The UK doing (again) what the US is too politically corrupt and morally bankrupt to do.
UK says it plans to crack down on tech firms that fail to remove nonconsenual intimate images within 48 hours. Punishments could include having service blocked in UK or fines of up to 10% of global revenue. PM Keir Starmer calls the problem a "national emergency" therecord.media/united-kingd...
UK to require tech firms to remove nonconsensual intimate images within 48 hours or face fines
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new law that will require tech companies to remove intimate images shared without consent within two days or face large fines and potentially have their se...
therecord.media
February 19, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The UK doing (again) what the US is too politically corrupt and morally bankrupt to do.
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just had my debut Made in China guest appearance!! : ) got to collab with @lmatsakis.bsky.social on this piece about the Chinese companies selling anti-drone tech on TikTok, featuring the opening line "PEW, PEW, PEW!"
www.wired.com/story/pew-pe...
www.wired.com/story/pew-pe...
‘Pew Pew’: The Chinese Companies Marketing Anti-Drone Weapons on TikTok
On TikTok, Chinese manufacturers are advertising signal-blocking weapons with the breezy cadence of consumer lifestyle advertising.
www.wired.com
February 19, 2026 at 9:17 PM
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As far as I can see @listifications.app's DMs are still active. So did this take effect or no? Will it?
I'd also like to know more details about what triggered this. FWIW every DM is only sent if the user opts into the service. This is explained when they follow the account via DM.
I'd also like to know more details about what triggered this. FWIW every DM is only sent if the user opts into the service. This is explained when they follow the account via DM.
February 19, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I'm waiting for the
"Hang 'em high candidate"
to emerge.
"Hang 'em high candidate"
to emerge.
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
February 19, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I'm waiting for the
"Hang 'em high candidate"
to emerge.
"Hang 'em high candidate"
to emerge.
Criminal sociopath selling the whole thing off for parts.
February 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Criminal sociopath selling the whole thing off for parts.
This is something I'll be keeping an eye on. 🧵
May be worth installing, provided it's not too invasive and works well with GrapheneOS.
May be worth installing, provided it's not too invasive and works well with GrapheneOS.
they will integrate this into a "find party" >>feature<<, too.
It's so much of dystopia. It's every scifi cop state warning we have watched and read the last decades.
I'm developing an quick Android app alerting one of a meta ray-ban nearby: github.com/yjeanrenaud/...
The least I can try to do.
It's so much of dystopia. It's every scifi cop state warning we have watched and read the last decades.
I'm developing an quick Android app alerting one of a meta ray-ban nearby: github.com/yjeanrenaud/...
The least I can try to do.
GitHub - yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses: attempting detect Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses nearby
attempting detect Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses nearby - yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses
github.com
February 19, 2026 at 5:24 PM
This is something I'll be keeping an eye on. 🧵
May be worth installing, provided it's not too invasive and works well with GrapheneOS.
May be worth installing, provided it's not too invasive and works well with GrapheneOS.
Walmart AI is trained to empty your bank account.
Who could have predicted?
Who could have predicted?
* Walmart Customers Who Use AI Shopping Assistant Have Average Order Value 35% Higher Than Non-Users, CEO Says
(via DJ) #$WMT
(via DJ) #$WMT
February 19, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Walmart AI is trained to empty your bank account.
Who could have predicted?
Who could have predicted?
DEF CON bans three Epstein-linked men from future events
DEF CON bans three Epstein-linked men from future events
Emails show all discussed networking and biz interests with the sex offender throughout the 2010s
Cybersecurity conference DEF CON has added three men named in the Epstein files to its list of banned individuals. They are not accused of any criminal wrongdoing.…
dlvr.it
February 19, 2026 at 1:46 PM
"Serial abuser facing the end of his time on Earth tells humanity "If I can't have her, nobody can.""
MERCURY?
The EPA "plans this week to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, a powerful neurotoxin that can impair babies’ brain development, internal agency documents show."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c...
The EPA "plans this week to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, a powerful neurotoxin that can impair babies’ brain development, internal agency documents show."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:18 PM
"Serial abuser facing the end of his time on Earth tells humanity "If I can't have her, nobody can.""
Sweet.
Three ICE agents accidentally shot themselves in the leg during routine training exercises within two days last year.
ICE Agents Keep Accidentally Shooting Themselves
www.newsweek.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Sweet.
Welcome to the party Katie.
Stephen's genetic makeup makes everyone sick.
Stephen's genetic makeup makes everyone sick.
Katie Miller claims Stephen Miller's genes are making her sick:
"Why have I been more nauseous this pregnancy, had more eczema? It's because it's more of my husband's genetic makeup than mine in this baby."
"Why have I been more nauseous this pregnancy, had more eczema? It's because it's more of my husband's genetic makeup than mine in this baby."
February 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Welcome to the party Katie.
Stephen's genetic makeup makes everyone sick.
Stephen's genetic makeup makes everyone sick.
Gonna be super awesome when these are running nuclear weapons systems and autonomous military drones
I got a tip that all over the world, people are using a dead-simple hack to manipulate AI behavior. It turns out changing what AI tells other people can be as easy as writing a blog post *on your own website*
I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I didn’t believe it, so I decided to test it myself www.bbc.com/future/artic...
I hacked ChatGPT and Google's AI – and it only took 20 minutes
I found a way to make AI tell you lies – and I'm not the only one.
www.bbc.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Gonna be super awesome when these are running nuclear weapons systems and autonomous military drones
Man, the U.S. really doesn't like it when rich people get scammed, murdered, or kidnapped.
When poor people go missing it's,
"Sorry, we don't have the resources to go looking for grown adults that might have just gone on vacation without telling you."
When poor people go missing it's,
"Sorry, we don't have the resources to go looking for grown adults that might have just gone on vacation without telling you."
Dave Kennedy of TrustedSec has created a BlueTooth signal sniffer just to help find Savannah Guthrie's mom.
nypost.com/2026/02/17/u...
nypost.com/2026/02/17/u...
Former Marine created high-tech Bluetooth signal sniffer to find Nancy Guthrie — and now he’s creating an app
“We know that this is 100 percent possible,” Kennedy said.
nypost.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Man, the U.S. really doesn't like it when rich people get scammed, murdered, or kidnapped.
When poor people go missing it's,
"Sorry, we don't have the resources to go looking for grown adults that might have just gone on vacation without telling you."
When poor people go missing it's,
"Sorry, we don't have the resources to go looking for grown adults that might have just gone on vacation without telling you."
Reposted by CJ_(radicalized)
I track thousands of publications for Metacurity, have a deep background in media analysis, and I see this every day: Other nations are far superior at maintaining and sustaining a vibrant press ecosystem than the US is these days.
The Irish Times says it now has ~150,000 print and digital subscribers, and it has reached a milestone where subscriber revenue fully funds its journalism (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I track thousands of publications for Metacurity, have a deep background in media analysis, and I see this every day: Other nations are far superior at maintaining and sustaining a vibrant press ecosystem than the US is these days.
1) Go to Craigslist Saudi Arabia
(only accepting gold bars for payment)
2) .....
(only accepting gold bars for payment)
2) .....
"I'm going to say something I should never say, but I will anyway: you can jailbreak an F-35 just like an iPhone."
Dutch defense chief: F-35s can be jailbroken like iPhones
: No worries if the US doesn't want to be friends with Europe anymore
www.theregister.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
1) Go to Craigslist Saudi Arabia
(only accepting gold bars for payment)
2) .....
(only accepting gold bars for payment)
2) .....
Proper response:
"So you would be in favor of the next Democratic President allowing ATF to execute administrative warrants without a judge's signature?"
"So you would be in favor of the next Democratic President allowing ATF to execute administrative warrants without a judge's signature?"
Emmer: "It's a false herring for these guys to suggest, 'Oh, we now we need a judicial warrant,' because they know that that's going to delay any enforcement of the actual administrative warrant."
February 18, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Proper response:
"So you would be in favor of the next Democratic President allowing ATF to execute administrative warrants without a judge's signature?"
"So you would be in favor of the next Democratic President allowing ATF to execute administrative warrants without a judge's signature?"
"Country that funded 9/11 attacks on U.S. is also funding current attacks on U.S."
Any other framing of this is just collaboration.
Any other framing of this is just collaboration.
Saudi-backed artificial intelligence company Humain has invested $3 billion into Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI, according to a statement on Wednesday
Saudi Arabia’s Humain Invests $3 Billion Into Elon Musk’s XAI
Saudi-backed artificial intelligence company Humain has invested $3 billion into Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI, according to a statement on Wednesday.
bloom.bg
February 18, 2026 at 1:53 PM
"Country that funded 9/11 attacks on U.S. is also funding current attacks on U.S."
Any other framing of this is just collaboration.
Any other framing of this is just collaboration.
This.
Solar > Slop
Solar > Slop
why is technology people are using to make videos of a smurf having rough sex with chris griffin a better investment than solar energy? explain that to me before accusing me of rejecting “tech”
February 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This.
Solar > Slop
Solar > Slop
This statement carries a greater weight today than it would have 2 or 12 years ago.
Especially if you're in, or from, the U.S.
Especially if you're in, or from, the U.S.
Love to see it, rest of world needs to follow France's example in a lot of different areas.
February 18, 2026 at 12:47 PM
This statement carries a greater weight today than it would have 2 or 12 years ago.
Especially if you're in, or from, the U.S.
Especially if you're in, or from, the U.S.
AI "bit barns"
Is that the cutie pie name media is going to call these electricity and water guzzling, toxin spewing, planet destroying monstrosities?
Is that the cutie pie name media is going to call these electricity and water guzzling, toxin spewing, planet destroying monstrosities?
AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas
AI bit barns grow climate emergency by turning up the gas
Companies talk renewables while firing up gas turbines as fast as they can
Bit barns need a lot of power to operate and, as hyperscalers look for ways to generate it, they are adding more dirty energy in the form of new gas turbines. One estimate says that these new power sources could add another 44 million tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by 2030, equivalent to the annual emissions of 10 million private cars.…
dlvr.it
February 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
AI "bit barns"
Is that the cutie pie name media is going to call these electricity and water guzzling, toxin spewing, planet destroying monstrosities?
Is that the cutie pie name media is going to call these electricity and water guzzling, toxin spewing, planet destroying monstrosities?
Today in:
"Microsoft is the Malware"
"Microsoft is the Malware"
Microsoft alerts on DNS-based ClickFix variant delivering malware via nslookup securityaffairs.com/188039/hacki...
Microsoft alerts on DNS-based ClickFix variant delivering malware via nslookup
Microsoft warns of a new ClickFix variant that tricks users into running DNS commands to fetch malware via nslookup.
securityaffairs.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Today in:
"Microsoft is the Malware"
"Microsoft is the Malware"
Can we please put this guy in prison?
A report from House Oversight Committee Democrats delivers a damning recounting of the varied ways Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) violated cybersecurity protocols across nearly every executive branch agency. 1/5
www.metacurity.com/doge-linked-...
www.metacurity.com/doge-linked-...
DOGE linked to potential Russian, Chinese access to OPM systems, report
Palo Alto: attackers have moved from AI experimentation to AI operationalization, Dragos discovered three new ICS threat groups, European Parliament disabled AI features over cybersecurity concerns, K...
www.metacurity.com
February 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Can we please put this guy in prison?
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In case anyone makes you feel like you’re overreacting, I’m here to tell you that we’re underreacting. We’re severely underreacting.
February 17, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Criminal, yes. But also civil.
"Even if you get a pardon, we will sue you into eternal bankruptcy."
"Even if you get a pardon, we will sue you into eternal bankruptcy."
I think it’s time for Democratic leaders to start saying “if you’re a pilot or ground crew involved in a deportation that was stayed by a judge, you’ll be held criminally liable for human trafficking.” Everyone involved in these flights should have that fear in the back of their minds.
Overnight, this probable ICE flight landed in Benin and is now returning to Senegal, likely for a crew layover.
February 17, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Criminal, yes. But also civil.
"Even if you get a pardon, we will sue you into eternal bankruptcy."
"Even if you get a pardon, we will sue you into eternal bankruptcy."
The prison sentences better exceed the high end of life expectancy.
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:31 AM
The prison sentences better exceed the high end of life expectancy.