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Alec is a technologist, writer & security consultant who has worked in host and network security for more than 30 years, with 25 of those in industry.
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Insane Fake Girl Bot on *Mastodon* takes shots at: William Gibson, Craig Newmark, Jeff “Dark Tangent” Moss, David Preiss, …

2025-06-25 21:39:52

I can only think that because it’s such a small community on Mastodon it decided to go with spamming a list and it chose poorly.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: aren’t you glad that we don’t (yet) live in a world where on-device client side surveillance triggers report you to the police for using words like “bomb” or “uranium” in Signal & WhatsApp chats?

2025-06-25 04:30:48

If such things did exist they would currently be swamped by people discussing global news:

Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites

Julian Sanchez: “If your law is good when there are good people in office, but dangerous when there are bad people in office, your law is bad”

2025-06-25 00:27:26

Who would have guessed?

Will Oremus: “Separately and notably, GLAAD — which dropped its opposition to KOSA last year after changes to the bill, easing its path to Democratic support — told me it now wants lawmakers to review the bill in light of “changes in the FTC and other government leadership”

If your law is good when there are good people in office, but dangerous when there are bad people in office, your law is bad.

Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social) 2025-06-24T13:54:24.078Z