@robshavell

DeleteMe co-founder - the online privacy co, accomplice blockchain, softbank vc, datamonitor, cu, etc. anti-tattoo possibilian

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Joined June 2011
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Sahil Bloom
@SahilBloomOct 4
The older I get, the more I realize the beauty in being a regular somewhere. Local coffee shop. Gym. Small restaurant. Whatever. There’s something special about the way these third spaces create a feeling of belonging. Real community. It’s deeply human and seriously underrated.
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nytimes.com/2026/10/21/techn…?

Meta Ordered to Pay $25 Billion Over Cambridge Analytica Privacy Violations

The penalty, one of the largest levied against a tech giant, stemmed from a lawsuit by New Mexico claiming the social media company had misled users about their data privacy.

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Self
@selfxyzOct 15
At Self Labs, we’ve been using agents since day one Our agentic web identity & privacy stack is already used by companies like Google Today we're launching the missing piece: Agent Vault, a secure way for agents to log in & make credit card payments Superpowers for your agents
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nytimes.com/2026/10/11/us/po…? Very bad for any democracy

America’s Elected Officials Are Living in Fear

A Times investigation has found that violent threats have become a new normal among public officials, reshaped private lives, cost millions in security and pushed people out of office.

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tinabrown.substack.com/p/tru…
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It’s a beautiful day. krebsonsecurity.com/2026/09/…
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Sahil Bloom
@SahilBloomAug 27
Your entire life will change when you realize energy is the most attractive human trait. Not looks, wealth, or status. Energy. Start walking into rooms with genuine enthusiasm, curiosity, and interest. Watch what happens. You become a magnet for the highest quality people. Energy is contagious. Spread the kind you’d want to catch.
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#AIprivacy - lets get the competition moving forwards - @joindeleteme is going to help lead the way. wsj.com/tech/ai/openais-late…?

OpenAI’s Latest Bid to Fight Anthropic: A Promise Not to Keep Customer Data

The ChatGPT maker hopes to win business customers who are upset that Anthropic is keeping their data.

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freepressjournal.in/educatio… - very promising, exciting, worthwhile application of AI

Breaking The Bird Barrier: Scientist Decodes Zebra Finch Language

Dr Julie Elie of the University of California, Berkeley has won the 2026 Coller-Dolittle Prize, receiving $100,000 for decoding zebra finch vocalisations. She identified 11 core calls and mapped...

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A Bipartisan Amendment Would End Police License Plate Tracking Nationwide

One line tucked into a federal highway bill would strip funds from cities and states unless they kill their automated plate tracking programs—effectively banning the tech for all but toll collection.

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texasattorneygeneral.gov/new…

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Netflix for Spying on Texas Kids and Consumers by Illegally...

Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Netflix for spying on Texans, including children, and collecting users’ data without their knowledge or consent.

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The end product of private equity is customer misery.
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Elon should run @Amtrak
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timesofisrael.com/gamblers-t… - incredible: the doxing of a journalist for a @Polymarket bet. the gambling world to IRL is going from "throwing games" to throwing _______?

Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile...

Bettors are using death threats to try to get The Times of Israel's military correspondent to change his report on a missile impact in central Israel. This is his alarming account

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paulgraham.com/brandage.html. @paulg’s essay is both dark (fair!) and incomplete. As AI turns software to brand, look elsewhere for hard problems.. but if AIs future itself is to solve hard problems… :)
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“Be aware and informed … Information is a responsibility, and spreading rumours is a crime.” standard.co.uk/news/world/du…

Dubai influencers warned they face prison for posting about Iran war

Dubai influencers have been warned they could face jail for posting about the Iran conflict after missile debris struck parts of the city

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The hotel industry shill Jan Frietag is full of shit. Show the data. Hotel room prices are way above inflation l. The q is why? msn.com/en-us/travel/news/wh…
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greenwald.substack.com/p/ama… - stateful use of LLM's is a particularly "slippery privacy crevasse"
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Sen. SCHIFF: We prohibited disclosing or selling of customer data to government agencies—but it doesn’t cover third party data brokers. Should we allow the government to get info by buying it without a warrant? Privacy and civil liberties expert: It’s a loophole.

Sen. SCHIFF Highlights Glaring Loophole in Surveillance Law

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