Ian
@iansfax.bsky.social
Math, crypt, infosec, foreign affairs, language, history, literature, long walks with dogs
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Now they’re rebooting the whole train 😅
I am sitting on a train that is sitting on the tracks as this comes up. What magic AI does #duolingo have?
January 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Now they’re rebooting the whole train 😅
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Excellent NYT interview with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Hungary. This is a key insight!
January 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Excellent NYT interview with the outgoing U.S. ambassador to Hungary. This is a key insight!
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“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” James Baldwin
January 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
“I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.” James Baldwin
Sometimes the pot is absolutely right about the kettle
Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
Steve Bannon condemns Elon Musk as ‘racist’ and ‘truly evil’
Ex-Trump adviser denounces tech CEO’s embrace of some forms of immigration and vows to ‘take this guy down’
In an escalation of discontent among the highest-profile far-right followers of Donald Trump, his former adviser Steve Bannon has called Trump’s…
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January 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Sometimes the pot is absolutely right about the kettle
This is a great topic to discover the Streisand effect on
Liz Truss sends legal letter ordering Starmer to stop saying she crashed economy
Liz Truss sends legal letter ordering Starmer to stop saying she crashed economy
‘Cease and desist’ letter accuses PM of harming her reputation and contributing to her losing her seat
* UK politics live – latest updates
Liz Truss has sent a legal letter to Keir Starmer demanding he stops making “false and defamatory” claims that…
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January 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is a great topic to discover the Streisand effect on
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This, from Liz Cheney, reminds me that we all ought to download a copy of the Jan6 Final Report (and supporting documents, if possible). Trump will absolutely try to Memory Hole the report. (via @hcrichardson.bsky.social)
January 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This, from Liz Cheney, reminds me that we all ought to download a copy of the Jan6 Final Report (and supporting documents, if possible). Trump will absolutely try to Memory Hole the report. (via @hcrichardson.bsky.social)
It me.
An afternoon nap is literally one of my all time favorite things. If I wake up drooling, it just means it was an especially good nap and i feel even better about it.
An afternoon nap is literally one of my all time favorite things. If I wake up drooling, it just means it was an especially good nap and i feel even better about it.
When you hear late-risers say “It’s so great being up early” there is a 100% chance they will be napping in the afternoon.
January 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It me.
An afternoon nap is literally one of my all time favorite things. If I wake up drooling, it just means it was an especially good nap and i feel even better about it.
An afternoon nap is literally one of my all time favorite things. If I wake up drooling, it just means it was an especially good nap and i feel even better about it.
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December 31, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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If you’re part of a major company that’s advising your employees to use Signal after this Salt Typhoon thing, consider donating to Signal Foundation.
December 31, 2024 at 3:31 AM
If you’re part of a major company that’s advising your employees to use Signal after this Salt Typhoon thing, consider donating to Signal Foundation.
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also the whole program was so corrupt and went so over-budget it literally resulted in the abolition of the Ministry of Railways. But frankly - they still got a very good high-speed rail network out of it!
The money is like the fifth biggest problem. Maybe not even that high. By the time the Chinese came to high speed rail they’d engaged in three substantial speed ups of their main lines, and had spent the late 90s and early 2000s drawing up a massive plan.
We, the country issuing the world's dominant international reserve currency, & therefore facing exactly zero meaningful fiscal constraints on our ability to afford All Of The Things, could also decide that we'd like some of the nice ones like this.
December 31, 2024 at 3:23 AM
also the whole program was so corrupt and went so over-budget it literally resulted in the abolition of the Ministry of Railways. But frankly - they still got a very good high-speed rail network out of it!
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You've passed the membrane from a person, into something to be felled without a hearing.
December 29, 2024 at 6:39 PM
You've passed the membrane from a person, into something to be felled without a hearing.
My personal 2025 subtitle will be “A New Dawn”
What's your movie subtitle for 2025? The Year of Living Dangerously? Night of the Zombies? Pulp Fiction? A Few Good Men?
Indulge me with a little silliness.
Indulge me with a little silliness.
December 29, 2024 at 6:52 PM
My personal 2025 subtitle will be “A New Dawn”
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David Folkenflick, a liar at NPR, published a story outright claiming I had a specific disease that I have NEVER had, and it made its way onto my Wikipedia where a healthcare provider saw it.
December 29, 2024 at 6:28 PM
David Folkenflick, a liar at NPR, published a story outright claiming I had a specific disease that I have NEVER had, and it made its way onto my Wikipedia where a healthcare provider saw it.
When I think of the Washington Post going from the paper that brought us the Pentagon Papers and broke Watergate, to the Bezos property that tanked its Harris endorsement, I realize this article makes explicit something we’ve all been experiencing for some time now.
With trust in traditional media at an all-time low, a new paper from Shorenstein Fellow @juliaangwin.com examines what content creators — currently engaged in journalist-style work & courting large, loyal audiences — can teach journalists about trustworthiness loom.ly/90Ja7CM
The Future of Trustworthy Information: Learning from Online Content Creators | Shorenstein Center
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December 24, 2024 at 12:01 PM
When I think of the Washington Post going from the paper that brought us the Pentagon Papers and broke Watergate, to the Bezos property that tanked its Harris endorsement, I realize this article makes explicit something we’ve all been experiencing for some time now.
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“We share the same fight.”
Gisèle Pelicot pays tribute to other victims of sexual abuse after her husband & 50 other men were jailed for her rape.
Impossible to find the words to adequately describe this lady’s courage.
Unquestionably, irrefutably 2024’s Person of the Year.
Merci Madame.
Gisèle Pelicot pays tribute to other victims of sexual abuse after her husband & 50 other men were jailed for her rape.
Impossible to find the words to adequately describe this lady’s courage.
Unquestionably, irrefutably 2024’s Person of the Year.
Merci Madame.
December 19, 2024 at 1:06 PM
“We share the same fight.”
Gisèle Pelicot pays tribute to other victims of sexual abuse after her husband & 50 other men were jailed for her rape.
Impossible to find the words to adequately describe this lady’s courage.
Unquestionably, irrefutably 2024’s Person of the Year.
Merci Madame.
Gisèle Pelicot pays tribute to other victims of sexual abuse after her husband & 50 other men were jailed for her rape.
Impossible to find the words to adequately describe this lady’s courage.
Unquestionably, irrefutably 2024’s Person of the Year.
Merci Madame.
This was great. Now mandate MACSec in telecom infrastructures. Then replace SS7 with something authenticated.
On Lawfare Daily, @eugenia.bsky.social spoke to Susan Landau and @arozenshtein.bsky.social about the recent FBI/CISA recommendation that Americans use encrypted messaging apps following the compromise of telecom companies by Salt Typhoon and what it means for the “Going Dark” debate.
Lawfare Daily: Susan Landau and Alan Rozenshtein Debate End-to-End Encryption (Again!)
What are the benefits and drawbacks of E2E?
www.lawfaremedia.org
December 19, 2024 at 12:43 PM
This was great. Now mandate MACSec in telecom infrastructures. Then replace SS7 with something authenticated.
Assad’s regime ended not with a bang but a whimper
December 8, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Assad’s regime ended not with a bang but a whimper
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I really think doomers should look to Ireland, which was a desperately poor wholly owned franchise of the Catholic Church with some of the most repressive laws in Western Europe until very recently, as proof that decline isn’t inevitable or irreversible
November 29, 2024 at 5:40 PM
I really think doomers should look to Ireland, which was a desperately poor wholly owned franchise of the Catholic Church with some of the most repressive laws in Western Europe until very recently, as proof that decline isn’t inevitable or irreversible