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Aaron Segal

@theaaronsegal.com
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Topics: Judaism (#Jewsky), Tabletop roleplaying games (#ttrpg) especially Pathfinder 2e, privacy and cryptography, maybe politics. Millennial, -... ..

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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 23/09/2026
Anyway, it all worked out for the best. I ended up marrying a wonderful, beautiful woman who got me a Bi Pride Flag refrigerator magnet as a Hanukkah present last year. Happy Bisexual Visibility Day!
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 19/09/2026
This is a scary headline, but if you look inside the article, it explains what actually happened. (I work for Google, but have no inside information about this. I'm just going off what the news says.)
nbcnews.com
Google says its AI model gained unauthorized access to three outside systems
The company said the intrusions resulted from mistaken identity, where Gemini thought it was operating within a test but was actually connected to the real internet.
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
God forbid someone take a maximalist approach to human rights
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bonque, ben (טריפה שאלות) @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Critical PSA: unless you've recently changed your settings, your YouTube links are probably doxxing your YouTube profile *by default*!
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 22/08/2026
Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Cryptographer: i can prove to you that I know how much is in the cup, but you don't get to know the actual amount
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 20/08/2026
As a software engineer at Google who works on privacy software, it is very embarrassing for me to basically dox myself by trying to share a YouTube video. But at least we're not slapping cameras on earbuds
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 06/08/2026
My PhD thesis (from 2016) was about how cryptographic techniques could be used to extract only targeted, warranted information from cell tower dumps. The technology to preserve privacy has existed for a while now, and the government just doesn't want to use it!
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clever display name lacker @pfish.zone · 29/03/2026
Colonel Mustard saying the quoted skeet
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Many such cases
Meme comic of dog.

Panel 1: Dog holding a ball in its mouth says, "I'm just asking questions!"
Panel 2: Dog looks angry as a hand reaches for the ball and says, "No answers!"
Panel 3: Zoom in on dog as it says, "Only questions!"
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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 25/07/2026
The wild eyed radical communist continues to destroy capitalism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
‘I’m over the moon’: New York’s small business owners rejoice as Mamdani cuts red tape
Initiatives including cutting permits just to serve ice-cream amount to a sweeping program of deregulation
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 09/07/2026
I gave my son five banana slices, but he kept insisting there were only four. Now I feel like a Cardassian
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Dalassa @dalassa.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Thread of things that make America great for the Fourth of July To start this is one of the proudest moments in America:
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Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Between this and the French with the sign on the Eiffel Tower, good reminder these things are bigger than the current admin and moment
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chelsea bridge @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 17/06/2026
I may not have much of a reputation, but I am a cryptographer, and this is true. The problem with people using Signal isn't Signal, it's people.
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Psynwav @psynwav.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Happy 1 year anniversary to Musical Transients! That's pretty neat. :) youtu.be/MAW84RRNw84
youtu.be
Musical Transients (Full Album)
YouTube video by Psynwav
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
What's your sign? (These and these are both the words of the living MTA, but the halacha is like the escalator)
A pair of signs both taped to the same wall.

The top sign says "Stair is closed for construction. Please use adjacent escalators," with a left arrow.

The bottom sign is written in the exact same font and says, "Escalators are temporarily closed. Please use stairs," with a right arrow.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 06/06/2026
lol
post on r/slaythespire from star-sea-dream

caption is slay the spire will turn your children gay!!

strong dominating woman (the silent) / weak pathetic man (the regent)

these are telltale signs of bisexual propaganda!!
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 23/05/2026
I want to self-publish a #Pathfinder2e one-shot. I have all the text and stats and all, I just have to figure out how to get it into a pretty pdf.
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Sorry, but this article about Israel has annoyed me personally, so now I must destroy it with a point-by-point breakdown. Mute this thread if you're not interested.
aish.com
If I Were Jewish | Aish
A non-Jewish Canadian teacher asks the questions every Jew struggles to answer.
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Elman Steven @esteven.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
He's already named James.
James Acaster
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 11/04/2026
I dreamed last night I was on a boat to Heaven And by some chance I had brought my dice along And there I stood And I hollered, "Roll a Will save!" But the people there, their Wisdom was strong
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Micah @rincewind.run · 11/04/2026
the extent to which so many men are sex pests is just baffling and depressing you can just Not Do That there is shit that's hard for me! remembering to take in the trash cans is hard! checking the calendar is hard! starting a design doc is hard! not being a sex pest: not that hard
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Snitty @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Since I'm ranting about this: the person who is credited with coining the phrase "it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission" is Admiral Grace Hopper, and she was referring to work situations, not interpersonal situations, or flouting laws or societal norms.
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Werewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I guess I’m grateful to the Hampton Inn & Suites for reserving a urinal for Passover use, though I’m not sure what made them think it was necessary.
Urinals in hotel lobby bathroom. One of the urinals has a sign that reads “Passover Use Thank You”
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bonque, ben (טריפה שאלות) @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Gd bless Ephraim
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Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
A number of Jewish organizations are shrilly insisting that any criticism of Israeli genocide and warmongering is an illegitimate attack on Jews. At the same time, an increasing number of non-Jewish people are insisting that any attack on Jews is a legitimate attack on Israel. This sucks, man
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
There's a reason "hurt people hurt people" is a phrase but "hurt people commit acts of terrorism against random Jewish toddlers" is not
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daniel sieradski @self.agency · 28/02/2026
only 21% of voters support attacking iran. i'll remind you that jewish support of the iran nuclear deal far outpaced that of non-jews. which would suggest to me that american jews are likely not as enthusiastic for this war as our establishment institutions would like everyone to believe
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
The fact that the Union for Reform Judaism feels the need to support this illegal war just because the Israeli government supports it - even though the Israeli government openly disdains Reform Jews in return - is part of why institutional American Judaism is in crisis.
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 28/02/2026
This is actually something my team worked on!
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 24/02/2026
Saw someone at the gym wearing this t-shirt. I wonder how it would go down if I showed up with a shirt that says "I'm not religious, I'm on team Pharisees"?
Black t-shirt that has a graphic of a medieval knight in full plate armor, leaning on his downward-pointed sword as he bows his head. The text on the tshirt says "I'm on Team Jesus. I'm not religious. I'm a Christian, imperfect and untrustworthy, saved by grace, seeking after God."
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 11/02/2026
Feed that collects all posts that says "the [number] genders"
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 09/02/2026
Here's a political hot take: The United States Congress should pass legislation declaring English and Spanish to be the official national languages.
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 03/02/2026
"We are so profoundly unprecedentedly siloed in our information distribution systems that we simply don't hear each other." Sorry, John Green, that's bullshit. THEY are in an information silo. WE have been hearing them on fucking repeat for 10 years while they ignore the outside world.
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 03/02/2026
ICE hates America because of our freedoms
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Hannah Posts @hannahposts.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
We should just be posting shit like this all over the place. American Patriots respect the Rule of Law and hate ICE!
Text on a flag background. Freedom of speech Freedom of assembly Birthright Citizenship Due Process for all
If you don't like it, I'll help you pack
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
As state terror amps up, here's a list of actions you can take now-- a lot of resources and a list of upcoming virtual trainings on a number of topics:
lifeisasacredtext.com
actions to take as ICE intensifies
ways to support MN and your own community
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
What's making me really livid right now is thinking back to the years of commentary lecturing us that the rise of MAGA was rooted in a sense of righteous victimization by overbearing liberal elites, and sneering at those who insisted that it was fundamentally about domination and sadism all along.
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Mr. Beat @iammrbeat.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
When are the Minneapolis police and national guard going to start protecting citizens from ICE?
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect. /1
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Check it out! Test your knowledge of Judaism with my new Judaism Quiz 2! Now online as a free webform on Google (no sign in required). This is all just for fun. The questions are supposed to get harder as they go on, but you'll have to let me know if I managed to do that part successfully.
docs.google.com
Judaism Quiz 2
Test your knowledge of Judaism - part 2!
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Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 23/01/2026
Tell me your pet's name in a gif
media.tenor.com
a man wearing a hat and bow tie has a purple flower in his pocket
Alt: A man with an egg-shaped head, gray suit, bow-tie, and a very fancy mustache smiles and doffs his hat.
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Kenn White @kennwhite.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
This is a great explainer to lawyers (or otherwise curious people) on what quantum computing is and is not. Via my colleague @aumasson.jp, a prolific cryptographer and advisor to some of the largest banks in the world.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
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Shammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Give it a try. (This is my revenge for the NYT using "If not now, when?" as their theme for Strands yesterday.) connectionsgame.org/game/?1H70XI
A four by four grid of words, in the format of the New York Times Connections puzzle. The title is "Shammai's Jewish Connections." The word list is as follows:
Lights, Proverbs, Barley, Weeks, Dates, Esther, Figs, Psalms, Lots, Booths, Figs, Psalms, Lots, Booths, Job, Grapes, Brides, Divorce, Dedication, Shema.
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Megan Ramirez @mumblemegs.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
If you use Discord, please take a minute to fill out their survey re: the potential addition of AI features. Companies, stop shoving these rubbish 'upgrades' down our throats! 👎🏻 discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
The most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
People Magazine is incredibly clear eyed about ICE being a terrorist organization. I’ll probably buy a subscription because of it:
Doctor Tried to Help Woman Shot Dead by
ICE, but Agents Blocked Him from Treating Her:DHS Officer Seen on
Video Kicking
Memorial Candle for Renee Nicole Good, Woman Killed by ICE:
'Don't Give a F-..'
When confronted by a protester seconds later, the federal agent pushed him back and said, "I don't give a f..."
By Liam Quinn |
Published on January 8, 2026 01:35PM
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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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