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This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ . Studying human intelligence is a matter of neuroscience, and creating software is a matter of computing, so creating artificial intelligence would be at the intersection of those fields, called computational neuroscience, and I have with me one of the founders of that field. Tomaso Poggio is the Eugene McDermott professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT and the Director of the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a founding fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. His home page says that he “develops models of brain function that illuminate human intelligence and builds intelligent machines that can mimic human performance.” Wow. His new book, Brains, Minds, Machines, The Mystery of Human Intelligence, the Enigmas of the Artificial, comes out this summer. Tomaso defines computational neuroscience, and then we talk about computation in the human brain, how large language models landed for him, holography, limitations of LLMs, and backpropagation equivalents in the human brain. All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines! Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.
Movie of the Year: 2006The Sweet 16 RevealedThe Best Movies of 2006 Enter the BracketThis episode puts the movies of 2006 on the clock, as Ryan, Mike, and Greg reveal which 16 titles advance to the bracket season. The Taste Buds have spent weeks wrestling with a starting field of 64 films, and the cuts have been real. The debates ahead will be worth every minute.Getting from 64 films to 16 requires real conviction. Every cut involves films with legitimate credentials, passionate defenders, and strong arguments in their favor. Consequently, this episode does more than announce a list. It reflects a set of choices the Taste Buds are prepared to defend all season long.About Movie of the YearMovie of the Year is a PopFilter podcast built around one question: what was the best film of a given year? Ryan, Mike, and Greg select a year, assemble a 64-film bracket, and argue their way to a champion. The format rewards deep cinematic knowledge, honest disagreement, and a willingness to change your mind when the argument demands it.The show has built a catalog of bracket seasons that reward both longtime listeners and newcomers. Each season has its own personality, shaped by the films in contention and the friction those films generate in debate. The 2006 season carries that tradition forward with a year that has only gotten more interesting with time.2006: A Year Worth Arguing AboutFew years in recent memory offer the range that 2006 does. Prestige dramas, international films, genre pictures, and independent features all had strong years, and the critical consensus at the time did not always hold up. Some films that dominated awards conversation look different now. Meanwhile, others that were overlooked at release have since built lasting reputations.Roger Ebert captured the energy of 2006 well. His review of The Departed reflected a year when ambitious filmmaking found real audiences, and when the line between commercial and prestige cinema blurred in productive ways. Additionally, 2006 produced genuine disagreement between critics and general audiences, which is exactly the kind of tension that makes a bracket season compelling.The Taste Buds considered films across every genre and profile when building the 64-film field. Notably, some titles with strong critical support did not survive the early cuts, while others with devoted fanbases made a stronger case than expected. That tension runs through every round of the bracket.How the Movies of 2006 Bracket WorksThe bracket is central to what makes Movie of the Year function as a podcast. The Taste Buds begin with 64 films, then work through rounds of debate until one film stands alone. Each episode focuses on a specific matchup or group of films, with Ryan, Mike, and Greg arguing for and against each contender.The Sweet 16 revealed in this episode seeds the season ahead. From there, head-to-head matchups determine which films advance through the Elite Eight, the Final Four, and ultimately the championship. However, seeding does not guarantee anything. A well-argued case can always change the outcome, and upsets are part of the format.For listeners new to the show, this episode therefore serves as an ideal starting point. The Taste Buds make each debate accessible and entertaining, regardless of how familiar you are with any individual film.The Road to the Sweet 16Cutting 64 films to 16 means making hard calls. The Taste Buds apply consistent criteria across every cut: rewatchability, cultural staying power, craft, and genuine argument value within the bracket. A film that cannot generate a compelling debate does not serve the season well, regardless of its pedigree.Above all, the goal is a Sweet 16 that produces great arguments. A bracket full of obvious consensus picks would make for a dull season. Consequently, the Taste Buds deliberately include films that create friction, titles where reasonable and informed people genuinely disagree about their value and legacy.Some of the 16 films advancing will surprise listeners. Others will feel inevitable. The full reveal happens in this episode, and the reasoning behind each selection is part of what makes debating the movies of 2006 so worthwhile from start to finish.A Starting Field Built for DebateThe 64-film field the Taste Buds assembled for 2006 reflects the full range of what the year produced. Genre range mattered in the curation process. So did the desire to include films that cut against consensus and force the bracket to reckon with less comfortable choices. Specifically, the films that survive into the Sweet 16 represent a cross-section of 2006 that rewards close attention and strong opinions.Why the Movies of 2006 Still MatterThe Movie of the Year podcast treats film debate as something worth doing seriously. The 2006 season carries that forward with a year whose critical reputation has shifted meaningfully since its release. Films that seemed certain to endure have faded. Others that barely registered in awards conversation have grown into genuine touchstones.The bracket format demands accountability that casual film lists do not. When you argue for a film head-to-head against another specific film, you have to articulate why you believe what you believe. Furthermore, you have to hold that position under pressure from two other opinionated co-hosts who may disagree entirely.Specifically, 2006 sits at a cultural inflection point. Studio filmmaking, independent cinema, and international film all competed for serious critical attention that year, and the market rewarded each in different ways. The season will reflect that range, and the debates will run deep. The movies of 2006 have a lot left to say, and this season is where they say it.Related Episodes from Movie of the YearMovie of the Year — Full Episode ArchiveThe Last Picture Show — Movie of the Year: 1971A Clockwork Orange — Movie of the Year: 1971The French Connection — Movie of the Year: 1971Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — Movie of the Year: 1971Note: Add 2006 episode URLs to this list as they are published.FAQ: Movies of 2006 and the Bracket RevealAbout the Episode and the ShowWhat is this movie's 2006 podcast episode about?Ryan, Mike, and Greg reveal the 16 films advancing to the 2006 bracket season. They narrow a starting field of 64 films down to the Sweet 16, setting up the full season of head-to-head debates ahead.What is Movie of the Year?Movie of the Year is a PopFilter podcast where hosts Ryan, Mike, and Greg debate and rank films from a single year using a bracket format. Each season covers one year of cinema and ends with one film crowned champion.Who hosts Movie of the Year?The show is hosted by Ryan, Mike, and Greg, collectively known as the Taste Buds, on the PopFilter podcast network. Each host brings a distinct critical perspective to every debate.How does the Movie of the Year bracket work?The Taste Buds begin each season with 64 films from the chosen year. Through debate-style episodes, films compete head-to-head until one film is crowned Movie of the Year. The Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, and championship rounds each produce their own episodes.About the 2006 SeasonWhy is 2006 a significant year in film history?2006 produced a strong and varied field of films across genres and profiles. Prestige dramas, international cinema, genre filmmaking, and independent features all had notable years, making 2006 an ideal year for bracket debate.How did the Taste Buds select the 64-film starting field?The Taste Buds curated the field based on critical reception, cultural staying power, rewatchability, and argument value within the bracket format. The goal was a field that represents the full range of 2006, including some selections that will surprise listeners.Where can I listen to Movie of the Year?Movie of the Year is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Full episodes and archives are also available at popfilter.co.What films made the 2006 Movie of the Year Sweet 16?The 16 films advancing to the bracket are revealed in this episode. Listen to find out which films survived and how the Taste Buds justify every selection.
Joe OBrien, real estate investor and licensed Realtor, who helps buyers, sellers, and real estate investors build long term wealth through disciplined investing and practical real estate systems.Through acquisition and sales representation, investment analysis, and hands on education, Joe teaches people how to think strategically about financing, portfolio growth, and sustainable execution in real world markets.Now, Joe's journey of learning through real deals, real mistakes, and real wins demonstrates how clarity and repeatable systems are built over time, not overnight.And while balancing market shifts, leadership responsibility, and family life, he's focused on helping others avoid costly missteps and invest with confidence using a multifamily mindset - even in single family homes.Here's where to find more: business website URLs, Facebook, Linkedin profiles (and any other useful links)www.realestatejoe.orgwww.linkedin.com/in/joe-o-brien-26b749320https://youtube.com/@JoeObrien-pv1tnhttps://www.tiktok.com/@jobrien628?_r=1&_t=ZT-93crxw8JhYzFacebook. Joe the Real estate Prointagram. @joe_the_realestate_pro________________________________________________Welcome to The Unforget Yourself Show where we use the power of woo and the proof of science to help you identify your blind spots, and get over your own bullshit so that you can do the fucking thing you ACTUALLY want to do!We're Mark and Katie, the founders of Unforget Yourself and the creators of the Unforget Yourself System and on this podcast, we're here to share REAL conversations about what goes on inside the heart and minds of those brave and crazy enough to start their own business. From the accidental entrepreneur to the laser-focused CEO, we find out how they got to where they are today, not by hearing the go-to story of their success, but talking about how we all have our own BS to deal with and it's through facing ourselves that we find a way to do the fucking thing.Along the way, we hope to show you that YOU are the most important asset in your business (and your life - duh!). Being a business owner is tough! With vulnerability and humor, we get to the real story behind their success and show you that you're not alone._____________________Find all our links to all the things like the socials, how to work with us and how to apply to be on the podcast here:https://linktr.ee/unforgetyourself
Unlock the secrets to making your e-commerce business accessible, profitable, and future-proof in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. If you're a founder, entrepreneur, or digital marketer seeking practical insights on platform selection, accessibility compliance, and AI-powered shopping, this episode is your essential guide.Adam Bell, a veteran web designer with 30 years of experience—who's worked with brands from Melinda's hot sauces to LA-based grocers—shares how the platform landscape has shifted from clunky long URLs to seamless Shopify and WooCommerce sites. He reveals the pivotal moments that transformed online commerce, illustrating how platforms like Shopify have simplified site management, reduced maintenance costs, and boosted sales through AI-driven tools. Meanwhile, he emphasizes that choosing the right foundation is crucial; whether an open-source solution like WordPress for customization or Shopify for ease of use can make or break your growth.You'll discover:When and why to pick Shopify versus WooCommerce or WordPress based on your product scope and team capabilitiesConcrete steps to ensure your site meets accessibility standards, avoiding costly lawsuits and unlocking a broader customer baseThe real costs and benefits of third-party apps, plus how to avoid subscription overload and hidden expensesWhy AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Shopify integrations are game changers for discoverability, SEO, and personalized shopping experiencesHow future trends, from social commerce to conversational search, will shape the way your customers find and buy your productsFailing to prioritize accessibility risks legal trouble and losing loyal customers; missing out on AI-powered discoverability limits your growth potential. As Adam highlights, the opportunity lies in building websites that are not only compliant but also optimized for the emerging AI-driven shopping era—giving you a definitive edge.Perfect for founders, marketers, and e-commerce newcomers, this episode equips you with actionable frameworks, insider tips, and strategic foresight to thrive today—and adapt for tomorrow. Whether you're launching your first online store or refining an existing one, these insights will keep you ahead of the curve.For expert guidance, visit Adam's site at datatv.com—your go-to resource for accessible, scalable web solutions.Why this works:This compelling episode pulls listeners in with a bold promise—master accessibility and AI for e-commerce success—while teasing valuable, specific insights. It speaks directly to entrepreneurs feeling overwhelmed by platform choices and compliance fears, offering them clarity and confidence in adopting future-facing strategies.
Abundance isn't a business cliché—it's a spiritual reality most of us underuse. In this episode, Joe Rockey and Father Boniface Hicks unpack an “abundance mindset” through the lens of faith: the human gifts we notice (marriage, family, friendships) and the supernatural riches we often forget (baptismal identity, forgiveness, Mass, the Church as family, communion with the saints). The question isn't whether God gives abundantly. The question is whether we practice receiving those gifts—and build habits that make them real in daily life.Father offers a simple framework for making the abundance of Christ usable: events → habits → knowledge. Events (retreats, pilgrimages, special liturgies, novenas, missions) “strike the match.” Habits keep the flame burning (Mass, adoration, prayer rhythms). Knowledge anchors and integrates what we experience (learning the doctrine behind what we felt). Joe brings it home: don't build a wall between “faith life” and “real life.” When you integrate the gifts of God into relationships, work, and ordinary conversations, you become more fruitful—and that fruit becomes a sign you're moving in the right direction.Key IdeasAbundance starts with gratitude: name what you've already been given instead of living like it's scarce.The faith offers “untapped riches”: baptismal identity, mercy, Eucharist, supernatural family, communion with saints.The integration path: events create ignition, habits sustain, knowledge stabilizes.Many gifts become meaningful only after repetition—sometimes you “do it” before you fully “get it.”Don't separate church-world and life-world; abundance grows when it flows into relationships and service.Links & References (official/source only)None explicitly referenced with clear official/source URLs in this transcript.CTA: If this helped, please leave a review or share this episode with a friend.Questions or thoughts? Email FatherAndJoe@gmail.com .Tags (comma-separated)Father and Joe, Joe Rockey, Father Boniface Hicks, abundance mindset, abundance, gratitude, gifts of God, baptism, divine life, forgiveness, hope, Mass, Eucharist, Body and Blood, Church as family, communion of saints, angels and saints, vocation, priesthood, monastic life, conversion, ongoing conversion, spiritual habits, spiritual disciplines, retreat, pilgrimage, parish mission, novena, Eucharistic adoration, holy hour, daily Mass, real presence, Scripture study, Bible study, evangelization, serving the poor, soup kitchen, homeless shelter, Marian consecration, relationships, integrate faith, supernatural family
This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ . I'm talking with Professor Michael Gerlich . His new book, The Convenience Trap: What Happens When AI Becomes the Mind Behind Our Lives is about the threats to what I call our "cognitive autonomy" when we use AI the wrong way. And it turns out that the ways we tend to use it are mostly the wrong way, which was what Michael was talking about on the show last October, because he is the author of a widely-cited study showing that students' use of AI for cognitive offloading impaired their critical thinking. But his new research shows that following what he calls the structured prompting protocol, of using your brain first, AI second, results in improved learning. Michael is the Head of Center for Strategic Corporate Foresight and Sustainability at SBS Swiss Business School. His research and publications largely focus on the societal impact of Artificial Intelligence. He's also taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Cambridge, and other institutions. He's also been an adviser to the President and the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, the Uzbekistan Cabinet, and ministers of economic affairs in Azerbaijan. We conclude the interview by talking about conducting as a metaphor for directing our thinking, AI's effects on group collaboration, the effects on humans who are reduced to being monitors of AI, the mental models schools have of AI, possible controls on children using AI, and how AI companies might improve their products to help with these problems. All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines! Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.
This week, Rachel and Lynne are chatting with Sarah Tayler of Tweed Coast Media about producing and reviving custom publications, sharing her thoughts on why print is far from dead when it's driven by business goals and integrated into the wider customer journey. Sarah shares how she helped Continence Health Australia transition and grow its magazine Bridge by focusing on process over product, moving digital hosting to the organisation's own site to improve user experience and cut costs, and testing distribution strategies — including scaling from 500 copies to 8000 before pulling back to just over 4000 when ROI didn't stack up. She explains how to define conversions for print via trackable calls to action (QR codes, URLs, phone numbers, promos), balance editorial and ads, avoid cutting corners on research and professional proofing, manage internal expectations, and use editorial collaborations to build advertising and partnership opportunities. It's a valuable conversation and vital listening for anyone still believing in the power of print media. Find Sarah on her website: https://tweedcoastmedia.com.au/ Find Lynne www.lynnetestoni.com Find Rachel www.rachelsmith.com.au Rachel's List www.rachelslist.com.au Thanks (as always) to our sponsors Rounded (www.rounded.com.au), an easy invoicing and accounting solution that helps freelancers run their businesses with confidence. Looking to take advantage of the discount for Rachel's List Gold Members? Email us at: hello@rachelslist.com.au for the details. Episode edited by Marker Creative Co www.markercreative.co
Today we are joined by Sasi Levi, Security Research Lead at Noma Security, sharing their team's work on "GrafanaGhost: The Phantom Stealing Your Data." Researchers at Noma Security disclosed “GrafanaGhost,” a vulnerability that could allow attackers to silently exfiltrate sensitive business data from Grafana dashboards using indirect prompt injection techniques. The attack chains together multiple bypasses, including protocol-relative URLs and AI guardrail manipulation, to trick Grafana into sending sensitive data to attacker-controlled servers without requiring user interaction. Researchers say the flaw highlights growing risks tied to AI-integrated enterprise platforms, where attackers increasingly target AI behavior and weak security controls instead of traditional software bugs. The research and executive brief can be found here: GrafanaGhost: The Phantom Stealing Your Data Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're diving headfirst into the latest woodworking drama: Kreg's new "loose tenon joiner" and whether it actually has the precision (and the legal clearance) to dethrone the almighty Festool Domino. Zac is currently trapped in sponsor approval purgatory with his next video, leading us down a rabbit hole of agency contracts, vanity URLs, and why DIY foam speakers actually sound surprisingly good if you throw a subwoofer in the mix.We also debate the questionable merits of car audio upgrades, the sheer terror of filming DIY repairs in your driveway while your neighbors judge you, and why modern society desperately needs to bring back the visceral, aggressive satisfaction of slamming a flip phone shut to end a bad call. Finally, Deric brings us a masking nightmare on a hexagonal toy box panel, and we brainstorm incredibly convoluted ways to paint it white without ruining the epoxy inlay. Grab a seltzer, let's complain about tech, tools, and tape.Got questions? Email us at offthecutpodcast@gmail.comJoin the Aftershow: https://www.patreon.com/offthecutpodcastWatch Live: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcRJPIp6OaffQtvCZ2AtWWQMerch: https://www.spencleydesignco.comStart a Podcast: https://streamyard.com/pal/c/5926541443858432Follow the Hosts:Zac: @ZacBuildsEric: @SpencleyDesignCoDeric: @PecanTreeDesignProudly Sponsored By: KM Tools kmtools.com/SPENCLEYDESIGNCO WTB Woodworking wtbwoodworking.com/giveaway Gorilla Glue http://gorillatough.com/offthecut #Woodworking #DIY #3DPrinting #Maker #ContentCreation #OffTheCutPodcast #Sponsored #KMTools #WTBWoodworking #GorillaTough
It's the first Viral Volley Podcast of the summer! To kick it off former Florida St. and LMU Beach standout Avery Poppinga shares about the start of her volleyball journey struggling with scoliosis, playing in Texas, to Florida St. and finally to Loyola Marymount. Avery talks about the wonderful, yet different coaching she received from Brooke Niles and John Mayer and additional back issues she suffered with during COVID. Avery then discusses her current life as a pro-beach volleyball athlete and how she is navigating the pursuit of her dreams, traveling across the USA and the world competing in multiple tours, which has lead her to OnlyFans. Avery, along with other pro-beach standouts Alaina Chacon, Falyn Fonoimoana and Hagen Smith are featured on "Perfect Set" on Only Fans TV-- a competition to see which pro can coach their team to a $50,000 grand prize! Visit the URLs below to check out the former Lion's ventures! "Perfect Set" Series on OFTV: https://of.tv/c/perfect-set Avery's OnlyFans Site: https://onlyfans.com/averypoppinga
This show has been flagged as Clean by the host. Hi this is your host, Archer72 for Hacker Public Radio. In this episode I share some of my findings about a problem with the Newsboat naming of the HPR feeds, which was brought up in comments about my Newsboat show, HPR4424. hpr4424: How I use Newsboat for Podcasts: comment #6 : download-filename-format for HPR podcasts Ken already had some findings of his own about the ccdn.php extension in the feed. hpr4424: comment #10 : Summary of findings I thought that this might be able to be fixed on an invididual basis, and set out to ask Claude.ai a few questions. But first, some colaboration from Dave Morriss about a good renaming format. This was definitely more on Dave's side than mine, but came up with this. You can tell Dave's handywork from the short variable names, which stems from his extensive experience on Unix type machines in the University days. exif-rename-hpr-dave.sh #!/bin/bash URL="$(cat /tmp/hpr-url.txt)" echo "DEBUG URL: $URL" >> /tmp/hpr-debug.log AUDIO_URL="$(curl -s "$URL" | grep -Eo 'https?://[^"]*.(ogg|mp3)' | head -1)" echo "DEBUG AUDIO: $AUDIO_URL" >> /tmp/hpr-debug.log if [[ -z "$AUDIO_URL" ]]; then echo "ERROR: Could not find audio URL from: $URL" >> /tmp/hpr-debug.log exit 1 fi # Changed destination to HPR-queue DEST=~/podcasts/hub.hackerpublicradio.org/HPR-queue/ # Record files present before download BEFORE="$(ls "$DEST"*.{ogg,mp3} 2>/dev/null | sort)" wget -nc --content-disposition -P "$DEST" "$AUDIO_URL" cd "$DEST" # Record filename just downloaded (new file not in BEFORE) AFTER="$(ls "$DEST"*.{ogg,mp3} 2>/dev/null | sort)" DOWNLOADED="$(comm -13 /dev/null | sort)" RENAMED="$(comm -13 /tmp/hpr-url.txt && ~/bin/download-and-rename-hpr.sh"; open-in-browser ; set browser "your-normal-browser" A few Claude questions later… After asking to add a function to the macro in order to add the resulting downloaded file to the queue, the file name hpr1234.ogg was being added to the queue instead of the renamed file. Two things to fix: The renamed file isn't being found because ls -t runs before the rename has fully settled, or the glob isn't matching the new filename format (which includes spaces and semicolons) The existing queue entries show the correct format: "url" "path" downloaded — we need to match that, with downloaded status and the full renamed path including extension Exif rename script #!/bin/bash # ~/bin/download-and-rename-hpr.sh URL="$(cat /tmp/hpr-url.txt)" echo "DEBUG URL: $URL" >> /tmp/hpr-debug.log AUDIO_URL="$(curl -s "$URL" | grep -Eo 'https?://[^"]*.(ogg|mp3)' | head -1)" echo "DEBUG AUDIO: $AUDIO_URL" >> /tmp/hpr-debug.log if [[ -z "$AUDIO_URL" ]]; then echo "ERROR: Could not find audio URL from: $URL" >> /tmp/hpr-debug.log exit 1 fi DEST=~/podcasts/hub.hackerpublicradio.org/HPR-newsboat-test/ # Record files present before download BEFORE="$(ls "$DEST"*.{ogg,mp3} 2>/dev/null | sort)" wget -nc --content-disposition -P "$DEST" "$AUDIO_URL" cd "$DEST" # Record filename just downloaded (new file not in BEFORE) AFTER="$(ls "$DEST"*.{ogg,mp3} 2>/dev/null | sort)" DOWNLOADED="$(comm -13 /dev/null | sort)" RENAMED="$(comm -13 /tmp/hpr-url.txt && ~/bin/download-and-rename-hpr.sh"; open-in-browser ; set browser lynx Provide feedback on this episode.
Dan shops for URLs, Lex makes a video and Moltz runes everything.Apple announced WWDC26.Apple is once again selling its assistive MagSafe iPhone grip.John Gruber has thoughts on Ben Thompson's idea to have companies pay communities to put in data centers.Our thanks to Factor for sponsoring this episode. Eat smarter with tasty, chef-prepped meals that are dietitian-approved and delivered right to your door. Ready in just two minutes and with more than 65 weekly meals, you can pick what's right for you. Head to factormeals.com/rebound50off and use code rebound50off to get 50% off your first box.If you want to help out the show and get some great bonus content, consider becoming a Rebound Prime member! Just go to prime.reboundcast.com to check it out!Were you aware that you could buy things from us?! That's right! Shirts, iPhone cases, mugs, hats and one other type of thing are all available from our Rebound Store!
A bi-weekly news show informing you on the latest in Bitcoin, privacy and open source tech hosted by Ungovernables, Max and Q. AOBAll aboard the vibe trainFTF with Max TQ got some holidays coming upKeonne appealNEWSBisq v1 trade protocol exploit: 11.59 BTC drained, fully reimbursed, hardening shipped in 1.10.0 (bisq.community PSA, Bisq on X, reimbursement plan on GitHub)Disclosed: 2026-05-01Bisq's v1 trade protocol had a missing validation check on taker-side input. Because maker and taker were supposed to use the same miner fee, a malicious taker could push a bad fee value through the transaction math and shrink the multisig output to 0.001 BTC while sweeping the rest into the taker's change. Attacker drained 11.59 BTC from 10 users, all on altcoin trades. Maintainer Henrik Jannsen filed a reimbursement plan on GitHub on May 3, payouts in BTC (with BSQ as optional), DAO vote scheduled around May 25. The hotfix landed as Bisq 1.10.0 on 2026-05-16 with broader hardening: trade protocol checks, network message validation, release verification, supply-chain hardening. The Bisq team explicitly flagged the incident as a likely AI-assisted exploit, though they did not detail how AI was used.Sterlingov Appeal: The Criminalization of Privacy (therage.co)Published: 2026-05-12The appellate court reviewing Roman Sterlingov's Bitcoin Fog conviction openly suggested that mixers remain "legal in theory but not practice" once criminals use them. Judges questioned whether running an internationally accessible service forces compliance with every jurisdiction's licensing regime.Pro-law-enforcement CLARITY Act advances out of Senate Banking (therage.co)Published: 2026-05-15The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act passed committee with expanded surveillance provisions: Bank Secrecy Act integration sixteen times over, new PATRIOT Act special measures. Privacy advocates flagged the breadth of data collection on Americans who haven't done anything.CVE-2024-52911 disclosed in Bitcoin Optech #405, fix has been in Bitcoin Core 29.0+ since release (https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/05/15/)Published: 2026-05-05Use-after-free in parallel script validation between Bitcoin Core 0.14.0 and 28.x. Required attacker-supplied proof-of-work, so practical attack window was narrow, but the bug sat unannounced across many versions.Bitcoin Knots 29.3 enables BIP-110, fork-off countdown started (release notes) + Lopp's countdownPublished: 2026-05-09 (release)Knots 29.3 ships RDTS soft-fork enforcement on by default. Nodes running Knots with this flag set will fork off the network in August unless they change behaviour. Lopp set up a countdown.Bybit exploit post-mortem (Blockstream): enterprise multisig + hardware wallets did not save them (blog.blockstream.com)Published: 2026-05 (week of 5-12)$1.5B drained despite multisig and hardware. Failure was process, not key custody, a UI / signing-flow compromise.Poland passes EU MiCA-aligned crypto bill while Zondacrypto fraud probe deepens (bitcoinmagazine.com)Published: 2026-05-15Polish lawmakers ratified the MiCA framework ahead of the July EU deadline. The vote landed alongside an investigation into Zondacrypto's collapse, roughly $96M of user losses, with Prime Minister Tusk floating possible foreign-influence angles.Claude helps retrieve lost 5BTCX user 'CPRKRN' has Claude check over whole file system and match a wallet file to an old passwordSpiral and Block ship Loupe, an AI-powered vulnerability scanner for open-source Bitcoin (spiralbtc.substack.com)Published: 2026-05-12Uses LLMS to surface security weaknesses in code repositories and requires demonstrable test cases for any vulnerability report so false positives are minimised. Spiral and Block are funding scans themselves; reports go to maintainers confidentially before any public disclosure.RELEASESBitcoin Core 31.0 (release index entry) — 2026-05-12Operator review required before production rollout. Major version landing.Bitcoin Knots v29.3.knots20260508 — 2026-05-09RDTS soft-fork enforcement on by default, fork-off risk in August. New configuration changes, bug fixes.Core Lightning v26.06rc1 — 2026-05-12Adds graceful command for clean shutdown, new sendamount RPC, BOLT12 payer-proof support, plus 211 commits since v26.04.Bitkey App 2026.9.1 — 2026-05-15Security patch from Block.Trezor Suite v26.5.1 — 2026-05-15Legacy labeling migration, WalletConnect insufficient-balance warnings, side-by-side trade comparisons, new DeFi Tokens section.BitBoxApp v4.51.0 — 2026-05-12Bundles BitBox02 firmware v9.26.1, address formatting in 4-char groups, iOS haptic feedback on charts, account-summary perf.Ledger Live Desktop 4.4.0 — 2026-05-13Hardens Live App handling of external-protocol URLs (itms-apps:, ms-word:, file:, etc.) across Chromium navigation vectors.Ledger Live Mobile 4.4.0 — 2026-05-13Adds an addresses section to asset detail screens, device-card management menus with removal confirmations.Bull Bitcoin Mobile v6.10.1 — 2026-05-18Onboarding redirect fix on wallet creation failure.Bull Bitcoin Mobile v6.10.0 — 2026-05-11Major release: Ledger hardware-wallet integration, FSS hybrid storage strategy, real-time WebSocket notifications, new onboarding wizard, Payjoin privacy enhancements, 11 new translations.Bull Bitcoin Mobile v6.9.101-Internal-Release (display name v6.9.108-Internal) — 2026-05-09Pre-6.10.0 testing build, Android migration / startup wizard / secure storage fixes.Bitcoin Safe 2.0.0rc0 — 2026-05-17Comprehensive redesign of the wallet setup wizard, added support for Coldcard mk5 and Trezor 7, plugin architecture via external repos, fiat-balance category column.Sparrow Frigate 1.5.0 — 2026-05-14Low-latency mempool ingestion via Bitcoin Core's ZMQ sequence publisher, auto-discovers the bitcoind ZMQ endpoint when unconfigured. Useful for operators running Sparrow Frigate alongside Core.Blockstream Green iOS release_5.4.0 — 2026-05-11Aggregate fiat balance across all wallet assets, updated Send flow for Lightning, migrates Lightning backend from Breez to Greenlight (Blockstream's own LSP).Blockstream Green Android release_5.4.0 — 2026-05-08Same redesign as iOS: aggregate fiat balance, redesigned Send flow (recipient → asset → account), transaction pagination, also the Breez-to-Greenlight migration.Blockstream Green Desktop 3.3.0 — 2026-05-06Total fiat balance in wallet header, AMP ID exposed in settings, GDK 0.77.3, Qt 6.11.0, Wayland fixes.Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 (build 346) — 2026-05-06Signature validation for backed-up payment details, encrypts custom refund addresses, removes invalid backed-up data.Peach Bitcoin 0.69.0 (build 345) — 2026-05-05Percentage filtering on offers, encrypted server backup syncing for payment methods, advanced offer-creation options, GrapheneOS camera-permission fix, Buy Offer creation restricted to experienced users.ZEUS v13.0.2-rc3 — 2026-05-18Third RC for 13.0.2. New RGS server at rgs.zeusln.com providing graph updates every 15 minutes instead of every three hours. Clipboard and NFC UX improvements.ZEUS v13.0.1 — 2026-05-07Stable release: fixes recovering Embedded LND wallets from seed (was stalling out), payment retry logic, false-positive offline detection. Cashu token sweeping to self-custody continues to land.Alby Hub v1.22.2 "Marc Horowitz" — 2026-05-11Adds Core Lightning support (their most-requested feature), new AI & Agents page, integrated on-chain wallet mode, custom transaction labels, redesigned settings, improved budget selection for app connections.Boltz Backend 3.13.0 — 2026-05-08Full Arkade swap support, EVM commitment-swap lockup flow, multi-LND support in backend and sidecar.Boltz Client 2.12.0 — 2026-05-12Final removal of the GDK wallet library.Arkade arkd v0.9.5 — 2026-05-11Client-lib wallet interface updates, breaking-changes documentation, single-key wallet signing fixes.Arkade TS SDK v0.4.25 — 2026-05-07Maintenance bump for the Arkade JavaScript SDK.NodeGuard 0.24.2 — 2026-05-14Fixes invoice-expiry calculation in rebalance flows. Check logs if rebalance operations have been timing out.ThunderHub v0.18.3 — 2026-05-15Bug-fix release in the 0.18.x line. (Subsequent 0.18.1-0.18.3 are CI/docker polish after the headline 0.18.0.)ThunderHub v0.18.0 — 2026-05-05Adds Taproot Assets support to the dashboard. The actual show story for ThunderHub this fortnight.Blink Mobile 2.4.44 — 2026-05-06Upgrades protobufjs (CVE-2026-41242 mitigation). Security patch.Fedimint SDK canary release — 2026-05-14React Native transport fix, persistent callback, RPC payload flattening. Canary channel.umbrelOS 1.7.3 — 2026-05-12DirtyFrag security patches: CVE-2026-43284 + CVE-2026-43500 in the Linux kernel. Mandatory.umbrelOS 1.7.2 — 2026-05-05CopyFail patch: CVE-2026-31431 in the Linux kernel. Mandatory.Tails 7.7.3 — 2026-05-12Emergency release: critical Linux kernel CVE fix (kernel 6.12.86 ships the Dirty Frag fix), plus Tor Browser and Tor client security fixes.Whirlpool Observer…
A real client conversation turns into a real Gospel question: if a Christian builds something that genuinely helps people—and it becomes financially successful—how do you reconcile that with Jesus' warning that it's hard for the rich to enter the Kingdom? Joe Rockey brings the tension to Father Boniface Hicks and pressure-tests the advice he gave: Jesus didn't condemn “business” when He flipped the tables; the deeper issue was blocking outsiders from worship. And the parable of the talents points to growth and stewardship—God needs people who can carry “five talents” without losing their souls.Father affirms the direction, but sharpens the edge: Scripture's warnings about wealth aren't about cash being evil—they're about what wealth tempts us to believe. Money, honor, power, and pleasure can become idols because they create the illusion that I can provide for myself, so I don't need God. That's the rub: when things break, do I fall back on the Lord—or do I buy my way out, control my way out, reputation-manage my way out? Poverty can be “blessed” because it forces dependence: The Lord is my shepherd—not the bank account.And the Gospel is not simplistic. Jesus Himself relied on benefactors: wealthy women supported His ministry; He had the Upper Room; He rode a colt; He was buried in a new tomb; He was anointed with costly nard. The point is order: have resources, put them at His feet, and use them to build up the Church and love in the world—without claiming they're “mine.” Father shares an example of a wealthy man who sees money as God's to steward, discerns carefully how to spend and give, and feels the weight of accountability.Joe closes with a practical business litmus test: is the business making clients' lives better—and treating employees in a way that makes their lives better? If yes, the work can be noble. If no, the conscience conflict is a signal.Key IdeasWealth isn't automatically evil; the danger is idolatry: money as a substitute shepherd.The parable of the talents calls for stewardship and growth—not fear-driven hiding.“Blessed are the poor” can mean: fewer fallbacks force deeper trust in God.Those with more have more accountability; gifts aren't “mine”—they can vanish tomorrow.Gospel balance: Jesus accepted costly gifts and benefactors; the call is to order wealth under love and mission.Practical test: does the business improve clients' lives and treat employees with dignity?Scripture Mentioned (no links)Parable of the talentsRich young man“Blessed are the poor”“What do you have that you have not received?” (St. Paul)Acts of the Apostles community sharing (“placed at the apostles' feet”)Links & References (official/source only)None explicitly referenced with clear official/source URLs in this transcript. CTA: If this helped, please leave a review or share this episode with a friend.Questions or thoughts? Email FatherAndJoe@gmail.com .Tags (comma-separated)Father and Joe, Joe Rockey, Father Boniface Hicks, money and faith, riches, rich man, kingdom of God, wealth, stewardship, providence, trust in God, self reliance, idols, money honor power pleasure, value hierarchy, parable of the talents, talents and stewardship, accountability, blessed are the poor, Gospel vision, natural law, business and Christianity, vocation, entrepreneurship, purpose driven business, serving clients, treating employees well, dignity of work, Acts of the Apostles, benefactors, costly nard, Upper Room, discernment, generosity, humility, gratitude, Christian maturity
This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ . Professor Michael Gerlich is back on the show, calling from Zurich, Switzerland. His new book, The Convenience Trap: What Happens When AI Becomes the Mind Behind Our Lives is about the threats to what I call our "cognitive autonomy" when we use AI the wrong way. And it turns out that the ways we tend to use it are mostly the wrong way, which was what Michael was talking about last October, because he is the author of a widely-cited study showing that students' use of AI for cognitive offloading impaired their critical thinking. But his new research shows that following what he calls the structured prompting protocol, of using your brain first, AI second, results in improved learning. Michael is the Head of Center for Strategic Corporate Foresight and Sustainability at SBS Swiss Business School. His research and publications largely focus on the societal impact of Artificial Intelligence. He's also taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science, Cambridge, and other institutions. He's also been an adviser to the President and the Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, the Uzbekistan Cabinet, and ministers of economic affairs in Azerbaijan. We start with a - frankly shocking - story that shows how dependent students have become on AI, then talk about how to avoid cognitive offloading, how to use AI more effectively, the anchoring effect of AI use, using a GPS as an analogy, and the risks of unexamined AI use. All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines! Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.
In this episode the guys break down how a planned deload week can boost your gains by 21% — the science behind supercompensation, how Soviet Olympic athletes used periodization to crush records, and what it actually looks and feels like to properly deload. They also get into the government registering alien-related URLs, the FBI greenlighting UFO/non-human entity disclosure, GLP-1 use doubling from 5.8% to 12.4% of adults in just 18 months, and Sal's conspiracy theory about why all of this is happening now. Then they coach live callers submitted through mplivecaller.com — Billy from New Jersey on flat feet and squatting with a newborn, Adam from South Dakota on combining jiu jitsu with strength training post-baby, Jenny from New Jersey on transitioning from marathon runner to lifter, and Christina from North Dakota on calorie strategy during post-surgery recovery. MAPS 15 BOGO — https://maps15bogo.com Buy 1 get 1 FREE — limited time (all 7 MAPS 15 programs same price) Vuori — https://vuoriclothing.com/mindpump 20% off first order — no code needed Butcher Box — https://butcherbox.com/mindpump No code needed — Now through 5/18: New users choose chicken breast for a year, top sirloin for a year, or ground beef for life + $20 off at checkout Manukora Manuka Honey — https://manukora.com/MINDPUMP Code: MINDPUMP — Save up to 31% + $25 in free gifts with the Starter Kit (MGO 850+ honey jar, 5 travel sticks, wooden spoon & guidebook) LINKS Submit a live caller question: https://mplivecaller.com Mind Pump Store: https://mindpumpstore.com Maps Fitness Products: https://mapsfitnessproducts.com Instagram: @mindpumpmedia 0:00 - Intro & sponsors 1:52 - How a planned deload boosts gains by 21% — the supercompensation science 5:26 - How the Soviets used periodization to dominate strength sports 7:25 - What supercompensation actually feels like — and when it kicks in 11:22 - How to apply deloads practically — when, how often, what to do 15:13 - How to deload for hypertrophy vs. strength goals 19:34 - Sal's meal prep routine — Butcher Box chicken thighs, steak cubing trick & Justin's secret 27:43 - Government registers alien.gov URLs — what's actually going on? 30:06 - FBI greenlights UFO/non-human entity disclosure — the guys' theories 43:56 - Vuori V1 coach jacket review 45:24 - Mind Pump coaching — responding to Reddit criticism 51:08 - GLP-1 use doubles in 18 months — 1 in 8 adults now on a GOP drug 58:47 - What the GLP-1 explosion means for the fitness industry 1:01:09 - Manukora Manuka honey — sponsor break 1:02:34 - Caller: Billy (New Jersey) — flat feet, squatting & training with a newborn 1:11:10 - Caller: Adam (South Dakota) — jiu jitsu + strength training post-baby, Maps 15 Powerlift 1:24:30 - Caller: Jenny (New Jersey) — marathon runner transitioning to lifting, 3 kids, overexercising 1:42:00 - Caller: Christina (North Dakota) — post-surgery calorie strategy & muscle preservation
Favour Obasi-ike, MBA, MS guides listeners through the foundational role of URLs in digital visibility and SEO for 2026. URLs serve as digital identities for every webpage; their language and structure determine how easily search engines and AI platforms can find and rank your content. By adopting precise, location- and intent-based URL strategies—and regularly reviewing for duplication or outdated naming—websites can dramatically improve both local and global search performance.Further, Favour Obasi-ike explains upcoming trends, including Google's move toward localized and entity-based search, and emphasizes taking action for long-term organic traffic.Who Is This For?This episode is for entrepreneurs, business owners, digital marketers, content creators, and anyone building or managing a website in 2026 who wants to improve SEO, increase visibility, and better understand the critical role of URLs and digital real estate in organic search results.Ready to Rank? Book Your SEO & Web Dev Services Today
A single Psalm line can mess with your head—in a good way. Joe Rockey brings a phrase from the Good Shepherd Mass that sounds impossible on first hearing: “The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.” Joe's honest reaction is simple: I still want things… like a burger. So what is the Church actually saying here?Father Boniface Hicks grounds it in Psalm 23's meaning: the Lord provides for our needs—He doesn't leave us destitute or deprived. Desire isn't the enemy; it's essential. St. Augustine calls prayer an exercise of holy desire, and the spiritual life involves attuning and purifying what we want. The key is order: keep God at the top of the value hierarchy, resist the temptation to cut corners on Him to “provide for ourselves,” and trust that if we seek first the Kingdom, God will provide what's needed—often in ways we wouldn't have predicted. Joe then gives a concrete, family-life example: raising little kids at Mass can feel embarrassing and “imperfect,” but staying faithful reshaped the whole parish. Their consistency helped normalize young families, encouraged grandparents to invite their children, and grew the number of small kids in the congregation. Father reframes it: Mass isn't a private piety project—it's communal worship. A healthy parish supports families instead of treating them like an “intrusion.” Children don't just disrupt; they awaken the community to reality and train the body of Christ to revolve around the weakest members—like a healthy family does. The episode closes with an athletic analogy: practice includes drills and scrimmage. We aim at “ideal prayer” in quiet moments, but we also learn to worship faithfully in the real-world chaos—because that's how love matures. Key Ideas“Nothing I shall want” doesn't mean “no desires”; it means God provides what is needed and doesn't abandon us. Desire is good; prayer forms and purifies desire (“holy desire” as a spiritual discipline). Keep God at the top of the value hierarchy instead of cutting corners to self-provide. Kids at Mass reveal what the Church is: a body, not an individual “quiet bubble.” Healthy communities revolve around the weakest members; that's how God loves us and how parishes should live. Scripture Mentioned (no links)Psalm 23Matthew 6:33 (“Seek first the kingdom…”)“Father gives good gifts” (bread/stone, fish/scorpion; Father gives the Holy Spirit to those who ask)Links & References (official/source only)None explicitly referenced with clear official/source URLs in this transcript.CTA: If this helped, please leave a review or share this episode with a friend.Questions or thoughts? Email FatherAndJoe@gmail.com .Tags (comma-separated)Father and Joe, Joe Rockey, Father Boniface Hicks, Psalm 23, Good Shepherd, the Lord is my shepherd, there is nothing I shall want, desire, holy desire, St Augustine, prayer, providence, God provides, value hierarchy, worship, Mass, distractions at Mass, kids at Mass, young families, parish community, communal worship, body of Christ, shame, vulnerability, support for parents, family life, parenting, one year old, four year old, drills and scrimmage analogy, practice and real life, ideal prayer, chaos and faithfulness, Easter season, discipleship, gratitude
This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ . What is AI doing and going to do to job opportunities? What does it mean to have enough, and who has too little, and what's fair? One answer to that is to look at inequality; how different are the financial circumstances of one set of people compared to another? I continue talking with Jeremy Ney, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School and author of an upcoming book about opportunity and inequality in America. He writes the American Inequality newsletter and was previously a macroeconomic policymaker at the Federal Reserve. His work on regional divides and economic mobility has appeared in TIME Magazine, Business Insider, BBC, NPR, PBS, and on the TED stage. In our conclusion, we talk about Universal Basic Income, taxes and other systems of wealth redistribution, whether AI should be treated as a public utility, AI and redlining, AI causing cognitive inequalities in education, and where we should be looking to for change. All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines! Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.
This episode provides practical advice on advanced SEO, AI engine optimization (AEO), answer engine optimization, technical website optimization, schema, and retention strategies for anyone looking to improve digital marketing visibility in the age of AI. Learn how to harness evolving platforms, implement the latest best practices, and create resilient, audience-focused web ecosystems.In this insightful episode, Favour Obasi-ike, MBA, MS dives deep into the evolution of SEO—comparing the foundations of "old" Search Engine Optimization with the demands and opportunities of "new" Search Everywhere Optimization.Listeners will uncover essential strategies for optimizing content across today's rapidly shifting digital environments, including website best practices, AI integrations, and the importance of technical SEO fundamentals.Favour explains how staying updated and proactive is vital, as algorithm changes and the rise of AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, and others are reshaping the discovery and ranking of digital content. Favour also takes questions from the community, responding with real-world examples and tactical advice.Whether you're a business owner, marketer, content creator, or SEO professional, this episode offers actionable guidance for adapting to future-focused SEO. Listeners will learn why website speed, schema markup, secure protocols, and precise keyword versus prompt usage matter more than ever.Favour also discusses why attention and retention are the new KPIs, plus the growing importance of authority, expertise, and trust—in both human and AI-powered search.Who Is This For?Digital marketersBusiness owners and entrepreneursSEO professionalsContent creators and website managersAnyone seeking to future-proof their digital presenceReady to Rank? Book Your SEO & Web Dev Services Today
Favour Obasi-ike, MBA, MS, dives deep into the realities of budgeting and investing for SEO services in 2026. Favour explains that businesses should expect to invest between $500 and $10,000 monthly, emphasizing that organic search provides a much higher long-term conversion rate than paid media. The conversation heavily highlights the necessity of technical SEO—such as integrating Google Search Console and fixing canonical tags—before scaling content. Furthermore, Favour breaks down the evolution of "AI SEO," explaining how modern websites must use structured data, updated content tags, and local zip code embedding to ensure they are recommended by AI bots and localized search updates.Who is this for? This content is perfectly tailored for business owners, digital marketers, entrepreneurs, and content creators looking to navigate the technical and financial realities of search engine optimization in 2026. Whether you manage a local brick-and-mortar shop or a global e-commerce brand, this breakdown provides a blueprint for leveraging organic growth and artificial intelligence.Ready to Rank? Book Your SEO & Web Dev Services Today
It's easy to treat faith like an aquarium: you can see it “over there,” but it doesn't touch real life on your side of the glass. Joe Rockey and Father Boniface Hicks push back hard on that. In this episode, they connect Easter-season love to a daily-life obstacle that quietly blocks evangelization and honest relationships: the fear of **manipulating people** or being manipulated. Joe explains why uncomfortable conversations (including talking about Jesus) often trigger something old in us—early childhood experiences of seeing adults lie to salespeople, learning “salesperson = being used,” and then carrying that resistance into adulthood. Father widens it: we often avoid speaking about Jesus because we fear offending people or being rejected, but sincere witness isn't “selling a bill of goods.” It's relationship. Truth has to be offered according to the “mode of the receiver,” with humility and respect, not as abrasive broadcasting. They also contrast modern comfort with the apostles' willingness to suffer for the truth—and emphasize that we're called to share the faith anyway, even when it feels socially risky. The episode lands in a practical place: treat people as persons, not tools. Father names what John Paul II called the **personalistic norm**—a person is an end in themselves and must not be used. Even in everyday transactions (restaurants, stores), the heart matters: are we cooperating toward shared goods, or dehumanizing the other? Joe closes with a simple “this week” practice to rebuild the habit of gratitude and humanization: write a thank-you note—short, specific, real. **Key Ideas*** Faith can't stay behind glass; integrated faith changes how we live, work, and relate. * Fear of “selling” or manipulating often comes from childhood patterns and makes hard conversations feel unsafe. * Witness is relational: give truth with humility, timing, and respect for what someone can receive. * The personalistic norm: people are not tools; treat every interaction as cooperation toward shared goods. * Practice for the week: write a short, specific **thank-you note** to humanize and strengthen relationships. **Links & References (official/source only)**```text id="qr0v9r"None explicitly referenced with clear official/source URLs in this transcript.```**CTA:** If this helped, please leave a review or share this episode with a friend.Questions or thoughts? Email [FatherAndJoe@gmail.com](mailto:FatherAndJoe@gmail.com) .### Tags (comma-separated)Father and Joe, Joe Rockey, Father Boniface Hicks, faith and daily life, integrate faith, Easter season, God is love, evangelization, witness, talking about Jesus, fear of offending, social pressure, manipulation, being used, used car salesman trope, sales psychology, childhood patterns, trust, authenticity, humility, personalistic norm, John Paul II, human dignity, relationships, gratitude, thank you note, stewardship of relationships, dehumanization, AI and relationships, customer service, shared goals, virtue, courage, discipleship, Catholic podcast, Father and Joe on YouTube
This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ . What is AI doing and going to do to job opportunities? What does it mean to have enough, and who has too little, and what's fair? One answer to that is to look at inequality; how different are the financial circumstances of one set of people compared to another? Here to help us understand that is Jeremy Ney, Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School and author of an upcoming book about opportunity and inequality in America. He writes the American Inequality newsletter and was previously a macroeconomic policymaker at the Federal Reserve. His work on regional divides and economic mobility has appeared in TIME Magazine, Business Insider, BBC, NPR, PBS, and on the TED stage. We talk about how AI affects inequality in job availability, particularly recent college grads, and Jeremy has crunched a lot of current data about that. Is the answer to become a plumber or electrician? Where is the wealth dividend from automation going? We talk about the difference between low-wage and low-skill work, the Gini Coefficient, socioeconomic mobility, the cost of higher education vs the college wage premium and how schools and AI might democratize that dilemma. All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines! Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.
QuickBooks Online is retiring Classic Reports on May 22nd, and Hector Garcia is back to make sure Intuit is listening. He crowd-sourced a massive feedback thread from the accounting community and walks Alicia through what's still broken in Modern Reports — from PDF formatting and Excel export issues to drill-down behavior, column sorting, and features gated behind the Advanced SKU. Both hosts are rooting for Modern Reports to succeed, and this episode is their detailed, direct message to Intuit on what needs to get done before the deadline hits.Sponsors:Fishbowl - http://uqb.promo/fishbowl(00:00) - Welcome to the Unofficial QuickBooks Accountants Podcast (00:31) - Classic reports sunset (02:18) - Community feedback roundup (04:41) - Canny board and priorities (06:17) - PDF header order debate (09:54) - Shading and subtotal lines (14:46) - Advanced only report features (20:56) - Comparative columns control (22:34) - Excel export pain points (26:46) - Big data export limits (30:01) - UI UX drilldown quirks (34:42) - Bookmarking report URLs (37:02) - Fonts zoom and columns (39:09) - Scrolling and laptop reality (41:17) - Better Monitor Setup (41:59) - Default Columns Chaos (44:11) - Drilldown Workflow Fixes (48:29) - Missing Report Toggles (50:08) - Sorting and Grouping Bugs (54:01) - Reports We Still Need (56:24) - Transaction Totals Polarity (58:34) - May 22 Survival Plan (01:07:53) - Right Tool and Enterprise Suite (01:09:31) - Reframe Event and AI Reality (01:13:30) - Dates and Practical Takeaways (01:14:57) - Wrap Up and Next Steps LINKS4/28/26: Converting from QBDT to QBO: http://royl.ws/QBDT2QBO?affiliate=53939075/12/26: QBO Ledger: http://royl.ws/ledger?affiliate=53939075/19/26: QBO Solopreneur: http://royl.ws/QuickBooks-SelfEmployed?affiliate=53939075/26/26: QBO Advanced: http://royl.ws/QBO-Advanced?affiliate=53939076/2/26: Intuit Enterprise Suite: http://royl.ws/intuit-enterprise-suite?affiliate=53939076/9/26: Intuit Accountant Suite: http://royl.ws/QBOA?affiliate=5393907Hector's RightTool.app best add-on for QuickBooks Online via a Chrome Extension, designed by Hector Garcia(Use code ROYALWISE for a discount when you upgrade to PRO)ReframeAccounting.com REFRAME 2026: Innovate Advisory (IA); flipping the AI narrative… join us in November 5-7, 2026 in Miami for the best event you will ever attendWe want to hear from you!Send your questions and comments to us at unofficialquickbookspodcast@gmail.com.Join our LinkedIn community at https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14630719/Visit our YouTube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/@UnofficialQuickBooksPodcast?sub_confirmation=1 Sign up to Earmark to earn free CPE for listening to this podcasthttps://www.earmark.app/onboarding
In Episode 179 of the Cyber Threat Perspective podcast, host Brad Causey and web app pen tester Jordan Natter kick off a multi-part series on the OWASP Top 10, the newly updated list of the most common and critical web application security risks, with a fresh version released in 2025.Before diving in, Brad sets the record straight on something that's been bugging him for 20 years: the OWASP Top 10 is an awareness document, not a compliance framework, not a pen test checklist, and not a comprehensive defense guide. If your vendor claims they "comply with the OWASP Top 10," that's a red flag — you can't comply with an awareness document.Part 1 focuses entirely on A01: Broken Access Control — the most dangerous and most common category on the list — and the conversation goes deep with real-world stories from active engagements.Topics covered include:What OWASP actually is — and why the Top 10 is both invaluable and widely misunderstoodBroken Access Control — what it means, why it tops the list, and how it manifests in real applicationsJWT validation failures — a healthcare application where improper JWT handling allowed unauthorized access to admin functionalityMFA bypass via broken access control — a university application where MFA codes weren't properly scoped, enabling account takeoverCORS misconfigurations — how Cross-Origin Resource Sharing policies fail in modern Node and React applications, including a real story of bypassing CORS by allowing AWS resourcesInsecure Direct Object References (IDOR) — why IDOR isn't just about changing integer IDs, including a university app where changing a student ID number led to staff-level privilege escalationS3 bucket IDOR — how a modern web application exposed PHI by returning GUIDs in JSON responses that could be enumerated directlyHidden functionality as false security — why hiding admin URLs from the navigation bar is obscurity, not security, and how Jordan accessed an entire admin PDF panel as an unauthenticated user just by copying a URLOWASP Top 10: https://owasp.org/Top10/2025/0x00_2025-Introduction/ Blog: https://offsec.blog/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@cyberthreatpovTwitter: https://x.com/cyberthreatpovFollow Spencer on social ⬇Spencer's Links: https://spenceralessi.comWork with Us: https://securit360.com | Find vulnerabilities that matter, learn about how we do internal pentesting here.
4/29/26Episode SummaryThis episode explains how to build scalable, dynamic web pages without coding, duplicating templates, or using third-party apps.The Core Concept: While metafields add single data points to existing products, metaobjects are standalone data structures (e.g., an "Artist Profile" with a name, bio, and photo). By enabling Metaobject Pages, you design just one theme template, and Shopify automatically generates a unique web page for every new entry you create.Best Use Cases: Perfect for structured, repeatable content like recipes, brand ambassador profiles, designer bios, or store locations.When to Avoid: Don't use them for simple product add-ons, constantly changing content, or storing large raw files like PDFs.How it Works: Define the metaobject in the Shopify admin, enable the "web pages" feature, add your content entries, and use "Dynamic Sources" in the Theme Editor to map your data to standard page sections.Launch Tips: Before going live, ensure entries are set to "Active," manually map your SEO titles and descriptions, and verify the new URLs are in your sitemap.Show LinksIndex page Liquid tutorial - https://www.shopify.com/partners/blog/how-to-create-an-index-list-for-metaobject-pagesShopify Translate & Adapt app - https://apps.shopify.com/translate-and-adaptDatify - https://apps.shopify.com/datifyVideo & Transcripthttps://jadepuma.com/blogs/the-shopify-solutions-podcast/episode-184-metaobject-pages-building-custom-dynamic-web-pages-in-shopify
He sold the Eiffel Tower—and got away with it. In 1925, a master con man convinced buyers it was being scrapped. This true story reveals how confidence scams work… and why no one reported it.In one of history's boldest cons, Victor Lustig didn't just trick a man—he created a situation where the victim couldn't afford to admit the truth. The result? A perfect confidence game that succeeded not just because of deception… but because of human nature.This episode explores how trust is built, how opportunity can cloud judgment, and why sometimes the cost of admitting a mistake is greater than the loss itself.If you enjoy thoughtful, true stories that reveal how we think—and how we get things wrong—consider subscribing and exploring more episodes from An Ounce.If you value clear, honest storytelling about real events and the patterns behind them, you're always welcome to subscribe… or stick around and watch another.#EiffelTower #TrueStory #History #Scam #ConMan #Psychology #anounce ________________________________________⏱️ CHAPTERS + TIMING 00:00 The Eiffel Tower Was Sold00:30 Why No One Spoke00:44 Enter Victor Lustig01:00 The Invitation01:19 The Proposal & The Perfect Setup02:27 The Bribe02:45 The Sale & Lustig Disappears 03:10 Why it Worked & Why He Tried Again04:02 An Ounce________________________________________REFERENCES (as you prefer — plain URLs + context)• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-sold-the-eiffel-tower-twice-180983970/→ Overview of Victor Lustig and the scam • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Victor-Lustig→ Background on Lustig • https://www.history.com/news/con-man-sold-eiffel-tower→ Summary of the scheme and context________________________________________Credits: Music – Lonely Man and Dance Number 24449 by Alex Hamlin via YouTube Music Library
Heaven is hard to picture because everything in us is trained to see life through “today.” In this episode, Joe Rockey and Father Boniface Hicks try to imagine what eternal life in God's love would actually be like—and why that vision matters right now. Father shares how funerals naturally force the question: where are we headed, what are we made for, and why do we settle for compromised relationships that stay “safe” but never become truly trusting, vulnerable, or healed?Using a strong image, Father compares heaven to the picture on the front of a puzzle box: you place the pieces better when you know what the finished product looks like. Joe extends it with real puzzle experience—the piece you've stared at 15 times finally fits when you turn it the right way. The same is true in love: we can't fully “see the box cover” of perfect love, but we can get glimpses through our best relationships—and through the promises of Scripture.Father then describes a startling aspect of heaven: the glorified body—totally subject to the will, no longer hiding the interior. That means total vulnerability without terror, because everyone is fully reverenced, protected, and purified in love. Joe connects it to modern life: AI can feel like relational “Doritos”—tasty convenience that ultimately weakens real human connection. The episode closes with a practical path forward: if we want to love better, we need self-knowledge about the defenses we built (often pre-cognitively) from real wounds—and then the courage to take wise, measured risks toward trust and repair.Key IdeasHeaven's perfect love “blows dust off” what we settle for: guarded, minimized, conflict-avoiding relationships.A vision of heaven is like the puzzle-box picture: it motivates and guides how we place the pieces of daily love.The glorified body suggests total integration: body fully subject to will, interior fully expressed—total vulnerability without fear.Healing isn't “try harder”; it's letting ourselves be loved in places of shame, usually practiced first in trusted relationships.Growth path: increase self-knowledge about where we guard, why we don't trust, and whether repair/apology/confrontation is needed.Scripture Mentioned (no links)“Eye has not seen, ear has not heard…” (St. Paul quote referenced)“We shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is” (St. John quote referenced)“Love one another as I have loved you” (Jesus' command referenced)Links & References (official/source only)None explicitly referenced with clear official/source URLs in this transcript.CTA: If this helped, please leave a review or share this episode with a friend.Questions or thoughts? Email FatherAndJoe@gmail.com .Tags (comma-separated)Father and Joe, Joe Rockey, Father Boniface Hicks, heaven, eternal life, God is love, perfect love, glorified body, resurrection body, vulnerability, trust, intimacy, communion, relationships, healing, shame, being seen, being loved, self knowledge, self awareness, defenses, self protection, woundedness, triggers, conflict avoidance, reconciliation, repair, apology, confrontation, spiritual growth, discipleship, funerals, mortality, puzzle box analogy, jigsaw puzzle, Bob Ross puzzle, AI and relationships, technology and connection, sales and human connection, Lent fasting, habit change, loving correctly, relationship with God, relationship with self, relationship with others
This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ . I am talking with Rob May, Co-Founder and CEO of NeuroMetric AI, optimizing inference for multi-model AI systems, and returning to the show after 5 years. We're making sense of how rapid advances in AI—especially the shift from training to real-world inference—are reshaping work, business strategy, and the roles of humans. They accelerate productivity while increasing cognitive demands and redefining where human judgment still matters. A serial entrepreneur, Rob has founded and scaled multiple successful companies including Backupify, Talla, Dianthus, and BrandGuard. He's also an active angel investor with over 100 portfolio companies and brings firsthand insight into the evolution of AI entrepreneurship. His expertise lies at the intersection of AI research, applied inference, and startup strategy. He is also the co-host of the AI in NYC Show, where he discusses the latest breakthroughs in AI infrastructure and reasoning with top founders, investors, and researchers. We conclude the interview by talking about AI processing on local devices, natural limits to automation, the shift in competitive advantage from execution to creativity, and restructuring of the economy and the workforce. All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines! Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.
This week, we are joined by Juliana Testa, Senior Security Engineer from 7AI, sharing their work on "Quish Splash - When the QR Code Is the Weapon: A Multi-Wave Phishing Campaign That Slipped Past Every Filter." A large-scale “quishing” campaign used QR codes embedded in image attachments to hide phishing URLs, allowing 28 out of 33 emails to bypass SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and Microsoft Defender and land directly in inboxes. Each recipient received a unique QR code and tracking ID, defeating traditional detection methods and enabling attackers to scale the campaign to over 1.6 million emails across multiple organizations while shifting execution to less-secure mobile devices. The attack was ultimately uncovered through AI-driven alerting combined with human analysis and threat hunting, highlighting a major blind spot in email security and the need for QR code inspection, mobile protections, and tighter auto-reply controls. The research and executive brief can be found here: Quish Splash - When the QR Code Is the Weapon: A Multi-Wave Phishing Campaign That Slipped Past Every Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Explore how content marketing and content signals drive digital marketing growth and AI visibility with expert Favour Obasi-ike, MBA, MS. Learn practical tactics to optimize your content and leverage AI strategies for measurable results.Favour Obasi-ike, MBA, MS hosts a deep-dive discussion differentiating traditional content marketing from technical "content signals." While content marketing is a strategic approach to creating valuable content that attracts and retains a clearly defined audience, content signals represent the technical health and structural cues of a website—such as canonical tags and last-modified dates—that communicate with search engines and AI bots. Favour emphasizes that without proper technical foundations, even the best content will fail to reach its target audience because search algorithms and AI agents won't be able to properly crawl, index, or parse the site. The conversation also highlights the importance of prioritizing high-quality, uniquely categorized content over sheer volume.Who is this for? This content is designed for digital marketers, SEO professionals, business owners, and content creators who want to optimize their website traffic and adapt their strategies for an AI-driven internet. It is especially valuable for those struggling with technical SEO, site indexability, and audience retention.Key MomentsThe "Pull Marketing" Concept: Favour explains that high-quality, educational content builds trust, turning marketing from a "push" (forceful advertising) into a "pull" (attracting engaged users) strategy.The Power of the "Last Modified" Tag: A critical SEO revelation is that simply updating an old article signals to search engine algorithms that the site is active, prompting them to re-crawl the page.The 49-Million Page Case Study: Favour shares a real-world example of helping a 50-year-old business fix a canonicalization error across 49 million URLs, which ultimately rescued their plummeting web traffic and crawl budget.AI-Agent Readiness: The introduction of isitagentready.com, a tool used to measure how well a website's infrastructure communicates with modern AI agents and LLMs.Chronological Topic Flow (in lieu of timestamps) Introduction: Defining content marketing and content signals.Engagement Strategies: Moving from push marketing to pull marketing and the importance of active website time.Website Structure: Breaking down the difference between categories (pillars) and tags (clusters) to build internal web links.Technical SEO Deep Dive: Understanding page power, duplicate content, and utilizing Siteliner.com for audits.The Canonicalization Crisis: How broken canonical tags dilute traffic and waste a site's crawl budget.Future-Proofing for 2026: Scanning sites with isitagentready.com to ensure compatibility with AI bots and agents.FAQsWhat is the difference between categories and tags? Categories act as the main "aisles" of your website (e.g., Sports, Food), while tags are specific mentions within that context (e.g., golf balls, recipes). Both create vital internal links that help search engines index your site.Why is duplicate content harmful? Duplicate content splits your site's "content signal" and drains your search engine crawl budget. Without proper canonical tags to identify the main page, search engines get confused and lower your page's ranking power.Do I need to publish new content every day? No. Updating older content to trigger a new "last modified tag" is highly effective. Pacing your content and focusing on intent-based, high-quality pieces is better than overwhelming your site with volume.Action Steps recommended by Favour Obasi-ikeRefresh Existing Content: Go back to articles published previously and update them to trigger the "last modified tag," which forces algorithms to re-crawl your updated content.Audit Your Site's Page Power: Use Siteliner.com to identify broken links, assess your unique-to-duplicate content ratio, and find out which pages hold the most "page power".Fix Canonical Tags Immediately: Ensure your web pages have correct canonical tags to direct search bots to the primary version of a page, thereby protecting your crawl budget and traffic.Organize via Categories and Tags: Treat your website like a well-organized grocery store. Assign every piece of content to clear categories and tags to generate dynamic internal links.Test for AI-Agent Readiness: Run your website through isitagentready.com to see if your robots.txt files and bot access controls are properly configured to be discovered by emerging AI platforms.Ready to Rank? Book Your SEO & Web Dev Services Today
This week, we are joined by Juliana Testa, Senior Security Engineer from 7AI, sharing their work on "Quish Splash - When the QR Code Is the Weapon: A Multi-Wave Phishing Campaign That Slipped Past Every Filter." A large-scale “quishing” campaign used QR codes embedded in image attachments to hide phishing URLs, allowing 28 out of 33 emails to bypass SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and Microsoft Defender and land directly in inboxes. Each recipient received a unique QR code and tracking ID, defeating traditional detection methods and enabling attackers to scale the campaign to over 1.6 million emails across multiple organizations while shifting execution to less-secure mobile devices. The attack was ultimately uncovered through AI-driven alerting combined with human analysis and threat hunting, highlighting a major blind spot in email security and the need for QR code inspection, mobile protections, and tighter auto-reply controls. The research and executive brief can be found here: Quish Splash - When the QR Code Is the Weapon: A Multi-Wave Phishing Campaign That Slipped Past Every Filter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The 1904 Olympic marathon in St. Louis may be the strangest race in history—featuring cheating, poison, chaos, and a winner who could barely stand. And yet… it was official.________________________________________This wasn't just a bizarre race—it was a breakdown of what “official” really means.Runners collapsed in extreme heat. One took a car. Another was chased off the course by dogs. The eventual winner was given strychnine and brandy just to keep moving.And yet… the result stood.In this episode of An Ounce, we examine the 1904 Olympic marathon—not just for what happened, but for what it reveals about systems, rules, and the gap between what's recorded… and what's real.If you value clear, honest storytelling about history, human behavior, and the limits of “official” truth—subscribe and follow along.________________________________________
Favour Obasi-ike, MBA, MS breaks down the relationship between SEO and PPC advertising. He explains that while PPC provides short-term visibility and acts as a catalyst for brand awareness, SEO builds the long-term foundation that makes ads more cost-effective. Favour emphasizes that these two strategies should not be siloed; instead, they must work together. By ranking organically for specific keywords, businesses can lower their ad spend for those same keywords. The conversation also touches on the importance of content pillars, Google Search Console, and the value of organizing your digital assets to prevent overwhelm.Who is this for?Business owners, digital marketers, and entrepreneurs looking to understand the differences and synergies between Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising. It's highly valuable for anyone wanting to build a sustainable, long-term marketing strategy while leveraging short-term wins through paid ads.Key Moments & Timestamps01:42 — The Core Difference: Understanding SEO (Search Engine Optimization) vs. SEM/PPC (Search Engine Marketing).03:34 — Short-Term vs. Long-Term: Why PPC is for short-term wins and SEO is for long-term sustainability.06:00 — The Synergy: How ranking organically for a keyword lowers the cost of bidding on that same keyword in ads.11:10 — Cross-Platform Strategy: Connecting your website to Google Search Console and Pinterest to build domain authority.32:47 — Tracking Success: Using Google Alerts and Search Console to track brand mentions and backlinks.107:41 — Final Takeaway: Organize your content pillars and don't feel overwhelmed by the technical aspects of SEO.FAQsQ: Should I focus on SEO or PPC first?A: You should focus on SEO first to build a strong foundation. PPC is a catalyst that drives immediate traffic, but if your website isn't optimized organically, you will end up paying higher costs per click over time.Q: How long does it take for ads to mature?A: Depending on the platform, it typically takes 7 to 28 days for an ad campaign to exit the learning phase and mature based on the target audience.Q: How do SEO and ads work together?A: When you rank organically for a specific keyword (e.g., "real estate planning") on your website, Google recognizes your authority. When you run ads for that same keyword, your cost per click is often lower because the destination link is highly relevant and authoritative.Action StepsBuild Your Foundation: Ensure your website is connected to Google Search Console so search engines can index your pages.Align Your Keywords: Use the same keywords in your organic content (URLs, titles) that you plan to bid on in your PPC campaigns.Set Up Alerts: Use Google Alerts to track when your brand or business is mentioned online to monitor your growing authority.Organize Content Pillars: Structure your website content into clear pillars and clusters to make it easier for both users and search engines to navigate.Book a Consultation: Reach out to Favour at info@playinc.online or favour@playinc.online to hire his SEO agency and streamline your digital marketing strategy.Ready to Rank? Book Your SEO & Web Dev Services Today
What do you do when faith says “love wins,” but real life says “the mortgage is due”? In this episode, Joe Rockey challenges a common tension: love can't be deposited in a bank account—so how is “the way of love” actually practical? Father Boniface Hicks responds by reframing the claim: love may not show up on a ledger, but it animates the person who can show up, endure, work, persevere, and make hard choices with integrity. Without love, we “die before we die”—we quit internally long before life collapses externally.From there, Father widens the lens: love empowers courage (sometimes even “superhuman” resolve), sustains hope when outcomes are uncertain, and becomes the only thing that can go into death and beyond—everything else passes away. The martyrs become the ultimate witness: the final decision is whether we compromise truth, betray love, or “risk it with Christ.” Joe brings it back to everyday life: we prepare for that final decision by the daily ones—small choices that either build relationships or erode them. Because when lives implode, the common thread is often a broken relationship. Love is the track that keeps relationships alive—and relationships are what make a life worth living.Key IdeasLove doesn't pay bills directly, but it generates hope, courage, identity, and agency—the inner fuel that enables everything responsible adults must do.Love can empower extraordinary sacrifice and strength, while still honoring ordinary limits.Everything else fades—money, power, pleasure, reputation—love alone remains, even into death and beyond.Martyrs (“witnesses”) model the ultimate test: will I betray truth/love to preserve comfort, or stand with Christ?The “final decision” is trained by daily ones: choose love in small moments, or you won't choose it in the last one.Everyday application: relationships strengthen through small choices—listening, serving, and preferring the beloved's good.Links & References (official/source only)None explicitly referenced with clear official/source URLs in this transcript.CTA: If this helped, please leave a review or share this episode with a friend.Questions or thoughts? Email FatherAndJoe@gmail.com .Tags (comma-separated)Father and Joe, Joe Rockey, Father Boniface Hicks, love, faith in daily life, practical Christianity, bills and responsibility, hope, courage, identity, agency, perseverance, endurance, virtue, martyrs, witness, death and resurrection, love never dies, sacrifice, moral courage, integrity, temptation, daily decisions, formation, spiritual growth, discipleship, worldly success, money, power, reputation, pleasure, relationships, meaningful relationships, building relationships, marriage, family, parenting, friendship, choosing the good, ordinary love, small acts of love, YouTube podcast, Father and Joe on YouTube
This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ . Rapid advances in AI—especially the shift from training to real-world inference—are reshaping work, business strategy, and the roles of humans. They accelerate productivity while increasing cognitive demands and redefining where human judgment still matters. Here to help us get a handle on that and returning to the show after five years is Rob May, Co-Founder and CEO of NeuroMetric AI, a pioneering company optimizing inference for multi-model AI systems. A serial entrepreneur, Rob has founded and scaled multiple successful companies including Backupify, Talla, Dianthus, and BrandGuard. He's also an active angel investor with over 100 portfolio companies and brings firsthand insight into the evolution of AI entrepreneurship. His expertise lies at the intersection of AI research, applied inference, and startup strategy. He is also the co-host of the AI in NYC Show, where he discusses the latest breakthroughs in AI infrastructure and reasoning with top founders, investors, and researchers. We talk about how the bottleneck in business is shifting from labor to cognition, the paradoxical way AI is increasing workloads and cognitive strain, the rise of inference as the core AI economy, and how infrastructure constraints are pushing towards a more distributed AI ecosystem. All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines! Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.
Favour Obasi-ike, MBA, MS and guest speakers (including Celese Williams and Darren Shaw) discuss the mechanics of getting discovered on Google. Favour emphasizes that discovery starts with a strong technical foundation; specifically, connecting your website to Google Search Console and submitting a sitemap. He shares a case study of a client who grew from under 20,000 to nearly 300,000 organic impressions in six months. The conversation also covers the importance of prioritizing your website over social media profiles, understanding search intent, and leveraging local SEO (like zip codes) to rank faster in less saturated markets.Who is this for?Business owners, digital marketers, and content creators looking to improve their organic search visibility. It's highly valuable for anyone wanting to understand the technical foundations of SEO, the importance of Google Search Console, and how to structure a website to rank higher and drive long-term traffic.Key Moments & Timestamps01:30 — The Search Loop: How people search, find, click, and save information on Google.03:14 — SEO Foundations: Why discovery is heavily based on keyword research, search intent, and semantics.04:30 — Case Study: Growing a client's organic impressions from 19.1K to 298K in six months.05:49 — The Role of Google Search Console: Why your website must be indexed and have a sitemap to be discovered.07:25 — Guest Insight (Celeste): The power of "niche-ing down" and finding low-hanging fruit in keyword research.10:19 — Guest Insight (Darren): The psychology of language and understanding the mind of your target audience.19:59 — Social Media vs. Websites: Why TikTok is technically a website (registered in 1996) and how it connects to search.21:54 — The Red Flag: Why your website should always rank higher than your social media profiles on Google.25:44 — The Golden Rule: "The only way you can be on Google is by being on Google Search Console."29:27 — Local SEO: The importance of including your zip code or postal code on your website for localized ranking.FAQsQ: What is the first step to getting discovered on Google?A: The absolute first step is connecting your website to Google Search Console and submitting a sitemap. Without this, Google's bots cannot crawl, index, or discover your content.Q: How long does it take to rank on Google?A: It depends on the competition and density of your market. Generally, it takes 6 to 24 months for broader terms, but highly specific, localized keywords (e.g., "Easter bunny rentals in Portland") can rank in a matter of hours or days.Q: Should I link my social media profiles on my website?A: Yes, but be careful. If your social media profiles rank higher than your website on Google, it's a red flag. Your website should always be the primary "head" or asset, with social media acting as secondary channels.Action StepsConnect to Google Search Console: Ensure your website is verified as a property on Google Search Console and submit an updated sitemap.Niche Down Your Keywords: Identify "low-hanging fruit" or highly specific keywords in your industry that have lower competition.Optimize for Local Search: Add your specific location, zip code, or postal code to your website's URLs and content to capture local search traffic.Audit Your Links: Check your website's footer to ensure social media links are opening in new tabs and not draining your primary domain authority.Understand Your Audience: Use precise language that matches the psychological intent and search habits of your target audience.Ready to Rank? Book Your SEO & Web Dev Services Today
Welcome to this episode of the School of Podcasting! I'm Dave Jackson, and today I'm pulling back the curtain on the precise tools and strategies I personally use for affiliate marketing on my podcast. Whether you're brand new to monetizing, or just looking to add another income stream, you'll find this episode packed with actionable advice and real-world numbers.What I Cover in This EpisodeHow affiliate marketing works and why you don't need a massive audience to benefitReal comparisons between ad revenue and affiliate commissions—including how I made $51 per 1,000 downloads promoting ChronometerWhy finding the right product for your specific audience trumps audience size every timeHow I save time, track, and update my affiliate links with tools like Switchy, Genius Link, and TextExpanderThe nightmare that is Amazon's terms of service (and how to avoid getting banned)A quick walkthrough of getting approved for affiliate programs, even with a smaller showHow to place and talk about affiliate links for maximum returnTools, Companies & Resources I MentionedHere's a list of all companies, tools, and platforms I talked about in this episode, along with URLs where applicable:School of Podcastingschoolofpodcasting.comChronometer (the calorie tracking app)Switchy – My go-to for creating, tracking, and managing affiliate links (Available on AppSumo as one-time purchase)Genius Link – For multi-storefront affiliate management, especially for Amazon and international salesTextExpander – Saves time by expanding keystrokes into text and links1Password – My recommended password management tool for affiliate accountsAmazon Associates – Amazon's Affiliate ProgramSweetwater – For gear links; includes an affiliate programPodpage – For website and link management (and affiliate program info), and where I work as Head of PodcastingAsk the Podcast Coach – My live Q&A showCaptivate – Podcast hosting (with affiliate program)Blubrry – Podcast hosting (with affiliate program)Buzzsprout – Podcast hosting (with affiliate program)Transistor – Podcast hosting (with affiliate program)RSS.com – Podcast hosting (with affiliate program)Affiliate Marketplaces I Use and Mentioned:Awin (formerly Shareasale): awin.comCJ (Commission Junction): cj.comRakuten: rakuten.comPartnerstack: partnerstack.comOther ResourcesProfit From Your Podcast Book – My book on podcast monetization (Amazon and audio options).School of Podcasting Free Resources – Where you can find my full list of affiliate links.Jesse Lakes on Profit From Your Podcast9 Reasons Affiliates Get Banned from Amazon (How to Avoid)Final TakeawaysAffiliate marketing isn't “get-rich-quick,” but it's a valuable stream—even if it just covers your hosting bill and some extras!Use tools like Switchy or Genius Link to keep your links organized, tracked, and up-to-date.Always disclose your affiliate relationships up front, per FTC guidelines.If you mention a company on your podcast or in your show notes, tag them on social—sometimes they'll amplify your reach!If you've got an idea for an episode or want to leave feedback, head to schoolofpodcasting.com/voicemail.Thanks for tuning in! If this helped you, please share the episode or link a friend to schoolofpodcasting.com/1031.Mentioned in this episode:Join the #1 Podcast Education Site - The School of PodcastingAdam Curry is the co-founder of Podcasting (and the co-host of the No Agenda Show). When asked about learning how to podcast Adam said, "The place to go with the guy who has taught more people how to podcast than anybody I know - Dave Jackson, School of Podcasting.com"School of PodcastingQuestion of the Month: The Future of PodcastingSomeone asked me, and I had to think about it. So now I'm asking you, How do you feel about the future of podcasting? Where do you think it's going? (etc,). Feel free to share your opinion and why. Don't forget to tell us about your show and where we can find it.
This and all episodes at: https://aiandyou.net/ . AI abounds with paradoxes. I have been talking about those with Virginia Dignum, professor of responsible artificial intelligence at Umeå (OOMEO) university, about her new book, The AI Paradox: How to Make Sense of a Complex Future, just released, with links in the show notes and transcript. Virginia is an internationally recognized expert in AI ethics and policy who has led initiatives for the European Commission, the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, UNESCO, and UNICEF, among others, and is the author of the 2019 book Responsible Artificial Intelligence. We conclude the interview by talking about some paradoxes in detail, like Moravec's Paradox, questions about using AI in legal decisions, AI literacy, and the recent battle between Anthropic and the US Department of Defense, and OpenClaw. All this plus our usual look at today's AI headlines! Transcript and URLs referenced at HumanCusp Blog.
Two years ago, 60% of consumers said they were fine with AI-generated content. Today that number has dropped to 26%. Consumers are rejecting AI content faster than marketers can create it — and the brands that ignore this are paying a steep price.In this episode, I'm sharing the full breakdown of the keynote I delivered at DigiMarCon West in Hollywood — a presentation called People, Not Prompts. It's built around the SES framework from my book Digital Threads: Search, Email, and Social working together as one connected system. But more importantly, it's about the layer on top of that system that AI simply cannot replicate: people.I walk through why the bottleneck in marketing has shifted from execution to strategy, what the SES framework looks like with an updated AI-era lens, how brands like Lego, Levi's, and Intuit got burned by going all in on AI without a strategy, and how LinkedIn has become the single platform where search, email, social, and people all converge.Plus — I'm giving away a free copy of Maximizing LinkedIn for Business Growth to podcast listeners and YouTube viewers. Details inside.KEY TOPICSWhy consumer trust in AI-generated content has dropped from 60% to 26% in two yearsHow 78% of consumers now say they trust content featuring real people over AI-generated contentThree brand cautionary tales: Lego's AI Ninjago images, Levi's AI diversity models, and Intuit's TurboTax AI advisorWhy the bottleneck in marketing has shifted from execution to strategyIntroduction to the SES framework: Search, Email, and Social as three connected pillarsPillar 1 — Search: building a library of content for the entire discovery layer (Google, ChatGPT, TikTok)ChatGPT's 900 million weekly active users and AI search visitors converting at 4.4x the rate of organic searchGenerative Engine Optimization (GEO) and Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) — the new content gameOnly 12% of URLs cited by AI rank in Google's top 10 — why this is a different game from traditional SEOPillar 2 — Email: why 98 out of 100 website visitors leave without converting and how to fix itEmail ROI: $36–$44 per $1 spent, 4.24% conversion rate vs. social media's 0.59%Pillar 3 — Social: platform-authentic content, the zero-click approach, and the Duolingo exampleThe Duolingo 'Death of Duo' campaign and its 25,000% increase in brand mentionsThe people ecosystem: employees, customers, partners, and creators as your content layerUGC stats: 88% peer trust, 137% higher purchase likelihood, 161% higher conversion ratesDeloitte's 250-person internal creator program: 400M impressions, 10,000 leads, $13M earned mediaWhy LinkedIn is the proof of concept for the entire SCS frameworkLinkedIn as the #1 most-cited domain across ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and PerplexityLearn More:Buy Digital Threads: https://nealschaffer.com/digitalthreadsamazonBuy Maximizing LinkedIn for Business Growth: https://nealschaffer.com/maximizinglinkedinamazonJoin My Digital First Mastermind: https://nealschaffer.com/membership/ Learn about My Fractional CMO Consulting Services: https://nealschaffer.com/cmoDownload My Free Ebooks Here: https://nealschaffer.com/books/Subscribe to my YouTube Channel: https://youtube.com/nealschafferAll My Podcast Show Notes: https://podcast.nealschaffer.com
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When you pip install a package with compiled code, the wheel you get is built for CPU features from 2009. Want newer optimizations like AVX2? Your installer has no way to ask for them. GPU support? You're on your own configuring special index URLs. The result is fat binaries, nearly gigabyte-sized wheels, and install pages that read like puzzle books. A coalition from NVIDIA, Astral, and QuanSight has been working on Wheel Next: A set of PEPs that let packages declare what hardware they need and let installers like uv pick the right build automatically. Just uv pip install torch and it works. I sit down with Jonathan Dekhtiar from NVIDIA, Ralf Gommers from Quansight and the NumPy and SciPy teams, and Charlie Marsh, founder of Astral and creator of uv, to dig into all of it. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code talkpython26 Temporal Talk Python Courses Links from the show Guests Charlie Marsh: github.com Ralf Gommers: github.com Jonathan Dekhtiar: github.com CPU dispatcher: numpy.org build options: numpy.org Red Hat RHEL: www.redhat.com Red Hat RHEL AI: www.redhat.com RedHats presentation: wheelnext.dev CUDA release: developer.nvidia.com requires a PEP: discuss.python.org WheelNext: wheelnext.dev Github repo: github.com PEP 817: peps.python.org PEP 825: discuss.python.org uv: docs.astral.sh A variant-enabled build of uv: astral.sh pyx: astral.sh pypackaging-native: pypackaging-native.github.io PEP 784: peps.python.org Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode #544 deep-dive: talkpython.fm/544 Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm Theme Song: Developer Rap
Holy Thursday has a way of “breaking through” our usual routine—especially when the liturgy makes the silence loud. In this episode, Joe Rockey shares a vivid Holy Thursday experience: the deliberate movement of the Eucharist away from the main tabernacle to an altar of repose, the audible finality of doors closing, and how those sensory moments help us feel what's coming—Gethsemane, abandonment, fear, and the Passion.Father Boniface Hicks explains the Church's intent: Holy Thursday begins one long liturgy that stretches to the Easter Vigil. The Eucharist consecrated on Holy Thursday is the last new consecration until Easter; Good Friday has communion without a new consecration. The altar of repose represents the Garden of Gethsemane—often decorated like a garden—and invites the faithful to “stay awake” with Jesus in prayer, traditionally until midnight when the Blessed Sacrament is removed and hidden, symbolizing Jesus' arrest and imprisonment.From there, the conversation turns deeply practical: prayer isn't supposed to be one clean emotion. The apostles carried confusion, loyalty, fear, failure, and shame—yet Jesus still restores them, especially Peter. The takeaway is simple but demanding: nothing authentically human is excluded from redemption. If we don't bring our real emotions to Jesus—discouragement, anger, sadness, anxiety, confusion—He won't force His way in. But if we do, He can purify, perfect, and elevate all of it into communion with Him.Key IdeasHoly Thursday and Easter Vigil form a single arc: the last consecration happens on Holy Thursday until the Easter Vigil.The altar of repose symbolizes Gethsemane and invites disciples today to keep watch with Jesus.Local customs vary (even how “jarring” moments are expressed), but the aim is the same: participation that reaches beyond intellect into the heart.Don't exile feelings: Jesus intends to redeem everything in us—only what we bring to Him can be healed.Peter's restoration shows the pattern: Jesus meets us where we failed and rebuilds love, trust, and mission.Scripture Mentioned (no links)The Garden of Gethsemane accounts (stay awake / disciples sleeping)Peter's denial and restoration (threefold denial / threefold confession imagery)Links & References (official/source only)None explicitly referenced with clear official/source URLs in this transcript.CTA: If this helped, please leave a review or share this episode with a friend.Questions or thoughts? Email FatherAndJoe@gmail.com .Tags (comma-separated)Father and Joe, Joe Rockey, Father Boniface Hicks, Holy Thursday, Good Thursday, Mass of the Lord's Supper, altar of repose, tabernacle, Eucharist, Blessed Sacrament, consecration, communion service, Easter Vigil, Paschal Triduum, Garden of Gethsemane, stay awake with me, watch and pray, disciples, apostles, Peter, denial, restoration, charcoal fire, emotions in prayer, anxiety, fear, sadness, anger, disappointment, shame, redemption, healing, spiritual growth, liturgy, participation, Catholic tradition, seven churches, prayer walk, bilateral stimulation, Easter season, Resurrection appearances
AWS Morning Brief for the week of April 6th, with Corey Quinn. Links: Announcing Amazon RDS for Oracle on AWS OutpostsAWS Direct Connect now supports AWS CloudFormationAWS Service Availability UpdatesAmazon S3 Vectors expands to 17 additional AWS RegionsAmazon CloudFront now supports SHA-256 for signed URLs and signed cookiesAmazon CloudWatch now supports OpenTelemetry metrics in public previewAnnouncing compute-optimized instance bundles for Amazon LightsailAnnouncing managed daemon support for Amazon ECS Managed InstancesLeverage Agentic AI for Autonomous Incident Response with AWS DevOps AgentNavigating the NGINX Ingress retirement: A practical guide to migration on AWSOptimizing data transfer costs when using AWS Network Load BalancerAWS Security Agent on-demand penetration testing now generally available
Danny McMillan and Shubhash Sharma are back with another Claude Sessions episode covering both the back end and front end of building your Amazon business infrastructure with AI. Shubhash walks through exactly how to register for Amazon's Seller Partner API — your free, direct access to your own sales, inventory, pricing, and order data — no third-party subscriptions required. Danny then breaks down the 165-feature design system he built to eliminate AI slop from websites, landing pages, and app interfaces. Part 1: Amazon SP-API Setup (Shubhash) What SP-API is — Amazon giving you a key to your own data warehouse: live inventory, real-time orders, pricing, catalog data, and sales reports 5-step registration process — Register as developer, create an app, select permissions, self-authorize, and connect to Claude Code to build dashboards Common rejection reasons — Usually a missed checkbox or vague answer about data usage. Keep answers focused on personal brand development and safe data storage Advertising API is separate — Different credentials, different registration, different refresh token. You cannot reuse SP-API tokens for ads What you can build once connected — Custom dashboards, forecasting engines, inventory alerts, automated reporting — all built by Claude Code without knowing Python Danny's guardrails — Hire a $50 Upwork specialist to help with paperwork submission, keep them on retainer for when APIs go down (especially Q4, Black Friday, Prime Day) Part 2: The 165-Feature Design System (Danny) The AI slop problem — Default fonts (Roboto, Arial), purple-blue gradients, three-column card layouts, floating animated orbs, oversized border radius — all telltale signs of generic AI output 15 anti-patterns cataloged — The system actively fights against common AI design defaults Four-phase pipeline — Decide, Design, Build, Refine — with 15 databases and components extracted from 11 repos Gap analysis scoring — Rates output out of 60 points. Seller Sessions Live went from 33 to 50; Databrill went from 48 to 55 Psychology of design baked in — Hick's Law (limit choices to 5-7), Miller's Law (chunk information in groups), Jacob's Law — all running automatically in the background "Pretty doesn't convert" is a cop-out — Apple, Ralph Lauren, Sony all prove that quality design builds trust. The real issue was budget — now AI removes that barrier Design is about subtraction — Cut 69% of animations in one project. Overcooking destroys user experience 25 quality gate techniques — Color tokens, typography rules, contrast ratios, accessibility (100+ rules), spacing, and composition patterns Claude Loom workflow — Record feedback via Cmd+Shift+L, Claude extracts screenshots and browser URLs, and the system pushes back if changes violate the design system Key Takeaways: SP-API is free and gives you direct access to your Amazon data — do it tonight The Advertising API requires a completely separate registration process Have a backup developer on standby for API downtime, especially during peak sales periods AI-generated interfaces all look the same because they default to the same fonts, colors, and layouts A design system isn't about making things pretty — it's about trust, conversion, and consistent user experience across all devices Before your customer reads a single word of copy, your page load time and visual quality have already made an impression Coming Next: Shubhash experiments with running AI models locally on an old MacBook using Ollama — cutting token costs to zero. Connect: Shubhash Sharma — LinkedIn Danny McMillan — sellersessions.com
Join me for a transformative live in person event in Anaheim on July 24-26 https://www.brianscottlive.com/anaheim-2026 Welcome to a monumental, mind-blowing episode of The Reality Revolution! In this unprecedented session, I sit down with an elite panel of the world's most extraordinary channelers. Broadcasting a breathtaking array of multi-dimensional intelligence, this gathering features the 9th Dimensional Pleiadian Collective, the Arcturian Council, the 17th Dimensional Council of Light, and the Council of Star Mothers. This massive convergence serves as a preview for the energies expected at the upcoming live "Channel Panel" event in Escondido, California. Throughout this episode, the channeled entities deliver an urgent and powerful consensus regarding the future of humanity. They explain that the current chaos on Earth is actually a form of deep energetic alchemy designed to transition our civilization from separation to unity. The guides reassure us that global nuclear war will never be allowed to happen, explain how humanity is currently learning to jump timelines and connect with future selves, and offer a stunning prediction: multiple galactic collectives agree that conscious extraterrestrial contact and major disclosure is imminent, specifically pointing to the years 2026 and 2027. Listeners are even guided through a waking meditation to actively experience non-physical consciousness. Meet the Channelers & Contact Information (Note: While the host mentions he will include individual websites in his final YouTube description, personal email addresses and direct website URLs are not explicitly stated in this channeled session. However, here are the details, books, and event links provided during the broadcast!) Rob Gauthier: Known as the "ET Whisperer" and the primary organizer behind the Channel Panel events. He channels Treb Bor yit-NE (a 5th-density consciousness) and Metatron. https://www.etwhisperer.com/ Lissa Royal Holt: A true pioneer who has been channeling the Pleiadian being Sasha since 1985. She is the author of the foundational and highly recommended book, The Prism of Lyra. https://www.lyssaroyal.net/ Wendy Kennedy: Has been an active channeler for 31 years, specifically bringing through the deep wisdom of the 9th Dimensional Pleiadian Collective. https://higherfrequencies.net/ Marilyn Harper: Acting as the divine link since 1999, she channels Adironnda and the formless, pure-love entities known as the 17th Dimensional Council of Light. https://adironndaspiritualhealer.org/ JJ Brighton: A galactic channel, light language mentor, and creator of the Multi-Dimensional Soul Integration Modality. She channels the Council of Star Mothers and the Timekeepers. https://www.activationswithjj.com/ Daniel Scranton: A highly respected channeler who brings through the Arcturian Council and The Creators. https://danielscranton.com/ Upcoming Event Link: To see these channelers live alongside Bashar, Kryon, and more from May 8th–10th in Escondido, California, you can purchase tickets at: https://www.thechannelpanel.com Join The Reality Revolution Tribe
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So many of us wait for the “perfect moment” to get serious about our relationship with God—when life is calmer, when we feel cleaner, when we're more “ready.” This Holy Week episode challenges that myth. Joe Rockey and Father Boniface Hicks explain why Holy Week isn't just a yearly event—it's the pattern of all time, revealing God as relationship (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) and inviting us into that communion of love right in the middle of real-life chaos, failure, and vulnerability.They walk through how the Church's liturgies don't merely remind us of the Paschal Mystery—they make it present so we can actually participate and be transformed. And they name a common obstacle: when things go wrong—conflicts, tech glitches, miscommunication, shame, weakness—we assume we should stay away until we're “better.” Instead, those are precisely the places where love gets trained, where sin (missing the mark of love) gets healed, and where we learn to aim at what matters most: the perfection of love.Key IdeasHoly Week is the pattern of all time: every week echoes it (Thursday, Friday, Sunday), because God revealed Himself fully in it.God is relationship—an eternal communion of love—and Holy Week reveals the Father and the Son's rescue mission for humanity through the Holy Spirit.The Church's Holy Week liturgies lead us into these mysteries and make them present so we can participate, not just remember.The “perfect moment” is a trap: feelings of unworthiness, brokenness, and setbacks don't disqualify you—they're where love is practiced and healed.Aim matters: don't aim life at money, popularity, pleasure, or control—submit those to the service of love.Scripture Mentioned (no links)John 1:1–18 (Prologue of John referenced)Passion themes referenced: betrayal, abandonment, endurance “like a lamb” imagery (implicit Passion/Isaiah language)Links & References (official/source only)None explicitly referenced with official/source URLs in this transcript.CTA: If this helped, please leave a review or share this episode with a friend.Questions or thoughts? Email FatherAndJoe@gmail.com .Tags (comma-separated)Father and Joe, Joe Rockey, Father Boniface Hicks, Holy Week, Paschal Triduum, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, Easter Sunday, Palm Sunday, Chrism Mass, confession, grace, redemption, resurrection, Passion of Christ, perfection of love, holiness, sin as missing the mark, vulnerability, unworthiness, shame, betrayal, forgiveness, communion of love, Trinity, Father Son Holy Spirit, relationship with God, relationship with self, relationship with others, liturgy, participation, spiritual growth, spiritual warfare, Satan hates Holy Week, division and misunderstandings, bringing burdens to Jesus, aiming at love, idols, money honor power pleasure, transformation, Catholic podcast, Father and Joe on YouTube
Topics covered in this episode: Lock the Ghost Fence for Sandboxing MALUS: Liberate Open Source Harden your GitHub Actions Workflows with zizmor, dependency pinning, and dependency cooldowns Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training The Complete pytest Course **Patreon SupportersConnect with the hosts** Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org / @mkennedy.codes (bsky) Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org / @brianokken.bsky.social Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org / @pythonbytes.fm (bsky) Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Monday at 11am PT. Older video versions available there too. Finally, if you want an artisanal, hand-crafted digest of every week of the show notes in email form? Add your name and email to our friends of the show list, we'll never share it. Michael #1: Lock the Ghost The five core takeaways: PyPI "removal" doesn't delete distribution files. When a package is removed from PyPI, it disappears from the index and project page, but the actual distribution files remain accessible if you have a direct URL to them. uv.lock uniquely preserves access to ghost packages. Because uv.lock stores direct URLs to distribution files rather than relying on the index API at install time, uv sync can successfully install packages that have already been removed, even with cache disabled. No other Python lock file implementation tested behaved this way. This creates a supply chain attack vector. An attacker could upload a malicious package, immediately remove it to dodge automated security scanning, and still have it installable via a uv.lock file, or combine this with the xz-style strategy of hiding malicious additions in large, auto-generated lock files that nobody reviews. Removed package names can be hijacked with version collisions. When an owner removes a package, the name can be reclaimed by someone else who can upload different distribution types under the same version number, as happened with "umap." Lock files help until you regenerate them, then you're exposed. Your dependency scanning needs to cover lock files, not just manifest files. Scanning only pyproject.toml or requirements.txt misses threats embedded in lock files, which is where the actual resolved URLs and hashes live. Brian #2: Fence for Sandboxing Suggested by Martin Häcker “Some coding platforms have since integrated built-in sandboxing (e.g., Claude Code) to restrict write access to directories and/or network connectivity. However, these safeguards are typically optional and not enabled by default.” “JY Tan (on cc) has extracted the sandboxing logic from Claude Code and repackaged it into a standalone Go binary.” Source code on GitHub: https://github.com/Use-Tusk/fence Related: Simon Willison lethal trifecta for AI agents article from June 2025 Claude Code Sandboxing Michael #3: MALUS: Liberate Open Source via Paul Bauer The service will generate the specs of a library with one AI and build the newly licensed library using the specs with another AI circumventing the licensing and copyright rules. AI that has not been trained on open source reads the docs and API signature, creates a spec. Another AI processes that spec into working software. Is it a real site? Are they accepting real money, or are they just trying to cause a stir around copyright? Brian #4: Harden your GitHub Actions Workflows with zizmor, dependency pinning, and dependency cooldowns Matthias Schoettle Avoid things like this: hackerbot-claw: An AI-Powered Bot Actively Exploiting GitHub Actions - Microsoft, DataDog, and CNCF Projects Hit So Far Extras Brian: GitHub is asking to spy on us, that's nice Michael: Michael's new SaaS for podcasters: InterviewCue DigitalOcean's Spaces cold storage for infrequently accessed data Minor issue about my fire and forget post, was a latent bug? Fire and Forget at Textual follow up article Joke: Can you?
Making silly URLs, visualising complex weather data, a TUI network discovery tool, and an open source version of a classic synthesizer in discoveries, plus the sad reality that it’s more or less impossible to avoid code that’s been generated by “AI” these days. Discoveries creepy link Supercell Wx whosthere Ultramaster KR-106 AI in FOSS systemd 260-rc3 Released With AI Agents Documentation Added New Xfce Wayland compositor is being developed with genAI Automox Turnkey Results Endpoint management tailored to your specific environment. Know the plan. Trust the result. Learn more at www.automox.com Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS: Subscribe to the RSS feeds here
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/proxy/ URL scans with IP addresses https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/proxy+URL+scans+with+IP+addresses/32800/ Local Network Address Restrictions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/ms-edge-local-network-access#how-to-mitigate-impact-for-cross-origin-iframes https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-relnote-stable-channel European Security Vendor Targeted by Hackers Fronting as Cisco Domain https://specopssoft.com/blog/phishing-campaign-cisco/