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Jun. 17th, 2021 12:00 pm
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  • Wed, 12:42: What I've been calling the tyranny of efficiency; things that become unbearable at inhumane scale https://t.co/R5I8KeC7a0
  • Wed, 12:52: RT @JeromeHardaway: People are not quitting jobs. They are quitting 30-minute commutes, missing graduations, not being able to cook home-co…
  • Wed, 12:52: RT @PickardJE: someone has just referred to that new channel as "Wetherspoons TV" and I can't stop thinking about this
  • Wed, 12:53: RT @EdwardJDavey: I am thinking today of all of Jo Cox’s family and friends in the Labour movement and beyond for whom today will be extrem…
  • Wed, 12:54: RT @herdyshepherd1: Post BREXIT we have to choose whether want to ask British farmers to compete with the rest of the world on equal terms…
  • Wed, 12:54: RT @herdyshepherd1: Yesterday we burned that chance And asked British farmers to compete with Australian farmers on equal terms of free t…
  • Wed, 12:54: RT @herdyshepherd1: Because they are held to completely different welfare and environmental standards And have a whole post colonial land…
  • Wed, 12:55: RT @herdyshepherd1: The problem is the British landscape doesn’t scale up or intensify to do that competition without grave damage to its r…
  • Wed, 12:55: RT @herdyshepherd1: Yesterday British farmers realised that for all the talk they are now being asked to do more (not less) of the things t…
  • Wed, 12:55: RT @herdyshepherd1: Yesterday was highly symbolic and very real The principle of doing something better on our islands and rewarding and…
  • Wed, 12:55: RT @herdyshepherd1: And this is a disaster for the British landscape A total unmitigated disaster that will unfold over the years and a b…
  • Wed, 12:55: RT @herdyshepherd1: And yes some British farmers/products/systems will be globally competitive and some will want free trade to export Bu…
  • Wed, 12:55: RT @herdyshepherd1: Worst of all yesterday we killed farmer good will and support for higher welfare and ecological standards and regulatio…
  • Wed, 12:57: RT @MSFTResearch: How do GANs generate complicated real-world distributions such as images? A new theory from Microsoft and @CarnegieMellon…
  • Wed, 12:57: RT @JenniferJJacobs: I yelled to Putin why do you fear navalny so much. Putin heard me and didn’t answer. Biden flashed me a big toothy gri…
  • Wed, 12:57: RT @yortw: Help me out with some research (Please retweet for reach): Do you know how to *generate* a QR code (or similar) containing your…
  • Wed, 12:58: RT @Jake_Kanter: Confirmation that GB News is already on Ofcom's radar. The regulator received 373 complaints about Tonight Live with Dan W…
  • Wed, 13:02: Of course Gammon News *wants* Ofcom and everyone complaining about them; it's free advertising with few real consequences (slap on the wrist). They put in their *own* Ofcom complaint about the BBC already https://t.co/zHKKN6e8gt
  • Wed, 15:15: GB News defending Epstein is a clear fracture between their policy of appealing to the fear-driven support of the public and the need to appease billionaire funders who had now-unacceptable friends
  • Wed, 15:27: RT @jhagel: Life is remarkably adaptable. Researchers only drilled through an Antarctic ice shelf to sample sediment. Instead, they found a…
  • Wed, 15:42: RT @pat_ramsey: It’s not the people causing this. It’s not the windmills causing this. It’s the power plants and details as to why and h…
  • Wed, 15:44: RT @MissRiley88: My friends lost one cat and the other has been severely sick from this food. Please please check your food. https://t.co/J…
  • Wed, 15:53: RT @histoftech: Sitting here recalling how American Airlines once refused to allow me into business class because the agent claimed the Pri…
  • Wed, 15:54: RT @nextdoorsv: Observation: -For ‘19-‘20 Stanford has free tuition if you make under $125K and have “typical assets” (how vague) which mi…
  • Wed, 15:54: RT @greenhousenyt: Workers at Mapbox, which makes mapping tools used by Instacart & Facebook. have announced their intention to unionize, m…
  • Wed, 15:55: RT @k8em0: “These findings underscore why it does not pay to pay ransomware attackers, & that organizations should focus on early detection…
  • Wed, 15:56: RT @gcaughey: And I'm assuming those registry hacks to make Windows 11 look more like Windows 10 can (and likely will in some cases) be set…
  • Wed, 15:57: RT @GodisRivera: It’s insane to me that these folks chose NOW to panic about CRT and to try & force teachers (& students) to pretend that A…
  • Wed, 16:00: RT @lectureseule: @Pinboard It would be fun to remake this old Apple image comparing an iMac and a PC: https://t.co/bqqdHz2FNb But reversi…
  • Wed, 16:01: RT @Microsoft: A period piece. 📎 https://t.co/xKd65zckHN
  • Wed, 17:18: I love that I will finally be able to go back to note down the details from a slide the presenter just blew past� https://t.co/kazc3peqZ3
  • Wed, 17:20: so, um, stop collecting it if you can't take care of it� https://t.co/xUoN2eRyMd
  • Wed, 17:20: RT @PrivacyMatters: "Reforming GDPR could accelerate growth in the digital economy, and improve productivity and people’s lives by freeing…
  • Wed, 17:21: RT @SkewSmug: Andrew Neil's opening gambit that they'll deliver “a huge range of voices that reflect the views and values of our United Kin…
  • Wed, 17:21: RT @revodavid: All I want is a USB keypad, containing only the buttons: 🔇 mute mic 📹 turn off video ✋ raise hand 📞 end call that works with…
  • Wed, 17:21: RT @daveaglick: A VP, deep in MS HQ: “we need something revolutionary for the next Windows…” Engineer: “how about we rewrite the kernel to…
  • Wed, 17:22: RT @MSFTResearch: With behavioral public economics, @HuntAllcott analyzes the choices we make and how research into decision-making can inf…
  • Wed, 17:23: RT @unixterminal: Interesting... "To make it easier for websites to support a cohesive dark mode theme, Microsoft and Google have collabora…
  • Wed, 17:23: RT @tomwarren: how to create your own Windows 11 logo. Reddit always delivers 😂 https://t.co/dtAPkRBIUS https://t.co/P2zsX9oH8f
  • Wed, 17:24: RT @ryancdotorg: I bought a lot of 25 amazon dash buttons on eBay, mass hacked them by playing modem noises in their general direction with…
  • Wed, 17:24: RT @katebevan: Well, I'm very glad this chap is happy to go cashless, but there are many vulnerable people who don't have the luxury of a s…
  • Wed, 17:24: RT @Pinboard: Every computer in Apple's current lineup would be massively improved by two USB-A ports, replaceable memory, and an SD card r…
  • Wed, 17:24: RT @Pinboard: The designers at Apple should be forced to work on desks three inches deep and subsist on a diet of angel hair pasta until th…
  • Wed, 17:25: RT @mmitchell_ai: @Abebab Also consider "user" vs. "those affected". =( Totally not answering your question, but I always remind myself to…
  • Wed, 17:26: RT @fabianwilliams: PSA on whats new with @Azure fam! Unlocking the enterprise opportunity with 5G, edge compute, and cloud by Tad Brockway…
  • Wed, 17:26: RT @ShitUserStory: As a ... – user I want... – solutions built on blockchain so that... – seed funding https://t.co/Ii0SQeHNlB
  • Wed, 17:27: RT @EffinBirds: Someone got mad and reported this Effin’ Birds Facebook post apparently https://t.co/6y2jTxVjxT
  • Wed, 17:28: RT @QuinnyPig: "Build a hands-on challenge that utilizes the Sponsor's technology" means "you can safely skip the AWS Jams at re:Invent; th…
  • Wed, 17:29: RT @tomwarren: Microsoft is bringing next-gen Xbox games to the Xbox One with xCloud. You'll be able to stream Xbox Series X exclusive game…
  • Wed, 17:29: RT @ClintRutkas: what are people's favorite https://t.co/I2MWc1CXQK files? Trying to improve PowerToys'
  • Wed, 17:30: RT @iainthomson: As a former hooker myself can confirm. Have never been paid for sex, but have got my shins kicked in more than a few times…
  • Wed, 17:30: RT @EricaJoy: if this actually happens, then twitter should also put it in the API so tools like @blockpartyapp_ can make use of it for whe…
  • Wed, 17:31: RT @BostonJoan: Been saying this for years, but one more time for the kids in the back: Deplatforming works. https://t.co/J6xPnmTKQY
  • Wed, 17:31: RT @matthew_d_green: Because at the end of the day, all of the same incentives exist for governments to sabotage encryption standards. We l…
  • Wed, 17:32: RT @matthew_d_green: After about 1 million attempts, they were unable to replicate this condition. Which means that the cipher designers go…
  • Wed, 17:32: RT @benrothke: Superb @adamshostack analysis. Writes that focusing on fighting #ransomware is like fighting pandemic by focusing on masks.…
  • Wed, 17:33: RT @shahmiruk: Absolutely f’ing ludicrous to position Cummings as anything but totally complicit in this scandal. People died. He over saw…
  • Wed, 17:34: RT @EffinBirds: @Stonekettle I mean, the real answer is that the humans doing the evaluation are paid poorly and are being held to speed me…
  • Wed, 17:35: RT @1Br0wn: The deadline for 🇪🇺 member states to vote on the “adequacy” of the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 is in 22 minutes. Meanwhile, @…
  • Wed, 17:35: RT @k8em0: @ystvns Not all bugs are vulnerabilities. The ones with no security implications are still bugs. Not all vulnerabilities are due…
  • Wed, 17:35: RT @k8em0: @v3rtig0 @ystvns Typically only security bugs are in scope in bug bounties. Variants include the 1st bounty for bugs that had pr…
  • Wed, 17:36: RT @ed_doran: We are still learning how to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to the next challenge to our communities. Check out today's readin…
  • Wed, 17:38: RT @mmitchell_ai: The key point here, which seems to be so confusing for so many people working in AI (why??) is that tech is used for *thi…
  • Wed, 17:39: RT @mmitchell_ai: If anyone has other ideas about how to convey this message--the difference between focusing solely on the here-and-now of…
  • Wed, 17:39: RT @LauraCatPJs: Beware the place so badly run The laws that bite, the rules that catch Beware a bad review and shun Any frumious condo mat…
  • Wed, 17:40: RT @MSFTIssues: "This work has seen 20,000 hatchlings make it to the ocean every season. An entire ecosystem is being stabilized." 🐢❤️ AI…
  • Wed, 17:41: RT @GossiTheDog: Heard a couple of people saying this now, apparently McDonald's are having some kind of security issue. https://t.co/YnKcU…
  • Wed, 17:41: RT @DaveBackman2: Its time again to join my Windows Engineering peers and host the Windows 10 Servicing & Support office hours. Join us on…
  • Wed, 17:42: RT @PrivacyMatters: "Consumer data is highly profitable and a currency in itself .." <all about the data. Data = YOU and those you are conn…
  • Wed, 17:43: RT @adhallmsft: Two days. I lasted two days. https://t.co/9VzFENIfrJ
  • Wed, 17:45: RT @Carnage4Life: Facebook tested live audio rooms yesterday in the US which brings to 4 the number of big Clubhouse competitors with worki…
  • Wed, 17:47: RT @0xcharlie: Interesting paper about adversarial computer vision in self driving cars. The idea is to use resonance to make sensors desi…
  • Wed, 17:48: RT @StevePeers: Advice to UK government to encourage development of AI by ripping up a data protection safeguard on automated decision maki…
  • Wed, 17:49: RT @mikejjennings: Urgh, I read a pretty damning and extensive article about Amazon's warehouse operations and employee treatment on the NY…
  • Wed, 17:51: RT @IntuneSuppTeam: 🗣️ Have feedback on Windows CSP for MDM and Microsoft Endpoint Manager? #MEM Please let @MikeDanoski know 👇 https://t.…
  • Wed, 17:52: RT @HNTurtledove: Most of the states that need it worst. Surprise! https://t.co/eEgWbycXDs
  • Wed, 17:53: RT @JulieSLalonde: "Just want your take on this" is consultancy work. "Just want to pick your brain" is consultancy work. "Wondering if y…
  • Wed, 17:55: RT @redhistorian: Chart of the day from @EdConwaySky. A reminder that UK trade with Australia & NZ was falling vertiginously in the 20 year…
  • Wed, 17:56: RT @PrivacyMatters: "Both behavioural science and common sense tell you that putting a ‘tick to accept’ box in front of someone at the poin…
  • Wed, 17:57: RT @RachRua: Love to watch Blazing Saddles and identify with the consistently outwitted and mocked racist characters that the film is clear…
  • Wed, 17:58: RT @jimkillock: I beg to differ. Yes, it is slashing standards, very clearly, on strength of the #GDPR section at least. Be worried. https…
  • Wed, 18:00: RT @mccrory: @QuinnyPig Now Corey, we both know that everyone buys their cloud and SaaS services based on going to a conference and looking…
  • Wed, 18:00: RT @RobotTaylor: @mccrory @QuinnyPig “For $125M, they’ll program the card to degauss randomly and put your competitor’s logo on it”
  • Wed, 18:00: RT @Steve_MSFT: Install and update of #PowerShell 7 via Microsoft Update is coming! Read about it here to get into the preview of this fea…
  • Wed, 18:00: RT @lordof1: Sadly I can confirm this is genuine - our lab has seen quite a number of these cases, the majority of which did not end well.…
  • Wed, 18:01: RT @RabbiRuth: If you believe that teaching about the Holocaust can help people learn from the mistakes of the past to create a better futu…
  • Wed, 18:02: RT @mniehaus: If they can't get rid of this sign-in animation, maybe they can have it display horoscopes. This message would already quali…
  • Wed, 18:04: RT @tomwarren: I think this means I can schedule "good morning everyone" to send in Slack at 9AM to pretend I am working and on time, and t…
  • Wed, 18:05: RT @rustlinz: Our second speaker is @jntrnr! JT is the co-creator of @nu_shell and has influenced projects like TypeScript at Microsoft an…
  • Wed, 18:05: RT @msdev: Quickly build & deploy apps across hybrid & multicloud environments using your preferred tools & app services. Learn how on June…
  • Wed, 20:32: RT @KBibbinsDomingo: “…leaders have failed to consider how the changing COVID guidelines affect America’s essential workers who face daily…
  • Wed, 20:34: RT @matteocollina: The 2021 JavaScript drama could be summed up as “we wanted React/webpack/babel module system and we got 🤬: it’s Node.js…
  • Wed, 20:35: RT @MalwareTechBlog: Also the $517k alone is worth more than $50/year for more than 800 years. So probably take the $517k and spend $50k of…
  • Wed, 20:35: RT @ShiraOvide: Just casually mentioning that 97% of Facebook's revenue comes from advertising and it really doesn't know how to generate m…
  • Wed, 20:35: RT @haydenfield: NEW: Airbnb made $3.4B in revenue last year. Its anti-discrimination team—with 5 full-time workers & no Black members—has…
  • Wed, 20:37: RT @bry_campbell: Who owns WaPo https://t.co/2vaW8eAPFv
  • Wed, 20:37: RT @adfskitteh: Am rage-writing a conference talk in my head to distract from the pain of configuring 3-cloud Identity federation. Slide 1…
  • Wed, 20:37: RT @adfskitteh: Slide 3: So you've reached the "Nuke the thing from orbit and start over" phase...
  • Wed, 20:38: CIA stood in the corner giggling and pushing each other in the ribs� https://t.co/Ea0z5Z6WR4
  • Wed, 20:39: RT @winocm: I can’t believe it’s been almost a decade since Windows 8 came out. How is that even possible? It still feels really new. Eve…
  • Wed, 20:39: RT @halvarflake: Both Google and Facebook have published papers about CPUs not always being reliable at sufficient scale. https://t.co/EPS0…
  • Wed, 20:39: RT @zeynep: They cleared the library books to avoid “spreading germs” but are telling people to check out the bars and nightlife instead ON…
  • Wed, 20:40: RT @MikeIsaac: the thing about this and newsletters and audio etc is that the very top people at Facebook are super interested in indie cre…
  • Wed, 20:40: RT @bascule: San Francisco’s rate of property crimes, including shoplifting, have plummeted to its lowest levels since reliable crime stati…
  • Wed, 20:41: RT @Penguingonemad: The absolute state of these replies. 37% of trans patients in the UK have avoided medical treatment due to fear of bei…
  • Wed, 20:46: RT @billba: I look at this and think how Earth-centric this is. I bet Klingons don’t have flags. I bet they have the bloody head of their e…
  • Wed, 20:46: RT @hillelogram: Esp because experience decays quickly, and you're "new to the code" if you haven't touched it in a few weeks. Nonetheless…
  • Wed, 20:46: RT @BitIntegrity: If you're interested in helping to guide Linux and Open Source use at Microsoft, you should come work with me in the Linu…
  • Wed, 20:48: RT @MayorofLondon: Pleased the Govt has listened to our calls & will be extending a moratorium on commercial rents. They must now go furthe…
  • Wed, 20:48: RT @i_a_r_n_a: nothing is entirely safe therefore everything is allowed is a wild approach to security
  • Wed, 20:49: RT @mnkypete: People with cars: You surely miss having a car, it's so convenient, go anywhere, anytime! Can't imagine having none. Me, wit…
  • Wed, 20:51: RT @hoofnagle: Canon "unveiled a new workspace management system that only allows smiling employees to enter the office and book conference…
  • Wed, 20:53: RT @radzikowski_m: My friend casually asked me if I think we are the last users of Google Hangouts chat. I sent him @killedbygoogle website…
  • Wed, 20:55: RT @mariafarrell: I did several years on the @OpenRightsGroup Board and heartily recommend it. Met fantastic people, grappled with knotty i…
  • Wed, 20:56: RT @jimkillock: In a meeting today, Elizabeth Denham from @ICOnews assured me that she was “relaxed” about the UK keeping “high data protec…
  • Wed, 20:56: RT @jimkillock: And they say they measure this in whether they can see an end it “pointless cookie banners”. #GDPR could end this nonsense…
  • Wed, 20:56: RT @jimkillock: They want to get rid of your right to object to life-changing automated decisions, and get human review. Like the Exam fia…
  • Wed, 20:57: RT @mmasnick: I mean, I still think of "Hangouts" as Gchat, but I really, really will never ever understand Google's bizarrely confused and…
  • Wed, 20:57: RT @TheSunnyOne2: Just a heads up that the @OpenUniversity have just launched their own transphobic/TERF/GC campaign network. There's a lo…
  • Wed, 20:59: RT @kenshirriff: This box was a key part of testing the Apollo spacecraft for the mission to the Moon. I opened it up and reverse-engineere…
  • Wed, 21:00: RT @davechensky: Podcasts are coming to Facebook! Can't wait for Facebook to slowly throttle your podcast reach and eventually make you pay…
  • Wed, 21:01: RT @GeigerNews: Brown University's Dr. Megan Ranney on CNN today: "As an ER doc, the only people I am seeing now with Covid, the only peop…
  • Wed, 21:01: RT @simongerman600: Map by @NatGeo shows the oil and gas pipelines leading from Russia to Europe. Studying this map is crucial when trying…
  • Wed, 21:02: RT @beta_collector: I mean...yeah, Windows 11, but are we going to get games like Purble Place!? Turning the tables on you and asking the T…
  • Wed, 22:17: I see the thunderstorms are really targetting the fish tonight https://t.co/BXya2ph6yl
  • Wed, 22:28: RT @kevincollier: Story: Ahead of Biden-Putin meeting, Ukraine makes first-ever bust of a major ransomware gang that targets the US https:/…
  • Wed, 22:29: RT @sonniesedge: “Real Men Do Accessibility: dismantling masculinity in tech”
  • Wed, 22:30: RT @getwired: @jordannovet It’s silly that there’s no way to allow a site to be trusted to open an app… particularly when it’s the publishe…
  • Wed, 22:31: RT @BradSmi: Congratulations to Microsoft’s @chriscapossela for being recognized as one of the most innovative CMOs in the world! https://t…
  • Wed, 22:32: RT @TarkabarkaHolgy: The bill went through. From today, me telling the kids it's okay to be gay is technically illegal. Telling an LGBT+ st…
  • Wed, 22:33: RT @GiulioWolfe: The fact that the humanitarian sector has been trying to move away from "beneficiary " as patronizing and somehow partly s…
  • Wed, 22:33: RT @YouKnowLydia: I think it's extremely unprofessional that @cracked's management team is now sharing my private email correspondence for…
  • Wed, 22:34: RT @byron_auguste: In the pandemic, we saw essential workers rapidly reconfigure supply chains, safety protocols, and business processes wi…
  • Wed, 22:34: RT @joelmartinez: So I often talk about how much I enjoy using regexes… but it must be stated (I'm obviously not the first to point this ou…
  • Wed, 22:35: RT @davidbrunelle: I prefer to think that we should all "work enough." The definition of "enough" will vary for all of us. Enough to meet…
  • Wed, 22:35: RT @davidbrunelle: When I see comments about "hard" work, there are two things missing: 1. How do we define "hard work"? 2. For whose bene…
  • Wed, 22:35: RT @davidbrunelle: We should also view anyone who espouses the virtues of "hard work" with a fair amount of skepticism. What do *they* hav…
  • Wed, 22:38: RT @Ojasvi: Adaptive Cards are fundamental building blocks for building apps in #MicrosoftTeams . Here are five new adaptive cards features…
  • Wed, 22:38: RT @paulduanefilm: Ten minutes into a rewatch of IF.... (‘68) and everything about why England is a horror show is apparent here, in the wa…
  • Wed, 22:40: RT @movito: The Germans got this right: they mandated by law that websites must have an Impressum identifies people / org behind the site.…
  • Wed, 22:41: RT @nazirafzal: Boris Johnson describing Matt Hancock as “totally f*cking hopeless” & then keeping him as Health Minister in the worst heal…
  • Wed, 22:41: RT @melissalim89: #AmazonSalonUK shelves aren’t so smart… manually configured with QR codes that link to the PDP… on a web page, not even w…
  • Wed, 22:44: if you're in the UK, you automatically get interest and a fee on late payments: ALWAYS CLAIM IT. tell the client/publisher your accountant insists (mine gets very sniffy if I have late payments and no late payment fee).� https://t.co/kLThHu8Obj
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