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Dave Hall 🌻 @skwashd.wtf · 1h
SREs in Victoria be like
Four panel meme of a cat fast asleep in bed. The first three are captions “earthquake, thunderstorm and alien attack”. The final panel the cat is awake and stressed with the caption “remembers the SSL cert expires today”. 

Image borrowed from LinkedIn. Original source, unknown. It is AI generated.
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 10h
New blog: Leaving the UK with a heavy heart. growinguptransgender.com/2026/10/02/l...
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Leaving the UK with a heavy heart
Today, as a family, we have booked our flights and our one-way ticket out of the UK. This has not felt like a choice. This feels like fleeing to protect ourselves. For the past 7 years we have look…
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 9h
My mother always said “I sent you kids to college so you’d never have to be cold and wet at work. I wanted you to have a job where you got your own chair”
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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 9h
European Commission Staff Really Dislike Their 'Sovereign' Alternative to Microsoft Teams: Report
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European Commission Staff Really Dislike Their 'Sovereign' Alternative to Microsoft Teams: Report
The EU executive branch implemented a non-US-made backup to Teams. One staffer called it "absolute sh*t".
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Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
MIT spent $3 million on 500 AI-capable surveillance cameras while laying people off, shutting down libraries, and canceling journal subscriptions. In this article, 4 faculty & I discuss our new arts initiative to celebrate surveillance and repression on college campuses: fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...
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How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 2h
I had a random thought today that when I started my career like 16 years ago at ZDNet (RIP) I was writing niche stories about data centres and old government IT. And now I'm doing it all again but it's not so niche.
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 18h
Newsom may not be as bad as many, but he is not your friend.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 18h
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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emo(🖤)/tional @realbillpullman.bsky.social · 11h
The ABC’s buzzfeed house style makes it sound like the roosters maybe did Bondi
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 01/10/2026
Microsoft's yearly Digital Defense report is out www.microsoft.com/en-us/securi...
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Information Age @information-age.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A Queensland government department responsible for leading the state's cybersecurity efforts has revealed it lost around $800,000 during a cyberattack in the last financial year. Read more: ia.acs.org.au/article/2026...
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QLD cybersecurity department loses $800k in cyberattack
Third-party service was 'misused' for financial gain.
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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
There was nothing wrong with the comments. And I’m sure Shoebridge would love to debate Burns on the topic of Israel’s genocide. Bring it on.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It happens so often it can be hard to even see. Men having the same experience I am, but I hit a place where the attention becomes unpleasant. Inuendos start. I have to wiggle out of something I did not start (cautiously! trying not to upset any dangerous egos!) so I leave, while the men get to stay
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
All disability support workers should know what to do in an emergency. Call 132500 for Vic SES
“Hi i am in need of some assistance. I am currently support working and my client is currently dealing with potential flooding in his annexe…”
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 30/09/2026
In an interview, Firefox's head says it like it is—Google deprecated its old extension system just to sabotage ad blockers arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...
Text that reads: "So some examples—Chrome went through with their deprecation of Manifest V2. Manifest V2 is basically a much more powerful extension system. And people were like, well, why did this decrease? Why didn’t they just fix the security vulnerabilities in Manifest V2? And it’s very clearly because of ad blockers. That was the reason to deprecate it. Whereas, Mozilla, we’re not maximizing for profits, we’re maximizing for user experience and browser experience, and we want people to have powerful extensions. So we noticed when that shutoff moment happened, there was a moment where people said, do you want the power of an engine to be able to dictate how I control my experience? Because once Chromium shut it off, Edge shut it off, all the Chromium browsers then shut off Manifest V2 support. We still support it, and so we saw a big surge of actual users who started using us."
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 30/09/2026
The Pentagon is notifying millions of current and former U.S. military servicemembers and staff that hackers stole their *unencrypted* personal information during a months-long data breach. The agency that had the breach also handles ID and login/credential access to U.S. military systems and bases.
techcrunch.com
Hackers stole millions of US military personnel records during months-long data breach | TechCrunch
The Department of Defense notified millions of current and former U.S. military personnel that their personal information had been stolen in a months-long breach.
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lazarusholic @lazarusholic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"PolinRider Switches to Ethereum C2 in 30+ Repositories" published by SafeDep. #GitHub, #PolinRider safedep.io/polinrider-ethereum-c2-g…
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PolinRider Switches to Ethereum C2 in 30+ Repositories
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Found a fossil in the wild.
Boarding gateZooming in and finding Windows XP.
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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 30/09/2026
Why isn’t this illegal?
nytimes.com
How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes
Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.
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lazarusholic @lazarusholic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"August 2026 Threat Trend Report on APT Attacks (South Korea)" published by Ahnlab. #Kimsuky, #Phishing, #LNK, #GitHub, #AutoIt, #XenoRAT, #Hangul, #PubNub asec.ahnlab.com/en/95649
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August 2026 Threat Trend Report on APT Attacks (South Korea)
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 30/09/2026
-Two UK telcos under investigation for renting numbers to scammers -US Air Force members sentenced to prison for scams: -Vietnamese charged for pig-butchering scams -npm malware adds users to WhatsApp channels -New batch of malicious Chrome extensions -Ransomware sees dip during Xmas
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 30/09/2026
-Sanctions impact TLS certs in Iran, Russia -ShinyHunters member arrested in the Netherlands -Apple fixes iOS zero-day found by Meta -Citrix zero-days see mass exploitation within hours -Hackers exploit security product in Bitget hack P: risky.biz/RBNEWS617/ N: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet...
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Excited to be chosen as Leader of the @greens.org.au, together with @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social as Deputy Leader. Now is the time to build the Greens as the home for all who want climate action, a fair return on our resources, a secure home and income, and to not sell out to the US or the 1%.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 29/09/2026
If you're still running iOS, iPadOS, or macOS 26 (which is still the majority of Apple users!) then update today: Apple says hackers may be abusing a bug to target some users' devices. Bypass for ad-block users: web.archive.org/web/20260929...
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Still running iOS 26? Update your iPhones, iPads and Macs for this urgent security fix | TechCrunch
Apple says the bug was used to attack "specific targeted individuals" running iOS 26, which the majority of Apple customers are still using.
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Australian government's defence of the social media ban in the high court revealed. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australian government concedes no scientific consensus on social media harms for teenagers – but ‘credible risks’ justify ban
Commonwealth tells high court its proposed laws to let users opt out of algorithms would ultimately have the same effect as the ban
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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 29/09/2026
what they don't say is that our noble cyber warfighters, oh whoops sorry i mean "cyber defenders", could also just use these same open models to report vulnerabilities without Anthropic gatekeeping everything for their own financial gain
In the first of these sessions, a researcher used GLM-5.3 on a sandboxed machine with a local Linux build of a popular web browser. Over the course of a day (and with limited human attention), GLM-5.3 found several previously unknown vulnerabilities in the browser’s JavaScript engine, and chained them together into a working exploit: a webpage that, when visited, reads arbitrary files from the visitor’s computer (shown in Figure 3). This exploit targets the Linux build of
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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 29/09/2026
...so basically what's happened previously, but now with MAXIMUM LETHALITY or some nonsense
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 29/09/2026
Meta pulled down Brazilian President Lula's Facebook page and blocked his campaign from running political ads but allows paid ads calling for a military coup It also didn't take down any of the right-wing disinformation campaigns reported in August novaramedia.com/2026/09/28/f...
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Facebook Blocks Lula’s Campaign Ads Just Days Before Brazil Election
Meta briefly disabled ads on the Facebook page of Brazil’s leftwing president on Friday – just days before he faces a far-right challenger in national elections.
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Quick question: do you think the government has yanked the files they claimed they didn’t want OpenAI’s agents accessing that were sitting on the forward facing server of the health data portal yet? Or…?
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Cin (they/them) @skyalin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Not a chance. Hasn't been time for CAB to meet 😒
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 29/09/2026
Two days until everyone becomes hyper aware of cybersecurity
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Huge bummer when you’re just innocently trying to join and promote a movement that hates Black people, immigrants, and Jews — but then you discover that they have a dark side. apple.news/A9g-feRPSTme...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (unofficial) @smhaustralia.nzcow.com · 29/09/2026
📢 The senior web developer for the premier’s department has appealed against the decision to suspend him without pay.
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Public servant faces sack over fake timesheets and porn allegations
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Sensitive data on all FBI employees included in hack www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/u...
nytimes.com
Embarrassing Breach at F.B.I. Fuels Fears of Harm to Its Employees
In an internal memo, the F.B.I. said it believed the hackers may have stolen sensitive information on all of its employees.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 28/09/2026
Hey everyone remember how I was saying the AI X-risk criti-hype is a targeted project designed to kill regulations and further ensure an impatient rush on data centre contsruction www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
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OpenAI breach proves need for more data centres, major parties say
Labor, Coalition agree OpenAI's Medicare breach proves the need for Australia to secure "a seat at the AI table" by rolling out data centres nationally.
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Ryan Roat @ryanroat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am married to a public school classroom teacher. She's been doing this for nearly 35 years. Yes, she is extraordinary.
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The war you supported
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Tom Williams, tech journo 👨‍💻 @its-tom-williams.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
👀 PS. Are you a technology worker in Australia who's struggling to find a job? If you're interested in sharing your experience, or just want to vent, drop me a line by secure email: tomwilliams.contact@protonmail.com
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Jessie L @jessielilley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a juicy story
theage.com.au
NGV’s former IT chief accused of $8 million fraud from gallery
The National Gallery of Victoria’s former head of IT is accused of issuing hundreds of fake invoices over a number of years to steal $8 million from the institution.
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 28/09/2026
-Intel ends paid bug bounties -OpenAI agents probed dozens of organizations -Fraudsters use AI to scam €95m from an Italian bank -Bitget hacked for $350m -Hackers breach Poland's Medyc platform -Data breach at the Pentagon DMDC N: news.risky.biz/risky-bullet... P: risky.biz/RBNEWS616/
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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Scoop: A controversial Sydney data centre project that was proposed to be built 20 metres from houses has been withdrawn by its developer, citing "changes in the regulatory environment." with Ange Lavoipierre www.abc.net.au/news/...
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Australian Government gonna use AI to write legislation? Have some self-respect.
screenshot of a contract notice listed on AusTender that shows Office of Parliamentary Counsel paying $44,000 to Larrison Pty Ltd for "in-house Legislative Drafting Tool Proof of Concept"
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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Complex software behaving in unexpected and sometimes harmful ways has been a persistent problem since software was invented. The phenomenon used to be called “bugs” or “defects”, but I guess “going rogue” sounds cooler. It also implicitly frames “rogue” behavior as some kind of inexplicable […]
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Laurie Voss @seldo.com · 27/09/2026
Good thing all this unauthorized computer access is somehow not illegal and magically nobody is criminally liable for it or it would be really expensive and professionally damaging! www.axios.com/2026/09/26/openai-ant…
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Zach Rabiroff @zachrabiroff.com · 27/09/2026
Fewest women I've ever seen in a single event space, and I cover comic conventions for a living.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The most important thing I learned in my 20s is that being smart doesn't make you special. Eventually you need to learn to try hard and to enjoy learning to do things you're not immediately good at. It turns out that the people who didn't learn this lesson were reading Harry Potter fanfic.
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Faav @faav.net · 25/09/2026
How I Could've Accessed 17 Trillion Microsoft Records blog.faav.net/how-i-couldv... :)
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How I Could’ve Accessed 17 Trillion Microsoft Records
How one unchecked login token put 17 trillion rows in a Microsoft internal analytics service within reach.
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Today I saw the new 4 hour documentary Musk, directed by Alex Gibney. There were too many times to count that a sold out theater burst out laughing at Elon Musk, something he said or did, even sometimes just how he looked. I believe that is his worst nightmare come to life.
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