Caspar
@casparhubinger.bsky.social
Corporate antimatter • he/genx/gtfo
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Society tends to treat its artists like romanticized blood bags.
The person glorified in this song dies as an alcoholic.
You may not be strong enough to sustain your dream.
Your dream may not be strong enough to sustain you.
Yet, we all love the idea of a creative rebel.
youtu.be/XCf_kdmmVNE
The person glorified in this song dies as an alcoholic.
You may not be strong enough to sustain your dream.
Your dream may not be strong enough to sustain you.
Yet, we all love the idea of a creative rebel.
youtu.be/XCf_kdmmVNE
Audition (The Fools Who Dream)
YouTube video by Emma Stone - Topic
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Society tends to treat its artists like romanticized blood bags.
The person glorified in this song dies as an alcoholic.
You may not be strong enough to sustain your dream.
Your dream may not be strong enough to sustain you.
Yet, we all love the idea of a creative rebel.
youtu.be/XCf_kdmmVNE
The person glorified in this song dies as an alcoholic.
You may not be strong enough to sustain your dream.
Your dream may not be strong enough to sustain you.
Yet, we all love the idea of a creative rebel.
youtu.be/XCf_kdmmVNE
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Can we have more of this web design please and thank you - www.nicchan.me
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Can we have more of this web design please and thank you - www.nicchan.me
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PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
PSA: tips to protect yourself from scams on Signal.
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
Every major comms platform has to contend w phishing, impersonation, & scams. Sadly.
Signal is major, and as we've grown we've heard about more of these attacks--scammy people pretending to be something or someone to trick and abuse others. 1/
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New post from me, for UK folks only, on how you need to start preparing for Apple to switch off Advanced Data Protection and the end-to-end encryption of the data you store on it. Like I said, UK only. #SunlitUplands
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
Time to start de-Appling – Hi, I'm Heather Burns
heatherburns.tech
November 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New post from me, for UK folks only, on how you need to start preparing for Apple to switch off Advanced Data Protection and the end-to-end encryption of the data you store on it. Like I said, UK only. #SunlitUplands
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/t...
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
ICE has been cracking down hard across the vast expanse of the greater Chicago area, and I wrote a little bit about what you need to understand about what it’s like here now. Plus, I compiled some resources for locals to get alerts and whistles. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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So I blogged this, but you can't read it, because my site's been knocked offline, because the post is no 2 on HackerNews. Fucksake Heather, do you ever learn? No.
Democracy and the open internet die in daylight.
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So I blogged this, but you can't read it, because my site's been knocked offline, because the post is no 2 on HackerNews. Fucksake Heather, do you ever learn? No.
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Democracy and the open internet die in daylight.
October 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Democracy and the open internet die in daylight.
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For those following this bill, the next step is that an all-male subcommittee will meet to discuss it on November 18. Can’t be having any women involved in discussions of their own bodily autonomy.
(h/t jessica.substack.com)
(h/t jessica.substack.com)
The politician in South Carolina who has introduced a bill redefining contraception as abortion also wants people who share websites to be charged with aiding and abetting homicide.
October 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
For those following this bill, the next step is that an all-male subcommittee will meet to discuss it on November 18. Can’t be having any women involved in discussions of their own bodily autonomy.
(h/t jessica.substack.com)
(h/t jessica.substack.com)
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The post-Winamp era of computing is straight up dogshit.
October 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The post-Winamp era of computing is straight up dogshit.
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Folks - if this 👆fires you up, take out a paid subscription to Jessica Valenti’s daily newsletter, where she documents the US’s war on reproductive health, including the online aspects which I’m watching like a hawk.
jessica.substack.com
jessica.substack.com
Abortion, Every Day | Jessica Valenti | Substack
All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community. Click to read Abortion, Every Day, a Substack publication.
jessica.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Folks - if this 👆fires you up, take out a paid subscription to Jessica Valenti’s daily newsletter, where she documents the US’s war on reproductive health, including the online aspects which I’m watching like a hawk.
jessica.substack.com
jessica.substack.com
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"I don't have anything to hide why should I care about privacy?"
The politician in South Carolina who has introduced a bill redefining contraception as abortion also wants people who share websites to be charged with aiding and abetting homicide.
October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"I don't have anything to hide why should I care about privacy?"
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openai to finally acknowledge what has been driving the AI boom for years and years but no one really wants to admit: chatbots you can fuck www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...
ChatGPT’s Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck
As recent reports show OpenAI bleeding cash, and on the heels of accusations that ChatGPT caused teens and adults alike to harm themselves and others, CEO Sam Altman announced that you can soon fuck t...
www.404media.co
October 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
openai to finally acknowledge what has been driving the AI boom for years and years but no one really wants to admit: chatbots you can fuck www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...
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For months I've been following what happened when a company forced AI into the world of craft beer. Legal threats, people quitting, and beer judges in revolt over being told to use AI.
"It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up"
www.404media.co/what-happene...
"It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up"
www.404media.co/what-happene...
What Happened When AI Came for Craft Beer
A prominent beer competition introduced an AI-judging tool without warning. The judges and some members of the wider brewing industry were pissed.
www.404media.co
October 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
For months I've been following what happened when a company forced AI into the world of craft beer. Legal threats, people quitting, and beer judges in revolt over being told to use AI.
"It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up"
www.404media.co/what-happene...
"It is attempting to solve a problem that wasn’t a problem before AI showed up"
www.404media.co/what-happene...
One upside of being sick: you get to put the roof on your 7yo’s Minecraft hardware store and invite his mother to come shopping.
She hates hardware stores. 😏
She hates hardware stores. 😏
October 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
One upside of being sick: you get to put the roof on your 7yo’s Minecraft hardware store and invite his mother to come shopping.
She hates hardware stores. 😏
She hates hardware stores. 😏
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FWIW I've written to the Irish Minister for Justice - an enthusiastic supporter of Europe's hideous "chat control" phone-scanning proposal - asking him to imagine when that technology is used against him.
If you're German, please, PLEASE write to your justice/interior minister today.
If you're German, please, PLEASE write to your justice/interior minister today.
October 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
FWIW I've written to the Irish Minister for Justice - an enthusiastic supporter of Europe's hideous "chat control" phone-scanning proposal - asking him to imagine when that technology is used against him.
If you're German, please, PLEASE write to your justice/interior minister today.
If you're German, please, PLEASE write to your justice/interior minister today.
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Take action!
fightchatcontrol.eu to contact your ministers, permanent representation, MEPs, and, if you are German or Italian, your national MPs!
fightchatcontrol.eu to contact your ministers, permanent representation, MEPs, and, if you are German or Italian, your national MPs!
October 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Take action!
fightchatcontrol.eu to contact your ministers, permanent representation, MEPs, and, if you are German or Italian, your national MPs!
fightchatcontrol.eu to contact your ministers, permanent representation, MEPs, and, if you are German or Italian, your national MPs!
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Here's a discount code for a data broker removal service, which you needed yesterday incogni.cello.so/uDIEW5c65kp
@jshermcyber.bsky.social explores the risks posed to U.S. national security from data brokers in Europe and what can be done to protect American’s data from adversarial exploitation. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/euro...
Europe’s Data Broker Problem Threatens U.S. National Security
Data brokerage in Europe is putting U.S. service members and personnel at risk. The U.S. is waiting on Europe to step in.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Here's a discount code for a data broker removal service, which you needed yesterday incogni.cello.so/uDIEW5c65kp
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Oh look, the thing everyone said would happen has happened! And somehow accusing those people of supporting child abuse didn't stop them from being right? How could this be?!
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs
An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.
buff.ly
October 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Oh look, the thing everyone said would happen has happened! And somehow accusing those people of supporting child abuse didn't stop them from being right? How could this be?!
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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They did in fact use the Kirk killing as the reichstag fire
September 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
They did in fact use the Kirk killing as the reichstag fire
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New AI idea.... detects when I'm about to sneeze and turns off my camera & mic on Zoom!
#ai #allergies #remotework
#ai #allergies #remotework
September 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
New AI idea.... detects when I'm about to sneeze and turns off my camera & mic on Zoom!
#ai #allergies #remotework
#ai #allergies #remotework