Simon Fondrie-Teitler
@simon.overgrown.garden
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sft.01 on Signal
sft.01 on Signal
Fun fact: this needs to be DOJ and not the FTC because congress stripped the FTC's power to regulate the meat packing industry after the FTC released a report in 1919 that called for nationalizing parts of the industry
Trump says he’s told DOJ to investigate the meatpacking companies, which he blames for high prices.
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Fun fact: this needs to be DOJ and not the FTC because congress stripped the FTC's power to regulate the meat packing industry after the FTC released a report in 1919 that called for nationalizing parts of the industry
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I'm teaching a course on how to build great online communities and am hoping to pair up a few students with people who want to build, improve, grow, or change a new or existing online group. Drop a DM or email if you'd be interested in having one of my students consult (for free)!
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I'm teaching a course on how to build great online communities and am hoping to pair up a few students with people who want to build, improve, grow, or change a new or existing online group. Drop a DM or email if you'd be interested in having one of my students consult (for free)!
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Mamdani hasn’t addressed supporters yet — but posted a video to social media with a straphanger-eye-view of subway doors opening on City Hall station (BMT, not IRT)
A voice-over says “The next and last stop is City Hall.” (An announcement that would be true for IRT service but not the BMT)
A voice-over says “The next and last stop is City Hall.” (An announcement that would be true for IRT service but not the BMT)
November 5, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Mamdani hasn’t addressed supporters yet — but posted a video to social media with a straphanger-eye-view of subway doors opening on City Hall station (BMT, not IRT)
A voice-over says “The next and last stop is City Hall.” (An announcement that would be true for IRT service but not the BMT)
A voice-over says “The next and last stop is City Hall.” (An announcement that would be true for IRT service but not the BMT)
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"What we call 'the firefighters’ oil change'" good lord
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"What we call 'the firefighters’ oil change'" good lord
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Extremely 2025 coded - Firefighters are donating their plasma to reduce the forever chemicals in their blood. "If a firefighter donates plasma six times a year, the PFAS in their blood could be reduced by up to 60%." (The plasma is "cleaned" before being used.) www.yourvalley.net/glendale-ind...
Glendale firefighters donate plasma to change out PFAS - Glendale Independent
Across Arizona and the United States, firefighters are facing a cancer epidemic. One cause of this spike in cancer is the record high amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also …
www.yourvalley.net
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Extremely 2025 coded - Firefighters are donating their plasma to reduce the forever chemicals in their blood. "If a firefighter donates plasma six times a year, the PFAS in their blood could be reduced by up to 60%." (The plasma is "cleaned" before being used.) www.yourvalley.net/glendale-ind...
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Why isn’t New York City using ranked-choice voting to decide the mayoral race, like it did in the primary?
A voting advocate who helped design the reform in 2019 says it’s because of another New York election rule—fusion voting. We explain:
A voting advocate who helped design the reform in 2019 says it’s because of another New York election rule—fusion voting. We explain:
Elections Mailbag: Your Questions on Next Week’s Races, Answered
Why can’t New Yorkers rank the candidates? What are school boards to watch? Is sewer socialism back? We’ve got answers about the 2025 elections.
boltsmag.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Why isn’t New York City using ranked-choice voting to decide the mayoral race, like it did in the primary?
A voting advocate who helped design the reform in 2019 says it’s because of another New York election rule—fusion voting. We explain:
A voting advocate who helped design the reform in 2019 says it’s because of another New York election rule—fusion voting. We explain:
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I made a little project called Claudito (little Claude, in a sandbox) that runs Claude Code in a docker container, isolating it from your filesystem, your SSH keys, etc. Check it out: github.com/micahflee/cl...
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I made a little project called Claudito (little Claude, in a sandbox) that runs Claude Code in a docker container, isolating it from your filesystem, your SSH keys, etc. Check it out: github.com/micahflee/cl...
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Denmark has backed away from its Chat Control proposal which would have required the scanning of all messages, even on end-to-end encrypted platforms, for child sex abuse material
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therecord.media/demark-repor...
Denmark reportedly withdraws Chat Control proposal following controversy
Earlier in its European Council presidency, Denmark had brought back a draft law which would have required scanning of electronic messages, sparking an intense backlash.
therecord.media
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Denmark has backed away from its Chat Control proposal which would have required the scanning of all messages, even on end-to-end encrypted platforms, for child sex abuse material
therecord.media/demark-repor...
therecord.media/demark-repor...
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NYC people: @suryamattu.com, @mariepastora.bsky.social and I will be talking about our NJ Transit/NYC commuter rail story on Nov 5. Hope to see some of you there! www.meetup.com/transit-tech...
Transit Techies #35: Aaron Gordon, Surya Mattu, Marie Patino / Elif Ensari, Wed, Nov 5, 2025, 6:30 PM | Meetup
This will be **Transit Techies NYC**'s final session of the year, and we have some amazing speakers to look forward to. Talks will start at 6:30pm, and we'll mingle over li
www.meetup.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
NYC people: @suryamattu.com, @mariepastora.bsky.social and I will be talking about our NJ Transit/NYC commuter rail story on Nov 5. Hope to see some of you there! www.meetup.com/transit-tech...
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Come work with me! I'm hiring a data scientist to join me at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @shorensteinctr.bsky.social
careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-d...
careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-d...
October 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Come work with me! I'm hiring a data scientist to join me at @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @shorensteinctr.bsky.social
careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-d...
careers.harvard.edu/job/senior-d...
@hellgatenyc.com I love you but please fix your contrast on mobile
October 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
@hellgatenyc.com I love you but please fix your contrast on mobile
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Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
A C.I.A. Secret Kept for 35 Years Is Found in the Smithsonian’s Vault
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Holy guacamole, this could be the weirdest story I ever worked on. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/s...
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This work really helps to illustrate the role of public and academic security research. Yesterday there were people at satcos who knew these unencrypted links were dangerous, but weren’t empowered to do anything about it. Now they will be.
October 14, 2025 at 11:24 AM
This work really helps to illustrate the role of public and academic security research. Yesterday there were people at satcos who knew these unencrypted links were dangerous, but weren’t empowered to do anything about it. Now they will be.
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Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇
Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data
With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...
www.wired.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Researchers pointed a satellite dish at the sky for 3 years and monitored what unencrypted data it picked up. The results were shocking: They obtained thousands of T-Mobile users' phone calls and texts, military and law enforcement secrets, much more: www.wired.com/story/satell... 🧵👇
goto fail;
goto fail;
goto fail;
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
goto fail;
goto fail;
goto fail;
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Subway Builder
A game for building your own realistic subway system
www.subwaybuilder.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Has anyone signed a lease in NYC and immediately gotten sales people at ISPs reaching out to them? Either the realtor or the management company clearly gave my info to Spectrum who has been emailing and calling me trying to get my to sign up.
October 8, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Has anyone signed a lease in NYC and immediately gotten sales people at ISPs reaching out to them? Either the realtor or the management company clearly gave my info to Spectrum who has been emailing and calling me trying to get my to sign up.
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LinkedIn sues software company scraping data from millions of user accounts
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LinkedIn sues software company allegedly scraping data from millions of profiles
ProAPIs, a software company, and its CEO Rahmat Alam allegedly run an operation which LinkedIn says charges customers up to $15,000 per month for scraped user data taken from the social media platform...
therecord.media
October 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
LinkedIn sues software company scraping data from millions of user accounts
therecord.media/linkedin-sue...
therecord.media/linkedin-sue...
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In 2023, Signal was the first mainstream messenger to enable post-quantum cryptography. We’re still ahead of the (elliptical) curve, implementing a new hybrid PQ ratchet ensuring Forward Secrecy & Post-Compromise Security even in a post-quantum world. signal.org/blog/spqr/
Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets
We are excited to announce a significant advancement in the security of the Signal Protocol: the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s...
signal.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
In 2023, Signal was the first mainstream messenger to enable post-quantum cryptography. We’re still ahead of the (elliptical) curve, implementing a new hybrid PQ ratchet ensuring Forward Secrecy & Post-Compromise Security even in a post-quantum world. signal.org/blog/spqr/
Hope someone told the MTA bus fare enforcement teams
October 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Hope someone told the MTA bus fare enforcement teams
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This seems incredibly poorly planned and communicated.
I'm hoping there is a ton of excess time in there, but simply dropping on a Wednesday that "Oh, by the way, you can't add money to an OMNY card this weekend" is a hell of a way to run a service.
I'm hoping there is a ton of excess time in there, but simply dropping on a Wednesday that "Oh, by the way, you can't add money to an OMNY card this weekend" is a hell of a way to run a service.
While we upgrade the OMNY system, you will not be able to buy or load OMNY Cards for some time this weekend (October 3-5).
The upgrade will begin on October 3 at 10 p.m. and is expected to be completed by Sunday, October 5.
Learn more: omny.info/system-upgrade
The upgrade will begin on October 3 at 10 p.m. and is expected to be completed by Sunday, October 5.
Learn more: omny.info/system-upgrade
October 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This seems incredibly poorly planned and communicated.
I'm hoping there is a ton of excess time in there, but simply dropping on a Wednesday that "Oh, by the way, you can't add money to an OMNY card this weekend" is a hell of a way to run a service.
I'm hoping there is a ton of excess time in there, but simply dropping on a Wednesday that "Oh, by the way, you can't add money to an OMNY card this weekend" is a hell of a way to run a service.
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I chatted with Kate Lindsay over at Embedded about how I use TikTok to share my reporting 🤳
embedded.substack.com/p/mia-sato-t...
embedded.substack.com/p/mia-sato-t...
The journalist cracking the TikTok code
Mia Sato was tired of watching news influencers steal her work.
embedded.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I chatted with Kate Lindsay over at Embedded about how I use TikTok to share my reporting 🤳
embedded.substack.com/p/mia-sato-t...
embedded.substack.com/p/mia-sato-t...
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Various US federal government orgs never finished patching Cisco ASA before the gov shutdown
Eg 158.219.75.133,*.cbo.gov|cbo.gov,YES,14/03/24 <- last patched in 2024, Congressional Budget Office
192.231.145.126,vpn.ha.nih.gov,YES,16/11/23 <- last patched in 2023, National Institutes of Health
Eg 158.219.75.133,*.cbo.gov|cbo.gov,YES,14/03/24 <- last patched in 2024, Congressional Budget Office
192.231.145.126,vpn.ha.nih.gov,YES,16/11/23 <- last patched in 2023, National Institutes of Health
October 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Various US federal government orgs never finished patching Cisco ASA before the gov shutdown
Eg 158.219.75.133,*.cbo.gov|cbo.gov,YES,14/03/24 <- last patched in 2024, Congressional Budget Office
192.231.145.126,vpn.ha.nih.gov,YES,16/11/23 <- last patched in 2023, National Institutes of Health
Eg 158.219.75.133,*.cbo.gov|cbo.gov,YES,14/03/24 <- last patched in 2024, Congressional Budget Office
192.231.145.126,vpn.ha.nih.gov,YES,16/11/23 <- last patched in 2023, National Institutes of Health
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The UK is demanding another backdoor in Apple’s encryption. www.ft.com/content/d101...
UK makes new attempt to access Apple cloud data
Order issued in September comes after Trump administration said London had backed down in fight over encryption
www.ft.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The UK is demanding another backdoor in Apple’s encryption. www.ft.com/content/d101...