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arxiv.org/abs/2506.14682

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Animal suffering isn't pretend We evolved to think it is

Now that I've acquired a much bigger audience via posting about AI, my genius move is to start posting about the most alienating thing I believe andymasley.substack.com/p/animal-suf...

Whoa: The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft got a spectacular view of Comet ATLAS (C/2024 G3) as it passed close to the Sun. Look at that enormous, splintered tail!

This comet won't be seen again for another 600,000 years. 🧪🔭

www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

Ruby crowned kinglet against sun-lit moss. A delicate little bird with some yellow and traces of black. Possibly a golden crowned kinglet, but s/he wasn't pissed at me, so did not flash a crown at me.

Kinglet soaking in the sun today.

youtu.be/MkbgZMCTUyU?...

Extinguished candles, in Cooper’s dream. Twin Peaks S01E03 - Zen or the Skill to Catch a Killer.

Twin Peaks: Extinguished candles, in Cooper’s dream.

Get Phished by a Public AWS Systems Manager Automation Document You've probably heard the buzz about AWS unveiling the new Nova models at re:Invent 2024. Among them,...

Interesting example of leveraging the AWS Console for phishing. I’ve seen it done with CloudFormation templates but not SSM Documents.

dev.to/aws-builders...

My fave talks from re:Invent:

Eric talks about network defence: www.youtube.com/watch?v=65mX...

Marc talks about metastability etc.:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvHd...

colmmacc talks about networking: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzpz...

hear me out… what if we made a voyager 3

Spotting the Charlatans: Red Flags for Enterprise Security Teams Even with careful and deliberate hiring, enterprise security teams will find themselves with a charlatan from time to time.

Really good article about dealing with charlatans while working in security, how they get away with it, and signs to look out for: www.securityweek.com/spotting-the...

First time I’ve seen a successful arrest and plea of a large crypto jacking campaign. Nebraska man leveraged stolen cloud resources to mine crypto for 3.5 million www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr...

Cooked sweet potatoes on a baking sheet

First batch of yaki-imo this fall turned out well