"The soft drink of the elite hacker"

Being a journalist is sick: I just contacted a pre-eminent jaguar conservationist in Argentine with a question that has been weighing on me for ages and he wrote back right away with an informed answer.

Partner recently introduced me to the #whentaken photo location guessing game (she's really good at it!), and I just got my first 900+ score. I've got to say I'm feeling pretty smug right now 😁

no, you're wrong. using one of these books is infinitely preferable to someone using nothing but a reused password 9,000 times. they're especially good for older people who don't go out much. if your book is at risk in your home, you have bigger problems than "they're going to steal my amazon login"

People always say "my cat is weird" as if that isn't like saying "my water is wet".

#Wordle 1,665 X/6 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 OMFG 😑😑😑

This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.

The Conscience of a Hacker, also known as The Hacker Manifesto, turns 40 today! Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture. phrack.org/issues/7/3 #HackThePlanet #HackerManifesto

Going liminal at #39c3

Hello #39c3! \o/

We sort of suck at social media, but if you are at #HushCon or #BSidesLondon this weekend. Some members of NEKORAMENGANG will be at these events and have some stickers on us to give out. 🍜🐈‍⬛️💖 Thank you! @tonix.bsky.social @phreakocious.net @entropyth.bsky.social @bangtan.army @bitquark.io 💖💖💖

Let’s not break people so they fit into society rules , let’s change the rules #adhd #autism #neurodiversity #mentalhealth uk.bookshop.org/p/books/norm...

We are now officially in “circle back in January” season Time to delete all your emails and run free

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

CARTOON/MAX.GIF

I'm really not comfortable with the number of Christmas decorations already up in town.

dreams can become reality… #lasercutting #tractor_feed #trypophobia

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

The password has been changed to “Louvre2”, don’t worry

It needs to be more widely understood how much these models reflect real-world bias – and will continue to propagate it.

"We’ve reached out to Google to inquire about why a custom ROM created by volunteers [@grapheneos.org] is more resistant to industrial phone hacking than the official Pixel OS. We’ll update this article if Google has anything to say." arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

Seattle, @blackhoodie.bsky.social is coming to town! Thanks to IOActive we're hosting 2 days of trainings for women by women on Nov 14 & 15, brought to you by @barbieauglend.bsky.social Bhavna Supriya and Hanne! blackhoodie.re/Seattle2025/

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I just managed to do Ordsnille (Swedish Wordle) in one fewer try than English Wordle and I'm not sure what that says about my English skills 😂 (Though I am quite proud of my ability to guess plausible Swedish words)

📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/

Languages are *fascinating*

Absolutely this. If nothing else public officials should not be giving legitimacy to such an awful platform.

Y'all fantastic news! Save the date, @blackhoodie.bsky.social will be at @districtcon.bsky.social this year 😱 the fantastic crew has offered to host us for a day of Malware Reverse Engineering! @synapticrewrite.bsky.social and myself will be hosting a training for women by women on January 23rd!!

What an absolute nightmare of a feature.

Ticket acquired for #39c3! See you there!

There's an AWS outage this morning impacting lots of services; it started around 07.30 UK time. People who use services like Alexa as their alarm clocks have just had a helpful reminder that using a device reliant on connectivity to carry out a task that doesn't need connectivity is not a good idea.

PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

The HTTP Graph Collector extension for Chrome now supports Manifest v3. Analyze your browsing data to deconstruct the web with Gephi or other graphing tools for fun or research.

Stay safe out there, folks

[Exit King.]

If your protest privacy/security advice does not start with a discussion of threat models, it is probably not good advice.

It would be nice to be able to overlay missing alt text when quote posting an image @bsky.app

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season. TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible. christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

bitch what

Does anyone have any resources for #accessibility around classroom language listening activities for hearing impaired students?. Pls don’t suggest anything gen ai lol

Just did a 5 mile run on a trail I often use and beat my 1 mi and 1 km times without really pushing. I can definitely feel my speed increasing naturally as I run more, it's kinda fun :D

Men would rather collapse a government than go to therapy

Perhaps a bit niche, but hits both my nostalgia and special interests.

Robot mower down 🥲

Germany has agreed to stop ChatControl for now, due to huge amounts of public pressure. Good job! The bad news is that it could come back as soon as December, and the German government has interpreted the feedback as a need to “moderate” the proposal.

And it won't be the last time this happens.

Well I just knocked another 6 minutes off of my last 10k time. Felt pretty good, too! Winning 💪

Everything old is new again.

An unusual item in my collection, Mister Black’s Secret by Catherine Barr. At first it seems like an early example of cheezburger speech but it was actually written in a shortlived teaching alphabet called ITA.