Mastodawn

I like the Register's headline: "Anthropic’s bug-hunting Mythos was greatest marketing stunt ever, says cURL creator"

... even though I did not say that. 😂

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/11/anthropics-bug-hunting-mythos-was-greatest-marketing-stunt-ever-says-curl-creator/5238111

Anthropic’s bug-hunting Mythos was greatest marketing stunt ever, says cURL creator

After all that hype, AI scanner found one low-severity cURL flaw

theregister

Jeff Miccolis 2d ago

Tadonic the Flautulent 2d ago

DDOT Launches MicroFreight DC Pilot Program to Bring Quiet, Safe E-Cargo Bike Deliveries to DC Neighborhoods
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/DCWASH/bulletins/416c022
#DC #WashingtonDC #DistrictDepartmentOfTransportation #delivery #bicycles #MicroFreight #e_bikes #e_cargo #electric #news #transportation #Amazon

DDOT Launches MicroFreight DC Pilot Program to Bring Quiet, Safe E-Cargo Bike Deliveries to DC Neighborhoods

District of Columbia

Jeff Miccolis 6d ago

Thomas Fuchs Dec 29

“It’s inevitable” often means “we’re doing this against your will and without requiring consent because we’re in a position of power”

Jeff Miccolis Apr 10

David Sirota Apr 10

My prism for looking at the 2028 Dem primary:

Oligarchy is America’s central problem & so any candidates who’ve never once risked their political careers to wage a fight with a moneyed interest should be considered unqualified for the nomination & the presidency itself.

Jeff Miccolis Apr 5

Andrea Junker

Apr 5

I think it’s worth asking again — and seriously — what exactly do we have a 25th Amendment for if not for this?

Jeff Miccolis Apr 3

Simon Willison Apr 3

Warning to open source maintainers: the Axios supply chain attack started with some
very sophisticated social engineering targeted at one of their developers https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/3/supply-chain-social-engineering/

The Axios supply chain attack used individually targeted social engineering

The Axios team have published a full postmortem on the supply chain attack which resulted in a malware dependency going out in a release the other day, and it involved …

Simon Willison’s Weblog

Jeff Miccolis Mar 14

Peter Murray Mar 14

🔖 Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud: Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/tennessee-grandmother-ai-fraud #BookmarkShare

Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud

Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case

The Guardian

Jeff Miccolis Mar 11

LukefromDC Mar 11

Heads up DC and Baltimore drivers! AVOID the GW Parkway, Clara Barton Parkway, and Baltimore-Washington Parkway due to Park Police working with ICE to check licenses.

A review of court records found at least 10 kidnappings by ICE that involved Park Police in DC. This is believed in turn to be only the tip of the ICEberg.

https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/how-the-park-police-are-helping-ice-carry-out-deportation-efforts/

#DC #Parkways #ICE

How the Park Police are helping ICE carry out deportation efforts

On national parkways – including the Baltimore-Washington, Clara Barton and George Washington Memorial – immigration agents are arresting drivers at “routine” traffic stops.

Baltimore Fishbowl

Jeff Miccolis Mar 1

✰ Alice D. ✰Mar 1

capitalists: "without a profit motive, nobody would do anything. society would collapse."

my friends & acquaintances: "I implemented a SPARC emulator in pure CSS"

Jeff Miccolis Feb 28

Anil Dash Feb 28

Everybody is (understandably) very excited that Anthropic isn't selling their AI for Hegseth to use to automate his war crimes. But I would gently suggest that we not accept setting the bar quite so low. https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/27/a-cookie-for-dario/

A Cookie for Dario? — Anthropic and selling death

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Anil Dash

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