Ty (@assaultpepper) — Bluesky Profile

4 days ago

You waited 15 years for a train. Someone got rich while you waited. 💰

Watch to the end to find out how the mess by Metrolinx cost you – even if you've never taken transit in your life.

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5 days ago

人工智能不会减少工作量——反而会加剧工作强度 AI Doesn''t Reduce Work–It Intensifies It (hbr.org) 02-09 ↑ 108 HN Points

In my long form read of the day we have one of the reasons why you're probably stressed:
(AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It)[https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it]
#harvardbusinessreview #AI #Stress

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1 week ago

Original post on mstdn.ca

I'd like to use this post as a way to keep track of all the ways you can be surveilled:

* "See Through Walls with WiFi!"
* "Keystroke dynamics as a biometric for authentication"
* "Gait Identification Using Accelerometer on Mobile Phone"
* "Privacy Threats through Ultrasonic Side […]

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1 week ago

Indonesia to Ban YouTube, TikTok, Other Social Media Apps for Children Under 16 Indonesia is the latest country to block social media, saying the apps pose "increasingly real threats" to young people.

EFF is appalled by how quickly and uncritically internet restrictions are being adopted around the world, David Greene told CNET. "Even if they are under 18, or under 16, children have the right to access information, to speak and to associate.” www.cnet.com/tech/servic...

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1 week ago

It's so odd when you get opinions and those around you ask you if you plan on monetizing them in some way.

That's exactly how your posts become the opinions of whomever pays you though 🫠

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1 month ago

Blog Post Club Have you ever tried to start a book club at work? Did it lose steam around chapter 3 of the second book (if you even got that far)? Mine did. But how should we learn things from our co-workers? How should we keep in touch with what is going on in the industry? How can we apply ideas to our own company? Our blog post club format evolved as much as was designed, but has worked for us. Throughout the period between the meetings, people propose blog posts for discussion (a public slack channel works well but I could imagine a wiki page, shared public document, or anything which makes it easy to add items). At the meeting (once every two weeks for us), the facilitator asks everyone to vote on which blog post they'd like to discuss and puts the posts in order roughly from most votes to fewest. Someone presents the blog post (most often the person who posted it). The presentation is a summary of what is in the post plus discussion (roughly 5 to 15 minutes per blog post), and we typically get to about three to five blog posts per meeting. As with any discussion oriented meeting, facilitating it can be harder than it looks, but the focus on blog posts organizes the meeting. Agenda? Based on the posts we have and the votes. Digression onto a tangent? Often handled by saying "that's a great topic, why don't you find a blog post on that subject and post it in the channel for the next meeting". Disagreement between meeting participants? Sometimes can be handled by turning the focus to "the author of this post apparently would have said X". People didn't prepare for the meeting? We don't expect people to prepare and one thing that keeps this manageable is that the ideal blog post isn't too long to read/skim during the meeting itself. Have you tried this at work? How did it go? Any tips which might help other people start a blog post club at their job?

As someone who's really been enjoying long-form content recently I'm excited to try out @soaproot 's blog post club idea.

Anyone got any good blogs they recommend?

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3 weeks ago

Reddit, Meta, and Google voluntarily “complied with some of the requests” for identifying details of users critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent as part of a recent wave of administrative subpoenas the Department of Homeland Security has been distributing to Big Tech the past few months, according to an anonymously sourced New York Times report. Those three companies, plus Discord, have received “hundreds” of such requests that have come from DHS recently. Meta, it should be noted, is the parent company of Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp. Administrative subpoenas used for this purpose represent an escalation. This tool, which comes not from a judge but from DHS itself, was formerly reserved for situations like child abductions, according to the Times. The users were targeted because their posts “criticized ICE or pointed to the locations of ICE agents,” the Times says. A Google spokesperson replied to the Times with a statement, saying “When we receive a subpoena, our review process is designed to protect user privacy while meeting our legal obligations,” and “We inform users when their accounts have been subpoenaed, unless under legal order not to or in an exceptional circumstance. We review every legal demand and push back against those that are overbroad.” Gizmodo requested comment from Meta, Discord, and Reddit. We will update if we hear back. According to the Times, one or multiple of the relevant companies have stated that they notify users of these requests from DHS, and give them a 14-day window to “fight the subpoena in court” before complying. Amazon has also been accused of at least some degree of participation with ICE’s ongoing mass deportation efforts. In October, Amazon-owned Ring announced a partnership with Flock that would loop the AI-powered network into the content coming from users’ doorbell cameras. According to a 404 Media investigation, that network feeds information to law enforcement agencies at the local and federal levels, allowing for reasonable concern that ICE has access to all that footage. Protesters have launched an effort called “Resist and Unsubscribe” targeting ten tech companies they perceive as exceptionally supportive of ICE. That list includes Meta, Google, and Amazon, but not Reddit.

Welcome to the #Fediverse everyone who just read this.

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1 week ago

@RealJournalism just showed up on my feed so it seems I'm in the right place.

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1 week ago

Anyone know a good spot to find less #censored #news?

Happy to find some follow recommendations as well!

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1 week ago

I'm going to start using this as my prime example of why #SurveillanceCapitalism should matter more to the average person.

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1 week ago

GitHub - yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses: attempting to detect smart glasses nearby and warn you attempting to detect smart glasses nearby and warn you - yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

Interesting project you can use to detect #smartglasses near you:
https://github.com/yjeanrenaud/yj_nearbyglasses

#surveillance #privacy

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1 week ago

matduggan.com It's JSON all the way down

I wrote about the #fediverse https://matduggan.com/boy-i-was-wrong-about-the-fediverse/

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1 week ago

Insta video from UK counter terrorism police. Ad showing teen saying police took his devices because he shared a link that was terrorist content

When watching this warning about a UK teen sharing “terrorist content,” keep in mind that UK police just spent months arresting people under anti-terror legislation just for holding Palestine Action signs in public. www.instagram.com/reel/DVd1g1b...

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1 week ago

At this rate I'm changing my Alignment from chaotic neutral to lawful neutral so things can calm down.

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2 months ago

This just sounds like recruiters to me 😅 so likely legit but needs vetting.

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2 months ago

a pikachu with the word same written on its face ALT: a pikachu with the word same written on its face

Someone just has to make a moral panic and fear feed so here so I can get off Reddit.

Or just ATPproto Reddit🤔

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3 months ago

a man wearing a hat and vest is giving the middle finger and says how neat is that ? ALT: a man wearing a hat and vest is giving the middle finger and says how neat is that ?

I'm hoping #yakihonne takes off with the non-crypto crowd at some point cause I'm liking its interface. Alternative social media is a funny thing in that it doesn't suck you in but also it doesn't suck you in 😅

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3 months ago

For instance I started in a privacy one, then it went under. I was coding in ruby so I joined a ruby one then stopped so now I'm on a monero one.

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3 months ago

There are two types if people in the world ^

With that said the one thing I don't like about the Fediverse is that it makes it seem like you have to pick your thing when you sign up but moving around is quite easy on it so it's not that important.

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3 months ago

squidward from spongebob squarepants says it 's beautiful ALT: squidward from spongebob squarepants says it 's beautiful

🤔 #Pixelfed?

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3 months ago

Someone needs to find out if depression is just your brain realizing it's too smart so it tries to dumb ya down to protect itself.

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6 months ago

#Dark If he got the entire police department to start time traveling here it would have been hilarious.

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6 months ago

What happens in Prince Edward county stays in Prince Edward County.

Cause you won't remember anything 🥴

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7 months ago

The Bubble Porn Video: No Nudity, But Extremely NSFW YouTube video by DigitalPower

Gotta! Can't have the kids going down the bubble porn rabbit hole 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZLr...

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7 months ago

Voting age to be lowered to 16 across UK by next general election Extension of franchise is among changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interference

I refuse to believe this isn't all a setup to boost the Bring Back the Porn party.

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8 months ago

Gets me when they assume I have friends with enough free time to organize multiplayer games on a regular basis

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8 months ago

Anything to not watch all the cars advance left before your streetcar is allowed to cross the road at a walking pace.

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9 months ago

LinkedIn show what they actually contributed to a project when they post about it

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9 months ago

Good afternoon! Today we shipped SteamOS 3.7 to stable for all customers, which includes official support for the upcoming Lenovo Legion Go S, updates to desktop mode, and limited support for other AMD-powered handhelds.

See the full patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/167...

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