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Blaze @blazeberaht.bsky.social · 11h

“They assumed that no one was ever going to check and scan all these satellites and see what was out there. That was their method of security,” Schulman says. “They just really didn't think anyone would look up.”

I can’t believe the first rule of fantasy sneaking really does work IRL.

David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 11h

An absolutely terrifying SCOOP from @mattburgess1.bsky.social and @agreenberg.bsky.social revealing that everything from inflight browsing data to military communications are being beamed unencrypted from satellites all the time

www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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rimidar @rimidar.bsky.social · 21h

It’s funny (‘funny’) that the whole ‘fren = far right ethno nationalist’ thing was a retroactive justification by both the frens and opponents to make the whole thing less embarrassing and stupid broadly

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big neutrals @boymoder.meangirls.online · 21h

absolutely. I think the avg person is totally unaware of just how much of our modern hell descends from reddit mod drama a decade ago. that sounds like made up bullshit but is actually 100% real. if you even know what "r/subredditdrama" is you're basically more politically aware than 95% of america

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Boo-is @louisevans.bsky.social · 21h

“the modern Nazis bear the mark of Cain (babytalk) because they were driven forth from the garden (their native subreddits) by an angel with a flaming sword (Reddit mods)”

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Jana H-S (they/she) @jana-aych-ess.bsky.social · 2d

if you meet the buddha on the road, trick him into killing you, to establish dominance

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amb @amb.bsky.social · 22h

1) they're burning money either way 2) i'm not your boss

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LOWρUF🐸 🇵🇦🇬🇱🇨🇦🇲🇽 @lowrhoufo.bsky.social · 1d

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amb @amb.bsky.social · 1d

it also takes video generation resources away from malicious users

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amb @amb.bsky.social · 1d

if you hate Sora videos then you should be using the app as much as possible so that openai runs out of money faster. you'll have to stop if they somehow figure out a viable monetization strategy so get in now just in case

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Materialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 1d

but Trump doesn't want a thousand stories about how an Oberlin sophomore said that sandwiches are racist. he wants to turn on the TV and see someone saying Portland burned down and that immigrants are eating your cat

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axolotl lovely / fka frog k ⚧️🏴‍☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · 1d

people are definitely never gonna invoke you as an ancestral spirit while doing healing rituals where they use your people's ancient wisdom to puke spaghetti on ceremonial sweaters & self-actualize

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axolotl lovely / fka frog k ⚧️🏴‍☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · 1d

they're definitely not gonna put you in a glass box dressed up like otzi the iceman with a placard calling you "Proto-Whiteboy Female, fl CE 1900-1950"

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mediumvillain @mediumvillain.bsky.social · 1d

the fact that the right wing authoritarian extremist president openly describes anything liberal, left wing or remotely related to PoC as crime, violence, lawlessness & terrorism should give the game away entirely, but too many Americans are deeply fucking stupid indoctrinated rubes

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 1d

ai as an enterprise is fundamentally the task of trying to approximately compute the true name of humanity as a whole. this is a very normal thing to do and you should not be alarmed

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⛈️ Ascended NPC Alex ⛈️ @lastnpcalex.agency · 1d

people will be like "im not a spin lattice in a network, flowing toward lowest energy as the external field and temperature allows!" and then affectively polarize based on some stuff someone at the domain wall of their social graph says to them

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Caller @quiet-caller.bsky.social · 2d

the real trick is to actually have fun being poor

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

the president is constantly talking about dying because his heart is so powerful that he will never die, and the fact that others will fascinates him

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

trying to blind aircraft pilots with lasers is so bad it’s an actual violation of IHL

like, it’s not acceptable to do this in an actual war

ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/customary...

ihl-databases.icrc.org

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amb @amb.bsky.social · 1d

Legally distinct bread, tomato sauce and cheez based dish

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amb @amb.bsky.social · 1d

I actually saw the 2017 eclipse in Wyoming during an unforgettable road trip. The traffic after was a nightmare, though...

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amb @amb.bsky.social · 2d

To be fair, what else is there to do in Wyoming

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d

"Another example of the antichrist in great works of art," continued Thiel, "is the masked terrorist who, no matter how many times he is foiled, continues his schemes."

Thiel paused for effect then spoke slowly, his words carrying the weight of the world:

"Swiper, no swiping. And yet he swipes."

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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 2d

Occasionally, I also think about how weird it is, that there are direct flights from Cairo to Las Vegas.

Some Egyptian toddler has definitely gone on vacation with his family, to Vegas, and been left with the years-long impression that all cities must have pyramids.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 2d

a state of Puerto Rico could be a light red state if the GOP was even 20 percent less racist

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Bad Bunny went from bagging groceries recording music on SoundCloud to being one of the most streamed artists in the world. He embodies the entrepreneurial spirit of Latinos that Republicans say should make them natural conservatives. Instead they are crashing out on him.

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Anton @antonhand.bsky.social · 2d

Why would you pay $70 for battlefield 6 when a bonesaw like the one used by the Saudis, who now own EA, to dismember a journalist is only $16.71 on Amazon dot com

🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮 @unormal.bsky.social · 2d

why would you pay $70 for battlefield 6 when you can get a combo meal at wendys for $90

Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 2d

Why would you pay $70+ for Battlefield 6 when Sol Cesto is $12.

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