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Fall flower hodgepodge from our garden. #bloomscrolling #flowers
Zinnias
Mums
Cosmos
Petunias
Alyssum
and some others I don't know ;)
Literally every good person I know who is working in tech actually wants to be doing something else like gardening or carpentry, says a lot about how much we've all fucked up this industry

I'm Exhausted By My Own Cynicism.
A thread. 🧵

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Here's to a lazy Saturday 😺. Bobby Draper, the 2 year old bobtail and wannabe Martian recon marine, thinks she owns the place. #caturday #theexpanse

Another beauty. Some repeats but it's a good look. 🌞🌻

Hydrangea
Yarrow
Zinnia
Double Daylily (orange)
Large Daylily (yellow)
Snapdragon
Sunflower
Hosta
Cilantro
Coneflower
Black-eyed Susan
Creeping Bellflower
Wild carrot / Queen Anne's lace

#bloomscrolling

#bloomscrolling

This next boquet includes the more summer'y stuff we have in the garden. Cheers 🍻

Sunflower
Bee Balm
Queen Anne's lace
Hosta
Yarrow
Arugula / rocket
Daylily
Creeping Bellflower
Zinnia
Hydrangea

we're trying to brighten things up just a little with another boquet

#bloomscrolling

Daylily
Shasta Daisy
Coneflower
Yarrow
Zinnia
Catmint

Several people I respect recently made similar observations to the effect that there is the security community, and then there's the security industry, which are frequently two VERY different things with somewhat misaligned goals and incentives. Seems like there's a lot of truth to explore there.

From my various provocations on LinkedIn the past six months, it's become clear the latter is largely content to sit quietly or even cheer as this administration makes a public mockery of everything their industry claims to stand for. I suspect this may have something to do with tons of security firms suddenly recasting themselves as AI-focused companies.

Am I way off base or too idealistic or simplistic here, or just jaded? I've been trying to identify the real source of my malaise over attending security industry events over the past few months, and I think this dynamic is a big part of it.

Take a #caturday nap today if your body is telling you to rest.

Google's emissions are up over 50%, Amazon builds huge data centers powered by 75% natural gas.

Remember all those posts telling us that "AIs climate impact isn't that bad" supported by some really funky math/perspective and/or numbers Sam Altman invented?

Here's the actual impact.

"AI" is a fossil fuel technology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8.2JRa.e3Ju6r_pL1Im

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/google-emissions-ai-electricity-demand-derail-efforts-green

At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.

On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up.

The New York Times