ilust606

ilust606, 20 days ago to Canada

This CBC News story out of Vancouver from last year reminds us why we love Canadians so much. 🇨🇦
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/cupcake-thief-apologizes-1.6861481
#Canada #cupcakes #pastries #food #Vancouver #BritishColumbia #SweetSomething #bakery #EmmaIrvine
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arstechnica, 25 days ago to random

Sophisticated $25M ethereum heist took about 12 seconds, DOJ says

Brothers charged in novel crypto scheme potentially face decades in prison.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/sophisticated-25m-ethereum-heist-took-about-12-seconds-doj-says/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ilust606, 4 months ago to random

There's an article at The Atlantic which will probably be thought of as one of the best journalistic essays of 2024. It's by Adrienne LaFrance and is about our too-powerful tech overlords.
It's behind a paywall, but below is a good snippet. (fair use!)
Silicon Valley monopolies need to be broken up like Standard Oil and AT&T.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/03/facebook-meta-silicon-valley-politics/677168/

#technoauthoritarianism #bigtech #elonmusk #markzuckerberg #thefilthyrich #SiliconValley #AdrienneLaFrance #MarcAndreessen #Election2024

anneapplebaum, 5 months ago to random

Give Russia's frozen assets to Ukraine. Now. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/ukraine-russia-frozen-assets/676390/