EricLaw 🎻
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Impatient optimist. Dad. Zetetic. Author. Speaker. Made Fiddler & SlickRun. My code runs in your browser. @ MSFT 18y+ on web and security. My words are my own.
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· Nov 11
On Politics
I do not come from an especially political family. One parent has not voted in decades, and the other votes regularly, but is not an enthusiast and values harmony over potentially-divisive politica…
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Those 962,000 references are sure to move the needle!
February 10, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Those 962,000 references are sure to move the needle!
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When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means
February 10, 2026 at 6:52 PM
When a sitting representative refers to the Super Bowl halftime show as “pornography,” people should use that to reflect on how they and other representatives are simultaneously working to ban, censor, and restrict “pornography” and what that actually means
Epstein Search
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February 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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But like this is literally true. Elon Musk is literally responsible for the deaths of millions. Literally, literally. And we let him walk among us.
He murdered 300,000 people last year right here on earth and the toll may climb to 14 million.
Elon Musk's ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – sending humans to live on the moon. https://cnn.it/46sbAMm
February 10, 2026 at 4:34 AM
But like this is literally true. Elon Musk is literally responsible for the deaths of millions. Literally, literally. And we let him walk among us.
Bug Farms: Folks won't report bugs in your product if it's visibly a bug farm and you have a reputation for doing nothing about it.
That's true even if the bugs you've been punting for years are trivial, and their problem is a blocker that will cause them to abandon your product.
That's true even if the bugs you've been punting for years are trivial, and their problem is a blocker that will cause them to abandon your product.
February 9, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Bug Farms: Folks won't report bugs in your product if it's visibly a bug farm and you have a reputation for doing nothing about it.
That's true even if the bugs you've been punting for years are trivial, and their problem is a blocker that will cause them to abandon your product.
That's true even if the bugs you've been punting for years are trivial, and their problem is a blocker that will cause them to abandon your product.
Derpity derp derp
February 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Derpity derp derp
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I really do think this is an excellent metaphor for the moment.
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
VC, founder, dumbass
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I really do think this is an excellent metaphor for the moment.
This appears to be Wingstop’s first Super Bowl and the chaos is borderline hilarious.
February 9, 2026 at 1:08 AM
This appears to be Wingstop’s first Super Bowl and the chaos is borderline hilarious.
Article doesn’t mention what Israel was doing to its prisoners of war at the time of the sinking.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
MAGA’s Split Over Israel Extends to a Ship Attacked 58 Years Ago
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Article doesn’t mention what Israel was doing to its prisoners of war at the time of the sinking.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
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Epic.
A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 takes out a Russian-Iranian Shahed-136 at a close distance.
The witnesses are extremely happy and supportive 😀
A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 takes out a Russian-Iranian Shahed-136 at a close distance.
The witnesses are extremely happy and supportive 😀
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Epic.
A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 takes out a Russian-Iranian Shahed-136 at a close distance.
The witnesses are extremely happy and supportive 😀
A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 takes out a Russian-Iranian Shahed-136 at a close distance.
The witnesses are extremely happy and supportive 😀
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Be gentle with people & ruthless with systems.
Be gentle with each other so we can be dangerous together 💛
February 8, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Be gentle with people & ruthless with systems.
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"It's OK to Be White" has been a slogan for literal Nazis for some time now, if you want to know where the Republican Party is at the moment
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"It's OK to Be White" has been a slogan for literal Nazis for some time now, if you want to know where the Republican Party is at the moment
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people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.
February 8, 2026 at 7:26 PM
people who say that all creative endeavor can be replaced with AI probably need to reckon with the fact that all televised sports events with human athletes could easily be replicated by high-definition computer-animated simulations….and yet we don’t do this and no one seems to want to.
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Part of what's great about this is how Hunter Hess tried really hard to not go into specifics but Trump (1) deduced (correctly!) that any reference to things that aren't "good" or "moral" must mean him and (2) decided he needed to elevate it with some bonkers response. Great work, Mr. President. 🫡
The president is now attacking a US Olympian as a “Loser” and misrepresenting his words for his mild unspecified criticisms about things going on in the US right now.
February 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Part of what's great about this is how Hunter Hess tried really hard to not go into specifics but Trump (1) deduced (correctly!) that any reference to things that aren't "good" or "moral" must mean him and (2) decided he needed to elevate it with some bonkers response. Great work, Mr. President. 🫡
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
Google seems to spend a lot of money trying to get me to subscribe to Google Fiber. They do so by sending email to my Gmail account, which is delivered over my Google Fiber connection associated with that account. 🤷♂️
February 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Google seems to spend a lot of money trying to get me to subscribe to Google Fiber. They do so by sending email to my Gmail account, which is delivered over my Google Fiber connection associated with that account. 🤷♂️
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The current president has made almost 4 billion dollars since he was voted in office 🙃 This episode breaks down how he made that money and how it compares to other presidents.
www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...
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How the Presidency is Making Trump Richer : Up First from NPR
Before President Donald Trump’s first term, he was in a “tight spot” financially, according to New Yorker writer David Kirkpatrick. At the start of his second term, Kirkpatrick says, Trump was in an “...
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February 8, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The current president has made almost 4 billion dollars since he was voted in office 🙃 This episode breaks down how he made that money and how it compares to other presidents.
www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...
www.npr.org/2026/02/08/n...
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Trump said for years he'd make his tax returns public if he weren't under audit. Now he wants $10 billion dollars in "compensation" for something he said was no big deal.
“Is it fair to ask the American people to pay for that?”
TRUMP: “I’m giving 100% to charity.”
P.S. - No he isn’t
P.P.S. - He thinks we are all idiots
TRUMP: “I’m giving 100% to charity.”
P.S. - No he isn’t
P.P.S. - He thinks we are all idiots
February 8, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Trump said for years he'd make his tax returns public if he weren't under audit. Now he wants $10 billion dollars in "compensation" for something he said was no big deal.
lol, so at the swim meet some random person looks at me and goes “oh hey go Hawks!”
And I smile and then I’m like wait, I didn’t put on my jersey yet…
Turns out I’m wearing my Hawkeyes t-shirt.
And I smile and then I’m like wait, I didn’t put on my jersey yet…
Turns out I’m wearing my Hawkeyes t-shirt.
February 8, 2026 at 1:47 PM
lol, so at the swim meet some random person looks at me and goes “oh hey go Hawks!”
And I smile and then I’m like wait, I didn’t put on my jersey yet…
Turns out I’m wearing my Hawkeyes t-shirt.
And I smile and then I’m like wait, I didn’t put on my jersey yet…
Turns out I’m wearing my Hawkeyes t-shirt.
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Microsoft held an AMA session and updated its guide to help sysadmins safely replace Secure Boot certificates that are set to expire this June.
techcommunity.microsoft.com/event/window...
techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
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techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows...
February 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Both TX gubernatorial candidates (D and R) were forced to vote provisionally in 2014 after lacking ID deemed acceptable.
Games are being played with your right to vote. I know it's not possible for everyone, but I'm making sure I got all my paper work in order. Voter registration, certified copies of my birth certificate, Real ID, and U.S. passport.
And the start of early voting is marked on my calendar. No excuses.
And the start of early voting is marked on my calendar. No excuses.
February 8, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Both TX gubernatorial candidates (D and R) were forced to vote provisionally in 2014 after lacking ID deemed acceptable.
lol he scares the shit out of the fake Christians.
February 8, 2026 at 12:29 AM
lol he scares the shit out of the fake Christians.