? The side of an all powerful federal govt that can kill, injury, menace, & kidnap its citizens off the streets? Or on the side of a nurse at the VA hospital who died bearing witness to such govt?"
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
To add my own commentary, a staggering number of people I otherwise agree with don't realize they are regularly doing this in conversation. There are some wonderful examples of the famous Bluesky reading comprehension issues in the replies if you'd like some examples.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 15/01/2026
Your super hardcore technical advice is great and if people can't use it, it's not useful. You have to meet people where they are on the ground
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Kevin Mirsky @kevinmirsky.com · 06/12/2025
Saturday morning Technology Connections is my adult version of the "Saturday morning cartoons" routine :) @techconnectify.bsky.social
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Well, I've proven Big Pod wrong, I've finally got my favorite gadget again (my Pebble watch), election outcomes look pretty neat... haven't felt this good in a while that's for sure
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety" Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime www.404media.co/police-said-...
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Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.
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Kim Zetter @kimzetter.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Tile location-finding tags, unlike Apple/Google tags, broadcast MAC address/unique ID unencrypted, letting stalkers, Tile or LE track people/items. Anti-theft feature also undoes anti-stalking feature - any tag in anti-theft mode is invisible to scans looking for stalkers. My story for @wired.com
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Tile Tracking Tags Can Be Exploited by Tech-Savvy Stalkers, Researchers Say
A team of researchers found that, by not encrypting the data broadcast by Tile tags, users could be vulnerable to having their location information exposed to malicious actors.
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 10/09/2025
great advice going around for turning off autoplay videos but might i suggest
Computer shutdown dialog
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
“mr president, there’s been a second signal group chat leak”
the 9/11 bush being told about 9/11 pic over a NYT headline pop up from 3 minutes ago:

Breaking News
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is said to have shared Yemen attack details in a second Signal chat that included his wife and brother.
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Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
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Shane Harris @shaneharris.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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laura • check out my game! @freezydorito.lol · 28/02/2025
can't even do a romantic gesture anymore
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/02/2025
Pope Francis Left In Hot Popemobile | Onion News Network Pope Francis is in critical condition after being left in the backseat of a hot Popemobile, which was parked outside a Vatican City convenience store for nearly an hour while members of the Swiss Guard "ran in to pick up a few things."
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Kevin Mirsky @kevinmirsky.com · 20/02/2025
Oh I'm so excited! Guess I know when I'll be subscribing to Apple TV for the first time!
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
NEW: A government employee for Notify. gov, a system used by agencies to send mass texts to the public, has resigned in protest after an Elon Musk ally demanded root access to it. They said the system contains the public's phone numbers & private info: www.404media.co/musk-ally-de...
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Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public
A worker resigned in protest rather than giving Thomas Shedd access to Notify.gov, which they said would allow him to see "all personally identifiable information moving through the Notiy system, incl...
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
My MIL cries when she tells me about the stories of partition when she was forced to leave and babies and children were murdered on trains in front of her and should I keep going
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
dont think it can be overstated how bloated and user unfriendly basically every single piece of tech has gotten. want to forward an email in gmail? scroll past all the AI shit, click a submenu to find it. iPhone settings menu is like hundreds of things at this point. just crazy to do basic stuff
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Jen Gentleman @jenmsft.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
😕 www.theverge.com/news/608858/...
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Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’
Some users are angry that some events have been removed.
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Vance saying he wants his half-Indian kids to be tough in the face of racism while rehiring a racist who hates them is a shocking moral failure
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Because this is getting downplayed in some of the coverage, the racist staffer DOGE rehired isn’t a case of “stupid things he wrote years ago as a teen.” He posted about how we should “normalize Indian hate” IN SEPTEMBER.
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WIRED @wired.com · 07/02/2025
It feels like no one should have to say this, and yet we are in a situation where it needs to be said, very loudly and clearly, before it’s too late to do anything about it: The United States is not a startup. If you run it like one, it will break. 🔗 www.wired.com/story/the-us...
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
DOGE operative Marko Elez got the ability to alter US Treasury payment system code on Feb 1, WIRED's sources say. For days, Trump officials fed members of Congress and the press a different story. Elez is out now for posts reading "I was racist before it was cool" and "normalize Indian hate."
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The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
extremely jealous of this story, very smart reporting. Wild shit. SEO baby www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations
Thousands of press releases about decade-old enforcement actions topped search results, all updated with a timestamp from after Trump’s inauguration
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Taggart @taggart-tech.com · 05/02/2025
Think what you want about the NYT, but Jamelle is a light in the dark. Paywall-free: archive.ph/I7wJs
archive.ph
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
We are in Hell and Hell pushes directly to prod.
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🎃 🧙🏻‍♀️Yell 👻 Growler💀🎃 @yaelwrites.com · 04/02/2025
Lately people have been asking me for digital security tips, so I wrote a little post with some basics, some resources, and some dreams of a better world.
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Digital Security In Uncertain Times
For the past few weeks, I've been getting frantic texts, calls, and emails from people who are concerned about their own digital security and are seeking guidance—some for the first time. The guidanc...
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WIRED @wired.com · 02/02/2025
If you’re interested in supporting our newsroom so we can keep breaking stories like these, subscribe to WIRED here: www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Disgraceful
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Kevin Mirsky @kevinmirsky.com · 01/02/2025
One of my favorite Saturday rituals is sitting on the couch, coffee in hand, and watching the newest @techconnectify.bsky.social video.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
This is effective training and organizing. More of this please. Make these bastards curse your name like a villain shaking their fist in a Saturday morning cartoon.
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
You know who was most interested in dismantling the CSRB? The tech companies who are threatened by its findings that they're "a bit" insecure. Oh, that and the adversaries exploiting those issues...
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
The last few weeks have really highlighted just how fragile corporate social media is, and just how beholden to political power it is. To build any sort of ground-up power we must continue to invest in decentralized alternatives that are resistant to intervention www.404media.co/decentralize...
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Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy
The TikTok ban and Donald Trump's rise to power show how fragile our social media accounts are. We must normalize and invest in decentralized social media.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Use Signal to talk about protests Use Signal to talk about your wordle score Use Signal to talk about abortion Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club Use Signal to talk about parties Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care Use Signal to talk about the weather Use Signal
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
For people who are wondering what the TikTok ban is going to look like for US TikTok users if it goes into effect on Sunday, TikTok will be blocking US users, linking to info about the ban, and giving them the option of exporting their data. www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24...
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TikTok reportedly plans ‘immediate’ Sunday shutdown in the US if it’s banned
Users could see a pop-up directing them to info about the ban.
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
yeah to non-shitpost for a second, I have close friends that this has happened to and it's extremely tragic. mid-20s mental onset illness in young men is A Thing, and it's really fucking scary and sad. people who loved him are probably agonizing over if only they had done something.
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Kevin Mirsky @kevinmirsky.com · 09/12/2024
I feel like this guy probably didn't alter his appearance at all after his picture was distributed gotta get those eyebrows threaded my man
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