Ian Bowers
@iggdawg.com
Pro nerd, mostly networks and infosec. All opinions are my own and are probably bad. @iggdawg@infosec.exchange on the elephant app
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Over the last month, adding milk to my shopping list 3 times (in this order):
1) "I've unchecked your previously checked item, milk"
2) "Adding milk to your shopping list"
3) "Milk is already on your shopping list, but it is checked. Would you like to uncheck it?" to which I have to respond "yes"
1) "I've unchecked your previously checked item, milk"
2) "Adding milk to your shopping list"
3) "Milk is already on your shopping list, but it is checked. Would you like to uncheck it?" to which I have to respond "yes"
Ever since google shoved AI into their home assistant, it's become a super fun adventure. Identical prompts give wildly different responses.
February 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Over the last month, adding milk to my shopping list 3 times (in this order):
1) "I've unchecked your previously checked item, milk"
2) "Adding milk to your shopping list"
3) "Milk is already on your shopping list, but it is checked. Would you like to uncheck it?" to which I have to respond "yes"
1) "I've unchecked your previously checked item, milk"
2) "Adding milk to your shopping list"
3) "Milk is already on your shopping list, but it is checked. Would you like to uncheck it?" to which I have to respond "yes"
Ever since google shoved AI into their home assistant, it's become a super fun adventure. Identical prompts give wildly different responses.
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Ever since google shoved AI into their home assistant, it's become a super fun adventure. Identical prompts give wildly different responses.
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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
I came here from the bird app. I don't think something like "drafts" (if that is their real name) is going to save me from leaning into bad decisions.
February 10, 2026 at 11:12 AM
I came here from the bird app. I don't think something like "drafts" (if that is their real name) is going to save me from leaning into bad decisions.
She'd fail a mirror test. She has follow-up questions to "I think therefore I am". Truly astonishing levels of self-unaware.
"[Bad Bunny] could have highlighted the electrical grid crisis in PR and done some good with his platform, but he chose degeneracy!"
February 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
She'd fail a mirror test. She has follow-up questions to "I think therefore I am". Truly astonishing levels of self-unaware.
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Know what's pro-growth and deregulatory? Universal healthcare and UBI. Zoning and permitting reform. Urban densification and public transportation infrastructure.
Do any of these people want to do this? Absolutely not.
Do any of these people want to do this? Absolutely not.
Ezra Klein's Abundance movement is getting some backup: A new political group is urging Democrats to embrace "pro-growth," deregulatory policies with an eye toward 2028, according to plans first shared with Axios.
Exclusive: Centrist Dems strike back with new group
It's the latest effort by moderate Democrats to shape national politics and expand their influence.
www.axios.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Know what's pro-growth and deregulatory? Universal healthcare and UBI. Zoning and permitting reform. Urban densification and public transportation infrastructure.
Do any of these people want to do this? Absolutely not.
Do any of these people want to do this? Absolutely not.
The idea of libertarians taking this specific moment to flex is wild
this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
February 9, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The idea of libertarians taking this specific moment to flex is wild
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U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:07 PM
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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The end of online anonymity is coming.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The end of online anonymity is coming.
Spent last night watching the best pitches the AI industry has to offer. I remain completely uninterested. Reactions range from "meh why tho" to "lol I'll never"
February 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Spent last night watching the best pitches the AI industry has to offer. I remain completely uninterested. Reactions range from "meh why tho" to "lol I'll never"
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no more scoring please, both numbers are prime
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 AM
no more scoring please, both numbers are prime
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Queue Benny Hill, it's over
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 AM
Queue Benny Hill, it's over
That red mist is thousands of Republican heads collectively exploding.
February 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
That red mist is thousands of Republican heads collectively exploding.
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The nice commercial about helping kids find their lost pets was the scariest thing I've seen in my life
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
The nice commercial about helping kids find their lost pets was the scariest thing I've seen in my life
The butt ad has been the only good ad
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
The butt ad has been the only good ad
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i started researching Russian disinfo networks in 2014 and writing about them in 2015 and the sheer amount of smug online assholes who dismissed every piece of reporting as CIA propaganda or whatever will never not piss me off
Is anybody ever gonna take a step back and realize the "Russia Russia Russia" people — derided as lunatic wine moms — were actually underplaying the foreign influence stuff, and the loud people who kept insisting it was all fake are now saying Jeffrey Epstein was kind of a cool guy?
NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump
Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:45 AM
i started researching Russian disinfo networks in 2014 and writing about them in 2015 and the sheer amount of smug online assholes who dismissed every piece of reporting as CIA propaganda or whatever will never not piss me off
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kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
February 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
kind of funny that an olympian said they are here to represent "compassion, respect, and love for others" and some people automatically knew that was a statement against them
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we must go back in time and prevent this Event
February 6, 2026 at 8:10 PM
we must go back in time and prevent this Event
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very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
February 5, 2026 at 12:06 PM
very weird “I am Spartacus” thing happening right now with the worst people on earth
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Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
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one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
February 4, 2026 at 10:10 PM
one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
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cute kitty!
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October 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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cute kitty!
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we're doomed
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[adult content]
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cute kitty!
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little item for the Senate Dems to ponder: which of the reforms you’re currently floating is going to stop this?
🚨BREAKING: Steve Bannon said Tuesday that the federal government is planning to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to patrol polling stations during this year’s midterm elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
little item for the Senate Dems to ponder: which of the reforms you’re currently floating is going to stop this?