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I work in cybersecurity but I live in literature, art, and science.

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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 27/07/2026
Then during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants, they chose a new form for him, that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, I can tell you.
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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 11/07/2026
RFK Jr doesn't believe in germs, it's possible he doesn't believe parasites exist either. He knows brain worms are real though.
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Cartoon by Steve Kelley
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I reported this story Thursday morning; it's actually about more than Covid vaccines. Sign up here if you want to stay ahead of the news: www.patreon.com/cw/violetblue
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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 06/07/2026
Zuckerberg is such a thin-skinned putz. pluralistic.net/2026/06/27/z...
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Pluralistic: Zuckerberg’s increasingly bizarre war on whistleblowers (27 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A visitor fell into the Reflecting Pool today
Armus, an evil character from Star Trek the Next Generation, is a gooey, gloomy humanoid figure covering in deeply thick black, ooze. It's standing in a dark pool of the goo, with rocks and such in the background.
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 20/06/2026
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ChiefGyk3D @chiefgyk3d.com · 20/06/2026
Want to *really* get Linux? Forget the books – dive in! 💻 This #shorts explores a fun way to learn through hands-on cybersecurity exploration. Check it out! #MasterLinux #Cybersecurity #Linux www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vMKXkxWpWQ
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Master Linux: Live and Breathe It! #shorts
Forget textbooks. To truly master Linux (or any language/system), immerse yourself. Install it, use it, live it. The Clockwork Pi hacker toy is just the beginning of fun cybersecurity exploration. #Li
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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 20/06/2026
Captured Logs Reveal Hackers Using Claude and Codex to Breach Companies research.openanalysis.net/claude/codex...
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Alexander Howard @digiphile.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
President Trump unveiled a refurbished jet given to him by Qatar to use as Air Force One, in violation of the foreign emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution. Editors at @apnews.com, numbed by a decade of emolumental corruption, failed to identify it as public corruption to Americans & the world.
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I've pulled two drowning children from the water in my many decades on this earth. They both acted *exactly* like this article describes. No screaming, no wild waving, just there one second and gone the next.
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Really good hantavirus summary from @violetblue.bsky.social here. Much like early 2020, we're firmly into "we don't know" territory, for now! (Which would warrant stronger precautions than those being taken, but also cops and jail aren't how we fix it) www.patreon.com/posts/hantav...
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Hantavirus - Covid: May 14, 2026 | Threat Model
Hantavirus - Covid: May 14, 2026 by Threat Model on Patreon. Join Threat Model's community for exclusive content and updates.
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ChiefGyk3D @chiefgyk3d.com · 26/04/2026
Is that Security+ really worth it? 🤔 My journey into cybersecurity & a dose of reality about what employers *really* value. Practical skills > just certs! Check it out 💻 #CyberSec #SecurityPlus #InfoSec www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI4qQvEaAA0
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Cyber Sec Secrets: My Journey & Sec+ Reality Check #shorts
Do you need certs? Some jobs require them, but many employers value practical skills from open-source projects. HR might not know tech, sometimes relying on AI for requirements. Prove your abilities!
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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 12/04/2026
So... He's mad that he started a war that pushed Iran to close the straight, agreed to a plan that lets Iran charge a toll on every passing boat, and his solution is to blockade the straight and chase down every ship that paid the toll? Why not just end the pointless war?
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Andy Welfle 🛰️ @andy.wtf · 20/03/2026
OMG, get off my back, The New Yorker
A mobile phone notification from The New Yorker app displays a headline asking "Why can't you finish anything?" The notification shows the magazine's distinctive logo with a monocled gentleman figure and indicates it was received one minute ago.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Thank you. Let's not create stigma when the president pushes his ignorance.
Tweet by Ben Stiller thanking journalist Richard Engel and pushing back against comments about people with learning disabilities, emphasizing they are not “dumb.” The image shows Engel speaking directly to camera in a close-up video.
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Frostbitten Flamingo @flemtheparrot.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Morning.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 08/03/2026
Many know Ada Lovelace, but too few know about women like Mary Allen Wilkes, who wrote most of the software for the first "personal" computer—the LINC. Here are stories of modern and historical women in tech and digital rights that inspire us. How many did you already know? #InternationalWomensDay
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 07/03/2026
Women in tech and digital rights deserve more and brighter spotlights. At EFF, we’ve had the honor of celebrating some of our heroes at our annual EFF Awards. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Admiring Our Heroes for International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women
For the last hundred years, women have had pivotal and far too often unsung roles in building and shaping the technology that we now use every day. Many have heard of Ada Lovelace’s contributions to
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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 26/02/2026
When government agents impersonate missing‑person investigators to snatch a college student from her dorm, that’s not “enforcement.” It’s state‑sponsored deceit. It’s the playbook of regimes we condemn. And it should terrify anyone who cares about democracy and the rule of law.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21/02/2026
Setting a passcode for your lockscreen is an important step, but it's not the end of the story for securing your phone. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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How to: Encrypt Your iPhone
In response to the U.K.’s demands for a backdoor, Apple has stopped offering users in the U.K. Advanced Data Protection. If you are in the U.K. you will only be able to use Standard Data Protection. Encrypting the data on your iPhone isn't as simple as creating a password. Since...
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
It's nice to see that when DEFCON says "Don't support rapists" they really mean it. techcrunch.com/2026/02/18/h...
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Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein | TechCrunch
The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported connectio...
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Phil Hagen @philhagen.com · 13/02/2026
Clearly written (and rehearsed/validated!) instructions on how to access your password vaults should be a key component of a will. Ensure they are reachable without waiting for legal hoops to clear—in a safe in your home, for example.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13/02/2026
While Flock claims ALPR (Automated License Plate Reader) cameras keep neighborhoods safe, the evidence tells a different story. Join our livestream "Get the Flock Out of Our City" on 2/19 at 12pm PT to find out more! www.eff.org/livestream-...
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EFFecting Change: Get the Flock Out of Our City
Flock contracts have quietly spread to cities across the country. But Flock ALPR (Automated License Plate Readers) erode civil liberties from the moment they're installed. While officials claim these
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
Chart showing "Detention Population, Among Those Arrested in the interior, by Criminal Record, May 2019 through January 27, 2026. There are three lines on the graph: prior conviction, pending criminal charges, and no criminal record. from 2019 through January 2025, "prior conviction" is by far the highest, followed by pending charges much lower down and "no criminal record" the lowest. During the Biden admin, very few people arrested by ICE in the interior and detained had no criminal record. Beginning in January 2025, all three lines jump, but the highest spike is among those with no criminal records. By September, that has become the single largest. Since that point, there are now thousands more people in detention with no criminal record than people with prior convictions.
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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 07/01/2026
HP-UX is officially end of life. Wonder how long it will remain in service in various corners of corporations? www.theregister.com/2026/01/05/h...
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The last supported version of HP-UX is no more
: Remember when HP made its own CPUs and Unix? We wonder if it does
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 05/01/2026
Sure, maybe you don't need more dice. But these ones help protect free speech and privacy online 🎲 shop.eff.org/products/li...
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Liquid Core EFF Dice
These bright red resin dice are sharp-edged, featuring a stunning liquid-core glitter interior and white numbering. The metal clear-view EFF display tin contains a set of sharp-edge dice including 7 pieces: a D20 featuring the EFF logo, D4, D6, D8, D10, D12, and D% dice. Perfect for tabletop games! Warning: These are s
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The Joe Gross @joegross.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 28/12/2025
It's a very good book and covers a very wide range of scenarios.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
A nice thread in which an actual expert patiently explains why the Secretary of Health and Human Service is not simply a liar, but an especially stupid one.
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WIRED @wired.com · 28/12/2025
An arson attack in Colorado had detectives stumped. The way they solved the case could put everyone at risk.
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3 Teens Almost Got Away With Murder. Then Police Found Their Google Searches
An arson attack in Colorado had detectives stumped. The way they solved the case could put everyone at risk.
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Joe Slowik @pylos.co · 24/12/2025
Merry Christmas youtu.be/HPdHkHslFIU?...
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SABATON - Christmas Truce (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Sabaton
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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 22/12/2025
a free alternative to vibecoding is to just imagine writing the software in your head, and then what the output would be
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/12/2025
bari weiss saw this and decided that she had to hide it from the american public
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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 21/12/2025
One one hand, those Epstein File retractions are getting out of control! On the other hand, can we totally black out everywhere Trump appears? Everywhere? Please?
Picture of the illegally rebranded John F Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts where Trump had added his name but Trump's name is covered with a black rectangle just like in the Epstein files.
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James Downie @jamescdownie.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
For the record, the law states that "No record shall be withheld, delayed, or redacted on the basis of embarrassment, reputational harm, or political sensitivity, including to any government official, public figure, or foreign dignitary." www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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SAINTCON @saintcon.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Putting a piece of hardware on a network is a fascinating way to gain access, monitor, exfiltrate, and generally own it. Custom hardware is something that takes a real passion for, and c4m0ufl4g3 discusses the process in this SAINTCON 25 presentation: youtu.be/k-BbXJJO7GY?...
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SAINTCON 2025 - c4m0ufl4g3 - How I Built Them
YouTube video by SAINTCON
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
See that’s the kind of talk that gets you buried in an unmarked grave on a second-rate golf course
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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 17/12/2025
What if the word fart is actually an onomatopoeia and we've all been saying it wrong? Pfffffffaaaart?
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 04/11/2024
Updates to Ken’s Rules of Crime, inspired by this new case: /1 www.justice.gov/opa/media/13...
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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
UPDATE: the mini 'zine is now free for 12 hours (until 1:30am PST). Please spread the word, you never know who might need it. A toolkit for vicarious trauma (like witnessing violent news), mitigating life under surveillance, overwhelm fatigue, more. Link to download: www.patreon.com/posts/digita...
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Digital Revolutionary Mini Zine Vol. 2 | Threat Model
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.
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Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Nice scoop from DOJ whisperer Sadie Gurman and C Ryan Barber in the WSJ: How the FBI finally found the DNC/RNC pipe bomber, and how it had nothing to do with new leadership. (Gift link.) www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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How a Tech-Savvy Officer Finally Cracked the Jan. 6 Pipe-Bombs Case
Investigators used powerful tools to obtain mountains of data, but couldn’t decipher some of it until recently.
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Rot26 🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦 @rot26.wtf · 15/12/2025
A really slopping meme of Lt. Aldo Raine saying “we got a word for gift in the constitution, it’s called emoluments”
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 14/12/2025
This paper contains some good arguments about an issue that concerns me a lot when I hear my colleagues talking about LLM use in developing their research: Whose ideas are you presenting as your own? (Though the fatalist argument the authors make at the end of paper is disappointing/bizarre.)
Screenshot (with final two sentences highlighted): “Academic authorship functions not only to communicate knowledge but also to allocate credit for the labour that produced it.
This credit affects hiring, promotion, funding and broader scholarly standing. To plagiarize is to distort the attribution of insight, misleading readers about origin and credit.
The provenance problem introduced by LLMs is troubling for a similar reason.”Screenshot: “Humans, too, can commit what is sometimes called 'cryptomnesia', in which they reproduce ideas that they have encountered previously but mistakenly believe to be origi-nal. However, what was once an idiosyncratic risk of interpersonal exchange is now a systemic feature of our knowledge infrastructure.
As scholars increasingly use generative artificial intelligence (AI) for writing assistance, those whose work is absorbed into training datasets may shape scholarship without ever being cited, while Al-proficient scholars may enjoy reputational gains built partly on others' uncredited ideas.”

(The sentence about “a systemic feature” is highlighted)Screenshot, with second sentence highlighted: “Nevertheless, Al developers bear obligations to improve attribution capabilities: efforts to trace and cite training data sources could help to preserve intellectual credit chains. But because many models rely on copyrighted or unlicensed material, developers face disincentives to improve provenance, even though traceability is crucial for legal and ethical accountability.”
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Imagine serving as a Marine and then having a distinguished career in the FBI investigating actual terrorist threats and then having to go in front of Congress and say you’re afraid of Antifa. Absolutely humiliating.
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Mike @mike.thinkersec.com · 09/12/2025
New Zorin version for download. blog.zorin.com/2025/11/18/t...
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Test the Upgrade From Zorin OS 17 to 18 & Celebrating 1 Million Downloads of Zorin OS 18
We’re thrilled to announce that Zorin OS 18 has amassed 1 million downloads in just over a month since its release, breaking all previous …
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