Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialTed Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 20/09/2026Teaching Neuromancer this semester, and I'm proud to say that a CS undergrad in my class invented this joke independently 141546210
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialBen Taylor @vox-dei.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Exhibit 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... 1143
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialMicah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026Flock 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...micahflee.comFlock cameras are riddled with security vulnerabilities and hard-coded credentialsThis 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... 6274114
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I 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 124145142808
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialGeorge William Herbert @georgewherbert.bsky.social · 18/09/2026New cat species discovered! Bolivian mountain cat! Kitty kitty! youtube.com/shorts/Gg63J... 🎉🐈youtube.comScientists discover a new species of cat for the first time in over a centuryYouTube video by ABC News 142
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026all right fine, quotes and replies open give me the best you’ve got 14639854
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialbmaz @bmaz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026So, 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...azcentral.comCostco is rationing this product. See how much you can buy in ArizonaCostco puts a purchase limit and price increases on a popular product. Here's what is behind it and how much Arizona customers can buy. 68428
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialLeskatspr @leskatspr.bsky.social · 12/09/2026@nuclearanthro.bsky.social I think you might enjoy/appreciate this read. bit.ly/4dsTE7Jbit.lyMy jar of mustard was so spicy it made my eyes water and sent me on an obsessive quest to find out whyThe mustard was the same brand I buy every time, Maille Dijon Originale, but it was much, much stronger than usual. 143
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialAlex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 28/08/2026It'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...doomsdaymachines.netRunning on emptyHow much gasoline would be available after a full-scale nuclear war? 26915
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialMike Masnick @masnick.com · 26/08/2026Once in a command line. 719316
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialZack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 22/08/2026Tech 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.this.weekinsecurity.comHow residential proxy networks are hiding hackers in your homeSecurity researchers say residential proxy networks present a major threat by allowing hackers to commandeer home and office networks for cybercrime. 14925
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialRobin James @robinjames.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: 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? 1163
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Optimist: 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 56916145
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialMelissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Tag yourself, I'm the sparks coming out of its pelvic area 2193
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026New 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...404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe 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. 12537932368
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 18/08/2026“the database reads from that spreadsheet” 32538151
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This 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.socialstatnews.comFDA approves Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, the first to use the technologyThe FDA has approved Moderna’s influenza vaccine, the first licensed flu shot made using messenger RNA technology. 5565156
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialAndy Greenberg @agreenberg.bsky.social · 06/08/2026At 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...wired.comA Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks WorldwideFor 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. 14726
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 05/08/2026See if you can guess where this is headed.😂 0266
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialMaggie Koerth @maggiek.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Okay 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 … 16011
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialAsh Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Every day this post becomes ever more correct 203433747
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialRetro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 03/07/2026You've stumbled into an unknown computer system. Now what? (Source.) 86010
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialmean things I say to myself @meantomyself.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Old enough to recognize this as a data center 976259593482
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialSecretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 29/06/2026 2125126
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Quite 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 852055317
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 28/06/2026The 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... 918189093181
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialGrillmatic @cousinofdef.blacksky.app · 11/06/2026Outlets 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. 1236
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialBen Lesnick @banditloaf.wcnews.com · 27/05/2026OSINT: 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. 1267
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialJake Williams @malwarejake.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I'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. 24420
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialGail Hansen @gailrhansendvm.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Here'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...medpagetoday.comOpinion | Here's the COVID Vaccine Paper the CDC CensoredTop health officials don't want you to read this, that's exactly why you should 03123
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialKory Stamper @korystamper.bsky.social · 29/04/2026A 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 432141626
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialSignal @signal.org · 22/04/2026We 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. 111789474
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialBoo London @cmdrsue.bsky.social · 22/03/2026The hardest room to escape. 453681672
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Never forget: 8 years ago a random person on Craigslist wrote the most effective ad for the Toyota Corolla, ever. 583109928
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 18/02/2026This 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 476235925016
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Birnam Wood has come to Dunsinane 401462197
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialDeviant Ollam ツ @deviantollam.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Hell 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... 1843987
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialPoint Defiance Zoo & Aquarium @ptdefiancezoo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026Mawar 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. 😂 14687151
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialChris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 22/01/2026no, 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" 31625118
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialRick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 21/12/2025It’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 818228305909
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialJennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Rare set of varied factors triggered Black Death, starting with a cluster of volcanic eruptions. arstechnica.com/science/2025...arstechnica.comRare set of varied factors triggered Black DeathVolcanic eruptions in the mid-1340s triggered a chain of events that brought the Black Death to Europe. 0256
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialMatt Blaze @mattblaze.org · 22/11/2025I really want to know the full story behind this epic hack, and yet I also hope it is never solved. 1433177
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialJamie 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. 417848
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialApril Verrett @seiupres.bsky.social · 07/11/2025You shouldn’t need two jobs just to survive. 26315
Reposted by @shadowpuck99.bsky.socialDigital 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] 065