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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 1d

NSO Group confirms that it has a US buyer and whole thing is even sketchier than you would imagine: techcrunch.com/2025/10/10/s...

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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BleepingComputer @bleepingcomputer.com · 1d

A new side-channel attack called Pixnapping enables a malicious Android app with no permissions to extract sensitive data by stealing pixels displayed by applications or websites, and reconstructing them to derive the content.

New Android Pixnapping attack steals MFA codes pixel-by-pixel

A new side-channel attack called Pixnapping enables a malicious Android app with no permissions to extract sensitive data by stealing pixels displayed by applications or websites, and reconstructing them to derive the content.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo is dead at age 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer

D’Angelo Dead At 51

Terrible, shocking news: The great soul artist D’Angelo, one of the most gifted and mythic musicians of his generation, has reportedly passed away. TMZ reports that pancreatic cancer was his cause of ...

www.stereogum.com

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 1d

This album is Very Good and you should listen immediately!

DO IT NOW.

Broken Record @brokenrecord.bsky.social · 1d

It’s out!!! Our new album ‘Routine’ is available everywhere now.

We put so much work into this thing and can’t wait for you to listen!

Listen: found.ee/zj9aBt

Album cover for Broken Record’s Routine, featuring an uncannily clean cut white man waving at the camera, standing on his perfectly manicured lawn in front of his perfect house

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 1d

After talking about it with a friend in run crew recently, and being reminded about it in @tombreihan.bsky.social's latest Number Ones, I picked up a copy of 'Tough Breaks' at @greedyreads.bsky.social last night. Looking forward to learning more about Baltimore club music!

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Power Goth Recordings @powergothforever.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve received a very important phone call at Power Goth HQ - the much anticipated new album ‘Routine’ from @brokenrecord.bsky.social drops at 12am EST

Power Goth is on the line - will you answer the call?

Corey from Power Goth Recordings and Broken Record answering a very important phone call with his hi tech squash phone

Lauren from Power Goth Recordings and Broken Record answering a very important phone call with her hi tech zucchini phone

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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 2d

From West Baltimore, a farming legacy baltimorebeat.com/from-west-ba...

A Black woman with her locs in a bun smiles as she holds a bucket of plants.

A person wearing a navy blue t-shirt with yellow and white lettering and a gray backwards baseball cap works on a farm.

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 5d

Ottobar season pass is a mere $270 and man, if I went to more shows that would be such a good deal. Still considering it.

2026 OTTOBAR SEASON PASS

2026 Ottobar Season Passes are here- and good for 13 MONTHS! A sell out every year, it's is a GREAT deal for you and/ or the live music lover in your life! With the Season Pass you get entry in to just about every event for 2026 plus an extra, 13TH MONTH! Each pass is good for one person starting on 12/1/25 – 01/01/27! Simply show your pass & your I.D. to the doorperson & you're in! (As always, SOME EXCLUSIONS MAY APPLY- and will be indicated on our website, www.theottobar.com) ...

www.etix.com

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 5d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 5d

Screengrab from The Simpsons showing purple building and sign that says: first annual montgomery burns award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 5d

Dragged the lad out in the cold to the new La Maison (Cafe Dear Leon's Remington location) for their soft opening, and boy howdy that did not disappoint.

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 5d

The Friday grid. Tis AFI season 🖤

mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 6d

HELLLLLLL YEAHHHHHHHH

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 6d

"why aren't any of my cronjobs running on this server?"
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"cron is *not installed*?!"

mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 6d

Why would they do this

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 7d

does seem like a tactical mistake to crack down hard on chicago when there's a chicago pope

Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7d

Oh — new reporting on Pope Leo from El Paso Matters, citing footage they have of yesterday's meeting.

Sounds like the pope was even *more* forceful in urging U.S. bishops to speak out about immigration than first reported.

I mean, that's…not subtle. elpasomatters.org/2025/10/08/e...

“I was struck at the beginning (of the video), it talks about the feeling of powerlessness, which I think is so much. I think it’s so important that we as a church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what’s going on in so many cities in the United States right now. At least the church cannot be silent,” the pope told the El Pasoans, according to a video of the meeting provided to El Paso Matters by Hope Border Institute.

Seitz responded: “You’ve spoken very strongly. We’re trying to do the same in our country and yet not get into the political fray the best that we can.”

Pope Leo told Seitz that he’d like to see the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops become more vocal on immigration issues.

“I mean, even within the conference, there are challenges. That’s one place they should be … I wish they were stronger in their own voice,” Leo said, adding that Archbishop Timothy Broglio, the president of the conference, should speak out more on immigration.

“There’s been some good movement in that sense, but I certainly intend to continue to encourage” U.S. bishops to address immigration, Leo said.

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 7d

I'm gonna have to revisit this one soon, but when I went back through 'Make Yourself' recently I found myself saying "man, this still rules."

And then Hard Times got my ass good
thehardtimes.net/music/redisc...

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 7d

Hell yeah new @brokenrecord.bsky.social let's go!

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 7d

I hate it. It's all so sterile and boring! Let places have personality!

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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 7d

The Speaker's default argument is to plead ignorance about things it's his job to know.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Q: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and governor of Illinois should be in prison?

MIKE JOHNSON: Should they be in prison? I'm not the attorney general. I'm not following the day to day on that

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 7d

Is... is this for real? Jesus.

Ken Reid @kennethwreid.bsky.social · 8d

They released the plans for the Kowloon redevelopment. Not a joke. Look how insane this is.

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 7d

It's amazing how a bunch of supposedly smart people can be so, so very dumb.

The Verge @theverge.com · 7d

OpenAI wasn’t expecting Sora’s copyright drama

It felt “more different to images than people expected.”

buff.ly

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zoë @zo-e.xyz · 8d

this is a great explanation of atproto's technical implementation and how bluesky's mod decisions affect the federated network

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 8d

“Bluesky claims to want decentralization and composable moderation, but they still enjoy abusing the power of arbitrary banishment.” - Link

Banning controversy reveals Bluesky’s federation isn’t there yet

Bluesky’s protocol is so complicated that not even the biggest alternative network has figured out how to become independent

plus.flux.community

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mcflynnthm @mcflynnthm.bsky.social · 8d

Generative AI continues to be a pox, and people are gross and weird.

David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 8d

Robin Williams’ daughter begs fans to stop sending her AI videos of late father: ‘Just stop doing this to him’ www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

Robin Williams’ daughter begs fans to stop sending her AI videos of late father

‘You’re not making art, you’re making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings,’ Zelda Williams says

www.the-independent.com

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