Jeffrey Vagle
@jvagle.me
Law professor | Privacy, Cybersecurity, AI*, Technology and Society, National Security | Veteran | There is music yet to play | https://tractatus.org
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Jeffrey Vagle
@jvagle.me
· Nov 10
"I have no one on my left and only a few on my right. I WILL HOLD."
-- 1LT Clifton Cates, Message to Battalion Headquarters, 19 Jul 1918, Battle of Soissons
-- 1LT Clifton Cates, Message to Battalion Headquarters, 19 Jul 1918, Battle of Soissons
Whatever one thinks of the CIA and its activities, it's quite difficult to imagine any other director being as crassly political as this.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Whatever one thinks of the CIA and its activities, it's quite difficult to imagine any other director being as crassly political as this.
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This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is the result of the CIA using children to kill people and yet a whole lot of people don’t want to recognize *American* culture, and in particular the culture of the War on Terror, at work here.
It's leftover pie for breakfast season, y'all.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It's leftover pie for breakfast season, y'all.
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"Every single one of these men could and should have asked 'who else is involved' and refused to be included if it wasn't balanced."
Yup. I'm also completely unsurprised none of them did. Our industry's gender imbalance is just normalized & accepted. 🧐
www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/t...
Yup. I'm also completely unsurprised none of them did. Our industry's gender imbalance is just normalized & accepted. 🧐
www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/t...
TryHackMe admits mistake leading to public diversity gaffe
: Training outfit scrambles to fix all-male lineup before December kickoff
www.theregister.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Every single one of these men could and should have asked 'who else is involved' and refused to be included if it wasn't balanced."
Yup. I'm also completely unsurprised none of them did. Our industry's gender imbalance is just normalized & accepted. 🧐
www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/t...
Yup. I'm also completely unsurprised none of them did. Our industry's gender imbalance is just normalized & accepted. 🧐
www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/t...
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Have I got a book for you if you weren't taught historic US immigration policy. My book about how the US migration & citizenship policy history and law, from the colonial period to 1888 is available for pre-order for March 10, 2026 delivery. Order info in the link on my bio.
Trump and Miller want to turn the clock back to the era of American immigration politics I think few of us were taught honestly about in American public education, outside reading The Great Gatsby
November 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Have I got a book for you if you weren't taught historic US immigration policy. My book about how the US migration & citizenship policy history and law, from the colonial period to 1888 is available for pre-order for March 10, 2026 delivery. Order info in the link on my bio.
Miller is essentially repeating the toxic “nits make lice” message once applied to justify US Native American extermination policies.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Miller is essentially repeating the toxic “nits make lice” message once applied to justify US Native American extermination policies.
An example of what Cory Doctorow calls reverse centauring.
Robot door closing as a service, LA area.
Waymo can only automate some human driver tasks, needing many & various ppl to mitigate the residual robot defects.
Without them, nearly every Waymo robot would get stuck before needing a charge.
Human dependent robots.
OP: tiktok.cesarroadsideassistance
Waymo can only automate some human driver tasks, needing many & various ppl to mitigate the residual robot defects.
Without them, nearly every Waymo robot would get stuck before needing a charge.
Human dependent robots.
OP: tiktok.cesarroadsideassistance
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
An example of what Cory Doctorow calls reverse centauring.
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
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They'll build a statue to the first reporter who tells this old dumbass to eat shit on camera
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They'll build a statue to the first reporter who tells this old dumbass to eat shit on camera
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Sixty years ago this week in the Berkshire (MA) Eagle: "Saturday, Richard J. Robbins, 19, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Arlo Guthrie, 18, of Howard Beach, N.Y., each paid a fine of $25 in Lee District Court after pleading guilty of illegally disposing of rubbish...."
web.archive.org/web/20201125... 1/2
web.archive.org/web/20201125... 1/2
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Sixty years ago this week in the Berkshire (MA) Eagle: "Saturday, Richard J. Robbins, 19, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and Arlo Guthrie, 18, of Howard Beach, N.Y., each paid a fine of $25 in Lee District Court after pleading guilty of illegally disposing of rubbish...."
web.archive.org/web/20201125... 1/2
web.archive.org/web/20201125... 1/2
Happy Thanksgiving from Bucks County.
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Bucks County.
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Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, 2025
two men are talking in front of a window with the words " you know what it is theo " on the bottom
Alt: two men are talking in front of a window with a floating pig the words " you know what it is theo, I just don't think about " on the bottom. From Children of Men
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, 2025
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Dreading the political fights over Thanksgiving dinner?
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Dreading the political fights over Thanksgiving dinner?
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
This Thanksgiving, we bring you ten things to argue about instead:
Is this the NYC war zone we’ve been hearing so much about?
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Is this the NYC war zone we’ve been hearing so much about?
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Surely the ice beneath our feet is thick enough to support our weight, right?
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, AI related stocks have accounted for 75% of S&P 500 returns, 79% of earnings growth, and 90% of capital spending (Capex and R&D) growth. am.jpmorgan.com/content/dam/...
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Surely the ice beneath our feet is thick enough to support our weight, right?
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1/ Cory Doctorow lays out the dangers of relying on US-centric systems — the dollar/tech platforms — and the need for radical projects of interoperability and strategic autonomy.
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
O(N²) nationalism
Trumpism can only be defeated throuh international nationalism.
doctorow.medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
1/ Cory Doctorow lays out the dangers of relying on US-centric systems — the dollar/tech platforms — and the need for radical projects of interoperability and strategic autonomy.
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
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it's several years old but the Adele SNL Thanksgiving sketch is still perfect
A Thanksgiving Miracle - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:57 AM
it's several years old but the Adele SNL Thanksgiving sketch is still perfect
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
If you think it odd that spiritual and moral leaders are speaking up about technology, you may need to take the politics of technology more seriously.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
If you think it odd that spiritual and moral leaders are speaking up about technology, you may need to take the politics of technology more seriously.
The actual AI* video business model isn't based on creating the next Pixar movie, it's the creation of deepfakes like this, and even when they're crudely made, it's often impossible to reverse the damage they cause due to their prolific nature.
Illustrating selective privacy and connection to digital enthnonationalism from Wired www.wired.com/story/the-vi...
The Viral ‘DoorDash Girl’ Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators
A delivery driver posted a TikTok alleging she had been sexually assaulted by a customer. The deepfakes that followed reveal a growing digital blackface problem.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The actual AI* video business model isn't based on creating the next Pixar movie, it's the creation of deepfakes like this, and even when they're crudely made, it's often impossible to reverse the damage they cause due to their prolific nature.
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Cybersecurity isn’t ready for the conversation about how bad sexism and ageism are in the whole pen test / red team community, or how influencer culture and the saturated market are enabling it to get worse. www.linkedin.com/pulse/tryhac...
TryHackMe's Advent of Cyber 2025: Zero Women Creators - A Critical Look at Representation in Cybersecurity Education
THE PROBLEM 18 creators. Zero women.
www.linkedin.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Cybersecurity isn’t ready for the conversation about how bad sexism and ageism are in the whole pen test / red team community, or how influencer culture and the saturated market are enabling it to get worse. www.linkedin.com/pulse/tryhac...