Melanie

Ohh still on my tbr! Should pick it up this spooky season. Glad you ‘enjoyed’ it 👻

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Coming home from vacation is all fun and games until the laundry starts

Can You Read a Book in a Quarter of an Hour? Phone apps now offer to boil down entire books into micro-synopses. What they leave out is revealing.

Imagine reducing decades of thinking into a 2,000-word bullet list so you can sound smart at brunch.

We’re turning depth into digestibility and calling it progress.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I read the synopsis.
You read the synopsis.
Let’s have an uninformed debate about it.

Today I’ll be reading about a family sprinting through the collapse of civilization, dodging their murderous neighbors and questioning what’s left of humanity. What am I reading? 📚💙 #booksky

Little Eve by Catriona Ward: all mist, madness, and manipulation. I loved the layers and slow-burn horror, but it’s dense enough to drown in. 3.5–4★ beautiful, but heavy📚💙 #booksky

Anytime, any day 🥟

Sure did! 😋

From the tides of Mont-Saint-Michel: tender Bouchot mussels in golden saffron broth, crisp fries on the side, and a glass of Crémant.

Cheers to the #weekend 🥂🍽️

#foodsky #food #foodie #seafood #finedining

Me:

OpenAI warns against SPVs and other ‘unauthorized’ investments | TechCrunch OpenAI isn't the only AI company looking to crack down on SPVs.

OpenAI isn't the only AI company looking to crack down on SPVs.

Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"

AI “guardrails” sound good on paper. In practice? They’re often just pretty wrappers around systems we barely understand.

#AI #AIGovernance #Security #RiskManagement #InfoSec

Han Kang has me in a chokehold this year. Vacation starts with her newest 💙📚 #booksky

Just unboxed this special edition of The Library at Hellebore 📚💙 No clue what I’m walking into… just how I like it ghehe. Looks like a story with teeth tho 🧐

#horror #books #illumicrate #evernight

Letting your #AI agent read your calendar was a great idea. Until it started turning on your boiler and triggering Zoom calls 🙃

#PromptInjection #AIsecurity

Nerdy book person 🙋

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Went quiet for a while. Work got loud and LinkedIn got weirder. I’ve been building, watching, muttering “this is nonsense” a lot. Back now. Expect notes from the front lines: corporate chaos, #infosec, vendor BS, #AI, lean #GRC, side ventures.

Would love to reconnect with the smart ones still here.

European Commission Issues Comprehensive Code of Practice for General-Purpose AI: A New Era of AI Governance | Insights & Resources | Goodwin EU’s final code of practice for general-purpose AI models offers guidance on compliance with the AI Act, effective August 2, 2025, shaping AI governance. Read more in Goodwin's alert.

The EU’s Code of Practice for general‑purpose AI models reads like a compliance manager’s wish list. OpenAI and Anthropic signed on; Meta refused. Europe’s message: play here and bring receipts. Will this make AI safer or just create another consulting industry?

www.goodwinlaw.com/en/insights/...

I guess Elon isn’t happy about project Stargate 🫢

#infosec #ai #OpenAi #chatgpt #cybersecurity

The Strategic Role of AI in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) By integrating AI into governance, organizations streamline their security operations and significantly reduce the likelihood of oversight or human error.

Quick tip: integrate AI into your GRC strategies. AI enhances risk assessment and compliance monitoring, making your organisation more resilient.

#Cybersecurity #infosec #Governance #Compliance #RiskManagement #AIinBusiness

securityboulevard.com/2024/04/the-...

Pegasus infections found through iVerify show just how real the spyware threat is. Mobile security isn’t just for experts—tools like this help anyone stay safer. Eye-opening read. #Spyware #Cybersecurity #infosec #informationsecurity

It’s a stupid sales tactic—that’s exactly what it is. In my career, I’ve met 0 salespeople who truly understood cyber, compliance, risk, or any other field in this space. All they ever sold were licenses. And not very successfully

Council Post: AI In Cybersecurity: Understanding The New Regulatory Framework And What It Means For Businesses Adopting AI-driven cybersecurity can help improve transparency, but there are important factors to consider before getting started.

The rise of AI in cybersecurity is transforming how we protect businesses, but it comes with a new wave of regulations. Staying compliant while leveraging AI’s potential is key to balancing innovation and risk. #AI #Cybersecurity #Compliance #infosec

www.forbes.com/councils/for...

Or on #Fable:

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Melanie's review of Framed 5/5: This is one of the most painful books I’ve ever read. I thought I understood how broken the American justice system was, but this book shows it’s far worse than I imagined. The impact on everyone...

Find my review on #Goodreads:
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

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Cover of the book and audiobook Framed by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey

Framed by John Grisham & Jim McCloskey is a heartbreaking look at wrongful convictions. From the story of the Norfolk Four to the infuriating wrongful conviction of Joe Bryan, it’s a gut-punch from start to finish. Tough but essential

⭐ 4.5/5 (but no half stars, so...🤔)

Full #bookreview below 💙📚

Melanie's review of The Gift 2/5: The Gift has an intriguing premise: an illiterate man, Milan Berg, sees a distressed girl holding a note he can’t read. It’s a setup with huge potential, but the execution is overwhelming. The st...

www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Book cover of The Gift by Sebastian Fitzek

⭐️⭐️

Just finished The Gift by Sebastian Fitzek. A chaotic thriller with an intriguing premise, but the overwhelming twists, amount of characters and clunky translation made it hard to follow. Great tension, but not for me 💙📚 Full review on Fable/GR fable.co/review/343a1...

#bookreview