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Jon Bailey @thoreandan.bsky.social · 1h

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Why I Am Going Back To Debian Stable.

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Kay 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 5h

It's past time to be loudly opposing the ongoing attack on the education system and boycotting gen AI and the billionaire losers betting our country's economy and resources on this slop. But if you haven't yet, today is a good day to start

Headline 1 (NPR): "What parents should know about PragerU Kids videos, ehich can now be shown in Florida schools"
Headline 1 Text: "Some videos downplay slavery, question whether humans really cause climate change, and insert opinions into what otherwise appears to be educational content for children."

Headline 2 (MSNBC): "Propaganda platform PragerU is primed to capitalize on Trump's PBS cuts"
Headline 2 text: "The right-wing media outlet has been portrayed as an alternative to PBS children's programs - and it has gotten a boost from the white house."

Headline 3 (NPR): "'Founders Museum' from White House and PragerU blurs history,
Al-generated fiction"

Headline 4 (CNN): "Exclusive: Oklahoma to begin controversial test to weed out "woke' teacher applicants today"
Headline 4 text: "Teachers from "liberal" states who have relocated to Oklahoma and are seeking to work there must take a controversial new
assessment, to be given for the first time today, that "keeps away woke indoctrinators," according to Oklahoma's top education official.
The decision to use the assessment, developed by PragerU, a conservative media company whose teaching materials are now approved for use in public schools in ten US states, opens a" (text cuts off)

Post from More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS which reads: "NetChoice, a tech industry association that represents Amazon, Google, Meta and more wants to increase Al use in schools.
They're promoting Louisiana as an example of "Al education done right."
Here's part of the image they shared in that tweet:"

Attached is an AI generated image of a teacher with text that reads "generative AI for creatuve minds - Louisiana clasrrooms" (classrooms is misspelled)

Headline 5 (Bloomberg): "Al Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring"
Headline 5 text: "Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That's being passed on to customers."

Headline 6 (Fortune): "Sam Altman's Al empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it's
'scary'"

Headline 7 (yahoo! finance): "75% of gains, 80% of profits, 90% of capex-Al's grip on the S&P is total and Morgan Stanley's top analyst is 'very concerned'"

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Jon Bailey @thoreandan.bsky.social · 4h

Oh myyy bsky

Leatherprison @leatherprison.bsky.social · 8h

Two zips. One purpose.

@LeatherPrison’s split puppy suit keeps the form tight and the options open; made for pups who need full coverage and just the right access.

Tailored to your needs. Built to hold you there.

#BuiltToBind #PupGear #SplitSuit #CustomControl

Jon Bailey @thoreandan.bsky.social · 4h

hooray a 2025 openmoko

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The initial work is funded by a donation from FSF board member John Gilmore, who explained, "I have enjoyed using a mobile phone running LineageOS with MicroG and F-Droid for years, which eliminates the spyware and control that Google embeds in standard Android phones. I later discovered that the LineageOS distribution links in significant proprietary binary modules copied from the firmware of particular phones. Rather than accept this sad situation, I looked for collaborators to reverse-engineer and replace those proprietary modules with fully free software, for at least one modern phone."

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 9h

I hate to think what boys and young men are learning from watching such behavior and how it makes girls and young women. Parents need to teach that this is not acceptable.

Tweet by Marlow Stern (@MarlowNYC) saying: “This is gross,” quote-tweeting Aaron Rupar. The embedded Rupar tweet reads: “Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, ‘I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling.’” Below is a photo of Donald Trump seated, speaking at a table with flags behind him, and captioned “Thank you, darling. I don’t know.”

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libby watson @libbycwatson.com · 9h

honestly so chilling to receive a no-subject email from burger king

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Phil Foglio @thephilfoglio.bsky.social · 9h

#girlgenius #webcomics Girl Genius for 10/15 (www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php) Just a quick reminder– we are getting ready our latest Kickstarter! (www.kickstarter.com/projects/gir...) Sign up! Don't be one of those tiresome folks who 5 seconds after it close say, "Gosh, how did I miss this?"

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 2d

Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievement

New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.

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Jon Bailey @thoreandan.bsky.social · 2d

2025.10.04: NSA and IETF: Can an attacker simply purchase standardization of weakened cryptography?
blog.cr.yp.to/20251004-wea...
#PQcrypto #hybrids #NSA #IETF #antitrust

It's normal for post-quantum cryptography to be rolled out as an extra layer of security on top of traditional pre-quantum cryptography, rather than as a replacement.

For example, Google's CECPQ1 experiment was double encryption with traditional pre-quantum ECC (specifically X25519) and post-quantum NewHope1024. CECPQ2, a joint experiment between Google and Cloudflare, was ECC+NTRUHRSS701. CECPQ2b was ECC+SIKEp434. Ten SSH implementations support ECC+sntrup761. Today's usage of post- quantum cryptography by browsers is approaching half of the connections seen by Cloudfiare, where 95% of that is ECC+MLKEM768 and 5% is ECC+Kyber768

If post-quantum cryptography is designed to be super-strong, so strong that it even survives future quantum computers, then why are we keeping the ECC layer? Same reason that you wear your seatbelt: in the real world, cars sometimes crash, and seatbelts reduce the damage.

Jon Bailey @thoreandan.bsky.social · 2d

Cartoon: Ass face www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Cartoon: Ass face

A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� Trump wants his face on US currency, no matter that it's ...

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 2d

More than a decade ago, I sat down with @marcmaron.bsky.social in his garage to tape something new called a podcast. This time, he came to me to record his last episode.

We talked about the power of conviction, decency in an age of division, and the true story of America.

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A.P. Delchi ♿ 👁🥰😺 👨‍🦼📟 @delchi.bsky.social · 2d

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Adam Ruins Everything - Christopher Columbus Was a Murderous Moron | truTV

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Jon Bailey @thoreandan.bsky.social · 2d

Not the .pdf files you've currently seen your newsfeed inundated with.

R.U. Sirius @rusirius.bsky.social · 2d

Spotlight on pdfly, the Swiss Army knife for PDF files chezsoi.org/lucas/blog/s...

Spotlight on pdfly, the Swiss Army knife for PDF files

Project documentation: pdfly.readthedocs.io pdfly is the youngest project of the py-pdf organization. It has been created by Martin Thoma in 2022. It's simply a CLI tool to manipulate PDF files, writt...

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Jon Bailey @thoreandan.bsky.social · 2d

Is the UX of that device functional? I've seen karaoke booths in Colorado that appear to get their music from YouTube Korea searches :)

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Anna Clark @annaleighclark.bsky.social · 2d

A surprising sight in St. Clair County, Michigan: A man waving Fixodent denture cream before the county commissioners at an August meeting.

“I am an unfluoridated child,” he declared, “with a set of uppers and lowers.”

Man with wire-frame glasses, blue overalls, and a gray zip-up hoodie waves a tube of denture cream before the dais of the county commissioners at an August meeting in St. Clair County, Michigan.

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TheShunbun @theshunbun.bsky.social · 2d

Coach Tato 💕

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The PS1 startup sound as a lesbian @janus.bsky.social · 2d

i'm all for hating on Bari Weis but let's be real, she is a symptom of a much much deeper sickness. the fact that the US and its media industry routinely elevates and rewards talentless reactionary crybullies like Weis is a moral & ethical indictment on every conceivable level

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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 2d

The Robbery of Epicurus
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The Robbery of Epicurus

A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes

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Jon Bailey @thoreandan.bsky.social · 2d

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William Shatner: Another low in Al. (eyeroll) Some bizarre fan thought they could be popular by having Al remake a photo of my parents & posting it as genuine. And the know-it-all sycophants who declared it genuine- what is wrong with you people? All you are proving over and over is Al is bad!

Jon Bailey @thoreandan.bsky.social · 2d

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The RISKS Digest

Volume 34 Issue 77
Saturday, 11th October 2025
Forum on Risks to the Public in Computers and Related Systems
ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Peter G. Neumann, moderator

Jon Bailey @thoreandan.bsky.social · 4d

Vodka soda with a splash of cranberry at X Bar, Colfax Avenue, Denver

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Keith Olbermann @olbermann.bsky.social · 4d

So if Russ Vought and Bob Kennedy were deliberately trying on behalf of an enemy to sicken and kill Americans by destroying the public health structure - what would they be doing differently?

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

We’ve reported extensively on how the FDA allowed foreign drugmakers to send generic medications to the U.S. from factories with filthy labs and contaminated equipment.

This month, we’re digging deeper and could use your help. THREAD/

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 4d

WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn

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Jen Sorensen @jensorensen.bsky.social · 4d

This week's comic: What does not belong?

FUN TIME

AMERICA: What does not belong?

APPLE PIE

INVADING US CITIES

BASEBALL

KINGS

STATUE OF LIBERTY

STATUE OF LIBERTY WITH HITLER MOUSTACHE

THE RIGHT TO VOTE

BOOT STOMPING ON HUMAN FACE FOREVER

COMEDIANS MAKING FUN OF PRESIDENT

PRESIDENT FIRING COMEDIANS

HOT DOGS

KING EATING ALL THE HOT DOGS AND APPLE PIES

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