Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me in a Honda Fit.
just deeply, humiliatingly stupid.
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me in a Honda Fit.
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Security theater undermining activism is a real thing that happens all the time. People need to sit down and actually learn how to think through threat models.
January 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Security theater undermining activism is a real thing that happens all the time. People need to sit down and actually learn how to think through threat models.
Unqualified immunity for nurses. Seems reasonable
If ICE agents get to kill people because their job is so stressful, shouldn't an ICU nurse get to kick their car? Like what is the job stress-to-free-action conversion rate
January 30, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Unqualified immunity for nurses. Seems reasonable
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Yeah, Reuters is reporting that ICE is now explicitly ordering agents to turn back whenever they see "agitators" like @whstancil.bsky.social, which logically means they can no longer abduct people at the presence of watchers and commuters
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
January 29, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Yeah, Reuters is reporting that ICE is now explicitly ordering agents to turn back whenever they see "agitators" like @whstancil.bsky.social, which logically means they can no longer abduct people at the presence of watchers and commuters
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
www.reuters.com/world/ice-of...
Cannot believe Vince Gilligan did not go with, "I am the one who licks." Clearly, a missed opportunity.
January 29, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Cannot believe Vince Gilligan did not go with, "I am the one who licks." Clearly, a missed opportunity.
"We promise that future versions of Windows will stop requesting that you update 'Your Fucking Attitude' and instead update the operating system."
Every tech thing now is like “we have listened and we hear you, calling you ‘meat money puppets’ wasn’t the message you wanted and the AI powered ‘dumbass browser for little dicks’ needs some fine-tuning”
scoop: Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows. The head of Windows tells me Microsoft will focus on "addressing pain points we hear consistently from customers." Full details in my Notepad newsletter this week, gift link here 👇 tinyurl.com/win11trust
January 29, 2026 at 5:31 PM
"We promise that future versions of Windows will stop requesting that you update 'Your Fucking Attitude' and instead update the operating system."
Sign of the times that a tech website is reviewing ppe? Absolutely. But it’s not a stunt. The people giving feedback on the masks have used them in protest situations.
Been a fan since day one, but unlike a lot of things on the internet, the verge gets better with each passing year.
Been a fan since day one, but unlike a lot of things on the internet, the verge gets better with each passing year.
January 29, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Sign of the times that a tech website is reviewing ppe? Absolutely. But it’s not a stunt. The people giving feedback on the masks have used them in protest situations.
Been a fan since day one, but unlike a lot of things on the internet, the verge gets better with each passing year.
Been a fan since day one, but unlike a lot of things on the internet, the verge gets better with each passing year.
Wonderful 🧵, not least because I have learned the phrase, “utter cobblers.”
I think I might take one of these "under 20 minutes" AI skills courses the UK Govt. seems very keen on everyone doing and live-post it here... Maybe we can all learn something together! The press release sends me to aiskillshub.org.uk/aiskillsboost/ - let's go and see!
AI Skills Boost - AI Skills Hub
aiskillshub.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Wonderful 🧵, not least because I have learned the phrase, “utter cobblers.”
When I grow up, I want to be a LLM. They seem like they have it all figured out, and I hear they have great job security.
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 AM
When I grow up, I want to be a LLM. They seem like they have it all figured out, and I hear they have great job security.
Truly one of the worst possible uses of genAI, regardless of motive. I know it's being built into everything, but try not to share those modified images, let alone generate them.
Unfriendly reminder, AI is being used to destroy trust. Do not normalize the use of AI. AI can not reliably enhance videos or low-quality images.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
This is the quiet replacement of reality. Do not let this be normalized.
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Truly one of the worst possible uses of genAI, regardless of motive. I know it's being built into everything, but try not to share those modified images, let alone generate them.
Saul Alinsky's Batman arc > Frank Miller's Batman arc
Fight me.
Fight me.
An unidentified man dressed in a Batman costume angrily confronted Santa Clara city officials during a joint meeting of the City Council, city authorities, and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority on Monday, using his public comment to condemn the city’s stance on cooperation with ICE.
January 29, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Saul Alinsky's Batman arc > Frank Miller's Batman arc
Fight me.
Fight me.
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all i'm saying is your kids might still visit you if you had an 85 inch oLED with full 7.1 surround sound for movie night
January 28, 2026 at 8:24 PM
all i'm saying is your kids might still visit you if you had an 85 inch oLED with full 7.1 surround sound for movie night
"What color is the smoke?" may be 2026's 'The Dress'
For those of you claiming that green smoke has to be chlorine, I submit to you that (A) determining a chemical hazard solely by colour is silly and (B) here's some pics of chlorine gas leaks veering more into the yellow:
January 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM
"What color is the smoke?" may be 2026's 'The Dress'
"Also, forward this to three more people or Bloody Mary will deport you."
I have finally seen something worse than those fundraising emails and texts the Democrats send: the ones the Republicans send
January 28, 2026 at 5:26 PM
"Also, forward this to three more people or Bloody Mary will deport you."
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Incredibly, this is an actual photo New York Post used for the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar.
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Incredibly, this is an actual photo New York Post used for the guy who attacked Ilhan Omar.
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was wondering what edgar was up to these days
January 28, 2026 at 2:54 AM
was wondering what edgar was up to these days
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ok the full clip is way better than the little one going around. her whole team try to get her to bail on the event and she's like no, I came to speak. incredible example.
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 2:13 AM
ok the full clip is way better than the little one going around. her whole team try to get her to bail on the event and she's like no, I came to speak. incredible example.
What the actual fuck
January 28, 2026 at 1:06 AM
What the actual fuck
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What’s the German word for schadenfreude???
January 27, 2026 at 11:51 PM
What’s the German word for schadenfreude???
The straight-to-DVD remake of ‘Argo’ is stupider than I could have imagined.
Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 11:06 PM
The straight-to-DVD remake of ‘Argo’ is stupider than I could have imagined.
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No idea how this'll turn out, but 'Sorry to Bother You" is an all time favorite, so I'll absolutely be there for a new Boots movie.
I LOVE BOOSTERS - Official Teaser Trailer - In Theaters May 22
YouTube video by NEON
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:32 PM
No idea how this'll turn out, but 'Sorry to Bother You" is an all time favorite, so I'll absolutely be there for a new Boots movie.
"First they came to make me lick the boot
And I did not speak out
Because I thought it my boot"
And I did not speak out
Because I thought it my boot"
Tim Pool: “I’m not licking the boot. It’s my boot. I voted for it. I’m the one stomping…”
This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
/1
January 27, 2026 at 6:45 PM
"First they came to make me lick the boot
And I did not speak out
Because I thought it my boot"
And I did not speak out
Because I thought it my boot"
It's certainly possible to overuse the analogy, and some comparisons truly are offensive or inaccurate.
But "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE" does not seem to be a productive message.
But "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE" does not seem to be a productive message.
The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 27, 2026 at 6:39 PM
It's certainly possible to overuse the analogy, and some comparisons truly are offensive or inaccurate.
But "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE" does not seem to be a productive message.
But "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE" does not seem to be a productive message.
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go birds
if you’re having a bad morning just think that you could be the person in the philadelphia office of emergency management who sent out a citywide text alert with a link to chubbyparade dot com
January 27, 2026 at 3:55 PM
go birds