Dan Phiffer
@dphiffer.social.coop.ap.brid.gy
Web developer at @ProPublica, moderator at @SocialCoop. He/him.
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OTD 1968: The Mother of All Demos, by Douglas Engelbart and William English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY
I knew Bill English 20 years later when he was working for #SunMicrosystems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY
I knew Bill English 20 years later when he was working for #SunMicrosystems.
December 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
OTD 1968: The Mother of All Demos, by Douglas Engelbart and William English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY
I knew Bill English 20 years later when he was working for #SunMicrosystems.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY
I knew Bill English 20 years later when he was working for #SunMicrosystems.
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Someday, I will be marooned on an island, with a near-infinite supply of Duracell CR2032 coin cells in blister packs, and a medical device upon which I am critically dependent, which requires such coin cells, but no knife or scissors. I'll die trying to sharpen a piece of coconut rind to extract […]
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mastodon.social
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Someday, I will be marooned on an island, with a near-infinite supply of Duracell CR2032 coin cells in blister packs, and a medical device upon which I am critically dependent, which requires such coin cells, but no knife or scissors. I'll die trying to sharpen a piece of coconut rind to extract […]
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This is what every police chief in America should be saying and enforcing.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
https://www.ms.now/news/minneapolis-police-chief-unlawful-force-ice-jobs
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
https://www.ms.now/news/minneapolis-police-chief-unlawful-force-ice-jobs
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
The post Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job appeared first on MS NOW.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 1:03 AM
This is what every police chief in America should be saying and enforcing.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
https://www.ms.now/news/minneapolis-police-chief-unlawful-force-ice-jobs
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
https://www.ms.now/news/minneapolis-police-chief-unlawful-force-ice-jobs
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It bothers me that before they show the footage of the murder of these people, the news man never says "We are about to show footage where people were killed some viewers might find this disturbing." As they would for other disasters, so when the bile rises in my throat, because I really did […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It bothers me that before they show the footage of the murder of these people, the news man never says "We are about to show footage where people were killed some viewers might find this disturbing." As they would for other disasters, so when the bile rises in my throat, because I really did […]
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"Costco is suing the Trump administration over its tariffs, arguing that the White House has exceeded its executive authority in instituting tariffs and that it should be entitled to a refund if the tariffs are found unconstitutional." 👀 […]
Original post on mastodon.world
mastodon.world
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"Costco is suing the Trump administration over its tariffs, arguing that the White House has exceeded its executive authority in instituting tariffs and that it should be entitled to a refund if the tariffs are found unconstitutional." 👀 […]
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I was today years old when I learned about the `at` command in the unix shell??
Very useful for if I want to lazily do something non-critical in the near future. Like I upload a file for a friend, send them the link, tell them it's getting deleted in an hour, and then do
$ echo 'rm the_file' | […]
Very useful for if I want to lazily do something non-critical in the near future. Like I upload a file for a friend, send them the link, tell them it's getting deleted in an hour, and then do
$ echo 'rm the_file' | […]
Original post on friend.camp
friend.camp
December 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I was today years old when I learned about the `at` command in the unix shell??
Very useful for if I want to lazily do something non-critical in the near future. Like I upload a file for a friend, send them the link, tell them it's getting deleted in an hour, and then do
$ echo 'rm the_file' | […]
Very useful for if I want to lazily do something non-critical in the near future. Like I upload a file for a friend, send them the link, tell them it's getting deleted in an hour, and then do
$ echo 'rm the_file' | […]
On this #worldaidsday I’m thinking about PEPFAR defunding.
“Forecasting models predicted that the current steep funding cuts could result in more than 14,051, 750 additional all-age deaths, including 4,537,157 in children younger than age 5 years, by 2030.” […]
“Forecasting models predicted that the current steep funding cuts could result in more than 14,051, 750 additional all-age deaths, including 4,537,157 in children younger than age 5 years, by 2030.” […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
On this #worldaidsday I’m thinking about PEPFAR defunding.
“Forecasting models predicted that the current steep funding cuts could result in more than 14,051, 750 additional all-age deaths, including 4,537,157 in children younger than age 5 years, by 2030.” […]
“Forecasting models predicted that the current steep funding cuts could result in more than 14,051, 750 additional all-age deaths, including 4,537,157 in children younger than age 5 years, by 2030.” […]
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This is a hell of a retraction. If we had a functional FDA, they’d ban glyphosate immediately and save a lot of lives.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230099913715
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230099913715
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is a hell of a retraction. If we had a functional FDA, they’d ban glyphosate immediately and save a lot of lives.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230099913715
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273230099913715
“The Korean director, who is president of the jury, gave two responses, one measured, the other deeply personal.
‘My official answer is, AI is good because it’s the very beginning of the human race finally seriously thinking about what only humans can do. But my personal answer is, I’m going to […]
‘My official answer is, AI is good because it’s the very beginning of the human race finally seriously thinking about what only humans can do. But my personal answer is, I’m going to […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
“The Korean director, who is president of the jury, gave two responses, one measured, the other deeply personal.
‘My official answer is, AI is good because it’s the very beginning of the human race finally seriously thinking about what only humans can do. But my personal answer is, I’m going to […]
‘My official answer is, AI is good because it’s the very beginning of the human race finally seriously thinking about what only humans can do. But my personal answer is, I’m going to […]
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I will ask chat GPT
I will boil the last of our drinking water
Salt the soil of the scrub-lands
Tear the pages from books and feed them to my fire
I will ask copilot
I will scramble your library
maim the faces of your favorite paintings
I will bury you in poor copies of your dreams
I will ask […]
I will boil the last of our drinking water
Salt the soil of the scrub-lands
Tear the pages from books and feed them to my fire
I will ask copilot
I will scramble your library
maim the faces of your favorite paintings
I will bury you in poor copies of your dreams
I will ask […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I will ask chat GPT
I will boil the last of our drinking water
Salt the soil of the scrub-lands
Tear the pages from books and feed them to my fire
I will ask copilot
I will scramble your library
maim the faces of your favorite paintings
I will bury you in poor copies of your dreams
I will ask […]
I will boil the last of our drinking water
Salt the soil of the scrub-lands
Tear the pages from books and feed them to my fire
I will ask copilot
I will scramble your library
maim the faces of your favorite paintings
I will bury you in poor copies of your dreams
I will ask […]
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i hope this email finds you well
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
i hope this email finds you well
“A BBC spokesperson said the corporation had ‘made the decision to remove one sentence from the lecture on legal advice’. BBC News is not repeating the line in question on the same legal advice.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvdzdnnp8xo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvdzdnnp8xo
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
“A BBC spokesperson said the corporation had ‘made the decision to remove one sentence from the lecture on legal advice’. BBC News is not repeating the line in question on the same legal advice.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvdzdnnp8xo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvdzdnnp8xo
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A federal judge throws out the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding President Trump’s handpicked prosecutor was illegally appointed to the role when she singlehandedly secured the indictments […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A federal judge throws out the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding President Trump’s handpicked prosecutor was illegally appointed to the role when she singlehandedly secured the indictments […]
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I ♥️ this so much.
Fran Sans is a typeface by Emily Sneddon inspired by the displays on the now-retired #sf #muni Breda light rail cars.
Process post: https://emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-essay
News story […]
[Original post on sfba.social]
Fran Sans is a typeface by Emily Sneddon inspired by the displays on the now-retired #sf #muni Breda light rail cars.
Process post: https://emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-essay
News story […]
[Original post on sfba.social]
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I ♥️ this so much.
Fran Sans is a typeface by Emily Sneddon inspired by the displays on the now-retired #sf #muni Breda light rail cars.
Process post: https://emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-essay
News story […]
[Original post on sfba.social]
Fran Sans is a typeface by Emily Sneddon inspired by the displays on the now-retired #sf #muni Breda light rail cars.
Process post: https://emilysneddon.com/fran-sans-essay
News story […]
[Original post on sfba.social]
I've seen this story making the rounds in my Signal chats, and I don't think it would be if they @TheGuardian had a used a more accurate headline. Vetting is important for sensitive group chats!
November 21, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I've seen this story making the rounds in my Signal chats, and I don't think it would be if they @TheGuardian had a used a more accurate headline. Vetting is important for sensitive group chats!
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Hanging out by the exit to the NYSE in ominous dark robes with a bunch of guys with good baritone voices going "Koyaanisqatsi"
"Koyaaaaanisqatsiiii"
over and over
"Koyaaaaanisqatsiiii"
over and over
November 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Hanging out by the exit to the NYSE in ominous dark robes with a bunch of guys with good baritone voices going "Koyaanisqatsi"
"Koyaaaaanisqatsiiii"
over and over
"Koyaaaaanisqatsiiii"
over and over
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Oooh, it's my time to leap into cybersecurity.
"Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models"
"...Abstract
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique for large language models (LLMs) […]
"Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models"
"...Abstract
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique for large language models (LLMs) […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Oooh, it's my time to leap into cybersecurity.
"Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models"
"...Abstract
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique for large language models (LLMs) […]
"Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models"
"...Abstract
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique for large language models (LLMs) […]
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major "cloud" providers say they're too big to fail, and yet they keep having multi-hour long downtimes, which just means nobody is too big to fail
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
major "cloud" providers say they're too big to fail, and yet they keep having multi-hour long downtimes, which just means nobody is too big to fail
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Just wanted to surface this long comment from me on the state of #hometown and its future:
https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/issues/1358#issuecomment-3549758036
I've been an absentee on the "Future of Hometown" thread for a year now and plan to be more responsive. I say more about it […]
https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/issues/1358#issuecomment-3549758036
I've been an absentee on the "Future of Hometown" thread for a year now and plan to be more responsive. I say more about it […]
Original post on friend.camp
friend.camp
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Just wanted to surface this long comment from me on the state of #hometown and its future:
https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/issues/1358#issuecomment-3549758036
I've been an absentee on the "Future of Hometown" thread for a year now and plan to be more responsive. I say more about it […]
https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown/issues/1358#issuecomment-3549758036
I've been an absentee on the "Future of Hometown" thread for a year now and plan to be more responsive. I say more about it […]
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Chatting with a friend about Cloudflare's intermittent outages today, they brought up an interesting point: How many organizations have started relying on Cloudflare to do basic security blocking and tackling stuff, like stopping SQL injection attacks at the edge? Maybe your devs were lazy at […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Chatting with a friend about Cloudflare's intermittent outages today, they brought up an interesting point: How many organizations have started relying on Cloudflare to do basic security blocking and tackling stuff, like stopping SQL injection attacks at the edge? Maybe your devs were lazy at […]
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Theo Jansen still at it with full force... (life goals!)
Strandbeest evolution 2025
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA94ZqnEQ
...and obligatory re-sharing of some pics of our joint generative design workshop in 2013, incl. Theo's graveyard of older Strandbeests and mechanisms […]
Strandbeest evolution 2025
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA94ZqnEQ
...and obligatory re-sharing of some pics of our joint generative design workshop in 2013, incl. Theo's graveyard of older Strandbeests and mechanisms […]
Original post on mastodon.thi.ng
mastodon.thi.ng
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Theo Jansen still at it with full force... (life goals!)
Strandbeest evolution 2025
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA94ZqnEQ
...and obligatory re-sharing of some pics of our joint generative design workshop in 2013, incl. Theo's graveyard of older Strandbeests and mechanisms […]
Strandbeest evolution 2025
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ANhA94ZqnEQ
...and obligatory re-sharing of some pics of our joint generative design workshop in 2013, incl. Theo's graveyard of older Strandbeests and mechanisms […]
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Doctors in China have used lab-grown insulin-producing cells to treat a woman with type 1 diabetes. The cells were made from her own tissue, reprogrammed into stem cells, and then grown into tiny clusters that release insulin. A year after the transplant, her blood sugar remains normal without […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Doctors in China have used lab-grown insulin-producing cells to treat a woman with type 1 diabetes. The cells were made from her own tissue, reprogrammed into stem cells, and then grown into tiny clusters that release insulin. A year after the transplant, her blood sugar remains normal without […]
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Awful awful news.
Then They Came for the Dreamers
“Dreamers by the hundreds of thousands gave the govt their personal info in exchange for a promise they would not be deported.
But Congress never acted, and now, in its quest to reach Miller’s 3,000 deportations a day, the #trump admin is […]
Then They Came for the Dreamers
“Dreamers by the hundreds of thousands gave the govt their personal info in exchange for a promise they would not be deported.
But Congress never acted, and now, in its quest to reach Miller’s 3,000 deportations a day, the #trump admin is […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Awful awful news.
Then They Came for the Dreamers
“Dreamers by the hundreds of thousands gave the govt their personal info in exchange for a promise they would not be deported.
But Congress never acted, and now, in its quest to reach Miller’s 3,000 deportations a day, the #trump admin is […]
Then They Came for the Dreamers
“Dreamers by the hundreds of thousands gave the govt their personal info in exchange for a promise they would not be deported.
But Congress never acted, and now, in its quest to reach Miller’s 3,000 deportations a day, the #trump admin is […]
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Do I need a dazzle camo print rain cape? Not necessarily
Do I want a dazzle camo print rain cape? Most definitely
Do I want a dazzle camo print rain cape? Most definitely
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Do I need a dazzle camo print rain cape? Not necessarily
Do I want a dazzle camo print rain cape? Most definitely
Do I want a dazzle camo print rain cape? Most definitely
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This thing that 404 is writing about in the US—the dehumanizing fake content created purely because Facebook pays people to make it?
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
Original post on mas.to
mas.to
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This thing that 404 is writing about in the US—the dehumanizing fake content created purely because Facebook pays people to make it?
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-videos-of-ice-raids-are-wildly-viral-on-facebook/
It has a direct precedent in the Myanmar genocide and has been widely […]