Mike Kiser

This will be epic. So looking forward to it!

Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

A deep tapestry to delve into when you have the time . . .

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...

But to be honest, it’s probably DNS.

I’m assuming you’ve already checked for the “logout automatically after inactivity” setting in privacy / security-> advanced, right?

Fenders presumably keep the water spray from coming up off the front wheel and soaking you?

“Fall rains” - how are those different then “everyday rains?”

Identity Assertion Authorization Grant This specification provides a mechanism for an application to use an identity assertion to obtain an access token for a third-party API by coordinating through a common enterprise identity provider us...

The IETF OAuth Working Group has adopted the Identity Assertion Authorization Grant specification!

datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ie...

This is the basis of Cross App Access (XAA), providing IT admins better visibility and control by configuring the app-to-app connections in their enterprise IdP.

It’s *giving* data, not serving it.

That’s huge.

Is it opt-in? (Can the user decline to include them?)

This is the way.

Alvalle is a great, generally available brand if you need/ want one.

But if you’re getting it freshly made, ignore me.

That’s where the famous war quote came from, which *most* people mistakenly attribute to McAuliffe in Bastogne.

The latest version of the MCP spec is now officially 2025-06-18! Congrats to everyone in the MCP community involved in making this happen!

Key updates to the authorization section 👇

Please tell me someone saved this kid's life . . .

Early elements of rain showers and storms closing in on western parts of the county.

Just off the presses, a new discussion from the Weather Prediction Center regarding possible heavy rainfall with flash flooding over Central Texas.

www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/metwatch/met...

Even as a trained scientist, it can be really hard to identify the consensus view on things in a field, to identify when a paper is just an outlier, to know what the accepted standards of evidence in different fields are, etc. It takes a lot of time and effort even if you have the necessary tools.

Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database Clearview AI spent nearly a million dollars in a bid to purchase “690 million arrest records and 390 million arrest photos” from all 50 states, court records reveal.

Facial recognition company Clearview attempted to buy Social Security numbers and mugshots for its database.

🔗 www.404media.co/facial-recog...

The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal is a vicious wild animal from the planet of Traal, known for its never-ending hunger and its mind-boggling stupidity. One of the main features of the Beast is that if you can't see it, it assumes it can't see you.

hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Ravenou...

Unsurprisingly, George provides an excellent and clear primer on a topic that is going to need a LOT more attention going forward. #identity

Vey kind of you to say —who was on the panel tonight?

Peter Sagal is who I desire to be when I grow up.

All hail NAM!

Once we’ve found temperatures like these, can we please keep them?

“The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on” - Sandburg

“I bought this baseball glove. It’s terrible! Doesn’t work at all! But perhaps that’s because there’s something I ought to tell you: I am not left handed.”

Truth.

Also, they’ll let anyone on this site these days, won’t they?

“In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins” - Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

www.sailpoint.com/blog/shared-...

Come for the dolphins, stay for the identity standard, and be reminded of the greatness that is Douglas Adams.

All. in. one. place.

Finally. ;)

The Importance of Conversational Partners in Standards - IDPro Sometimes the best way to learn is through doing. Having a demo system to serve as a "conversational" partner in learning standards is great!

Undervalued part of innovation / standards development is having a publicly available "conversation partner" to learn from.

Just like learning a language, fluency comes through immersion in conversation.

idpro.org/the-importan...

I am not april fooling u

Quite the migration over the last month.