Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 23/09/2026Anyway, 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! 0153
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 19/09/2026This 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.comGoogle says its AI model gained unauthorized access to three outside systemsThe 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. 110
Reposted by Aaron SegalShammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 14/09/2026God forbid someone take a maximalist approach to human rights 340936
Reposted by Aaron Segalbonque, ben (טריפה שאלות) @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Critical PSA: unless you've recently changed your settings, your YouTube links are probably doxxing your YouTube profile *by default*! 1177
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 22/08/2026Optimist: 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 010
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 20/08/2026As 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 120
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 06/08/2026My 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! 0126
Reposted by Aaron SegalHelen Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 25/07/2026The 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 tapeInitiatives including cutting permits just to serve ice-cream amount to a sweeping program of deregulation 263447632
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 09/07/2026I gave my son five banana slices, but he kept insisting there were only four. Now I feel like a Cardassian 010
Reposted by Aaron SegalDalassa @dalassa.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Thread of things that make America great for the Fourth of July To start this is one of the proudest moments in America: 1112
Reposted by Aaron SegalMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Between this and the French with the sign on the Eiffel Tower, good reminder these things are bigger than the current admin and moment 7691139
Reposted by Aaron Segalchelsea bridge @secretaboutbox.bsky.social · 20/06/2026IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system. 11291816615
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 17/06/2026I 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. 091
Reposted by Aaron SegalPsynwav @psynwav.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Happy 1 year anniversary to Musical Transients! That's pretty neat. :) youtu.be/MAW84RRNw84youtu.beMusical Transients (Full Album)YouTube video by Psynwav 1312952
Reposted by Aaron SegalShammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 08/06/2026What's your sign? (These and these are both the words of the living MTA, but the halacha is like the escalator) 6668
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 23/05/2026I 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. 120
Reposted by Aaron SegalShammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Sorry, 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.comIf I Were Jewish | AishA non-Jewish Canadian teacher asks the questions every Jew struggles to answer. 911624
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 11/04/2026I 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 010
Reposted by Aaron SegalMicah @rincewind.run · 11/04/2026the 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 314093655
Reposted by Aaron SegalSnitty @clofsnitville.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Since 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. 37716
Reposted by Aaron SegalWerewolf Bar Kochba @dickius.bsky.social · 04/04/2026I 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. 9395
Reposted by Aaron Segalbonque, ben (טריפה שאלות) @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Gd bless Ephraim 1212
Reposted by Aaron SegalAsher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 19/03/2026A 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 163996745
Reposted by Aaron SegalShammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 13/03/2026There's a reason "hurt people hurt people" is a phrase but "hurt people commit acts of terrorism against random Jewish toddlers" is not 0669
Reposted by Aaron Segaldaniel sieradski @self.agency · 28/02/2026only 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 19042
Reposted by Aaron SegalJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The 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. 511831
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 24/02/2026Saw 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"? 3162
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 11/02/2026Feed that collects all posts that says "the [number] genders" 000
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 09/02/2026Here's a political hot take: The United States Congress should pass legislation declaring English and Spanish to be the official national languages. 010
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. 120
Reposted by Aaron SegalHannah Posts @hannahposts.bsky.social · 02/02/2026We should just be posting shit like this all over the place. American Patriots respect the Rule of Law and hate ICE! 313225
Reposted by Aaron SegalRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 25/01/2026As 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.comactions to take as ICE intensifiesways to support MN and your own community 10537339
Reposted by Aaron SegalGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 24/01/2026What'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. 6842141321
Reposted by Aaron SegalMr. Beat @iammrbeat.bsky.social · 24/01/2026When are the Minneapolis police and national guard going to start protecting citizens from ICE? 61099
Reposted by Aaron SegalPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The 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 7083432860
Reposted by Aaron SegalShammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Check 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.comJudaism Quiz 2Test your knowledge of Judaism - part 2! 7410223
Aaron Segal @theaaronsegal.com · 23/01/2026Tell me your pet's name in a gifmedia.tenor.coma man wearing a hat and bow tie has a purple flower in his pocketAlt: A man with an egg-shaped head, gray suit, bow-tie, and a very fancy mustache smiles and doffs his hat. 000
Reposted by Aaron SegalKenn White @kennwhite.bsky.social · 18/01/2026This 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. 823346
Reposted by Aaron SegalWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Having 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. 147103043952
Reposted by Aaron SegalShammai @shammaiintl.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Give 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 2204
Reposted by Aaron SegalMegan Ramirez @mumblemegs.bsky.social · 10/01/2026If 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.comQualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience ManagementThe most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today. 47055
Reposted by Aaron SegalMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 08/01/2026People Magazine is incredibly clear eyed about ICE being a terrorist organization. I’ll probably buy a subscription because of it: 493402880
Reposted by Aaron SegalKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 07/01/2026The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028. 15898643021168