nikkiricks.bsky.social
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NSFW: I'm developing my intuition and taste for AI at nikkiricks.dev and having coffees (buymeacoffee.com/nikkiricki)
All the things I don't say on LinkedIn
All the things I don't say on LinkedIn
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FOX: " Rent Now, Pay Later. It's a new option for renters who are struggling to make the monthly payment ... You pay them a fee or a monthly subscription, but if you miss the payments — that's when the interest rates go way up."
February 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
FOX: " Rent Now, Pay Later. It's a new option for renters who are struggling to make the monthly payment ... You pay them a fee or a monthly subscription, but if you miss the payments — that's when the interest rates go way up."
Free marketing for apple.
Huge win for the lockdown mode team. They have to be so proud!
Huge win for the lockdown mode team. They have to be so proud!
this is pretty wild. good argument for lockdown mode if your threat model is one where you might have your phone seized by the Feds: www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
www.404media.co
February 6, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Free marketing for apple.
Huge win for the lockdown mode team. They have to be so proud!
Huge win for the lockdown mode team. They have to be so proud!
7 months after this Hillsboro data center batteries caught fire, received a tax exemption.
Hillsboro is expected to receive 3 large lithium batteries soon.
The local fire department does not determine data centers has a high risk and has no prevention programs due to their technical nature
Hillsboro is expected to receive 3 large lithium batteries soon.
The local fire department does not determine data centers has a high risk and has no prevention programs due to their technical nature
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
7 months after this Hillsboro data center batteries caught fire, received a tax exemption.
Hillsboro is expected to receive 3 large lithium batteries soon.
The local fire department does not determine data centers has a high risk and has no prevention programs due to their technical nature
Hillsboro is expected to receive 3 large lithium batteries soon.
The local fire department does not determine data centers has a high risk and has no prevention programs due to their technical nature
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At least 25 data centers were canceled last year as communities organized and pushed back against them. That's four times as many as 2024, according to Heatmap News.
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
Scoop: Local Opposition to Data Centers Is Surging. So Are Canceled Projects.
A Heatmap Pro review of public records shows that 25 data centers were scrubbed last year after local pushback — four times as many as 2024.
heatmap.news
January 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM
At least 25 data centers were canceled last year as communities organized and pushed back against them. That's four times as many as 2024, according to Heatmap News.
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
heatmap.news/politics/dat...
Differentiation in the future will simply be
“We aren’t AI”
“We aren’t AI”
Bandcamp has banned AI music.
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
Bandcamp Bans AI Music
AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the AI-generated psych-rock band the Velvet Sundown and the AI-generated metalcore band Broken Avenue racking up streams on Spotify? R...
stereogum.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Differentiation in the future will simply be
“We aren’t AI”
“We aren’t AI”
Data centers and house/home
February 1, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Data centers and house/home
Clock-In-Clock-Out culture is now hitting tech:
www.linkedin.com/posts/stephe...
#All-the-things-I-want-to-say-on-LinkedIn-but-I-don't.
www.linkedin.com/posts/stephe...
#All-the-things-I-want-to-say-on-LinkedIn-but-I-don't.
January 31, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Clock-In-Clock-Out culture is now hitting tech:
www.linkedin.com/posts/stephe...
#All-the-things-I-want-to-say-on-LinkedIn-but-I-don't.
www.linkedin.com/posts/stephe...
#All-the-things-I-want-to-say-on-LinkedIn-but-I-don't.
When a mug is the radical act
January 30, 2026 at 12:42 AM
When a mug is the radical act
UFC fans!
According to an internal strategy document uncovered by The Washington Post, the government plans to spend $100 million in a “wartime recruitment” push for ICE, targeting of UFC fans, gun-rights supporters, military enthusiasts and more.
ICE “Wartime” Recruiting Effort Targets Gun & Military Lovers Using White Nationalist Messaging
As outrage grows across the country over the Trump administration’s deadly immigration crackdown in Minnesota, we speak with reporter Drew Harwell, who recently reported on the government’s effort to ...
www.democracynow.org
January 28, 2026 at 4:43 PM
UFC fans!
January 28, 2026 at 4:04 AM
I'm more motivated to host a meshtastic meeting
Belarus has arrested several HAM radio hobbyists and is threatening them with the death penalty, extremely wild situation: www.404media.co/ham-radio-op...
HAM Radio Operators in Belarus Arrested, Face the Death Penalty
"My local community is being systematically liquidated in what I can only describe as a targeted intellectual genocide."
www.404media.co
January 22, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I'm more motivated to host a meshtastic meeting
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Belarus has arrested several HAM radio hobbyists and is threatening them with the death penalty, extremely wild situation: www.404media.co/ham-radio-op...
HAM Radio Operators in Belarus Arrested, Face the Death Penalty
"My local community is being systematically liquidated in what I can only describe as a targeted intellectual genocide."
www.404media.co
January 21, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Belarus has arrested several HAM radio hobbyists and is threatening them with the death penalty, extremely wild situation: www.404media.co/ham-radio-op...
I had to get a map out to catch up with the latest mercury racist text article
January 19, 2026 at 8:50 PM
I had to get a map out to catch up with the latest mercury racist text article
An app I vibe coded that I'm still using is the Privacy Policy Checker app
privacy-checker.surge.sh
privacy-checker.surge.sh
Privacy Checker - GDPR Compliance Analyzer
privacy-checker.surge.sh
January 8, 2026 at 5:28 PM
An app I vibe coded that I'm still using is the Privacy Policy Checker app
privacy-checker.surge.sh
privacy-checker.surge.sh
Did you catch The Game?
January 5, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Did you catch The Game?