Kevin
@doubleohkevin.bsky.social
Software & security by day, history & politics by night.
Strengths include film trivia night. Weaknesses include sports trivia night.
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Strengths include film trivia night. Weaknesses include sports trivia night.
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this is actually really nice to hear
January 29, 2026 at 6:47 PM
this is actually really nice to hear
Notable that Trump is not coming out swinging. Seems to me like a tacit acknowledgement that the last shutdown did not work in his favor.
TRUMP ON SHUTDOWN: HOPEFULLY WON'T HAVE ONE
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Notable that Trump is not coming out swinging. Seems to me like a tacit acknowledgement that the last shutdown did not work in his favor.
The way people want to use AI (and are already using it) runs counter to what we understand cybersecurity to be.
I’ve talked to people who don’t realize that letting an AI process have unrestrained access to their lives is, uh, not good.
I’ve talked to people who don’t realize that letting an AI process have unrestrained access to their lives is, uh, not good.
Emerging NIST guidance suggests that the practice of treating AI as “just software” for cybersecurity purposes is giving way to more novel approaches to managing AI risks.
Check out my latest CSO piece for a clear guide to NIST's many AI and cyber initiatives.
www.csoonline.com/article/4123...
Check out my latest CSO piece for a clear guide to NIST's many AI and cyber initiatives.
www.csoonline.com/article/4123...
NIST’s AI guidance pushes cybersecurity boundaries
Emerging NIST guidance suggests that the long-standing practice of treating AI as “just software” for cybersecurity purposes is giving way to more novel approaches to managing AI risks.
www.csoonline.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:48 PM
The way people want to use AI (and are already using it) runs counter to what we understand cybersecurity to be.
I’ve talked to people who don’t realize that letting an AI process have unrestrained access to their lives is, uh, not good.
I’ve talked to people who don’t realize that letting an AI process have unrestrained access to their lives is, uh, not good.
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NEW, by me: A security and privacy feature rolled out to select models of the latest iPhones and iPads this week will make it more difficult for law enforcement, spies, and malicious hackers to obtain a person's precise location data from their phone provider.
Apple's new iPhone and iPad security feature limits cell networks from collecting precise location data | TechCrunch
The new security feature makes it more difficult for police and malicious hackers to obtain a person's precise location data from a cell phone company.
techcrunch.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:53 PM
NEW, by me: A security and privacy feature rolled out to select models of the latest iPhones and iPads this week will make it more difficult for law enforcement, spies, and malicious hackers to obtain a person's precise location data from their phone provider.
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Ezra Klein had a LOT to say about this (BEAD) program when Republicans were complaining it wasn't moving quickly enough. But now that the project has been hijacked by a billionaire to fund substandard access to poor people who can't afford the high price I've not heard Klein make a peep
Jon Stewart And Ezra Klein Help GOP Paint Infrastructure Bill Broadband Grants As A Useless Boondoggle
We’ve long noted how the 2021 infrastructure bill included $42.5 billion for broadband dubbed the Broadband, Equity, Access And Deployment (BEAD) program. Managed by the NTIA and individual s…
www.techdirt.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Ezra Klein had a LOT to say about this (BEAD) program when Republicans were complaining it wasn't moving quickly enough. But now that the project has been hijacked by a billionaire to fund substandard access to poor people who can't afford the high price I've not heard Klein make a peep
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Oh, fuck no
H.R. 655 would giveaway 150 acres of #publiclands in Mt. Hood National Forest to expand a reservoir for the sake of feeding water to Google's data centers.
Contact your senators today and tell them to oppose this horrendous legislation!
Contact your senators today and tell them to oppose this horrendous legislation!
January 29, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Oh, fuck no
"The FBI is investigating" does not carry a lot of weight these days, folks
The man accused of carrying out the assault has social media accounts that include multiple photos in support of Trump and criticizing Democrats. The FBI is investigating.
Rep. Ilhan Omar points finger at Trump's 'hateful rhetoric' after town hall attack
The man accused of carrying out the assault has social media accounts that include multiple photos in support of Trump and criticizing Democrats. The FBI is investigating.
nbcnews.to
January 29, 2026 at 11:05 AM
"The FBI is investigating" does not carry a lot of weight these days, folks
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Some people are questioning whether this is AI. One way to be certain is to geolocate the video, as AI still struggles to accurately recreate really world locations with enough fidelity to be successfully geolocated. The first question is what's the best information about where this was filmed?
News Movement posted this video of Alex Pretti on Jan 13, showing him spitting at ICE agents and kicking their taillight.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
Now conservatives are suggesting this changes things.
That would mean they are suggesting he deserved to be target of an extrajudicial execution.
The video changes nothing.
January 29, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Some people are questioning whether this is AI. One way to be certain is to geolocate the video, as AI still struggles to accurately recreate really world locations with enough fidelity to be successfully geolocated. The first question is what's the best information about where this was filmed?
No joke, this is the attitude our representatives need to have in this moment.
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 AM
No joke, this is the attitude our representatives need to have in this moment.
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People who work in security are often insufferable. "Nothing is truly secure" can be true in an academic sense, and it is also entirely unhelpful to someone trying to make decisions about how to organize.
January 29, 2026 at 2:55 AM
People who work in security are often insufferable. "Nothing is truly secure" can be true in an academic sense, and it is also entirely unhelpful to someone trying to make decisions about how to organize.
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you only get to see the offer *after* you have flagged yourself, don’t give them that, if they want you to leave, make them do the work
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 AM
you only get to see the offer *after* you have flagged yourself, don’t give them that, if they want you to leave, make them do the work
Running into a van like you’re in a war zone lmao
January 28, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Running into a van like you’re in a war zone lmao
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just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
just saw 4 ice agents go up to a house and knock and within 1 minute there were 30 people out whistling and they left. we will not take our foot off the gas
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"The age of the AI super PAC is here, and it has ballot boxes across the U.S. in its sites ahead of the midterms. If there’s a winning election formula the AI industry is looking to repeat, it is the crypto industry’s highly effective lobbying muscle in 2024."
AI industry looks to repeat crypto lobbying success and put war chest to work in midterm elections
AI super PACs will be a major force in midterm elections as national and state debates over artificial intelligence regulation, and lobbying dollars, rise.
www.cnbc.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:24 PM
"The age of the AI super PAC is here, and it has ballot boxes across the U.S. in its sites ahead of the midterms. If there’s a winning election formula the AI industry is looking to repeat, it is the crypto industry’s highly effective lobbying muscle in 2024."
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“This is terrorism”—this couple will be permanently radicalized by their experience.
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 8:07 PM
“This is terrorism”—this couple will be permanently radicalized by their experience.
Companies considering:
January 28, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Companies considering:
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Finally, I can automate my games so that I can focus on my work in the factory. Love this future
Sony has patented an AI gaming ghost that will play PlayStation games for you when you get stuck, per Eurogamer
January 28, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Finally, I can automate my games so that I can focus on my work in the factory. Love this future
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Fantastic morning read.
"This leads us to ask whether delegating judgment to LLMs ...transforms it into what we call epistemia... producing the illusion of knowledge when surface plausibility substitutes for evidence-based reasoning."
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
"This leads us to ask whether delegating judgment to LLMs ...transforms it into what we call epistemia... producing the illusion of knowledge when surface plausibility substitutes for evidence-based reasoning."
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
The simulation of judgment in LLMs | PNAS
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly embedded in evaluative processes, from
information filtering to assessing and addressing knowledge ga...
www.pnas.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Fantastic morning read.
"This leads us to ask whether delegating judgment to LLMs ...transforms it into what we call epistemia... producing the illusion of knowledge when surface plausibility substitutes for evidence-based reasoning."
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
"This leads us to ask whether delegating judgment to LLMs ...transforms it into what we call epistemia... producing the illusion of knowledge when surface plausibility substitutes for evidence-based reasoning."
www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
This admin is one giant is an experiment in letting profits and white supremacists run roughshod over the country.
Free reign for industry to do what they please
Free reign for industry to do what they please
EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available.
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:31 PM
This admin is one giant is an experiment in letting profits and white supremacists run roughshod over the country.
Free reign for industry to do what they please
Free reign for industry to do what they please
AI went from niche to Too Big To Fail in the span of a couple years entirely through speculation
just build a software product that becomes a load bearing dependency for the stock market and the government will be forced to become a distribution partner and build a citizen sales channel for you
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 10:44 AM
AI went from niche to Too Big To Fail in the span of a couple years entirely through speculation
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[She strikes him.]
January 28, 2026 at 3:10 AM
[She strikes him.]
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100%. I honestly believe political leaders ask too little of people. The thinking is you need an extraordinarily low bar - so ask people for money or to sign something. People want to be part of something and they're eager to do real meaningful work in defense of their community and their rights.
I have begun to think that Minnesota pushback to ICE was unique and a model because it gave people something to do. It wasn’t about just going out in streets for rallying purposes. People had a mission: videos, whistles, information and communication flow to communities. They had something to do.
January 28, 2026 at 3:10 AM
100%. I honestly believe political leaders ask too little of people. The thinking is you need an extraordinarily low bar - so ask people for money or to sign something. People want to be part of something and they're eager to do real meaningful work in defense of their community and their rights.
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It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
January 28, 2026 at 4:19 AM
It is literally false that the Jews being hunted by Nazis were citizens, because the first step toward genocide was stripping them of citizenship and making them stateless. As Arendt reminds us, citizenship is a legal category created to facilitate a machinery of exclusion of the out-group.
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