Kenn White
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This is actually a pretty standard and unremarkable move, as evidenced by Justice Jackson issuing it.
But most people won't believe that for several good reasons.
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But most people won't believe that for several good reasons.
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#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Here's your quarterly PSA on agentic security
www.wired.com/story/google...
drive.google.com/file/d/1jKY_...
www.wired.com/story/google...
drive.google.com/file/d/1jKY_...
Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home
For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more.
www.wired.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Here's your quarterly PSA on agentic security
www.wired.com/story/google...
drive.google.com/file/d/1jKY_...
www.wired.com/story/google...
drive.google.com/file/d/1jKY_...
This is the time where I tap on the sign that links to several BlackHat talks on completely owning Gemini agents that went rogue.
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This is the time where I tap on the sign that links to several BlackHat talks on completely owning Gemini agents that went rogue.
The article does resonate with me (speaking as a very early adopter, when all that was offered was the precursor to S3). But it's also a bit like comparing Wordpress to SAP. If I want to easily deploy a small blog, go wild. But when I need serious (secure) horsepower for complex deployments, well…
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The article does resonate with me (speaking as a very early adopter, when all that was offered was the precursor to S3). But it's also a bit like comparing Wordpress to SAP. If I want to easily deploy a small blog, go wild. But when I need serious (secure) horsepower for complex deployments, well…
Great write-up. I'm of a similar mindset these days, working alongside some very talented engineers who are pursuing state of the art projects using RAG, re-ranking, and novel long-term memory implementations. And then I see so many startup founders, VCs, and analysts recycling the same old AI BS.
November 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Great write-up. I'm of a similar mindset these days, working alongside some very talented engineers who are pursuing state of the art projects using RAG, re-ranking, and novel long-term memory implementations. And then I see so many startup founders, VCs, and analysts recycling the same old AI BS.
But vastly better than Google 2025.
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
But vastly better than Google 2025.
There are tradeoffs for sure. If I could get easily get Chromium on iOS, might be an option, but with Chrome I'm just tired of playing whack-a-mole every few months with privacy & ad blocking muckery. And for my personal phone I need cleaner segregation when I auth to work & open up browser history.
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 AM
There are tradeoffs for sure. If I could get easily get Chromium on iOS, might be an option, but with Chrome I'm just tired of playing whack-a-mole every few months with privacy & ad blocking muckery. And for my personal phone I need cleaner segregation when I auth to work & open up browser history.
Here's a good Ars article about the service.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Dumping Google’s enshittified search for Kagi
Enough is enough: I’ve jettisoned Google in favor of a search engine that doesn’t treat me like a product.
arstechnica.com
October 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Here's a good Ars article about the service.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Oh no, this is even dumber.
October 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Oh no, this is even dumber.
!["That is not the experience we want to provide and I want to apologize for it," said Matteo Franceschetti, the chief executive of Eight Sleep, which also manufactures and sells internet-enabled
mattress covers and pillow covers. In a social media post [link to: https://x.com/m_franceschetti/status/1980419272766583262], he explained that the malfunctions were the result of the AWS
outage and said engineers were racing to build an outage-proof mode in the event of a future disruption.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/10/22/amazon-aws-outage-eight-sleep-mattress/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x7mziogonsrln2pwbtxleeh7/bafkreia4igx745uea4ozhcdtto6fzpwkgjweekot6yhinkhojj3niw7vy4@jpeg)
That culture is some of it, no doubt. See CEO's X post blaming AWS & talking to WaPost about building intentional failure modes. But I also think it reflects on a broader issue w/ devs working in a bubble of latest/greatest tech & always-on connectivity. Exhibit A: every bloated front end framework.
October 23, 2025 at 2:24 AM
That culture is some of it, no doubt. See CEO's X post blaming AWS & talking to WaPost about building intentional failure modes. But I also think it reflects on a broader issue w/ devs working in a bubble of latest/greatest tech & always-on connectivity. Exhibit A: every bloated front end framework.