marie
@mariekalb.bsky.social
she/her.
Red team/offensive security testing & privacy work. Most recently at Meta (left because…yikes). Previously Tall Poppy, Salesforce, NCC Group.
personal account - nothing here reflects the views of my employer.
Red team/offensive security testing & privacy work. Most recently at Meta (left because…yikes). Previously Tall Poppy, Salesforce, NCC Group.
personal account - nothing here reflects the views of my employer.
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80 people. Basically, Trump and Hegseth are prolific serial killers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
80 people. Basically, Trump and Hegseth are prolific serial killers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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“you can be disappeared”
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“you can be disappeared”
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
this is actually happening to people irl in this country, getting a temporary suspension from Bluesky is not the same thing. grow up
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Thinking today how homelessness runs through this story, through Epstein's (Virginia Guiffre had been homeless before meeting him), and even through Gaiman's (his nanny was sleeping on the beach when Palmer recruited her, and he used threats of homelessness against another victim).
The woman whom the House Ethics Committee determined Matt Gaetz paid for sex when she was 17 years old was living in a homeless shelter, working at McDonald's, and needed the money for braces www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Thinking today how homelessness runs through this story, through Epstein's (Virginia Guiffre had been homeless before meeting him), and even through Gaiman's (his nanny was sleeping on the beach when Palmer recruited her, and he used threats of homelessness against another victim).
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This is both A) incredibly suspicious, and B) within what I would accept as normal levels of government incompetence.
So, you know, we'll see how the judge takes it.
So, you know, we'll see how the judge takes it.
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is both A) incredibly suspicious, and B) within what I would accept as normal levels of government incompetence.
So, you know, we'll see how the judge takes it.
So, you know, we'll see how the judge takes it.
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New York Plan Would Require Yearly Prison Visits by Judges. Story via @thecity.nyc.
Bringing the Bench Behind Bars: Plan Would Require Yearly Prison Visits by Judges
For decades, many New York judges skipped required visits. A new rule would change that.
www.thecity.nyc
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New York Plan Would Require Yearly Prison Visits by Judges. Story via @thecity.nyc.
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BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
Tremane Wood Spared From Execution In Shocking Decision
His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
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FIVE HUNDRED MEN SACKED FOR REFUSING
TO EVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
THE VOICES DOWN THE AGES WARNING
NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
YOU MUST NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
TO EVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
THE VOICES DOWN THE AGES WARNING
NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
YOU MUST NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
FIVE HUNDRED MEN SACKED FOR REFUSING
TO EVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
THE VOICES DOWN THE AGES WARNING
NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
YOU MUST NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
TO EVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
THE VOICES DOWN THE AGES WARNING
NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
YOU MUST NEVER CROSS A PICKET LINE
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BREAKING: We will also have WHISTLES and WHISTLE ZINES to distribute at this event! Sign up and come on by on Saturday, NYC! It's gonna be awesome! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
Hands Off NYC Zine and Poster Fun in Brooklyn with local comics creators! · Indivisible Brooklyn
Join New York comic creators to fold zines and make posters to push back against ICE in our city! Stay to fold and color a while or just swing by to pick up zines and posters to distribute in your nei...
www.mobilize.us
November 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
BREAKING: We will also have WHISTLES and WHISTLE ZINES to distribute at this event! Sign up and come on by on Saturday, NYC! It's gonna be awesome! www.mobilize.us/indivisiblen...
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Similar to people demanding troops patrol Ward 8, Detroit is not an actual place for a lot of people. It’s a stand-in for “urban blight” and “Black crime” so they’re very cavalier about suggesting a little more racism be directed there as a valve to their political problems.
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Similar to people demanding troops patrol Ward 8, Detroit is not an actual place for a lot of people. It’s a stand-in for “urban blight” and “Black crime” so they’re very cavalier about suggesting a little more racism be directed there as a valve to their political problems.
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"Police baked their own contempt into the data, listing people’s occupations as 'SCUM BAG,' 'TURD,' or simply 'BLACK.'"
Great FOIA work from @sreynolds.bsky.social and reporting from @dell.bsky.social
Worth noting this DHS-CPD partnership happened under Biden; no admin has had good DHS oversight.
Great FOIA work from @sreynolds.bsky.social and reporting from @dell.bsky.social
Worth noting this DHS-CPD partnership happened under Biden; no admin has had good DHS oversight.
NEW: DHS secretly obtained Chicago police data on 900 residents accused of gang ties. It was quietly deleted after intelligence officers violated rules against domestic spying.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
The handoff came well after city inspectors formally announced CPD's gang data was deeply flawed and infected w/ bias.
DHS Kept Chicago Police Records for Months in Violation of Domestic Espionage Rules
The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"Police baked their own contempt into the data, listing people’s occupations as 'SCUM BAG,' 'TURD,' or simply 'BLACK.'"
Great FOIA work from @sreynolds.bsky.social and reporting from @dell.bsky.social
Worth noting this DHS-CPD partnership happened under Biden; no admin has had good DHS oversight.
Great FOIA work from @sreynolds.bsky.social and reporting from @dell.bsky.social
Worth noting this DHS-CPD partnership happened under Biden; no admin has had good DHS oversight.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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Be careful what you share, Ivanka.
Some of us actually read the rest of the story.👇
Some of us actually read the rest of the story.👇
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Be careful what you share, Ivanka.
Some of us actually read the rest of the story.👇
Some of us actually read the rest of the story.👇
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As everyone has pointed out, the guy is covered in racist-curious tattoos.
But also, this is a lame, transparent attempt to deflect from the fact that his no beards policy is clearly aimed at and will disproportionately affect black men.
"Hey look at all the silly white people we're pissing off!"
But also, this is a lame, transparent attempt to deflect from the fact that his no beards policy is clearly aimed at and will disproportionately affect black men.
"Hey look at all the silly white people we're pissing off!"
Hegseth: "We don't need to be a military of beardos anymore. Do you know how many troops claim to be Nordic Pagan? No, suddenly it's become this real fake religious affiliation inside the Pentagon where troops came to be Nordic Pagan so they can grow a beard and nobody challenges them on it."
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
As everyone has pointed out, the guy is covered in racist-curious tattoos.
But also, this is a lame, transparent attempt to deflect from the fact that his no beards policy is clearly aimed at and will disproportionately affect black men.
"Hey look at all the silly white people we're pissing off!"
But also, this is a lame, transparent attempt to deflect from the fact that his no beards policy is clearly aimed at and will disproportionately affect black men.
"Hey look at all the silly white people we're pissing off!"
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Actually, hypothetically… *could* they call Pope Leo as a witness?
I doubt he’d come, of course, but he’s still a U.S. citizen, and registered to vote in Illinois (albeit in a county *next to* the one where the Broadview facility resides). religionnews.com/2025/05/09/c...
I doubt he’d come, of course, but he’s still a U.S. citizen, and registered to vote in Illinois (albeit in a county *next to* the one where the Broadview facility resides). religionnews.com/2025/05/09/c...
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Actually, hypothetically… *could* they call Pope Leo as a witness?
I doubt he’d come, of course, but he’s still a U.S. citizen, and registered to vote in Illinois (albeit in a county *next to* the one where the Broadview facility resides). religionnews.com/2025/05/09/c...
I doubt he’d come, of course, but he’s still a U.S. citizen, and registered to vote in Illinois (albeit in a county *next to* the one where the Broadview facility resides). religionnews.com/2025/05/09/c...
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this has to be the single greatest image in the history of sports
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
this has to be the single greatest image in the history of sports
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ICE is just going to outsource the stalking of undocumented immigrants to random private investigators, is willing to spend $180 million on it: www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
ICE is just going to outsource the stalking of undocumented immigrants to random private investigators, is willing to spend $180 million on it: www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
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I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
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uhhh this actually reminds me a lot of how LLMs function at a basic level too - predicting tokens based on proximity & context, etc 😬 ...so we're teaching kids to read like AI & saying AI level is good enough
November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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For those who don’t remember, USIP was a *non-governmental* agency that DOGE sought to dismantle during the fascist raids to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. Accountability is mandatory.
Former US Institute of Peace security chief testifies: “I observed members of the [DC] MPD giving each other high-fives and fist bumps as I was escorted from the USIP headquarters building.”
It’s part of a sworn declaration submitted as part of my lawsuit to release body cam footage of the raid.
It’s part of a sworn declaration submitted as part of my lawsuit to release body cam footage of the raid.
Former USIP security chief says MPD gave 'high-fives and fist bumps' after raid
The latest on the lawsuit to get MPD's body cam footage released.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For those who don’t remember, USIP was a *non-governmental* agency that DOGE sought to dismantle during the fascist raids to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. Accountability is mandatory.
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people who have been claiming for years that journalists just make everything up are always amazed at how much there is in place to stop journalists making anything up
“Standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She asks ‘What’s the point of standards?’
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
people who have been claiming for years that journalists just make everything up are always amazed at how much there is in place to stop journalists making anything up
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One small bright spot: valley fever isn’t contagious. But that bright spot is immediately offset by HOW I know that, which is that my sister lived in AZ for a month or two, managed to get valley fever in that time, and I had some questions when she got to NY still coughing.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
One small bright spot: valley fever isn’t contagious. But that bright spot is immediately offset by HOW I know that, which is that my sister lived in AZ for a month or two, managed to get valley fever in that time, and I had some questions when she got to NY still coughing.
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This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This point absolutely correct and I will add that Mamdani demonstrates that an insurgency, even one with real moral clarity and anger at the status quo, can still be cheerful and inviting.