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Aaron Soto 59m ago

lcamtuf

1h ago

*** Online shopping in 2010 ***

Me: Hello, UnderpantsEmporium.com? I’d like to buy underpants.

Underpants Emporium: Certainly, sir. Your underpants will arrive on Monday.

Me: Thanks.

*** Online shopping in 2025 ***

Me: Hello, UnderpantsEmporium.com? I’d like to buy underpants.

*ding* ShipPirate.biz: Your package is getting shipped!

Me: Wait, who are yo…

*phone vibrates* SMS from 21525: ORDER UPDATE: package is on the move.

*ding* UPS MyChoice: Your package is on the way.

*ding* Underpants Emporium: Your pants-ckage is en route from us to you.

Me: dudes…

*ding* Underpants Emporium: Be sure to review your underpants!

*ding* UPS MyChoice: Your package is out for delivery. Follow it on a live map.

*phone vibrates* SMS from 21525: ORDER UPDATE: package is out for delivery.

*phone vibrates* SMS from +252 3983929301: There was a problem with your shipment. Please claim your package at che4p-pi1lz.virus-basket.biz.ru.

*ding* Underpants Emporium: how’s that review coming along?

*phone vibrates* SMS from 21525: ORDER UPDATE: the eagle has landed.

*ding* Underpants Emporium: customers who bought underpants also bought

Aaron Soto 1h ago

Weltschmerz à Gogo 20h ago

I guess if “They’ll come for you next” motivates people, then go for it. But damn, I really wish people could start from the assumption that the people they’re coming for *now* are also worth fighting for without any further explanation.

Aaron Soto 1h ago

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Kernel Bob 2h ago

German tooters and everyone else! Do you know about Picard (the brand; see previous post)?

Boost for warp 4.

	I am German; I know Picard
	I am German; Picard is a starship captain
	I am NOT German; I know Picard
	I am NOT German; Picard is a mystery

Poll ends at Jul 12 at 9:55pm.

Aaron Soto 1h ago

David Ho 7h ago

Holy cow, as an American, I wasn't aware of the Horizon IT scandal. ~1,000 postal workers were wrongfully prosecuted for theft and other crimes, imprisoned, and forced to repay tens of thousands of pounds. 13 of them committed suicide! But it was an IT error! AI will make this worse.
  https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/world/europe/uk-post-office-scandal-report.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Vk8.LKk8.BbcHfblN3WM4&smid=url-share

At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post Office Scandal, Report Says

A public inquiry into the wrongful prosecutions of about 1,000 postal workers has uncovered more victims than previously known, according to a report.

The New York Times

Aaron Soto 1h ago

Hitchhiker's Guide Quote Bot 8h ago

"But the plans were on display . . ."
"On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them."
"That's the display department."
"With a torch."
"Ah, well the lights had probably gone."
"So had the stairs."
"But look, you found the notice, didn't you?"
"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying Beware of the Leopard."

#HitchhikersGuide #DouglasAdams #quotes #quote #bot

Aaron Soto 1h ago

Jaz Distro 6h ago

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Aaron Soto 2h ago

Inspirational Skeletor💀7h ago

Aaron Soto 2h ago

Meredith Whittaker 6h ago

Yes, I did sound the alarm on agentic AI's privacy threat, and rightly so.

https://observer.com/2025/07/signal-meredith-whittaker-agentic-ai-risk/

Signal Chief Meredith Whittaker Sounds Alarm On Agentic A.I.’s Privacy Threat

Signal Foundation President Meredith Whittaker warns that agentic A.I. could breach app-level security, threatening privacy for millions of users.

Observer

Aaron Soto 2h ago

Viss 2h ago

Aaron Soto 2h ago

KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)2h ago

Ochopee Concentration Camp

(AP)- "Worms in the food. Toilets that don’t flush, flooding floors with fecal waste. Days without a shower or prescription medicine. Mosquitoes and insects everywhere. Lights on all night. Air conditioners that suddenly shut off in the tropical heat. Detainees forced to use recorded phone lines to speak with their lawyers and loved ones."

#iCE #USpol #OchopeeConcentrationCamp

https://apnews.com/article/alligator-alcatraz-immigration-detainees-florida-cc2fb9e34e760a50e97f13fe59cbf075

Alligator Alcatraz detainees describe overflowing toilets, medicine denials

Worms in the food. Toilets that don’t flush. Floors flooded with fecal waste. Lack of access to attorneys and medical care. These are the conditions described by some of the people held at a new immigration detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that authorities have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz.” Government officials have adamantly disputed the conditions described by detainees, their attorneys and family members, but have provided few details on the facility and have denied access to the press. Florida is opening the facility to state lawmakers and members of Congress for a scheduled site visit on July 12.

AP News

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