rfcbittwiddler
@rfcbittwiddler.bsky.social
Professional Tinkerer, Bit Twiddler, Software Archaeologist. Learning EE the hard way. P=(V^2)/R
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this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
how bad do you have to fuck up to allow an exploit in fucking NOTEPAD
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“'That’s ICE,” I said. “What’s ICE?” he answered. I pointed. “Oh God!” he exclaimed. Because suddenly he found himself in the trap. Show you’re afraid, and they can really give you something to cry about."
So pleased the full and better version of this is in @literaryhub.bsky.social Please read!
So pleased the full and better version of this is in @literaryhub.bsky.social Please read!
@deardara.bsky.social on the brutal impact of ICE on Twin City businesses.
Letter From Minnesota: Life Inside an Economic Blockade
Greetings from inside the economic blockade zone of occupied Minneapolis. What do you know about cities inside economic blockades? I know about the Prussian siege of Paris, when the trapped Parisia…
buff.ly
February 10, 2026 at 4:09 PM
“'That’s ICE,” I said. “What’s ICE?” he answered. I pointed. “Oh God!” he exclaimed. Because suddenly he found himself in the trap. Show you’re afraid, and they can really give you something to cry about."
So pleased the full and better version of this is in @literaryhub.bsky.social Please read!
So pleased the full and better version of this is in @literaryhub.bsky.social Please read!
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*Epstein co-conspirators nervously watching the daily Dow closing average to see if they will be held accountable for their crimes.*
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
*Epstein co-conspirators nervously watching the daily Dow closing average to see if they will be held accountable for their crimes.*
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Here's a hidden secret of doorbell cameras, as revealed by Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping. They're recording even when you don't know it, and sending video to company servers even when you don't pay
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Here's a hidden secret of doorbell cameras, as revealed by Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping. They're recording even when you don't know it, and sending video to company servers even when you don't pay
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Okay. Okay okay okay.
I just got a text from my dad. He says they're watching a basketball game and they saw an ad for Cascade dishwasher... powder.
IS IT HAPPENING???
I just got a text from my dad. He says they're watching a basketball game and they saw an ad for Cascade dishwasher... powder.
IS IT HAPPENING???
February 11, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Okay. Okay okay okay.
I just got a text from my dad. He says they're watching a basketball game and they saw an ad for Cascade dishwasher... powder.
IS IT HAPPENING???
I just got a text from my dad. He says they're watching a basketball game and they saw an ad for Cascade dishwasher... powder.
IS IT HAPPENING???
Really annoying when I've been feeling like I'm slow walking into being sick, like I've got a low grade fever all day, then when I go to bed, I wake up an hour later and now I'm wide awake.
Especially when I deliberately tried to go to bed not super late so that I can get a decent night's sleep...
Especially when I deliberately tried to go to bed not super late so that I can get a decent night's sleep...
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Really annoying when I've been feeling like I'm slow walking into being sick, like I've got a low grade fever all day, then when I go to bed, I wake up an hour later and now I'm wide awake.
Especially when I deliberately tried to go to bed not super late so that I can get a decent night's sleep...
Especially when I deliberately tried to go to bed not super late so that I can get a decent night's sleep...
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
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CW: politics
i really think people underrate how badly the broad toleration of white collar crime for HALF A CENTURY has perverted the republic! it's worse than the death of the fairness doctrine! i could argue worse than citizens united even!
i really think people underrate how badly the broad toleration of white collar crime for HALF A CENTURY has perverted the republic! it's worse than the death of the fairness doctrine! i could argue worse than citizens united even!
February 10, 2026 at 3:10 AM
CW: politics
i really think people underrate how badly the broad toleration of white collar crime for HALF A CENTURY has perverted the republic! it's worse than the death of the fairness doctrine! i could argue worse than citizens united even!
i really think people underrate how badly the broad toleration of white collar crime for HALF A CENTURY has perverted the republic! it's worse than the death of the fairness doctrine! i could argue worse than citizens united even!
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>king sending his brother to jail
close enough welcome back edward iv
close enough welcome back edward iv
LONDON (AP) — Palace says King Charles III will support police who are assessing reports that ex-Prince Andrew gave files to Epstein.
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
>king sending his brother to jail
close enough welcome back edward iv
close enough welcome back edward iv
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Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?
February 9, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?
This is the founder of Bellingcat (One of, if not *the*, most thorough... OSINT/Investigative journalism organizations in the world today).
I was asked to check this, the journal uses a Rail Fence Cipher, so you read each line up and down, left to right. The deciphered text in the article below is accurate, and names names. The file itself can be found here:
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
This is the founder of Bellingcat (One of, if not *the*, most thorough... OSINT/Investigative journalism organizations in the world today).
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The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Bad Bunny https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-bad-bunny/
February 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Bad Bunny https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-bad-bunny/
Tell someone you're a kicker, without telling them you're a kicker.
I like Meyers’ motion but his plant foot was way too close to the ball on that one.
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Tell someone you're a kicker, without telling them you're a kicker.
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Green Day: “don’t wanna be an American Idiot”
Page Six:
Page Six:
February 8, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Green Day: “don’t wanna be an American Idiot”
Page Six:
Page Six:
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Unlimited jihad on all sports gambling apps
February 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Unlimited jihad on all sports gambling apps
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Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Terrified Conservatives Lose Ability To Speak English After Exposure To Bad Bunny Performance https://theonion.com/terrified-conservatives-lose-ability-to-speak-english-after-exposure-to-bad-bunny-performance-dios-mio-cry-millions-of-panicking-republicans/
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Macbeth: SHIT
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Macbeth: SHIT
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Internal White House meetings going on, like, "Hopefully the racism will distract from the pedophilia which will distract from the killings which will distract from the pedophilia again which will distract from the economy which will distract from the pedophilia a third time"
February 6, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Internal White House meetings going on, like, "Hopefully the racism will distract from the pedophilia which will distract from the killings which will distract from the pedophilia again which will distract from the economy which will distract from the pedophilia a third time"
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Finally got to the end of the transcript and there’s a huge discussion over who exactly is *adding conditions of release* when detainees are being ordered *unconditionally* released by the judges. Le says it’s the field office supervisors…and names David Easterwood of Cities Church fame.
After Voss says that it's ICE's lawyer's who are responsible for for executing orders for release. Judge Blackwell then says "Well, should I call ICE's in-house counsel down here to answer for everything?" Voss then says, para., "I don't think this is a tactic, they're just not trained or managed."
February 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Finally got to the end of the transcript and there’s a huge discussion over who exactly is *adding conditions of release* when detainees are being ordered *unconditionally* released by the judges. Le says it’s the field office supervisors…and names David Easterwood of Cities Church fame.
Don't use biometrics. Just don't.
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Don't use biometrics. Just don't.
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The only response here is a motion to enjoin the whole operation
If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"
If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"
Flooding the zone with shit, but for the legal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/u...
Surge in Immigration Cases in Minnesota Pushes Prosecutors and Judges to Brink
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:29 PM
The only response here is a motion to enjoin the whole operation
If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"
If the government's position is "I'm sorry your honor but we don't be the capacity to both respect constitutional rights and conduct the operation as it is currently being conducted" the answer is "then you must stop the operation"
oh, joy.
@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him
Ron Wyden Only Talks Like This When The Spies Do Something *Real* Bad
No, I don't know what they did. But I have a lot of experience with the senator
www.forever-wars.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:57 PM
oh, joy.
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worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 PM
worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead
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Not sure which stat blows me away more. That Donald Trump's name shows up more times in the Epstein Files (38K) than Harry Potter's does in the Harry Potter books (~19K) or that Joe Rogan has had more guests that were named in the Epstein Files (10+) than he's had Black women guests (~5).
February 4, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Not sure which stat blows me away more. That Donald Trump's name shows up more times in the Epstein Files (38K) than Harry Potter's does in the Harry Potter books (~19K) or that Joe Rogan has had more guests that were named in the Epstein Files (10+) than he's had Black women guests (~5).