TitaniumMan
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Just a guy with some opinions (mostly sarcasm) and a bit of metal. I like cycling and music.
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about 21 hours ago
"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of
#solarenergy
— without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France
#ActOnClimate
#Renewables
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Michael Warburton
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Today is the anniversary of D-Day and at the American cemetery in Normandy, French caretakers will have collected sand from Omaha Beach and rubbed it into the gravestones to highlight the names of the departed. They do this for all 9,388 soldiers who lay there.
#DDay80
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Coming soon on season 3 of the Netflix series Mindhunter:
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WIRED
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Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. Internally called “NameTag,” it’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
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Meta Silently Added Face-Recognition Code for Its Smart Glasses to Millions of Phones
Code reviewed by WIRED uncovered an unreleased face-recognition system embedded in Meta’s smart glasses platform. It’s designed to identify people via biometric data stored on users’ phones.
https://www.wired.com/story/meta-smart-glasses-face-recognition-nametag-connections/
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This millipede is hauling ass
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Good thing the NBA Finals are not on CBS.
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Simultaneously the best and worst headline in today's Boston Globe:
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The rats of the sky are coming for your beach lunch - The Boston Globe
And there's nothing you can do about it.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/06/02/metro/seagulls-massachusetts/
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Brent Toderian
5 days ago
This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes broke traffic laws while riding bikes, yet 66% of people did so while driving. And perhaps even more importantly, if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via
@carltonreid.com
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Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study
Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is h...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/05/10/cyclists-break-far-fewer-road-rules-than-motorists-finds-new-video-study/
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Nearly 600,000 ads and trackers blocked in my PC browser in the past 30 days. This is insane.
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The Biking Lawyer LLP
6 days ago
Video of what appears to be multiple
@tps.ca
officers tackling & arresting a cyclist during a stop sign trap on the MGT. Cyclist - "What did I do wrong?" Cop - "You didn't stop." If true, this is excessive use of force for a traffic stop. Mayor Chow &
@ausmalik.bsky.social
plz look into this.
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Joseph Cox
6 days ago
This is absolutely nuts: hackers are hijacking high-profile Instagram accounts by simply asking Meta's AI chatbot to change the email on the account. Meta's AI does it, hacker gets password reset code, they're in. A staggering security issue
www.404media.co/hackers-simp...
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Hackers Simply Asked Meta AI to Give Them Access to High-Profile Instagram Accounts. It Worked
The exploit shows the extreme risk of offloading technical support to AI.
https://www.404media.co/hackers-simply-asked-meta-ai-to-give-them-access-to-high-profile-instagram-accounts-it-worked/
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The New York Times
12 days ago
Breaking News: Sonny Rollins, a jazz great with a forceful and imaginative approach to the tenor saxophone, has died at 95.
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Sonny Rollins, Giant of the Jazz Saxophone, Is Dead at 95
Even by the standards of a music that prizes individuality, he stood out, as both a musician and a personality.
https://nyti.ms/4tTDSbu
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As if people needed another reason to distrust AI:
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Pen tests show AI security flaws far more severe than legacy software bugs
Penetration tests of AI systems expose significantly higher severe-flaw density when compared to legacy apps. New attack surfaces, larger blast radii, and unclear remediation ownership compound the ri...
https://www.csoonline.com/article/4166185/pen-tests-show-ai-security-flaws-far-more-severe-than-legacy-software-bugs.html
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Tyler King
29 days ago
Wired wrote a pretty good explanation of browser fingerprinting:
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Here’s What Your Browser is Telling Everyone About You
Your browser sends a lot of information with each website you visit. That can be used to track you across the internet.
https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-browser-fingerprinting/
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Nick Kapur
about 1 month ago
Monthly ebook releases on Amazon were basically flat before the release of ChatGPT and other LLMs. Now around 2/3 of all ebooks released on Amazon are fake.
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David Sainez
about 1 month ago
“The same 732-byte Python script roots every Linux distribution shipped since 2017.”:
copy.fail
What are we doing here? 10 lines of Python gets you root and everyone just shrugged until today?
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Spotted today on the roof of a building in Holden, Massachusetts.
#StarWars
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Culture Crave 🍿
about 2 months ago
JetBlue deletes tweet after they were accused of surveillance pricing ✈️ A company rep says the post was an 'error'
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Dr. Aaron Thierry
about 2 months ago
1/ There's a system of ocean currents in the Atlantic that shapes Europe's
#climate
, drives monsoons, and keeps sea levels stable along the US coast. In the last 5 years, the scientific evidence that it could collapse has shifted dramatically. Most people have no idea. 🧵
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Evan Greer
about 2 months ago
This
@bostonglobe.com
piece highlighting substantive critiques of Massachusetts' "protect the kids" push for online ID checks is rock solid. Many experts quoted along with parents and young people who would be directly impacted. send this to yr MA legislators
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/19/m...
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It’s clumsy and invasive, critics say, about lawmakers’ proposal to restrict social media use by teens - The Boston Globe
Proposals from on Beacon Hill aimed at curbing social media use among teens have run into a range of practical, constitutional, and security challenges.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/19/metro/beacon-hill-social-media-big-tech-legislation/
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Annual bloom of the magnolia trees, Lincoln, Massachusetts
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They want us to use our TVs to ask AI? 🤣 "We saw a recent query, can dogs eat broccoli? In the past, you’d never think to ask your TV about that — but, now, you can do it right in your living room..."
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Hub: Consumers warming to AI-powered entertainment platforms
Consumers embrace AI-powered entertainment and smart home platforms that simplify tasks like finding content, according to a new Hub report.
https://thedesk.net/2026/04/hub-connected-home-2026-study/
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Katie Drummond
about 2 months ago
I've never agreed with a headline more (and would add that you don't need to be elderly to get shingles -- and yes the scars on the left side of my neck are from shingles I got in my 30s, thank you for asking!)
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You Should Be More Freaked Out by Shingles
The viral infection leaves millions with chronic pain, increased stroke risk, and lifelong nerve damage—yet vaccination rates remain dangerously low.
https://www.wired.com/story/shingles-is-a-bigger-deal-than-you-think/
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Anybody else remember back in 2020 when oil prices fell below $0 a barrel?
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Crude oil prices briefly traded below $0 in spring 2020 but have since been mostly flat - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=46336
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Name an album you’ve heard on cassette
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ICYMI: Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web,
@wired.com
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Sears Exposed AI Chatbot Phone Calls and Text Chats to Anyone on the Web
Customer conversations with chatbots can include contact information and personal details that make it easier for scammers to launch phishing attacks and commit fraud.
https://www.wired.com/story/sears-exposed-ai-chatbot-phone-calls-and-text-chats-to-anyone-on-the-web/
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Show somebody who absolutely rocks a hat and isn't Indiana Jones.
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Ron Carter, one of the all-time great jazz bassists
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The Boston Globe: Will AI solve America's reading crisis or make it worse? (The article has some good discussion of how AI could be useful to teach reading, but that headline!?)
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Will AI solve America’s reading crisis or make it worse? - The Boston Globe
If AI is going to reshape education, the central question should not be how quickly these tools spread, but whether they actually help children learn.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/13/opinion/ai-artificial-intelligence-literacy-education/?event=event12
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Two guys at a startup "What should we call our company?" [Looks up from the world news] "How about this?"
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In Vermont, she'd be wearing shorts.
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Bill Kuchman
3 months ago
Meta Director of AI Safety Allows AI Agent to Accidentally Delete Her Inbox
www.404media.co/meta-directo...
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Meta Director of AI Safety Allows AI Agent to Accidentally Delete Her Inbox
Meta Superintelligence Labs’ director of alignment called it a “rookie mistake.”
https://www.404media.co/meta-director-of-ai-safety-allows-ai-agent-to-accidentally-delete-her-inbox/
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David Ho
4 months ago
A giant in the bicycle industry has died. RIP.
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Founder of iconic Taiwanese cycling brand Giant and bike ‘missionary’ dies at 91
King Liu was ‘widely respected as a lifelong advocate for cycling culture’, company says
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia/taiwan-king-liu-dies-cycling-giant-b2921825.html
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Apparently so few shoppers at Whole Foods were willing to provide their palm scans that Amazon is dropping that payment system.
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Here's what one New Hampshire family did with generational wealth. And it's free to the public to use.
www.greenwoodlandsfoundation.org
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Now Spinning: Donal Fox Quartet – Live At Scullers Jazz Club!, a hard-to-find CD recording including a fabulous high-energy performance of the Scarlatti Jazz Suite. Highly recommended if you're into piano-led jazz.
#JazzSky
#MusicSky
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I've been running Microsoft Windows for decades, and not once has the Windows Troubleshooter ever shot the trouble.
4 months ago
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Nova: Can Dogs Talk? Check out this new episode of the Nova TV series, exploring efforts to train dogs to "talk" using boards of buttons representing words.
#DogSky
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NOVA | Can Dogs Talk? | Season 53 | Episode 3
Do speech buttons really allow dogs to talk to us? Scientists investigate.
https://www.pbs.org/video/can-dogs-talk-4dhge4/
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Sunny Apocalypse🤗💛💙🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇱🌎🕊️
4 months ago
@femsocphd.bsky.social
@tntnle.bsky.social
@esmeestreachailt.bsky.social
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Great explanation of the challenges for scaling up quantum computers.
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Fun size snowman
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Change one letter, ruin a show… M*A*T*H
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"I put a dollar in a change machine. Nothing changed." - George Carlin
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Slightly diminish a band: The Mighty Mighty Coworkertones
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January 6 is also the date of another infamous attack. OTD in 1994, figure skating national champion Nancy Kerrigan was assaulted on the leg with a metal baton by an assailant working on behalf of rival skater, Tonya Harding.
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How a sour rivalry thrust figure skating into the realm of soap opera
The genteel and sequined world of figure skating had its dark side exposed in a drama worthy of a soap opera in 1994, as Nancy Kerrigan was the victim of a dastardly plot to eliminate her from the Win...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-06/nancy-kerrigan-assault-tonya-harding-1994/106184912
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Buh bye to my shopping at Wegmans.
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Moonrise - Lincoln, Massachusetts
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The single most expensive piece of meat I've ever seen in a grocery store.
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Now Spinning: Tower of Power - Live And In Living Color The 8-minute live version of "Sparkling In The Sand" is especially superb, with outstanding flute work by Lenny Pickett. And it's notably distinct from most of the group's horn-heavy funk stylings (which I also like).
#MusicSky
#VinylSky
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Tower Of Power - Sparkling In The Sand - Live And In Living Color (1976)
YouTube video by sociallylubricated70
https://youtu.be/b9Zzglek9TU?si=7On7-3LjZiAzncBq
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Ruin two bands continued: Blood, Sweat & Tears For Fears
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