Łukasz
@lukasz.bsky.social
Breaking bad UTF-8 implementations since 1991. I secure cybers and run trails. If I’m posting, I’m hopefully not on a trail. Views own. He/him
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
thinking about the time a cool Instagram fashion account asked me to name my favorite products and i didn't know i was supposed to name fashion products, so i said pigeon food because i like feeding pigeons and their followers were like "why the fuck do i need pigeon food for my outfit?"
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Just remembered one of my favorite quotes by Garry Kasparov: “I believe in coincidences, but I also believe in the KGB.”
Left: Pavel Durov, Russian founder of Telegram, suddenly discovering democracy on the exact day of Romanian elections.
Right: same guy, this time for Moldovan elections. Czech elections are on Friday, so Pavel drop a copypasta draft “coincidentally” a third time and call it a trilogy.
Right: same guy, this time for Moldovan elections. Czech elections are on Friday, so Pavel drop a copypasta draft “coincidentally” a third time and call it a trilogy.
October 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Just remembered one of my favorite quotes by Garry Kasparov: “I believe in coincidences, but I also believe in the KGB.”
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Left: Pavel Durov, Russian founder of Telegram, suddenly discovering democracy on the exact day of Romanian elections.
Right: same guy, this time for Moldovan elections. Czech elections are on Friday, so Pavel drop a copypasta draft “coincidentally” a third time and call it a trilogy.
Right: same guy, this time for Moldovan elections. Czech elections are on Friday, so Pavel drop a copypasta draft “coincidentally” a third time and call it a trilogy.
October 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Left: Pavel Durov, Russian founder of Telegram, suddenly discovering democracy on the exact day of Romanian elections.
Right: same guy, this time for Moldovan elections. Czech elections are on Friday, so Pavel drop a copypasta draft “coincidentally” a third time and call it a trilogy.
Right: same guy, this time for Moldovan elections. Czech elections are on Friday, so Pavel drop a copypasta draft “coincidentally” a third time and call it a trilogy.
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If you read one thing today, make it this: continuation of the decade’s biggest spy scandal - Jan Marsalek, thriving with the FSB, globe-hopping on fake IDs, even fighting in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
By always terrifying
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
@dobrokhotov.bsky.social
@christogrozev.bsky.social
By always terrifying
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
@dobrokhotov.bsky.social
@christogrozev.bsky.social
Our Jan in Moscow: The secret Russian life of Europe's most notorious fugitive-turned-spy
Ever since the summer of 2020, when German payments giant Wirecard collapsed after failing to account for €1.9 billion in missing assets, its former COO Jan Marsalek has been a wanted man. The Insider...
theins.ru
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
If you read one thing today, make it this: continuation of the decade’s biggest spy scandal - Jan Marsalek, thriving with the FSB, globe-hopping on fake IDs, even fighting in Russia’s war on Ukraine.
By always terrifying
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
@dobrokhotov.bsky.social
@christogrozev.bsky.social
By always terrifying
@michaeldweiss.bsky.social
@dobrokhotov.bsky.social
@christogrozev.bsky.social
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Any em dash fans here?
We're currently working on a Windows-wide keyboard keyboard shortcut for em dash and em dash, to make it easier to input for those that need it 😊
blogs.windows.com/windows-insi...
#WindowsInsiders
We're currently working on a Windows-wide keyboard keyboard shortcut for em dash and em dash, to make it easier to input for those that need it 😊
blogs.windows.com/windows-insi...
#WindowsInsiders
August 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Any em dash fans here?
We're currently working on a Windows-wide keyboard keyboard shortcut for em dash and em dash, to make it easier to input for those that need it 😊
blogs.windows.com/windows-insi...
#WindowsInsiders
We're currently working on a Windows-wide keyboard keyboard shortcut for em dash and em dash, to make it easier to input for those that need it 😊
blogs.windows.com/windows-insi...
#WindowsInsiders
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The most important story in the world right now.
July 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The most important story in the world right now.
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When journalism disappears, so does democracy ⚖️
Cuts to U.S media and aid have left newsrooms dark & opened doors to authoritarian influence.
Read Internews Europe CEO @meeraselva.bsky.social piece in www.thenewhumanitarian.org on the impact of cuts and what can be done.
👉https://bit.ly/4eEnOEB
Cuts to U.S media and aid have left newsrooms dark & opened doors to authoritarian influence.
Read Internews Europe CEO @meeraselva.bsky.social piece in www.thenewhumanitarian.org on the impact of cuts and what can be done.
👉https://bit.ly/4eEnOEB
When journalism disappears, so does democracy
With some outlets closing due to funding cuts and others under pressure from rising authoritarianism, guardrails and financing are desperately needed.
bit.ly
July 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
When journalism disappears, so does democracy ⚖️
Cuts to U.S media and aid have left newsrooms dark & opened doors to authoritarian influence.
Read Internews Europe CEO @meeraselva.bsky.social piece in www.thenewhumanitarian.org on the impact of cuts and what can be done.
👉https://bit.ly/4eEnOEB
Cuts to U.S media and aid have left newsrooms dark & opened doors to authoritarian influence.
Read Internews Europe CEO @meeraselva.bsky.social piece in www.thenewhumanitarian.org on the impact of cuts and what can be done.
👉https://bit.ly/4eEnOEB
Go to the mountains, finish a trail race, see some cool rocks
June 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Go to the mountains, finish a trail race, see some cool rocks
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New Internews Europe, @bbcmediaaction.bsky.social and @freepressunlimited.org report, co-produced with three media development consortia under @ec.europa.eu Thematic Framework Partnership for Human Rights and Democracy, highlights the global fallout of USG cuts to media 📰
🔗 bit.ly/4nq46R2
🔗 bit.ly/4nq46R2
New Report Reveals Global Fallout from U.S. Government Funding Cuts - Information Saves Lives | Internews
Independent media outlets worldwide shutter operations as $150M in annual support disappears. LONDON/WASHINGTON, D.C. — Independent media outlets around the world are facing an unprecedented crisis, a...
bit.ly
June 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New Internews Europe, @bbcmediaaction.bsky.social and @freepressunlimited.org report, co-produced with three media development consortia under @ec.europa.eu Thematic Framework Partnership for Human Rights and Democracy, highlights the global fallout of USG cuts to media 📰
🔗 bit.ly/4nq46R2
🔗 bit.ly/4nq46R2
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Your key takeaway from the brilliant Ukraine attack with small drones into Russia shouldn’t be “wow, small drones make it so easy to score huge hits,” it should be “wow, Ukrainians are insanely good at covertly planning and executing extraordinarily difficult missions of which drones are one part”.
1. The FPV drone tech Ukraine used here has been around for a while, though it was used very ingeniously.
2. The Ukrainian attack using these drones relied upon what sounds like over a year of extraordinarily precise logistics, planning, and training. This is not something just anyone could do.
2. The Ukrainian attack using these drones relied upon what sounds like over a year of extraordinarily precise logistics, planning, and training. This is not something just anyone could do.
i need a smart person who isn't a pod caster to explain the long term implications of FPV drones that cost a couple hundred dollars being used to torch three hundred million dollar bombers. again please no pod casters are invited to comment
June 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Your key takeaway from the brilliant Ukraine attack with small drones into Russia shouldn’t be “wow, small drones make it so easy to score huge hits,” it should be “wow, Ukrainians are insanely good at covertly planning and executing extraordinarily difficult missions of which drones are one part”.
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Good morning with good news: Poland's coal generation fell to new record low of 47.24% of generation. It fell 10 points from 57% in April 2024!
Poland's April Coal Share
2025: 47%
2024: 57%
2023: 63%
2022: 71%
2021: 74%
2015: 84%
#energysky
Surging W&S to ~30% is a main reason why coal is down!
Poland's April Coal Share
2025: 47%
2024: 57%
2023: 63%
2022: 71%
2021: 74%
2015: 84%
#energysky
Surging W&S to ~30% is a main reason why coal is down!
May 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Good morning with good news: Poland's coal generation fell to new record low of 47.24% of generation. It fell 10 points from 57% in April 2024!
Poland's April Coal Share
2025: 47%
2024: 57%
2023: 63%
2022: 71%
2021: 74%
2015: 84%
#energysky
Surging W&S to ~30% is a main reason why coal is down!
Poland's April Coal Share
2025: 47%
2024: 57%
2023: 63%
2022: 71%
2021: 74%
2015: 84%
#energysky
Surging W&S to ~30% is a main reason why coal is down!
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Here's BloombergNEF's best guess on what increased data center activity means for global electricity consumption, from this year's New Energy Outlook, in the Economic Transition Scenario.
(Full report is paywalled: www.bnef.com/insights/361... )
(Full report is paywalled: www.bnef.com/insights/361... )
May 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Here's BloombergNEF's best guess on what increased data center activity means for global electricity consumption, from this year's New Energy Outlook, in the Economic Transition Scenario.
(Full report is paywalled: www.bnef.com/insights/361... )
(Full report is paywalled: www.bnef.com/insights/361... )
Removing the safety protections of AirTags is… not good 😬😬😬 Can totally imagine how this would be used to stalk or harass…
Hoping that Apple soon updates its firmware to break this
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4399...
Hoping that Apple soon updates its firmware to break this
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4399...
Show HN: Undetectag, track stolen items with AirTag | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
May 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Removing the safety protections of AirTags is… not good 😬😬😬 Can totally imagine how this would be used to stalk or harass…
Hoping that Apple soon updates its firmware to break this
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4399...
Hoping that Apple soon updates its firmware to break this
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4399...
www.iea.org/reports/glob...
Whoa, every fifth new car sold around the world is now electric (BEV or PHEV)
Whoa, every fifth new car sold around the world is now electric (BEV or PHEV)
Executive summary – Global EV Outlook 2025 – Analysis - IEA
Global EV Outlook 2025 - Analysis and key findings. A report by the International Energy Agency.
www.iea.org
May 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
www.iea.org/reports/glob...
Whoa, every fifth new car sold around the world is now electric (BEV or PHEV)
Whoa, every fifth new car sold around the world is now electric (BEV or PHEV)
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Yay, there's an initiative for banning conversion therapy that's collecting signatures! EU citizens, you know what to do. eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Yay, there's an initiative for banning conversion therapy that's collecting signatures! EU citizens, you know what to do. eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...
Does anyone have a good security analysis of Apple accessibility features? Are there for example security mechanisms which ensure that speech transcribed for accessibility reasons is instantly deleted or processed via a Secure Enclave?
May 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Does anyone have a good security analysis of Apple accessibility features? Are there for example security mechanisms which ensure that speech transcribed for accessibility reasons is instantly deleted or processed via a Secure Enclave?
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Pretty big news! This week, the National Cyber Security Centre of the UK announced that it will be rolling out passkeys across the UK’s digital services later this year. The organization will also be joining the FIDO Alliance to help shape the evolution of passkeys. www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/governm...
UK pioneering global move away from passwords
Government to roll out passkey technology across digital services as an alternative to SMS-based verification.
www.ncsc.gov.uk
May 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Pretty big news! This week, the National Cyber Security Centre of the UK announced that it will be rolling out passkeys across the UK’s digital services later this year. The organization will also be joining the FIDO Alliance to help shape the evolution of passkeys. www.ncsc.gov.uk/news/governm...
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🇪🇺 75 Years of the Schuman Declaration 🇪🇺
On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman put forward a bold idea: unite Europe by pooling coal and steel production to make war ‘not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible.’
On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman put forward a bold idea: unite Europe by pooling coal and steel production to make war ‘not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible.’
May 9, 2025 at 6:45 AM
🇪🇺 75 Years of the Schuman Declaration 🇪🇺
On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman put forward a bold idea: unite Europe by pooling coal and steel production to make war ‘not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible.’
On 9 May 1950, Robert Schuman put forward a bold idea: unite Europe by pooling coal and steel production to make war ‘not merely unthinkable, but materially impossible.’
"It is the first time a developer of spyware has been held responsible for exploiting the weaknesses in smartphone platforms."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Maker of Pegasus spyware told to pay $167m for WhatsApp hack
Journalists and activists say the software is used by authoritarian regimes to spy on them.
www.bbc.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
"It is the first time a developer of spyware has been held responsible for exploiting the weaknesses in smartphone platforms."
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Had moments when I was just happy these couple of days, despite and against all odds. My first music show since full-scale war, abroad, first in Austria. Hard to put in words all that it means to me. Thank you tor this, and for being kind and generous to me, Graz ✨
May 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Had moments when I was just happy these couple of days, despite and against all odds. My first music show since full-scale war, abroad, first in Austria. Hard to put in words all that it means to me. Thank you tor this, and for being kind and generous to me, Graz ✨
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Anyone who thought the Signal archiving utility TeleMessage was going to keep those chats encrypted and well-protected was completely out of their mind.
May 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Anyone who thought the Signal archiving utility TeleMessage was going to keep those chats encrypted and well-protected was completely out of their mind.
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Here is an example of a message that was obtained by the hacker. There are Signal group chats too. This is the risk of archiving systems: they're no longer end-to-end encrypted. It introduces massive new risk www.404media.co/the-signal-c...
May 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Here is an example of a message that was obtained by the hacker. There are Signal group chats too. This is the risk of archiving systems: they're no longer end-to-end encrypted. It introduces massive new risk www.404media.co/the-signal-c...