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o🛡️Defending what matters the most
o MComp🎓MSR🎓B.B.S🎓BPhil🎓
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V for Vendetta - 20th Anniversary Announcement Trailer (2026) Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
There are, of course, those who do not want us to speak. Why? Words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning & for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.
And the truth is there is something terribly wrong with this country.
Isn't That?
youtu.be/AVaXDAqkKAQ
And the truth is there is something terribly wrong with this country.
Isn't That?
youtu.be/AVaXDAqkKAQ
In a world full of noise, when it comes to what women seek in men is not attention. It is about being valued, feeling safe, heard, motivated - especially women who value consistency, emotional maturity. Not control so mostly I would say men with these attributes... not my usual type of post.
November 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
In a world full of noise, when it comes to what women seek in men is not attention. It is about being valued, feeling safe, heard, motivated - especially women who value consistency, emotional maturity. Not control so mostly I would say men with these attributes... not my usual type of post.
There are, of course, those who do not want us to speak. Why? Words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning & for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.
And the truth is there is something terribly wrong with this country.
Isn't That?
youtu.be/AVaXDAqkKAQ
And the truth is there is something terribly wrong with this country.
Isn't That?
youtu.be/AVaXDAqkKAQ
V for Vendetta - 20th Anniversary Announcement Trailer (2026) Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 5:38 AM
There are, of course, those who do not want us to speak. Why? Words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning & for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth.
And the truth is there is something terribly wrong with this country.
Isn't That?
youtu.be/AVaXDAqkKAQ
And the truth is there is something terribly wrong with this country.
Isn't That?
youtu.be/AVaXDAqkKAQ
Dating App Catfishing Epidemic - AI, Scams, and Safety
Here is the pulic release
youtu.be/A-nNgDRVicA
Here is the pulic release
youtu.be/A-nNgDRVicA
November 14, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Dating App Catfishing Epidemic - AI, Scams, and Safety
Here is the pulic release
youtu.be/A-nNgDRVicA
Here is the pulic release
youtu.be/A-nNgDRVicA
Someday I am glad I am not a US Citizen, much of the going on I will not tolerate. Treating people as expendable, having taxpayers pay increased more for less, negating privacy, and on it goes.
I have ataraxia, a rare condition - but stepping up even if not breaking laws may not bode well for me
I have ataraxia, a rare condition - but stepping up even if not breaking laws may not bode well for me
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Someday I am glad I am not a US Citizen, much of the going on I will not tolerate. Treating people as expendable, having taxpayers pay increased more for less, negating privacy, and on it goes.
I have ataraxia, a rare condition - but stepping up even if not breaking laws may not bode well for me
I have ataraxia, a rare condition - but stepping up even if not breaking laws may not bode well for me
Consumer advocacy researchers at PIRG tested four AI toys, and none of them passed muster...
~ I agree with closing sentiment of this article... just buy your kids some Legos, I dealt with the reasons in my own work already
www.theregister.com/2025/11/13/a...
~ I agree with closing sentiment of this article... just buy your kids some Legos, I dealt with the reasons in my own work already
www.theregister.com/2025/11/13/a...
AI-enabled toys teach kids about matches, knives, kink
: Consumer advocacy researchers at PIRG tested four AI toys, and none of them passed muster
www.theregister.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Consumer advocacy researchers at PIRG tested four AI toys, and none of them passed muster...
~ I agree with closing sentiment of this article... just buy your kids some Legos, I dealt with the reasons in my own work already
www.theregister.com/2025/11/13/a...
~ I agree with closing sentiment of this article... just buy your kids some Legos, I dealt with the reasons in my own work already
www.theregister.com/2025/11/13/a...
The US Govt reopens and hell on earth. Red flags all over, "panic" feels outdated. Regardless, being a novice at economics and politics I am looking at employment and mostly just from Oct 2025 till now and man it looks bad
intellizence.com/insights/lay...
www.efinancialcareers.com/news/goldman...
intellizence.com/insights/lay...
www.efinancialcareers.com/news/goldman...
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 AM
The US Govt reopens and hell on earth. Red flags all over, "panic" feels outdated. Regardless, being a novice at economics and politics I am looking at employment and mostly just from Oct 2025 till now and man it looks bad
intellizence.com/insights/lay...
www.efinancialcareers.com/news/goldman...
intellizence.com/insights/lay...
www.efinancialcareers.com/news/goldman...
Dating App Deception: Catfishing, Deepfakes, and Safety Risks
This Episode main deals with Tinder and Bumble.
Tinder have ~75M users
Bumble have ~50M users
www.patreon.com/posts/dating...
This Episode main deals with Tinder and Bumble.
Tinder have ~75M users
Bumble have ~50M users
www.patreon.com/posts/dating...
Dating App Catfishing Epidemic - AI, Scams, and Safety | QF-Security
Get more from QF-Security on Patreon
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November 13, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Dating App Deception: Catfishing, Deepfakes, and Safety Risks
This Episode main deals with Tinder and Bumble.
Tinder have ~75M users
Bumble have ~50M users
www.patreon.com/posts/dating...
This Episode main deals with Tinder and Bumble.
Tinder have ~75M users
Bumble have ~50M users
www.patreon.com/posts/dating...
There are bad days and there are legendary bad days. $230 USD for a piece of cloth. Look conventionals socks, great casual gift but this?
You know what works great also Apple? Pockets, as in "gotta run, take phone slide into my jeans and of I go"
www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/a...
You know what works great also Apple? Pockets, as in "gotta run, take phone slide into my jeans and of I go"
www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/a...
Apple starts selling $230 socks in time for Christmas
: Fashion house behind Jobs' turtleneck helps with pricey new accessory line
www.theregister.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
There are bad days and there are legendary bad days. $230 USD for a piece of cloth. Look conventionals socks, great casual gift but this?
You know what works great also Apple? Pockets, as in "gotta run, take phone slide into my jeans and of I go"
www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/a...
You know what works great also Apple? Pockets, as in "gotta run, take phone slide into my jeans and of I go"
www.theregister.com/2025/11/12/a...
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
OpenAI stealing content? How can it be, OpenAI is so ethical 🙄
~ Nothing will come from this, they will get away with this but it will end in catastrophe nonetheless.
www.404media.co/openai-cant-...
~ Nothing will come from this, they will get away with this but it will end in catastrophe nonetheless.
www.404media.co/openai-cant-...
OpenAI Can’t Fix Sora’s Copyright Infringement Problem Because It Was Built With Stolen Content
OpenAI’s guardrails against copyright infringement are falling for the oldest trick in the book.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
OpenAI stealing content? How can it be, OpenAI is so ethical 🙄
~ Nothing will come from this, they will get away with this but it will end in catastrophe nonetheless.
www.404media.co/openai-cant-...
~ Nothing will come from this, they will get away with this but it will end in catastrophe nonetheless.
www.404media.co/openai-cant-...
Medical expenses are the largest category on GoFundMe, accounting for about 33% of total donations.
GoFundMe statistics reveal that in 2024, more than $7 billion was raised for medical expenses alone
www.sci-tech-today.com/stats/gofund...
GoFundMe statistics reveal that in 2024, more than $7 billion was raised for medical expenses alone
www.sci-tech-today.com/stats/gofund...
GoFundMe Statistics By Traffic Source, Demographics, Market Share, Donations And Donors
GoFundMe Statistics: Medical expenses are the largest category on GoFundMe, accounting for about 33% of total donations.
www.sci-tech-today.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Medical expenses are the largest category on GoFundMe, accounting for about 33% of total donations.
GoFundMe statistics reveal that in 2024, more than $7 billion was raised for medical expenses alone
www.sci-tech-today.com/stats/gofund...
GoFundMe statistics reveal that in 2024, more than $7 billion was raised for medical expenses alone
www.sci-tech-today.com/stats/gofund...
Trumps 50 year mortgage plan is truly peak insanity. Literally squeezing people for all they are worth I mean I am from it has always been - at least as far as I can recall 300 months (25 yrs) and no I am not sure why they do it here in terms of months but again not my area of expertise.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trumps 50 year mortgage plan is truly peak insanity. Literally squeezing people for all they are worth I mean I am from it has always been - at least as far as I can recall 300 months (25 yrs) and no I am not sure why they do it here in terms of months but again not my area of expertise.
Had to picked up some medication for some elderly people - which I do less frequent than most, point is, little mention is ever made regarding pharmacists but they play a critical role insofar as healthcare. So if you are one please realize just how crucial your job is.
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Had to picked up some medication for some elderly people - which I do less frequent than most, point is, little mention is ever made regarding pharmacists but they play a critical role insofar as healthcare. So if you are one please realize just how crucial your job is.
From time to time I recommend that people to check whether their email is part of a breach. If so, make sure to change your passwords and enable 2FA/MFA. Make no mistake how important this is and why email based 2FA falls by the wayside if such is the case.
haveibeenpwned.com
haveibeenpwned.com
Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email address has been exposed in a data breach
Have I Been Pwned allows you to check whether your email address has been exposed in a data breach.
haveibeenpwned.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
From time to time I recommend that people to check whether their email is part of a breach. If so, make sure to change your passwords and enable 2FA/MFA. Make no mistake how important this is and why email based 2FA falls by the wayside if such is the case.
haveibeenpwned.com
haveibeenpwned.com
Snapchat's Core Illusion: How Ephemeral Design Fuels Sextortion, Cyberbullying and Psychological Harm
~ here is the public YT explainer. I reposted yesterday's post since it relates to the same, but makes it easier for those interested in the entire corpus.
youtu.be/atq6PG3SG20
~ here is the public YT explainer. I reposted yesterday's post since it relates to the same, but makes it easier for those interested in the entire corpus.
youtu.be/atq6PG3SG20
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Snapchat's Core Illusion: How Ephemeral Design Fuels Sextortion, Cyberbullying and Psychological Harm
~ here is the public YT explainer. I reposted yesterday's post since it relates to the same, but makes it easier for those interested in the entire corpus.
youtu.be/atq6PG3SG20
~ here is the public YT explainer. I reposted yesterday's post since it relates to the same, but makes it easier for those interested in the entire corpus.
youtu.be/atq6PG3SG20
"We're at a point now where robots can move more sensually than Taylor Swift."
...the “most human-like” bot on the market to date...
...features “dexterous hands” with 22 degrees of flexibility, a “human-like spine,” gender options, and a digital face...
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
...the “most human-like” bot on the market to date...
...features “dexterous hands” with 22 degrees of flexibility, a “human-like spine,” gender options, and a digital face...
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
Robotics Company Builds Straight-Up Terminator
Electric vehicle company XPeng has released a video of its "Iron" robot without skin, and the results are pretty disturbing.
futurism.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
"We're at a point now where robots can move more sensually than Taylor Swift."
...the “most human-like” bot on the market to date...
...features “dexterous hands” with 22 degrees of flexibility, a “human-like spine,” gender options, and a digital face...
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
...the “most human-like” bot on the market to date...
...features “dexterous hands” with 22 degrees of flexibility, a “human-like spine,” gender options, and a digital face...
futurism.com/robots-and-m...
Sam Altman FREAKS At Bubble Suggestion, Demands Bailout
~ Yeah sammy, alt-[+ctrl+del]-man, I saw the entire virtual conf and Microsoft's CEO like having this smile "we are going to swallow you up" = priceless
So this reminded me since they used a part of said conf.
youtu.be/sUWwTpTp4_w
~ Yeah sammy, alt-[+ctrl+del]-man, I saw the entire virtual conf and Microsoft's CEO like having this smile "we are going to swallow you up" = priceless
So this reminded me since they used a part of said conf.
youtu.be/sUWwTpTp4_w
Sam Altman FREAKS At Bubble Suggestion, Demands Bailout
YouTube video by Breaking Points
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Sam Altman FREAKS At Bubble Suggestion, Demands Bailout
~ Yeah sammy, alt-[+ctrl+del]-man, I saw the entire virtual conf and Microsoft's CEO like having this smile "we are going to swallow you up" = priceless
So this reminded me since they used a part of said conf.
youtu.be/sUWwTpTp4_w
~ Yeah sammy, alt-[+ctrl+del]-man, I saw the entire virtual conf and Microsoft's CEO like having this smile "we are going to swallow you up" = priceless
So this reminded me since they used a part of said conf.
youtu.be/sUWwTpTp4_w
The Dangerous Paradox of Vanishing Content: How Snapchat's Ephemeral Design, Fuel's Cyberbullying, Sextortion and the Deadly Deletion Myth.
www.patreon.com/posts/snapch...
www.patreon.com/posts/snapch...
Snapchat - Ephemeral Loopholes and Cyberbullying Harms | QF-Security
Get more from QF-Security on Patreon
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November 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Dangerous Paradox of Vanishing Content: How Snapchat's Ephemeral Design, Fuel's Cyberbullying, Sextortion and the Deadly Deletion Myth.
www.patreon.com/posts/snapch...
www.patreon.com/posts/snapch...
13.8M layoffs and discharges in 2025 so far, that is to say between Jan 2025 and Aug 2025... and that dear folks accounts for the USA only... things are truly getting bad
usafacts.org/answers/how-...
usafacts.org/answers/how-...
How many people are laid off in the United States each month? | USAFacts
About 1.7 million in August 2025. This includes all terminations of employment by an employer — called layoffs and discharges — such as permanent layoffs, temporary layoffs, and terminations because o...
usafacts.org
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
13.8M layoffs and discharges in 2025 so far, that is to say between Jan 2025 and Aug 2025... and that dear folks accounts for the USA only... things are truly getting bad
usafacts.org/answers/how-...
usafacts.org/answers/how-...
TikTok Trends Are Destroying Your Mental Health
~ This is very true, important and though I deal with this but more in written context since... well that is just what I do.
youtu.be/Ot7gwpnIOx0
~ This is very true, important and though I deal with this but more in written context since... well that is just what I do.
youtu.be/Ot7gwpnIOx0
TikTok Trends Are Destroying Your Mental Health
YouTube video by Visual Venture
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
TikTok Trends Are Destroying Your Mental Health
~ This is very true, important and though I deal with this but more in written context since... well that is just what I do.
youtu.be/Ot7gwpnIOx0
~ This is very true, important and though I deal with this but more in written context since... well that is just what I do.
youtu.be/Ot7gwpnIOx0
Let's track this to the beginning,
What the idea behind the Internet was and how we got to where we are today.
~ I did not realize how my very first work is echoing across all the work I have done... any rate I included a link
[Video] drive.proton.me/urls/3NTHF5D...
What the idea behind the Internet was and how we got to where we are today.
~ I did not realize how my very first work is echoing across all the work I have done... any rate I included a link
[Video] drive.proton.me/urls/3NTHF5D...
November 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Let's track this to the beginning,
What the idea behind the Internet was and how we got to where we are today.
~ I did not realize how my very first work is echoing across all the work I have done... any rate I included a link
[Video] drive.proton.me/urls/3NTHF5D...
What the idea behind the Internet was and how we got to where we are today.
~ I did not realize how my very first work is echoing across all the work I have done... any rate I included a link
[Video] drive.proton.me/urls/3NTHF5D...
You know, I have seen this sentiment/question way too many times... simple answer NO! It is like asking whether x CREATED BY y is going to kill us... to which the answer is pretty much it depends. It is clickbait, fear lures, attracts and sells unlike anything else.
November 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
You know, I have seen this sentiment/question way too many times... simple answer NO! It is like asking whether x CREATED BY y is going to kill us... to which the answer is pretty much it depends. It is clickbait, fear lures, attracts and sells unlike anything else.
Ah yes, the whether or not OpenAI's claims about 'AI backtop' is false, true or etc matters little since you mention that only if there is uncertainty... still, I doubt whether ClosedAI will survive the AI bubble.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Administration Rules Out AI Backstop Amid OpenAI Uproar
Trump administration officials are dismissing the idea of a financial backstop for artificial intelligence companies, US officials said, after comments from a top OpenAI executive raised questions abo...
www.bloomberg.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Ah yes, the whether or not OpenAI's claims about 'AI backtop' is false, true or etc matters little since you mention that only if there is uncertainty... still, I doubt whether ClosedAI will survive the AI bubble.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Without going into details, TPU's (Tensor Processing Units) are far better at AI opposed to GPU's in many respects. If you only need a calculator will you buy a laptop/cellphone? Nope. This is the bottom line,
www.theregister.com/2025/11/06/g...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/06/g...
TPU v7, Google's answer to Nvidia's Blackwell is nearly here
: Chocolate Factory's homegrown silicon boasts Blackwell-level perf at massive scale
www.theregister.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Without going into details, TPU's (Tensor Processing Units) are far better at AI opposed to GPU's in many respects. If you only need a calculator will you buy a laptop/cellphone? Nope. This is the bottom line,
www.theregister.com/2025/11/06/g...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/06/g...
Instagram Reels - Body Image, Dysmorphia, and Eating Disorders
~ Those who view this video, the YT description box contains much more information.
youtu.be/YKXs6o02DR0
~ Those who view this video, the YT description box contains much more information.
youtu.be/YKXs6o02DR0
The Filtered Trap: How Instagram Reels Algorithms Drive Body Image Distress and Selfie Dysmorphia.
YouTube video by Steville Hattingh
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Instagram Reels - Body Image, Dysmorphia, and Eating Disorders
~ Those who view this video, the YT description box contains much more information.
youtu.be/YKXs6o02DR0
~ Those who view this video, the YT description box contains much more information.
youtu.be/YKXs6o02DR0