David ‮ yensiR
@davidrisney.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
I'm a software developer on the Microsoft Edge team living in Redmond, WA. he/him
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I took a picture of this sign in 2022 and it’s gotten a lot less funny ever since
September 16, 2026 at 2:03 AM
I took a picture of this sign in 2022 and it’s gotten a lot less funny ever since
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So we can take a moment to breathe now. But the case will continue after the midterms (unless the administration unexpectedly and uncharacteristically backs down on its own).
@heidilifeldman
@heidilifeldman
September 15, 2026 at 12:09 AM
So we can take a moment to breathe now. But the case will continue after the midterms (unless the administration unexpectedly and uncharacteristically backs down on its own).
@heidilifeldman
@heidilifeldman
Lots of cute cats at The Whole Cat & Kaboodle today
September 13, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Lots of cute cats at The Whole Cat & Kaboodle today
Presently having an ocular migraine.
It looks kind of like attached: a curved worm of zigzag lines mostly black and white but also super birghtly colorful in the overlap. The whole thing is like palette animated with the colors cycling through maybe 5 times […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
It looks kind of like attached: a curved worm of zigzag lines mostly black and white but also super birghtly colorful in the overlap. The whole thing is like palette animated with the colors cycling through maybe 5 times […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
September 13, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Presently having an ocular migraine.
It looks kind of like attached: a curved worm of zigzag lines mostly black and white but also super birghtly colorful in the overlap. The whole thing is like palette animated with the colors cycling through maybe 5 times […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
It looks kind of like attached: a curved worm of zigzag lines mostly black and white but also super birghtly colorful in the overlap. The whole thing is like palette animated with the colors cycling through maybe 5 times […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
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apple promotes an unrealistic body image
(via a friend of a friend)
(via a friend of a friend)
September 10, 2026 at 4:21 PM
apple promotes an unrealistic body image
(via a friend of a friend)
(via a friend of a friend)
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5 Thurloe Square ("The Thin House"), London, UK, 2024
All the pixels that fit, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54192985864
#photography
All the pixels that fit, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54192985864
#photography
September 11, 2026 at 5:06 PM
5 Thurloe Square ("The Thin House"), London, UK, 2024
All the pixels that fit, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54192985864
#photography
All the pixels that fit, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/54192985864
#photography
Coworker's code review comment got cut off and accidentally sent as just "I think". They were embarrassed, but in this AI age declaring "I think" is a helpful signal for humans reading your content.
September 9, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Coworker's code review comment got cut off and accidentally sent as just "I think". They were embarrassed, but in this AI age declaring "I think" is a helpful signal for humans reading your content.
Avatar but they're bending the actual elements.
September 8, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Avatar but they're bending the actual elements.
September 5, 2026 at 10:27 PM
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Looks like Premier Cherdenko found another place not corrupted by Capitalism (I hope so anyways)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM
#rip #timcurry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM
#rip #timcurry
August 26, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Looks like Premier Cherdenko found another place not corrupted by Capitalism (I hope so anyways)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM
#rip #timcurry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Sq1Nr58hM
#rip #timcurry
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Having this printed out on the wall behind where I normally join calls, and being able to point to it when its bingo square comes up in discussion, continues to pay dividends, @mcc
August 22, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Having this printed out on the wall behind where I normally join calls, and being able to point to it when its bingo square comes up in discussion, continues to pay dividends, @mcc
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"Rogue AI" sure does get a lot more headlines and freakouts than "badly written program" despite that being what this is about.
Similarly "it escaped containment" sounds like an alien or monster broke down a wall, instead of "the program we wrote was run in an environment that was connected to […]
Similarly "it escaped containment" sounds like an alien or monster broke down a wall, instead of "the program we wrote was run in an environment that was connected to […]
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hachyderm.io
July 31, 2026 at 3:37 PM
"Rogue AI" sure does get a lot more headlines and freakouts than "badly written program" despite that being what this is about.
Similarly "it escaped containment" sounds like an alien or monster broke down a wall, instead of "the program we wrote was run in an environment that was connected to […]
Similarly "it escaped containment" sounds like an alien or monster broke down a wall, instead of "the program we wrote was run in an environment that was connected to […]
Protip to avoid getting frustrated having to enter one time code, insert yubikey, enter yubikey pin, press yubikey, scan qr code, open passkey app on phone, authenticate with biometrics on phone to use passkey app: just play Decsive Battle from Neon Genesis Evangelion during. Now if I can have […]
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infosec.exchange
July 29, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Protip to avoid getting frustrated having to enter one time code, insert yubikey, enter yubikey pin, press yubikey, scan qr code, open passkey app on phone, authenticate with biometrics on phone to use passkey app: just play Decsive Battle from Neon Genesis Evangelion during. Now if I can have […]
TV Cowboys card dispenser is so relatable
June 29, 2026 at 2:10 AM
TV Cowboys card dispenser is so relatable
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Pondering getting a bunch of hats made that say “hat thief” and leaving them near the front of the store
June 23, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Pondering getting a bunch of hats made that say “hat thief” and leaving them near the front of the store
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the cyberpunk present is weird as fuck: the latest Shai Hulud malware wave contains an LLM prompt to create biological weapons and nuclear weapons, with the purpose to trip LLM safety refusals so that LLM-based code scanning wont see the malware […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
June 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM
the cyberpunk present is weird as fuck: the latest Shai Hulud malware wave contains an LLM prompt to create biological weapons and nuclear weapons, with the purpose to trip LLM safety refusals so that LLM-based code scanning wont see the malware […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
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In which I consider the state of incumbent markup formats. https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/06/01/XML-and-JSON-in-2026
#json #xml
#json #xml
June 2, 2026 at 9:30 PM
In which I consider the state of incumbent markup formats. https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/06/01/XML-and-JSON-in-2026
#json #xml
#json #xml
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![@KyleTrainEmoji on X:
PICARD: Data, shields up
DATA: Brilliant! Shields can reduce damage we
sustain. Not immunity. Not hubris. Just prudence.
It's not precaution-it's strategy.
[camera shakes]
WORF: HULL BREACHES ON NINE DECKS
DATA: Here's what happened: you told me to raise
shields, and I didn't](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cjty5h7yswewevk6vjp4c3gr/bafkreigyij774hslrhvf6rk6upx4htc3bhb3o7bo666wjcib3nwu7yuqg4)
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Big let down, to be honest
![ijbol adjani ✅
@onbeinganangel
loved her work but this is really disappointing. i
hope she can clear this up
Benji @WrnrWrites [redacted]
To confirm, this “100% AI generated” passage is the
opening of chapter 5 from Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein
Your Text is AI/GPT Generated
100%
AI GPT*
It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that
almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of
being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered
dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-
extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hnpt7ns2lecdujegbi6qkqqm/bafkreieghmvj7f4exbd7ff54vytavzczleoxj5uwxhld6vf5owzuamruqq)
May 27, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Big let down, to be honest
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When I woke up this morning I didn't think I'd be spending a bunch of time today getting familiar with Catholic theology, but here we are. Notes on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI. https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/25/encyclical-on-ai/
A few notes on Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on AI
Dropped this morning by the Vatican: Magnifica Humanitas of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence. This is a very interesting …
simonwillison.net
May 26, 2026 at 12:17 AM
When I woke up this morning I didn't think I'd be spending a bunch of time today getting familiar with Catholic theology, but here we are. Notes on Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on AI. https://simonwillison.net/2026/May/25/encyclical-on-ai/
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May 20, 2026 at 8:49 AM