Two DOGE workers are now at CISA (DHS's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) I've been able to confirm. Edward Coristine, the 19-yr-old known as Big Balls, and Kyle Schutt, a 38-yr-old software engineer. My piece for Wired:

https://www.wired.com/story/doge-cisa-coristine-cybersecurity/

Political Bias on X

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/19/study-of-tiktok-x-for-you-feeds-in-germany-finds-far-right-political-bias-ahead-of-federal-elections/

Find O'Reillys full letter to the Commission, which was just published, here:
https://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/doc/correspondence/en/199731

🚨Wow, some big news from
@ombudsman.europa.eu
Emily O'Reilly in her last days in office. 🚨

Following my complaint, she told the EU Commission that its secrecy regarding disclosures by Elon Musk's X under the Digital Services Act breached EU transparency rules, and was a case of "maladministration".

So, what's this about? The Commission has launched investigations into whether several big platforms, including X, are doing their homework in fighting illegal content, deceptive advertising, etc.

Last month was the *warmest* January on record globally.

It was also separately the warmest January for global land areas and the 2nd warmest for global ocean areas.

Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/noaa-global-temp)

Today's timeline: "Why is this nazi-pwned institution not doing more to stop the nazis?"

“When eugenics-obsessed billionaires try to sell me a new toy, I don’t ask how many keystrokes it will save me...It’s impossible for me to discuss the utility of a thing when I fundamentally disagree with the purpose”

“I don’t care how well their ‘AI’ works – or if you found a fancy fun use-case. It fucks me up watching peers treat this tech from people who want to eradicate me as a future worth considering.”

“I don’t need an agent, I want to maintain my own agency.”

https://www.miriamsuzanne.com/2025/02/12/tech-ai-wtf/

centuries of scientific inquiry yet still no answer to the crucial question: what is my cat thinking about

@skinnylatte

The billionaires fomenting the same conditions that led to WW2; they want us all to forget what famine & military invasion was like.

Trade wars and isolationism lead to global recessions, then to world war.

Over 3% of the global population died in the last war.

Who knows how many will suffer as a consequence of Trump, Putin, and Mohammed bin Salman plotting against democracy?

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-announces-first-meeting-vladimir-putin-in-saudi-arabia/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact

New documents illustrate how much France lobbied to water down the AI Act. https://netzpolitik.org/2025/ai-act-wie-die-ausnahmen-in-der-ki-verordnung-landeten/

Finding a bit of respite in pics my family is sending if the snowstorm in #houston Anyone have some videos of dogs on their first snow encounter?

Mood.

Act Up protest 1990 - the man in the centre of the picture is poet and activist Assotto Saint. One of the first African American activists to publicy disclose his HIV status, he died in 1994.

Le Monde, French newspaper of record, quits Elon Musk’s X

Negatives clearly outweigh the positives, says editor-in-chief.

https://www.politico.eu/article/le-monde-france-top-newspaper-quits-elon-musk-x/

@augieray I’m hoping it was rank with a deadly new strain of airborne norovirus.

Large Pear-Shaped Bottle with Scrolling Floral Decor
Longquan ware: light gray stoneware with celadon glaze over incised and combed decoration. From the kilns at Longquan, Zhejiang province.
probably 15th century
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/203883
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The annoying nerds who said you should install Linux, use decentralised social media, use Signal secure messenger were right.

Control of our own computing is a prerequisite for freedom.

The internet *is* real life.

Microsoft's own red team looked at all of their AI products.

Conclusions: we fucked.

https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/microsoft_ai_redteam_infosec_warning/

#pentesting #ai

This is a reall big surprise...not: TikTok, AliExpress, Temu and more hit with GDPR complaints over unlawful data transfers to China https://betanews.com/2025/01/17/tiktok-aliexpress-temu-and-more-hit-with-gdpr-complaints-over-unlawful-data-transfers-to-china/

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