Bibliophile interested in open data, open source, governance, and a whole bunch of other stuff. And cats. (Academic-ish account at @akamran - this is for everything else.) No longer trying to learn #Python. Have some information in your bio if you want to follow me. #ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #menopause (gif is Carmans River in Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge) 🐸 🇺🇦🌻 🇵🇸 #nobridge Born at 323.56 ppm.
This absolute beauty is a 1939 Aero Model 50 Dynamik, one of only 6 made. It sold in the US a few years ago for $346,000 USD. Okay it's not weird, but it is unusual!
https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo22/lots/p0010-1939-aero-model-50-dynamik-by-sodomka/
Here's why this matters to you: when a malignant narcissist with nuclear codes gets trapped like this, they don't accept responsibility or resign gracefully. They lash out. They escalate. They try to flip the board rather than lose the game.
And we're all sitting at that table.
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No, opposing LLMs isn't "purity culture." I've seen this now from quite a few different people, and I disagree vehemently. It is good, actually, to have moral principles and hold to them, even when people with more money than you find said principles annoying.
@IcooIey soooo true
New England winter storm prep: December:
Fill the wood bins, charge all devices, make sure shovels, snow brushes and ice melter are accessible, stock up on food, make slow cooker hearty meal before, plan on baking, find snow pants, gaiters snowshoes.
NE WSP late Feb:
Fuck it all, just crank the heat and hope for the best. Did someone get more beer? I know where the snow pants are, I haven’t taken them off in six weeks.
@mycotropic @kottke Fuck this society that monetizes every damn thing :-(
A friend of mine is a cyber security guy who asks this;
In the context of your cybersecurity and marketing course, The Color Memory Game is a classic example of Behavioral Biometrics harvesting. While it looks like a simple brain teaser or an IQ test, it is actually used to map how your specific brain interacts with a screen.
Module 3.1: The Color Memory Game – Mining Your Mind
Subtitle: How "brain games" harvest your unique behavioral signature.
1. What is being measured? (The "Invisible" Data)
When a student plays a color memory game (e.g., “Repeat the pattern: Red, Blue, Yellow, Red”), the marketer isn't looking at their score. They are looking at the Telemetry Data:
* Reaction Latency: The exact millisecond delay between the color flashing and the user clicking. This indicates focus levels, age, and even cognitive state (tired vs. alert).
* Touch Precision: Exactly where on the button the user clicks. This helps build a "Fingerprint" of their physical motor skills.
* Tilt and Pressure: On mobile devices, these games often access the Accelerometer to see how the user holds their phone while concentrating.
2. The Marketing Goal: The "Dopamine Threshold"
Marketers use these games to determine a user's Frustration Point.
* If the algorithm sees that you quit the game after failing level 5, it "tags" you as having a low tolerance for friction.
* The Result: When you are later served an ad or a checkout screen, the app will simplify the interface or offer a "One-Click Buy" to prevent you from abandoning the task.
3. The Security Risk: Behavioral Identity
Graduate Professor Perspective: "Color memory games are a primary tool for Continuous Authentication research. Unlike a password, which can be stolen, your rhythm of interaction—your 'Cadence'—is nearly impossible to replicate. If a hacker steals your phone but clicks with a different latency than your 'Memory Game' profile, an advanced security system can flag the session as fraudulent."
Slide Outline: The "Brain Game" Trap
* The Hook: "Can you reach Level 10? Only 1% of people can!"
* The Hidden Harvest:
* Focus Mapping: Are you easily distracted?
* Motor Signatures: The unique way your thumb moves across the glass.
* Emotional Resilience: How do you react when the game gets too fast?
* The Real-World Impact: This data is sold to insurance companies and employers to "predict" your reliability and health risks.
Classroom Exercise: The "Lag" Test
* Have students play a simple online memory game for 2 minutes.
* Have them open the Inspect > Network tab (from the Lab in Module 1).
* The Observation: Look for "Heartbeat" pings. These are tiny data packets sent every few seconds back to the server, reporting every single click and miss in real-time.
Next Step
Should we integrate this into the Module 3 Presentation as a specific "Behavioral Mining" slide, or move on to Module 4 (2016 vs 2024 Election Case Studies)?
Hey, did y’all know that Emperor Pedophile on Wednesday signed an order “Promoting the National Defense By Ensuring an Adequate Supply of Elemental Phosphorus and Glyphosate-based Herbicides.”
#Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the herbicide #Roundup. In 2019, a meta-analysis by the University of Washington found that increased exposure to glyphosate boosts the risk of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer that affects the lymphatic system, by up to 41 percent. That link has also been alleged in tens of thousands of lawsuits. Just the day before the order, #Bayer — the owner of #Monsanto, which makes Roundup — agreed to pay $7.25 billion to settle thousands of these lawsuits. The pharma giant has paid out $14 billion for the damages caused by glyphosate.
The timing of Trump’s order is convenient. The Defense Production Act allows companies to be protected from liability lawsuits.
Metadata Exposes Authors of ICE’s ‘Mega’ Detention Center Plans
https://www.wired.com/story/metadata-exposes-authors-of-ices-mega-detention-center-plans/
@noplasticshower :-)
@noplasticshower can I carry your bags?
The director of The Voice of Hind Rajab refuses to accept Berlin film award
Kaouther Ben Hania slammed those who helped "create a system that made the killing of Rajab possible."
“What happened to Hind is not an exception. It’s a part of a genocide."
"In Berlin, there are people who gave political cover to that genocide by reframing the mass civilian killing as self-defense.. complex circumstances.. & denigrating those who protest."
https://variety.com/2026/film/global/voice-of-hind-rajab-cinema-for-peace-gala-1236665261/
I asked Der Spiegel to share this important interview with Robert Kagan in English. @bredow made it happen. This is how American media should be talking:
"We Are Watching a Country Fall Under Dictatorship Almost Without Resistance"
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/u-s-historian-robert-kagan-we-are-watching-a-country-fall-under-dictatorship-almost-without-resistance-a-d262290b-cca0-4c2f-945d-2ef3b64c574f?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh
Booger. We are getting so slammed on Sunday.
https://m.ai6yr.org/@nws_bot/116105018693323360
@tym I like playing with controls so that wasn't a thing for me, but I did the describe-to-myself- in-words thing too.
(S+) U.S. Historian Robert Kagan: "We Are Watching a Country Fall Under Dictatorship Almost Without Resistance"
https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/u-s-historian-robert-kagan-we-are-watching-a-country-fall-under-dictatorship-almost-without-resistance-a-d262290b-cca0-4c2f-945d-2ef3b64c574f?giftToken=0c6e95ae-51f1-43bc-aca7-3e5ae0a8b68e
@tym interesting - my memory of the color tended to be lighter than the original and I don't have aphantasia. I wonder if there's a connection.