Ignacio Cascudo
@icascudo.bsky.social
Mathematician and cryptographer (do not confuse with cryptobro).
Working at IMDEA Software Institute.
Organizing Eurocrypt 25.
Oviedo->Amsterdam->Aarhus->Aalborg->Madrid.
Working at IMDEA Software Institute.
Organizing Eurocrypt 25.
Oviedo->Amsterdam->Aarhus->Aalborg->Madrid.
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wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
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Cuando leo que la crisis de vivienda se arregla construyendo más.
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Cuando leo que la crisis de vivienda se arregla construyendo más.
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“If we cannot even in principle be free from external manipulation and anti-scientific claims — and instead remain passive … and welcome corrosive industry frames into our computer systems, our scientific literature, and our classrooms — then we have failed as scientists and as educators.”
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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
zenodo.org
September 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“If we cannot even in principle be free from external manipulation and anti-scientific claims — and instead remain passive … and welcome corrosive industry frames into our computer systems, our scientific literature, and our classrooms — then we have failed as scientists and as educators.”
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🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from:
📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
doi.org
September 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🧵 Thread with my favourite quotes from:
📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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📝 Guest, O., Suarez, M., Müller, B., et al. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
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“Of course, we have to teach our students about AI technologies. Teaching about AI technologies should be just like how we teach ‘no smoking’ or the causal links between lung cancer and smoke; yet, we do not teach students how to roll cigarettes and smoke them.”
zenodo.org/records/1706...
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zenodo.org/records/1706...
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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
zenodo.org
September 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“Of course, we have to teach our students about AI technologies. Teaching about AI technologies should be just like how we teach ‘no smoking’ or the causal links between lung cancer and smoke; yet, we do not teach students how to roll cigarettes and smoke them.”
zenodo.org/records/1706...
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zenodo.org/records/1706...
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The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
Car Size
xkcd.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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It’s awesome to see this — but seriously, it’s so damn frustrating that we have to fight this fight in every city when the science couldn’t be clearer. Get the cars out, make more money for local shops, and build cities that are exciting, healthy, and happy for everyone.
It’s really important that #Vancouver’s Downtown Business Association, who were originally against bike-lanes, are now among their most vigourous supporters, because of ACTUAL EVIDENCE that they’re better for downtown business than any street parking they replaced.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Safe bike-lanes mean business.
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It’s awesome to see this — but seriously, it’s so damn frustrating that we have to fight this fight in every city when the science couldn’t be clearer. Get the cars out, make more money for local shops, and build cities that are exciting, healthy, and happy for everyone.
Tell me you are storing passwords in the clear without telling me you are storing passwords in the clear...
This dumb password rule is from Coventry Building Society.
Password has to be between 6 and 10 characters, can't contain any punctuation and you have to give characters from it on the phone to confirm identity.
https://dumbpasswordrules.com/sites/coventry-building-society/
#password #passwords #i
Password has to be between 6 and 10 characters, can't contain any punctuation and you have to give characters from it on the phone to confirm identity.
https://dumbpasswordrules.com/sites/coventry-building-society/
#password #passwords #i
Coventry Building Society - Dumb Password Rules
Password has to be between 6 and 10 characters, can't contain any punctuation and you have to give characters from it on the phone to confirm identity.
dumbpasswordrules.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Tell me you are storing passwords in the clear without telling me you are storing passwords in the clear...
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This dumb password rule is from O2 Spain.
When registering in *Mi O2* app, password length must be exactly 7 or 8 characters (numbers and letters only).
As O2 is part of Telefónica (Movistar), it seems to use the same backend (at least in Spain), so it has the [`same password requirements`](https:
When registering in *Mi O2* app, password length must be exactly 7 or 8 characters (numbers and letters only).
As O2 is part of Telefónica (Movistar), it seems to use the same backend (at least in Spain), so it has the [`same password requirements`](https:
Movistar - Dumb Password Rules
Min 7 and max 8 characters for password! Also to be different than the
username: the user name is automatically generated and is based on the
surname of the user with some characters replaced by digits :)
Has been that way for more than 10 years.
dumbpasswordrules.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
This dumb password rule is from O2 Spain.
When registering in *Mi O2* app, password length must be exactly 7 or 8 characters (numbers and letters only).
As O2 is part of Telefónica (Movistar), it seems to use the same backend (at least in Spain), so it has the [`same password requirements`](https:
When registering in *Mi O2* app, password length must be exactly 7 or 8 characters (numbers and letters only).
As O2 is part of Telefónica (Movistar), it seems to use the same backend (at least in Spain), so it has the [`same password requirements`](https:
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There are simple changes we can make to our cities that will have vast and ongoing positive effects on the lives of community members.
Community leaders with vision are pulling up concrete and replacing it with plant life.
Community leaders with vision are pulling up concrete and replacing it with plant life.
Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
There are simple changes we can make to our cities that will have vast and ongoing positive effects on the lives of community members.
Community leaders with vision are pulling up concrete and replacing it with plant life.
Community leaders with vision are pulling up concrete and replacing it with plant life.
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Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
Via @us.theconversation.com
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
Via @us.theconversation.com
Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.
theconversation.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
Via @us.theconversation.com
Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
Via @us.theconversation.com
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Se me revuelve el estómago de la rabia. Esta gente, que se dedica sistemáticamente a esparcir mentiras y odio, se monta una fundación contra la censura, para la libertad, para apoyar el periodismo... Con dos cojones. Y gracias a eso, quienes les donen tendrán deducciones fiscales. (sigo)
Javier Cárdenas, junto a Miguel Durán y su sobrino, montan una fundación para, dicen ellos y cito textual: "apoyar el periodismo" y "promover que la ciudadanía tenga acceso a información libre, veraz, plural y exenta de censura". boe.es/boe/dias/202... #BOE
boe.es
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Se me revuelve el estómago de la rabia. Esta gente, que se dedica sistemáticamente a esparcir mentiras y odio, se monta una fundación contra la censura, para la libertad, para apoyar el periodismo... Con dos cojones. Y gracias a eso, quienes les donen tendrán deducciones fiscales. (sigo)
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Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’
Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’
Researchers from Imperial College London say 16,500 deaths caused by hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases
Human-made global heating caused two in every three heat deaths in Europe during this year’s scorching summer, an early analysis of mortality in 854 big cities has found.
Epidemiologists and climate scientists attributed 16,500 out of 24,400 heat deaths from June to August to the extra hot weather brought on by greenhouse gases. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Human-made global warming ‘caused two in three heat deaths in Europe this summer’
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Está vez ha caído hasta la web de correos. Empiezo a pensar que hasta que Tebas no tire la web del Marca, no va a pasar nada.
El inicio de la nueva temporada de fútbol marca el regreso de los bloqueos de Internet de LaLiga
El inicio de la nueva temporada de fútbol marca el regreso de los bloqueos de Internet de LaLiga
La patronal del fútbol vuelve a impedir el acceso a miles de webs sin relación con la piratería tras la vuelta de la competición, una práctica que está siendo analizada por el Tribunal Constitucional
www.eldiario.es
August 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Está vez ha caído hasta la web de correos. Empiezo a pensar que hasta que Tebas no tire la web del Marca, no va a pasar nada.
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The 2025 Happy City Index is in, and @momentummag.bsky.social is pointing out that many of the world’s happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike. Vancouver is #11, the highest ranked city in North America (cue the usual debates).
The Happiest Cities in the World are Also the Most Bicycle Friendly
The 2025 Happy City Index is in and the world's happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike.
momentummag.com
August 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The 2025 Happy City Index is in, and @momentummag.bsky.social is pointing out that many of the world’s happiest cities are also some of the best places to ride a bike. Vancouver is #11, the highest ranked city in North America (cue the usual debates).
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En los últimos 4 años, Madrid ha perdido 78.616 árboles maduros según datos del propio Ayuntamiento. No hablamos de plantones, sino de árboles grandes y verdes que tardaron décadas en crecer y que proporcionaban servicios ecosistémicos irreemplazables. Esto es ecocidio urbano.
August 9, 2025 at 7:18 AM
En los últimos 4 años, Madrid ha perdido 78.616 árboles maduros según datos del propio Ayuntamiento. No hablamos de plantones, sino de árboles grandes y verdes que tardaron décadas en crecer y que proporcionaban servicios ecosistémicos irreemplazables. Esto es ecocidio urbano.
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Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com
August 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Smart cities know that, as hot as they already are, they’re just going to keep getting hotter. Greening the city not only cools it down, it cleans the air, quiets the noise, improves mental health & happiness, saves public money, & more. Strand Aldwych, London. 2021 vs. 2025. Via @modacitylife.com
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Elon strikes again - Grok is going to get people killed with false information. AI is not a reliable source, people! #earthquake #tsunami #russia #hawaiitsunami
July 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Elon strikes again - Grok is going to get people killed with false information. AI is not a reliable source, people! #earthquake #tsunami #russia #hawaiitsunami
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Well, this horrible idea refuses to die so we should refuse to let it pass and start organizing again.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission presents Roadmap for effective and lawful access to data for law enforcement
The European Commission presented today a Roadmap setting out the way forward to ensure law enforcement authorities in the EU have effective and lawful access to data.
ec.europa.eu
July 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Well, this horrible idea refuses to die so we should refuse to let it pass and start organizing again.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... So when again is the EU banning X? Or at least when are all EU politicians going to stop using it?
Musk’s AI firm forced to delete posts praising Hitler from Grok chatbot
The popular bot on X began making antisemitic comments in response to user queries
www.theguardian.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... So when again is the EU banning X? Or at least when are all EU politicians going to stop using it?
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Què diferente sería Madrid si se lo pusiéramos fácil a la gente para ir así sin jugarse la vida.
July 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Què diferente sería Madrid si se lo pusiéramos fácil a la gente para ir así sin jugarse la vida.
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“As mayors of 2 of the world’s great cities, we see every day how the climate emergency is already reshaping people’s lives…From deadly heatwaves & devastating floods to rising inequality & health crises driven by air pollution…”
@annehidalgo.bsky.social & @london.gov.uk call out campaigns of lies.
@annehidalgo.bsky.social & @london.gov.uk call out campaigns of lies.
In London and Paris, we’ve experienced vicious backlash to climate action. But we’re not backing down | Sadiq Khan and Anne Hidalgo
Around the world, well-funded, organised climate deniers are spreading lies about the crisis. We call on governments and tech companies to step up, say London mayor Sadiq Khan and Paris mayor Anne Hid...
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
“As mayors of 2 of the world’s great cities, we see every day how the climate emergency is already reshaping people’s lives…From deadly heatwaves & devastating floods to rising inequality & health crises driven by air pollution…”
@annehidalgo.bsky.social & @london.gov.uk call out campaigns of lies.
@annehidalgo.bsky.social & @london.gov.uk call out campaigns of lies.
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As our cities get hotter and hotter, dark coloured buildings make no rational sense, even if you like that aesthetic (I do).
The same goes for dark coloured roofs.
And dark coloured streets and parking lots with dark coloured asphalt.
That really should be obvious.
The same goes for dark coloured roofs.
And dark coloured streets and parking lots with dark coloured asphalt.
That really should be obvious.
July 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
As our cities get hotter and hotter, dark coloured buildings make no rational sense, even if you like that aesthetic (I do).
The same goes for dark coloured roofs.
And dark coloured streets and parking lots with dark coloured asphalt.
That really should be obvious.
The same goes for dark coloured roofs.
And dark coloured streets and parking lots with dark coloured asphalt.
That really should be obvious.