iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Max Dale @maxdale.me · 30/04/2026

An overdue personal update: I'm excited to say that I'm officially a dual American/Canadian citizen!

Me holding my Canadian passport outdoors against a blue sky. The dark navy cover has gold embossed text reading "CANADA / PASSPORT / PASSEPORT," a gold maple leaf outline, and the Canadian coat of arms.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 24/03/2026

Now might be a good time to see if your router is compatible with DD-WRT or similar. dd-wrt.com

dd-wrt.com

Making sure you're not a bot!

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Distributed Denial of Secrets @ddosecrets.org · 22/12/2025

The censored 60 Minutes' segment, Inside CECOT, is now available. Download from @ddosecrets.org: data.ddosecrets.org/Inside%20CEC... Download/stream from @archive.org: archive.org/details/insi... The original video was recorded by @jasonparis.bsky.social, and cleaned up by @emma.best

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Taylor Shelton @jtsphd.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I wonder if Santa knows the locations of all 60,000+ surveillance cameras the Atlanta Police Department has access to? Maybe he can give that data to the public as a kind of collective Christmas gift?

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 18/11/2025

RE: The Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill ICE Raids Nearly 3/4s of my cousin’s majority hispanic elementary school class didn’t show up today. Profoundly grim.

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

The legendary HOPE hacking conference has been banned from its venue at St. John's University over what the university seems to be calling an "anti-police agenda." Part of a broader crackdown on security research / hacking / open source: www.404media.co/hope-hacking...

404media.co

HOPE Hacking Conference Banned From University Venue Over Apparent ‘Anti-Police Agenda’

"The lack of due process on its own is extremely disturbing," the conference said.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/11/2025

Charlotte and Raleigh in North Carolina became the latest cities to see federal forces move in. Here’s a rundown of how President Trump has used ICE, and what’s going on in each place he's sent them.

nyti.ms

How Trump Has Used ICE, the National Guard and Other Federal Forces Across the U.S.

Charlotte and Raleigh in North Carolina became the latest cities to see federal forces move in. Here’s a rundown of what’s going on in each place.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 18/11/2025

Hey everyone! I wanted to share that Dr. Kaki Ryan and I have put together a systems research reading group for UNC computer science majors — or really, anyone who just thinks computers are neat. Meetings are Mondays at 4 PM in FB141. Great turnout so far, but we’d love to have more people join us!

cs.unc.edu

Kaki Ryan

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 30/10/2025

This is so frustrating. I admire and agree with the principled stance that the PSF is taking on this, but principles don’t pay the bills. If you benefit from Python at all, toss them a couple of dollars. www.python.org/psf/donations/

python.org

Support the PSF with a Donation or by becoming a Supporting Member!

The official home of the Python Programming Language

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Vaidehi Patil @vaidehipatil.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

🚨 Introducing our @tmlrorg.bsky.social paper “Unlearning Sensitive Information in Multimodal LLMs: Benchmark and Attack-Defense Evaluation” We present UnLOK-VQA, a benchmark to evaluate unlearning in vision-and-language models, where both images and text may encode sensitive or private information.

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense

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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

If your organization supports censorship bills like KOSA I don’t want to see your Trans Day of Visibility post

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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 31/03/2025

incredibly depressing to read the replies here. "this is what they voted for" is just the stupidest, meanest response and if you start writing it please do yourself and me a favor and log off and pet the cat or something

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 31/03/2025

This is harrowing. We are about to see incursions on our digital liberties so comprehensive that nobody will be spared. Develop a threat model, know your resources, and stand your damn ground.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 27/03/2025

We may be ruled by stupid and evil people, but at least they're stupid in a way that includes being horrible at opsec.

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

This is inaccurate. There is no known vulnerability with Signal's core tech. The memo was discussing phishing attempts, which Signal has worked to mitigate. And it was hastily reported. It's important not to spread misinfo that can confuse people into moving away from meaningfully private comms.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 25/03/2025

I'm seeing a lot of misinformation re:Hegseth and @signal.org, and I think a lot of it needs to be put to rest. Signal is, and remains, secure if your opsec isn't abysmal. The weakest link in any security system is generally the person using it. That's what this is.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 22/03/2025

In light of some recent painful events in my family, I'd like to remind everybody of a major accomplishment of the Biden admin. before Trump tries to kill it. The government has offered the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline since 2022. Professional mental heath support, zero wait times. Please use it.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025. This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

restoredcdc.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 01/03/2025

"Vance skis in jeans" I would never show my face again, my god.

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GrapheneOS @grapheneos.org · 28/02/2025

securitylab.amnesty.org/latest/2025/... Amnesty International’s Security Lab has a post about 3 vulnerabilities exploited by Cellebrite to extract data from locked Android devices. GrapheneOS blocked exploiting these vulnerabilities in multiple different ways. We also patched them much earlier.

securitylab.amnesty.org

Cellebrite zero-day exploit used to target phone of Serbian student activist - Amnesty International Security Lab

Amnesty International’s Security Lab uncovers sophisticated Cellebrite zero-day exploit, impacting billions of Android devices.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 27/02/2025

Don't panic, but brace. This will not be the last that we hear of this. Build your habits. Encrypt everything end-to-end. Set messages to auto-delete. Get comfortable with TOR and/or Tails, if you can. Make them work for it.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 25/02/2025

Sigh. I'm not sure how else to phrase this. I've been really enjoying using Molly lately — the Signal client, not the drug. Really awesome that I can finally pair my Pixel to my iPhone and only need one account between the two of them. The TOR integration is also extremely cool.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 25/02/2025

Waiting for federal employees to refuse to cooperate with DOGE based on a sincerely held religious belief that cooperating with Nazis is a sin.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 24/02/2025

Every website that handles your data should have a warrant canary. Full stop.

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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 23/02/2025

Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has observed increasing efforts from several Russia state-aligned threat actors to compromise Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russia's intelligence services.

cloud.google.com

Signals of Trouble: Multiple Russia-Aligned Threat Actors Actively Targeting Signal Messenger | Google Cloud Blog

Russia state-aligned threat actors target Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russia's intelligence services.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 22/02/2025

I've mostly agreed with people that say that Google Tensor is plenty powerful for most, but it really does have its moments where the cracks show. Android Auto, Tidal, and an 8 GB file download are making my Pixel 9 CHUG. Really hoping Google moving to TSMC and non-Exynos cores fixes this.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 20/02/2025

I joke about this a lot, but I really think there’s something to be said about how the digital age has robbed us of the joy and relief of ephemeralality. It’s both incredibly liberating and incredibly isolating trying to claw back the ability to be forgotten that most of us used to have.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 19/02/2025

If you don’t know anything about fingerprinting, I implore you to give it even some basic research. An incomplete list of some of the things they can use in profiling you: • Language • Screen resolution • Installed fonts • Minute variations in how your computer renders images/sound • Hardware config

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

KNOW YOUR
RIGHTS
IN CASE OF ICE:
CONOCE TUS DERECHOS
EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:

DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR.
ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge.
Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door.
NO ABRAS TU PUERTA.
ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.

ASK THEM
TO LEAVE.
If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission.
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PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN.
Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.

REMAIN SILENT.
You have the right to remain silent.
If the agents ask you questions, tell them,
"I wish to remain silent."
PERMANECE EN SILENCIO.
Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio.
Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles:
"Deseo permanecer en silencio".

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 18/02/2025

I cannot cosign this strongly enough. I’m vaccinated, and it took me out for a full week earlier this month. Felt like I was going to pass out at the pharmacy waiting for my Tamiflu. My roommate was hit so hard that he had to call paramedics. For yourself and others, please get your shot.

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elletwo @elletwo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

You don't "get" autism as an adult. You should have been diagnosed as a kid and given support then too.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 17/02/2025

Absolutely insane take.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 17/02/2025

Of course. As always, download Signal.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 16/02/2025

I'm really concerned about what the world is going to look like for neurodivergent folks in the next 4+ years. We need to start building support and community networks like our lives depend on it, because we're staring down the strong possibility that they actually will.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

New from 404 Media: anyone can push updates to the Doge.gov site. Two sources independently found the issue, one made their own decision to deface the site. "THESE 'EXPERTS' LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN." www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 13/02/2025

I might be insane, but I think that I just heard an author/reporter that I really admire introduce himself in a book shop. I was legitimately too stunned to say anything.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 13/02/2025

I'm getting really tired of people referring to AI models like Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, etc. as open source. You're looking for "open weights". Open sourcing would mean providing training data too, which is largely stolen. The companies that make them would be publishing evidence of crimes.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 13/02/2025

Not that this is a particularly hot take, but god, I am getting so tired of AI being shoved into everything by default. A lot of AI is genuinely cool, but I'm not learning anything if Gemini is effectively writing my homework code for me in Google Collab. Immediately disabled.

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Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @mushtaqbilalphd.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models. In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.

“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed

A photo of Aaron Swartz (1986-2013) when he was 19.

Last month, Meta admitted to torrenting a controversial large dataset known as LibGen, which includes tens of millions of pirated books. But details around the torrenting were murky until yesterday, when Meta's unredacted emails were made public for the first time. The new evidence showed that Meta torrented "at least 81.7 terabytes of data across multiple shadow libraries through the site Anna’s Archive, including at least 35.7 terabytes of data from Z-Library and LibGen," the authors' court filing said. And "Meta also previously torrented 80.6 terabytes of data from LibGen."

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 07/02/2025

Trump and Apple better tell the UK to go to hell with its demand to access Americans’ private, encrypted texts and files. Trump and American tech companies letting foreign governments secretly spy on Americans would be an unmitigated privacy and national security disaster.

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Max Dale @maxdale.me · 05/02/2025

If they’re forced to make their search index licensable, I see them losing a *lot* of users to the alternatives that will benefit from it. AI isn’t nearly the value add that they think it is, and people are getting fatigue from having it shoved where it isn’t necessary. Bring 2020 search back.

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