Paolo Lapointe-Miriello
@lapmir.com
Web dev; candidat au PhD en admin; cofondateur de @pivot.quebec
Comme quoi une saine gestion des mots de passe, ça vaut de l'art.
The password to the Louvre’s video surveillance system was “Louvre,” according to a museum employee
Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee
According to an employee with knowledge of the system, the password to the Louvre's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre" at the time of the robbery last month.
abcnews.go.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Comme quoi une saine gestion des mots de passe, ça vaut de l'art.
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The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here
For more like this:
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October 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The Sora AI disinfo nightmare is here
For more like this:
tiktok.com/@drewharwell
instagram.com/bydrewharwell
For more like this:
tiktok.com/@drewharwell
instagram.com/bydrewharwell
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Pivot recrute un.e responsable des réseaux sociaux et de la communauté, pour entrée en poste à la fin octobre ou début novembre.
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Tous les détails ici 👇
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September 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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L’autoritarisme est à la mode. Des partis qualifiés d’ultra droite ou d’extrême droite sont au pouvoir en Hongrie, en Italie, en Inde et même aux États-Unis.
Découvrez notre nouveau balado : Le Bruit des bottes. Notre journaliste Sam Harper y décortique l’extrême droite sous toutes ses formes.
Découvrez notre nouveau balado : Le Bruit des bottes. Notre journaliste Sam Harper y décortique l’extrême droite sous toutes ses formes.
Épisode 1 - C'est quoi l'extrême droite? – Pivot
L’autoritarisme est à la mode. Des partis qualifiés d’ultra droite ou d’extrême droite sont au pouvoir en Hongrie, en Italie, en Inde et même aux
pivot.quebec
September 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
L’autoritarisme est à la mode. Des partis qualifiés d’ultra droite ou d’extrême droite sont au pouvoir en Hongrie, en Italie, en Inde et même aux États-Unis.
Découvrez notre nouveau balado : Le Bruit des bottes. Notre journaliste Sam Harper y décortique l’extrême droite sous toutes ses formes.
Découvrez notre nouveau balado : Le Bruit des bottes. Notre journaliste Sam Harper y décortique l’extrême droite sous toutes ses formes.
Why write a book on liberalism when you can sum it up in 3 sentences?
September 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Why write a book on liberalism when you can sum it up in 3 sentences?
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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nothing says "we care about your privacy" more than sharing your data with 222 partners
September 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
nothing says "we care about your privacy" more than sharing your data with 222 partners
"Alors je pose la question, humblement, mais avec fermeté : à quel moment estimez-vous que nous avons « suffisamment » prouvé notre reconnaissance pour qu’on nous reconnaisse comme des Québécois à part entière ?"
Québécois issus de l’immigration | Et si notre reconnaissance ne suffisait jamais ?
André Phan puise dans son expérience personnelle de fils d’immigrants pour poursuivre la discussion déclenchée par les déclarations de l’auteure Kim Thúy1.
www.lapresse.ca
September 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
"Alors je pose la question, humblement, mais avec fermeté : à quel moment estimez-vous que nous avons « suffisamment » prouvé notre reconnaissance pour qu’on nous reconnaisse comme des Québécois à part entière ?"
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Proton Mail suspended the account of a journalist writing for the hacker zine Phrack at the request of a cybersecurity agency, only reinstating the account after public outcry theintercept.com/2025/09/12/p...
Proton Mail Suspended Journalist Accounts at Request of Cybersecurity Agency
The journalists were reporting on suspected North Korean hackers. Proton only reinstated their accounts after a public outcry.
theintercept.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Proton Mail suspended the account of a journalist writing for the hacker zine Phrack at the request of a cybersecurity agency, only reinstating the account after public outcry theintercept.com/2025/09/12/p...
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
New developments in the world of "trust us, bro" tech.
NEW: X has started rolling out it's end-to-end encrypted chat for all users.
I was invited to start using it yesterday, so I asked a couple of experts if users should trust it. The answer: no, nobody should trust it at this point.
There are several reasons why, which they explained to me here.
I was invited to start using it yesterday, so I asked a couple of experts if users should trust it. The answer: no, nobody should trust it at this point.
There are several reasons why, which they explained to me here.
X is now offering me end-to-end encrypted chat. You probably shouldn't trust it yet. | TechCrunch
X's new encrypted messaging feature, XChat, has some red flags.
techcrunch.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New developments in the world of "trust us, bro" tech.
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Bluesky now platform of choice for science community - Ars Technica | Media coverage of our new paper
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community - Ars Technica | Media coverage of our new paper
I sincerely hope there comes a day when a younger generation decides that being on social media is cringe, actually.
We're definitely entering an era where the Internet is so hollowed out, so untrustworthy and compromised, that real world interactions, things identifiably done by human beings, will take on greater value and purpose.
August 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I sincerely hope there comes a day when a younger generation decides that being on social media is cringe, actually.
🤯
Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the impact of the strike.
Timing - 2:35
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...
Timing - 2:35
www.bnnbloomberg.ca/video/shows/...
August 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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A great complement to Ricardo Trajan's analysis of the housing "crisis" - it all boils down to inequality.
youtu.be/BTlUyS-T-_4?...
youtu.be/BTlUyS-T-_4?...
The REAL reason behind the housing crisis
YouTube video by Garys Economics
youtu.be
July 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
A great complement to Ricardo Trajan's analysis of the housing "crisis" - it all boils down to inequality.
youtu.be/BTlUyS-T-_4?...
youtu.be/BTlUyS-T-_4?...
A lot of that terminology is going to be published in the DSM-5.
Reading Trump's AI action plan, and there are some gems in here:
"AI will enable a wide range of new innovations in the physical world: autonomous drones, self-driving cars, robotics, and other inventions for which terminology does not yet exist."
"AI will enable a wide range of new innovations in the physical world: autonomous drones, self-driving cars, robotics, and other inventions for which terminology does not yet exist."
July 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM
A lot of that terminology is going to be published in the DSM-5.
It's like a universal job guarantee for Proud Boys.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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July 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's like a universal job guarantee for Proud Boys.
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“This network state coup isn't happening in secret. It's unfolding right in front of our eyes while our democratic institutions remain paralyzed in fear and/or denial.” @gilduran.com www.thenerdreich.com/the-network-...
The Network State Coup is Happening Right Now
Elon Musk's attempt to destroy the United States government isn't random chaos. It's the methodical execution of the "network state" blueprint.
Yet even as tech billionaires openly implement their we...
www.thenerdreich.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“This network state coup isn't happening in secret. It's unfolding right in front of our eyes while our democratic institutions remain paralyzed in fear and/or denial.” @gilduran.com www.thenerdreich.com/the-network-...
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Maybe woke capitalism never existed, maybe it was always impossible to be an ethical billionaire, maybe woke-washing was real and all of it could be erased when it suited www.ft.com/content/cf87...
Is corporate America going Maga?
[FREE TO READ] Donald Trump’s election has accelerated a cultural shift in the nation’s boardrooms
www.ft.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Maybe woke capitalism never existed, maybe it was always impossible to be an ethical billionaire, maybe woke-washing was real and all of it could be erased when it suited www.ft.com/content/cf87...
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Quand certains auront fini de nous emberlificoter avec des considérations vaseuses sur les «wokes» et autres bonhomme Sept-Heures, au nom d’une guerre culturelle qui détourne l’attention de la guerre des classes, il faudrait bien se demander qui, en vérité, s’affaire à saigner nos sociétés
Pillez-vous les uns les autres
Il faudrait bien se demander qui, en vérité, s’affaire à saigner nos sociétés.
www.ledevoir.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Quand certains auront fini de nous emberlificoter avec des considérations vaseuses sur les «wokes» et autres bonhomme Sept-Heures, au nom d’une guerre culturelle qui détourne l’attention de la guerre des classes, il faudrait bien se demander qui, en vérité, s’affaire à saigner nos sociétés
Ciao, X! Nous n'alimenterons plus ce réseau abominable.
EDITO | Notre média cesse immédiatement ses activités sur X (anciennement Twitter), rejoignant un mouvement que plusieurs nomment « X-ode ». Nos explications dans ce thread! #bluesky #x #media #xode
Pour l'édito complet, rendez-vous sur Pivot 👇
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Pour l'édito complet, rendez-vous sur Pivot 👇
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Pivot quitte X – Pivot
Nous avons décidé de ne plus contribuer à cette plateforme qui alimente la haine et la désinformation, et où le journalisme et la critique sont étouffés.
pivot.quebec
November 29, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Ciao, X! Nous n'alimenterons plus ce réseau abominable.
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'The readiness to repudiate identity politics & group them under “bad woke” is less about policy and more about the fact that social justice never really found a home amongst liberals, who were happy to capture its energy but not its demands.'
The week's column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The week's column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘Woke’ didn’t lose the US election: the patrician class who hijacked identity politics did | Nesrine Malik
Why is this simple explanation being so widely embraced? Because it does not require a commitment to real, structural change, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 11:17 AM
'The readiness to repudiate identity politics & group them under “bad woke” is less about policy and more about the fact that social justice never really found a home amongst liberals, who were happy to capture its energy but not its demands.'
The week's column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The week's column
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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