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You can sort of see the start of the Tsunami hit Hawaii on the surf cam. Tide goes all the way out then comes back in the space of 10 minutes (normally a single tide cycle takes 12.42 hours).

SCOOP: We filed a Freedom of Information Act Request and received hundreds of pages of documents about the system access DOGE members Edward Coristine and Donald Park received at the Small Business Administration. But nested in there was something even bigger... www.wired.com/story/edward...

A wild part of cybersecurity is there's this subset of Americans whose brains have been completely cooked by Sinophobic propaganda. They're completely rational when it comes to most threats, but the second China is mentioned it's like trying to talk to a drunk child who was homeschooled by pigeons.

NEW: Hundreds of pages of records show just how quickly Edward ‘Big Balls’ Coristine and DOGE got access to a federal payroll system. And, because @wired.com has dropped paywalls for Freedom of Information Act-based reporting, this one is free for all to read! from @telliotter.bsky.social:

Require age verification on website -> everyone starts using VPNs -> pass law placing restrictions on consumer VPNs -> VPN black market expands -> "yeah we'll investigate this crime ASAP, just waiting for admin@poopvpn420 to respond to our subpoena".

Wow... did my Raspberry Shake catch the massive 8.8 #earthquake all the way in St. Louis, like 8,000 km away from the epicenter?

I bring a sort of "I will not add your bin dir to my PATH" vibe that curl|bash installers don't really like

I've always found it weird how I were to suggest someone save money by eating gas station sushi instead of regular sushi, they'd look at me weird. But it's totally normal for people to suggest I up my entire live and move from California to Texas so I can pay less tax.

I had a whole thing written up about the Collective Shout thing but TL;DR people like this have been around since forever and that they're only now gaining global influence is weird and frankly alarming. Platforms have their hands tied because the alternative is to not be able to do business.

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I cannot stress enough how people need to take their privacy seriously. I also cannot stress enough that a majority of people either do not care or do not know how to even begin protecting their data.

Kopia is a Cross-platform open source backup tool for Windows, macOS & Linux with fast, incremental backups, client-side end-to-end encryption, compression and data deduplication. CLI and GUI included for backups and restore. github.com/kopia/kopia

And! Thanks to @wired.com's policy to keep Freedom of Information Act-based reporting free and open, there's no paywall!

Just in from my colleague @willoremus.com, Google for the first time says it has NOT gotten the sort of secret backdoor legal demand from the UK that Apple did. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

There’s currently a sheriff helicopter circling the Los Angeles Marina telling anyone on their boats via loudspeaker to evacuate to higher ground

rihanna if she owned a fabless semiconductor design company: under my ambarella

The `asn` is command line ASN lookup tool. It can do RPKI validity, BGP stats, ASPath, IP reputation, IP geolocation, IP fingerprinting, Network recon / lookup tool and web traceroute. It is a prefect tool to look into IP address for security reasons and recommend for IT or network professionals.

lmao, one of my reply-guys made it to The Louvre of Bluesky

So this story is confusing because Google initially said some things that make no sense and is now saying different things. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

i don’t post educational stuff very often bc 1) most of the shit i know enough to talk abt is work related & i can’t share that, + 2) i always get weird backhanded compliments from men when i teach things anyway blocked immediately lmaooo

I'm sorry, is NYT seriously expressing concern about how a mayoral candidate might eventually address policing after a mass shooting incident instead of (checks notes) how the current mayor is doing so now? NYT's coverage of Mamdani is nothing short of embarrassing.

Not quite the level of irrationality I'm used to dealing with, but it's an example. China was mentioned, and as a result I must now defend a position I never took. The proposed dichotomy is itself also irrational, because whether or not I find something "scary" is irrelevant to the threat it poses.

LocalSend is a cross-platform app that enables secure communication between devices HTTPS encryption (Airdrops like functionality). Unlike other messaging apps that rely on external servers, LocalSend doesn't require an internet connection or 3rd party servers, making it a fast and reliable solution

Absolutely massive earthquake, just upgraded to 8.8, making it one of the six strongest on record. I fear many lives lost in the nearby city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky—and around the Pacific if tsunami warnings aren’t heeded. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Sometimes he just lies on the floor, melted and meowing, wanting to be noticed.

Me at 8 AM: I'm going to automate all the things! Me at 4 PM: Did I just `rm -rf /` on the wrong directory using Ansible? 😭

And never let them forget.

If you believe that a company that has laid off tens of thousands of employees in the interest of efficiency can be trusted to build a personal AI that's going to help humans achieve their dreams for funsies and not just automate tasks or generate more monetizable content...I have a bridge to sell

I’ll be on NBC News Now soon talking thru the Tea App hack and how to protect yourself during a data breach sometime between 7-8 pm ET tonight (probably 7:30 pm ET) if you want to watch 🤖🤘 nbcnews.com/watch or www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o_t...

Oh dear… it’s almost like age checks have weird draconian effects

Cyberattack on US particle physics laboratory Fermilab - attackers breached their SharePoint servers but were quickly detected. No sensitive data accessed, systems restored. Done via Microsoft Sharepoint vulnerability.

Do you use lots of Linux containers? Try, `ctop` cli utility on Linux, macOS or Windows, that provides a concise and condensed overview of real-time metrics for multiple containers. It is `top` like interface for container metrics and a good tool for all developers and IT pros github.com/bcicen/ctop

You couldn't have sold this garbage in the writer's room of a political satire comedy that was trying to push the limits of ridiculous.

NEW (and updated): Google has confirmed that it has not received a "technical capabilities notice" — aka a secret backdoor demand — from the U.K. government. This comes after Apple received a backdoor demand earlier this year, and Sen. Ron Wyden asked Google and Meta if they had also received one.

Generative AI chatbots will fuel a new mental health epidemic.

Bluesky should add a feature that deletes your account if you ever get ratioed like this.

We just can’t catch a break in 2025.

All signs point to #DEFCONTraining Las Vegas 2025… Think you have what it takes? If you recognize qrspba, unpxre, or onqtryvsr then follow the trail to Z2VudmF2YXQucXJzcGJhLmJldAo= to learn more. There’s still time to sign up! #defcon #defcon33 #cybertraining #infosec #cyberdefense

I thought it was the "Share an update with AI" feature LinkedIn added without anyone asking for it.

Yes, I will be in Las Vegas, reporting from the intersection of hype and PTSD. Sorry I have not responded to your email, I'm behind.

I mean, I kind of expect this from North Dakota.

Build an IoT Filament sensor for your 3D printer learn.adafruit.com/iot-filament... #3dprinting #adafruit youtu.be/tlKvEJ8serE

Open Source AI is transforming how we build and use AI—lower cost, more control, and transparent practices. See key takeaways from the GOSIM Forum and read the full report: www.linuxfoundation.org/research/gos... #OpenSourceAI #AIstrategy #ResponsibleAI #LinuxFoundation

New Yorkers, avoid the BDFM line at all costs right now. It's the most fucked I've seen a subway line be in years, particularly around w4

On the contrary, this is innovative synergy.

This AI talent war is not ending anytime soon huh. "One of those offers was more than $1 billion over a multi-year span." Plus this is from @kylierobison.com's new exclusive newsletter Model Behavior. Subscribe to it to know how wild Silicon Valley is!!! www.wired.com/story/mark-z...

I can see this split being good for NBC but not gonna lie: I'm gonna really miss some of my coworkers making this jump.

Today: I’m writing a column on a somewhat political topic, running some research in the background (those new Qwen3 models are awesome), and… also analyzing some malware.

I’m guessing I’m a judge again! So I will see you there!

OpenAI’s “study mode” for ChatGPT doesn’t address how AI has fundamentally disrupted the American education system: www.wired.com/story/chatgp...

Today: I’m writing a column on a somewhat political topic, running some research in the background (those new Qwe3n models are awesome), and… also analyzing some malware.