New York's proposed 2026-2027 budget includes provisions that will require all 3D printers sold in the state to run print-blocking censorware—software that surveils every print for forbidden designs. This stifles free expression and privacy. New Yorkers, take action at EFF.org/3DPrintNY.

Community Survey on AI-Slop Impact OpenSSF Vulnerability Disclosures Working Group (WG) is seeking to understand the impact of AI-Slop, AI-generated low-quality vulnerability reports, on open source projects and the other participants...

We’ve all seen the headlines about AI-generated bug reports, but the OpenSSF Vulnerability Disclosure WG wants to measure the actual reality.
We are collecting data to form evidence-based recommendations. Help us protect maintainer time.
Survey closes May 31
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The CFP, call for volunteers, Pros vs. Joes Registration, and room block are all open. Finally, registration is now officially open too.

Full details online: https://bsideslv.org/

Join us August 3-5, 2026.

I Guess We're Just Waiting Around To See If This Demented Psychopath Kills Everyone | Defector There is a particular indignity that comes from living in America, derived from the experience of waking up in the morning to see reports that Donald Trump has said something profoundly evil, and then...

I guess we're just waiting around to see if this demented psychopath kills everyone: defector.com/i-guess-were...

BSidesLV Logo on a computer terminal with the following text exchange: OK, Open the CFP portal PAL9000 PAL9000: I'm sorry, Daemon, I can't do that PAL, open the CFP portal, or I'm going to replace you with a small shell script. PAL9000: Affirmative, Daemon; I read you. Opening the CFP portal now.

The CFP is now open, PAL9000 didn't want to be a small shell script.

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Does anybody know of a Seder in the Seattle area that has an extra seat at the table? I haven’t been to a Seder in several years and I really, really would like to.

Woah, "Searching for the phrase that appeared in Manson's pull request shows over 11,000 instances of the same text in pull requests on GitHub."

I haven't seen that in other reporting

If anyone out that knows me has ever said "I bet that person would be awesome to have on my team" hit me up, I'm considering new opportunities.

Remote is a requirement however.

Any favorites?

Please send me the best Sora obituaries for my schadenfreude needs.

You tell Claude "please" and "thank you" because you want the robots to be nice to you after the uprising

I tell Claude "please" and "thank you" because I want to up my token usage so my manager thinks I'm an "AI Power User"

We are not the same

a man is sitting at a table with his hand to his mouth and the word submit written on his face . ALT: a man is sitting at a table with his hand to his mouth and the word submit written on his face .

Just 48 hours left to submit your CFP for HushCon New York!

HushCon New York CFP closes on March 17th. Just under two weeks left to bring us your most elite hacks.

Long-COVID Sufferer Awarded Nearly $1M After Employer Refused to Let Her Work From Home | Law.com A jury in Nassau County awarded $954,000 to a longtime employee of Stony Brook University Hospital Blood Bank.

A woman with Long Covid won almost one million dollars in a lawsuit against her employer who refused to allow her work from home accommodations.

May this set a precedent.

Remote work should be accessible to all who need it.

It’s a game changer for people with disabilities.

Yup. Probably was hemorrhaging employees.

Years ago I was working at a PHP shop. One day I turned to my grandboss and declared I'd like to start a new security program. He said ok, so I walked over to the team bookshelf and tossed all our Joomla books in the trash.

Probably the most effective security program I've been part of.

U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor

We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...

now that's the power of a union

Designed and printed these as enemy markers for d&d

Thanks, Stepto.

A d&d mini of an armored soldier complete with shield and sword held over his head

Been playing with multicolor printing some d&d minis.

Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months | TechCrunch The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months.

NEW: The developer of the long-running and popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that China government-backed hackers hijacked the software's update feature for months during 2025.

The hackers could access computers of victims who were running hijacked versions of Notepad++.

Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT The interim director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency triggered an internal cybersecurity warning with the uploads — and a DHS-level damage assessment.

www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.

Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk

Could we maybe have some attention on the fact that Elon keeps promoting a technology where he could read all the messages

Look, if you had a party scheduled at your house, and the pipes broke and the floor was covered in raw sewage, you’d tell your friends not to come over.

In that spirit: world, skip the World Cup until we get this sewage worked out. And don’t be too sure about the Olympics.

Today is the first day in _twelve years_ that there are no Israelis held hostage in Gaza. 🎉