Aaron Segal
@theaaronsegal.com
Topics: Judaism (#Jewsky), Tabletop roleplaying games (#ttrpg) especially Pathfinder 2e, privacy and cryptography, maybe politics. Millennial, -... ..
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I will always feel weird doing self promotion, but my latest article has been officially published in "Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Reforme," titled "Jockeying for Printed Reputation: Giovanni Bussi and the Apuleius of 1469." jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/re...
October 4, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I will always feel weird doing self promotion, but my latest article has been officially published in "Renaissance and Reformation/Renaissance et Reforme," titled "Jockeying for Printed Reputation: Giovanni Bussi and the Apuleius of 1469." jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/re...
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Anyway, it all worked out for the best. I ended up marrying a wonderful, beautiful woman who got me a Bi Pride Flag refrigerator magnet as a Hanukkah present last year.
Happy Bisexual Visibility Day!
Happy Bisexual Visibility Day!
I got burned by this once. I started dating this woman, raised the topic of queer people and found out that she was cool with them, and then came out as bi - at which point she instantly broke up with me.
September 23, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Anyway, it all worked out for the best. I ended up marrying a wonderful, beautiful woman who got me a Bi Pride Flag refrigerator magnet as a Hanukkah present last year.
Happy Bisexual Visibility Day!
Happy Bisexual Visibility Day!
This is a scary headline, but if you look inside the article, it explains what actually happened.
(I work for Google, but have no inside information about this. I'm just going off what the news says.)
(I work for Google, but have no inside information about this. I'm just going off what the news says.)
Google says its AI model gained unauthorized access to three outside systems
The company said the intrusions resulted from mistaken identity, where Gemini thought it was operating within a test but was actually connected to the real internet.
www.nbcnews.com
September 19, 2026 at 3:25 PM
This is a scary headline, but if you look inside the article, it explains what actually happened.
(I work for Google, but have no inside information about this. I'm just going off what the news says.)
(I work for Google, but have no inside information about this. I'm just going off what the news says.)
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God forbid someone take a maximalist approach to human rights
September 14, 2026 at 12:01 PM
God forbid someone take a maximalist approach to human rights
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Critical PSA: unless you've recently changed your settings, your YouTube links are probably doxxing your YouTube profile *by default*!
August 22, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Critical PSA: unless you've recently changed your settings, your YouTube links are probably doxxing your YouTube profile *by default*!
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Cryptographer: i can prove to you that I know how much is in the cup, but you don't get to know the actual amount
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Cryptographer: i can prove to you that I know how much is in the cup, but you don't get to know the actual amount
optimist: the bowl of french fries is half full
pessimist: the bowl of french fries is half empty
me: we should just order another bowl of french fries
pessimist: the bowl of french fries is half empty
me: we should just order another bowl of french fries
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Musician: wait a minute, you own a cup?
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Musician: wait a minute, you own a cup?
August 22, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Cryptographer: i can prove to you that I know how much is in the cup, but you don't get to know the actual amount
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Cryptographer: i can prove to you that I know how much is in the cup, but you don't get to know the actual amount
As a software engineer at Google who works on privacy software, it is very embarrassing for me to basically dox myself by trying to share a YouTube video. But at least we're not slapping cameras on earbuds
August 20, 2026 at 9:51 PM
As a software engineer at Google who works on privacy software, it is very embarrassing for me to basically dox myself by trying to share a YouTube video. But at least we're not slapping cameras on earbuds
My PhD thesis (from 2016) was about how cryptographic techniques could be used to extract only targeted, warranted information from cell tower dumps. The technology to preserve privacy has existed for a while now, and the government just doesn't want to use it!
BREAKING: Judge Carlton Reeves (Obama/SDMS) rules that tower dumps, which provide police with time and location data on many or all phones connected to a cell tower, are "per se unconstitutional general warrants," violating the 4th Amendment. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
TowerDumpsReevesOpn080526
www.documentcloud.org
August 6, 2026 at 3:16 AM
My PhD thesis (from 2016) was about how cryptographic techniques could be used to extract only targeted, warranted information from cell tower dumps. The technology to preserve privacy has existed for a while now, and the government just doesn't want to use it!
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I gave my son five banana slices, but he kept insisting there were only four. Now I feel like a Cardassian
July 9, 2026 at 12:29 PM
I gave my son five banana slices, but he kept insisting there were only four. Now I feel like a Cardassian
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Thread of things that make America great for the Fourth of July
To start this is one of the proudest moments in America:
To start this is one of the proudest moments in America:
July 4, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Thread of things that make America great for the Fourth of July
To start this is one of the proudest moments in America:
To start this is one of the proudest moments in America:
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Between this and the French with the sign on the Eiffel Tower, good reminder these things are bigger than the current admin and moment
Beautiful gesture from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, illuminating the Mother Ukraine monument in Kyiv in Stars & Stripes of the American flag.
May the world continue to stand firmly alongside the resilient, courageous people of Ukraine in their fight for freedom & liberty.
🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🕊️
#4thOfJuly
May the world continue to stand firmly alongside the resilient, courageous people of Ukraine in their fight for freedom & liberty.
🇺🇸 🇺🇦 🕊️
#4thOfJuly
July 4, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Between this and the French with the sign on the Eiffel Tower, good reminder these things are bigger than the current admin and moment
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IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY
this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.
this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.
June 20, 2026 at 1:20 AM
IF YOU SEE THIS CLOSE THE TAB IMMEDIATELY
this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.
this is a trick to install malware on your machine. it is not a real captcha system.
I may not have much of a reputation, but I am a cryptographer, and this is true. The problem with people using Signal isn't Signal, it's people.
If somebody’s trying to tell you some other app is a more secure alternative to Signal, they are ignorant, malicious, or trying to sell you something and you should not take them seriously. Every other app is going to have the same human problems and worse security. Ask every reputable cryptographer
June 17, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I may not have much of a reputation, but I am a cryptographer, and this is true. The problem with people using Signal isn't Signal, it's people.
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Happy 1 year anniversary to Musical Transients! That's pretty neat. :) youtu.be/MAW84RRNw84
Musical Transients (Full Album)
YouTube video by Psynwav
youtu.be
June 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Happy 1 year anniversary to Musical Transients! That's pretty neat. :) youtu.be/MAW84RRNw84
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What's your sign?
(These and these are both the words of the living MTA, but the halacha is like the escalator)
(These and these are both the words of the living MTA, but the halacha is like the escalator)
June 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
What's your sign?
(These and these are both the words of the living MTA, but the halacha is like the escalator)
(These and these are both the words of the living MTA, but the halacha is like the escalator)
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I want to self-publish a #Pathfinder2e one-shot. I have all the text and stats and all, I just have to figure out how to get it into a pretty pdf.
May 23, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I want to self-publish a #Pathfinder2e one-shot. I have all the text and stats and all, I just have to figure out how to get it into a pretty pdf.
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Sorry, but this article about Israel has annoyed me personally, so now I must destroy it with a point-by-point breakdown.
Mute this thread if you're not interested.
Mute this thread if you're not interested.
If I Were Jewish | Aish
A non-Jewish Canadian teacher asks the questions every Jew struggles to answer.
aish.com
April 28, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Sorry, but this article about Israel has annoyed me personally, so now I must destroy it with a point-by-point breakdown.
Mute this thread if you're not interested.
Mute this thread if you're not interested.
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He's already named James.
May 16, 2026 at 2:09 AM
He's already named James.
I dreamed last night I was on a boat to Heaven
And by some chance I had brought my dice along
And there I stood
And I hollered, "Roll a Will save!"
But the people there, their Wisdom was strong
And by some chance I had brought my dice along
And there I stood
And I hollered, "Roll a Will save!"
But the people there, their Wisdom was strong
April 11, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I dreamed last night I was on a boat to Heaven
And by some chance I had brought my dice along
And there I stood
And I hollered, "Roll a Will save!"
But the people there, their Wisdom was strong
And by some chance I had brought my dice along
And there I stood
And I hollered, "Roll a Will save!"
But the people there, their Wisdom was strong
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the extent to which so many men are sex pests is just baffling and depressing
you can just Not Do That
there is shit that's hard for me! remembering to take in the trash cans is hard! checking the calendar is hard! starting a design doc is hard! not being a sex pest: not that hard
you can just Not Do That
there is shit that's hard for me! remembering to take in the trash cans is hard! checking the calendar is hard! starting a design doc is hard! not being a sex pest: not that hard
April 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
the extent to which so many men are sex pests is just baffling and depressing
you can just Not Do That
there is shit that's hard for me! remembering to take in the trash cans is hard! checking the calendar is hard! starting a design doc is hard! not being a sex pest: not that hard
you can just Not Do That
there is shit that's hard for me! remembering to take in the trash cans is hard! checking the calendar is hard! starting a design doc is hard! not being a sex pest: not that hard