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Malik
@maliks.bsky.social
Nerd, geek, gamer, dad
Ex-Netflix, NBCU, Target; @Apple
The #macys Thanksgiving Parade is hardly a parade. They’re barely showing any floats! They talk about floats. Some whack song and ad.
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Raccoons as household pets becoming more popular in America: report
Raccoons as household pets becoming more popular in America: report
A growing fascination with raccoons on social media — and new scientific research suggesting the animals are becoming physically “cuter” — may be fueling their rise as unconventional household pets…
ktla.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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NEW: Researchers are outing North Korean IT workers at a massive scale

Today cybersecurity firm DTEX is publishing the identities of two North Koreans who ran worker scams from Laos and publishing more than 1,000 email addresses linked to other IT worker schemes

www.wired.com/story/north-...
North Korean IT Workers Are Being Exposed on a Massive Scale
Security researchers are publishing 1,000 email addresses they claim are linked to North Korean IT worker scams that infiltrated Western companies—along with photos of men allegedly involved in the sc...
www.wired.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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MUSK: A sophisticated cyberattack from Ukraine took out Twitter's servers

REALITY: Twitter's servers were not secured properly and were publicly visible

Great explainer here from @lhn.bsky.social

www.wired.com/story/x-ddos...
What Really Happened With the DDoS Attacks That Took Down X
Elon Musk said a “massive cyberattack” disrupted X on Monday and pointed to “IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area” as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works.
www.wired.com
March 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Does the new Karate Kid Legends movie acknowledge the Cobra Kai series?? @netflix.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
ESPN will not renew F1 broadcast deal after 2025, per report
Jerome Miron-Imagn Images F1 may be looking for a new home in the United States The upcoming Formula 1 season is one of the most anticipated campaigns yet in the sport. With Lewis Hamilton making a move to Ferrari for 2025, coupled with a potential battle for both the Drivers’ Championship and the Constructors’ title, this season could go into the books as one for the ages. It may also be the last season that ESPN has the broadcast rights for F1 here in the United States. According to a report from John Ourand of _Puck News_, network president Jimmy Pitaro has informed F1 that ESPN will not renew its rights to broadcast F1 in the United States at the end of the current deal. That rights agreement draws to a close following the 2025 campaign, and under that contract, the network had been paying F1 approximately $90 million per season. Pursuant to that rights agreement ESPN aired Sky Sports’ coverage of F1, but would send talent to races here in the United States such as the Miami Grand Prix, and the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Earlier this month it was reported that Netflix could be interested in securing rights to air F1 in the United States, with the streaming service often linked to the sport’s rise in popularity thanks to the docuseries _Drive to Survive.”_ Apple has also been mentioned as a potential landing spot for F1, and NBC is another possibility. NBC once aired F1 prior to the ESPN deal, and with IndyCar moving to FOX from NBC, they could look at a return to F1. Still, ESPN has one final year to air F1 here in the United States, and as noted above it could be a tremendous final season with no shortage of storylines. But 2026 could be just as compelling, given the introduction of a new set of technical regulations that could shakeup the entire sport. Where that season will air here in the United States is now up for discussion.
www.sbnation.com
February 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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People really want to believe that AI is decimating software jobs, because it feels like poetic justice, but fortunately or unfortunately that narrative is nonsense (so far). 🧵
February 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Fuck, it finally happened after years of close calls across the entire country…

Mid-air collision at KDCA.

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Live updates: American Airlines plane crashes with helicopter near Reagan National Airport
The Reagan National Airport closed after a helicopter and another aircraft collided nearby. D.C. officials say a small aircraft was reported down in the Potomac River.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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STEM is so cool. Science is amazing. Kids should develop curiosity about how the universe works and proficiency in uncovering its secrets, so that they can most effectively optimize clickthrough rates on banner ads at the bottom of VC-funded website-apps.
December 27, 2024 at 3:22 AM
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AI hype is making AI researchers forget painfully learned lessons core to the field.

There's an emerging cope that progress in capabilities isn't slowing down—it's just invisible as benchmarks are saturated; vibe checks are useless because models are now superhuman so we can't perceive improvement.
December 11, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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homeboy doing the interview from his $4.3 million waterfront home lol
December 11, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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The journalistic imperative to tell the truth doesn't magically go away because someone died
Slain Healthcare CEO’s Life Airbrushed by Media
Journalistic skepticism isn't magically exempt when someone dies
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 9, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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The irony
December 6, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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No shit murder is bad. The jokes about the United CEO aren’t really about him; they’re about the rapacious healthcare system he personified and which Americans feel deep pain and humiliation about
December 4, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Not too certain how I feel about this one...

www.theverge.com/2024/12/4/24...
Donald Trump picks billionaire Jared Isaacman to lead NASA
Isaacman flew to space twice with SpaceX.
www.theverge.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:17 PM
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Today we remember the legacy of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
December 4, 2024 at 4:30 PM
I'm sure deep down we all knew this but now there's a study behind it!
arstechnica.com/health/2024/...
Splash pads really are fountains of fecal material; CDC reports 10K illnesses
A big problem is leaky swim diapers and kids sucking up recirculated water.
arstechnica.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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📢 📢 Come join our vibrant interdisciplinary group of about 40 scholars at the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy working to understand and improve the relationship between technology and society. We are looking at all levels: 🧵
December 2, 2024 at 9:49 PM
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Musk’s harassment of federal employees is despicable. He named the Chief Climate Officer from the DOE Loan Programs Office as unnecessary— the same DOE office that gave Tesla, Tesla! a half a nearly billion dollar lifeline loan to keep it operating in the 2010 recession. www.cnn.com/2024/11/27/b...
Elon Musk publicized the names of government employees he wants to cut. It’s terrifying federal workers | CNN Business
When President-elect Donald Trump said Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy would recommend major cuts to the federal government in his administration, many public employees knew that their jobs could be on ...
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:27 PM
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I used to feel like this till I found out how search engines basically force them to write this or they just scrape and steal the family recipe
I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.
November 28, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI tools has been a success.
Yes, That Viral LinkedIn Post You Read Was Probably AI-Generated
A new analysis estimates that over half of longer English-language posts on LinkedIn are AI-generated, indicating the platform’s embrace of AI tools has been a success.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2024 at 8:04 PM