Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD
@josephhall.org
Astrophysicist turned advocate; guiding the globe to a safer, stronger Internet (ht APF). Distinguished Technologist @internetsociety.bsky.social https://josephhall.org/ (former CDT, NYU, Princeton CITP, Berkekey iSchool/Astro)
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Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD
@josephhall.org
· Jul 12
connect the unconnected; protect the connected
'“Fair Share” and the Digital Networks Act (DNA): Three Concerns' by Carl Gahnberg Internet Society www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/01...
“Fair Share” and the Digital Networks Act (DNA): Three Concerns - Internet Society
A critical look at the first draft of the Digital Networks Act, examining what it says, the assumptions it reflects, and what it may enable.
www.internetsociety.org
January 22, 2026 at 11:15 PM
'“Fair Share” and the Digital Networks Act (DNA): Three Concerns' by Carl Gahnberg Internet Society www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/01...
"The Old Ones Are with Us" by Wolves in the Throne Room youtube.com/watch?v=akfB...
January 18, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"The Old Ones Are with Us" by Wolves in the Throne Room youtube.com/watch?v=akfB...
most days, I'm just fighting the second law of thermodynamics; everything breaks
January 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM
most days, I'm just fighting the second law of thermodynamics; everything breaks
Slow motion of the wacky Nintendo 1x124 Virtual Boy 3D console from 1995 is very cool:
The Fastest Game Console Ever Made? - The Slow Mo Guys
Gav films Nintendo's 1995 attempt at a 3D game console at surprisingly fast speeds to learn how it works. Check out our new Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/theslowmoguys
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January 17, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Slow motion of the wacky Nintendo 1x124 Virtual Boy 3D console from 1995 is very cool:
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Long live rough consensus and running code!!!
Forty years ago, 21 people gathered for the first meeting of what became the IETF. Today, nearly 8000 IETF participants from around the world collaborate in more than 100 working groups and every day billions of people use technologies developed in the IETF. https://www.ietf.org/blog/ietf-40/
January 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Long live rough consensus and running code!!!
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Happy New year! Slate of Cypurr workshops coming up, check them out!
Tomorrow! @bklynlibrary.bsky.social talking KOSA with special guest @davidgreene.bsky.social from @eff.org
Plus a movie event and social at @wonderville.nyc in February
Tomorrow! @bklynlibrary.bsky.social talking KOSA with special guest @davidgreene.bsky.social from @eff.org
Plus a movie event and social at @wonderville.nyc in February
![* Cypurr Session A Real Kick in the KOSA
* 1/17/26, 3-5 PM, Brooklyn Library Infocomons, Grand Army Plaza
* For this session, we'll take a dive into the rash of online safety bills that have been the talk of the internet lately (i.e. the Kids Online Safety Act [KOSA] and the like), and discuss how they affect folks of all different backgrounds.
* Guest speaker TBA
Reminder that our next Cypurr session is this Saturday!
Plus, announcing our very special guest speaker: @eff Civil Liberties Director @davidgreene@mstdn.social who will be speaking on implications of internet-verification laws to individual liberties
Check out his bio here: https://www.eff.org/about/staff/david-greene
* Cypurr Super Secret Matinee: Seeking Mavis Beacon
* 2/1/26, 3-5 PM, Wonderville (21+)
* Come hang with us for this screening of Seeking Mavis Beacon (Trailer:
* RSVP Page will be sent out in the coming week
* Cache_me_Outside and Cypurr Present: I think we should see other Engines
* 2/2/26, 7-Late, Wonderville (21+)
* New Year, New You, less Google! Join Cache_me_Outside and the Cypurr Collective at Wonderville for an evening of Google detox, cybersecurity tips, DJs, live coders and more! Bring your computer or phone for hands-on-help, or just come by to talk and hang. Let's De-Google together!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:evr7zufu4idq4yoazzjcdzbo/bafkreicyqsqmmswh54jj2qycvnfov6f2r3peh7luxoqwg4esqstotcwbqm@jpeg)
January 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Happy New year! Slate of Cypurr workshops coming up, check them out!
Tomorrow! @bklynlibrary.bsky.social talking KOSA with special guest @davidgreene.bsky.social from @eff.org
Plus a movie event and social at @wonderville.nyc in February
Tomorrow! @bklynlibrary.bsky.social talking KOSA with special guest @davidgreene.bsky.social from @eff.org
Plus a movie event and social at @wonderville.nyc in February
yes, this is from 2019 and required reading: "Why Trump Can’t Buy Greenland" www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-...
Why Trump Can’t Buy Greenland
For the last 24 hours, media headlines have been seized by what appears to be President Trump’s latest idiosyncratic policy proposal: purchasing Greenland, which
www.lawfaremedia.org
January 16, 2026 at 11:15 PM
yes, this is from 2019 and required reading: "Why Trump Can’t Buy Greenland" www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-...
Pixel Grip his the big time... - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
Pixel Grip - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
http://KEXP.ORG presents Pixel Grip performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded November 7, 2025.
Songs:
Reason To Stay 00:37
Dancing On Your Grave 03:22
Split 07:29
Bet You Do. 10:49
Rita Lukea -…
youtube.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Pixel Grip his the big time... - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
Long live rough consensus and running code!!!
Forty years ago, 21 people gathered for the first meeting of what became the IETF. Today, nearly 8000 IETF participants from around the world collaborate in more than 100 working groups and every day billions of people use technologies developed in the IETF. https://www.ietf.org/blog/ietf-40/
January 16, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Long live rough consensus and running code!!!
6-day and IP Address Certificates are Generally Available - Let's Encrypt letsencrypt.org/2026/01/15/6...
6-day and IP Address Certificates are Generally Available
Short-lived and IP address certificates are now generally available from Let’s Encrypt. These certificates are valid for 160 hours, just over six days. In order to get a short-lived certificate…
letsencrypt.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
6-day and IP Address Certificates are Generally Available - Let's Encrypt letsencrypt.org/2026/01/15/6...
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Thrilled to be co-hosting with Barton Beebe the 16th Annual Tri-State Region IP Workshop at @nyuengelberg.org Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at @nyulaw.bsky.social www.nyuengelberg.org/events/tri-s...
2026 Tri-State Region IP Workshop
www.nyuengelberg.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Thrilled to be co-hosting with Barton Beebe the 16th Annual Tri-State Region IP Workshop at @nyuengelberg.org Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at @nyulaw.bsky.social www.nyuengelberg.org/events/tri-s...
Certainly don't see that everyday: M1903 at 1,000 yd
1 MOA At 1,000 Yards Long Range Challenge - Episode 34
Arken Optics: https://bit.ly/3Y0B5kz (Code "texasplinking" for the best deal available)DNT Optics: https://us.dntoptics.com/texasplinking (Code "texasplinkin...
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January 16, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Certainly don't see that everyday: M1903 at 1,000 yd
“Grid-scale bubble batteries will soon be everywhere” - IEEE Spectrum spectrum.ieee.org/co2-battery-...
This Giant Bubble in Sardinia Stores Energy for the Grid. Here's How.
Google is betting big on CO2 batteries to power its data centers with clean energy.
spectrum.ieee.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:15 PM
“Grid-scale bubble batteries will soon be everywhere” - IEEE Spectrum spectrum.ieee.org/co2-battery-...
With cybercrime on the rise globally, it’s more important than ever to have the skills to navigate the Internet safely.
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
With cybercrime on the rise globally, it’s more important than ever to have the skills to navigate the Internet safely.
Happy 25th Birthday to Wikipedia! Critical digital society infrastructure has no equal: wikipedia25.org/en/
25 years of Wikipedia
wikipedia25.org
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Happy 25th Birthday to Wikipedia! Critical digital society infrastructure has no equal: wikipedia25.org/en/
Fascinating detail on AU's social media ban: A "prohibition panic" didn't just affect the banned platforms. There was a massive spike in download rates for non-banned apps in the days before the law took effect. Teens were scrambling for alternatives. www.bbc.com/news/article... 1/
January 15, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Fascinating detail on AU's social media ban: A "prohibition panic" didn't just affect the banned platforms. There was a massive spike in download rates for non-banned apps in the days before the law took effect. Teens were scrambling for alternatives. www.bbc.com/news/article... 1/
"The State of OpenSSL for `pyca/cryptography`" cryptography.io/en/latest/st...
The State of OpenSSL for pyca/cryptography — Cryptography 47.0.0.dev1 documentation
The recipes layer
cryptography.io
January 15, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"The State of OpenSSL for `pyca/cryptography`" cryptography.io/en/latest/st...
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Predator spyware demonstrates troubleshooting, research-dodging capabilities cyberscoop.com/predator-spy...
Predator spyware demonstrates troubleshooting, researcher-dodging capabilities
Predator spyware operators have the ability to recognize why an infection failed, and the tech has more sophisticated capabilities for averting detection than previously known, according to research p...
cyberscoop.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Predator spyware demonstrates troubleshooting, research-dodging capabilities cyberscoop.com/predator-spy...
Reposted by Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD
Not every day that I say it but run don't walk to ... LinkedIn for this important statement and the clear, deeply informed, forceful but respectful discussion in comments below it on how to combine a realism (indeed captial R Realism) of network analysis with an optimism of engineering will.
Joint Statement: Internet Architects & Leaders Condemn the Iran Shutdown www.linkedin.com/pulse/joint-...
LinkedIn Pulse
www.linkedin.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Not every day that I say it but run don't walk to ... LinkedIn for this important statement and the clear, deeply informed, forceful but respectful discussion in comments below it on how to combine a realism (indeed captial R Realism) of network analysis with an optimism of engineering will.
Joint Statement: Internet Architects & Leaders Condemn the Iran Shutdown www.linkedin.com/pulse/joint-...
LinkedIn Pulse
www.linkedin.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Joint Statement: Internet Architects & Leaders Condemn the Iran Shutdown www.linkedin.com/pulse/joint-...
Joint Statement: Internet Architects & Leaders Condemn the Iran Shutdown www.linkedin.com/pulse/joint-...
LinkedIn Pulse
www.linkedin.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Joint Statement: Internet Architects & Leaders Condemn the Iran Shutdown www.linkedin.com/pulse/joint-...
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Your Data Will Be Used Against You. www.texasobserver.org/texas-police...
Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.
One sheriff who leads an anti-smuggling task force says the software helps “develop leads to eventually obtain probable cause.” Civil liberties experts say its use violates constitutional rights.
www.texasobserver.org
January 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Your Data Will Be Used Against You. www.texasobserver.org/texas-police...
Alexa Raad and Leslie Daigle interview Sally Wentworth from ISOC: "Dual Crisis: The splintering of the open Internet" www.techsequences.org/podcasts/202...
Podcasts | Dual Crisis: The splintering of the open Internet
We assume the internet is a resilient, always-on utility. But is it? Today, the principles that made the Internet an open, unified platform are under threat. Why? Simply put, because of a…
www.techsequences.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Alexa Raad and Leslie Daigle interview Sally Wentworth from ISOC: "Dual Crisis: The splintering of the open Internet" www.techsequences.org/podcasts/202...
The inestimable Riana Pfefferkorn: "Grok Is Undressing People Online. Here’s How to Fix It. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
Opinion | Grok Is Undressing People Online. Here’s How to Fix It.
Tech companies that want to seriously prevent illegal A.I.-generated sexual imagery need to be given the right incentives to come up with solutions.
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:45 AM
The inestimable Riana Pfefferkorn: "Grok Is Undressing People Online. Here’s How to Fix It. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...