Jon Martin, Ph.D.
@songsthatsaved.bsky.social
PhD-haver in Digital Humanities. Security dork. Fan of hacking, ethnography, and the history of computing.
Mostly just poking around. Often found @[email protected]
Mostly just poking around. Often found @[email protected]
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Canadians! You can now vote for the Canadian Word of the Year!
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
2025 has been an eventful year for Canada's identity. To commemorate the year, The Society for Canadian English is choosing a 2025 word of the year (CWOTY), based on the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Have your say: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Canadians! You can now vote for the Canadian Word of the Year!
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
(If we had the option to choose a Canadian WOTY in French as well, I'd suggest the gender-neutral pronoun "iel" which has been in the news a lot in Quebec this year, but probably not applicable since this is an English dictionary)
I was so excited to put the villain in villanelle, too...
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I was so excited to put the villain in villanelle, too...
Oh sure, there’s a hyper-specific German word for every occasion… right up until you need to describe the overwhelming desire to belt out John Denver and wake people after Midnight.
I mean, honestly.
I mean, honestly.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Oh sure, there’s a hyper-specific German word for every occasion… right up until you need to describe the overwhelming desire to belt out John Denver and wake people after Midnight.
I mean, honestly.
I mean, honestly.
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on your first day in prison, go up to the biggest inmate in there and ask them for the syllabus- it's actually more helpful than you think
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
on your first day in prison, go up to the biggest inmate in there and ask them for the syllabus- it's actually more helpful than you think
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A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A package hasn't "shipped" if you've only "created the label"
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November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Internet Archive has archived all the stories declaring the Internet Archive dead
November 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Internet Archive has archived all the stories declaring the Internet Archive dead
Secret police hate this one simple trick:
When the security police eventually came to her flat to arrest her, she stripped and rang her friend Robin Hankey...She told the security police authoritatively: “You can’t possibly arrest me, I’m naked.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2017/j...
When the security police eventually came to her flat to arrest her, she stripped and rang her friend Robin Hankey...She told the security police authoritatively: “You can’t possibly arrest me, I’m naked.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2017/j...
Clare Hollingworth obituary
Fearless war correspondent who established her reputation with a brilliant scoop about the outbreak of the second world war
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Secret police hate this one simple trick:
When the security police eventually came to her flat to arrest her, she stripped and rang her friend Robin Hankey...She told the security police authoritatively: “You can’t possibly arrest me, I’m naked.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2017/j...
When the security police eventually came to her flat to arrest her, she stripped and rang her friend Robin Hankey...She told the security police authoritatively: “You can’t possibly arrest me, I’m naked.”
www.theguardian.com/media/2017/j...
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Breathe in for luck, breathe in so deep
This air is blessed, you share with me
This night is wild, so calm and dull
These hearts, they race, from self control
Your legs are smooth as they graze mine
We're doing fine, we're doing nothing at all
This air is blessed, you share with me
This night is wild, so calm and dull
These hearts, they race, from self control
Your legs are smooth as they graze mine
We're doing fine, we're doing nothing at all
I don't mind the sun sometimes
The images it shows
I can taste you on my lips
And smell you in my clothes
Cinnamon and sugary
And softly spoken lies
You never know just how to look
Through other people's eyes
The images it shows
I can taste you on my lips
And smell you in my clothes
Cinnamon and sugary
And softly spoken lies
You never know just how to look
Through other people's eyes
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Breathe in for luck, breathe in so deep
This air is blessed, you share with me
This night is wild, so calm and dull
These hearts, they race, from self control
Your legs are smooth as they graze mine
We're doing fine, we're doing nothing at all
This air is blessed, you share with me
This night is wild, so calm and dull
These hearts, they race, from self control
Your legs are smooth as they graze mine
We're doing fine, we're doing nothing at all
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new sleep paralysis demon just dropped
mfing Whoville lookin’ ass cabinet, this jusy ruined my whole god dam day smfh fuck this shit
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
new sleep paralysis demon just dropped
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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It's my favorite day! It's the 38th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
Max Headroom 1987 Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident
YouTube video by andrew867
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's my favorite day! It's the 38th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
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They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
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"Uber geek hall of fame" material.
I just spent the last two hours debugging the Bluetooth stack *in anger* because for the last few weeks I've had to re-pair my mouse with my laptop. Every time. Remove mouse, re-pair.
Turns out I had two identical mice in my backpack and I've been switching between them.
It was me.
Turns out I had two identical mice in my backpack and I've been switching between them.
It was me.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"Uber geek hall of fame" material.
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is zohran president now i am a few hours behind
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
is zohran president now i am a few hours behind
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This is the way. Do Not Comply.
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is the way. Do Not Comply.
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Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date
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"don't pay attention to any of that frivolous humanities education, STEM all the way - what, do you think you can hack a computer with poetry or something?"
apparently, yes
apparently, yes
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 7:16 PM
"don't pay attention to any of that frivolous humanities education, STEM all the way - what, do you think you can hack a computer with poetry or something?"
apparently, yes
apparently, yes
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Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.