Maxime Serrano
@mserrano.bsky.social
security at Figma; CTF player on PPP/MMM
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Really fucked up that there are just... AI porn/sexting ads on YouTube
December 15, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Really fucked up that there are just... AI porn/sexting ads on YouTube
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I have to say, pentesters do a great job. Every pen I've ever bought has worked
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I have to say, pentesters do a great job. Every pen I've ever bought has worked
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"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
November 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
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It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
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Charles de Gaulle opposed everything that Putin, Orban, and Vance stand for. He was willing to "betray" his nation to oppose them.
With Putin, Vance, Orban and Macron, the cult of Charles de Gaulle is growing (via Bloomberg Opinion)
The Cult of Charles de Gaulle Is Growing
The politics of national greatness practiced by France’s iconic former president has made him a model for Putin, Vance, Orban and Macron.
bloom.bg
September 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Charles de Gaulle opposed everything that Putin, Orban, and Vance stand for. He was willing to "betray" his nation to oppose them.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Watching history change right in front of you is amazing. We know who Kirk is, but if the right keeps this up, future people will have entirely the wrong idea about the guy.
This is no new insight, but it genuinely makes you wonder who else received an obscene hagiography for political purposes.
This is no new insight, but it genuinely makes you wonder who else received an obscene hagiography for political purposes.
oh fuck off
September 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Klobuchar got it into her head years ago that it's okay to censor information she doesn't like, and now that we have an authoritarian MAGA team in charge, trying to suppress speech in every way possible, her jumping up and screaming "pick me, pick me" is horrifying.
September 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Klobuchar got it into her head years ago that it's okay to censor information she doesn't like, and now that we have an authoritarian MAGA team in charge, trying to suppress speech in every way possible, her jumping up and screaming "pick me, pick me" is horrifying.
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"Alexa, show me the most bullshit AWS IAM permission in the world."
August 28, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Alexa, show me the most bullshit AWS IAM permission in the world."
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Star Wars is full of references to the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire; it's missing out on the richer and more complex story of the fall of the French First Republic and the rise of Napoleon's Empire. In this essay I will
August 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Star Wars is full of references to the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire; it's missing out on the richer and more complex story of the fall of the French First Republic and the rise of Napoleon's Empire. In this essay I will
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so if anyone does not recognize the name, this is probably the most famous living mathematician on earth. you basically fund his group to pay salaries and random shit like MRI machines becomes several times more efficient, like magic.
August 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
so if anyone does not recognize the name, this is probably the most famous living mathematician on earth. you basically fund his group to pay salaries and random shit like MRI machines becomes several times more efficient, like magic.
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no one on the planet is less free thinking than people with “free thinker” in their bio
August 1, 2025 at 5:32 AM
no one on the planet is less free thinking than people with “free thinker” in their bio
rip to a real one
like other Toms of note, I have always wanted to be remembered as “obvious, jejune, and remarkably unsophisticated.” RIP to the greatest American
Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97
www.nytimes.com
July 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
rip to a real one
reporting from vacation with partner’s family: The Kids are absolutely *feral* for youtube videos that are just Tiktok scrolling simulacra
July 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
reporting from vacation with partner’s family: The Kids are absolutely *feral* for youtube videos that are just Tiktok scrolling simulacra
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Went to Redwood City's 4th of July... drone show (in lieu of fireworks—though lots of unofficial fireworks were set off as well). They sure love their RWC motto (it's on overhead signs as you enter downtown).
July 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Went to Redwood City's 4th of July... drone show (in lieu of fireworks—though lots of unofficial fireworks were set off as well). They sure love their RWC motto (it's on overhead signs as you enter downtown).
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If you take what Healy is saying at face value, the message is that a public figure is best off refusing to talk to the Times. The explicit argument is that because Mamdani was willing to answer questions about his stolen personal information, that turned the theft into a voluntary disclosure.
The thread is pure deflection and evasion. Healy is really trying to claim that there's no problem with how they gave the Nazi pseudonymous cover because readers could just Google the pseudonym themselves to find out he's a Nazi—he calls this giving readers "context" and "a way to learn more."
The crisis at the New York Times can be summed up pretty concisely by the fact that Patrick Healy is in charge of Standards and Trust
July 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
If you take what Healy is saying at face value, the message is that a public figure is best off refusing to talk to the Times. The explicit argument is that because Mamdani was willing to answer questions about his stolen personal information, that turned the theft into a voluntary disclosure.
genuinely very difficult for me to understand which hills leadership at some of this country's journalistic institutions are willing to die on
July 4, 2025 at 2:24 AM
genuinely very difficult for me to understand which hills leadership at some of this country's journalistic institutions are willing to die on
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they made jamelle delete an accurate criticism but allowed a news-side guy to spend all day openly sneering and spitting in the faces of people who accurately noted that his story allowed a guy who spread CSAM without rebuttal to spout lies
I deleted several posts about a Times story because they violated Times social media standards.
July 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
they made jamelle delete an accurate criticism but allowed a news-side guy to spend all day openly sneering and spitting in the faces of people who accurately noted that his story allowed a guy who spread CSAM without rebuttal to spout lies
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part of the reason people don't want the history of this period taught or understood is to make this illegible to people. it's easy to swallow thought ending cliches about which venerated figure was a "man of their times" if you remain studiously unaware of what their times actually were
June 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
part of the reason people don't want the history of this period taught or understood is to make this illegible to people. it's easy to swallow thought ending cliches about which venerated figure was a "man of their times" if you remain studiously unaware of what their times actually were
evangelist guy on SF Market St preaching about Jesus being the “king of kings” in front of the No Kings protest and immediately realizing that was not the phrase to use: priceless
June 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
evangelist guy on SF Market St preaching about Jesus being the “king of kings” in front of the No Kings protest and immediately realizing that was not the phrase to use: priceless
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“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco
June 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“No Kings” demonstration, Ocean Beach, San Francisco
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one thing i absolutely do not understand is why the primary editorial position of the new york times is sneering contempt for customers of the new york times
June 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
one thing i absolutely do not understand is why the primary editorial position of the new york times is sneering contempt for customers of the new york times
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Unfortunately for everyone involved, reality really is immune to ideological filtering and if you kick the system hard enough material feedbacks are a certainty.
March 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Unfortunately for everyone involved, reality really is immune to ideological filtering and if you kick the system hard enough material feedbacks are a certainty.
is it illegal to sell bottled beverages in airports now or what’s going on
March 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
is it illegal to sell bottled beverages in airports now or what’s going on