Stephen Cobb
@scobb.net
I research tech risk, cybercrime, AI, ethics. MSc CISSP. He/him. Partner of amazing Chey. Carer. NHS volunteer. #FBPE Coventrian UK/US citizen. No to male supremacy, Trump, Tories, Broligarchy. Yes to hope, love, cats. Profile=Me+Lola linktr.ee/StephenCobb
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Stephen Cobb
@scobb.net
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My 2025 output, from jagged AI to video takes, with sides of cybercrime, infosec, medicine, and anti-misogyny
Stephen Cobb looks back at the output he managed to produce in 2025 which covered a wide range of subjects, including artificial intelligence
www.cobbsblog.com
If you're new to me and/or Bluesky, I'm an old white guy who writes and talks thoughtfully about AI, cybercrime, human health, and the need to dismantle male supremacy, all in one year. But my first post of the day is often a cat or sky or nature pic. #Cats #AI #CyberSecurity #Ethics #BelieveWomen
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White people are putting Mexican flag stickers on their cars to get pulled over and waste ICE's time.
They call it "ICE fishing."
They call it "ICE fishing."
February 2, 2026 at 8:30 PM
White people are putting Mexican flag stickers on their cars to get pulled over and waste ICE's time.
They call it "ICE fishing."
They call it "ICE fishing."
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This is sad, but good: Artists are refusing to normalize this idiocy, and instead of just commanding performances - which they can't do - the Trump people are closing it down and slinking away.
CNN is reporting the real reason Trump is closing the Kennedy Centre for two years is not for renovation: “the Kennedy Center does not have a 2026/2027 season. There would not have been any programming to announce."
February 2, 2026 at 8:49 PM
This is sad, but good: Artists are refusing to normalize this idiocy, and instead of just commanding performances - which they can't do - the Trump people are closing it down and slinking away.
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CDC Deputy Director Ralph Abraham thinks measles outbreaks are the “cost of doing business” in a world of global travel. Because travel didn't exist during the last 20 years, when we had effectively eliminated the disease. lnk.thebulwark.com/4tv9aXt
February 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
CDC Deputy Director Ralph Abraham thinks measles outbreaks are the “cost of doing business” in a world of global travel. Because travel didn't exist during the last 20 years, when we had effectively eliminated the disease. lnk.thebulwark.com/4tv9aXt
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This is Tony Blair, war criminal and former British PM whose bosom buddy, Peter Mandelson, he of the ‘12 little favella boys for sixpence’ friend of Epstein and hastily got rid of as ambassador to the US: this saturnine Blair will head the ARSEHOLES COMMISSION in Gaza with Putin and Trump. FARCE.
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
This is Tony Blair, war criminal and former British PM whose bosom buddy, Peter Mandelson, he of the ‘12 little favella boys for sixpence’ friend of Epstein and hastily got rid of as ambassador to the US: this saturnine Blair will head the ARSEHOLES COMMISSION in Gaza with Putin and Trump. FARCE.
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Leaked email shows Epstein had big plans for Tony Blair www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Leaked email shows Epstein had big plans for Tony Blair
Jeffrey Epstein seemingly saw Tony Blair as the man to make things happen for him when it came to upending the global financial order
www.thecanary.co
February 2, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Leaked email shows Epstein had big plans for Tony Blair www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
No question Bezo is going to destroy WaPo. This is the filthy rich idiot who paid $75 million to produce and promote a crap movie about an unfit first lady and the morbidly demented criminal paedophile to whom she stays married for the money.
Is Jeff Bezos going to destroy the Washington Post? It sure looks like it | Margaret Sullivan
Is Jeff Bezos going to destroy the Washington Post? It sure looks like it | Margaret Sullivan
He has the chance to be the steward of a national treasure, but he’s blowing it
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:25 PM
No question Bezo is going to destroy WaPo. This is the filthy rich idiot who paid $75 million to produce and promote a crap movie about an unfit first lady and the morbidly demented criminal paedophile to whom she stays married for the money.
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Delighted to announce Hannah Spencer as our candidate today.
This race is between the Green Party and Reform.
Hear from Hannah here 👇🏼
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/people...
This race is between the Green Party and Reform.
Hear from Hannah here 👇🏼
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/people...
'People Are Struggling, My Priority Is Cutting The Cost Of Living,' Says Green Party By-Election Candidate
Writing for HuffPost UK, Hannah Spencer says she will give voters in Gorton and Denton "something completely different" if she becomes their MP.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Delighted to announce Hannah Spencer as our candidate today.
This race is between the Green Party and Reform.
Hear from Hannah here 👇🏼
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/people...
This race is between the Green Party and Reform.
Hear from Hannah here 👇🏼
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/people...
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Farage is a traitor.
February 2, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Farage is a traitor.
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Bannon bragging he has control of the far right across Europe. Including Nigel Farage.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
February 2, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Bannon bragging he has control of the far right across Europe. Including Nigel Farage.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
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When you work from home, get up to find BT hub dead (no light) despite being plugged in/powered up & you’re swamped with work
PC can’t send/receive emails, cloud phone dead & cloud based data base essential for work can’t be accessed
You can’t speak to BT..you have to log in to report faults FFS🤷🏼♂️
PC can’t send/receive emails, cloud phone dead & cloud based data base essential for work can’t be accessed
You can’t speak to BT..you have to log in to report faults FFS🤷🏼♂️
a man wearing glasses and a white shirt is talking on a cell phone .
Alt: a man wearing glasses and a white shirt is talking on a cell phone .
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2026 at 9:34 AM
When you work from home, get up to find BT hub dead (no light) despite being plugged in/powered up & you’re swamped with work
PC can’t send/receive emails, cloud phone dead & cloud based data base essential for work can’t be accessed
You can’t speak to BT..you have to log in to report faults FFS🤷🏼♂️
PC can’t send/receive emails, cloud phone dead & cloud based data base essential for work can’t be accessed
You can’t speak to BT..you have to log in to report faults FFS🤷🏼♂️
If you need to identify, understand, and contend with propaganda and information warfare, you need to be know the Maven of Persuasion. I just subscribed and I suggest you do the same.
Maven of Persuasion | Substack
Dr. Emma L Briant is an internationally recognized expert and academic of propaganda and information warfare whose work was central in exposing the Cambridge Analytica scandal and continues to inform ...
dremmalbriant.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:10 AM
If you need to identify, understand, and contend with propaganda and information warfare, you need to be know the Maven of Persuasion. I just subscribed and I suggest you do the same.
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How the Pentagon is Quietly Building Trump’s Concentration Camps.
SCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract to funnel tens of billions to ICE for a nationwide "ghost network” of concentration camps—just got a lot bigger. | Migrant Insider
migrantinsider.com/p/how-the-pe...
SCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract to funnel tens of billions to ICE for a nationwide "ghost network” of concentration camps—just got a lot bigger. | Migrant Insider
migrantinsider.com/p/how-the-pe...
How the Pentagon is Quietly Building Trump’s Concentration Camps
SCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract is funneling tens of billions into a "ghost network" of detention camps that can materialize anywhere in America overnight.
migrantinsider.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:30 AM
How the Pentagon is Quietly Building Trump’s Concentration Camps.
SCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract to funnel tens of billions to ICE for a nationwide "ghost network” of concentration camps—just got a lot bigger. | Migrant Insider
migrantinsider.com/p/how-the-pe...
SCOOP: A repurposed Navy contract to funnel tens of billions to ICE for a nationwide "ghost network” of concentration camps—just got a lot bigger. | Migrant Insider
migrantinsider.com/p/how-the-pe...
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
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I remember what came before quite well. The Perceptron, Bayes, …
AI has become a monoculture since then, a land where every crop planted is a descendent of the same LLM cultivar.
Monocultures, when they fail, tend to cause famines, like if you rely on a single variety of potato and a blight hits.
AI has become a monoculture since then, a land where every crop planted is a descendent of the same LLM cultivar.
Monocultures, when they fail, tend to cause famines, like if you rely on a single variety of potato and a blight hits.
February 2, 2026 at 7:54 AM
I remember what came before quite well. The Perceptron, Bayes, …
AI has become a monoculture since then, a land where every crop planted is a descendent of the same LLM cultivar.
Monocultures, when they fail, tend to cause famines, like if you rely on a single variety of potato and a blight hits.
AI has become a monoculture since then, a land where every crop planted is a descendent of the same LLM cultivar.
Monocultures, when they fail, tend to cause famines, like if you rely on a single variety of potato and a blight hits.
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Bet Home Depot didn't see "Good Trouble" coming from the Lawn and Garden aisle. ✊
February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Bet Home Depot didn't see "Good Trouble" coming from the Lawn and Garden aisle. ✊
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Have you heard about this awesome win in Texas?
Democrats are winning in Texas!
I’m gonna say that again…
Democrats are winning in #TEXAS❗️
Speaking directly to the “president”, Menefee said…
“The results here tonight are a mandate for me to work as hard as I can to oppose your agenda, to fight back…
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apnews.com/article/cong...
I’m gonna say that again…
Democrats are winning in #TEXAS❗️
Speaking directly to the “president”, Menefee said…
“The results here tonight are a mandate for me to work as hard as I can to oppose your agenda, to fight back…
1/2
apnews.com/article/cong...
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for US House, narrowing GOP's slim majority
Democrat Christian Menefee has won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
apnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Have you heard about this awesome win in Texas?
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In St Cloud, Minnesota, ICE abducted and disappeared a father with his baby on February 1, 2026.
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
In St Cloud, Minnesota, ICE abducted and disappeared a father with his baby on February 1, 2026.
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GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
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Today marks the start of Black History Month — a time to recognize both the hardships endured by and celebrate the achievements of Black Americans.
As the Trump admin attempts to erase Black history — it’s critical that we honor Black history, voices, and leaders every single day.
As the Trump admin attempts to erase Black history — it’s critical that we honor Black history, voices, and leaders every single day.
February 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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“The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president’s company.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
“The deal marked something unprecedented in American politics: a foreign government official taking a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president’s company.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Seeing the atrocities committed during the Civil Rights Protests in the 1960's are what "radicalized" me as a teenager. Those images are horrifying and unforgettable!
Too many lessons are being ignored under this fascist regime and when we say "never again" next time let's mean it!
Too many lessons are being ignored under this fascist regime and when we say "never again" next time let's mean it!
February 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Seeing the atrocities committed during the Civil Rights Protests in the 1960's are what "radicalized" me as a teenager. Those images are horrifying and unforgettable!
Too many lessons are being ignored under this fascist regime and when we say "never again" next time let's mean it!
Too many lessons are being ignored under this fascist regime and when we say "never again" next time let's mean it!
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Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’
Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to...
www.rawstory.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
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the whole point of the liberal consensus is that we don't kill each other when we don't get our way
conservatives decided a black President was too high a price to pay and said fuck it, let's go back to killing each other
conservatives decided a black President was too high a price to pay and said fuck it, let's go back to killing each other
February 1, 2026 at 6:52 AM
the whole point of the liberal consensus is that we don't kill each other when we don't get our way
conservatives decided a black President was too high a price to pay and said fuck it, let's go back to killing each other
conservatives decided a black President was too high a price to pay and said fuck it, let's go back to killing each other
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This is also an extremely common cause of death for incarcerated Americans in federal & state custody, btw. All of these systems are connected.
As far as we know, the primary cause of death in ICE custody is a refusal to provide medical care.
It’s a form of structural violence and extremely common component of eugenics and ethnic cleansings.
It’s a form of structural violence and extremely common component of eugenics and ethnic cleansings.
And here's a text-heavy order from Judge Sorokin on Friday saying ICE failed to heed his orders to ensure a detained woman was receiving epilepsy medication. He threatened contempt if the meds were not provided. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72181...
February 1, 2026 at 7:54 PM
This is also an extremely common cause of death for incarcerated Americans in federal & state custody, btw. All of these systems are connected.