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Ólafur@olafurg·
Get the basics right: 1. Set two-factor authentication on everything (@Authy) 2. Use a password manager (and unique passwords) (@Bitwarden) 3. Update your system and software
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OptaJoe@OptaJoe·
1 - Days top of the Scottish Premiership since the start of October: 226 - Hearts 1 - Celtic Heartbreak.
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Ég er svo ógeðslega hræddur um að flokkar komist til valda hérna sem ætla að hrófla við borgarlínunni. Bara rétt fikta nógu mikið í henni, til þess að þetta hætti að vera hágæða verkefni og verði þess í stað hin dæmigerða íslenska æpa. Þetta er það eina sem ég hef verið spenntur fyrir í Reykjavík, síðan ég man eftir mér. Ég finn að ég er byrjaður að þróa með mér svona kaldhæðna- brynju um niðurstöður kosninganna. Eins og mér sé dröll, en mér er ekki dröll. Ég keyri heavy mikið, þú veist stundum 2000km á mánuði. Tek strætó heavy mikið. Hjóla smá. á þrjú börn, hund. Með allt í gangi. Leiðakerfi og tíðni borgarlínunnar myndi gjörbreyta því hvernig ég fer um, þó ég myndi samt mest hossast á bíl. Mér finnst engar gáfulegar umræður hafa farið fram um borgarlínuna fyrir þessar kosningar. Þeir sem eru á móti, og eru með einhverjar þriðja flokks útfærslur að stinga upp á staðinn - nálgast borgarlínuna sem samgönguverkefni, en hún er svo miklu miklu miklu meira. Að láta eins og þetta sé einhver trilljarða bein fyrir Samfylkinga-fólk, bara plís. Þetta er sérsniðin lausn sem mun koma einstaklega vel við borgarbúa, sama hvort þeir nýti sér vagnana eða ekki. Hún saumar saman borg sem fúnkerar illa, hún mætir þörfum yngri kynslóðar og hún kallar á mjög organíska þéttingu, þar sem þjónusta og íbúðir byggjast í grennd við stoppistöðvar. Bara umræðurnar um Suðurlandsbrautina, hafa aldrei farið dýpra en hróp og köll um að það sé verið að þrengja umferð. Hefur fólk kynnt sér hvernig skipulagið við Suðurlandsbrautina er? Það er ógeðslega flott og ógeðslega spennandi, býr til alvöru borgargötu í gegnum Reykjavík. Þarna mun vera stræti stútfullt af þjónustu og íbúum við fokking þjóðarleikvanginn! Og á þessari leið, í götum fyrir ofan er ennþá bara mikið af húsnæði sem stendur autt eða er í dularfullri notkun, þar sem eitthvað spennandi getur kviknað, ólíkt því steríla drasli sem sem getur greitt leigu í því nýbyggða. Það er einhver dýpt farin úr umræðunum um þetta. Og þvílík vonbrigði að sjá eftir Hildi Björns fara þennan veg. Þetta er manneskja sem ég hef heyrt tala af innlifun um borgarlínuna. Þetta er manneskja sem hefur hingað til staðið keik og kosið með öllum þeim ákvörðunum sem hafa komið þessu verkefni á þann stað sem það er í dag. Og svo er hún mætt til Tóta að hnussa og fussa og láta eins og þetta sé eitthvað tómt píp úr einhverjum galgopum á Kaffi Vest. Djöfulsins drasl. Allavega þegar við Hildur hittumst á Hosiló í vetur og hún spurði mig hvort ég vildi taka sæti á lista Sjálfstæðisflokksins fyrir komandi kosningar - þá var hún talsmaður Borgarlínunnar. Hvað gerðist í millitíðinni - ég veit það ekki. Það er fólk í framboði, það er fólk sem mun enda í borgarstjórn sem segist ætla að byggja íbúðir í útjaðri Reykjavíkur og laga umferðina - þau segja þetta oft í sömu setningu. Þau ætla að laga umferðina með því að bæta við bílum í hana. Ég veit ekki alveg hvað maður segir við þessu. Er þinn frambjóðandi heimskur? eða er hann lygari? Það verður ekki bæði haldið og sleppt. Það sem við spörum með því að þynna út Reykjavík, því töpum við svo í umferðinni - og öfugt. Borgarlínan er svo fokking vandað verkefni. Og það er ekki að ástæðulausu að það eru bara gamlir karlar sem skrifa greinar gegn henni - (og enginn þeirra minnist á skipulagsþáttinn) Á að neyða fólk upp í borgarlínuna? Nei maður. Alls ekki. En þú ert neyddur til að borga skatta mánaðarlega og pls setjum þá í eitthvað sem er alvöru. En þú veist, líklega mun þetta fara til fjandans. Ég jafna mig, heima vorum við Alþýðubandalagsfólk á meðan Davíð Oddsson var Davíð Oddsson og við kunnum þá list að éta skít betur en aðrir. Ég verð samt að reykja vindil og hlusta á rapp. (Að gefnu tilefni, hef aldrei kosið Samfylkinguna og myndi aldrei taka sæti á lista Sjálfstæðisflokksins)
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Google DeepMind
Google DeepMind@GoogleDeepMind·
We’re partnering with the developers of @EveOnline to explore the next frontier of AI research in games. EVE's complex, player-driven universe is the perfect safe sandbox to test agents on memory, continual learning, and long-term planning. Find out more → goo.gle/4epQIdy
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Fenris Creations
Fenris Creations@FenrisCreations·
For nearly 29 years, we have been guided by a bold idea: that virtual worlds can be more meaningful than real life. Today, on EVE Online's 23rd birthday, we are marking one of the most significant transitions in our company's history. We are becoming Fenris Creations: an independent company with the ownership, governance, and clarity to invest in the EVE universe for decades to come. The name Fenris Creations is inspired by Norse myth, but it is also rooted in our own history. Back in 1997, we were captivated by a belief that has shaped us ever since: for a virtual world to have meaning, it must be shaped by risk, loss, renewal, and the people who inhabit it. In short: death is a serious matter. That belief was there from the beginning. Our very first published game carried the name Fenris on the box, a reminder of the kinds of worlds we wanted to build. Nearly three decades later, Fenris Creations carries that first idea forward into a new era. Our name and structure are changing, but our roots and ideals remain the same: building living universes shaped by people, trust, consequence, and time. We enter this new chapter with gratitude to Pearl Abyss for their partnership and support since 2018, and with respect for what this chapter helped make possible. Looking ahead, we are excited to begin a research partnership with Google DeepMind, exploring intelligence in complex, dynamic systems through EVE Online. A new name. An independent future. Another important step on the path to EVE Forever. eveonline.com/news/view/a-ne…
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Malwarebytes@Malwarebytes·
You have four days left to enjoy encrypted chats on Instagram. Once May 8th rolls around, your chats will be visible to Meta.
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Ólafur@olafurg·
Hrossagaukur með tónleika í Vatnsendanum. Huggulegt.
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Ólafur@olafurg·
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Katherine Argent@effthealgorithm

Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads. AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads. Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none). Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to. Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI. Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone. Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your area. In your neighborhood. On your street. Two doors down from you. Do you know this person yet, we think you’d get along. You need an account to use this app. That username is taken. Enter a password. Not that one, you used it on another site. You need to be connected to WiFi to download the app. Allow the app to connect to other devices on your network. Allow the app to access your contacts, know your precise location, store your credit card details. Oops, sorry, we got hacked now all that info is available on the web. There’s a class action suit. You can join. It’ll take a decade to get your $3.73 share of the ten billion settlement. We’ll send it via PayPal or deposit it to your bank, just tell us those details. Oh no, another hack. That info is circulating now, too. Here’s a spam call, a spam email, a spam text. Why are you angry? Why are you talking about getting rid of your phone? Why don’t you like AI, it lets us make all of this easier? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? This is progress. You’ll be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? Do you???

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Ólafur@olafurg·
@doridna Finndu local staði, himneskur local matur og drykkur á Balkan svæðinu.
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Halldór Halldórsson@doridna·
Er að fara til Zagreb um helgina. Það er sama hvað ég googla - þetta er ekkert öfga spennandi neitt. Hefur einhver farið og getur mælt með einhverju?
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Socket@SocketSecurity·
🚨 Bitwarden CLI 2026.4.0 was compromised as part of the ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign after attackers abused a GitHub Action in Bitwarden’s CI/CD pipeline. We’ll continue updating our coverage as more details are confirmed. socket.dev/blog/bitwarden…
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Ólafur@olafurg·
When flipping to @brave on Raycast Windows it spawns a new window instead of switching to the existing one. Anyone know why?
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Massimo
Massimo@Rainmaker1973·
Sweden is committing more than €100 million to a sweeping classroom overhaul: replacing tablets and screens with traditional printed textbooks to help reverse falling student performance and sharpen focus. After more than a decade of embracing digital-first education, Swedish authorities are now pivoting back to paper-based learning. Official data and recent studies cited by the Ministry of Education show that prolonged screen use in class has been linked to shorter attention spans, weaker reading comprehension, and reduced critical-thinking abilities. Research consistently finds that reading on illuminated screens requires greater mental effort and invites more distractions compared to the calm, linear experience of physical books—factors believed to have contributed to declining academic outcomes in recent years. Under the new plan, every student will receive printed textbooks for all core subjects, restoring books as the central learning tool. Digital devices and online resources will remain available as supportive tools, but they will no longer dominate daily instruction. This bold €100+ million investment signals Sweden’s leadership in rethinking the role of technology in education. It underscores a broader, growing recognition worldwide: while screens provide speed and access, the hands-on, distraction-free engagement of physical books supports deeper concentration, stronger memory retention, and more effective long-term learning. By choosing paper over pixels, Sweden is charting a path toward a more balanced, evidence-informed classroom future—one that puts proven pedagogical principles ahead of unchecked digital trends.
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Sandeep Manudhane
Sandeep Manudhane@sandeep_PT·
Dear kids 5 to 20 years of age: Read books. Hard, paper books. As much as you can. Make it a habit, a lifelong pursuit. Ensure best brain development.
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Sooraj@iAnonymous3000·
Pavel Durov: “your nudes are safe with us” Let’s talk about what that actually means technically. Telegram does NOT use end to end encryption by default for messaging. Regular chats, groups, and channels all use Telegram’s cloud chat model with client-server encryption. Telegram retains server-side access to message content and media - with keys and data split across jurisdictions rather than stored in one place. The point is: Telegram can access your ordinary chat content. Only “Secret Chats” offer E2E encryption for text and media. These are limited to 1-on-1 conversations, device-specific, and must be manually enabled. Voice and video calls are also E2E encrypted, but groups and channels, where large-scale sharing actually happens - have no E2E option at all. Around the same time Durov posted this: AI Forensics published research covered by AFP and WIRED documenting over 82,000 media files shared across 16 abusive Telegram communities in Spain and Italy over a six-week period. Researchers analyzed 2.8 million messages from more than 24,000 members. The content was mostly sexually explicit, much of it non-consensual, with some involving minors. Telegram’s design appears to enable rapid distribution and persistence of these networks while ordinary chats remain accessible to Telegram itself. Durov was detained in France in 2024 and placed under formal investigation, with judicial supervision imposed as authorities probed alleged criminal activity on the platform. If you actually want to send sensitive media securely, @signalapp supports view-once media that can only be opened a single time before it disappears. Combined with default E2E encryption - the provider never sees the content.
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@xdrewmiko Thanks for the trust — your nudes are safe with us 🔒

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JP Aumasson
JP Aumasson@veorq·
Pavel discovers WhatsApp; omits to say that 100% of Telegram messages are in 'plain-text' on Telegram servers, with no opt-out unlike for WhatsApp; dude is so disingenuous as usual
Pavel Durov@durov

WhatsApp’s “E2E encryption by default” claim is a giant consumer fraud: ~95% of private messages on WhatsApp end up in plain-text backups on Apple/Google servers — not E2E-encrypted. Backup encryption is optional, and few people enable it — let alone use strong passwords.

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B.M.
B.M.@ireallyhateyou·
Wow. Everyone should read this 1983 article by Roald Dahl. Every word of it. It's literally the same fucking shit as now, with the same kind of impunity, only now it's even much worse. He called it. He fucking called it and they just ignored him and called him an antisemite.
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There is not a single ounce of anything Roald Dahl wrote criticizing Israel that was anti-semitic or unreasonable in any way Here's the first page of what he wrote

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flavio@flaviocopes·
How Axios was compromised 🤯
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