Gerald Benischke

Stochastic parrot.

Satiric poster of someone stealing a painting titled “it’s not theft if you say you’re using it to train your AI algorithm”

Favorite new catch phrase:
“If it’s not worth doing, it’s worth doing with AI.”

Brewster’s millions on steroids? But what money is there left to inherit?

InfoSec is a game where you shoot, stab or punch yourself. Does that count?

Well if we look back historica… who am I fucking kidding? Of course we’re not.

To win, you have to succeed
To succeed, you have to want it

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Will someone think of the children…

… who didn’t think this through

Are the wasps biological or nuclear weapons now?

I'm re-reading @shehackspurple.bsky.social's Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding, and wish that everyone read the section on password managers.

DON'T BLOCK PASSWORD MANAGERS! WHO EVER YOLD YOU TO DO THAT IS WRONG, AND OPERATING ON MISGUIDED "SECURITY BEST PRACTISES"

Also, go read Tanya's books.

Motherfucking wind farms…

Critical Vulnerability in AI Vibe Coding platform Base44 | Wiz Blog New discovery underscores security implications of AI-powered development and the rise of Vibe Coding Platforms.

This isn’t a vibe vulnerability as such just demonstrates having API docs available externally can make it trivial for attackers to gain a foothold. www.wiz.io/blog/critica...

Where’s my pumpkin!!!

Distribution as per RFC 1149 of course.

The Great British Firewall: on your marks, get set, break!

Sublime. Thank you.

Screen shot from ChatGPT 4o How many rs in cranberry? The word "cranberry" contains 2 letter “r”s

Glad that they fixed ChatGPT being able to count how many rs there are in strawberry. Can’t wait for what wondrous achievements LLMs will bring going forward.

Introducing OSS Rebuild: Open Source, Rebuilt to Last Posted by Matthew Suozzo, Google Open Source Security Team (GOSST) Today we're excited to announce OSS Rebuild, a new project to strengthen ...

This sounds a really interesting thing in supply chain security. Especially against the background of the recent npm poisonings

security.googleblog.com/2025/07/intr...

What did they expect? There’s something the size of a planet in that ring.

Read this. From the proctoring problems to registry regret and deceptive darkness. Entertaining and educational. Love it.

More than 100 humanitarian groups warn of mass starvation in Gaza A joint statement says the Israeli government's

That photo gets worse the longer you look. But looking away is not a solution. Unless you’re after a “final solution”, and then shame on you.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Amazon Q: Now with Helpful AI-Powered Self-Destruct Capabilities - Last Week in AWS Blog Today 404Media released a truly stunning report that almost beggars belief. To break it down into its simplest form: A hacker submitted a PR. It got merged. It told Amazon Q to nuke your computer and ...

A lovely narrative about bad vibes in AWS Q from @quinnypig.com

www.lastweekinaws.com/blog/amazon-...

My fantastic four

Distracted Boyfriend Meme: Boyfriend: The Organization, Current Girlfriend: The Messy, Potential-Filled Present, The Other Girl: A Shiny, 5 year Strategic Vision

Poetry:

UK backing down on Apple encryption backdoor after pressure from US UK officials fear their insistence on backdoor endangers tech deals with US.

Thank fuck for that. Wait, do I have to be thankful to the fascists now? arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Made from men? Sounds sour and toxic.

@mmasnick.bsky.social hits the nail on the head and drives it through the heart of the matter

Trust me bro just one more planet