Reposted by saaientistDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 13hwe have a policy for the use of genAI at the @aial.ie. we reflect on values key to scientific integrity, such as replicability, and err on the side of not using it blogpost: aial.ie/blog/gen-ai-... pdf: zenodo.org/records/2322... 418585
Reposted by saaientistDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026Huge congratulations to our colleagues at @iccl.bsky.social on this win! In a landmark ruling on 25 Sep, the ICCL secured a precedent that will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in GDPR class actions that impact their operations across the entire EU enforce.ie/digital-data...enforce.ieICCL secures landmark precedent against Big Tech - EnforceLandmark ruling will reshape how Big Tech companies defend themselves in court for EU-wide GDPR class actions 16131
Reposted by saaientistKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 14/09/2026Over at the newsletter I wrote about the completely insane last few weeks of AI doomsday rhetoric and media coveragekarlbode.comAI Doomsday Panic Is Completely Out Of ControlThe press obsession with software-powered doomsday is a misdirection overshadowing a much deadlier reality: our public interest regulators no longer function. 25307104
Reposted by saaientistBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026The fact that OpenAI is making it much easier for unskilled people to break into and damage servers is indeed *very* bad news, but it's not *new* bad news. Irresponsible parties have been doing this for years, most notably the NSA. 124230
Reposted by saaientistBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026If you showed up at Defcon and gave talk about how your autonomous malware did something unexpected and damaged someone else's computers, the first question from the audience would be "Why are you so shit at making secure sandboxes?" It wouldn't be "How are you so awesome at making hacking tools?" 4519141
Reposted by saaientistAverage Joe @socialjoe.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In network security we've been dealing with the sort of thing the HuggingFace incident represents for decades, from script kiddies to exploit toolkits, and so on. It's an escalation in hacking tools, not a machine with consciousness or free will. 0397
Reposted by saaientistapache/ @apache.be · 29/08/2026De zaak-Cofnas leert dat universiteiten best teruggrijpen naar hun kern, willen ze extreemrechtse aanvallen op hun bestaan overleven. "Racistische nepwetenschap heeft niets te zoeken aan de universiteit. Waarom is het zo moeilijk om die evidentie uit te spreken?" apache.be/2026/08/29/r...apache.beRacisten hebben niets te zoeken aan een universiteitEen universiteit moet waarheid durven spreken, ook als de Vlaamse onderbuik gromt. 13510
saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Vrouwen en lgbtqia+ personen vinden vaak de weg niet naar een sportclub, zeker niet voor gevechtssporten. Inclusiviteit betekent niet enkel "iedereen is welkom". Het is belangrijk om mensen die (vaak terecht) twijfelen om deel te nemen uit te nodigen en zich welkom te laten voelen. 020
Reposted by saaientistDr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Just checked with people who sit at Ghent University's board of governors: Fake News. Disciplinary proceedings against Nathan Cofnas are still ongoing. (Make of the other communication what you will) 211119422
Reposted by saaientistDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/08/2026Did I miss the big open letter signed by a hundred academics opposing this? 161276306
Reposted by saaientistStephanie Lamy @stephlamy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I've added a link to the English translation. How race-scientists weild systematic doubt and participatory scrutiny in order to recast themselves as arbiters of truth. The 3 year hunt for Jason Arday wasn't only about his destruction. The ultimate trophy is epistemic dominance.blogs.mediapart.frComment un réseau d’élite a chassé Jason ArdayLe racisme scientifique est une pseudoscience qui abreuve la propagande d'extrême-droite, dont masculiniste. Longtemps relégué aux marges, il s’installe dans les universités et cherche à imposer ses … 3322122
Reposted by saaientistroterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026This network has been running for many years now and has big American money behind it. Cofnas is just one of their guys and they are all over the world.theguardian.comRevealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech bossGroup promoting ‘dangerous’ scientific racism ideology teamed up with rightwing extremist, recordings reveal 61116343
Reposted by saaientistroterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage. 7040651253
Reposted by saaientistGregory Kohn @kohngregory.bsky.social · 15/08/2026In the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'. 51534461311
Reposted by saaientistapache/ @apache.be · 22/08/2026🚒 Het inferno in de Hoge Venen was blijkbaar niet infernaal genoeg om premier Bart De Wever (N-VA) uit vakantie te laten terugkeren. En waar wacht Theo Francken (N-VA) op om de zeven A400M’s van de luchtmacht om te vormen tot gigantische blusvliegtuigen? apache.be/2026/08/22/d...apache.beDit is geen crisis, anders had Bart De Wever zijn vakantie wel onderbrokenWaar wacht Francken op om de A400M’s van de luchtmacht om te vormen tot blusvliegtuigen? 2149
Reposted by saaientistDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/08/2026Cofnas is not "an outspoken critic of DEI". he is an outspoken racist and a vile human being. any academic institute that harbors him is complicit in his racism and makes academia a hostile place for the rest of us 326173
Reposted by saaientistAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026It's like Amnesty International UK have never heard of the Streisand Effect. I fully intend on challenging this DMCA strike and force them to litigate this in federal court in the US if they want to take it down. This is squarely fair use. 271678412
Reposted by saaientistFree Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) @fsfe.org · 20/08/2026#Apple has announced new terms for alternative app distribution in the EU (18 August 2026). The reduction of fees is welcome, but the core problems for smaller developers and #FreeSoftware remain there. 🧵A thread on why we're still concerned about #DMA compliance.🧵 176
Reposted by saaientistThe Onion @theonion.com · 14/08/2026“Goodnight, my son,” said Zuckerberg, his voice a whisper as he took a deep breath to steel himself and gazed down upon the impossibly smooth, round face of the avatar, which slumbered peacefully in its twin-sized bed. theonion.comTearful Mark Zuckerberg Smothers Metaverse Avatar With Digital PillowPALO ALTO, CA—Telling himself he had “no other choice” but to end the simulated character’s life himself before his company effectively pulled the plug on the virtual world, a tearful Mark Zuckerberg ... 181708219
Reposted by saaientistBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were published within weeks of one another: the first is the Snowden leaks, which revealed a system of global, pervasive digital surveillance. 1/ 14851428
Reposted by saaientistBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 01/08/2026Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Why businesses lie about AI; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/08/01/d... #Pluralistic 1/ 46625
Reposted by saaientistKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 29/07/2026do not anthropomorphize software, episode 7,000karlbode.comAI Doomsday Bullshit Is Getting TiredThe "rogue AI" narrative continues to help obscure very ugly and avoidable human failures. 14403132
Reposted by saaientistBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/07/2026Today's threads (a thread) Inside: How the EU can punish Google (despite Trump); and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/07/27/e... #Pluralistic 1/ 2285
Reposted by saaientistBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 23/07/2026I’ve never been able to learn much about the artist who was always credited only as “Emmanuel.” Apparently he was Emmanuel Papadopoulos, and passed away in June, 2026. oldschoolfrp.tumblr.com/post/8229421... 1424
Reposted by saaientistKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 23/07/2026oh my goodness we somehow lost control of our own software in a country with no functioning regulators, time for some protectionist legislation our lawyers ghost write locking consumers into enshittified walled gardens 717954
Reposted by saaientistMatthew Gault @mjgault.bsky.social · 22/07/2026had a bad time at a city council meeting last night. I live in a town of 12,000 people. They just voted to install 22 Flock cameras, bringing the total to 33. That's 1 Flock camera per 300 residents. It's more Flock cameras than police officers404media.coWhat Happened When Flock Came to My TownMy small town in South Carolina will soon have more Flock cameras than police officers. 1419347
saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Threw together a small application for doing longsword drills according to Joachim Meyer's first figure, commonly known as the Meyer square: meyer-drill-instructor-e81a88.gitlab.io #hema #swords #longswordmeyer-drill-instructor-e81a88.gitlab.ioMeyer Drill Instructor 131
Reposted by saaientistElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/07/2026If you own it, why can't you fix it? Join EFF, Adam Savage, and iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens on July 23rd for a live conversation about the Right to Repair movement. We'll answer that question and yours during the live Q&A. eff.org/livestream-r2r 18125
Reposted by saaientistBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/07/2026Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/07/16/l... #Pluralistic 1/ 1327
Reposted by saaientist404 Media @404media.co · 16/07/2026“It's like being sold a smoke detector and only later finding out it's been recording every conversation in your house," Tom Bowman, policy counsel, security & surveillance @cdt.org, told us. The searches sometimes stretch across dozens or even nearly a hundred networks of Flock cameras at once.404media.coHow Cops Use Flock to Track People, Not CarsCops have used Flock's FreeForm search feature to look for people with tattoos and wearing specific sport shirts, and searches sometimes include the target's race, according to data reviewed by 404 Me... 219972
Reposted by saaientistRuben De Smet @rubdos.be · 10/07/2026BREAKING: On 10 July 2026, the European people adopted the Strategy for More Effective and Proactive Fight against Adultery, Invidia, and Lust (MEP-FAIL). Mandatory surveillance of all MEPs and police officers enters into force immediately. You are now […] [Original post on mastodon.social] 022
Reposted by saaientistDrop Site @dropsitenews.com · 07/07/2026⭕️ Israel’s Elbit-run Tzayad “digital army” system flagged 850,000 real-time targets across Gaza & Lebanon b/w Oct. 7, 2023 & the end of 2025 — people, vehicles, & other objects detected for possible follow-up attack from land, sea, or air — according to a... 🔗 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... 13626
Reposted by saaientistBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 27/06/2026More than a decade ago, a group of young, internet-connected Belarusian dissidents launched a series of increasingly high-stakes, increasingly surreal confrontations with the corrupt, authoritarian government of Alexander Lukashenka, a man who is often called "the last Soviet dictator." 1/ 8582258
Reposted by saaientistMatthew Green @matthewdgreen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026This is fine for long-term needs like encryption. It’s silly for short-term stuff like authentication. As long as there’s an upgrade path, your signature scheme or ZKP isn’t going to get smacked by someone’s secret quantum computer. You’ll see the quantum computers coming and upgrade. 2224
saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Interesting discussion on @eff.org 's stream with @soatok.bsky.social. I've been working on #privacy preserving age/identity verification myself. However, I am unsure if this technology is the right approach, since it makes the censorship more "acceptable" to the general public. 220
Reposted by saaientistElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14/06/2026On June 17th we're talking to Cyptografur Soatok and Equilabs founder Luísa Franco Machado about censorship and targeted surveillance facing LGBTQ+ communities. Join us and learn how to push back. eff.org/livestream-...eff.orgEFFecting Change: LGBTQ+ Solidarity Against the Tide of SurveillanceLGBTQ+ communities are facing an escalating wave of censorship and targeted surveillance, but we can push back through mutual solidarity. Join us live to learn how safer virtual spaces get built, how 011144
Reposted by saaientistRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 07/12/20251825: the sun never sets on the British Empire 2025: without these tiny plastic soldiers our economy collapses 19117887
saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 27/11/2025The official Walloon Wallangues platform for learning different languages is being discontinued, meaning a great tool funded by taxes is being lost forever. This is why @fsfe.org's Public Money, Public Code campaign is so important. Release the source code! www.wallangues.be #belgium #wallonia #fosswallangues.beWallangues - Apprenez une langue en ligne gratuitementAvec Wallangues, apprenez gratuitement l'anglais, le néerlandais, le français ou l'allemand sur une plateforme en ligne ou via l'application mobile. 020
saaientist @saaientist0.bsky.social · 26/03/2025vrtnws.be/p.nwbD7Gjop @vrtnws.be Ik vrees dat mr. Lassoen's kennis van cryptografie en moderne security outdated is. "Encryptie kraken" is niet meer van deze tijd, zeker niet voor protocols die zo high-profile zijn als signal.vrtnws.beStaatsgeheimen op Signal: waarom gebruiken toppolitici in VS de berichtenapp? En hoe (on)veilig is dat? 100
