Panther Modern
@panthermodern.bsky.social
he/him - Professional Threatbutterer with 25+ years in IT, last 10 in #infosec roles. Writing and illustrating a #scifi graphic novel. I am antiracist and antifascist. Support trans rights! Ich bin ein Berliner. #NoAI
Time to ditch Gmail
November 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Time to ditch Gmail
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
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Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
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Yeah I can see why the symbol for the regime that murdered 11 mln people might be considered divisive by some.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Yeah I can see why the symbol for the regime that murdered 11 mln people might be considered divisive by some.
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CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
CNN: What if there are more names connected to the Democratic Party that come out in the files?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
CHRIS MURPHY: So what?
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Radiolaria are microscopic unicellular sea creatures that create skeletons from silica. Their skeletons are among the most beautiful and complex natural microstructures, resembling elaborate filigree. blog post: n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=9861
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Radiolaria are microscopic unicellular sea creatures that create skeletons from silica. Their skeletons are among the most beautiful and complex natural microstructures, resembling elaborate filigree. blog post: n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/blog/?p=9861
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An executive order to ban state AI laws WOULD BE *FLAGRANTLY* UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Can we please please PLEASE lead w THAT!
Stop just laundering patently illegal and unconstitutional moves as if they’re just normal policy moves.
It’s not hard to frame this correctly!
Can we please please PLEASE lead w THAT!
Stop just laundering patently illegal and unconstitutional moves as if they’re just normal policy moves.
It’s not hard to frame this correctly!
An executive order to ban state AI laws would put the future of the technology in the hands of a few power players
A White House Power Grab on AI Would Be a Huge Mistake
The Senate’s overwhelming rejection in July of a plan to ban states from passing regulations on artificial intelligence — the vote was 99-1 — is now set to be brazenly ignored. The White House is pushing for the measure to be revived and added to the National Defense Authorization Act. If that fails, and it’s a longshot, the president stands ready to sign an executive order essentially forcing it through anyway.
bloom.bg
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
An executive order to ban state AI laws WOULD BE *FLAGRANTLY* UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Can we please please PLEASE lead w THAT!
Stop just laundering patently illegal and unconstitutional moves as if they’re just normal policy moves.
It’s not hard to frame this correctly!
Can we please please PLEASE lead w THAT!
Stop just laundering patently illegal and unconstitutional moves as if they’re just normal policy moves.
It’s not hard to frame this correctly!
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Breaking: The FCC has voted 2-1 along party lines to eliminate cybersecurity requirements for telecom companies that the commission adopted at the end of the Biden administration.
Telecoms had lobbied for the change. Democrats said it would invite another Salt Typhoon.
Story coming shortly.
Telecoms had lobbied for the change. Democrats said it would invite another Salt Typhoon.
Story coming shortly.
November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Breaking: The FCC has voted 2-1 along party lines to eliminate cybersecurity requirements for telecom companies that the commission adopted at the end of the Biden administration.
Telecoms had lobbied for the change. Democrats said it would invite another Salt Typhoon.
Story coming shortly.
Telecoms had lobbied for the change. Democrats said it would invite another Salt Typhoon.
Story coming shortly.
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Top JPMC execs were in constant contact with Epstein and were aware of his shady financials. Top staff at JPMC, reporting directly to CEO Jamie Dimon, closely supervised Epstein’s accounts. One even coached Epstein on how to sanitize his suspiciously large cash withdrawals.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Top JPMC execs were in constant contact with Epstein and were aware of his shady financials. Top staff at JPMC, reporting directly to CEO Jamie Dimon, closely supervised Epstein’s accounts. One even coached Epstein on how to sanitize his suspiciously large cash withdrawals.
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After reading this conversation, I still don't know what «post-AI art» might be, but I do know that its proponents have absolutely nothing to say about digital fascism, the environmental costs of data centers, economic bubbles, exploitative data work, or any of the real consequences of so-called AI
What Is Post-AI Art?
Avery Singer, Simon Denny, Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst and Jon Rafman discuss – with the help of a generated AI – what the future holds
artreview.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
After reading this conversation, I still don't know what «post-AI art» might be, but I do know that its proponents have absolutely nothing to say about digital fascism, the environmental costs of data centers, economic bubbles, exploitative data work, or any of the real consequences of so-called AI
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Far-right influencer with WH access Jack Posobiec urged the administration to charge Rutgers professor Mark Bray over supposed ties to "Antifa."
The WH gave itself new counterterrorism powers last week by designating four Antifa groups as terrorist orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
The WH gave itself new counterterrorism powers last week by designating four Antifa groups as terrorist orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
Trump Admin Terrorist Designations Show Latest Attempt to Target Domestic Enemies
When Secretary of State Marco Rubio added four European anti-fascist groups to...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Far-right influencer with WH access Jack Posobiec urged the administration to charge Rutgers professor Mark Bray over supposed ties to "Antifa."
The WH gave itself new counterterrorism powers last week by designating four Antifa groups as terrorist orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
The WH gave itself new counterterrorism powers last week by designating four Antifa groups as terrorist orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
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It’s a bit funny to me when folks accuse anti-AI artists of “gatekeeping.” My dude, Midjourney charges you $60 a month for images, while real artists remind you that you can make it for free and experience the joy of the process. So who’s really gatekeeping?
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It’s a bit funny to me when folks accuse anti-AI artists of “gatekeeping.” My dude, Midjourney charges you $60 a month for images, while real artists remind you that you can make it for free and experience the joy of the process. So who’s really gatekeeping?
Don't worry, these counties will get bailed out using California tax dollars
The USDA has designated 444 counties as farming-dependent; their average vote share for Trump was 77.7%.
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Don't worry, these counties will get bailed out using California tax dollars
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“due to no legal or policy restrictions.”
Testing on brown people before using it on you. American voters, foreign policy is domestic policy. This truth can no longer be ignored for the panacea of a mythical lesser evil.
Testing on brown people before using it on you. American voters, foreign policy is domestic policy. This truth can no longer be ignored for the panacea of a mythical lesser evil.
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“due to no legal or policy restrictions.”
Testing on brown people before using it on you. American voters, foreign policy is domestic policy. This truth can no longer be ignored for the panacea of a mythical lesser evil.
Testing on brown people before using it on you. American voters, foreign policy is domestic policy. This truth can no longer be ignored for the panacea of a mythical lesser evil.
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This is true, in the sense that it is a web of very real scandals reactionaries will try to claim are fake through the power of repetitive bare assertion
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This is true, in the sense that it is a web of very real scandals reactionaries will try to claim are fake through the power of repetitive bare assertion
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People are calling me stupid for calling this terminological misuse out. Think about what is enacted:
"in a cultish atmosphere, jargon does just the opposite: Instead, it causes speakers to feel confused and intellectually deficient. That way, they’ll comply." — Montell
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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"in a cultish atmosphere, jargon does just the opposite: Instead, it causes speakers to feel confused and intellectually deficient. That way, they’ll comply." — Montell
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/2
November 19, 2025 at 5:33 PM
People are calling me stupid for calling this terminological misuse out. Think about what is enacted:
"in a cultish atmosphere, jargon does just the opposite: Instead, it causes speakers to feel confused and intellectually deficient. That way, they’ll comply." — Montell
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/2
"in a cultish atmosphere, jargon does just the opposite: Instead, it causes speakers to feel confused and intellectually deficient. That way, they’ll comply." — Montell
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
1/2
This is by design, paving the way for buyouts by mega-conglomerates.
November 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is by design, paving the way for buyouts by mega-conglomerates.
All good persons should consider it their duty to undermine and destroy religion at every opportunity.
NEW: The leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community in Minnesota enabled a child abuser by pressuring his victims to forgive and forget his sins — so that they could never speak of them again.
With @startribune.com
With @startribune.com
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
All good persons should consider it their duty to undermine and destroy religion at every opportunity.
I can't believe how stupid this timeline is
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I can't believe how stupid this timeline is
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"Cellphone records showed that two days before the purported attack, her co-conspirator searched online for 'zip ties near me'"
A staffer to a New Jersey congressman allegedly paid an scarification artist $500 to wound her as she staged a scene with zip ties and “Trump Whore” written on her stomach, federal prosecutors say
Ex-Van Drew staffer staged fake attack, writing 'Trump Whore' across her stomach and alleging men held her down and cut her body - New Jersey Globe
A 26-year-old Ocean City woman who claimed she was brutally assaulted because she worked for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-Ocean City) instead orchestrated the
newjerseyglobe.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"Cellphone records showed that two days before the purported attack, her co-conspirator searched online for 'zip ties near me'"
lol they got so many conservatives with that "Arabic numerals" shit 😂
November 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
lol they got so many conservatives with that "Arabic numerals" shit 😂
Absolutely worth reading, especially for the insane reason why the piece was taken down 😂😩
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Absolutely worth reading, especially for the insane reason why the piece was taken down 😂😩
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It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social