Jeff Kasten
jeffkasten.bsky.social
Jeff Kasten
@jeffkasten.bsky.social
I’m a geek
Massive police and fire presence at Coral Springs Charter School. This is less than 5 miles from MSD High School in Parkland.
March 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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iOS 18.3 is here with updates to Visual Intelligence, some updates for all iPhones, bug fixes and more. Here is everything new.

youtu.be/LqhJUiDJ5oQ
iOS 18.3 is Out! - What's New?
YouTube video by zollotech
youtu.be
January 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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macOS 15.3 Sequoia is here with new Apple Intelligence features, other features and, security updates and bug fixes. Here is what’s new. Full video in the replies below.

Full video here: youtu.be/OEIplofZ0bQ?...
macOS 15.3 Sequoia is Out! - What's New?
YouTube video by zollotech
youtu.be
January 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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watchOS 11.3 is here with a new watch face, changes, bug fixes and security updates. Here is everything new. Link in the reply below.

Full video here: youtu.be/BfDrLraTFSk?...
watchOS 11.3 is Out! - What's New?
YouTube video by zollotech
youtu.be
January 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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iOS 18.3 - Short version with the Top 5 Features

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iOS 18.3 is Here! - Top 5 Features To Know
YouTube video by zollotech
youtube.com
January 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Elon Musk: "race mixing is bad. Italy for Italians!"

*woman next to him moves as far away as possible*
January 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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This is the ONLY message …
January 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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testing something
January 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Worth resharing this today, WIRED’s guide to protecting yourself from government surveillance
The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance
Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to ev...
www.wired.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
@mcuban.bsky.social Just listened to your interview with @julesterpak.bsky.social which was great.
January 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Exciting to see new, independent projects spin up to decentralize the atproto ecosystem! Building alternative infrastructure is a big step towards giving users more choice and making the network billionaire-proof.
Big news! There's a new project that's raising cash to build out AT Protocol infrastructure that isn't dependent on venture-funded Bluesky, to stimulate the development of new social networks using that infrastructure, and to make the protocol's governance more democratic fortune.com/2025/01/13/m...
Hollywood stars and geeks unite to billionaire-proof social media
The likes of Mark Ruffalo and Jimmy Wales are backing the Free Our Feeds project, to ensure Bluesky's tech will thrive even if the company goes bad.
fortune.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized, open source Instagram competitor that has had skyrocketing signups in recent days: www.404media.co/meta-is-bloc...
Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed
Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."
www.404media.co
January 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Yes, please!
“This is the moment to reclaim social media. As we did with the creation of public roads and shared spaces in our towns, we must invest in digital infrastructure that operates under a social contract — benefiting everyone, not just the few.”
A $30M plan to take back social media from billionaires
+ Pervert winter, robot accessories, Snoop Dogg's LinkedIn, buzzcuts to break the internet, and Elon Musk gamer stolen valor
www.usermag.co
January 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive
January 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Here are some of the horrible things that you can now say on Instagram and Facebook
Here are some of the horrible things that you can now say on Instagram and Facebook
New rules.
buff.ly
January 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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made a starter pack of verge folks, i'll keep adding to this one
November 11, 2024 at 5:43 PM
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NEW VIDEO - The Honey Scam: Explained

youtu.be/EAx_RtMKPm8?...
The Honey Scam: Explained
YouTube video by Marques Brownlee
youtu.be
December 31, 2024 at 9:08 PM
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My fellow LA folks—if you’re having trouble finding real time updates on evacuation areas, air quality, power outages, etc I recommend this app 👇👇👇

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https://app.watchduty.org/
t.co
January 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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To everyone's surprise, it turns out that attaching a money-sucking machine to a hospital system makes it worse.
Private equity reduces patient care while enriching investors, Senate report finds
The bipartisan investigation of hospital systems purchased by Apollo Global Management and Leonard Green & Partners reinforced the findings of past academic research.
www.nbcnews.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Reporters, this is a story worth covering. It might not be as glamorous as high-profile hacks, and it might not attract as many clicks, but it’s important. The quiet adoption of HTTPS has improved online security for billions of people, and it deserves attention.

medium.com/@boblord/the...
The Quiet HTTPS Revolution
In a recent post, I explained that the websites I visit on my Chromebook are almost all delivered over HTTPS. Better still, 100% of the…
medium.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:09 AM
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The best phone to buy right now
The best phone to buy right now
Don’t let buying a new phone become a chore.
buff.ly
December 19, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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For the final Platformer of the year, here are 15 predictions for 2025. Such as: www.platformer.news/2025-tech-pr...
December 20, 2024 at 1:08 AM
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The Smartphone Awards 2024

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December 20, 2024 at 1:35 AM
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As the planet warms, insurance companies are dropping homeowners in communities they deem too dangerous because of wildfires, hurricanes and other threats. Now, for the first time, the scale of that pullback is becoming public. nyti.ms/41EOpNc
December 18, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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Today I wrote about an FTC Commissioner's batshit crazy statements arguing that the FTC can punish any social media company that doesn't follow Elon's lead in how it moderates. Also it can punish advertisers for not advertising on X.

www.techdirt.com/2024/12/06/g...
GOP FTC Commissioners Abuse “Free Speech” Rhetoric To Push For Government Control Over Online Speech
In a disturbing (if unsurprising) trend, Republican FCC and FTC commissioners are deliberately misusing “free speech” rhetoric in an Orwellian attempt to justify government intervention…
www.techdirt.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:56 PM