Kirbstr
@kirbstr.bsky.social
plessas.net // former CIA and DIA intelligence professional, U.S. Army veteran, and leading OSINT expert who has trained over 25,000 law enforcement professionals through FBI and DEA programs //
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#OSINT #PlessasExpertsNetwork #Cultures
The first module in this course is Free.
w @kirbstr.bsky.social
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The first module in this course is Free.
w @kirbstr.bsky.social
academy.plessas.net/offers/UXvjr...
November 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
#OSINT #PlessasExpertsNetwork #Cultures
The first module in this course is Free.
w @kirbstr.bsky.social
academy.plessas.net/offers/UXvjr...
The first module in this course is Free.
w @kirbstr.bsky.social
academy.plessas.net/offers/UXvjr...
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#OSINT
OSINTirl on Twitch & YouTube with @kirbstr.bsky.social
Always Love Vistors
Come visit us on Twitch on Wednesday evenings @ 7 PM EST
OSINTirl on Twitch & YouTube with @kirbstr.bsky.social
Always Love Vistors
Come visit us on Twitch on Wednesday evenings @ 7 PM EST
November 7, 2025 at 8:19 PM
#OSINT
OSINTirl on Twitch & YouTube with @kirbstr.bsky.social
Always Love Vistors
Come visit us on Twitch on Wednesday evenings @ 7 PM EST
OSINTirl on Twitch & YouTube with @kirbstr.bsky.social
Always Love Vistors
Come visit us on Twitch on Wednesday evenings @ 7 PM EST
Scrolling through Sora memechain slop is the new Vine. Complete with Jake Paul showing up randomly.
sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_69052201...
sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_69052201...
sketch.confusion on Sora
Ultra-realistic television footage of The Price Is Right stage in the 1990s, featuring host Bob Barker standing beside a brightly lit prize display. The audience cheers wildly as Bob, wearing his icon...
sora.chatgpt.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Scrolling through Sora memechain slop is the new Vine. Complete with Jake Paul showing up randomly.
sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_69052201...
sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_69052201...
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Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
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Howard University launches an artist residency
Howard to launch artist residency with gift from nonprofit that is closing
The $500,000 endowment from CulturalDC will bring artists from underrepresented groups to campus for a semester at a time.
wapo.st
October 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Howard University launches an artist residency
Seeing Experian ads getting into RocketMoney's business
October 2, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Seeing Experian ads getting into RocketMoney's business
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feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak
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Oh dang while I'm giving shoutouts @graze.social just also launched a banger new website, well done @devingaffney.com www.graze.social
Bluesky Custom Feeds - Built By You
Design, deploy, and grow custom feeds of any complexity on Bluesky with Graze.social.
www.graze.social
October 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Oh dang while I'm giving shoutouts @graze.social just also launched a banger new website, well done @devingaffney.com www.graze.social
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OpenAI has announced it is introducing new safety measures for ChatGPT after lawsuits accusing it of playing a role in several teen suicide cases.
ChatGPT will now attempt to guess a user’s age, and might require users to share an ID.
🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-will...
ChatGPT will now attempt to guess a user’s age, and might require users to share an ID.
🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-will...
ChatGPT Will Guess Your Age and Might Require ID for Age Verification
OpenAI introduces new age prediction and verification methods after wave of teen suicide stories involving chatbots.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
OpenAI has announced it is introducing new safety measures for ChatGPT after lawsuits accusing it of playing a role in several teen suicide cases.
ChatGPT will now attempt to guess a user’s age, and might require users to share an ID.
🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-will...
ChatGPT will now attempt to guess a user’s age, and might require users to share an ID.
🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-will...
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Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
September 13, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:
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People’s conversations with Anthropic's Claude began popping up in Google search results — just like what happened with ChatGPT and Grok. They’ve now disappeared.
www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
Hundreds Of Anthropic Chatbot Transcripts Showed Up In Google Search
People’s conversations with Claude began popping up in Google search results — just like what happened with ChatGPT and Grok. They’ve now disappeared.
www.forbes.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:09 AM
People’s conversations with Anthropic's Claude began popping up in Google search results — just like what happened with ChatGPT and Grok. They’ve now disappeared.
www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
www.forbes.com/sites/iainma...
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We are proud to announce the launch of Evident — a nonprofit news organization producing documentary journalism for the public good — here on Bluesky.
Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.
Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.
March 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We are proud to announce the launch of Evident — a nonprofit news organization producing documentary journalism for the public good — here on Bluesky.
Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.
Evident is building a new kind of newsroom powered by a team of journalists that is covering crucial stories for public good.
First episode of #OSINTirl
www.youtube.com/watch?v=or1G...
#osint @4realkyle.bsky.social @osintunleashed.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=or1G...
#osint @4realkyle.bsky.social @osintunleashed.bsky.social
OSINTirl Episode 1: Coffee, Epstein, and Lizard People
YouTube video by OSINTIRL
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"
August 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I really hate the term "sideloading". I preferred the original term, which was "installing software on a computer that you own"
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Following our earlier investigation into the effectiveness of LLMs for geolocation, we've tested some of the latest LLM updates to see if they're even better.
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
August 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Following our earlier investigation into the effectiveness of LLMs for geolocation, we've tested some of the latest LLM updates to see if they're even better.
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
www.bellingcat.com/resources/20...
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List of academic databases and search engines
A list of dozens of the largest online tools for finding scholarly articles in a wide variety of disciplines.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
#research #science
A list of dozens of the largest online tools for finding scholarly articles in a wide variety of disciplines.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
#research #science
July 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
List of academic databases and search engines
A list of dozens of the largest online tools for finding scholarly articles in a wide variety of disciplines.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
#research #science
A list of dozens of the largest online tools for finding scholarly articles in a wide variety of disciplines.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
#research #science
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According to a DOJ IG report released this week, the Sinaloa cartel identified an FBI official working at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, tracked him via phone location data, tapped into Mexico’s surveillance camera network, & killed an unspecified number of informants.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Sinaloa cartel used phone data and surveillance cameras to find FBI informants, DOJ says
A hacker working for the Sinaloa drug cartel was able to obtain an FBI official's phone records and use Mexico City's surveillance cameras to help track and kill the agency's informants in 2018, the U.S. Justice Department said in a report issued on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
According to a DOJ IG report released this week, the Sinaloa cartel identified an FBI official working at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico, tracked him via phone location data, tapped into Mexico’s surveillance camera network, & killed an unspecified number of informants.
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Join us for our upcoming #OSINT classes! In July-a virtual session on social media updates. A comprehensive virtual OSINT course in September. For in-person learning, September in Las Vegas, or October in Texas. Don’t miss out on the chance to enhance your investigative skills!
academy.plessas.net
academy.plessas.net
Plessas Experts Network - Online Learning Portal
Plessas Experts Network's Open Source and Social Media training community for investigators, researchers and security professionals. Search and monitor social media through simple tools and innovative...
academy.plessas.net
June 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Join us for our upcoming #OSINT classes! In July-a virtual session on social media updates. A comprehensive virtual OSINT course in September. For in-person learning, September in Las Vegas, or October in Texas. Don’t miss out on the chance to enhance your investigative skills!
academy.plessas.net
academy.plessas.net
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This still cracks me up 🤣
June 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This still cracks me up 🤣