Tech

We are living through a major tech revolution but it has nothing to do with AI:

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— Michael Tae Sweeney (@mtsw.bsky.social) Jun 25, 2024 at 4:55 PM

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Passkeys: A Shattered Dream, 2024-05-24T09:16

At around 11pm last night my partner went to change our lounge room lights with our home light control system. When she tried to login, her account couldn't be accessed. Her Apple Keychain had deleted the Passkey she was using on that site.

This is just the icing on a long trail of enshittification that has undermined Webauthn. I'm over it at this point, and I think it's time to pour one out for Passkeys.

My Favorite Joke

Politics

Speaking of the 10 Commandments, people often think "taking the Lord's name in vain" means using curse words. But, ironically, what it really means is doing shit like this.

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— Mollie Wilson O'Reilly (@mollieoreilly.bsky.social) Jun 27, 2024 at 2:41 PM

Biden is too old. But he has surrounded himself with competent people and has had a conventional first term. Trump is authoritarian but inept. He has surrounded himself with people he hopes will make him more effective at authoritarianism. Neither is ideal. But these are not similar problems.

— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) Jun 28, 2024 at 9:48 AM

To serve his country, Donald Trump should leave the race, The Editorial Board, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2024-06-29T20:30

The debate served as a reminder of what another four years of Trump would look like. More lies, grievance, narcissism, and hate. Supporters say they like Trump because he says whatever he thinks. But he mainly spews raw sewage.

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Trump is an unserious carnival barker running for the most serious job in the world. During his last term, Trump served himself and not the American people.

I keep on thinking about how John Roberts messed up nitrogen oxide with nitrous oxide in a ruling on how the courts were better suited to provide expertise than experts.

— Molly Shah (@mommunism.bsky.social) Jun 30, 2024 at 4:36 AM

Biden Must Resign, Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 2024-07-03

If the president wants to protect American democracy, he should hand over his office to Kamala Harris.

I'm a big Serwer fan, and have been for years, so this call for Biden to step down resonates a bit more with me than others we've seen in the last week.

Misc

Gaming

The world doesn't lack for Cthulhu Mythos anthologies. That said, if I were a publisher with the money to pay writers what they're worth and produce the books I'd want to read, there are a few anthologies I'd love to see. So here are my top 5 hypothetical Mythos anthologies.

— Deep Cuts in a Lovecraftian Vein (@deepcuts.bsky.social) Jul 5, 2024 at 9:19 AM

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