The Museum of Time-Based Art. “My idea for this site is to build an exhaustive, authoritative compendium of every art project that uses time as part of the work.”
I can’t remember where I heard about this, but judging by the trailer, Hope by Korean director Na Hong-jin looks pretty good.
The catastrophic hack of at least thousands of FBI officials’ personal data, including their addresses, phone numbers, and even their spouses, includes members of the FBI’s secretive hacking team, potentially revealing who exactly is in that unit, 404 Media has found.
The findings further highlight how sensitive the stolen data is, and how valuable it may be to criminals or to foreign intelligence agencies. There is very little public information about the FBI’s hacking unit, including the operations it conducts, the tools it uses, or which agents are part of it.
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Do you work at the FBI? Do you know anything else about this hack? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.
The FBI said in a statement it “is aware of a cyber-criminal enterprise group claiming a compromise of the FBIJobs.gov portal and alleged impact to FBI employee personally identifiable information (PII). While the point of breach is still undetermined — whether a third-party or the FBI’s enterprise — we are actively and aggressively investigating this matter and working closely with those third-party providers that support FBIJobs.gov to mitigate any and all risk.”
404 Media first broke news of the breach on Tuesday. The group responsible, ShinyHunters, shared a list of 5,000 alleged FBI officials with 404 Media. 404 Media verified parts of the data by cross-referencing it with open source records available in the research tool OSINT Industries, and previously compromised data in Darkside, a tool made by cybersecurity company District 4.
As well as the officials’ personal information, the list of 5,000 officials includes each person’s job title or team. Those include titles such as Special Agent, Threat Intake Examiner, and Major Cyber Crimes Unit. Reuters reported on Wednesday some of the job titles include those related to investigating China or Russia.
404 Media found three of the entries in the data specifically mention “remote operations units.” The Remote Operations Unit, or ROU, is the FBI’s hacking unit. For much of the previous decade, the ROU was focused on making and deploying tools to investigate the dark web, according to a 2020 report from the Office of the Inspector General. The ROU was “instrumental” in developing the network investigative technique (NIT) — the FBI’s parlance for a hacking tool — the agency deployed on a dark web child abuse site the FBI ran for two weeks in order to identify site visitors.
After budget decreases, its focus has shifted to tools for national security investigations, the report says. Much of the rest of that report discussing the ROU is redacted.
The parts of the hacked data related to the ROU expose each person’s address, a list of phone numbers for them, and in some cases the name of their spouses and their phone numbers. 404 Media searched one of the ROU official’s phone numbers in Darkside, and found previously breached data indicating they used to work for the Secret Service.
One person in the data also appears to be a student, with the data describing them as a “student workforce trainee.”
The ROU has previously used classified hacking tools in ordinary criminal investigations, raising questions over whether defendants were able to scrutinize how evidence against them was collected.
Thomas Hawk posted a photo:
handwritten on slide, “Elsie Social" date stamped on slide September 1979
Approach to treating high blood pressure ‘not fit for purpose’, say researchers, with 59% of cases undiagnosed
Only half of people being treated by a GP for high blood pressure in England have it under control, and millions more are completely unaware they have the “silent killer” condition, research reveals.
Most people with hypertension (59%) are in the dark and undiagnosed, raising their risk of stroke, heart attack and early death, according to the largest ever study of its kind.
Continue reading...Heads of two of the world’s largest artificial intelligence companies give separate briefings on AI safety
Sam Altman of OpenAI and Dario Amodei of Anthropic, heads of two of the world’s largest artificial intelligence companies, addressed the United Nations security council on Wednesday in separate briefings on AI safety.
“We have a choice in front of us,” Altman told the council. “AI can either be more like a new renaissance of creativity and discovery, or more like a new industrial revolution of upheaval and disarray.”
Continue reading...Wieke Kaptein’s early goal gave Chelsea a winning start to their Champions League campaign against Austria Vienna but it was a far from comfortable evening for the Blues.
A David v Goliath scale endeavour welcomed the visiting team at the Cherry Red Records stadium. The mammoth financial gulf between the two teams was excellently highlighted by the Austrian broadcaster ORF in the buildup, which reported that “Chelsea Women’s personnel costs alone for the 2024/25 season, at a cool €17m, were higher than those of the entire Austria club (€14.9m) – including the men’s department, by far the largest item.” Meanwhile, Uefa noted that the manager Stefan Kenesei has a full-time job in state pensions insurance.
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billy.reeder has added a photo to the pool:
OzGFK has added a photo to the pool:
February 2026.
Fomapan 100.
Ricoh 35 ZF.
Hakuba, Japan. Wandering around, enjoying the town. Great place to ski, and also just to enjoy some local sightseeing. It's quite a big town.
Welcome back for September’s Flickr Release Notes recap. We kicked off a new series for our fabulous Flickr Group Admins, contest winners were announced for this year’s World Photography Day 2026 Contest and some product updates are still underway. Check out our September recap to see what you may have missed and then find out what’s ahead!
Admin Resources for you!
Last month we launched our new Admin Resource Hub Series, a collection of articles that will focus on building and running great Flickr groups. We know Flickr groups are where the heart of the Flickr community comes to life and we want to make sure admins know they’re supported and appreciated, while also sharing some tips for members who are thinking about starting off their own new Flickr groups. The first two articles are up on the Flickr blog now, check them out. And stay tuned because we have more admin focused articles and support coming soon!
Product Updates
We mentioned last month that we’re rolling out small design updates and we’re continuing that work this month so you’ll continue to see those changes around Flickr. Just a reminder, these updates are minor and won’t affect your workflow or the way Flickr works on mobile. Enjoy the new views and keep an eye out as we continue to listen to feedback, beautify the neighborhood and continue making Flickr the best place to be a photographer online.
September Moods on Pinterest
With the Autumnal Equinox here and the days getting shorter we decided it was time to get a little extra moody with our monthly mood board. This month we featured photos that captured shadows and light in the way that only the fall can inspire. Don’t miss a scroll through our September Mood Board on Pinterest and comment on some of your faves in the Flickr gallery!
World Photography Day Winners and Honorable Mentions!
We recently wrapped up our World Photography Day contest by announcing the winners and honorable mentions. We wanted to make sure you got a chance to enjoy them too, if you missed the big announcement. You can meet our 5 category winners in our winners announcement blog and then take a look through the tough competition that led us to those top picks, in this Flickr gallery. With over 21.3K photo we felt like we still had some photos to spotlight which is why this month’s Explore Takeover will feature more of the photos entered into last month’s contest. Don’t miss our September Explore Takeover, going live, tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 24th!
Inktober is coming!
Calling all artists and illustrators, it’s almost time for our favorite autumn tradition: Inktober! Every October, artists around the world take on a daily drawing challenge, and the creative Flickr community always shows up. Whatever your style, this is the month to pick up a pen and share your work with people who get it.
Inktober was started in 2009 by illustrator and animator Jake Parker as a personal challenge to build a consistent drawing habit. Since then, it’s grown into a worldwide tradition, and each year Flickr’s own community member run Inktober group becomes a gathering spot for members to post their daily drawings and cheer each other on. Ready to join in? Follow the group, watch for this year’s prompt list, and start sketching.
That’s a wrap for this month. Stay tuned for a MODE Festival recap coming soon!
How Volkswagen's Flagrant Fraud Screwed Over Russia's Refineries a Decade Later [YT ~17 min.]
William Spaniel is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. His main YouTube channel, now just branded William Spaniel, was started to supplement his textbook/course Game Theory 101: Game Theory Made Easy*. It is currently focused on international affairs, covering topics such as Why the U.S. Is So Bad at Negotiating Peace Deals and Inevitability: The Critical Strategic Concept Both Wars Hinge On. A side channel, Lines on Maps Extra, recently ended a months-long streak of (combined with the main channel) daily videos that was initially prompted by the Iran war. * Game Theory 101 and the early iteration of Spaniel's channel were featured previously in 2012
William Spaniel is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. His main YouTube channel, now just branded William Spaniel, was started to supplement his textbook/course Game Theory 101: Game Theory Made Easy*. It is currently focused on international affairs, covering topics such as Why the U.S. Is So Bad at Negotiating Peace Deals and Inevitability: The Critical Strategic Concept Both Wars Hinge On. A side channel, Lines on Maps Extra, recently ended a months-long streak of (combined with the main channel) daily videos that was initially prompted by the Iran war. * Game Theory 101 and the early iteration of Spaniel's channel were featured previously in 2012
Annie Dillard has died, but she is not dead. This is a time to read This is the Life. In it she says...
"What would you do differently, you up on your beanstalk looking at scenes of all peoples at all times in all places? When you climb down, would you dance any less to the music you love, knowing that music to be as provisional as a bug? Somebody has to make jugs and shoes, to turn the soil, fish. If you descend the long rope-ladders back to your people and time in the fabric, if you tell them what you have seen, and even if someone cares to listen, then what? Everyone knows times and cultures are plural. If you come back a shrugging relativist or tongue-tied absolutist, then what? If you spend hours a day looking around, high astraddle the warp or woof of your people's wall, then what new wisdom can you take to your grave for worms to untangle? Well, maybe you will not go into advertising." And then finally: "Will knowledge you experience directly make you a Buddhist? Must you forfeit excitement per se? To what end? Say you have seen something. You have seen an ordinary bit of what is real, the infinite fabric of time that eternity shoots through, and time's soft-skinned people working and dying under slowly shifting stars. Then what?"
"What would you do differently, you up on your beanstalk looking at scenes of all peoples at all times in all places? When you climb down, would you dance any less to the music you love, knowing that music to be as provisional as a bug? Somebody has to make jugs and shoes, to turn the soil, fish. If you descend the long rope-ladders back to your people and time in the fabric, if you tell them what you have seen, and even if someone cares to listen, then what? Everyone knows times and cultures are plural. If you come back a shrugging relativist or tongue-tied absolutist, then what? If you spend hours a day looking around, high astraddle the warp or woof of your people's wall, then what new wisdom can you take to your grave for worms to untangle? Well, maybe you will not go into advertising." And then finally: "Will knowledge you experience directly make you a Buddhist? Must you forfeit excitement per se? To what end? Say you have seen something. You have seen an ordinary bit of what is real, the infinite fabric of time that eternity shoots through, and time's soft-skinned people working and dying under slowly shifting stars. Then what?"
CANBERRA (ANP) - Kunstmatige intelligentie (AI) van het bedrijf OpenAI heeft een Australische overheidswebsite binnengedrongen, meldt de Australische premier Anthony Albanese aan de Sydney Morning Herald. Het AI-programma had daardoor ook toegang tot medische gegevens die niet openbaar zijn.
"Dit is natuurlijk onacceptabel", zei Albanese in New York, waar hij de bijeenkomst van de Verenigde Naties bijwoont. "En vandaag heb ik gesproken met Sam Altman, de CEO van OpenAI, om de grote bezorgdheid van Australië over dit incident te uiten."
De infiltratie vond plaats in juni. Albanese zegt teleurgesteld te zijn dat OpenAI er "veel te lang" over heeft gedaan om dit te melden aan de Australische regering.
Volgens de premier is er op dit moment geen reden om aan te nemen dat het AI-programma bij meer overheidswebsites is binnengedrongen.
NEW YORK (ANP/AFP) - Topmannen van prominente AI-bedrijven hebben woensdag de VN-Veiligheidsraad woensdag toegesproken over de risico's en veiligheid rond AI, nu AI-systemen steeds krachtiger worden. Zo beloofde topman Dario Amodei van Anthropic, bekend van chatbot Claude, dat het bedrijf "zoveel zal vertragen als nodig is om ervoor te zorgen dat elke volgende AI-technologie die we uitbrengen ook echt veilig is".
De afgelopen tijd hebben berichten over hacks door AI-systemen wereldwijd een debat ontketend over de toenemende risico's van kunstmatige intelligentie en de maatregelen die nodig zijn om deze te beperken. Amodei riep AI-bedrijven onlangs al op om het tempo waarin ze de capaciteiten van AI-modellen uitbreiden bewust te matigen. Die oproep werd gesteund door onder meer OpenAI-topman Sam Altman en Elon Musk.
Altman sprak de vijftien leden van de Veiligheidsraad ook toe. De baas van het bedrijf achter chatbot ChatGPT zei dat de huidige fase in de ontwikkeling van AI "vraagt om uiterste voorzichtigheid".