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@nsqe.bsky.social
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Head of Privacy @Incode. Board member @ Engine.is. Does the infosec law stuff too. Queer. Dorky. Lawyer, not really searching for redemption. @nsqe basically everywhere. Be less toxic on bsky challenge, difficulty level pretty easy actually

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Oh my God Taskmaster has hit Hulu. I repeat all seasons of Taskmaster are on Hulu. If you've never watched Taskmaster go start watching it literally right now
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
AMAZE, y'all, a privacy nerd Tingler
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❌👑 Bernadette🫘🟧💙🐈‍⬛ @vintageknits.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Rocky N. Bullwinkle @lproulx.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
the kind of stuff you think is really intelligent, clever and important - sets you apart really! - for a week when you're 15 or 16 until you realize that everybody dismissed it with good reason as fucking ridiculous.
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Okay, this week has had enough bad stuff, time for sharing good stuff. I want to hear about something you've found on the internet (maybe from an ad! Maybe from an article! Maybe from an influencer! Wherever you come across things!) that was surprisingly awesome. What's good out there?
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 24/09/2026
Saw a woman on TikTok who said she quit corporate at age 46 to become a beekeeper because “I would literally rather get stung by 10,000 bees than write ‘per my last email’ again” and you know what? I respect that
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026
I just honestly can't get over that Save Women Sports, an anti-trans group could only find five trans athletes competing K through 12. Five. The NCAA president testified a year and a half ago or so that there were less than 10 college level trans athletes. What the fuck are we doing, people
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
@bbennettesq.bsky.social I blame you for the cheesecake I needed to go get for dessert last night
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Companies these days trying to figure out why they can't hire anyone
A meme with Gru laying out his diabolical plan in four stages. In the fourth panel, Gru comes to a sad realization:
1. We're hiring a hybrid role with 2 mandatory days in office
2. Offices are in Palo Alto and Manhattan and salaries are location-based
3. Salaries in the Bay Area and NY are expensive, so we won't hire there
4. Salaries in the Bay Area and NY are expensive, so we won't hire there
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Always love it when someone schedules a 7 am meeting on a Friday morning, so you get up early and get to work only to find the meeting cancelled just before it’s supposed to start Listen If I had to get out of my cozy bed at this hour, you show your ass up
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Ajuna Soerjadi 🌸 @ethicsofai.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
For real!! Comedian Micky Overman says it like it is. Generally the only people even entertaining the thought of evil AGI are men. Women are too busy fixing the ACTUAL problems of AI, like idk, the way it automates, reproduces and exacerbates misogyny and makes all our lives worse...
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
The only person in public service who has consistently made 100% sense on issues of "AI," which is why they hate her so much.
Law enforcers already have authority to charge companies and their CEOs for creating and releasing dangerous, unvetted, or defective products. We shouldn’t let discussions about new legal regimes distract from the fact that there’s no AI exemption from laws already on the books — a point 
@FTC
 emphasized repeatedly during my tenure.

1. There is an extensive set of laws that govern dangerous and defective products. For example, releasing unvetted AI models or agents can violate consumer protection laws. Shipping flawed AI tools without implementing adequate measures to detect and stop rogue or defective AI agents can be an “unfair or deceptive” act or practice under the FTC Act (and analogous state laws). And some state AGs are already exploring holding AI firms and their CEOs criminally liable when their models participate in criminal activity.

2. Existing laws also prohibit “unfair methods of competition.” This covers instances where AI firms appropriate the competitively sensitive information of their customers, including through tracking their use of various tools. It can also cover instances where firms pursue dangerous behavior, aware that doing so may compel rivals to do the same.As the Supreme Court has noted: “A method of competition which casts upon one's competitors the burden of the loss of business unless they will descend to a practice which they are under a powerful moral compulsion not to adopt, even though it is not criminal, was thought to involve the kind of unfairness at which the [unfair methods of competition] statute was aimed."

3. The highly concentrated and interconnected structure of these markets could be creating major risks and conflicts of interest. We had started investigating these partnerships and cross-investments across the stack (and released a preliminarily overview of some findings: https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-issues-staff-report-ai-partnerships-investments-study). 

Both federal and state enforcers should be scrutinizing these opaque relationships and inter-dependencies. We are already seeing how these relationships could undermine accountability. For example, OpenAI could face liability given the Hugging Face incident, but Hugging Face being bought up by Nvidia means that we’re unlikely to see it file a lawsuit over this — given Nvidia’s strong incentive to see OpenAI continue full speed ahead.4. As AI tools dramatically change the landscape of cybersecurity risks and hacks, all businesses should be doubling down on having core security protections in place. Firms that fail to invest in adequate data security measures or fix known vulnerabilities can also be breaking the law. A recent analysis showed that around 1/3 of Fortune 100 companies do not even have a way to notify them about security issues. During my 
@FTC
 tenure, we sued firms for poor data security practices and held CEOs liable when they were personally responsible.

https://this.weekinsecurity.com/dozens-of-americas-largest-companies-have-no-simple-way-to-report-security-flaws/

https://ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/10/ftc-takes-action-against-drizly-its-ceo-james-cory-rellas-security-failures-exposed-data-25-million

5. As policymakers consider new legal regimes, we should be looking to lessons from prior efforts to govern major sectors, such as banking and other networks, platforms, and utilities. Tools like structural separations, nondiscrimination, and supervision could be key, and there’s a rich history of what works and what doesn’t. But we can and must pursue any new efforts alongside enforcing existing laws.
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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"The whole “Oh no, our models went rogue” thing … When a bridge collapses, you don’t analyze whether the bridge was ethical or sentient or why it decided to collapse. You ask, who is the person who built this bridge to be so flimsy?" www.wired.com/story/one-of...
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One of AI’s Fiercest Critics Says All the Doom Talk Is ‘Meant to Distract Us’
Timnit Gebru argues that AI companies are stoking fears of extinction to avoid discussing actual harms, like autonomous weapons.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It's not about "fairness in women's sports" any more than it was about "ethics in gaming journalism."
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I used to be an adventurer like you, and then I took an allen wrench to the knee youtu.be/0tBlFZsMuO8?...
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KALLAX STORAGEBORN, a free creation for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim™ from IKEA.
YouTube video by IKEA UK
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This whoooole thread feels like it was yanked from my own brain. I remain angry about it, angry about the chance for international solidarity we squandered over and over again, angry about the way we threw our own moral good name away for nothing. And we keep doing it. Barbara Lee was right.
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 10/09/2026
Sam, love, if you couldn't run a sandbox test without appropriate oversight, I don't think your cyber services are going to be up to the job of securing the grid. Sit down and let the grownups sort it out.
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sigh.
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Look, you fucknuckle — Y'all, this season of @taskmaster.tv is already ruining me
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A random airship! No idea why.
An airship flies over the Bay BridgrAn airship flies over the Bay Bridge, slightly more zoomed in
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Kevin O'Connor @rulethepla.net · 03/09/2026
Just incredible business sense to wade into this bullshit, why can you not just be happy to collect $60 a year for doing what Apple Passwords does for free and shut the fuck up
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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
you know who you want specifically not to be running your password manager, is anybody even slightly nazi-adjacent
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
oh god damn it can't I have one nice thing
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Well, this seems not ideal. krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/fbi-...
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FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses – Krebs on Security
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
*wtfs in Started Law School In 2008*
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/08/2026
It's amazing how petty every billionaire seems to be.
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Watching 9 to 5 for the first time since I was very young. What a formative movie this was for me. Pleased to say it holds up extremely well.
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Wait wait wait we're not mired in enough humiliating boondoggles, we want to go fucking around in /THE FALKLANDS/??? jfc this level of stupid has to be intentional
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A hypocritical old man explains his will to his three sons, only to learn that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
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Mikey Says Hey! @erlking.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bears repeating from time to time: declining to be vaccinated if you are able to be vaccinated is an antisocial choice akin to deliberately driving drunk. Herd immunity keeps the most vulnerable people in our society safe. Anti-vaxxers deserve more than scorn.
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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 28/08/2026
Posts are now yalls
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Emily Rowe @emilyrowe.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Right?
kalkindeus › autism 2d
Me: I'm autistic
Person: Does that mean you take things literally?
Me: No, that's kleptomaniacs

This is an incredible joke. Omg.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Milo stuff is the perfect picture of fascism. You think you're protected because you go as big as you can on racism, you spend years harassing the movement's perceived enemies, you even disavow your own sexuality. They'll still throw you in a cage over the tiniest disagreement already forgotten.
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Much better, Reaper. Keep going.
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Oh so now it's a crime for a man to spend quality time with his son and introduce the kid to his favorite hobbies
people.com
Ariz. Man Brought 10-Year-Old Son Along on $7k Jewelry, Cactus Heist: Police
Jean Zintz is facing two felony charges after authorities say he took his 10-year-old son to burglarize the Mesa Arts Center in Arizona.
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Oh come on now, God, this is just being mean.
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Okay, story time. My first Rocky Horror Picture Show, I was /definitely/ not 18 yet. Snuck out of the house with my friends and went to the Rialto Theater in Raleigh, NC, for the midnight show. A few months later I was part of the cast. As Brad...and then as Frank.
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Cocky Frank-N-Furter
Alt: Cocky Frank-N-Furter
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I appreciate that Dolly Parton refused to participate in "dress respectability" and, by her own account, modeled her aesthetic after a town "tramp," who she thought was beautiful. She separated aesthetics from character and understood "classiness" to be about how you treat people, not how you dress.
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Charles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
tim curry rolling up to heaven and st peter just being like ok, we'll allow it
Tim Curry as Darkness from the Ridley Scott film Legend. He is a classic demon: red skin, enormous bull horns protruding a couple feet above and forward of his head, shirtless, wearing crazy black pants and huge cape and holding a staff. he is amazing.
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
DON'T DREAM IT. BE IT.
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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
youtu.be/j8bmjDoziaQ?...
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The Rocky Horror Picture Show - I'm Going Home
YouTube video by THIRDPROJECT
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
NO NO FUCK YOU GOD DAMN IT I STILL HAVEN'T PROCESSED DOLLY YET FUCK YOU NO I AM NOT OKAY WITH THIS NO
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton covers Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 25/08/2026
I ended up having more extended thoughts on Dolly Parton over on Facebook and I thought I would share them here as well.
When I was much younger, I knew her mostly as a caricature and the object of jokes, because young men are kind of stupid that way and I was no exception, and because she willingly played along with the joke, in part because she knew it would happen anyway, and this way she got to shape some of how that would play out for her, and use it for her own ends. It took me a while to realize how canny that was. 

When I got older, I learned that underneath the caricature was a formidable songwriting and business mind. I had an inkling of what a rare combination that was in any person, but how even more rare it was for someone who was who she was, in the field and environment she worked in. Hidden in all those sparkles was a spine of steel. 

When I got older than that I learned that in addition to a brilliant mind was a heart of kindness, which directed so much of the good fortune she amassed to herself right back out the door through philanthropic work, helping those in her communities, state and country, and which allowed to see the worth and dignity in those whom so many others treated (and still do treat) with contempt.

She was always all the things she was. What changed was my ability to see and understand who she was. I'm glad I was eventually smart enough to see it all.
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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
From the Empire State Building Observation Deck: Tonight, the Empire State Building tower lights will turn to a pink sparkle at 9:25 to honor the late Dolly Parton.
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What a wonderful addition to the world Dolly Parton was. If anyone was to live up to the promise that their memory to be a blessing, it was her. Thank you for being you, Dolly. May others be inspired to learn from your example.
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
No, no, not Dolly, please, we need Dolly
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Ray Bradbury was not an instruction manual
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nsqe @nsqe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
My life for real
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
On 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper...
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