Matthew Riley
@matt.dev
eng manager Google Chrome security • he/him
kinda hard to explain to Unix admins why "superfund" would be a bad thing
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
kinda hard to explain to Unix admins why "superfund" would be a bad thing
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This is the lesson of 2025
he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity
October 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is the lesson of 2025
Discovered today that "colorable" is a contranym -- it can take one of two opposite meanings, either "seemingly valid" or "intended to deceive".
October 5, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Discovered today that "colorable" is a contranym -- it can take one of two opposite meanings, either "seemingly valid" or "intended to deceive".
Chrome is hiring for our Product Security team! These are the folks that support Chrome's growth by figuring out how to manage more bugs, in more areas, on more aggressive timelines, with less human toil.
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Staff Software Engineer, Chrome Product Security, Core — Google Careers
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September 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Chrome is hiring for our Product Security team! These are the folks that support Chrome's growth by figuring out how to manage more bugs, in more areas, on more aggressive timelines, with less human toil.
www.google.com/about/career...
www.google.com/about/career...
www.google.com/about/career...
www.google.com/about/career...
www.google.com/about/career...
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In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court rules virtualization illegal. "The kernel executive may not be denied full access to hardware."
Kagan, writing for the Court's SREs: "What, we're using Docker now? What the fuck."
Kagan, writing for the Court's SREs: "What, we're using Docker now? What the fuck."
September 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court rules virtualization illegal. "The kernel executive may not be denied full access to hardware."
Kagan, writing for the Court's SREs: "What, we're using Docker now? What the fuck."
Kagan, writing for the Court's SREs: "What, we're using Docker now? What the fuck."
Going to find out how long my stockpile of pens will last.
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
August 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Going to find out how long my stockpile of pens will last.
You can keep your galaxy brain edgelords. I'm proud to have a governor who can play literal 2D chess.
I sent her a response today: Washington state will not be bullied or intimidated by threats and legally baseless accusations.
August 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
You can keep your galaxy brain edgelords. I'm proud to have a governor who can play literal 2D chess.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Holdco in possession of a pot of Bitcoin, must be in want of a small publicly-listed US company.
I track usage of words like huzz, soyboy, baddie, or mewing, not just to use in text messages with friends, but to include in this newsletter. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
Everyone Wants a Bitcoin Treasury
Also slang memecoins, LQR House, collusion on earnings calls and three-page résumés.
www.bloomberg.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a Holdco in possession of a pot of Bitcoin, must be in want of a small publicly-listed US company.
USCSB calls for aid! youtu.be/2z7h5BOZ2Hk?...
Safety Pays Off: The Value of Vigilance
YouTube video by USCSB
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June 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
USCSB calls for aid! youtu.be/2z7h5BOZ2Hk?...
Under other circumstances I would have been excited to learn that "contemnor" is a word.
🚨Here is Judge Boasberg's opinion finding that he has probable cause that the government in CRIMINAL contempt for defying his orders on March 15: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 17, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Under other circumstances I would have been excited to learn that "contemnor" is a word.
Holy fuck. Any company that thinks they're going to avoid the need to fight -- or to utterly debase themselves -- is not dealing with reality.
Trump going after his former CISA director @thekrebscycle.bsky.social, who debunked his 2020 lies. He just ordered a probe of Krebs' leadership of CISA (including any "censorship"), revoked Krebs' clearances, and suspended those of his @sentinelone.com colleagues. www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...
April 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Holy fuck. Any company that thinks they're going to avoid the need to fight -- or to utterly debase themselves -- is not dealing with reality.
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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho *cared* that his country was suffering.
He eagerly sought intelligent advice and let it change his mind. He was held to account by a vigorous legislature.
For us, today, Idiocracy might as well be The West Wing.
He eagerly sought intelligent advice and let it change his mind. He was held to account by a vigorous legislature.
For us, today, Idiocracy might as well be The West Wing.
April 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho *cared* that his country was suffering.
He eagerly sought intelligent advice and let it change his mind. He was held to account by a vigorous legislature.
For us, today, Idiocracy might as well be The West Wing.
He eagerly sought intelligent advice and let it change his mind. He was held to account by a vigorous legislature.
For us, today, Idiocracy might as well be The West Wing.
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The White House Correspondents Association deems speaking truth to power to be “the politics of division.”
They’ve joined the growing regiment of submission.
They’ve joined the growing regiment of submission.
March 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The White House Correspondents Association deems speaking truth to power to be “the politics of division.”
They’ve joined the growing regiment of submission.
They’ve joined the growing regiment of submission.
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Everything is so unbelievably stupid right now.
March 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Everything is so unbelievably stupid right now.
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Again, how can you not hear the deafening echoes of history here?
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/18/w...
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/18/w...
White House posts video of immigrants in shackles, calls deportation footage 'ASMR'
President Donald Trump has made the crackdown on undocumented immigrants living in the United States a priority for his second term in the White House.
www.cnbc.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Again, how can you not hear the deafening echoes of history here?
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/18/w...
www.cnbc.com/2025/02/18/w...
CISA and desist www.wired.com/story/cisa-e...
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:36 AM
CISA and desist www.wired.com/story/cisa-e...
can't believe they went with "Project 2025" when "Opus DEI" was right there
February 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
can't believe they went with "Project 2025" when "Opus DEI" was right there
I have been mad at a word or two in my day
February 4, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I have been mad at a word or two in my day