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Get thee behind the chopper if thou wantest to live deliciously
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Niet eens een beetje geruststellend. Hoe hebben we ooit goed kunnen vinden dat zulke kritieke overheidsdiensten afhankelijk zijn geworden van private equity? Totaal onverantwoordelijk.
Solvinity, dat ict-diensten levert voor de overheid en bouwer is van DigiD, wordt overgenomen door het Amerikaanse bedrijf Kyndryl. Op de lange termijn wordt DigiD alleen maar veiliger door deze overname, bezweren de directeuren.
Baas van Solvinity probeert zorgen rond DigiD weg te nemen. ‘DigiD is en blijft Nederlands, en het blijft veilig’
Daniëlle Schuur, Rob Bravenboer | Directeuren Solvinity, Kyndryl: Solvinity, dat ict-diensten levert voor de overheid en ook bouwer is van DigiD, wordt overgenomen door het Amerikaanse bedrijf Kyndryl. Op de lange termijn wordt DigiD alleen maar veiliger door deze overname, bezweren de topvrouw van het bedrijf dat het DigiD-platform beheert en de vertegenwoordiger van Kyndryl, de nieuwe…
www.nrc.nl
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Niet eens een beetje geruststellend. Hoe hebben we ooit goed kunnen vinden dat zulke kritieke overheidsdiensten afhankelijk zijn geworden van private equity? Totaal onverantwoordelijk.
Michael, do you reject Satan? “I do.” And his cookies? “I do.” And his 924 partners? “I do reject them.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Michael, do you reject Satan? “I do.” And his cookies? “I do.” And his 924 partners? “I do reject them.”
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Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
I have a lot of opinions about AI that I rarely see voiced (especially here on Bluesky) and, well, Bert Hubert kind of hits them all. And more thought provoking stuff
With the #AI-bubble looking close to bursting, here I present a pre-mortem, in which I state that much of AI is simultaneously mega-impressive and still mostly useless. And that any collapse does not mean AI and LLMs will go away: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
The AI-collapse pre-mortem - Bert Hubert
An essential part of being able say ‘I told you so’ is in fact having told you so. Here goes.
In April 2023, I wrote an article titled AI: Guaranteed to disrupt our economies. In this piece I also ann...
berthub.eu
October 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I have a lot of opinions about AI that I rarely see voiced (especially here on Bluesky) and, well, Bert Hubert kind of hits them all. And more thought provoking stuff
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To implement robust mitigations across Geomys, I did a survey of open source project compromises in 2024/2025.
Three root causes dominate: phishing, control handoff, and unsafe GitHub Actions triggers. All three can be systematically avoided.
words.filippo.io/compromise-s...
Three root causes dominate: phishing, control handoff, and unsafe GitHub Actions triggers. All three can be systematically avoided.
words.filippo.io/compromise-s...
A Retrospective Survey of 2024/2025 Open Source Supply Chain Compromises
Project compromises have common root causes we can mitigate: phishing, control handoff, and unsafe GitHub Actions triggers.
words.filippo.io
October 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
To implement robust mitigations across Geomys, I did a survey of open source project compromises in 2024/2025.
Three root causes dominate: phishing, control handoff, and unsafe GitHub Actions triggers. All three can be systematically avoided.
words.filippo.io/compromise-s...
Three root causes dominate: phishing, control handoff, and unsafe GitHub Actions triggers. All three can be systematically avoided.
words.filippo.io/compromise-s...
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Spooks on the BBC: “We have to climb onto the roof, through a skylight and plug this thumb drive into the Chinese server.”
Spooks on Chinese TV: “We’ve just bought the British data centre. Job done.”
Spooks on Chinese TV: “We’ve just bought the British data centre. Job done.”
October 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Spooks on the BBC: “We have to climb onto the roof, through a skylight and plug this thumb drive into the Chinese server.”
Spooks on Chinese TV: “We’ve just bought the British data centre. Job done.”
Spooks on Chinese TV: “We’ve just bought the British data centre. Job done.”
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There's really only two file formats
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
There's really only two file formats
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"I wouldn't treat sovereignty as a long-term strategy, that's a mistake. There are things we can do every day." — @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"I wouldn't treat sovereignty as a long-term strategy, that's a mistake. There are things we can do every day." — @marietjeschaake.bsky.social
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BREAKING: The mitochondria have released a statement they are ending their long running symbiotic relationship with humans, citing "increasingly poor use of the energy we provide".
October 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
BREAKING: The mitochondria have released a statement they are ending their long running symbiotic relationship with humans, citing "increasingly poor use of the energy we provide".
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There's an old quote supposedly by the founder of Honda: "When Congress passes new emissions standards, we hire 50 more engineers and GM hires 50 more lawyers." Sounds like the Euro automakers do the same bullshit, and sounds like more or less the same result
If you want an explanation of why China is kicking the EU car industry to the curb, look no further than the criminally knuckle dragging EU car makers demanding new loopholes so they don't have to meet any meaningful low emission targets for cars in the EU.
www.ft.com/cIfontent/5a...
www.ft.com/cIfontent/5a...
Carmakers demand EU eases ‘rigid’ 2035 petrol car ban
Environmental groups say carmakers’ demands risk halving electric vehicle sales in Europe
www.ft.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
There's an old quote supposedly by the founder of Honda: "When Congress passes new emissions standards, we hire 50 more engineers and GM hires 50 more lawyers." Sounds like the Euro automakers do the same bullshit, and sounds like more or less the same result
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Thinking today of the Headless Horseman, who must be so frustrated by people dwelling on what he lacks at the expense of all the many things he has.
October 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thinking today of the Headless Horseman, who must be so frustrated by people dwelling on what he lacks at the expense of all the many things he has.
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this is… i… i think sarah’s article has genuinely unlocked all of 2025
October 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
this is… i… i think sarah’s article has genuinely unlocked all of 2025
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Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
October 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
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this is correct. and while you would get a nontrivial one off sum from a billionaire tax (not enough for a welfare state, but a lot), the ongoing point of that tax would be prevent billionaires from existing
“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
this is correct. and while you would get a nontrivial one off sum from a billionaire tax (not enough for a welfare state, but a lot), the ongoing point of that tax would be prevent billionaires from existing
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Depressing subject but very cool thread
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
October 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Depressing subject but very cool thread
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“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy
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working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
signal.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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There are warlords with like six guys and a Hilux who’ve more successfully resisted the United States trying to meddle in their shit
October 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
There are warlords with like six guys and a Hilux who’ve more successfully resisted the United States trying to meddle in their shit
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Big tech CEOs have spent more than a decade puffing their chests and saying that they are more like heads of state running global companies with bigger revenues than many countries
… but now they’re all folding to actual government pressure faster than any tinpot dictator has ever folded
… but now they’re all folding to actual government pressure faster than any tinpot dictator has ever folded
October 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Big tech CEOs have spent more than a decade puffing their chests and saying that they are more like heads of state running global companies with bigger revenues than many countries
… but now they’re all folding to actual government pressure faster than any tinpot dictator has ever folded
… but now they’re all folding to actual government pressure faster than any tinpot dictator has ever folded
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I grew up in a very religious family, but my dad was killed in a car accident the summer before college. It shook me strongly. That was when I first began questioning, and eventually abandoning, my previously unwavering belief in the existence of my dad.
October 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I grew up in a very religious family, but my dad was killed in a car accident the summer before college. It shook me strongly. That was when I first began questioning, and eventually abandoning, my previously unwavering belief in the existence of my dad.
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THE MEME IS REAL
September 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
THE MEME IS REAL
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[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
[at my second rodeo] listen up you ignorant sack of shit