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crw @maybe.fail · 03/10/2026

TIL Microsoft doesn't have a mechanism for parents to reset their children's forgotten passwords. I wish I were amazed, but I'd wager no one involved in creating the Family Safety Center actually has children.

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Louis Gray @louisgray.com · 30/09/2026

"Reddit says RSS has now become a “common surface for large-scale scraping and automated abuse,” which is why it’s made the decision to wind down RSS feeds on its platform." Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots techcrunch.com/2026/09/30/r...

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Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots | TechCrunch

Reddit is ending support for RSS feeds, as the company continues tightening access to its trove of user-generated content.

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Uffda Geek @annoyednerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

iPhone users…tip from me this morning if you run a pihole. When you upgrade to iOS 27, your phone will turn on “Connectivity Assist” in your WiFi network settings and all the ads will pour in. Turn it OFF and your ad blocks will work again. Gotta do it per SSID it looks like.

iPhone network setting screen showing the connectivity assist option.

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crw @maybe.fail · 21/09/2026

new aspirational career just dropped: skonk broker

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The Mask of the Red Jeph @ass.golf · 21/09/2026

skink: lizard with stubby little legs skunk: stinky weasel skank: rude word for promiscuous person skonk and skenk are still out there, waiting to be discovered

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crw @maybe.fail · 20/09/2026

"no frenzy boost during breakfast," i found myself saying, in horror.

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crw @maybe.fail · 17/09/2026

i've never had apple intelligence enabled on this device.

screenshot showing apple allocating 48.3gb of my disk to "Apple Intelligence"

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crw @maybe.fail · 14/09/2026

asked google trends how the term "mackleless" has been performing today. it said there wasn't enough data to graph. im proud of us.

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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 13/09/2026

for two months, I've been flying drones over Flock cameras to situation them in space and geography; I even got my commercial drone license in order to do it. I'd like to share this project with you all: it's called Records Of Enemy Surveillance: recordsofenemysurveillance.com

image of a residential intersection with one red car driving across it and a baseball field in the background

black and white dithered image of two red squares around the flock cameras in the previous image, on either side of the intersection

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crw @maybe.fail · 11/09/2026

when i touch the little button on my yubikey the fly brain decides whether i actually authenticate

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I gave the fly brain admin access to the 404 Media CMS

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crw @maybe.fail · 10/09/2026

sweatpants with sparkly cursive "GNU C" on the ass instead of "juicy"

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crw @maybe.fail · 10/09/2026

browser extension that replaces every instance of the word "america" with "ontario" why not

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The Onion @theonion.com · 09/09/2026

Experts Advise Against Throwing Laptop Across Office Even Though It Will Feel Incredible theonion.com/experts-advise-against…

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konnaire @konnaire.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Putting the :/ in https://

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crw @maybe.fail · 05/09/2026

this explains all the priors built on fault lines

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crw @maybe.fail · 02/09/2026

upgraded to ios 27 public beta last night and got a nasty surprise this morning. gtfo with this nonsense.

carplay not available in ios 27 public beta unless you turn on siri. fuckyouverymuch, apple.

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crw @maybe.fail · 02/09/2026

someday the list of users who've shat in waymos will be in a data breach

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crw @maybe.fail · 02/09/2026

and now im downloading mapquest. wild.

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crw @maybe.fail · 30/08/2026

tfw not sure if earthquake or bass drop

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

extremely good FOIA denial i just got

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Everyone follow and support @eff.org pleeeeeease pretty please!

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David Greene @davidgreene.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The settlement also embeds age assurance into every product, mandating the collection of even more personal information from users of all ages, including by compromising the anonymity of all users and exposing them to risks of data breaches and government data requests.

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crw @maybe.fail · 26/08/2026

humming "three is a magic number" for no particular reason

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crw @maybe.fail · 25/08/2026

can't breathe. apple had to publish a compatibility list for their new polishing cloth. the vision pro's aren't on it. omg.

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crw @maybe.fail · 25/08/2026

dystopian phishers like "congrats you won uncontaminated food!"

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crw @maybe.fail · 25/08/2026

kiddo: what's HD and why do you have 80 of them? me: no, ADHD kiddo: that's what i said me: sigh, fine, this weekend I'm subjecting you to the NATO phonetic alphabet

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crw @maybe.fail · 24/08/2026

does my heart good to see RACTER in there. spent a bunch of time with it as a pre-teen and ended up trying to emulate it with my own program in pascal (and an amazingly large nested if-then structure 😭)

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Eric Mill @konklone.com · 21/08/2026

We're hiring a new product security lead for Wikipedia! It's a new lead PM role that would steer our security engineering team and how we go about this work here at the Wikimedia Foundation. AND: it's fully remote, and open in a good number of countries. job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jo...

We are hiring a Lead Product Manager to bring their experience dealing with modern threats to bear on Wikipedia’s security strategy in the AI era, and to drive a strong security culture throughout the Wikimedia Foundation and movement.

Though this is a senior role, prior experience in a product manager role is not required. This position is intended to bring strong technical and security experience, including some familiarity with AI in a security context, into a role focused on product and platform strategy.

This position could be a good fit for a candidate with both strong technical skills and strong communication skills, who is interested in transitioning from engineering work to a strategic role.

This role is an opportunity to be at the center of a pivotal time for Wikipedia, as AI is not only changing security, but also how people access knowledge online. Responding to these changes requires us to plan ambitiously and act decisively, while working closely with the communities whom the project serves.

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crw @maybe.fail · 20/08/2026

"villainaire" was right there the whole time

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crw @maybe.fail · 14/08/2026

telling the kid the song "golden brown" is about marshmallows

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yaso @yaso.is · 12/08/2026

Genius rant

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crw @maybe.fail · 11/08/2026

gonna go out on a limb and blame sourcing from data brokers who don't care about accuracy, just the number of records they can sell

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crw @maybe.fail · 11/08/2026

in the middle of a self-inflicted horror story involving google support. if i can salvage the situation i may write about it. suffice to say they're being pretty unreasonable with something that should be simple.

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crw @maybe.fail · 10/08/2026

searching through zuck's AI missive for phrases like opt-out, turn off, user choice, consent, etc. hard to believe he'd forget about them. must not be important. i'm sure it's fine.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thank you! When I started up 18 months ago, it was so clear to me that Substack had a Nazi and trans hate problem and that I was going elsewhere. Ghost has been wonderful -- both ethical and helpful to people figuring out how to use the platform.

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crw @maybe.fail · 06/08/2026

when @lenazun.bsky.social makes a feedback form, always wait for question number two

A feedback form with showing question 2: What are you dreading about this? And a form field with the placeholder text: Enter your answer.

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crw @maybe.fail · 06/08/2026

i can't get over how similar this is to the ancient point of sale software at the local anarchist bookstore, it's uncanny.

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Thorin Klosowski @thorinklosowski.com · 05/08/2026

our defcon shirt is cool as hell this year (it's always cool, but like, this year is *very* cool) supporters.eff.org/donate/Virtu...

supporters.eff.org

Many Hands Make Light Work

Take back digital privacy and free speech. Donate this week and get a DEF CON 34 puzzle t-shirt.

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Riker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

why isn’t the future the way we thought it would be

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crw @maybe.fail · 05/08/2026

im using a browser to visit your site. im using an adblocker to make it palatable. that i feel such a use of technology is required is a failure on your part, not mine.

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 04/08/2026

"it looks like you're using an adblocker to visit our site." yep! ha ha! it rocks!

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crw @maybe.fail · 05/08/2026

the wreckage on the moon will outlast even the memory of musk

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Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️‍🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I want AVs to improve urban safety outcomes and mobility choices. But absence of basic data transparency and worsening public comms suggest Waymo hasn't learned from Dec 22 and July 4 debacles - and isn't ready to scale in cities. Read: thefrisc.com/waymo-behavi...

thefrisc.com

Waymo Behavior Now Harder to Decipher, Even After July 4th Fiasco

Mayor Lurie wants more scrutiny. Despite new California DMV rules, there’s less information publicly available, not more.

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crw @maybe.fail · 03/08/2026

i think this is close to right. people love unadulterated algorithms. tiktok's algo (and likely others) will show some small % of whatever it wants to show you regardless of your prior established interests. under the new ownership it's increasingly obvious when this happens. jarring.

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crw @maybe.fail · 03/08/2026

we need "waymo" artificial reefs im sorry im sorry im trying to delete it

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crw @maybe.fail · 02/08/2026

leaving instructions to post my drafts after i die

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crw @maybe.fail · 01/08/2026

latest chapter in "parenting can be a trip" - reflecting on last night's bedtime conversation in which i needed to explain the difference between gilded and gelded. never in a million years.

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crw @maybe.fail · 31/07/2026

hercelot clowning on satie, if you're short a little thursday whimsy hercelot.bandcamp.com/track/sheep-...

hercelot.bandcamp.com

sheep and box (gymnopedie.1), by Hercelot

from the album smallest advent

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