Jerome
@jerome.blue
I make some stuff with code + LLMs / indiehacking
Interested in tech, modern propaganda, and cleaning up information spaces
Interested in tech, modern propaganda, and cleaning up information spaces
I rarely see people working on disinfo putting enough emphasis on the role of industry.
Disinformation is PR. The petrochemical industry has been doing this for decades in traditional media.
Social media is just the latest theatre of operation.
It's not all "rogue" states and politics.
Disinformation is PR. The petrochemical industry has been doing this for decades in traditional media.
Social media is just the latest theatre of operation.
It's not all "rogue" states and politics.
October 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I rarely see people working on disinfo putting enough emphasis on the role of industry.
Disinformation is PR. The petrochemical industry has been doing this for decades in traditional media.
Social media is just the latest theatre of operation.
It's not all "rogue" states and politics.
Disinformation is PR. The petrochemical industry has been doing this for decades in traditional media.
Social media is just the latest theatre of operation.
It's not all "rogue" states and politics.
When I'm feeling low, I play a lot of chess.
I've spent hundreds of hours watching and learning from Daniel Naroditsky
Kind of like losing a friend you've never met.
RIP 💔
I've spent hundreds of hours watching and learning from Daniel Naroditsky
Kind of like losing a friend you've never met.
RIP 💔
October 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
When I'm feeling low, I play a lot of chess.
I've spent hundreds of hours watching and learning from Daniel Naroditsky
Kind of like losing a friend you've never met.
RIP 💔
I've spent hundreds of hours watching and learning from Daniel Naroditsky
Kind of like losing a friend you've never met.
RIP 💔
No idea if the data is true. But this says so much
October 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
No idea if the data is true. But this says so much
"Why does Europe have no tech giants..."
NVIDIA and OpenAi:
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 8, 2025 at 8:32 AM
"Why does Europe have no tech giants..."
The best thing about us collectively making a "football field" a modern introduction to the imperial system of measurement is that British and American "football fields" aren't even the same size
October 1, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The best thing about us collectively making a "football field" a modern introduction to the imperial system of measurement is that British and American "football fields" aren't even the same size
For years now, everything the Tony Blair Institute has been putting out has smelt off.
Exceptional work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Exceptional work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Inside the Tony Blair Institute
Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?
www.newstatesman.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
For years now, everything the Tony Blair Institute has been putting out has smelt off.
Exceptional work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Exceptional work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Someone submitted a vulnerability report to cUrl "confirmed" by a code snippet that doesn't even call cUrl.
They then responded with "sorry you're right, would you like me to sumbit a new report that actually calls cUrl?
Vibe coded reports... so depressing
hackerone.com/reports/3340...
They then responded with "sorry you're right, would you like me to sumbit a new report that actually calls cUrl?
Vibe coded reports... so depressing
hackerone.com/reports/3340...
Unsupported Browser | HackerOne
hackerone.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Someone submitted a vulnerability report to cUrl "confirmed" by a code snippet that doesn't even call cUrl.
They then responded with "sorry you're right, would you like me to sumbit a new report that actually calls cUrl?
Vibe coded reports... so depressing
hackerone.com/reports/3340...
They then responded with "sorry you're right, would you like me to sumbit a new report that actually calls cUrl?
Vibe coded reports... so depressing
hackerone.com/reports/3340...
We need an infrastructure that lets you take packaging back to the supermarket where it will be reused as is.
Many countries have this for glass beer bottles.
Every piece of packaging should be this way.
Many countries have this for glass beer bottles.
Every piece of packaging should be this way.
September 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
We need an infrastructure that lets you take packaging back to the supermarket where it will be reused as is.
Many countries have this for glass beer bottles.
Every piece of packaging should be this way.
Many countries have this for glass beer bottles.
Every piece of packaging should be this way.
begging the question why did the privacy and security need to be enhanced
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
September 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
begging the question why did the privacy and security need to be enhanced
Way too much emphasis is put on disinformation from state level actors relative to industry ones
I guess because when russia does it, it's a kind of espionage. When Exxon Mobil do it, it's "just" PR
heated.world/p/charlie-ki...
I guess because when russia does it, it's a kind of espionage. When Exxon Mobil do it, it's "just" PR
heated.world/p/charlie-ki...
Charlie Kirk was a fossil fuel industry plant
Big Oil's money gave Kirk a larger platform to spread baseless climate conspiracy theories—as well as other extremist views.
heated.world
September 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Way too much emphasis is put on disinformation from state level actors relative to industry ones
I guess because when russia does it, it's a kind of espionage. When Exxon Mobil do it, it's "just" PR
heated.world/p/charlie-ki...
I guess because when russia does it, it's a kind of espionage. When Exxon Mobil do it, it's "just" PR
heated.world/p/charlie-ki...
I don't want to be a hater but I think we're going to regret building EVERYTHING with python
and I like python
and I like python
September 19, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I don't want to be a hater but I think we're going to regret building EVERYTHING with python
and I like python
and I like python
Call me illiberal but I don't see why you should be allowed to hang around universities rage baiting 20 year olds to make YouTube clips
Free speech doesn't mean freedom to film rage bait
Free speech doesn't mean freedom to film rage bait
September 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Call me illiberal but I don't see why you should be allowed to hang around universities rage baiting 20 year olds to make YouTube clips
Free speech doesn't mean freedom to film rage bait
Free speech doesn't mean freedom to film rage bait
I realised yesterday it's been several years since I used a debugger
I think it's a combination of getting better at visualising loops and recursion and strong typing becoming fashionable
Mostly the latter
You just don't need to keep track of changes so much any more
I think it's a combination of getting better at visualising loops and recursion and strong typing becoming fashionable
Mostly the latter
You just don't need to keep track of changes so much any more
September 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I realised yesterday it's been several years since I used a debugger
I think it's a combination of getting better at visualising loops and recursion and strong typing becoming fashionable
Mostly the latter
You just don't need to keep track of changes so much any more
I think it's a combination of getting better at visualising loops and recursion and strong typing becoming fashionable
Mostly the latter
You just don't need to keep track of changes so much any more
Proud to say that I barely know who Charlie Kirk is.
That's all.
Release the Epstein Files.
That's all.
Release the Epstein Files.
September 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Proud to say that I barely know who Charlie Kirk is.
That's all.
Release the Epstein Files.
That's all.
Release the Epstein Files.
Has the entire industry just decided it doesn't care about leaking secret keys in context windows to AI companies?
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Has the entire industry just decided it doesn't care about leaking secret keys in context windows to AI companies?
I actually don't know how to not leak secret keys to anthropic/openai etc when using agentic coding tools
I'm not even sure it's possible to prevent them being included in contexts
And you forget this so quickly when they are part of your workflow
I'm not even sure it's possible to prevent them being included in contexts
And you forget this so quickly when they are part of your workflow
September 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I actually don't know how to not leak secret keys to anthropic/openai etc when using agentic coding tools
I'm not even sure it's possible to prevent them being included in contexts
And you forget this so quickly when they are part of your workflow
I'm not even sure it's possible to prevent them being included in contexts
And you forget this so quickly when they are part of your workflow
One of the most interesting things I've learnt recently is that the oil industry is ramping up petrochemical production in order to offset drops in fossil fuel demand
Expect massive increase in disinformation campaigns pushing tales of "green" plastics and ammonia based fuels in the next few years
Expect massive increase in disinformation campaigns pushing tales of "green" plastics and ammonia based fuels in the next few years
August 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
One of the most interesting things I've learnt recently is that the oil industry is ramping up petrochemical production in order to offset drops in fossil fuel demand
Expect massive increase in disinformation campaigns pushing tales of "green" plastics and ammonia based fuels in the next few years
Expect massive increase in disinformation campaigns pushing tales of "green" plastics and ammonia based fuels in the next few years
Paul Graham thinks some nerd is out there producing like 2.5 million lines of code a year 🤣
Like, what does he think the guy is making?
Like, what does he think the guy is making?
August 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Paul Graham thinks some nerd is out there producing like 2.5 million lines of code a year 🤣
Like, what does he think the guy is making?
Like, what does he think the guy is making?
It's always the CEO who declares a pivot to AI and everyone has to be fired for some reason
Never the CTO
No idea why. Who could possibly say
Never the CTO
No idea why. Who could possibly say
June 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It's always the CEO who declares a pivot to AI and everyone has to be fired for some reason
Never the CTO
No idea why. Who could possibly say
Never the CTO
No idea why. Who could possibly say
Hippies are mean people pretending to be nice
Goths are nice people pretending to be mean
I don't know who said it first, but I think about this a lot.
It's also true about surfers and punks.
Goths are nice people pretending to be mean
I don't know who said it first, but I think about this a lot.
It's also true about surfers and punks.
June 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Hippies are mean people pretending to be nice
Goths are nice people pretending to be mean
I don't know who said it first, but I think about this a lot.
It's also true about surfers and punks.
Goths are nice people pretending to be mean
I don't know who said it first, but I think about this a lot.
It's also true about surfers and punks.
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June 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
MAGA accounts on facebook have gone absolutely horseshoe over Iran.
"No more foreign wars" was a major part of Trump's appeal to his base, and they are really having a day over this.
Obviously, Israel is the Villain, not Trump
"No more foreign wars" was a major part of Trump's appeal to his base, and they are really having a day over this.
Obviously, Israel is the Villain, not Trump
June 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
MAGA accounts on facebook have gone absolutely horseshoe over Iran.
"No more foreign wars" was a major part of Trump's appeal to his base, and they are really having a day over this.
Obviously, Israel is the Villain, not Trump
"No more foreign wars" was a major part of Trump's appeal to his base, and they are really having a day over this.
Obviously, Israel is the Villain, not Trump
16 Billion passwords leaked for basically evey major service.
Time to change all yours 😖
www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...
Time to change all yours 😖
www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...
16 Billion Apple, Facebook, Google And Other Passwords Leaked — Act Now
Change all your account passwords now — don’t wait: 16 billion credentials are confirmed as having been leaked.
www.forbes.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
16 Billion passwords leaked for basically evey major service.
Time to change all yours 😖
www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...
Time to change all yours 😖
www.forbes.com/sites/daveyw...
Big report out on climate misinfo
www.ipie.info/research/sr2...
The TL;DR - Professional campaigns of lies pushed online have been catastrophic in combating climate change.
Big oil, petrostates employing PR firms and even more sinister operations have driven the debate for years
www.ipie.info/research/sr2...
The TL;DR - Professional campaigns of lies pushed online have been catastrophic in combating climate change.
Big oil, petrostates employing PR firms and even more sinister operations have driven the debate for years
Information Integrity about Climate Science: A Systematic Review
Synthesis Report - Information Integrity about Climate Science: A Systematic Review
www.ipie.info
June 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Big report out on climate misinfo
www.ipie.info/research/sr2...
The TL;DR - Professional campaigns of lies pushed online have been catastrophic in combating climate change.
Big oil, petrostates employing PR firms and even more sinister operations have driven the debate for years
www.ipie.info/research/sr2...
The TL;DR - Professional campaigns of lies pushed online have been catastrophic in combating climate change.
Big oil, petrostates employing PR firms and even more sinister operations have driven the debate for years