John Scott-Railton☕ / is on Nostr

Chasing online badness. Senior Researcher at Citizen Lab. Views mine.

Also, I like tracking stuck boats.

Last Notes

2024-05-27 18:06:12

Where can I find *current* advanced university lectures / lecture series on arbitrary scientific and technical topics?
I'm finding these are really hard to surface on #YouTube.
#education #university #continuingeducation

2024-05-16 20:23:29

Even for cancer and transplant patients.
#cancer #transplantation #immunocompromised #health #healthcare #masks #northcarolina
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2024-05-09 21:20:30

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@npub1new…kx9u Interesting, thanks for sharing your perspective.

2024-05-07 12:01:00

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UPDATE: Movement!
Watching ship tracking live it appears the hardworking #Turkish tugs freed bulk carrier #Alexis & the party is now heading South as some of the Tugs break off.
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2024-05-06 17:54:11

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@npub19mc…w44z Indeed, it certainly does nothing to inspire confidence.

2024-04-23 19:30:37

AI-drafted police reports will absolutely result in mistakes enshrined as facts.
This will permanently impact peoples' lives & freedom.
Story: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/04/23/axon-ai-police-reports-/?sh=7bdefd5b476b
#AI #artificialintelligence
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2024-04-22 20:21:05

BREAKING: US imposes visa restrictions on 13 mercenary spyware proliferators / immediate family.
First known application of policy rolled out in Feb.
A *lot* of shady players are surely having a little panic.
...wondering if their name is or will be on a list.
#spyware #pegasus #malware #mercenary #infosec #cybersecurity #hacking
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2024-04-19 15:22:46

A platform to let #AI autonomously pay humans to perform actions.
This will surely end well.
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2024-04-19 08:58:08

The conservative activists that spent years warning that "cancel culture" would destroy civilization.
Who said they objected to the very form of the thing, not just the values...
Are now aggressively replicating cancel culture, just substituting in reactionary values.

2024-04-18 13:59:30

NEW:
Germany just arrested 2 Russian operatives over suspected bombing plan.
Targets for reconnaissance included 🇺🇸US bases.
https://www.ft.com/content/9ee73d65-9575-410c-acba-3bc8b0bc08ae
#Russia #Espionage #sabotage #Germany #intelligence #GRU #Ukraine
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2024-04-18 10:08:10

When you support expanding domestic spying authorities in any country:
Even *if* you trust in the current government, you're gambling that you can trust how future administrations define criticism, democratic political organizing & dissent.

2024-04-09 10:39:42

The fact that all the morning people woke up before us and held a meeting where they decided to make the world early-riser biased is a great injustice.

2024-03-28 02:34:40

Nature has provided, in tomatoes and pineapples, an exceptionally sensitive diagnostic tool to locate the smallest of cuts in the mouth.

2024-03-27 18:24:32

[Hears maritime concept for first time]
5 minutes later...
"🚨 THREAD: How [concept] caused the #Keybridge collision. Make sure to read to the end of this 🧵"
#maryland #baltimore #bridge #ship #maritime

2024-03-27 17:32:55

I've noticed a 'terrorism expert' is almost immediately on TV during almost every big calamity.
The question is usually relevant!
But putting them up front = poor substitute for finding experts in relevant fields.
And can really distort the early conversation.
It can also help to pollinate the inevitable conspiracy theorizing that follows.
#terrorism #baltimore #media #disasters #shipping #maritime #ship

2024-03-27 04:12:23

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2/ Doxxing, stalking, spamming & exposure of users is guaranteed.
Moreover, it will set the expectation that users SHOULD trust codes sent from random phone numbers.
Speculating here: misguided cost cutting.
It's hard to understand why else you'd take such a strange path.
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2024-03-12 23:11:20

NOW: #Navalny 's Chief of Staff just attacked.
Assailant smashed Leonid Volkov's car window, sprayed him with an irritant like CS spray & beat him with hammer.
Occurred at his home in #Lithuania this evening.
He was transported by ambulance to hospital.
#Russia #putin #navalny
Developing story: https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/03/12/navalny-associate-leonid-volkov-reportedly-attacked-outside-his-home