Serge Egelman

Nailed it… bsky.app/profile/v0ma...

He’s unemployed But he still has time to bowl And drink White Russians

Can we start referring to this style as fauxcoco?

For those of you kicking yourselves for not getting in on the recent wave of phrenology startups, I’m pleased to announce that there are now alchemy startups!

If someone told me that this was a scene from Mulholland Drive or Lost Highway that I had forgotten about, I’d probably believe it.

$25B!!! www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/m...

Repub congressional candidate Eric Pratt’s campaign website has accidentally published an AI prompt in its policy platform. The text reads: “The President is not popular, so all messaging should be focused on local politics and needs.” 🤣🤣🤣

Holy shit. This could be a contender for dumbest CA compromise.

This is a little bit too close for comfort. (Fire in the #Berkeley hills, which I am watching out my window.)

I assume that within the next year or two Musk is going to clarify that when he said he "will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America," he meant that every kid will be jointly sharing ownership of one of his SpaceX shares.

"I own my car," I shout at the attendant as I crash through the gate arm to get into the parking lot without paying.

I’m not sure about the wisdom of bragging that you were endorsed by a convicted rapist who makes a living by getting hit in the head. But then again, I’m not a political consultant, so what do I know… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Savannah police officer shared her Flock login with her husband, an ICE officer. License plate reader data will continue to be used for immigration enforcement and other purposes unless we decide to stop mass surveillance. gizmodo.com/cop-fired-fo...

So apparently 1 Scaramucci = 2.2 Zacharias? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

There’s also the issue of risk compensation: the presence of the “feature” is likely to lead to many more drivers intentionally driving off of cliffs to try this out.

A wiser man once said, “if you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.”

Xandr, or formerly AT&T Advertising and Analytics, made $2B the year before this case was filed: www.geekwire.com/2021/microso... I’m sorry, but how is fining a company less than 0.5% of revenue “a major blow to the online adtech industry”?

🚨 NEW 🚨 This is scary. A spyware company launched attacks on journalists via malicious ads, no clicks, no interaction whatsoever required. Highly-targeted, though can be used for mass surveillance. The ad industry is deeply compromised. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...

So, umm, if the models no longer need specialized hardware with extreme power and cooling requirements, why are we building so many data centers?

Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack I went out for a ride and I never went back Like a river that don't know where it's flowing I took a wrong turn and I just kept going Everybody's got a…

I feel like we’re approaching Idi Amin levels of dementia here? Which obsequious billionaire is going to be the first to refer to him as Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas?

Once upon a time we used to treat writing code that hacks into other systems as a CFAA violation… Funny how things change.

The competition for passkeys increasingly is not username + password (where a password manager makes that UX about as seamless as a passkey login) but username + password + inconveniently-delivered two-factor authentication code (where the passkey UX is soooo much better). (gift link)

I would have gone with, “Paul Rudd failed to shield his eyes when they opened the ark.”

This is equivalent to a shameless politician voting against the bill, but then organizing the groundbreaking ceremony in their district. Either way, it just shows that they have utter contempt for their constituents.

Name your favorite cover song… m.youtube.com/watch?v=LhL8...

Nice marmot.

FTC puts out a proposed policy statement re: personalized pricing (sometimes referred to as "surveillance pricing"). Statement points out several ways personalized pricing is in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act (!) www.regulations.gov/document/FTC...

The web and mobile apps of major conversational AI engines transmit prompts, titles and conversation permalinks to advertising data firms, alongside device IDs, hashed email and other persistent identifiers. Comprehensive analysis, like always from this team: jorgegarciaherrero.com/wp-content/i...

My man looks like Lt Cmdr Data experiencing anaphylaxis.

Whoa, one of the pedophiles responsible for the GOP's political power just died. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other one. No, not that one, the other wgntv.com/news/chicago...

Another one of Google's tricks to get you to install Chrome even if you are using one of the other Chromium browsers which are perfectly compatible with all Chrome Web Store extensions (but most users of these browsers probably don't know that)

And in more recent hilarious developments, the state is asking for $40B, whereas Meta believes the fine should be no more than…$3.5B! That Meta is opening with $3.5B says a lot about how little the other states got. www.reuters.com/world/us/new...

Really tired of the "I worked at the kitten crushing factory for years, made a fuckton of money and now I found my conscience and get to tour the stages of the world telling people how to be ethical" grift.

You’re surrounded by boozers, misfits and losers And down seven goals at the half Your ammo is spent and you can’t find Roy Kent You’re fucked so you might as well laugh

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

I ordered ramen online from Japan! It only took 3.5 months to get here…I might have gotten too much?