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Stephan Somogyi

@thinkpanzer.bsky.social
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Primum non nocere Research & Teaching @ Columbia Journalism School Willful & premeditated emdash & serial comma user; verber of nouns Often staring down both barrels of Brandolini's law Recovering tech, business, and design journo Weniger, aber besser.

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Riana @riana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW RESEARCH PAPER! With Cyndie Demeocq at U of Edinburgh, today I’m releasing a paper analyzing 71 federal criminal cases, filed around the US from 2022-2025, that somehow involve AI-generated or -morphed CSAM or child obscenity. Here's the SSRN link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Yes, It's Already Illegal: Federal Criminal Prosecutions for AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material, 2022-2025
<div> Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is now capable of creating realistic-looking images and videos with just a text prompt. This capacity has been mi
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Spoon & Tamago @spoon-tamago.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Every two years, Japan recognizes excellence in packaging design. Here are the winners for 2027: spoon-tamago.com/japan-2027-p...
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Winners of Japan's 2027 Packaging Design Awards
Japan has a rich history of packaging design that dates back hundreds of years and rooted in a tradition of gift-giving. Before industrial materials like plastic and cardboard, gifts were wrapped in s...
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Andrew Digby @digs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
325 #kakapo! The chicks from this year's record breeding season are now juveniles and so have been added to the population. In 1995 there were just 51 kākāpō left. Recovery of critically endangered species _is_ possible with sustained effort. #kakapo2026 #conservation #parrots
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Downgrade some movies: Blade Walker Inferring Nemo The Magician's Apprentice Of Oz Smouldering Saddles Who Impugned Roger Rabbit
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026
People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Enjoying @househouse.com & aksfx's Big Walk music & am convinced that at least one of the composers listened to a fair bit of Geinoh Yamashirogumi somewhere along the way. Good stuff.
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Stephen Checkoway @stevecheckoway.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I’m really happy that our work is public now. Former UC San Diego graduate student Sam Crow really deserves all the credit here. He did some excellent work and gave a nice talk this afternoon. Boeing was great to work with and graciously let us test in their lab.
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Damien Miller @damienmiller.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
OpenSSH 10.5 has just been released, mostly to fix a handful of security vulnerabilities. www.openssh.org/releasenotes... We plan to move to a more frequent release schedule for as long as this season of LLM-found bugs lasts. More details in the release notes.
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OpenSSH: Release Notes
OpenSSH release notes
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Riana @riana.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Disincentivizing widely-used online services from offering strong encryption. During a war with Iran. A country that's been conducting cyber operations against U.S. targets for years. That's what both parties think belongs in the NATIONAL DEFENSE BILL.
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They Might Be Giants @tmbg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It even includes ASCII art!
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Filippo Valsorda @filippo.abyssdomain.expert · 28/06/2026
Bernstein's main achievements, by decade: 1990s: Bernstein v. United States 2000s: ChaCha20, Poly1305, Curve25519, Ed25519 2010s: SPHINCS 2020s: sabotaging the post-quantum transition This is so f***ing frustrating. And sad. But mostly frustrating.
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[TLS] Re: WG Last Call: draft-ietf-tls-mlkem-08 (Ends 2026-07-08)
Search IETF mail list archives
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House House @househouse.com · 09/06/2026
🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Our new game about walking and talking comes out August 4 on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. Hang out and get lost with close friends in a big world.
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Big Walk - Release Date Announcement
YouTube video by House House
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 07/06/2026
Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate. It's so good, I had to make a video.
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Obsolete Sony @obsoletesony.com · 05/06/2026
The future was way cooler when it looked like this
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Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 01/06/2026
california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box. www.kqed.org/news/1208537...
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Still Need to Mail Your Primary Ballot? Don’t Rely on USPS, Officials Say | KQED
State officials are warning that some ballots mailed too close to Election Day might not be counted. Here are other recommended ways to submit your ballot instead.
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
May as well dive right in. Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball? According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’” Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
A round, light brown tablet made of clay with three lines of cuneiform scripts. Two rulings, or traced straight lines, enclose the writing. The photo also shows the sides of the tablet, including a few damaged parts.
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Some yrs ago there were several UK marketimentaries that included Lego's existential crisis, and also wound up explaining clearly how IP-related dynamics were both the cause of the near-annihilation and of the resurgence. Lego is culturally, anthropologically, and economically complicated.
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
As a not-infrequent sharer over the last decade, I'm still amazed at how prescient this work was, and is. Congrats @liquidcity.bsky.social !
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Slightly increase a band Ezra Union Massive Offensive MC 901 Ft Jesus Miso Ultra Style Government TODDLERMETAL Voodoo Light Skulls
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Marc Hedlund @marcprecipice.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
From 2017: a story about rubber ducking.
J: I finished this math problem and the answer is wrong. Me: I’ll be your rubber ducky and you can explain your work to me. J: Rubber ducky? [I explain rubber ducking, debugging, bugs, Grace Hopper’s moth, how I debug things myself, no I don’t find real moths, yes it works on math problems.] Me: Okay, ready? Explain the problem to me. J: Okay, so you take 3,837.....oh. Found the problem. [Riotous laughter from the whole family.]
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Yael Grauer @yaelwrites.com · 04/05/2026
I am honored to share the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Best International Reporting with Dake Kang, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal and Garance Burke for our reporting revealing how Silicon Valley largely designed and built China's surveillance state and enabled human rights abuses.
The 2026 Pulitzer Prize Announcement
International Reporting
Winner: Dake Kang, Garance Burke, Byron Tau, Aniruddha Ghosal of the Associated Press and Yael Grauer, contributor.

US government allowed and even helped US firms sell tech used for surveillance in China, AP finds.
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Natalie Silvanovich @natashenka.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Big changes to Android and Chrome VRP: - focus on high-impact, reproducible bugs with low/no reward for lower impact - big prizes for full chains with some annual limits - PoCs required It’s the end of an era, but the start of a new one. bughunters.google.com/blog/evolvin...
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Blog: Evolving the Android & Chrome VRPs for the AI Era
We are announcing changes to the Chrome & Android Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRP) which take effect immediately and are focused on adjusting our reward amounts and bonuses to reflect the types of ...
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 29/04/2026
This is coming from a place of warmth and acceptance… -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It’s ‘one fell swoop’ -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’
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yomna @rival-elf.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Also, there was a similar investigation a few years ago that didn't get the press it deserved. Researchers linked the murder of Mexican journalist Fredid Roman Roman to SS7 tracking as well: www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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How a secretive Swiss dealer is enabling Israeli spy firms
The International Mobile System Is Exposed and a Loophole Allows Hackers, Cybercriminals and States to Geolocate Targets and Even Hijack Email and Web Accounts. Israelis Can Be Found Among the Victims...
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soleil ho @soleilho.com · 26/04/2026
yay, preorders for my next cookbook are now available! (it's coauthored with the owner of a beloved Oakland Asian American bakery, Bake Sum!) bookshop.org/p/books/bake...
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Bake Sum: Asian American Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats
Asian American Pastries, Breads, and Other Treats
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J.C., keeper of MiniSquish 🏳️‍⚧️ @insufficient.coffee · 16/04/2026
Most sessions from this year's Open Source Cryptography Workshop last month in Taipei are now posted on the Internet Archive. You can find them, and photos, on the workshop's site: oscwork.shop/2026 #rwc2026 #rwc #oscw2026 #oscw
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OSCW 2026: Taipei, Taiwan :: Open Source Cryptography Workshop
OSCW 2026 took place 8 March 2026
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Deirdre Connolly¹ ² @durumcrustulum.com · 20/04/2026
Exactly this
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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 17/04/2026
Newsrooms should not block the Internet Archive. Any public service publisher should not block the Internet Archive. If anything, we should all be directly supporting the Internet Archive.
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WIRED @wired.com · 10/04/2026
Škoda's DuoBell is designed to avoid collisions between cyclists and pedestrians preoccupied by their podcasts. www.wired.com/story/skoda-...
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This Clever Bike Bell Can Even Be Heard by People Wearing Noise-Canceling Headphones
Škoda's DuoBell is designed to avoid collisions between cyclists and pedestrians preoccupied by their podcasts.
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Oliver Morton, Eater of Sun @eaterofsun.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Refreshed gift link www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
Picture of teh crescent Earth with the hedlines of the piece
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Robert Smith @bondhack.ft.com · 09/04/2026
Hall of fame FT correction
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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Absolutely incredible Nutella ad.
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Pls help spread the word: "Scholarships are open to investigative reporters & editors living & working in Africa, Latin America (Central & S. America & the Caribbean), and Asia." journalism.columbia.edu/summer-inves... (And, yes, I'll be teaching the Reasoning About Risk & Security session.)
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Summer Investigative Reporting Course | Columbia Journalism School
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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · 18/03/2026
Excited that my grad student @shreyasminocha.me's work on Age Verification has been accepted to IEEE S&P! You can read about it in Ars Technica: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... Preprint: mikespecter.com/assets/pdf/A...
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Telebit Trailblazer
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Columbia Journalism School @columbiajournalism.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
In its continued commitment to ethics, security and public trust, CJS has named Anika Collier Navaroli, ’13 M.S., the Craig Newmark (@craignewmark.bsky.social) Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and Director of the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security.
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Spoon & Tamago @spoon-tamago.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
For Tokyu Hands 50th anniversary, illustrator Enya Honami created a new cross-sectional floor guide. Check it out if you’re in Shibuya:
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Nick Sullivan @nicksullivan.org · 15/01/2026
AI coding is an earthquake for software security. Not a tremor. The kind that liquefies the ground beneath your feet. We're mid-shake and most people are still debating if it's real. 🔗 github.blog/news-insight...
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Enthusiastically recommend this PZ blog post for anyone pondering tech risk in the real world. It's full of dry understatement like "Gaps in vendors’ understanding of their attack surface is a common source of 0-click vulnerabilities" & spotlights miscellaneous misaligned industry incentives.
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Gaijin Mommy @gaijinmommy.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
The image we’ve all been waiting for. It is now officially 2026 in Tokyo 🎉
The Tokyo metro’s celebrated “don’t rush onto the train poster” modified for the year of the horse. Everyone will still rush onto the train.
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
We have all been S-tier rickrolled Absolutely extraordinary commitment to the bit H/T @riana.bsky.social
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rmhrisk @rmhrisk.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Attestation, What It Really Proves and Why Everyone Is About to Care unmitigatedrisk.com?p=1114
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Attestation, What It Really Proves and Why Everyone Is About to Care | UNMITIGATED RISK
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Harry Wallop @harrywallop.co.uk · 02/12/2025
Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
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Bob Lord @boblord.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Dear Lazyweb: What's the current state of encrypted DNS with modern browsers/OSs? Links welcome! (boot for reach, SVP!🙏 )
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal. Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly. Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
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Joe Uchill @joeuchill.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Last week, MIT released a sketchy, vendor-funded report claiming more than 80% of ransomware was powered by AI. I had a deadline and didn’t get to read it when it first came out. Now I’ll never get to read it. People pointed out so many methodological problems that they pulled it offline. 1/x
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Security Community Slams MIT-linked Report Claiming AI Power...
Experts push back on new claims about AI-driven ransomware, warning that hype and sponsored research are distorting how the threat is understood.
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Stephan Somogyi @thinkpanzer.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Whomst among us hasn't at some point exclaimed PLEASE SEND THEATER CRITIC OR SYSTEM ADMIN ?
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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back! Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary. Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest! #MundaneHalloween
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