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@shadowpuck99.bsky.social
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Stl native. known to use computers. bmw fan and driving instructor. GenX’er. Trying to figure out my era.

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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 20/09/2026
Teaching Neuromancer this semester, and I'm proud to say that a CS undergrad in my class invented this joke independently
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Ben Taylor @vox-dei.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Exhibit A: How they work. The bit that's supposedly doing the "understanding" isn't in charge of the process and doesn't care very much about the task. If you'll forgive me the anthropomorphism of saying it cares about anything in the first place. Yay linguistic shortcuts. bsky.app/profile/doct...
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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026
Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials. Here's my analysis of today's @ddosecrets.org Flock leak micahflee.com/flock-camera...
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Flock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentials
This morning, DDoSecrets published an exciting new dataset: Filesystem images of the partitions from an in-use Flock ALPR camera. 404 Media and Wired published a joint investigation into it. I downloa...
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Angel Mendez🏳️‍🌈🦋 @akm6.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I keep seeing videos of a guy who catches crabs and lobsters, cracks all the barnacles off them, puts a shrimp in their claws and throws them back. can you imagine. abducted by aliens but they just give you a spa day and hand you two hot dogs and let you go
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George William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
New cat species discovered! Bolivian mountain cat! Kitty kitty! youtube.com/shorts/Gg63J... 🎉🐈
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Scientists discover a new species of cat for the first time in over a century
YouTube video by ABC News
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
all right fine, quotes and replies open give me the best you’ve got
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rand0h @akacki.net · 16/09/2026
RISC IS GOOD
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bmaz @bmaz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
So, Costco has effectively doubled the price of motor oil it sells and imposed weekly restriction on how much can be purchased. This is entirely due to the economic ignorance and warmongering of Donald Trump. It will continue to get worse. www.azcentral.com/story/grocer...
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Costco is rationing this product. See how much you can buy in Arizona
Costco puts a purchase limit and price increases on a popular product. Here's what is behind it and how much Arizona customers can buy.
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Leskatspr @leskatspr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@nuclearanthro.bsky.social I think you might enjoy/appreciate this read. bit.ly/4dsTE7J
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My jar of mustard was so spicy it made my eyes water and sent me on an obsessive quest to find out why
The mustard was the same brand I buy every time, Maille Dijon Originale, but it was much, much stronger than usual.
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's been forever since I've done a post specifically related to Oregon Road '83 on DOOMSDAY MACHINES, and I've been wanting to write up this research on gasoline after a nuclear war for ages. What started as specifically a game-related research question became (as always) a rather deep dive...
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Running on empty
How much gasoline would be available after a full-scale nuclear war?
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 26/08/2026
Once in a command line.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 22/08/2026
Tech giants and telcos are at war with residential proxy networks, which let hackers use your home/office internet connections for cyberattacks. For this.weekinsecurity.com, I explore why resproxies are a risk to you and your devices, how they enable crime, & what you can do to find and remove them.
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How residential proxy networks are hiding hackers in your home
Security researchers say residential proxy networks present a major threat by allowing hackers to commandeer home and office networks for cybercrime.
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Robin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Analytic philosopher: define “cup” Continental philosopher: why do people even care what cups are? What’s the genealogy of the idea of a cup?
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Historian: The cup can teach you a lot of things that you do not want to know
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tag yourself, I'm the sparks coming out of its pelvic area
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“the database reads from that spreadsheet”
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This is a great day for public health. “In a move that seemed out of reach just six months ago, the Food and Drug Administration approved Moderna’s influenza vaccine for older adults on Wednesday, the first licensed flu shot made using messenger RNA technology.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
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FDA approves Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, the first to use the technology
The FDA has approved Moderna’s influenza vaccine, the first licensed flu shot made using messenger RNA technology.
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Andy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
At Black Hat, security researcher Vangelis Stykas reveals what he found by lurking inside North Korean hackers’ infrastructure for nearly two years: They got footholds inside 1,640 networks, by his count. About half of those intrusions were serious breaches. www.wired.com/story/a-secu...
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A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide
For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers’ servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in a shocking number of systems across the globe.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
See if you can guess where this is headed.😂
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Maggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Okay everyone, my dad had an issue of Popular Science from the month of his birth and it’s time to take a little adventure through the history of advertising …
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winter @madoka.systems · 18/02/2026
found it
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Every day this post becomes ever more correct
@PPathole Tech enthusiasts: My entire house is smart. Tech workers: The only piece of technology in my house is a printer and I keep a gun next to it so I can shoot it if it makes a noise I don't recognize.
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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
You've stumbled into an unknown computer system. Now what? (Source.)
An image for Hacker, from the October 1985 issue of Amstrad Action. Top left: "HACKER. You've stumbled into an unknown computer system. Now what?" Center, a man looks over his commodre 64 late at night and chews his pen, an unfamiliar interface on the screen. Bottom: "'Logon'. One word appears on your screen. What do you do now? You don't know the password. You don't even know what computer system you've hacked into. But you do know that you must find out more. There are no instructions. No rules. No clues. You're completely on your own. You've found your way in. But is there a way out?"
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mean things I say to myself @meantomyself.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Old enough to recognize this as a data center
Lockable floppy disk holder from the late 20th century
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Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Quite a lot of people lost someone, maybe an elderly relative, during the heatwave. My Aunt Barbara, very ill with advanced dementia, died yesterday aged 91. She was unmarried, no kids and I had been taking care of her affairs for the past few years. That’s the least interesting thing about her. 1
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The arm on NBA star Kelsey Plum, who throws a rolled-up jersey to her dad sitting in the upper bleachers. www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUn...
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Grillmatic @cousinofdef.blacksky.app · 11/06/2026
Outlets should have a way to pay for one article without a subscription. I sometimes see links to articles I’m interested in and willing to pay to read. I don’t want to start a subscription just to see that 1 article though.
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Ben Lesnick @banditloaf.wcnews.com · 27/05/2026
OSINT: this is how the cat network deploys to maintain consistent line of sight when one of us goes to the bathroom during a TV show.
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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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Gail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Here's the COVID Vaccine Paper the CDC Censored. I hope that by trying to censor it, Bhattacharaya has instead promoted it. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/faus...
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Opinion | Here's the COVID Vaccine Paper the CDC Censored
Top health officials don't want you to read this, that's exactly why you should
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Kory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A wholesome story for nerds: On Saturday, I was signing books at a local bookstore for Independent Bookstore Day. The store had a signing-palooza with new authors every hour; toward the end of my hour, a woman came up and asked what my book was about. "Dictionaries," I said, and she lit up. 1/n
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Signal @signal.org · 22/04/2026
We are very happy that today Apple issued a patch and a security advisory. This comes following 404 Media reporting that the FBI accessed Signal message notification content via iOS despite the app being deleted.
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Boo London @cmdrsue.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
The hardest room to escape.
Chalk board with a conversation.
Me: This escape room is hard.
Friend: This is a bookstore.
Credit: Daisy Chain Book Company
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Never forget: 8 years ago a random person on Craigslist wrote the most effective ad for the Toyota Corolla, ever.
Images of an old silver 1999 Toyota Corolla for saleYou want a car that gets the job done? You want a car that's hassle free? You want a car that literally no one will ever compliment you on? Well look no further.
The 1999 Toyota Corolla.
Let's talk about features.
Bluetooth: nope
Sunroof: nope
Fancy wheels: nope
Rear view camera: nope...but it's got a transparent rear window and you have a fucking neck that can turn.
Let me tell you a story. One day my Corolla started making a strange sound. I didn't give a shit and ignored it. It went away. The End.
You could take the engine out of this car, drop it off the Golden Gate Bridge, fish it out of the water a thousand years later, put it in the trunk of the car, fill the gas tank up with Nutella, turn the key, and this puppy would fucking start right up.
This car will outlive you, it will outlive your children.
Things this car is old enough to do:
Vote: yesConsent to sex: yes
Rent a car: it IS a car
This car's got history. It's seen some shit. People have done straight things in this car. People have done gay things in this car. It's not going to judge you like a fucking Volkswagen would.
Interesting facts:
This car's exterior color is gray, but it's interior color is grey.
In the owner's manual, oil is listed as "optional."
When this car was unveiled at the 1998 Detroit Auto Show, it caused all 2,000 attendees to spontaneously yawn. The resulting abrupt change in air pressure inside the building caused a partial collapse of the roof. Four people died. The event is chronicled in the documentary "Bored to Death: The Story of the 1999 Toyota Corolla
You wanna know more? Great, I had my car fill out a Facebook survey.
Favorite food: spaghetti
Favorite tv show: Alf
Favorite band: tie between Bush and the Gin Blossoms
This car is as practical as a Roth IRA. It's as middle-of-the-When I ran the CarFax for this car, I got back a single piece of paper that said, "It's a Corolla, It's fine."
Let's face the facts, this car isn't going to win any beauty contests, but neither are you. Stop lying to yourself and stop lying to your wife. This isn't the car you want, it's the car you deserve: The fucking 1999 Toyota Corolla.

Google map of cars location
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 18/02/2026
This local Wolfdog joined an Olympic ski event and triggered the finish-line camera. This is Nazgul. He snuck into a cross-country skiing sprint this morning and raced the homestretch with some competitors before being escorted home. 14/10 someone get him a medal
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Birnam Wood has come to Dunsinane
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Deviant Ollam ツ @deviantollam.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Hell yes!  Many of us have been following this story from the beginning, and I'm SO glad to see it resolved finally... arstechnica.com/security/202...
Screenshot from ArsTechnica article where we learn that our colleagues formally from CoalFire who were arrested on a legit pen test are finally over their ordeal with the conclusion of the civil matter
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Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Mawar had a lot to say during some behind-the-scenes downtime! Mawar shares her thoughts the best way she knows how, through chuffs, grumbles, and some seriously impressive tiger talk. Mawar recently celebrated her 7th birthday, and clearly still has big feelings about it. 😂
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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
no, you're wrong. using one of these books is infinitely preferable to someone using nothing but a reused password 9,000 times. they're especially good for older people who don't go out much. if your book is at risk in your home, you have bigger problems than "they're going to steal my amazon login"
"Here's a terrible idea.

If you see anyone using one, do a good deed and point them in the direction of an actual PASSWORD PROTECTED password manager. And then destroy the book." and it's a photograph of a physical printed internet address and password logbook
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Jake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Yes.
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9
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Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death, starting with a cluster of volcanic eruptions. arstechnica.com/science/2025...
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Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death
Volcanic eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe.
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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.org · 22/11/2025
I really want to know the full story behind this epic hack, and yet I also hope it is never solved.
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Jamie Gump, pushing the acceptable boundaries of hubris @jamiegump.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
"For-Profit Healthcare" is a crime against humanity, and should be outlawed in America immediately.
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April Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
You shouldn’t need two jobs just to survive.
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Digital Preservation Coalition @dpc-chat.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 06/11/2025
🎉 It’s World Digital Preservation Day! 🎉Watch a brand new #WDPD2025 vlog and hear directly from the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick on why they preserve their digital records👉🏼 👀 www.dpconline.org/blog/wdpd/vlog-un… […] [Original post on digipres.club]
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