This is an interesting post on Apple defeating liability for CSAM scanning on its systems. I think this is a good decision, but it’s a frustrating one due to some basic technical misunderstandings and oddities of the law. blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...

hey sorry i was weird earlier that's just who i am as a person

when im posting to all of you this is how i imagine our dynamic

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Well, if you put them in the East Campus dorms, that's how you get Skynet

if i only see THE ODYSSEY in Imax (with Laser) will Christopher Nolan show up and disappointingly sip tea at me

New dorm rush campaign: 'Pick East Campus, no fucking robot surveillance cameras!'

hahaha of course they're going in the Fancy Dorms:

easy win: young people are cheap healthcare-wise

yes

i dare you to put one of these in 5E Bemis

scouting to become an even furthermore prestigious hacking duty

ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”

It’s not a “crackdown” — that implies stronger enforcement of existing policy. It’s The Great Delegalization. It’s ongoing and it’s beginning to cause acute pain and Congress could fix it.

Okay this is overly general. It’s not “administration policies,” generally, it’s THE MASS TERMINATION OF EXISTING WORK PERMITS due to TPS terminations. That’s the imminent labor shock here.

feeling that every few months pull to isolate myself because I am annoyed by everyone and everything including me

*bravely* tacos are gender

Teenjus

Report: That’s Enough Soccer For Now https://theonion.com/report-thats-enough-soccer-for-now/

'No Lily, not everyone gives free snacks'

One day I hope someone believes in you the way Alice Cooper’s first manager believed in them.

i just sneezed my aviators off my face

Google Zero in the NYT - thanks @kateconger.com ;) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/t...

no wonder people get all wrapped up in hash functions, these things are so small and easy to implement

Oh right, we're in Hudson News now! Get an Onion while your flight is delayed because of the things likely outlined in the paper.

SeaCorg

#ShareGoodNewsToo www.npr.org/2026/06/26/n...

i mean look how happy she is

me: [tries to optimize my crypto lib] TWO MINUTES LATER me: welp i guess i'm implementing SHA-3 now

giving small bits of oatmeal to the dog has evolved into just giving her the bowl when i'm done and it feels morally correct

coffee pot with legs that walks to my bed

found the best background for family Simarillion time: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

🚨 Tornado Warning issued July 18 at 4:55PM EDT until July 18 at 5:45PM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA 🚨 Additional Details Here.

here's the @hrw.org report I mentioned this morning on @connectwithjacob.bsky.social.

I once asked a priest to bless a printer that I was in the middle of fighting with and he went "I only bless things when there's a chance it'll take" and then turned and walked out of the room.

Mamdani left soccer field lights on all night…..the lights usually go off at 10pm. They set a camera up and guess what they saw?? Residents playing soccer with their friends ALL NIGHT. One man said how much he loved it because his friends work late and can’t get to the field before 10pm.

all of this is so stupid

"they call her miss pencil tits, she can recite wikipedia in a pirate voice"

would you rather have a justfile-that-grew-into-a-shitty-build-system daughter or a makefile-that-should-be-a-task-runner son

back in the day everyone smoked and also got their spouse to cover for them. therefore everyone immediately grows out of ADHD at age 18

Me: lots of urgent stuff to do, what should I pick? Brain: actually, here's a thought about passkeys, let's do some research, develop opinions, and then write a library, a spec, and a newsletter Me: ಠ_ಠ

'back in the day no one had no ADHD' my ass

try amphetamine salts! available at your nearest apothecary

odyssey this odyssey that it's odd to see us not making out

if you get brave enough, look at his dick-n-balls area

Congrats we just made it impossible to come here for a PhD www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/16/m...

A very good @annehelen.bsky.social on normal gossip slop on Facebook and the strange interaction of decaying social networks and algorithms that push us to very odd places www.patreon.com/CultureStudy...

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.

Google renames NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook and rolls out an update giving every notebook a secure cloud computer, letting it write and execute code natively (Josh Woodward/Google) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink