sanketh
@sanketh.bsky.social
cipherpuppy
🏳️⚧️ they/them
🐘 https://bratt.ing/@initsecret
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🧑🏽💼 phd-ing at cornell (views=own)
🏳️⚧️ they/them
🐘 https://bratt.ing/@initsecret
🖼️ pfp by astrophysician
🧑🏽💼 phd-ing at cornell (views=own)
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look at the size of this bun 🐇 just learned they can get this big (and larger)
Brie is a spayed lady at Rocky Mountain House Rabbit Rescue in Colorado. She'll be ready for adoption pretty soon!
October 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
look at the size of this bun 🐇 just learned they can get this big (and larger)
i like cryptography. it's so interesting
October 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.
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Tom Lehrer wasn't just a satirist or a musician.
He as a comedian who could quietly tell a joke and wait more than SIXTY YEARS for the payoff.
That's dedication to craft.
We lost an icon.
He as a comedian who could quietly tell a joke and wait more than SIXTY YEARS for the payoff.
That's dedication to craft.
We lost an icon.
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tom Lehrer wasn't just a satirist or a musician.
He as a comedian who could quietly tell a joke and wait more than SIXTY YEARS for the payoff.
That's dedication to craft.
We lost an icon.
He as a comedian who could quietly tell a joke and wait more than SIXTY YEARS for the payoff.
That's dedication to craft.
We lost an icon.
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In 2022, a local #alamtg activist named Rasheed Shabazz was asking around on twitter about digitizing meeting minutes and monthly reports from local organizations as part of his ongoing research into the racial history of Alameda.
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May 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
In 2022, a local #alamtg activist named Rasheed Shabazz was asking around on twitter about digitizing meeting minutes and monthly reports from local organizations as part of his ongoing research into the racial history of Alameda.
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quantum agile >> quantum waterfall
quantum random artificial intelligence cryptanalysis
artificial quantum random intelligence
March 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
quantum agile >> quantum waterfall
quantum random artificial intelligence cryptanalysis
artificial quantum random intelligence
March 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
quantum random artificial intelligence cryptanalysis
artificial quantum random intelligence
March 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
artificial quantum random intelligence
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I was literally spinning up LA County as the fires started, and it just finished and pushed today.
We'd love someone to dig into fire prevention and land use policy around what happened here
We'd love someone to dig into fire prevention and land use policy around what happened here
This is wild timing, but we have the minutes databases for LA County, the City of Los Angeles, and Ventura County available this week on https://civic.band
LA County: https://buff.ly/3WkszLA
City of LA: https://buff.ly/4hhnVWy
Ventura County: https://buff.ly/3WfIhaD
LA County: https://buff.ly/3WkszLA
City of LA: https://buff.ly/4hhnVWy
Ventura County: https://buff.ly/3WfIhaD
Civic Band: Government and Municipality Meeting Data
Dive into City Meeting Data Across the U.S.
civic.band
January 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I was literally spinning up LA County as the fires started, and it just finished and pushed today.
We'd love someone to dig into fire prevention and land use policy around what happened here
We'd love someone to dig into fire prevention and land use policy around what happened here
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Quick reminder: the Queer in Cryptography conference is being held 6-7 March, 2025, in Rochester! Come for the conference Thursday and Friday, stay for the fantastic city of Rochester!
cryptography.lgbt
visitrochester.com
cryptography.lgbt
visitrochester.com
Discover Rochester, NY
Explore Rochester's wide ranging culinary scene, festivals, shopping, family friendly attractions, comfortable hotels and more. You are sure to find something to love!
visitrochester.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Quick reminder: the Queer in Cryptography conference is being held 6-7 March, 2025, in Rochester! Come for the conference Thursday and Friday, stay for the fantastic city of Rochester!
cryptography.lgbt
visitrochester.com
cryptography.lgbt
visitrochester.com
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Galaxy Brain is excited to announce that we are partnering with @techtonica.bsky.social, a US-based nonprofit helping women and nonbinary adults seeking economic empowerment overcome barriers to technical careers.
December 17, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Galaxy Brain is excited to announce that we are partnering with @techtonica.bsky.social, a US-based nonprofit helping women and nonbinary adults seeking economic empowerment overcome barriers to technical careers.
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My absolutely lukewarm take of the day is that more organizations should hire librarians
December 17, 2024 at 8:36 PM
My absolutely lukewarm take of the day is that more organizations should hire librarians
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Okay, so: the other day I wrote a thread on "you should have rules that ban off-platform harassment". Well, given the latest thread from @safety.bsky.app, I wanted to do a short follow-up to that to talk in more detail about *why* you need policies like that.
bsky.app/profile/andr...
bsky.app/profile/andr...
There are a lot of people with Takes on the current moderation situation. I promise this is my only one, and it's straightforward: any new social media platforms *need* to have an official policy against off-platform harassment, and need to enforce that policy ruthlessly and swiftly.
December 13, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Okay, so: the other day I wrote a thread on "you should have rules that ban off-platform harassment". Well, given the latest thread from @safety.bsky.app, I wanted to do a short follow-up to that to talk in more detail about *why* you need policies like that.
bsky.app/profile/andr...
bsky.app/profile/andr...
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*designing cryptographic protocols* yeah nah, feeling pretty chill, gonna get cozy and figure out how to structure this key tree
*trying to parse a QR code from a webcam* what the fuck is this black magic, how do people do this
*trying to parse a QR code from a webcam* what the fuck is this black magic, how do people do this
December 12, 2024 at 5:30 AM
*designing cryptographic protocols* yeah nah, feeling pretty chill, gonna get cozy and figure out how to structure this key tree
*trying to parse a QR code from a webcam* what the fuck is this black magic, how do people do this
*trying to parse a QR code from a webcam* what the fuck is this black magic, how do people do this
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2024 update for my chart on the landscape of quantum computing: sam-jaques.appspot.com/quantum_land...
Not much visible on the chart, but Google's result (the one with the recent press attention) is a pretty big deal
Not much visible on the chart, but Google's result (the one with the recent press attention) is a pretty big deal
December 12, 2024 at 5:30 PM
2024 update for my chart on the landscape of quantum computing: sam-jaques.appspot.com/quantum_land...
Not much visible on the chart, but Google's result (the one with the recent press attention) is a pretty big deal
Not much visible on the chart, but Google's result (the one with the recent press attention) is a pretty big deal
Argh, I am fully awake at 7:00am. 😐
If you are at #asiacrypt2024, please come to my talk at 9:00am in Track 2 on "Robust AE With Committing Security" (w/ Viet Tung Hoang). If you are a keener and want to read the paper first: eprint.iacr.org/2024/1542
If you are at #asiacrypt2024, please come to my talk at 9:00am in Track 2 on "Robust AE With Committing Security" (w/ Viet Tung Hoang). If you are a keener and want to read the paper first: eprint.iacr.org/2024/1542
December 12, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Argh, I am fully awake at 7:00am. 😐
If you are at #asiacrypt2024, please come to my talk at 9:00am in Track 2 on "Robust AE With Committing Security" (w/ Viet Tung Hoang). If you are a keener and want to read the paper first: eprint.iacr.org/2024/1542
If you are at #asiacrypt2024, please come to my talk at 9:00am in Track 2 on "Robust AE With Committing Security" (w/ Viet Tung Hoang). If you are a keener and want to read the paper first: eprint.iacr.org/2024/1542
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#Asiacrypt2024 is almost here. As someone who was born and raised in Kolkata, I decided to provide some unofficial updates/tips and will post them as they come into my mind. Folks, especially who are coming from outside the sub-continent, might find these useful.
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December 6, 2024 at 10:27 AM
#Asiacrypt2024 is almost here. As someone who was born and raised in Kolkata, I decided to provide some unofficial updates/tips and will post them as they come into my mind. Folks, especially who are coming from outside the sub-continent, might find these useful.
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Eyy, I now know everything I needed to know about about the torus. #asiacrypt2024
December 10, 2024 at 3:44 AM
Eyy, I now know everything I needed to know about about the torus. #asiacrypt2024
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Today in the US is #SmallBusinessSaturday, a day for folks to use their dollars to support small businesses instead of megacorps.
If you're looking for ways to vote with your dollars for the world we want, I run two small businesses that are aligned with the values of folks I see here.
If you're looking for ways to vote with your dollars for the world we want, I run two small businesses that are aligned with the values of folks I see here.
December 1, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Today in the US is #SmallBusinessSaturday, a day for folks to use their dollars to support small businesses instead of megacorps.
If you're looking for ways to vote with your dollars for the world we want, I run two small businesses that are aligned with the values of folks I see here.
If you're looking for ways to vote with your dollars for the world we want, I run two small businesses that are aligned with the values of folks I see here.
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How Bluesky could implement Limited Audiences / Non-Public Content and private, end-to-end encrypted protocol-native DMs using existing cryptography:
soatok.blog/2024/11/29/i...
soatok.blog/2024/11/29/i...
Imagining Private Airspaces for Bluesky - Dhole Moments
Recently, I shared my thoughts on the Twitter Exodus. The short of that post is: Even though I’m quite happy on the Fediverse, I think the best outcome is for Bluesky to “win” the…
soatok.blog
November 29, 2024 at 8:39 PM
How Bluesky could implement Limited Audiences / Non-Public Content and private, end-to-end encrypted protocol-native DMs using existing cryptography:
soatok.blog/2024/11/29/i...
soatok.blog/2024/11/29/i...
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This is my new response when my faculty advisor asks how my research project is going.
"does bluesky have drafts" no but we have kindness. we have friendship. we know love. we know how to see the world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wildflower. we know how to hold infinity in the palm of my hand, and eternity in an hour.
November 19, 2024 at 9:39 PM
This is my new response when my faculty advisor asks how my research project is going.
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A celleux qui nous tiennent la main.
A celleux qui nous l'ont lâchée,
A celleux qui firent nos joies,
qu'on aurait aimé voir continuer.
🕯
🫂🏳️⚧️✨️
Cœur sur nous aujourd'hui.
Une pensée à celleux qui restent.
#TDoR
A celleux qui nous l'ont lâchée,
A celleux qui firent nos joies,
qu'on aurait aimé voir continuer.
🕯
🫂🏳️⚧️✨️
Cœur sur nous aujourd'hui.
Une pensée à celleux qui restent.
#TDoR
November 20, 2024 at 6:27 AM
A celleux qui nous tiennent la main.
A celleux qui nous l'ont lâchée,
A celleux qui firent nos joies,
qu'on aurait aimé voir continuer.
🕯
🫂🏳️⚧️✨️
Cœur sur nous aujourd'hui.
Une pensée à celleux qui restent.
#TDoR
A celleux qui nous l'ont lâchée,
A celleux qui firent nos joies,
qu'on aurait aimé voir continuer.
🕯
🫂🏳️⚧️✨️
Cœur sur nous aujourd'hui.
Une pensée à celleux qui restent.
#TDoR
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I’m at #CSCW2024, which feels like the right place to use Bluesky for the first time! I’m recruiting PhD students to UW HCDE who want to think about digital safety from a sociotechnical lens.
November 11, 2024 at 2:49 PM
I’m at #CSCW2024, which feels like the right place to use Bluesky for the first time! I’m recruiting PhD students to UW HCDE who want to think about digital safety from a sociotechnical lens.
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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Estrogen, is in fact, 17β-Estradiol, or as I've recently taken to calling it, 17β plus Estradiol. Estrogen is not a steroid hormone unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning endocrine system made usef
November 9, 2024 at 4:09 PM
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Estrogen, is in fact, 17β-Estradiol, or as I've recently taken to calling it, 17β plus Estradiol. Estrogen is not a steroid hormone unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning endocrine system made usef