Daniel Lenski
@moxfyre.bsky.social
I like life in Vancouver 🇨🇦, languages, open-source software, solving confusing problems with data, dogs, distance running, and my 👶 son. It's just everything else that worries me.
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Daniel Lenski
@moxfyre.bsky.social
· Mar 19
A total remote-control and remote-discovery vulnerability in IoT smart thermostats
tl;dr Until this past week, an attacker could have easily and surreptitiously discovered, monitored, and controlled all of the Mysa smart thermostats in the world.
Mysa thermostat owners use the Andro...
snowpatch.org
I discovered and disclosed a major vulnerability in the cloud-connected #IoT smart thermostats made by Mysa.
They were completely open to remote monitoring and control.
Details of the discovery and disclosure, and what it means 👇
snowpatch.org/posts/i-can-...
They were completely open to remote monitoring and control.
Details of the discovery and disclosure, and what it means 👇
snowpatch.org/posts/i-can-...
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And they keep saying Canada doesn’t have anything they want……🤣
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
And they keep saying Canada doesn’t have anything they want……🤣
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It's weird this isn't being said much, much more loudly. There's a very strong instrumental reason for not doing war crimes—because you don't want to see the same thing happen to your own forces.
The laws of war were created by states, for states, and states forget their purpose at their power.
The laws of war were created by states, for states, and states forget their purpose at their power.
Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers
By Professor @marknevitt.bsky.social, Commander, JAGC (ret.)
“Compliance with international law—including the laws of war—is built, in many respects, on reciprocity.”
www.justsecurity.org/125998/boat-...
By Professor @marknevitt.bsky.social, Commander, JAGC (ret.)
“Compliance with international law—including the laws of war—is built, in many respects, on reciprocity.”
www.justsecurity.org/125998/boat-...
Killing Shipwrecked Survivors is Not Just Illegal—It Endangers U.S. Servicemembers
If the United States chooses a path where killing defenseless survivors becomes acceptable, American servicemembers will pay the price for that choice.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It's weird this isn't being said much, much more loudly. There's a very strong instrumental reason for not doing war crimes—because you don't want to see the same thing happen to your own forces.
The laws of war were created by states, for states, and states forget their purpose at their power.
The laws of war were created by states, for states, and states forget their purpose at their power.
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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Trump 2.0, above all else, is characterized by a syndrome in which the regime's leaders are compelled by their own character defects and/or crazed ideological beliefs to commit crimes that leave even deeply jaded, cynical partisans for their side aghast and concerned for their own wellbeing.
Shift from “there may be some classified or legal framework that could potentially be a viable excuse for the use of force if it won in court” to “oh this is the Ur war crime, like so clearly a war crime that there is no legal cover for this specific order”.
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Trump 2.0, above all else, is characterized by a syndrome in which the regime's leaders are compelled by their own character defects and/or crazed ideological beliefs to commit crimes that leave even deeply jaded, cynical partisans for their side aghast and concerned for their own wellbeing.
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Props to the protestors who the New York Times credits for foiling ICE’s intended raid in Chinatown earlier today.
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Props to the protestors who the New York Times credits for foiling ICE’s intended raid in Chinatown earlier today.
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Something is just a liiiittle off in this tiny map of Italy on my wine bottle.
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Something is just a liiiittle off in this tiny map of Italy on my wine bottle.
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This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This whole thing is racist, but take particular note of the threat of denaturalization. That's stripping people of their citizenship, and that's the road to mass murder and atrocity.
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Four of Trump's five children have an immigrant mother, and the one who doesn't is married to the son of two immigrants.
Trump makes the outrageous claim that “most” immigrants, which include over 25 million U.S. citizens, “are on welfare, from failed nations, or from prisons, mental institutions, gangs, or drug cartels.”
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
As insulting as the “deplorables” comment, and on Thanksgiving day no less.
Trump calls Tim Walz “seriously retarded”
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Four of Trump's five children have an immigrant mother, and the one who doesn't is married to the son of two immigrants.
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Everyone in politics, everyone in media knows what’s happening here: the White House is controlled by a repellant white supremacist who waits with bated breath for any opportunity to run nonwhite people out of America. They know who it is, what he’s doing. But they won’t SAY it.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Everyone in politics, everyone in media knows what’s happening here: the White House is controlled by a repellant white supremacist who waits with bated breath for any opportunity to run nonwhite people out of America. They know who it is, what he’s doing. But they won’t SAY it.
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On the eve of the holiday, a Trump family-linked crypto company disclosed in a securities filing that it had removed its senior leadership. The company's stock is down 72% since Eric and Don Jr rang the Nasdaq bell to launch the partnership.
We're covering it here. Happy Thanksgiving.
We're covering it here. Happy Thanksgiving.
Crypto Firm Tied to Trump Family Dismisses Its Top Executive
ALT5 Sigma dismissed two of its top leaders, according to a government filing.
www.barrons.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
On the eve of the holiday, a Trump family-linked crypto company disclosed in a securities filing that it had removed its senior leadership. The company's stock is down 72% since Eric and Don Jr rang the Nasdaq bell to launch the partnership.
We're covering it here. Happy Thanksgiving.
We're covering it here. Happy Thanksgiving.
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The US tariff policy seems increasingly designed to deepen the trade deficit, penalizing things the US exports, while keeping expensive things it imports relatively cheaper.
Do I have this correct? We are not tariffing smartphones, the advanced tech product that isn’t primarily manufactured here. And we are tariffing cars, the products we do make largely here. OK.
April 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The US tariff policy seems increasingly designed to deepen the trade deficit, penalizing things the US exports, while keeping expensive things it imports relatively cheaper.
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As someone in software the only benefit to LLMs I see is it will slowly destroy the pool of people with actual expertise in building and running software making me more valuable.
November 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
As someone in software the only benefit to LLMs I see is it will slowly destroy the pool of people with actual expertise in building and running software making me more valuable.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
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And so it begins…
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
And so it begins…
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New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:56 PM
😋🦃🇺🇸🇨🇦
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One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One explanation for economic populism in the US is the recurring cycle of bubbles and bailouts that happens without any democratic input
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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If McClain took an oath “to the commander-in-chief”, she took the wrong one. 🤡
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If McClain took an oath “to the commander-in-chief”, she took the wrong one. 🤡
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
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"Every lie creates a debt to the truth." -- Craig Mazin, "Chernobyl."
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"Every lie creates a debt to the truth." -- Craig Mazin, "Chernobyl."
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If you dare to displease the despot, you will be declared an enemy of the state and every lever of it will be deployed against you.
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you dare to displease the despot, you will be declared an enemy of the state and every lever of it will be deployed against you.
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Guy has been detained for 8-9 weeks.
He came here as a baby.
He has been here 50 years!
katu.com/news/local/l...
He came here as a baby.
He has been here 50 years!
katu.com/news/local/l...
Lake Oswego rallies for detained man facing deportation to Vietnam
A community in Lake Oswego is rallying behind Danny Quach, a local man and business owner who faces deportation to Vietnam after 50 years in the U.S.
katu.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Guy has been detained for 8-9 weeks.
He came here as a baby.
He has been here 50 years!
katu.com/news/local/l...
He came here as a baby.
He has been here 50 years!
katu.com/news/local/l...