Hybrid Constructions: The Post-Quantum Safety Blanket

The funny thing about safety blankets is they can double as stage curtains for security theater. Art: CMYKat "When will a cryptography relevant quantum computer exist?" is a question many technologists are pondering as they stare into crystal balls or entrails. Two people I admire recently made a public long bet about that question, with a $5000 donation to charity as stakes.

http://soatok.blog/2026/04/13/hybrid-constructions-the-post-quantum-safety-blanket/

New from 404 Media: a hacker has compromised Doublespeed, an a16z-backed startup that uses a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated influencers. Hacker tried to use the account to post a meme calling a16z the antichrist

https://www.404media.co/hacker-compromises-a16z-backed-phone-farm-tries-to-post-memes-calling-a16z-the-antichrist/

It's not often I'll link a NYT article, but someone from the WSJ wrote a really whiny oped whose core point was something to the effect of "it's not climate change denial, it's climate crisis denial, you're mischaracterizing us if you think we deny all climate change" and they thought this was a real slam dunk argument the year either winter was replaced by summer in the US, or winter was batshit insane.

What the WSJ doesn't want you to see:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/climate/climate-change-deniers-trump.html

#uspol #climatecrisis

I've implemented age in PHP.

Yes, with post-quantum cryptography support.

https://github.com/soatok/age-php

some folks seem to be expressing a measure of discontent

https://sfstandard.com/2026/04/12/sam-altman-s-home-targeted-second-attack/

JD Vance visited The Vatican. Then the pope died.

JD Vance visited Hungary. Orban's government died.

First thing tomorrow, send JD to Moscow!