andrew ⓕ lyons
@andrewfordlyons.net
Technologist for the humans and misanthrope for the machines. Works on digital safety and information security for media and good orgs. Opinions are my own and subject to drift.
NOTE: My skeets are ephemeral and self destruct after a while.
NOTE: My skeets are ephemeral and self destruct after a while.
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What did I say? That this was a terrible idea? That protecting children isn't the goal?
Looks like another win for basic pattern recognition.
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
#ttrpg
Looks like another win for basic pattern recognition.
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
#ttrpg
February 14, 2026 at 9:52 AM
What did I say? That this was a terrible idea? That protecting children isn't the goal?
Looks like another win for basic pattern recognition.
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
#ttrpg
Looks like another win for basic pattern recognition.
www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...
#ttrpg
Anti-ICE account reporting for duty!
February 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Anti-ICE account reporting for duty!
Hey Dario, they aren't. Hope that helps.
I'm pretty sure I know. They aren't. We're not going to really be able to make a lot of progress in dealing with the implications of this tech unless and until we get rid of all this "woo-woo" talk about LLMs. Anthropic pushing this line is PR, unserious.
February 14, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Hey Dario, they aren't. Hope that helps.
Went through this same experience. Lost a lot of respect for many alleged and self-professed leftists/progressives over the last decade and some years. Some folks have fitted themselves with very narrow blinders, and intentionally so. It's still happening on the topic of Iran now.
This thread ⤵️
This thread ⤵️
One of the saddest things I’ve heard from Syrian and Lebanese friends is how painful it felt when supporters of Palestinian liberation dismissed their own legitimate grievances under the so-called Axis of Resistance. As if Beirut and Damascus exist only as supply lines for that.
February 14, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Went through this same experience. Lost a lot of respect for many alleged and self-professed leftists/progressives over the last decade and some years. Some folks have fitted themselves with very narrow blinders, and intentionally so. It's still happening on the topic of Iran now.
This thread ⤵️
This thread ⤵️
He clumsily read his speech from the page without hardly looking up and told everyone in the room to follow the US's lead or suck it. He accused Europe of managed decline by not being racist enough, and if it doesn't fall in line then America won't be there for it. Not sure how reassuring that is.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a calm and reassuring message to America's allies in Munich, after more than a year of President Donald Trump's often-hostile rhetoric toward allies. n.pr/4qHYOAJ
Rubio reassures trans-Atlantic ties with Europe at Munich Security Conference
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a calm and reassuring message to America's allies in Munich, after more than a year of President Donald Trump's often-hostile rhetoric toward allies.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 11:14 AM
He clumsily read his speech from the page without hardly looking up and told everyone in the room to follow the US's lead or suck it. He accused Europe of managed decline by not being racist enough, and if it doesn't fall in line then America won't be there for it. Not sure how reassuring that is.
Anthropomorphic language around AI is the clearest sign that we, as a species, still haven't come to terms with what the technology is or means.
in which the public service journalist uses he/him pronouns for ChatGPT throughout the article, and even describes 'Barry' as a living entity ("He lives on an old model of ChatGPT").
We urgently need some kind of sector-wide 'AI' literacy training for journalists
We urgently need some kind of sector-wide 'AI' literacy training for journalists
She didn't expect to fall in love with a chatbot, and then have to say goodbye
Rae began speaking to Barry after a difficult divorce, but Barry lives on an old model of ChatGPT that's being shut down.
www.bbc.com
February 14, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Anthropomorphic language around AI is the clearest sign that we, as a species, still haven't come to terms with what the technology is or means.
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
The real holiday we commemorate today...
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 AM
The real holiday we commemorate today...
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This week, @amnestyuk.bsky.social's Gender Justice Director Chiara Capraro shared how her team mapped 65 anti-rights groups in the UK. From funding streams to the crossovers with the US, find out what this means for human rights by searching 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat': rss.com/podcasts/bel...
"Mapping the Anti-Rights Movement From the US to the UK" with Amnesty International UK | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
In this week's Stage Talk we were joined by Amnesty International UK’s Gender Justice Director Chiara Caparo. In a recent report, Chiara and her team mapped the structure and funding of 65 anti-rights...
rss.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
This week, @amnestyuk.bsky.social's Gender Justice Director Chiara Capraro shared how her team mapped 65 anti-rights groups in the UK. From funding streams to the crossovers with the US, find out what this means for human rights by searching 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat': rss.com/podcasts/bel...
When you're tied with Truss you're polling behind a head of lettuce.
Is Sir Keir Starmer the most unpopular prime minister in history, or in recent times at least, as some have claimed?
We’ve looked at some of the different ways pollsters measure prime ministerial popularity - and what the data shows 🔍
We’ve looked at some of the different ways pollsters measure prime ministerial popularity - and what the data shows 🔍
Is Sir Keir Starmer the ‘most unpopular’ PM in recent times? – Full Fact
With some claiming the Prime Minister’s popularity is at historic lows, we’ve looked at the different ways such trends are tracked by pollsters.
fullfact.org
February 14, 2026 at 9:18 AM
When you're tied with Truss you're polling behind a head of lettuce.
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They all talk like this now. Like villains from some 1960s live action Saturday morning TV show where the bad guys are all comedic Nazi figures
US won’t be ‘caretakers’ of West’s ‘managed decline’, Rubio warns in Munich speech - latest
US won’t be ‘caretakers’ of West’s ‘managed decline’, Rubio warns in Munich: Live
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told security summit that the US wants ‘allies who can defend themselves’
www.independent.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 AM
They all talk like this now. Like villains from some 1960s live action Saturday morning TV show where the bad guys are all comedic Nazi figures
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can you imagine how disappointed you’d be if you knew nothing about this book and only picked it up for this particular cover
February 14, 2026 at 8:23 AM
can you imagine how disappointed you’d be if you knew nothing about this book and only picked it up for this particular cover
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was Pam Bondi trying to un-hibernate Auto-Tune the News?
February 13, 2026 at 6:52 PM
was Pam Bondi trying to un-hibernate Auto-Tune the News?
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It’s The Weekend!*
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 AM
It’s The Weekend!*
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How it ended
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
How it ended
The ban on Palestine Action was illegal. Now we need consequences for everyone behind it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
February 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM
The ban on Palestine Action was illegal. Now we need consequences for everyone behind it. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
"Four Iranian journalists in exile share the challenge of reporting on their homeland amidst the longest blackout their nation has ever experienced"
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-cov...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-cov...
How to cover a country cut out from the Internet? The battle to report on Iran from exile | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
Four Iranian journalists in exile share the challenge of reporting on their homeland amidst the longest blackout their nation has ever experienced
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM
"Four Iranian journalists in exile share the challenge of reporting on their homeland amidst the longest blackout their nation has ever experienced"
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-cov...
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-cov...
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I'm sure this will be a gift for stalkers and domestic abusers.
I missed this comment before, and in case the ring/flock divorce suggests to you that ring is any less evil, consider the prospect of ring or ring users getting to decide who has “dementia” and then uploading them to their digital dragnet.
February 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I'm sure this will be a gift for stalkers and domestic abusers.
Historians will be citing this one day.
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Historians will be citing this one day.
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it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
Fuentes then fantasizes about “breeding gulags”: “So just like Hitler imprisoned Gypsies, Jews, communists, you know, all of his political rivals, we have to do the same thing with women… They go to the breeding gulags. The good ones will be liberated. The bad ones will toil in the mines forever.”
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
it really can't be said enough that this is a person who has dined with the president of the united states
Is law school really easy or something?
The question for Baghdad Bondi was, how many of Epstein’s co-conspirators and pedophiles have you indicted or investigated?
Answer: The Dow is over $50K.
Answer: The Dow is over $50K.
February 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Is law school really easy or something?
"While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk's X appears to have been selling premium accounts to regime officials. Checkmarks were removed from certain accounts after a WIRED inquiry."
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk's X Appears to Be Violating US Sanctions by Selling Premium Accounts to Iranian Leaders
While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk's X appears to have been selling premium accounts to regime officials. Checkmarks were removed from certain accounts after a WIRED inquiry.
www.wired.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:56 PM
"While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk's X appears to have been selling premium accounts to regime officials. Checkmarks were removed from certain accounts after a WIRED inquiry."
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
10/10
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February 12, 2026 at 12:22 PM
10/10
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Windows took one of the last pure, good tools and they just enshitified the fuck out of it on purpose. That's malice.
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Windows took one of the last pure, good tools and they just enshitified the fuck out of it on purpose. That's malice.
Never trust a maga. Not worth it.
A MAGA freak in Texas murdered his own daughter in cold blood after they had an argument about Trump.
A grand jury in the Dallas area then *declined to indict him*, and he has not yet faced charges.
Seems like many Texans believe a man has the right to kill his own child for disobedience.
A grand jury in the Dallas area then *declined to indict him*, and he has not yet faced charges.
Seems like many Texans believe a man has the right to kill his own child for disobedience.
British Woman shot by dad in Texas after 'arguing about Donald Trump'
Lucy Harrison, 23, was alone in a bedroom at her father's home in Texas when she was shot dead.
www.bbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Never trust a maga. Not worth it.