Kyle S. Johnston
@kylesjohnston.bsky.social
Uses ink for crossword puzzles.
Views are my own; posts are never advice; links/reposts/likes are not endorsements.
Views are my own; posts are never advice; links/reposts/likes are not endorsements.
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Contact import has always been the most effective way to find people you know on a social app, but it's also been poorly implemented or abused by platforms. We weren't willing to accept that risk, so we developed a fundamentally more secure approach that protects your data.
v1.112 is live!
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky.
Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts.
Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms: bsky.social/about/blog/1...
December 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Contact import has always been the most effective way to find people you know on a social app, but it's also been poorly implemented or abused by platforms. We weren't willing to accept that risk, so we developed a fundamentally more secure approach that protects your data.
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Meanwhile, over on the other site:
> …someone who is developing an end-to-end encrypted messenger platform MAY unwittingly be considered a hostile actor against the UK?
To be confirmed:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69411a...
x.com/AlecMuffett/...
#encryption
> …someone who is developing an end-to-end encrypted messenger platform MAY unwittingly be considered a hostile actor against the UK?
To be confirmed:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69411a...
x.com/AlecMuffett/...
#encryption
December 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Meanwhile, over on the other site:
> …someone who is developing an end-to-end encrypted messenger platform MAY unwittingly be considered a hostile actor against the UK?
To be confirmed:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69411a...
x.com/AlecMuffett/...
#encryption
> …someone who is developing an end-to-end encrypted messenger platform MAY unwittingly be considered a hostile actor against the UK?
To be confirmed:
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69411a...
x.com/AlecMuffett/...
#encryption
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4/ Ventilation saves lives. Clean indoor air, through ventilation or filtration, dramatically cuts the spread of respiratory infections. It’s time to treat air quality like food hygiene: a basic public health requirement.
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
4/ Ventilation saves lives. Clean indoor air, through ventilation or filtration, dramatically cuts the spread of respiratory infections. It’s time to treat air quality like food hygiene: a basic public health requirement.
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If you all are looking for last-minute cybersecurity-themed gifts to buy and, more importantly, what not to buy. The great @zackwhittaker.com has the definitive list.
Weirdly, somehow comics didn't make the list, Zack :).
Weirdly, somehow comics didn't make the list, Zack :).
Last-minute cybersecurity and privacy gifts your friends and family won't hate
Running out of gift ideas for the security or privacy buff in your life? Here are some thoughtful suggestions, including what tech you might want to avoid.
this.weekinsecurity.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 AM
If you all are looking for last-minute cybersecurity-themed gifts to buy and, more importantly, what not to buy. The great @zackwhittaker.com has the definitive list.
Weirdly, somehow comics didn't make the list, Zack :).
Weirdly, somehow comics didn't make the list, Zack :).
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Not only did Major League Baseball shorten games with its wide-ranging rule changes, but it did so by eliminating many of the sport’s boring moments.
The NBA should do the same and keep the main thing the main thing, writes @ekoreen.bsky.social.
The NBA should do the same and keep the main thing the main thing, writes @ekoreen.bsky.social.
December 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Not only did Major League Baseball shorten games with its wide-ranging rule changes, but it did so by eliminating many of the sport’s boring moments.
The NBA should do the same and keep the main thing the main thing, writes @ekoreen.bsky.social.
The NBA should do the same and keep the main thing the main thing, writes @ekoreen.bsky.social.
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AFC 1 seed odds
If BUF/DEN win: DEN 77%, JAX 9%, NE 7%, BUF 6%
If BUF/GB win: DEN 45%, NE 22%, JAX 15%, BUF 15%
If NE/DEN win: DEN 64%, NE 32%, JAX 4%
If NE/GB win: NE 64%, DEN 30%, JAX 6%
If BUF/DEN win: DEN 77%, JAX 9%, NE 7%, BUF 6%
If BUF/GB win: DEN 45%, NE 22%, JAX 15%, BUF 15%
If NE/DEN win: DEN 64%, NE 32%, JAX 4%
If NE/GB win: NE 64%, DEN 30%, JAX 6%
December 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
AFC 1 seed odds
If BUF/DEN win: DEN 77%, JAX 9%, NE 7%, BUF 6%
If BUF/GB win: DEN 45%, NE 22%, JAX 15%, BUF 15%
If NE/DEN win: DEN 64%, NE 32%, JAX 4%
If NE/GB win: NE 64%, DEN 30%, JAX 6%
If BUF/DEN win: DEN 77%, JAX 9%, NE 7%, BUF 6%
If BUF/GB win: DEN 45%, NE 22%, JAX 15%, BUF 15%
If NE/DEN win: DEN 64%, NE 32%, JAX 4%
If NE/GB win: NE 64%, DEN 30%, JAX 6%
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Today my Pixel Watch 3 informed me that it has replaced assistant with Gemini and apparently there's nothing I can do about it. I'm so sick of this useless 'AI' shit being shoved into my life when I don't want it so I decided to pre-order the new Pebble watch. repebble.com
The Finest In Wearable Gadgets
Get a new Pebble smartwatch or ring right here
repebble.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Today my Pixel Watch 3 informed me that it has replaced assistant with Gemini and apparently there's nothing I can do about it. I'm so sick of this useless 'AI' shit being shoved into my life when I don't want it so I decided to pre-order the new Pebble watch. repebble.com
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Remember that discourse about Gen Z only wanting to be influencers? Well it turns out everybody else does too.
i think a (perhaps underappreciated) aspect of this whole situation is the extent to which every elite profession is filled with people who excel at drawing attention and want to be famous more than they want to do the actual job
December 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Remember that discourse about Gen Z only wanting to be influencers? Well it turns out everybody else does too.
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I remember when SSL certificates cost more than hosting your website. And good luck remembering to renew it before the old one expired.
10 years ago @letsencrypt.bsky.social changed all that. letsencrypt.org/2025/12/09/1...
10 years ago @letsencrypt.bsky.social changed all that. letsencrypt.org/2025/12/09/1...
10 Years of Let's Encrypt Certificates
On September 14, 2015, our first publicly-trusted certificate went live. We were proud that we had issued a certificate that a significant majority of clients could accept, and had done it using autom...
letsencrypt.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I remember when SSL certificates cost more than hosting your website. And good luck remembering to renew it before the old one expired.
10 years ago @letsencrypt.bsky.social changed all that. letsencrypt.org/2025/12/09/1...
10 years ago @letsencrypt.bsky.social changed all that. letsencrypt.org/2025/12/09/1...
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Asked a great question on MatchQuarters about Ohio State's defense this year:
👉 Was this an elite defensive scheme, or was it elite defensive talent?
2021 Georgia (1.06) & 2016 Bama (1.13) are the best defenses of all time according to DFEI (DVOA for FBS).
TX Tech & Ohio State finished with 1.04.
👉 Was this an elite defensive scheme, or was it elite defensive talent?
2021 Georgia (1.06) & 2016 Bama (1.13) are the best defenses of all time according to DFEI (DVOA for FBS).
TX Tech & Ohio State finished with 1.04.
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Asked a great question on MatchQuarters about Ohio State's defense this year:
👉 Was this an elite defensive scheme, or was it elite defensive talent?
2021 Georgia (1.06) & 2016 Bama (1.13) are the best defenses of all time according to DFEI (DVOA for FBS).
TX Tech & Ohio State finished with 1.04.
👉 Was this an elite defensive scheme, or was it elite defensive talent?
2021 Georgia (1.06) & 2016 Bama (1.13) are the best defenses of all time according to DFEI (DVOA for FBS).
TX Tech & Ohio State finished with 1.04.
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I meet a lot of very smart AI critics who never seriously try to make AI work for them by spending a couple of hours with a frontier model working on hard tasks
People can be (and should be & are) critical after realizing what AI can do, but experience leads to better-informed and sharper critiques
People can be (and should be & are) critical after realizing what AI can do, but experience leads to better-informed and sharper critiques
December 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I meet a lot of very smart AI critics who never seriously try to make AI work for them by spending a couple of hours with a frontier model working on hard tasks
People can be (and should be & are) critical after realizing what AI can do, but experience leads to better-informed and sharper critiques
People can be (and should be & are) critical after realizing what AI can do, but experience leads to better-informed and sharper critiques
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The only way you're ever gonna get brain injuries out of football is to remove helmets from the game. John Madden was saying this thirty years ago. Still true.
December 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The only way you're ever gonna get brain injuries out of football is to remove helmets from the game. John Madden was saying this thirty years ago. Still true.
I have so many thoughts after reading the abstract. I feel like this has implications for remote/hybrid work, interviews over VC, broadband access, and telemedicine.
Nature research paper: Video-call glitches trigger uncanniness and harm consequential life outcomes
go.nature.com/48QTo0t
go.nature.com/48QTo0t
Video-call glitches trigger uncanniness and harm consequential life outcomes - Nature
Glitches in video calls can have a negative effect on the judgement of the people involved and correspond to worse outcomes in major areas of life such as job interviews and parole hearings.
go.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I have so many thoughts after reading the abstract. I feel like this has implications for remote/hybrid work, interviews over VC, broadband access, and telemedicine.
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Hometown Unveils Disappointing Microbrewery https://theonion.com/hometown-unveils-disappointing-microbrewery/
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Hometown Unveils Disappointing Microbrewery https://theonion.com/hometown-unveils-disappointing-microbrewery/
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I find the NBA to be unwatchable because of two rule-related issues. Traveling ambiguity is the first. The second is that the same contact can be a personal foul or not depending on the location on the court and the players involved.
What are we doing here?
Grayson Allen commits the most egregious travel in NBA history (h/t @ianrea.bsky.social)
December 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I find the NBA to be unwatchable because of two rule-related issues. Traveling ambiguity is the first. The second is that the same contact can be a personal foul or not depending on the location on the court and the players involved.
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
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mcp is bananas, we are literally doing rpc over markdown here
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
mcp is bananas, we are literally doing rpc over markdown here
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Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Frank Gehry, 1929–2025 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...
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I wrote for @theatlantic.com about the NFL's baffling scoreboard mystery: Why has a game never ended 36-23? Join me (via gift link!) on this @nflscorigami.bsky.social quest w/help from @jonbois.bsky.social, Dave Mattingly, some Scorigami-loving academics, and more www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
No NFL Game Has Ever Ended in a Score of 36–23
A scoreboard mystery
www.theatlantic.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I wrote for @theatlantic.com about the NFL's baffling scoreboard mystery: Why has a game never ended 36-23? Join me (via gift link!) on this @nflscorigami.bsky.social quest w/help from @jonbois.bsky.social, Dave Mattingly, some Scorigami-loving academics, and more www.theatlantic.com/science/2025...
I wonder how large the market is for this, but I can't help but think it's larger now than it might have been five years ago. www.wired.com/story/new-an...
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I wonder how large the market is for this, but I can't help but think it's larger now than it might have been five years ago. www.wired.com/story/new-an...
Don't miss the alt text on this one.
![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Don't miss the alt text on this one.
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New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The U.S. Is Funding Fewer Grants in Every Area of Science and Medicine (Gift Article)
A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:57 AM
New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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We finally have randomized, controlled clinical trial results from ambient AI scribes. But what do these RCTs actually tell us?
Look at the below chart. Time savings are often low, but doctors give the technology rave reviews, esp in anecdotes that people tend to believe more than data 👀 🧵
🖥️🩺
Look at the below chart. Time savings are often low, but doctors give the technology rave reviews, esp in anecdotes that people tend to believe more than data 👀 🧵
🖥️🩺
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
We finally have randomized, controlled clinical trial results from ambient AI scribes. But what do these RCTs actually tell us?
Look at the below chart. Time savings are often low, but doctors give the technology rave reviews, esp in anecdotes that people tend to believe more than data 👀 🧵
🖥️🩺
Look at the below chart. Time savings are often low, but doctors give the technology rave reviews, esp in anecdotes that people tend to believe more than data 👀 🧵
🖥️🩺
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Asked my agent co what lab was going to "win" AI, and this seems like a decent take.
I particularly like the line "if [Google] ever gets their product shit together, they're terrifying"
I particularly like the line "if [Google] ever gets their product shit together, they're terrifying"
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Asked my agent co what lab was going to "win" AI, and this seems like a decent take.
I particularly like the line "if [Google] ever gets their product shit together, they're terrifying"
I particularly like the line "if [Google] ever gets their product shit together, they're terrifying"