vulnerability, astroturfing, and viking kings

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Tepeu and I shaped the first people out of corn.

1. He found a hole giving access to 200 million Brazilians’ data — then couldn’t get anyone to care
2. One knife brand gets 31% of its Reddit ‘buy’ mentions from 5% of accounts
3. California wine grape glut: growers can’t find buyers as global consumption collapses
4. City bans Flock license-plate surveillance after journalist’s wrongful ambush goes national
5. Bluetooth was named after a Viking king whose PR team hated the idea
6. Satire: AI firms now compete to claim their model is the most likely to end the world