Tim Ackermann
@timack.bsky.social
Patent & trademark attorney with over 25 years experience in helping protect businesses' trademark & patent rights. (Former @ntxip on you know where)
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Tim Ackermann
@timack.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Not having gifs means people write things like “hot dog kills guy gif” and “is you taking notes on a criminal conspiracy gif” so basically Bluesky is Darmok and Jelad at Tanagra now.
It's the start of a new culture, built upon the ruins of the old, "Shaka, when the walls fell" style.
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Ugh, another bad social engineering attack. Watch for this:
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ugh, another bad social engineering attack. Watch for this:
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The malicious email might look like it came from a hotel where you have a pending reservation. It might even include your booking info. But eventually it leads to a fake CAPTCHA and instructions to input a string of text into a terminal window. It’s yet another credential-stealing attack.
ClickFix may be the biggest security threat your family has never heard of
Relatively new technique can bypass many endpoint protections.
arstechnica.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The malicious email might look like it came from a hotel where you have a pending reservation. It might even include your booking info. But eventually it leads to a fake CAPTCHA and instructions to input a string of text into a terminal window. It’s yet another credential-stealing attack.
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Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Tapping the XKCD sign again to explain that no, I won't be seeing an aurora tonight. Or at least I really hope not. That would be bad. :)
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This is interesting, and not totally surprising. There's value in staying humble and curious, even if you have a lot of experience with something.
New Research Warns That AI Is Causing a 'Reverse Dunning-Kruger Effect' buff.ly/uTpTUrf
New Research Warns That AI Is Causing a 'Reverse Dunning-Kruger Effect' buff.ly/uTpTUrf
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This is interesting, and not totally surprising. There's value in staying humble and curious, even if you have a lot of experience with something.
New Research Warns That AI Is Causing a 'Reverse Dunning-Kruger Effect' buff.ly/uTpTUrf
New Research Warns That AI Is Causing a 'Reverse Dunning-Kruger Effect' buff.ly/uTpTUrf
Ugh, another bad social engineering attack. Watch for this:
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Ugh, another bad social engineering attack. Watch for this:
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Reposted by Tim Ackermann
From 717 Madison Place:
November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
From 717 Madison Place:
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This map violated several Geneva Conventions
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This map violated several Geneva Conventions
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
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Doorman Stories
"At the start of every giving season I’m reminded of Noel.
Not only has he been a beloved doorman for decades, but on Wednesday evenings, rain or shine, he organizes a food drive for New York City’s unhoused population."
He created The Ellen Macguire Foundation
"At the start of every giving season I’m reminded of Noel.
Not only has he been a beloved doorman for decades, but on Wednesday evenings, rain or shine, he organizes a food drive for New York City’s unhoused population."
He created The Ellen Macguire Foundation
November 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Doorman Stories
"At the start of every giving season I’m reminded of Noel.
Not only has he been a beloved doorman for decades, but on Wednesday evenings, rain or shine, he organizes a food drive for New York City’s unhoused population."
He created The Ellen Macguire Foundation
"At the start of every giving season I’m reminded of Noel.
Not only has he been a beloved doorman for decades, but on Wednesday evenings, rain or shine, he organizes a food drive for New York City’s unhoused population."
He created The Ellen Macguire Foundation
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
n.pr
November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot. n.pr/3JKj19D
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Useful post on avoiding trademark scams
www.ftc.gov/business-gui...
www.ftc.gov/business-gui...
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Useful post on avoiding trademark scams
www.ftc.gov/business-gui...
www.ftc.gov/business-gui...
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Hmm, "rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5".
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Hmm, "rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5".
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TTAB Orders Cancellation of EDGE GAMES Registration Due to Nonuse, Rejecting Founder's Testimony
thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/11/ttab...
thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/11/ttab...
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
TTAB Orders Cancellation of EDGE GAMES Registration Due to Nonuse, Rejecting Founder's Testimony
thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/11/ttab...
thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/11/ttab...
Hmm, "rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5".
November 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Hmm, "rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5".
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This is getting lost b/c apparently there's an election etc. but PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT AI IS AN ENTITY CAPABLE OF BEARING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MORAL DECISIONS (!!!) AND SO PEOPLE ARE DELEGATING MORAL DECISIONS TO AI TO EVADE RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNFAIR OUTCOMES (!!!).
Phew. Link to paper below.
Phew. Link to paper below.
New scholarship alert: In our new paper--STRATEGIC DELEGATION OF MORAL DECISIONS TO AI--Stephan Tontrup and I show experimentally that people consider AI to be an entity capable of bearing moral responsibility, and also ... 1/ papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Strategic Delegation of Moral Decisions to AI
<p>Our study examines how individuals perceive the moral agency of artificial intelligence (AI), and, specifically, whether individuals believe that by using AI
papers.ssrn.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is getting lost b/c apparently there's an election etc. but PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT AI IS AN ENTITY CAPABLE OF BEARING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MORAL DECISIONS (!!!) AND SO PEOPLE ARE DELEGATING MORAL DECISIONS TO AI TO EVADE RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNFAIR OUTCOMES (!!!).
Phew. Link to paper below.
Phew. Link to paper below.
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I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
October 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I love kids. I have two of them. They’re amazing. However, kids are the absolute least self aware, clumsiest little puffins on the planet.
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
Please don’t drive tonight unless you have to, and if you do drive, drive super slow and pay 100% attention at all times.
Happy Halloween! 🎃 👻 💀
#PublicHealth
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A blanket that converts into a cape.
US Patent 9155341 (issued to "Super Blanky LLC")
US Patent 9155341 (issued to "Super Blanky LLC")
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
A blanket that converts into a cape.
US Patent 9155341 (issued to "Super Blanky LLC")
US Patent 9155341 (issued to "Super Blanky LLC")
Useful post on avoiding trademark scams
www.ftc.gov/business-gui...
www.ftc.gov/business-gui...
October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Useful post on avoiding trademark scams
www.ftc.gov/business-gui...
www.ftc.gov/business-gui...
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Reposted by Tim Ackermann
NEW: an a16z-backed startup called Doublespeed promises clients can “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
Essentially an AI-powered bot service in violation of all major social media platforms
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
Essentially an AI-powered bot service in violation of all major social media platforms
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co
October 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
NEW: an a16z-backed startup called Doublespeed promises clients can “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.”
Essentially an AI-powered bot service in violation of all major social media platforms
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
Essentially an AI-powered bot service in violation of all major social media platforms
www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
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"Introducing Doublespeed, an [Andreessen Horowitz backed] startup operating a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated slop on behalf of its clients.
Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."
Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."
AI "Phone Farm" Startup Gets Funding from Marc Andreessen to Flood Social Media With Spam
Andreessen Horowitz has injected $1 million into Doublespeed, a startup meant to flood social media with gobs of for-profit spam.
futurism.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
"Introducing Doublespeed, an [Andreessen Horowitz backed] startup operating a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated slop on behalf of its clients.
Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."
Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm."