rough (like uff in buff)
cough (like off in scoff)
drought (like ow in cow)
though (like o in no)
thought (like aw in saw)
through (like oo in woo)
Enough.
Fantastic essay: "Why the ATM didn’t kill bank teller jobs, but the iPhone did." davidoks.blog/p/why-the-at...
Key point: "it is paradigm replacement, not task automation, that actually displaces workers." In this sense, we're still in the early days of AI's effect on the economy.
When I joined as the head engineer of the Torment Nexus project, it was to work on fascinating technical problems and make the world a better place along the way. I am appalled to discover that the Torment Nexus would be used this way and, now that my options have vested, will be leaving the project
Two VotingWorks tabulators.
VotingWorks everywhere!
Whimsical image showing memory safety fortification in Apple products
I attended Apple’s “Fortify Your App” event, a packed day of guidance for developers on eliminating memory safety defects on Apple platforms. I wrote some thoughts here:
medium.com/@boblord/app...
A zombie looking at itself in the mirror, asking "Wait... is my advice outdated?" A hacklore.org sign hangs in the background.
⌛ Giving outdated cybersecurity advice misdirects people from the tasks that will actually help them be secure. It's time to let go of zombie advice! 🧟♀️
📖 Check out hacklore.org where you can learn what tactics work against the most common crimes.
📬 And sign up for the mailing list!
The Great Northern hotel and waterfall. Twin Peaks S01E01 - Northwest Passage.
Twin Peaks: The Great Northern hotel and waterfall.
The information in a user's Claude account might be more valuable than what's in their mail account... but there is no passkey option? 🤔
Signal is hiring a Director of Major Gifts—responsible for fundraising and maintaining relationships with donors. Please spread the word!
The momentum to stop hacklore is building! We *can* do hard things! 🦾 🔐 🥳
This is a great article about a great initiative. Thank you to everyone who worked on this effort for years. I can't wait to see it get fully rolled out!
🐦☀️ Spring cleaning? Be sure to remove hacklore from your cybersecurity guidance! 🔐
For the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.
Anything you can share about the background for the agreement?
Television pioneer Fred Rogers, gone 23 years ago today.
His acceptance speech for the Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award is always worth a watch.
#RIP 💔
Zombie gives a lecture on cyber-security best practices from 2010, including advice to avoid public wi-fi and USB charging stations, and to change passwords every 90 days. The audience is laughing.
It's 2026 and time to stop getting cybersecurity advice from the undead. 🧟♂️🧟♀️
Ready to let go of zombie advice? Start at hacklore.org! 🔐
📣 Spread the word!! 📣
What's the best web page or video that explains why everyday people do *not* need to purchase a personal VPN service? 🤔
When I said yesterday I'm extremely skeptical of safety profiles as C++'s safety solution, this stuff is why.
On February 24, 1989, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived at the wonderful town of TWIN PEAKS to investigate the murder of Laura Palmer. The events that he would live there from that moment would mark the course of his life forever. #TwinPeaksDay
#TwinPeaks Day
Leland and BOB are next to each other!
Agent Dale Cooper dictating to his secretary Diane, announcing his arrival in the town of Twin Peaks on February 24th.
Happy Twin Peaks Day to all who observe!
I'm looking forward to some damn fine coffee and cherry pie! Wish I lived closer to the RR Diner. Best pie in the tri-counties!
🗻🗻🦉🌲🪵 🍒🥧☕️🍩 🕵🏼♀️ 👍🏻
📰 When headlines fixate on “zero-days,” they distract from the real question: What is the manufacturer doing to prevent *recurring* classes of coding error? 🤔
Drama focuses on the Villains. Accountability focuses on how the Vendors make the product.
This site from the Government of Canada promotes some classic #hacklore.
Does anyone have contacts in the appropriate department? I'd like to help them update their guidance. 🙏🔐
www.getcybersafe.gc.ca/en
Man using a laptop at an airport coffee shop with a zombie barista creeping up behind him.
🧟♀️ Still giving out zombie advice about public wi-fi? Still warning about evil baristas hacking people's devices in the cafe?
Check out hacklore.org for the guidance that will actually help everyday people stay secure online. 🔐
It’s time to retire the phrase “sophisticated threat actor”. 🌴 🍹 🏄️
Let's get beyond vague adjectives that celebrate the villains 🙄 and start talking more about how software design can play a role in keeping people and organizations safe. 🔐
medium.com/@boblord/tim...
How is this still possible? I use almost no extensions for this exact reason.
What software companies are not CNAs for their own products, but should be? And why? 🤔
Boost for reach. 🙏
A woman wearing a Hacklore.org t-shirt laughing at a zombie telling her to not use public wi-fi.
Tired of zombie cybersecurity advice that should have been dead and buried by now? 🧟
Stop letting the undead waste your time.
Visit hacklore.org for the cure! Real-world threat models. No fear theater. Just the facts. 🔐
Boost to your network! 🙏
🔥 Killer post about hacklore from Huntress 🔥
www.huntress.com/cybersecurit...
They write, "Drop the lore, defend the core". Brilliant!!
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