The fact that swatting exists—that someone in a place like the US can call the cops, falsely report a fake violent crime, and prompt the police to attack a random person with overwhelming violence—is a crushing indictment of policing.

And yet I don’t think I have ever encountered anyone, in public discourse about swatting, bring this up.

It’s always “what a tragedy” and “filing false police reports is a crime” and never “why did the state build a system that can be hijacked to kill random people like this”.

https://www.rawstory.com/amp/pete-buttigieg-swatting-2677117229

KPMG issued a report citing all the transformational ways GenAI has transformed industry, it’s been widely cited.

One minor problem: it turns they used AI to write the report, and it made up all of the evidence.

KPMG have now withdrawn the report in full.

https://www.ft.com/content/b3828e92-4961-4b39-84f0-c42f33be3c3f

Ramadan ends tonight & I’m getting the usual questions, so lemme clear things up. If anyone says “Eid Mubarak,” to you, here are perfectly good replies:
•Eid Kareem!
•Khair Mubarak!
•Eid Mubarak to you!
•I will buy you tacos for Eid!❤️

(OK last one may be apocryphal but I stand by it😅)

EID MUBARAK!

🔥 Igniting an R Movement in the Philippines 🇵🇭

See how the R User Group of Nueva Vizcaya State University (RNVSU) is building a provincial, university‑based R community—advancing open science, reproducible research, and local impact through R.

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https://r-consortium.org/posts/igniting-an-r-movement-in-the-philippines-rnvsus-open-science-vision/

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