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A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions.

Aten installed Muse on both his iPhone and a Mac mini that he uses to test out various Al agents and tech. It took Meta a single day to begin "helpfully" pitching article ideas based on texts he'd sent to a podcast co-host.
When he asked Muse how it got the information, it said that it read banners from incoming texts. But that's not true, either.
After doing a little digging, Aten says Muse synced 187,000 lines from his Messages database, despite Full Disk Access being Off.

Unless Aten is the most popular person on the face of the planet, I sincerely doubt he'd gotten 187,000 lines of text in roughly 24 hours. What happened is that, without permission, Muse went into the app and downloaded the information.
He had not given Muse permission to access Messages, and full disk access was not enabled. It just went ahead and uploaded those texts anyway.
Muse can take "unexpected actions" indeed.

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

i think i figured out how to articulate what's bothering me: woke up recently and we are all somehow literally living in the Uncanny Valley. unsettling

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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ok here we go 🍝 Spaghetti Celesti: Devour the Heavens ⛅ is out now for free!! 🍴 the best pixel spaghetti of your life ↪️ prepare them & fork them perfectly ⭐ get those 5-stars reviews 😡 and be quick ! the people are hangry play it at punkcake.itch.io/spaghetti-celesti #fallingblockjam #pixelart

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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

really need people to stop taking a hatchet to the lower tiers of maslow's hierarchy of needs

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ceej @ceej.online · 28/09/2026

if it’s migrant caravan again I’m going to be so disappointed. he used to lie so expansively. announce that ms-13 got white chicks surgery to run as democrats in local elections. something. anything…

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tom @tomhunt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

first attempt at vegan ofenkäse turned out pretty good despite a couple of small unintentional deviations from the recipe.

a loaf of (vegan) oven-baked cheese (ofenkäse) topped with rosemary, garlic, maple syrup, and breadcrumbs fresh out of the oven on some slightly-charred baking paper. in lieu of baguette bread, a portion of a toasted bagel has been used to dip into the cheese.

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 27/09/2026

we should teach kids not to gamble by making them play xcom

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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I am now keeping this on speed-dial

Edited old IBM printout in black caps on off-white paper.
'A computer can never be held accountable
Therefore a computer must always do the hacking haha what are they gonna do, put a computer in jail? Haha "oops it's alive" lmao'

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Trump being President has a lot to do with him always being on trash tv but somehow not being the dumbest and most obnoxious person on it, I think that’s why Gen Z hates him the most but also very old people hate him, it’s all the tv demos that escaped him.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Millennials can’t reveal all this information because we like to complain about how exploitative Mr Beast is, and he is, but Mr Beast would basically be on PBS in the early 2000’s, it would be the show with substance

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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"The important matter is to avoid the introduction of illusions, to beware of exceeding the data of observation and experi- ment, of substituting our own inferences for the facts, of outstripping reality and amplifying the marvellous." *In summary, Science must struggle not to be science-fiction

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Facebook really doesn't want you to see the new documentary exposing Elon Musk Neither do TikTok or Google or the eX social media site. Since they won't accept paid advertising, let's do some free advertising. Go see Musk in theaters October 9 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...

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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)

YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

2026 in videogame development

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

GenAI evangelists: there is no deskilling. You become as a god, a machine god, you- Every GenAI CEO: no one needs to know how to read and also I don't know how to put my pants on anymore

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

you may well believe

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🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 24/09/2026

They will not go to a Panda Express because all the foods there give the president the Fear

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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

found a new type of guy

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AITA for correcting my girlfriend's family every time they mispronounce my turtle's name?
I have a turtle named Geoff. Yes I know Geoff is normally pronounced Jeff. His isnt. My girlfriend's family knows this and still calls him Jeff basically every time his name comes up.
His name starts with /dz/ instead of the normal American English J sound /d3/. So regular Geoff/Jeff is roughly /dzef/ and his is /dzef/. They are similar but they are NOT the same consonant. /d3/ is a voiced postalveolar affricate and /dz/ is a voiced retroflex affricate. Basically you make the beginning of "Jeff" with the tongue farther back/retracted, which gives it a harder, deeper "dzh" sound.
I'm really into etymology and historical linguistics so the spelling was intentional too. Geoff is already a weird spelling from a modern English perspective because gives you basically no reason to predict /dzef/ unless you already know the name. Obviously I am NOT claiming medieval Geoffrey was pronounced / dzef/. I

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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026

Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.

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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fascinating second day at DICE.. it’s a closed door event so you know, no details to share.. but those hoping for the next few weeks of games discourse to calm down are advised that that is unlikely.

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absolute horses @jcoglan.com · 23/09/2026

someone pinged this thread and I can say a year on that everything I expressed here has got very much worse bsky.app/profile/jcog...

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Alan Au @alanau.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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Emi @coppolaemilio.com · 21/09/2026

We have achieved Godot 5 internally at the Godot Foundation, but it is too powerful to be released. We need a bajillion dollars. Thanks 💸

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andrea @asaraviapt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A lot of the current resources for developers #LFW focus on applying for unemployment, getting appointments ready. These resources often leave out workers who have their visas connected to their employer I created a list of steps, if you know anyone affected feel free to share lnkd.in/p/guavhtA6

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The news regarding the restructuring happening at Microsoft has a lot of repercussions, and side effects. There's a lot of resources and guides to support job seekers during these times— United… |...

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Steve Saylor @stevesaylor.net · 22/09/2026

I am saddened that more layoffs are happening today. We knew they were coming, but it doesn't make it any less impactful. We are losing this industry to death by a thousand cuts. I don't know what the solution is, but it's not consolidation, I can tell you that much.

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Len @len.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Folding Obsidian into Bethesda really demonstrates how interchangeable we all are to the money people. Who cares about studio culture or identity, right? If I put tuna on a meatball sub I can eat two sandwiches at once.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 22/09/2026

Nothing will ever be enough for these people.

Microsoft gross profit for the quarter ending June 30, 2026 was $60.482B, a 15.36% increase year-over-year.
Microsoft gross profit for the twelve months ending June 30, 2026 was $225.465B, a 16.28% increase year-over-year.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2026 was $225.465B, a 16.28% increase from 2025.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2025 was $193.893B, a 13.38% increase from 2024.
Microsoft annual gross profit for 2024 was $171.008B, a 17.09% increase from 2023.

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Even though the Halo franchise has been gutted for failing to meet unrealistic expectations, at least Bungie, the original creators of Halo, have also been separately gutted for failing to meet unrealistic expectations

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doc @docseuss.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

@legalminimum.bsky.social damn, pokemon produced a lot of sets and the scalpers are claiming they're small business owners and that pokemon is doing a RICO on them.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No one is disposable, including the canary ❤️🦜✊

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Matthew @ironmaus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Games industry people: Take This is doing a new series of talks specially for us. First one is focused on burnout and exhausting job searches. You can still register. If you can't make today but are interested in future sessions, you can sign up for their newsletter: www.takethis.org/support/news...

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tom @tomhunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

i'd almost forgotten how persnickety some programmers can be.

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