Mike Olson
@mikeolson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Ex-Illustra, Sleepycat, Cloudera. Currently: Board member at Cityside. Working on: Climate. Politics.
Not a tech bro.
🌉 bridged from https://mastodon.social/@mikeolson on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Not a tech bro.
🌉 bridged from https://mastodon.social/@mikeolson on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
I'm gonna link to @gruber's post, instead of directly to the Jmail site, because that's what I read this morning in my RSS feed and how I got to the complete OCR'ed dump of Jeffrey Epstein's email.
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/11/21/jmail
It's a live Gmail-style UI. You can expand […]
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/11/21/jmail
It's a live Gmail-style UI. You can expand […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I'm gonna link to @gruber's post, instead of directly to the Jmail site, because that's what I read this morning in my RSS feed and how I got to the complete OCR'ed dump of Jeffrey Epstein's email.
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/11/21/jmail
It's a live Gmail-style UI. You can expand […]
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/11/21/jmail
It's a live Gmail-style UI. You can expand […]
Reposted by Mike Olson
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. I see you and I celebrate you. Society didn't, and mostly doesn't, so it's important to me to say that out loud.
Not just today, though.
https://glaad.org/tdor/
Not just today, though.
https://glaad.org/tdor/
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance. I see you and I celebrate you. Society didn't, and mostly doesn't, so it's important to me to say that out loud.
Not just today, though.
https://glaad.org/tdor/
Not just today, though.
https://glaad.org/tdor/
Another excellent roundup of cryptocurrency news and events by @molly0xfff
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-97/
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-97/
Issue 97 – This is hardship
While slumping prices have some fearing it’s crypto winter again, Trump looks to Saudia Arabia and American retail crypto investors to fund the development of his next hotel
www.citationneeded.news
November 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Another excellent roundup of cryptocurrency news and events by @molly0xfff
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-97/
https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-97/
IoT stands for Internet of Trouble.
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
IoT stands for Internet of Trouble.
Reposted by Mike Olson
After reading some of the Epstein emails, I was compelled to look in Constella Intelligence and Spycloud for exposed passwords tied to Epstein's email address: Would you believe he reused the password "Ghislaine"? If he didn't tell all his secrets, he probably leaked them inadvertently through […]
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infosec.exchange
November 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
After reading some of the Epstein emails, I was compelled to look in Constella Intelligence and Spycloud for exposed passwords tied to Epstein's email address: Would you believe he reused the password "Ghislaine"? If he didn't tell all his secrets, he probably leaked them inadvertently through […]
The University of California system swinging hard, from the hips:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.456332/gov.uscourts.cand.456332.90.0.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.456332/gov.uscourts.cand.456332.90.0.pdf
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
The University of California system swinging hard, from the hips:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.456332/gov.uscourts.cand.456332.90.0.pdf
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.456332/gov.uscourts.cand.456332.90.0.pdf
I'm a stone cold nerd y'all.
November 13, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'm a stone cold nerd y'all.
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Here are 104,073 pages of Byte Magazine from 1975 to 1998, scanned and OCR'ed for regexp search. The "About" page is worth a read.
https://byte.tsundoku.io/
Byte was so important for me. I learned *so much* typing listings from the magazine into my Apple II. Devoured the issues as soon as they […]
https://byte.tsundoku.io/
Byte was so important for me. I learned *so much* typing listings from the magazine into my Apple II. Devoured the issues as soon as they […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Here are 104,073 pages of Byte Magazine from 1975 to 1998, scanned and OCR'ed for regexp search. The "About" page is worth a read.
https://byte.tsundoku.io/
Byte was so important for me. I learned *so much* typing listings from the magazine into my Apple II. Devoured the issues as soon as they […]
https://byte.tsundoku.io/
Byte was so important for me. I learned *so much* typing listings from the magazine into my Apple II. Devoured the issues as soon as they […]
A huge amount of my world requires maintenance right now. Every time I turn around, something else important gets troublesome and needs attention.
I don't know what I did, but I hope karma turns its attention elsewhere soon.
I don't know what I did, but I hope karma turns its attention elsewhere soon.
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A huge amount of my world requires maintenance right now. Every time I turn around, something else important gets troublesome and needs attention.
I don't know what I did, but I hope karma turns its attention elsewhere soon.
I don't know what I did, but I hope karma turns its attention elsewhere soon.
Reposted by Mike Olson
This is an important, eloquent piece by @aphyr - worth a boost I’d say: https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This is an important, eloquent piece by @aphyr - worth a boost I’d say: https://aphyr.com/posts/397-i-want-you-to-understand-chicago
Man, it is a GLORIOUS Friday afternoon in Berkeley. Happy weekend, y'all!
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Man, it is a GLORIOUS Friday afternoon in Berkeley. Happy weekend, y'all!
Charter jet company email blast on the back of shutdown-induced FAA and TSA slowdowns, touting the benefits of flying private.
Big Gatsby energy.
Big Gatsby energy.
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Charter jet company email blast on the back of shutdown-induced FAA and TSA slowdowns, touting the benefits of flying private.
Big Gatsby energy.
Big Gatsby energy.
This yard sign worked better than my Harris Walz Obviously yard sign.
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This yard sign worked better than my Harris Walz Obviously yard sign.
“It wasn’t used very much,” [Bessent] said. “And we think that the private sector can do a better job.”
It wasn't used very much because it was only available to a small group of test filers.
The private sector can lobby and make campaign donations better […]
It wasn't used very much because it was only available to a small group of test filers.
The private sector can lobby and make campaign donations better […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“It wasn’t used very much,” [Bessent] said. “And we think that the private sector can do a better job.”
It wasn't used very much because it was only available to a small group of test filers.
The private sector can lobby and make campaign donations better […]
It wasn't used very much because it was only available to a small group of test filers.
The private sector can lobby and make campaign donations better […]
Current status: Not completely fucked.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Current status: Not completely fucked.
Reposted by Mike Olson
OTD 1988: The Morris Worm hits The Internet.
https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/morris-worm/
https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/morris-worm/
November 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OTD 1988: The Morris Worm hits The Internet.
https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/morris-worm/
https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/morris-worm/
NYTimes ran a themeless crossword this morning. The world is going to hell.
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
NYTimes ran a themeless crossword this morning. The world is going to hell.
I have a super long and complicated password because I learned cyberparanoia from some of the very best. Usually that doesn't bother me because my laptop is willing to trust my fingerprint to get past the lock screen. But I superglued my fingerprint into oblivion working on a project this […]
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mastodon.social
November 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I have a super long and complicated password because I learned cyberparanoia from some of the very best. Usually that doesn't bother me because my laptop is willing to trust my fingerprint to get past the lock screen. But I superglued my fingerprint into oblivion working on a project this […]
Longtime Springsteen fan here, yeah, but: holy moly the new outtakes release from Nebraska is good.
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Longtime Springsteen fan here, yeah, but: holy moly the new outtakes release from Nebraska is good.
All the kids at the K-8 school up the block came to class in their Halloween costumes today. I overdosed on adorable during morning drop-off. Props to the moms and dads who got in on that action, too!
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
All the kids at the K-8 school up the block came to class in their Halloween costumes today. I overdosed on adorable during morning drop-off. Props to the moms and dads who got in on that action, too!
Berkeleyside reporting for folks who need to rely on food banks due to SNAP cuts during the Trump shutdown:
https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/30/berkeley-food-assistance-federal-shutdown-snap-delays
It includes advice for those who want to support those food banks, too. Donating money is […]
https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/30/berkeley-food-assistance-federal-shutdown-snap-delays
It includes advice for those who want to support those food banks, too. Donating money is […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Berkeleyside reporting for folks who need to rely on food banks due to SNAP cuts during the Trump shutdown:
https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/30/berkeley-food-assistance-federal-shutdown-snap-delays
It includes advice for those who want to support those food banks, too. Donating money is […]
https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/10/30/berkeley-food-assistance-federal-shutdown-snap-delays
It includes advice for those who want to support those food banks, too. Donating money is […]