J. R. DePriest    :EA DATA. SF:

@jrdepriest@infosec.exchange
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Twenty-five years in #InfoSec.
My posts here are my own opinions. I am not speaking for any entity or employer with which I am now or have ever been affiliated.

#USian

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 #Transgender #TransFemme
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#Horror #SciFi

As a writer, I believe genAI removes the *joy* from creating art and strangles the introspection and growth it provides.
It's also one of the most environmentally devastating uses of the underlying hardware.

#Pagan
We are part of the Earth, not apart from it. We rise or fall together. Nobody is going to save us from ourselves, but us.

#BlackLivesMatter #BLM
#SexWorkIsWork
#TransgenderRightsAreHumanRights
#FreePalestine
#AntiFa

github repohttps://github.com/wordeater/
Paranormal Short Fictionhttps://infosec.press/jrdepriest
Matrix@jrdepriest:infosec.exchange
PronounsShe / Her / Goddess

It's been more than two decades since I heard Steve Jobs say "jagwire" and it still irritates me to think about.

"Jag-wahr" or "Jag-you-are" but don't invent your own word, ya putz.

Trump might as well put his name👇🏼

This year marked the first time the AI avatar of a victim—in this case, a dead man—has ever addressed a court, and it raises many questions about the use of this type of technology in future court proceedings.

https://www.404media.co/i-loved-that-ai-judge-moved-by-ai-generated-avatar-of-man-killed-in-road-rage-incident/

'I Loved That AI:' Judge Moved by AI-Generated Avatar of Man Killed in Road Rage Incident

How the sister of Christopher Pelkey made an avatar of him to testify in court.

404 Media

@carnage4life

The QAnon movement got new jobs. They're out there in ICE jackets right now, being the secret government strike teams that they long fantasised about.

Quite the coincidence that the QAnon movement died just in time to miss this moment.
Well played, Harvard staff union. (cc @beep)
I think we're a lock for Saint Nyx's Based List this year.
Trump Ally Larry Ellison Pledges $40B to Help His Son Buy CNN Parent Company

“Larry Ellison is a threat to journalism and democracy,” one critic warned of the mogul’s newest media power play.

Truthout
“The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so easily into today’s pro-Trump censors is that their definition of free speech never included the right of others to talk back.” https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/12/bari-weiss-censorship-free-speech-hypocrisy/685404/?gift=UDCAY75CzHyGUPSsXwkpWhLl6VMZEq1k0O1H833V2Hk
Cancel Culture’s Boomerang Effect

How we got to a place where free speech means whatever conservatives want to say

The Atlantic
Decided to upload the entire 60 Minutes segment in today's newsletter. Let's see how long it lasts. www.readtpa.com/p/watch-the-...

Watch the 60 Minutes Segment C...
Watch the 60 Minutes Segment CBS Didn't Want You to See

A Canadian affiliate accidentally posted the segment Bari Weiss killed. It's just a normal 60 Minutes report, which is exactly the problem.

The Present Age