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OH, I totally get it now. Ren is simply just an incredibly talented artist. Holy crap. If you enjoy authentic that makes you feel something, I recommend a listen. YouTube youtube.com/user/RenMakesMusic

I'm an immediate fan of this dude.

Ren
Ren
The Official Ren YouTube Page Follow Ren: PATREON: https://renmakesmusic.lnk.to/PatreonYD Website: https://renmakesmusic.lnk.to/OfficialWebsiteYD Store/Merch: https://renmakesmusic.lnk.to/OfficialMerchYD YouTube: https://renmakesmusic.lnk.to/YouTubeYD Instagram: https://renmakesmusic.lnk.to/InstagramYD TikTok: https://renmakesmusic.lnk.to/TikTokYD ALL: https://renmakesmusic.lnk.to/exploreYD Ren Official Music Videos: - "Hi Ren" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_nc1IVoMxc - "Sick Boi" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q6uCrpzbPY - "Su!c!de" - https://youtu.be/n3JNtfi4Vb0 - "Murderer" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hscHqw7CIFo - "Animal Flow" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4mUnmFbVNg - "Illest Of Our Time" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB-JGSdBerE - "Jenny's Tale" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT4PtvgakLU - "Screech's Tale" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVsrl8zDXnU - "Violet's Tale" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4R9Vk5_CbU

Hi Ren, by Ren... what an intense song that I could feel every moment of. Wow. It's been a while since something has caught me like that. Give it a listen: tidal.com/track/309105297/u

Ren - Hi Ren
Ren - Hi Ren
Listen to Hi Ren on TIDAL

From Awareness to Agency: What to Know About AI and Algorithmic Safety

I recently gave a talk to a university and health care audience on an important topic to me: AI and algorithmic awareness and safety. And in the weeks since, barely one has gone by without something new crossing my desk that tells me this topic is only becoming more relevant. So I thought I would take the essence of what I taught and distill it into a blog post.

mattsimpson.ca/2026/06/21/from

From Awareness to Agency: What to Know About AI and Algorithmic Safety
From Awareness to Agency: What to Know About AI and Algorithmic Safety
I recently gave a talk to a university and health care audience on an important topic to me: AI and algorithmic awareness and safety. And in the weeks since, barely one has gone by without somethin…

Happy Summer solstice from Glastonbury Tor where cheering was heard as the sun came up. It was very busy, very vibrant and a fabulous way to welcome the longest day. I took lots and lots of photos but here is the first one. More to follow later. #summersolstice

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⚡ THREAT INTEL: New GreatXML Exploit Bypasses Windows BitLocker via Recovery

Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse and MSNightmare) has released a new Windows BitLocker bypass dubbed GreatXML, a day after they published an exploit for Microsoft Defender.

Source: thehackernews.com/2026/06/new-

New GreatXML Exploit Bypasses Windows BitLocker via Recovery Partition XML Files
New GreatXML Exploit Bypasses Windows BitLocker via Recovery Partition XML Files
GreatXML can bypass BitLocker on Windows systems where Defender Offline Scan was used, exposing encrypted drive data.

Last year, more than 10,000 people in 🇨🇦 spoke out against #BillC2 - and we stopped it.

#BillC22 is even worse; and so far, only 7,000 people have spoken up. If you live in 🇨🇦 and value your privacy, please activate your network against #BillC22 today.

openmedia.org/StopC22-mast

6/6

I don't mean to brag but I already did this

Researchers teach brain cells to play 'Doom'

phys.org/news/2026-05-brain-ce

Researchers teach brain cells to play 'Doom'
Researchers teach brain cells to play 'Doom'
Australian researchers have trained lab-grown brain cells on a silicon computer chip to play the nineties shooter game "Doom" and say they are just scratching the surface of what the neurons could be capable of doing.

"It's about ____ time" doesn't seem fully appropriate, but: Victory! End-to-End Encrypted RCS [coming soon] to Apple and Android Chats

Apple released iOS 26.5, an update that supports end-to-end encryption for Rich Communication Services (RCS), meaning conversations between Android and iPhone will soon be encrypted in the default chat apps. This has been a long time coming, and is a welcome delivery on a promise both Google and Apple made.

eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/vict

Victory! End-to-End Encrypted RCS Comes to Apple and Android Chats
Victory! End-to-End Encrypted RCS Comes to Apple and Android Chats
With the support of end-to-end encryption for RCS messages, Apple and Google have taken the steps to Encrypt it Already!

GitHub confirms breach of ~3,800 repositories after one of its employees installed a malicious VS Code extension; TeamPCP claimed responsibility for the hack (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu
techmeme.com/260520/p14#a26052

GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension
GitHub confirms breach of 3,800 repos via malicious VSCode extension
GitHub has confirmed that roughly 3,800 internal repositories were breached after one of its employees installed a malicious VS Code extension.

It's live! New single on Bandcamp
frontalot.bandcamp.com/track/c

With playable music video RPG:
frontalot.com/loot

an album cover for the digital single. The text MC FRONTALOT is at top, COMMON LOOT at bottom. Center is a large pixel-art inventory grid loaded with vendor trash.