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@[email protected]. Displaced Philly boy. Threat hunter. Educator. Dad. General in the AI Resistance.
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· Nov 11
The Taggart Institute: Master Your Craft
The Taggart Institute exists to provide low-cost, high-quality technology training to everyone in a welcoming, supportive community.
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Hey hey new friends! Perhaps a reintroduction is in order: I'm Taggart, and I make low-cost, high-quality tech educational material. Career educator, IT Director, and now threat hunter. Sometimes I stream, but rarely these days. Also interested in surviving the omnicrisis.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This story has a section title "The risks of reading," and if you need to read books IN SECRET in a school, it is no longer a school. It's an indoctrination camp.
archive.ph/VyJc4
archive.ph/VyJc4
November 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
This story has a section title "The risks of reading," and if you need to read books IN SECRET in a school, it is no longer a school. It's an indoctrination camp.
archive.ph/VyJc4
archive.ph/VyJc4
As the product of a very small liberal arts college, I both appreciate what's happening in this piece and the massive amount of writing talent that went into it.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
As the product of a very small liberal arts college, I both appreciate what's happening in this piece and the massive amount of writing talent that went into it.
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Good @laurenfeiner.bsky.social story about the state of CISA that highlights potentially corrosive fears among the agency's critical infrastructure partners about the Trump administration's cuts and politicization: www.theverge.com/policy/81688...
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Good @laurenfeiner.bsky.social story about the state of CISA that highlights potentially corrosive fears among the agency's critical infrastructure partners about the Trump administration's cuts and politicization: www.theverge.com/policy/81688...
Just had cause to revisit an all-timer for movie criticism: Roger Ebert's review of "North." Enjoy!
North movie review & film summary (1994) | Roger Ebert
I have no idea why Rob Reiner, or anyone else, wanted to make this story into a movie, and close examination of the film itself is no help. "North" is one of
www.rogerebert.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Just had cause to revisit an all-timer for movie criticism: Roger Ebert's review of "North." Enjoy!
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Welp, got up and running with Vaultwarden in under an hour. All my data exported from KeePassXC just fine, and the data is self-hosted in my own lab, accessed via a DMZ relay -> Wireguard connection.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Welp, got up and running with Vaultwarden in under an hour. All my data exported from KeePassXC just fine, and the data is self-hosted in my own lab, accessed via a DMZ relay -> Wireguard connection.
Ever get so in your head you miss the big picture?
Happened to me.
Happened to me.
November 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Ever get so in your head you miss the big picture?
Happened to me.
Happened to me.
After reading their blog post and really agonizing over this for the last day, I'm changing my stance. The ways in which the internal use of generative models are discussed here concern me more than what I've seen in external pull requests.
keepassxc.org/blog/2025-11...
keepassxc.org/blog/2025-11...
About KeePassXC’s Code Quality Control – KeePassXC
KeePassXC Password Manager
keepassxc.org
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
After reading their blog post and really agonizing over this for the last day, I'm changing my stance. The ways in which the internal use of generative models are discussed here concern me more than what I've seen in external pull requests.
keepassxc.org/blog/2025-11...
keepassxc.org/blog/2025-11...
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Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
The older I get, the more I suspect the internet's immediacy gets in the way of understanding.
When language moves faster than thought, how can we hope to get anything right? And if we're not trying to get anything right, what game are we really playing?
When language moves faster than thought, how can we hope to get anything right? And if we're not trying to get anything right, what game are we really playing?
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The older I get, the more I suspect the internet's immediacy gets in the way of understanding.
When language moves faster than thought, how can we hope to get anything right? And if we're not trying to get anything right, what game are we really playing?
When language moves faster than thought, how can we hope to get anything right? And if we're not trying to get anything right, what game are we really playing?
So I guess for several months now KeePassXC has been using generative AI in their development pipeline. This includes a policy regarding disclosure of generative AI usage for PRs, which is prudent. It also, however, appears to involve their use of Copilot by one of the primary maintainers.
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
So I guess for several months now KeePassXC has been using generative AI in their development pipeline. This includes a policy regarding disclosure of generative AI usage for PRs, which is prudent. It also, however, appears to involve their use of Copilot by one of the primary maintainers.
Vote for a true progressive
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Vote for a true progressive
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So I'm reading a bit about Chinese history, and it turns out that the record-keeping for oracle bones is pretty comprehensive! For instance, we know the questions asked in the auguries were repeated multiple times, and the plurality of responses was taken as the real answer.
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So I'm reading a bit about Chinese history, and it turns out that the record-keeping for oracle bones is pretty comprehensive! For instance, we know the questions asked in the auguries were repeated multiple times, and the plurality of responses was taken as the real answer.
So I'm reading a bit about Chinese history, and it turns out that the record-keeping for oracle bones is pretty comprehensive! For instance, we know the questions asked in the auguries were repeated multiple times, and the plurality of responses was taken as the real answer.
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
So I'm reading a bit about Chinese history, and it turns out that the record-keeping for oracle bones is pretty comprehensive! For instance, we know the questions asked in the auguries were repeated multiple times, and the plurality of responses was taken as the real answer.
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Ah geez. RIP Farmers' Almanac.
A Fond Farewell
After more than 200 years of sharing wit and wisdom, the 2026 Farmers' Almanac will be our last edition. But our story stays alive in you.
www.farmersalmanac.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Ah geez. RIP Farmers' Almanac.
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Stop Anthropomorphizing Machines 2026 Challenge
Difficulty level: I M P O S S I B L E
Difficulty level: I M P O S S I B L E
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Stop Anthropomorphizing Machines 2026 Challenge
Difficulty level: I M P O S S I B L E
Difficulty level: I M P O S S I B L E
Look me in the eye and tell me any amount of money—let alone a massive loss—is worth this.
This technology is anti-human.
This technology is anti-human.
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Look me in the eye and tell me any amount of money—let alone a massive loss—is worth this.
This technology is anti-human.
This technology is anti-human.
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
Stop Anthropomorphizing Machines 2026 Challenge
Difficulty level: I M P O S S I B L E
Difficulty level: I M P O S S I B L E
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Stop Anthropomorphizing Machines 2026 Challenge
Difficulty level: I M P O S S I B L E
Difficulty level: I M P O S S I B L E
SQLI in Django. If impacted, please update your apps. Patched Django versions are 5.2.8, 5.1.14, or 4.2.26.
Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability in Django (CVE-2025-64459) | Blog | Endor Labs
Critical SQL Injection Vulnerability in Django (CVE-2025-64459). Learn what happened, root cause, impact, and how to mitigate.
www.endorlabs.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
SQLI in Django. If impacted, please update your apps. Patched Django versions are 5.2.8, 5.1.14, or 4.2.26.
Here we go, new OWASP Web Top 10:
Introduction - OWASP Top 10:2025 RC1
OWASP Top 10:2025 RC1
owasp.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Here we go, new OWASP Web Top 10:
Yeah, this uh, this confirms my long-standing suspicion that the shape of Star Trek ships (especially Starfleet ones) do not really map well onto the Lego form.
Lego’s first Star Trek set is a $400 Enterprise with Data, Picard, and Worf minifigures
The 3,600-piece set will be available starting on November 28th and includes nine minifigures with accessories.
www.theverge.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Yeah, this uh, this confirms my long-standing suspicion that the shape of Star Trek ships (especially Starfleet ones) do not really map well onto the Lego form.