David Pollak
@dpp.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Twin dad, Spice Labs, @liftweb founder, @ricnews & @bu_law alum, learned to be kinder from @archer_dog tweets are my own LLAP
319 ppm
the law cannot protect anyone […]
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319 ppm
the law cannot protect anyone […]
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ICE agents surrounded a Rhode Island judge’s car, threatening to smash his windows to get to the high school intern he was protecting. This shocking standoff was no simple mistake. Our report reveals the dark ideology and systemic rot within ICE that made this “attempted kidnapping” inevitable […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
ICE agents surrounded a Rhode Island judge’s car, threatening to smash his windows to get to the high school intern he was protecting. This shocking standoff was no simple mistake. Our report reveals the dark ideology and systemic rot within ICE that made this “attempted kidnapping” inevitable […]
Yay! Rhode Island is the safest state for LGBTQ+
https://www.safehome.org/data-lgbtq-state-safety-rankings/
https://www.safehome.org/data-lgbtq-state-safety-rankings/
2025 LGBTQ+ State Safety Report Cards | SafeHome.org
Eight states got A's for LGBTQ+ safety, with Rhode Island topping the list. Florida ranked lowest, with a failing grade due to discriminatory laws.
www.safehome.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Yay! Rhode Island is the safest state for LGBTQ+
https://www.safehome.org/data-lgbtq-state-safety-rankings/
https://www.safehome.org/data-lgbtq-state-safety-rankings/
This is just wrong.
ICE threatened to break the window of a state judge’s car in order to access an intern. Without a warrant.
These agents should be arrested under state law and tried under state law […]
ICE threatened to break the window of a state judge’s car in order to access an intern. Without a warrant.
These agents should be arrested under state law and tried under state law […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This is just wrong.
ICE threatened to break the window of a state judge’s car in order to access an intern. Without a warrant.
These agents should be arrested under state law and tried under state law […]
ICE threatened to break the window of a state judge’s car in order to access an intern. Without a warrant.
These agents should be arrested under state law and tried under state law […]
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
My birthday is coming up…
https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts/115579319877506977
https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts/115579319877506977
Low Quality Facts (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for these "One Cat Short of Crazy" socks. "I'm not crazy", I say to myself, petting my 27 cats. "Now someone with 28 cats, that would be a real lunatic". https://collabs.shop/pjpk7r
mstdn.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My birthday is coming up…
https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts/115579319877506977
https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts/115579319877506977
Reposted by David Pollak
It is being normalized. Just not how they want us to believe.
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It is being normalized. Just not how they want us to believe.
panic! At the cloud flares… and disco
https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/115573998726245259
https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/115573998726245259
CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow: (@[email protected])
Be the **`Result::unwrap`** you want to see in the world
infosec.exchange
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
panic! At the cloud flares… and disco
https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/115573998726245259
https://infosec.exchange/@catsalad/115573998726245259
Unwrap is a sign of code smell
https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/115573489086885199
https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/115573489086885199
Taggart (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Buried in this nicely-detailed RCA is a pretty damning fact: Cloudflare left `.unwrap()` in mission-critical Rust code. For non-Rustaceans, `.unwrap()` handles a type called `Result` that can either be `Ok` with a value, or an `Err` with an Error. The whole point is to gracefully handle errors and not let panics make it to production code. I use `.unwrap()` sometimes! Usually when there's a logical guarantee that the result can never be an error. But I make sure to purge it from critical processes for exactly this reason. https://blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/
infosec.exchange
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Unwrap is a sign of code smell
https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/115573489086885199
https://infosec.exchange/@mttaggart/115573489086885199
Artemis is being a cuddle bug
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Artemis is being a cuddle bug
November 16, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Reposted by David Pollak
After reading some of the Epstein emails, I was compelled to look in Constella Intelligence and Spycloud for exposed passwords tied to Epstein's email address: Would you believe he reused the password "Ghislaine"? If he didn't tell all his secrets, he probably leaked them inadvertently through […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
After reading some of the Epstein emails, I was compelled to look in Constella Intelligence and Spycloud for exposed passwords tied to Epstein's email address: Would you believe he reused the password "Ghislaine"? If he didn't tell all his secrets, he probably leaked them inadvertently through […]
Unwrap and expect are evil
https://mastodon.social/@hbons/115555997779199351
https://mastodon.social/@hbons/115555997779199351
Hylke Bons 🥜 (@[email protected])
3rd #rust project. writing stuff without a single unwrap() first time!
mastodon.social
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Unwrap and expect are evil
https://mastodon.social/@hbons/115555997779199351
https://mastodon.social/@hbons/115555997779199351
I am at Tortilla Flats and wanted you to know.
"Friday at my local
Check out my photo or leave a comment at: https://app.foursquare.com/share/checkin/6917b510a1539924c692d001?s=gzHHkV2iP-VRmvRhOn4gmHsjQFY&lang=en
(Tortilla Flats 355 Hope St, Providence, RI, 02906, US)
- David
Don't have […]
"Friday at my local
Check out my photo or leave a comment at: https://app.foursquare.com/share/checkin/6917b510a1539924c692d001?s=gzHHkV2iP-VRmvRhOn4gmHsjQFY&lang=en
(Tortilla Flats 355 Hope St, Providence, RI, 02906, US)
- David
Don't have […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I am at Tortilla Flats and wanted you to know.
"Friday at my local
Check out my photo or leave a comment at: https://app.foursquare.com/share/checkin/6917b510a1539924c692d001?s=gzHHkV2iP-VRmvRhOn4gmHsjQFY&lang=en
(Tortilla Flats 355 Hope St, Providence, RI, 02906, US)
- David
Don't have […]
"Friday at my local
Check out my photo or leave a comment at: https://app.foursquare.com/share/checkin/6917b510a1539924c692d001?s=gzHHkV2iP-VRmvRhOn4gmHsjQFY&lang=en
(Tortilla Flats 355 Hope St, Providence, RI, 02906, US)
- David
Don't have […]
Reposted by David Pollak
I’ve been testing a theory: many people who are high on #ai and #LLMs are just new to automation and don’t realize you can automate processes with simple programming, if/then conditions, and API calls with zero AI involved.
So far it’s been working!
Whenever I’ve been asked to make an AI flow […]
So far it’s been working!
Whenever I’ve been asked to make an AI flow […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Howdy @monkchips … good to see you here
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Howdy @monkchips … good to see you here
Reposted by David Pollak
Today I learned that all those pointless collective nouns (a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, a pride of lions) which are only ever used in pub quizzes, were made up by one woman 500 years ago.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned
A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith
www.themarginalian.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Today I learned that all those pointless collective nouns (a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, a pride of lions) which are only ever used in pub quizzes, were made up by one woman 500 years ago.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned
Reposted by David Pollak
Reposted by David Pollak
It's fucked up that SNAP is a political football and didn't phase anyone but 10% delayed flights are a "serious issue" that is bringing politicians to the table.
#healthcare and #snap are way more important than flight delays. We will survive logistics inconveniences, unlike not having health […]
#healthcare and #snap are way more important than flight delays. We will survive logistics inconveniences, unlike not having health […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It's fucked up that SNAP is a political football and didn't phase anyone but 10% delayed flights are a "serious issue" that is bringing politicians to the table.
#healthcare and #snap are way more important than flight delays. We will survive logistics inconveniences, unlike not having health […]
#healthcare and #snap are way more important than flight delays. We will survive logistics inconveniences, unlike not having health […]
Reposted by David Pollak
This pansy ass giving up shit is why everyone hates the Democrats. Enjoy going back to millions suffering and dying without care, America.
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This pansy ass giving up shit is why everyone hates the Democrats. Enjoy going back to millions suffering and dying without care, America.
Reposted by David Pollak
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) calling for his party’s leader in the other chamber, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), to be replaced because “If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?”
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) calling for his party’s leader in the other chamber, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), to be replaced because “If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?”
While senator Reed didn’t cave, I expect he will give a full throated rebuke to all the dems that did… or I’ll support his primary opponent
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
While senator Reed didn’t cave, I expect he will give a full throated rebuke to all the dems that did… or I’ll support his primary opponent
Reposted by David Pollak
Well this is the coolest BYTE archive ever.
The home page, a grid with cover pages down the left side, functions as an infographic that charts the rise and fall of the magazine. (I arrived long after the glory days of 450-page issues.)
"This zoomable map shows […]
[Original post on social.coop]
The home page, a grid with cover pages down the left side, functions as an infographic that charts the rise and fall of the magazine. (I arrived long after the glory days of 450-page issues.)
"This zoomable map shows […]
[Original post on social.coop]
November 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Well this is the coolest BYTE archive ever.
The home page, a grid with cover pages down the left side, functions as an infographic that charts the rise and fall of the magazine. (I arrived long after the glory days of 450-page issues.)
"This zoomable map shows […]
[Original post on social.coop]
The home page, a grid with cover pages down the left side, functions as an infographic that charts the rise and fall of the magazine. (I arrived long after the glory days of 450-page issues.)
"This zoomable map shows […]
[Original post on social.coop]
Reposted by David Pollak
"if this kind of infrastructure doesn’t exist yet, it can be built. “I think the most important lesson from Chicago right now is that anyone can do this and everyone should do this”"
https://organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-we-run-toward-danger-together/
#chicago #resistance
https://organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-we-run-toward-danger-together/
#chicago #resistance
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"if this kind of infrastructure doesn’t exist yet, it can be built. “I think the most important lesson from Chicago right now is that anyone can do this and everyone should do this”"
https://organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-we-run-toward-danger-together/
#chicago #resistance
https://organizingmythoughts.org/in-chicago-we-run-toward-danger-together/
#chicago #resistance
Nonetheless, call your senators today
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:756gaaeewovgn4axja34ajne/post/3m57rryojes27
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:756gaaeewovgn4axja34ajne/post/3m57rryojes27
Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social)
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen. Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
bsky.app
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Nonetheless, call your senators today
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:756gaaeewovgn4axja34ajne/post/3m57rryojes27
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:756gaaeewovgn4axja34ajne/post/3m57rryojes27