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#Privacy geek once called, “the coolest nerd.” #Adtech. Ex-Google, Nike, MediaMath. Dogfather. Birder. Not a safe space for string theory. Views = vantablack.
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Load me in a hammerhead right fn.

Things you say in Detroit after visiting Berlin: “That should be a club… oh it’s a prison.”

Of course United would oversell the only flight for ten hours the night after they cancel an entirely full flight to the same place (after reboarding everyone twice!).

The Minnesota shooter allegedly researched several “people search” sites in an attempt to target his victims, highlighting the potential dangers of widely available personal data. www.wired.com/story/minnes...

A lot of reasonable folks hate authorized agents (not least because of data minimization and breach requirements) but this paints a stark picture of their need until we have rational law.

Hey Honey Bunny is in Battlestar Galactica

A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Full emails below

So who was it that cancelled the nuclear deal with Iran?

Quick shoop between writing… #canada #raweceek #F1

If your boss tells you to lie to teachers, hide your identity, and steal 1st graders from their schools you have a bad job and an evil boss and you should say no

JUST IN: California has officially sued the Trump administration to rescind the deployment of the national guard over the objection of Gov. Gavin Newsom. The lawsuit: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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the hater ecosystem rarely experiences such an influx of nutrients. a vibrant community of haters have gathered at the rotting carcass to feast. this tweet will sustain the haters for years to come

Wildly unethical behavior here. Props to the IMDEA Networks Institute researchers for their work to surface and solve the #localhost vulnerability. #privacy #android localmess.github.io // arstechnica.com/security/202...

fine i will write the headlines from now on

While Russia was busy bombing civilians Ukraine pulled off a strike on Olenya air base some 1800km away. A massive and just blow to Russia’s bomber fleet.

Is nazis punching nazis still punk?

As I advance into middle age one phase of life I keep hoping to enter is the one where I’m able to buy mixed nuts at the grocery store, and then just have mixed nuts at home, instead of going home and almost immediately consuming all 3500 calories of mixed nuts I purchased. Alas not yet

Lighting techs would lose their minds at Karnak. At least a couple million dollars of powered off intelligent lights FACING UP in UVI 12 110F / 43C heat 😭

It is a sin the entirety of Egypt doesn’t run on solar.

Things to know about EgyptAir: 1. When they say gate open, they mean it’s time for second full security screening 2. Boarding is relative chaos (approx. Germany) 3. That flight… it’s gonna take off ahead of schedule, which is great.

Hello from breakfast. #egypt

It’s World Migration Day and/or “Global Big Day” for birders. So get out there with eBird and Merlin and a pair of binoculars to help #birds and the scientific community! Also a great way to destress! Here’s a backyard pileated woodpecker. Cc: @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.

The ineptitude continues to boggle. www.404media.co/the-signal-c...

It is incredible watching Meta employees moan about the world they’re responsible for.

Happy Saudi Arabian Grand Prix to those who celebrate.

Maximus and I say hi! #dogsofbluesky

BREAKING: En banc DC Cir. court of appeals reinstates members of the NLRB and MSPB that Donald Trump attempted to remove

Mayhem.

NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's NHL goals record by scoring the 895th of his career.

Every driver in Berlin has a siren for their phone alert. It’s utterly bizarre.

To put it in real terms: This press conference cost the U.S. stock market somewhere in the realm of $1-2 trillion dollars.

30 years ago a professor explained tariffs to me as “economic sanctions a country puts on itself” and that stuck with me.

Nobody wants Writing Tools, Apple.

Great job alert: ProPublica is hiring a computational journalist, "someone who will use technology and data to identify and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach." Salary: $120K-$140K Remote: ✅ Come join us!

NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated. The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west). My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...

Casual reminder that security shortsightedness is not confined to the US, that good #encryption works and is for everyday use, and that the pervasiveness of dragnet surveillance on the continent (not just here) is actually jaw-dropping. techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/u...

Welcome to the next global recession.

The silence from Slack being down is jarring.

Accidents down 55% and injuries down 51% since nyc congestion pricing (!!!) www.nydailynews.com/2025/02/22/c...

"Can't beat the view!” I think as I'm blown out the airlock.