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Leo Laporte, podcaster & tech pundit. Founder of the TWiT Podcast Network https://twit.tv. Admin at twit.social. Blog and contact info at https://leo.fm/about

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Last Notes

2026-05-02 17:22:00 UTC

Well this is concerning.
I just suspended 14 Russian LLM generated bot accounts that were created around April 17 on my Mastodon instance, twit.social. Somehow they circumvented manual registration approval. I've turned on Captchas (much as I hate them) for new member requests in the hopes that will stop the bots. They must have discovered a registration bypass bug.
Thanks to IFTAS SW-ISAC for noting and reporting the bots.

2026-02-12 16:06:38 UTC

It’s so unsettling watching our 250 year-old democracy decay into dictatorship while the most disruptive technology since steam power is evolving at superhuman speed. It’s like watching a locomotive barrel headlong into a tornado. I have a bad feeling about this.

2026-01-24 00:23:45 UTC

Fuck ICE.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/ice-arrests-five-year-old-boy-minnesota
https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/947/223/372/747/664/original/db5e2f6075a983b5.png

2026-01-01 19:12:17 UTC

RIP Stewart Cheifet. He was an inspiration to all of us who stood on his shoulders.
https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/114

2025-08-29 21:34:27 UTC

Just a reminder - there have been numerous fraudulent accounts created on the Fediverse lately pretending to be Mastodon Security, and asking for your credentials in DMs to you.
DO NOT RESPOND. DO NOT CLICK.
We will never ask you to verify your credentials. Period.
Tell your friends.

2025-08-13 20:14:59 UTC

The Limitless AI is always listening. https://www.limitless.ai/
https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/media_attachments/files/115/023/288/618/946/494/original/993dbd1a4a7567e5.jpg

2025-07-18 14:55:53 UTC

Mike Masnick nails it again in “Fascism for First-Time Founders” on Techdirt:
"Real innovation happens when companies have to compete on merit, not on who can kiss the leader’s ass most effectively. In a functioning democracy with actual rule of law, the best products have the opportunity to win. In an authoritarian system, the company that makes the dictator happy wins—and that’s it."
Also this from Liberal Currents: Mark Andreessen ... https://leo.fm/2025/07/18/mike-masnick-nails-it-again/

2025-06-20 15:52:53 UTC

Salt Hank’s is officially OPEN!
Jones at Bleecker St in the West Village, NYC
https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/media_attachments/files/114/716/493/184/400/724/original/c57bdcb53b07d29f.jpg

2025-06-14 19:26:45 UTC

No Kings in Petaluma.
“I have decided to stick with love.” — MLK
https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/media_attachments/files/114/683/360/316/860/839/original/aa02645d9ba21e47.jpg

2025-05-07 22:23:55 UTC

Flipboard’s Mike McCue joins us on Intelligent Machines #818 to talk about his new app, Surf, the super social app. https://twit.tv/im https://surf.social

2025-04-18 15:53:11 UTC

DOGE gave Russia access to private government data: https://leo.fm/2025/04/18/doge-gave-russia-access-to/

2025-02-07 01:52:50 UTC

Now these DOGE assholes have utterly illegal access to the Department of Energy - keepers of our nuclear weapons. Anderson Cooper keeps calling them “wicked smart.” How ‘bout just wicked.
https://www.wsj.com/tech/doge-staffer-resigns-over-racist-posts-d9f11a93?mod=hp_lead_pos3

2025-02-05 03:18:36 UTC

Serious question here.
Congress doesn’t have the votes to stop this slow-motion coup.
Courts can issue injunctions but who is going to enforce them?
With a corrupt oligarchy that has shown its total disregard for law and the constitution is there anybody who can stop them?

2025-01-26 21:56:06 UTC

Um. Don’t you mean nerdy?
https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/media_attachments/files/113/896/886/421/579/200/original/e6b378f9062afa55.jpg

2024-12-11 03:15:01 UTC

It’s a sign.
https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/media_attachments/files/113/632/011/910/969/243/original/43816eb277e0f0ff.jpg

2024-12-04 08:03:13 UTC

I’ve completed “Ceres Search” - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/4
Lots of fun tonight - and with a little help I think we came up with an elegant way of solving part 2!
Code on Github

2024-11-12 22:49:34 UTC

It’s a story as old as time. Well at least as old as HG Wells…
"The lawgiver, of all beings, most owes the law allegiance. He of all men should behave as though the law compelled him. But it is the universal weakness of mankind that what we are given to administer we presently imagine we own.
– H.G. Wells"
Sigh.
https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/media_attachments/files/113/472/423/381/676/523/original/a59f4906c8a5483a.jpg

2024-10-02 00:59:25 UTC

I am SO hungry now!
https://cdn.masto.host/twitsocial/media_attachments/files/113/235/116/978/462/784/original/8c6eff3a8329e662.jpeg

2024-08-17 00:24:25 UTC

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You looked and sounded great. And I ordered the Ninja Luxe Cafe and a Beanz subscription immediately after the show!
https://ninjakitchen.pxf.io/EKoWGW
https://beanz.com

2024-08-11 02:04:42 UTC

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Let's do it! Friday 8/16 at 2p Pacific, 5p Eastern, 2100 UTC. Streaming live on https://youtube.com/twit/live, https://twitch.tv/twit, Kick, X, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
Coffee Time with the Coffee Geek - we'll be taking questions from those platforms, too!

2024-08-03 16:12:24 UTC

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I've always wanted to do a coffee special. My home studio will be ready in a week. When's good for you?