Joshua Kinal
@sealfur.bsky.social
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Joshua Kinal
@sealfur.bsky.social
· Dec 4
How many of our peers are truly thriving? When we talk shout Cyberspace, I don't think this is the future we were promised.
sealfur.com/blog/on-cybe...
sealfur.com/blog/on-cybe...
I know the US has been going through a Marie Kondo-inspired bridge-burning campaign, but this one might be the most dangerous yet.
I shudder to think about the devastation caused by a pre-emptive strike from McKinsey.
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
I shudder to think about the devastation caused by a pre-emptive strike from McKinsey.
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
Pentagon to terminate $5.1 billion in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte, others
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the termination of IT services contracts, totally valued at $5.1 billion, with companies such as Accenture and Deloitte, a memo showed on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I know the US has been going through a Marie Kondo-inspired bridge-burning campaign, but this one might be the most dangerous yet.
I shudder to think about the devastation caused by a pre-emptive strike from McKinsey.
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
I shudder to think about the devastation caused by a pre-emptive strike from McKinsey.
www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...
I still think “cybercriminals” sounds pox, but “information super-highwaymen” would have inspired a whole new bunch of folk songs (were it not for the unfortunate gendering in the term).
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/u-s-...
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/u-s-...
U.S. Soldier Charged in AT&T Hack Searched “Can Hacking Be Treason”
A U.S. Army soldier who pleaded guilty last week to leaking phone records for high-ranking U.S. government officials searched online for non-extradition countries and for an answer to the question "ca...
krebsonsecurity.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I still think “cybercriminals” sounds pox, but “information super-highwaymen” would have inspired a whole new bunch of folk songs (were it not for the unfortunate gendering in the term).
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/u-s-...
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/u-s-...
In _the Equalizer_ S03E01 there is a bomb that can only be triggered by remote control radio signal. The "heroes" start searching for the baddie with the remote, saying it's the only was to stop it. But why wouldn't they just put the bomb in a Faraday cage?
February 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
In _the Equalizer_ S03E01 there is a bomb that can only be triggered by remote control radio signal. The "heroes" start searching for the baddie with the remote, saying it's the only was to stop it. But why wouldn't they just put the bomb in a Faraday cage?
Nothing has made me want to start using TikTok more than this US ban. What will the algorithm show the rest of the world and will they miss American content?
January 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Nothing has made me want to start using TikTok more than this US ban. What will the algorithm show the rest of the world and will they miss American content?
Very excited to go to this on Saturday night. Kabaddi had me mesmerised when I first saw it on TV in a bar in Chennai. Can't wait to see it live.
www.visitmelbourne.com/kabaddi
www.visitmelbourne.com/kabaddi
Kabaddi Melbourne Raid
The Pro Kabaddi League with its action and agility, is coming to Melbourne this December.
www.visitmelbourne.com
December 24, 2024 at 10:53 AM
Very excited to go to this on Saturday night. Kabaddi had me mesmerised when I first saw it on TV in a bar in Chennai. Can't wait to see it live.
www.visitmelbourne.com/kabaddi
www.visitmelbourne.com/kabaddi
I get a lot of joy from writing reviews on *Letterboxd* boxd.it/83BHJN
A ★★★★★ review of The Fabelmans (2022)
Now I don't know which is the best story about a boy who wants to be Steven Spielberg that features Michelle Williams. But this one has a less catchy theme song. (Sorry, John Williams.)
boxd.it
December 15, 2024 at 8:51 AM
I get a lot of joy from writing reviews on *Letterboxd* boxd.it/83BHJN
At last night's #Superchunk gig I experienced a new kind of connection with my fellow punters.
December 15, 2024 at 12:24 AM
At last night's #Superchunk gig I experienced a new kind of connection with my fellow punters.
I love this idea from Dave Winer, and it should be pretty simple to implement: a user-created RSS feed of podcast episodes to subscribe to instead of entire podcasts. I wonder if it would also be possible to use timestamps and only curate specific parts of episodes.
scripting.com/2024/11/29.h...
scripting.com/2024/11/29.h...
Scripting News: Friday, November 29, 2024
Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.
scripting.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:04 PM
I love this idea from Dave Winer, and it should be pretty simple to implement: a user-created RSS feed of podcast episodes to subscribe to instead of entire podcasts. I wonder if it would also be possible to use timestamps and only curate specific parts of episodes.
scripting.com/2024/11/29.h...
scripting.com/2024/11/29.h...
How many of our peers are truly thriving? When we talk shout Cyberspace, I don't think this is the future we were promised.
sealfur.com/blog/on-cybe...
sealfur.com/blog/on-cybe...
December 4, 2024 at 1:04 AM
How many of our peers are truly thriving? When we talk shout Cyberspace, I don't think this is the future we were promised.
sealfur.com/blog/on-cybe...
sealfur.com/blog/on-cybe...
*Article summary:* Look at this fucking penguin in Western Australia. Did you feel good watching it waddle on that beautiful beach?
Sucked in!
It's a sign that we are doomed.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/w...
Sucked in!
It's a sign that we are doomed.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/w...
After a 2,000-Mile Trip, a Penguin Finds Itself on an Australian Beach
“This is the furthest north I’ve heard of an emperor penguin,” an expert said.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:12 PM
*Article summary:* Look at this fucking penguin in Western Australia. Did you feel good watching it waddle on that beautiful beach?
Sucked in!
It's a sign that we are doomed.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/w...
Sucked in!
It's a sign that we are doomed.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/07/w...
I'm very pleased with this. I call it "Well Photographed Badly Drawn Boy"
August 23, 2024 at 11:00 AM
I'm very pleased with this. I call it "Well Photographed Badly Drawn Boy"
I have difficult news to share: I am not, in fact, the founder and CEO of a leading firm. That doesn't mean I'm not still pretty great.
sealfur.com/blog/why-not...
sealfur.com/blog/why-not...
Why not try it without AI first — Sealfur
I start playing with a(nother) new service that offers to make it easy to collect your online presence in one spot. It offers AI to populate fields.
sealfur.com
May 6, 2024 at 8:37 AM
I have difficult news to share: I am not, in fact, the founder and CEO of a leading firm. That doesn't mean I'm not still pretty great.
sealfur.com/blog/why-not...
sealfur.com/blog/why-not...
Every film or TV show that features Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" should pay me $1000.
As a society we should at least demand warnings at the start of all such content.
As a society we should at least demand warnings at the start of all such content.
May 2, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Every film or TV show that features Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit" should pay me $1000.
As a society we should at least demand warnings at the start of all such content.
As a society we should at least demand warnings at the start of all such content.
Vegemite will save the world.
Spent brewer’s yeast as a selective biosorbent for metal recovery from polymetallic waste streams
While the amount of electronic waste is increasing worldwide, the heterogeneity of electronic scrap makes the recycling very complicated. Hydrometallurgical methods are currently applied in e-waste re...
www.frontiersin.org
March 19, 2024 at 10:16 PM
Vegemite will save the world.
the days are long,
the nights are still longer.
even summer's.
the nights are still longer.
even summer's.
February 21, 2024 at 4:37 PM
the days are long,
the nights are still longer.
even summer's.
the nights are still longer.
even summer's.
To the 11 of my closest followers, I share this new feature that makes it easier to find someone on bsky by typing.
Thanks @emilyliu.me for boosting @jacob.gold’s post into my eyes.
Thanks @emilyliu.me for boosting @jacob.gold’s post into my eyes.
Now a URL like "https://mmasnick.bsky.social" will redirect to "https://bsky.app/profile/mmasnick.bsky.social" (and we'll make sure not to break this).
(We should have gotten around this earlier but for various reasons we did not...)
(We should have gotten around this earlier but for various reasons we did not...)
February 16, 2024 at 2:45 AM
To the 11 of my closest followers, I share this new feature that makes it easier to find someone on bsky by typing.
Thanks @emilyliu.me for boosting @jacob.gold’s post into my eyes.
Thanks @emilyliu.me for boosting @jacob.gold’s post into my eyes.
One of my best friends started following me after I texted him a link to my previous post. I also had not been following him.
Now I wonder if we'll still message each other thoughts like we were doing, or if we'll revert to just hoping the other one saw that thing we threw into the wind.
Now I wonder if we'll still message each other thoughts like we were doing, or if we'll revert to just hoping the other one saw that thing we threw into the wind.
February 8, 2024 at 6:29 AM
One of my best friends started following me after I texted him a link to my previous post. I also had not been following him.
Now I wonder if we'll still message each other thoughts like we were doing, or if we'll revert to just hoping the other one saw that thing we threw into the wind.
Now I wonder if we'll still message each other thoughts like we were doing, or if we'll revert to just hoping the other one saw that thing we threw into the wind.
Humility comes from a massive influx of bsky users having zero impact on one’s follower count.
I am not anyone.
#pityparty
I am not anyone.
#pityparty
February 8, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Humility comes from a massive influx of bsky users having zero impact on one’s follower count.
I am not anyone.
#pityparty
I am not anyone.
#pityparty
Seeing all these articles about human-centred AI development started me on a path to understand all the ways “human-centred” is being misused in technology creation. sealfur.com/blog/human-c...
Human-centred design might destroy us — Sealfur
Human-centred design seems wonderful on paper. It’s helped lots of people and its benefits are so easy to see. Unfortunately, its popularity and wide-spread practice might lead to our extinction.
sealfur.com
February 7, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Seeing all these articles about human-centred AI development started me on a path to understand all the ways “human-centred” is being misused in technology creation. sealfur.com/blog/human-c...
In case you were wondering what a villain looks like, CNN presents you with a big picture of Mark Zuckerberg.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/tech/meta-facebook-instagram-teen-safety/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/tech/meta-facebook-instagram-teen-safety/index.html
Mark Zuckerberg personally rejected Meta’s proposals to improve teen mental health, court document...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram, at times directly overruling some of his most senior lie...
www.cnn.com
November 9, 2023 at 10:42 PM
In case you were wondering what a villain looks like, CNN presents you with a big picture of Mark Zuckerberg.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/tech/meta-facebook-instagram-teen-safety/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/tech/meta-facebook-instagram-teen-safety/index.html