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Derek 🗽

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</>🏕️🥏🎮💪 🏈🌱🗽🌍 Here for the humor, sports, tech, conversation, and zeitgeist. Joy as an act of resistance. Denver, CO. Also available on https://ohai.social/@blowndiodes. Old posts periodically deleted for timeline cleanliness.

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · Jun 10

kill -9 2025

Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 5h

They’ll be in CO soon enough, @hickenlooper.bsky.social. They give zero fucks about your healthcare premium proposals.

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PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 7h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 6h

Fog is the best. More fog please.

Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 6h

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 10h

We're going to keep reminding you:

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Travis @coloradotravis.bsky.social · 13d

I cannot emphasize enough that this administration shouldn’t get 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 from the Dems until they start obeying the law.

Not. One.

Optics matter: if you want people to turn out next election despite troops in the streets, then show them it matters.

Do your goddamn jobs and hold the line.

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 10h

*US in the throws of a violent fascist takeover while labeling Dems as terrorists to further this aim*

Hick, living in a bygone reality: "Let's negotiate with Republicans on healthcare premiums!"

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.bsky.social · 15h

‘The demand for tokens has been driven in part by the fight against the “hallucinations,” or incorrect or nonsensical outputs stated as if they are true, notoriously produced by generative AI models.’ www.wsj.com/articles/ai-...

AI Economics Are Brutal. Demand Is the Variable to Watch.

It’s hard to predict how the artificial-intelligence bubble will play out, but here’s a clue. Keep an eye on usage of AI, measured in units known as ‘tokens.’ It’s soaring.

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 15h

Seems like a savvy actor is more likely to use an unrestricted LLM rather than spend timing tricking ChatGPT, but I'm making assumptions about training data parity and param counts.

Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 15h

A redundant heads-up for the upcoming #NoKings protests.

Please take mobile phone security precautions. Assume ICE is both trying to identify if you're at a protest and plans on using that information for malicious purposes.

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ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones | TechCrunch

The federal contract shows ICE spent $825,000 on vans equipped with “cell-site simulators” which allow the real-world location tracking of nearby phones and their owners.

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 1d

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 1d

Someone needs to check if Ben is huffing glue.

Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 1d

Coauthored by John Madden.

Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 2d

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Aesop Rock - Bird School (Official Audio)

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 2d

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 2d

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 2d

He’s seamless in SF. I keep forgetting it’s not Purdy.

Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 2d

Jet lag unfairly catching strays for this terrible offense.

Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 2d

Smart.

Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 2d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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Deborah Timms @deborahtimms.bsky.social · 3d

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 2d

What’s the cost and difficulty in acquiring one look like?

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 2d

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Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 3d

EXCLUSIVE: A cell-site simulator, commonly referred to as an IMSI-catcher or "Stingray," may have been used at the ICE facility in Portland.

Analysis of cellular signals in the area showed phones receiving abnormal spikes in requests for their unique identifiers. san.com/cc/exclusive...

Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower likely surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility

Law enforcement officials may have deployed a secretive cellphone surveillance technology last weekend at Portland’s ICE facility.

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 2d

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Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 2d

Is Shurmur still coaching the offense? I can’t tell.

Derek 🗽 @blowndiodes.bsky.social · 2d

Sean Payton is assisting the Jets defense in resembling a top 10 unit.