Dave Suffling (he/him)

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computing (security, machine learning, tooling), mathematics & statistics, bio/med, hobby electronics, politics

Guinea pig co-daddy to Nibble and Daisywheel.

🇨🇦​🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTQinSTEM

EducationBComputing (distinction; emph: math&stats), UofGuelph
Work#InfoSec, #MachineLearning, tool dev, #DevOps
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Dear Sky News, I suggest you explain to your "AI" the difference between Scandinavian Airlines and the Special Air Service...
“I’m going to need you to hang on to your stock until the board finishes selling theirs. If you could do that, that would be great”
I have landed on the fucking sun

Do not, ever, autoplay anything, anywhere, ever.

I will hunt you down, find you, and look at you disapprovingly.

Things Meta does not care about:
• You
• Your safety
• The mental health of your children
• Preventing dangerous misinformation

Things Meta cares about:
• Keeping you "engaging." At all costs.

STOP USING META.
There are plenty of alternatives that aren't destroying society.

the terminal: cast of characters

wizard zines
Upon reading about the Canadian that was trapped in detention centers (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney) I was reminded of a blog post by @pluralistic on Monowitz and how PE firms are horrifically more cruel that just simple Nazis (https://pluralistic.net/2023/06/02/plunderers/)
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

The Guardian
She co-invented spread spectrum broadcast technologies that were precursors to modern wireless communications. But she might be better known as Hollywood legend Hedy Lamarr. #womenshistorymonth
Victory! EFF Helps Resist Unlawful Warrant and Gag Order Issued to Independent News Outlet

Over the past month, the independent news outlet Indybay has quietly fought off an unlawful search warrant and gag order served by the San Francisco Police Department. Today, a court lifted the gag order and confirmed the warrant is void. The police also promised the court to not seek another warrant from Indybay in its investigation.

Electronic Frontier Foundation