EdVoncken
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Given the WaPo disaster, I’m re-posting my starter pack of indie journalists—it probably needs an update so give me a shout to add folks.
#wapo #journalism
go.bsky.app/A2UpMn5
#wapo #journalism
go.bsky.app/A2UpMn5
February 4, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Given the WaPo disaster, I’m re-posting my starter pack of indie journalists—it probably needs an update so give me a shout to add folks.
#wapo #journalism
go.bsky.app/A2UpMn5
#wapo #journalism
go.bsky.app/A2UpMn5
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Laying off 1/3 of the post isn't just budget cuts. That's an intentional and willful dismantling of one of the top journalism institutions in the US.
Democracy dies at an empty desk.
Democracy dies at an empty desk.
February 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Laying off 1/3 of the post isn't just budget cuts. That's an intentional and willful dismantling of one of the top journalism institutions in the US.
Democracy dies at an empty desk.
Democracy dies at an empty desk.
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Periodic reminder that what's marketed as 'youth social media bans' actually amounts to requiring people to provide personally identifying information in order to access whatever content a given government disfavours.
The Australian social media age limit law has taken effect. At the time I made this post, I had not yet been age gated. Because the age gating will potentially invade my privacy to an unacceptable extent and may happen at any time, I may go quiet suddenly. If I do, this is why:
Tomorrow, 10 December 2025, the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) s 63E(2) will take effect. It will require social media platforms to take measures to ensure that they do not host accounts belonging to Australians under 16 years old. It will require them to do so by collecting Australian users' ID.
February 4, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Periodic reminder that what's marketed as 'youth social media bans' actually amounts to requiring people to provide personally identifying information in order to access whatever content a given government disfavours.
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Tomorrow, 10 December 2025, the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) s 63E(2) will take effect. It will require social media platforms to take measures to ensure that they do not host accounts belonging to Australians under 16 years old. It will require them to do so by collecting Australian users' ID.
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Tomorrow, 10 December 2025, the Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) s 63E(2) will take effect. It will require social media platforms to take measures to ensure that they do not host accounts belonging to Australians under 16 years old. It will require them to do so by collecting Australian users' ID.
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1Password didn't mince words
> If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately. Do not wait for symptoms. Pause work on that machine and follow your organization’s incident response process.
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
> If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately. Do not wait for symptoms. Pause work on that machine and follow your organization’s incident response process.
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
From magic to malware: How OpenClaw's agent skills become an attack surface | 1Password
The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on ...
1password.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:51 AM
1Password didn't mince words
> If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately. Do not wait for symptoms. Pause work on that machine and follow your organization’s incident response process.
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
> If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately. Do not wait for symptoms. Pause work on that machine and follow your organization’s incident response process.
1password.com/blog/from-ma...
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I don’t understand why it’s still conjectured by serious observers that Trump is anything but Putin’s ally vis a vis Ukraine.
Logic should be independent of muscle memory and not a crude geopolitical algorithm.
Logic should be independent of muscle memory and not a crude geopolitical algorithm.
February 3, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I don’t understand why it’s still conjectured by serious observers that Trump is anything but Putin’s ally vis a vis Ukraine.
Logic should be independent of muscle memory and not a crude geopolitical algorithm.
Logic should be independent of muscle memory and not a crude geopolitical algorithm.
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I don't know if non-lawyers understand how insane this statement is. I honestly can't think of anything remotely comparable in non-lawyer speak. I guess the closest would be a surgeon saying "Imagine if I had to wash my HANDS before doing surgery!"
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I don't know if non-lawyers understand how insane this statement is. I honestly can't think of anything remotely comparable in non-lawyer speak. I guess the closest would be a surgeon saying "Imagine if I had to wash my HANDS before doing surgery!"
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Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
error: sqlite failure: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'Packages' (hnum INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,blob BLOB NOT NULL): disk I/O error
error: cannot open Packages index using sqlite - No such file or directory (2)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Error: Error: rpmdb open failed
error: cannot open Packages index using sqlite - No such file or directory (2)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Error: Error: rpmdb open failed
February 3, 2026 at 12:25 PM
error: sqlite failure: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS 'Packages' (hnum INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,blob BLOB NOT NULL): disk I/O error
error: cannot open Packages index using sqlite - No such file or directory (2)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Error: Error: rpmdb open failed
error: cannot open Packages index using sqlite - No such file or directory (2)
error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
Error: Error: rpmdb open failed
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Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
February 3, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Every day Mamdani comes out and is like "hey guys, I turned off the orphan-crushing machine. Literally just had to flip a switch. Took less than 5 minutes."
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
After decades of dem leadership pissing and moaning and fundraising about how complex an issue it is and how difficult the process is etc
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And the second keynote of Day 2 was by Joe Brockmeier talking about end of Guilded era of #OpenSource. Lots of good points raised and a reminer to be an active member and not just an observer. Also change is necessary in the area as well.
#CfgMgmtCamp
#CfgMgmtCamp
February 3, 2026 at 10:28 AM
And the second keynote of Day 2 was by Joe Brockmeier talking about end of Guilded era of #OpenSource. Lots of good points raised and a reminer to be an active member and not just an observer. Also change is necessary in the area as well.
#CfgMgmtCamp
#CfgMgmtCamp
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THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 PM
THREAD.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
3 years ago, with no warning, a brilliant orange farm cat wandered over from the draughty barn where he had been living, in rural Cornwall, and decided he wanted to live with us instead.
We decided to call him Jim.
This is the first photo I took of him, on that night: December 1st, 2022.
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ICE-agenten maken bezwaar tegen bodycams: "Burgers hebben recht op privacy in hun laatste momenten"
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ICE-agenten maken bezwaar tegen bodycams: "Burgers hebben recht op privacy in hun laatste momenten"
MINNEAPOLIS - De Amerikaanse minister Kristi Noem heeft bepaald dat ICE-agenten voortaan verplicht bodycams moeten dragen tijdens invallen en arrestaties. De maatregel stuit echter op fel verzet van…
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February 3, 2026 at 8:36 AM
ICE-agenten maken bezwaar tegen bodycams: "Burgers hebben recht op privacy in hun laatste momenten"
nieuwspaal.nl/ice-agenten-...
nieuwspaal.nl/ice-agenten-...
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One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
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FYI, Kristi Noem’s full
initials are K.L.A.N.
initials are K.L.A.N.
February 2, 2026 at 2:43 AM
FYI, Kristi Noem’s full
initials are K.L.A.N.
initials are K.L.A.N.
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I'm not "anti-AI". I'm anti:
* Shipping code at LGTM-speed
* Replacing user research & feedback with hallucinations
* Abdicating thinking
* BDUF in .md files
* Burning the planet for - in most cases - lower productivity & worse reliability
* Stealing IP on an industrial scale
* Technofeudalism
* Shipping code at LGTM-speed
* Replacing user research & feedback with hallucinations
* Abdicating thinking
* BDUF in .md files
* Burning the planet for - in most cases - lower productivity & worse reliability
* Stealing IP on an industrial scale
* Technofeudalism
February 2, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I'm not "anti-AI". I'm anti:
* Shipping code at LGTM-speed
* Replacing user research & feedback with hallucinations
* Abdicating thinking
* BDUF in .md files
* Burning the planet for - in most cases - lower productivity & worse reliability
* Stealing IP on an industrial scale
* Technofeudalism
* Shipping code at LGTM-speed
* Replacing user research & feedback with hallucinations
* Abdicating thinking
* BDUF in .md files
* Burning the planet for - in most cases - lower productivity & worse reliability
* Stealing IP on an industrial scale
* Technofeudalism
Damn, just got RickRolled (or should I say, ToiletRolled) in the #HoGent toilets during #cfgmgmtcamp - thank you, Rick Astley!
February 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Damn, just got RickRolled (or should I say, ToiletRolled) in the #HoGent toilets during #cfgmgmtcamp - thank you, Rick Astley!
“Freedom includes the right to leave.
When exit is too costly, the freedom to fork becomes symbolic.” - Richard Fontana, #cfgmgmtcamp
When exit is too costly, the freedom to fork becomes symbolic.” - Richard Fontana, #cfgmgmtcamp
February 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
“Freedom includes the right to leave.
When exit is too costly, the freedom to fork becomes symbolic.” - Richard Fontana, #cfgmgmtcamp
When exit is too costly, the freedom to fork becomes symbolic.” - Richard Fontana, #cfgmgmtcamp
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Mann unterbricht Stuhlgang, weil er Smartphone im Wohnzimmer vergessen hat www.der-postillon.com/2018/01/smar...
Mann unterbricht Stuhlgang, weil er Smartphone im Wohnzimmer vergessen hat
Er hielt es ohne einfach nicht mehr aus. Michael Metz aus Frankfurt am Main musste heute seinen Stuhlgang schon nach wenigen Minuten unterbrechen, um sein zuvor ...
www.der-postillon.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Mann unterbricht Stuhlgang, weil er Smartphone im Wohnzimmer vergessen hat www.der-postillon.com/2018/01/smar...
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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Theeere it is
Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s private island
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Theeere it is
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The fucking state of this
January 31, 2026 at 8:27 AM
The fucking state of this
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“Have a nice weekend” sounds a lot less sinister than “make the most of the next two days”
September 24, 2023 at 12:04 AM
“Have a nice weekend” sounds a lot less sinister than “make the most of the next two days”