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I want every dog owner to hear this: every dog who has violently attacked me, someone I know, or a dog I was walking had an owner that assured me this never happens and their dog is safe. Your assessment of your own dog means nothing to me. I don’t trust you to evaluate your dog’s safety. Just put it on a damn leash, and don’t be a tiny woman with a dog that can easily overpower you. I don’t care how well you “know your dog”. That’s what every owner of a shitty dog says.
I genuinely do think there are a lot of basically good people who have never really thought about the ways in which they are behaving badly as dog owners, because nobody ever really calls them out for it.
If your dog is ever off leash, you are being antisocial and behaving badly. If your dog ever jumps on somebody who didn’t specifically ask for that to happen, then you are behaving antisocially (even if the dog is just being “friendly”). If you have an invisible fence in your yard, but your dog comes running right up to the line at full speed only to stop at the last minute and bark at everybody who walks by, then you are behaving antisocially. Honestly, even behind a fence, this is an aggressive and annoying imposition on anybody walking by.
If somebody has ever respond with fear or annoyance at something your dog has done and you’ve reflexively protested, “oh don’t worry, he won’t hurt you” or “he’s friendly” then that’s antisocial behavior. (You should just simply say, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have done that, I won’t let it happen again” and then you should work to actually make it not happen again. Telling people not to worry, that you think your dog is just peachy, is bad behavior.)
This is all bad behavior. It’s all antisocial. And I have these experiences with dogs and their owners routinely. This is all extremely common stuff.
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So, 10 days after Starlink/Starshield was limited over Ukraine, Musk has finally crafted his story and decided to break cover with an emotional explanation. Many will argue it exonerates him, I think it poses more questions than answers. Let’s see what’s missing here. 🧵1/6
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Useful read on claims regarding Starlink/Starshield.
Starlink, Starshield, GPS, and the Claims About “Hacking”: A Technical Explanation
A post accusing Ukraine of “hacking” #Starlink is spreading rapidly on this platform.
The technical claims in that post are incorrect. They seem based on a collection of rumors circulating on Telegram, including information from Russian channels.
Unfortunately, this post and others like it are receiving an enormous number of likes and reposts.
That's why I believe it's important to address these claims with clear technical explanations rather than allow misleading information to spread unchecked.
This is a fairly detailed post, but I think the distinction matters.
Some of the technical information below comes from my own research and detailed analysis of Starlink terminal firmware, particularly its GPS, PNT, and velocity-processing systems.
#⃣ 1. What are Starlink and Starshield?
People still frequently confuse the two.
Starlink is SpaceX's commercial satellite internet service, designed for consumers, businesses, and other commercial users.
Starlink supports operation in motion, but the permitted speed depends on the service plan, equipment, and geographic region.
Under commonly available commercial plans, the maximum authorized operating speed is 160 km/h (100 mph).
In Ukraine, Starlink terminals are subject to a specific speed restriction: they cannot operate at speeds above approximately 75–80 km/h.
This Ukraine-specific restriction was introduced less than a year ago, in coordination with Ukrainian authorities, to prevent Starlink terminals from being used on drones.
Starshield is SpaceX's government-focused product and service family, based on Starlink technology and developed for national security applications.
It includes secure communications, Earth observation, and hosted payload capabilities.
Some Starshield systems involve dedicated government spacecraft and infrastructure. However, Starshield communications services can also use the underlying Starlink satellite network.
This distinction is important: Starshield does not necessarily mean a completely separate physical satellite constellation or entirely different user terminal hardware.
SpaceX develops and operates the underlying Starlink infrastructure. The U.S. government procures Starshield capabilities through contracts, with ownership and operational control depending on the particular system and arrangement.
The division of authority between SpaceX and the U.S. government has become especially relevant following the October 2026 incident.
Unlike ordinary commercial Starlink service, Starshield configurations used for military operations in Ukraine have supported substantially higher operating speeds.
#⃣ 2. Is Starshield available in Ukraine?
Yes. Starshield is operational in Ukraine and is extensively used by the Ukrainian military.
Starshield service has been used in Ukraine since approximately mid-2023. Subsequent U.S. government contracts and public reporting also confirm its availability.
The United States has procured Starshield services specifically to support Ukrainian military operations.
An October 2026 U.S. Senate letter explicitly confirms that Ukraine receives Starshield services procured by the U.S. government.
Therefore, the idea that Ukraine is somehow obtaining Starshield capabilities by secretly modifying commercial terminals fundamentally misunderstands how these services are provided.
How does the Ukrainian military use these services?
The Ukrainian military uses both commercial Starlink and Starshield.
Commercial Starlink is widely used because of its availability, relatively low cost, and excellent performance. For stationary installations and many other applications, commercial service is entirely sufficient.
Starshield is used for specialized military applications, including drones and other platforms requiring reliable connectivity at higher operating speeds.
These are capabilities provided through the Starshield service itself, not necessarily through unauthorized modifications to commercial Starlink hardware.
Using Starshield for its intended and authorized military applications is not inherently a violation of its service terms.
#⃣ 3. Regarding the October 2026 incident
Beginning on October 13–14, Ukrainian military units encountered unexpected speed restrictions affecting Starshield connectivity.
Terminals that had previously operated at substantially higher speeds began losing connectivity at approximately 160 km/h, with some reports describing interruptions at even lower speeds.
These restrictions disrupted military operations, particularly those involving high-speed unmanned systems.
The consequences were serious. Ukrainian officials reported that the restrictions interfered with drone operations, including efforts to intercept russian attack drones.
The decision-making process remains disputed. Neither SpaceX nor the U.S. government initially accepted responsibility for imposing the restrictions. Subsequent reporting and statements from U.S. lawmakers raised questions about who authorized the changes and which organization had the ability to implement them.
As of October 24, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense has officially reported that Starlink/Starshield connectivity is once again stable at speeds exceeding 400 km/h.
#⃣ 4. Does Starshield require separate hardware?
Not necessarily.
This is one of the most important points in the entire discussion.
Starshield is a government-focused service and technology family. In the case of satellite communications provided to Ukraine, existing Starlink terminal hardware can be provisioned to use Starshield service.
In December 2024, Bloomberg reported that a Pentagon contract would provide Starshield access to an additional 2,500 Starlink terminals already deployed in Ukraine, on top of 500 terminals previously covered.
The contracts therefore provided service for a total of 3,000 terminals.
In practice, compatible commercial Starlink hardware can be reassigned to Starshield service through the appropriate authorization and provisioning process.
This requires approval. It is not something that a customer can simply enable through the ordinary Starlink application.
Are there specialized Starshield terminals?
Yes.
For example, there is a specialized variant of the Starlink Mini known internally as `mini1_rugged`.
Based on my hardware research, this model uses an improved GNSS receiver, the Teseo V, instead of the receiver found in the regular Mini.
However, despite having repaired and examined numerous terminals and maintaining contact with people working with this equipment, I have not encountered evidence of this specific variant being supplied to Ukraine.
The Starshield terminals I have encountered or received information about in Ukraine are based on regular Starlink hardware.
Some terminals arrive already configured for Starshield service. Others can be provisioned for it through the appropriate channels.
The key point is simple:
A regular Starlink terminal operating under an authorized Starshield service configuration is still a Starshield terminal from the service perspective. It does not need to be physically modified or “hacked” to obtain that service.
#⃣ 5. Why does a Starlink/Starshield terminal require GPS?
Three years ago, I published an article explaining why GPS is important for Starlink terminals and how to improve GPS reception on the hardware available at that time: olegkutkov.me/2023/11/07/con…
Some of the technical details in that article are now outdated, but the fundamental principles remain relevant.
A Starlink terminal requires sufficiently accurate position and timing information for network synchronization, beamforming, and other aspects of normal operation.
Location information can also be used for geographic service authorization.
Invalid or spoofed GPS data may interfere with these processes. Depending on the magnitude of the error and the firmware's ability to detect it, the terminal may lose connectivity or become unable to operate normally.
Modern firmware also includes mechanisms to detect suspicious or inconsistent GPS information.
When GPS data is considered unreliable, the terminal may attempt to use an alternative source of positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) information derived from Starlink's own satellite constellation.
However, this fallback mechanism is not guaranteed to work reliably under every operating condition.
This distinction helps explain why some hardware modifications focus on improving GPS reception or supplying more reliable positioning data, rather than bypassing Starlink's network authorization mechanisms.
#⃣ 6. What is Starlink PNT?
Starlink PNT is a positioning, navigation, and timing capability that derives information from signals transmitted by Starlink satellites.
By combining satellite measurements with known orbital information, a terminal can estimate its position and movement independently of a conventional GPS receiver.
Starlink firmware contains the necessary functionality to process these measurements and use them as an alternative positioning source.
Initially, this functionality was more of an experimental feature. It was interesting from an engineering perspective, but its accuracy and reliability were limited.
Over time, it has improved significantly.
Modern implementations can provide useful positioning information, including when a terminal is moving.
There are still measurement errors, uncertainties, and limitations, but Starlink-derived PNT can serve as an alternative when GPS is unavailable or unreliable.
Nevertheless, conventional GNSS remains an important and generally preferred source of positioning and timing information in current terminal designs. For now.
Can the terminal operate without GPS?
Under certain conditions, yes.
Starlink firmware provides a gRPC request called `dish_inhibit_gps`, which controls whether GPS is used as a position source.
When GPS use is inhibited, the firmware can attempt to rely on alternative positioning information.
A similar situation occurs when GPS data becomes unavailable because of hardware or communication problems.
However, disabling GPS does not guarantee that the alternative positioning solution will be sufficiently accurate or available.
It also does not automatically change the terminal's service permissions.
#⃣ 7. How does a Starlink terminal determine its moving speed?
The GPS receiver is a primary source of position and velocity information.
Proprietary NMEA messages, including `TMPV`, carry information the terminal's motion-processing logic uses.
The firmware does not necessarily trust these measurements without additional validation.
The firmware can filter GPS-derived velocity and compare it with information from other available sources, including Starlink-derived positioning.
The terminal also contains an inertial measurement unit (IMU), whose acceleration measurements can help evaluate movement and detect inconsistencies.
The firmware applies thresholds and consistency checks to these measurements.
These mechanisms run internally and aren't exposed as user-configurable settings.
If GPS measurements differ significantly from the expected values or fail validation, the firmware can reject them.
However, GPS validation and service-speed enforcement are two different things.
Rejecting GPS data does not automatically mean that the terminal has exceeded the permitted operating speed.
The terminal's service configuration determines whether operation at a particular speed is authorized.
When the relevant speed policy is violated, the terminal may report a condition such as: `MOVING_TOO_FAST_FOR_POLICY`
This distinction is essential when evaluating claims about GPS modification.
Simply changing GPS-reported velocity does not automatically change the terminal's authorized operating speed or eliminate the firmware's internal validation mechanisms.
As explained earlier, appropriately provisioned Starshield service supports high-speed operation without the same restrictions imposed on ordinary commercial configurations.
Therefore, no additional “hacking” is required to obtain high-speed capability when that capability is already authorized as part of the service.
Reliable GNSS reception remains desirable, however.
This is one reason specialized terminal designs may incorporate improved receivers, such as the Teseo V used in the `mini1_rugged` variant.
It also explains the existence of solutions intended to improve GPS reception or provide a more reliable PNT input.
**Improving positioning reliability is not the same thing as bypassing service authorization.**
#⃣ 8. How does Starlink geofencing work?
There are two important factors: geographic service authorization and physical RF coverage.
Understanding the difference is essential.
Geographic service authorization
Starlink uses geographic information to determine where service is available and whether a particular terminal is authorized to operate.
The system uses logical geographic regions rather than relying exclusively on the physical boundaries of satellite beams.
H3 is one geographic indexing system relevant to this discussion. It divides the Earth's surface into hierarchical hexagonal cells that represent geographic locations and regions.
Geographic indexing provides a convenient way to manage coverage and service policies, but an H3 cell should not be confused with a physical satellite beam.
Network authorization can depend on several factors, including geographic location, service configuration, terminal identity, and applicable restrictions.
A terminal may be physically capable of receiving a satellite signal while still being denied access to the service.
This is an important distinction when discussing restricted territories, including russia.
Receiving a Starlink signal does not necessarily mean the terminal is authorized to connect to the network.
Physical RF coverage
Satellite beams cannot perfectly follow national borders or the boundaries of geographic indexing cells.
An RF beam has a physical footprint determined by the satellite antenna, beam steering, operating conditions, and geometry.
Its boundaries are not perfectly sharp.
Consequently, a beam may illuminate areas on both sides of a national border even though the service is authorized on only one side.
This is a normal characteristic of satellite communications, not evidence that geographic service restrictions have been disabled.
The role of GPS in geofencing
The terminal's reported location provides another source of information for determining whether it is operating in an authorized region.
The network can use terminal positioning information, together with its own authorization rules, to determine whether service should be permitted.
When operation is prohibited, the terminal may receive an appropriate disablement code from the network.
These mechanisms should be understood as parts of a broader service authorization system, rather than as a single GPS check controlling everything.
Can geofencing be bypassed by supplying modified GPS coordinates?
This question requires some nuance.
Changing the location reported by a GPS receiver may influence positioning-dependent decisions, but it does not automatically override network authorization.
Starlink also has other information available to evaluate terminal operation, and its firmware includes mechanisms for detecting inconsistent positioning data.
Large discrepancies can disrupt normal positioning and beamforming calculations, trigger validation failures, or cause the terminal to lose connectivity.
Most importantly, changing GPS coordinates does not by itself grant a terminal permission to use a service or geographic region for which it is not authorized.
#⃣ 9. So what exactly is being called a “Starlink hack”?
This is where much of the confusion comes from.
The modifications being discussed online are primarily related to improving GPS reception or providing the terminal with reliable positioning and timing information.
These are technical solutions intended to improve connectivity and stability, particularly when the terminal is moving or operating in an environment with GPS interference.
They do not automatically bypass Starlink's speed restrictions, geographic limitations, or network authorization mechanisms.
As explained earlier, regular Starlink hardware can also operate under an officially authorized Starshield service configuration, which supports high-speed military applications.
Neither improving GPS reliability nor using an authorized Starshield service constitutes hacking Starlink.
It's important to understand these differences before making accusations based on photographs, rumors, or incomplete technical information.
#⃣ Conclusion
Starlink and Starshield use closely related technologies, but they are different services with different capabilities and restrictions.
Regular Starlink hardware can operate under an officially authorized Starshield service configuration. No special hardware modifications are required.
Improving GPS reception or providing reliable positioning data does not mean bypassing Starlink's network restrictions.
Using Starshield for authorized military operations is not hacking. Neither is improving a terminal's GPS reliability.
My goal is simply to explain how these systems work and clear up the confusion surrounding them.
Technical accusations should be based on evidence, not rumors.
#starlink #starshield #gps
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Elon Musk claims that Ukraine allegedly violated Starlink's terms of use and used the system on combat drones.
As someone who was inside the process at the Ministry of Defense, I can say with certainty that this is not true.
In February of this year, whitelists were introduced. uld be registered by both military personnel and civilians.
But for any satellite terminal to work while on the move, it had to be added to a special list and connected to the military Starshield system. Otherwise, no satellite communication terminals in Ukraine would work.
In other words, using civilian Starlink for drone missions was technically impossible. All drone missions that required satellite communication could only be carried out using Starshield.
We are very grateful to the United States and SpaceX for access to critically important satellite communications. Ukraine did not violate the terms of use.
As someone who was inside the process at the Ministry of Defense, I can say with certainty that this is not true.
In February of this year, whitelists were introduced. uld be registered by both military personnel and civilians.
But for any satellite terminal to work while on the move, it had to be added to a special list and connected to the military Starshield system. Otherwise, no satellite communication terminals in Ukraine would work.
In other words, using civilian Starlink for drone missions was technically impossible. All drone missions that required satellite communication could only be carried out using Starshield.
We are very grateful to the United States and SpaceX for access to critically important satellite communications. Ukraine did not violate the terms of use.
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BREAKING: FBI now investigating potential economic espionage charges against former OpenAI engineer Abdulrahman Alfozan, suspected of stealing company secrets to offer to the Saudi government. — WSJ
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The @GOP must be thrilled that 11 days before elections, we learn that the Trump family secretly orchestrated a deal to allow Russians to drill Alaska in exchange for a $25 billion "investment" funneled through their proxies.
And another.
Trump isn’t just betraying Ukraine to the Kremlin, he’s selling out America too.
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Five months ago, I published a piece on all the self-enrichment, self-dealing, and corruption of the first 15 months of the Trump administration.
The final product astounded me.
What’s happened in the five months is hard to fathom. readtangle.com/the-corruption…
The final product astounded me.
What’s happened in the five months is hard to fathom. readtangle.com/the-corruption…
I haven't seen anyone tracking all of the alleged (or open) Trump corruption, self-dealing, and quid pro quos in one place. For the last 15 months, I've been tracking every single tip+story I can find and organizing it. Today, I published a 6,000 word piece with every example.
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Trump has made more stock trades in his second term than all 535 members of Congress combined.
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Astonishing.
I've been tracking Trump admin corruption and self-dealing for the last 20 months.
Here are 10 stories (!!!) from just the last three weeks.
Literally. Every single one from October.
I've been tracking Trump admin corruption and self-dealing for the last 20 months.
Here are 10 stories (!!!) from just the last three weeks.
Literally. Every single one from October.
JD Vance: "I've not seen a single shred of evidence that Donald Trump participates or sanctions in that corruption ... I've not once seen evidence that Donald Trump has enriched himself"
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HBO's @LastWeekTonight has a long track record of citing social science findings without the appropriate context, massaging them to support whatever point @iamjohnoliver is trying to make.
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OpenAI’s red-teaming agents found ways to exploit OpenAI’s own sandboxing infrastructure to communicate with agents on separate VMs without a network connection, using a read/write timing difference in processor cache to do so while bypassing sandbox limits
Over the past several months, we have substantially hardened the security of our research training environment. We’ve removed live internet access for all frontier models during training and built an offline world for them to use instead—a cached version of the web where they can still learn to browse, search, and use applications.
On September 20, after a model exploited a DNS misconfiguration to find a way outside of this offline world, we paused frontier training to strengthen containment further. We assembled teams of agents, powered by our most cyber-capable models, and tasked them with finding weaknesses in our research environments.
While they found no route to the internet they could easily exploit while concealing their activity from our monitors, they did find zero-day vulnerabilities, virtual machine escapes, and hardware side-channels for communication between agents. We used their discoveries to further strengthen our defenses and contribute fixes to open-source software.
After strengthening our containment architecture, we resumed our frontier RL training and inference on October 1. We’ve reserved substantial compute for continuous red-teaming, and made high-compute red-teaming part of the safety cases we use to decide whether frontier training and evaluation can proceed securely.
openai.com/index/securing…
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No, @elonmusk, the U.S. stopped funding Ukraine last year. In fact, U.S. companies make money on American weapons for which we Europeans pay.
The more you meddle in our politics and the more you play politics with your products, the more you damage your brand.
The more you meddle in our politics and the more you play politics with your products, the more you damage your brand.
And some of that US taxpayer money comes back through multiple laundry machines to fund political campaigns in America, which is why you see some politicians caring more about Ukraine than America!
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🚨 Kimi K3.1 is here and it offers performance comparable to GPT-6 Astra and Opus 5.5 on many benchmarks at a lower cost. 3T and weights dropping before Nov 4th!
Introducing Kimi K3.1 Pro: our most capable 3T-class open-weight model.
🔹 1M-token context, 2.8T total / 104B active params (MoE), Multimodal.
🔹 Full-project coding: games in Unreal, Unity & Godot.
🔹 Excels at parametric 3D modeling in Blender & CAD.
🔹 More reliable at finance with hallucination down by 65%.
🔹 Matching the strongest proprietary models across coding, agentic and knowledge benchmarks.
Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed (2–3× faster) are now live on Kimi.ai, Kimi Work, Kimi Code, and the Kimi API.
Open weights by Nov 4, 2026.
🔗 API: platform.kimi.ai
🔗 Tech blog: kimi.ai/blog/kimi-k3-1…
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RT @levelsio: Maybe important to repost this now that everyone is getting hacked
If you have a VPS, I recommend you to get if off the publ…
If you have a VPS, I recommend you to get if off the publ…
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Short form video killed my species, and it wasn't even good
Humanity was raptured by the most mid slop imaginable
noahpinion.blog/p/maybe-the-ra…
Humanity was raptured by the most mid slop imaginable
noahpinion.blog/p/maybe-the-ra…
People are losing the attention span to even watch 30 minute TV shows as short form video eats the world.
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⚡️ BREAKING: Russian military intelligence hacked Trump's son-in-law's phone — then Dutch intelligence began spying on Kushner
According to Vanity Fair, Dutch intelligence gained access to a secret GRU server in 2017, where it discovered screenshots from Jared Kushner's iPhone. ere subsequently able to monitor what was happening on his phone screen.
The most intriguing discovery involved bank accounts. Vanity Fair alleges that Kushner had access to two accounts linked to the UAE and Saudi Arabia. At least $2 billion was allegedly transferred to these accounts via Azerbaijan.
🔺 All of this reportedly took place during Trump's first presidential term, when Kushner served as a senior White House adviser.
Kushner has called the allegations “completely insane,” insisting that none of these events ever happened.
“These are outrageous fabrications being presented as investigative journalism. This is not journalism,” Trump's son-in-law wrote on X.
According to Vanity Fair, Dutch intelligence gained access to a secret GRU server in 2017, where it discovered screenshots from Jared Kushner's iPhone. ere subsequently able to monitor what was happening on his phone screen.
The most intriguing discovery involved bank accounts. Vanity Fair alleges that Kushner had access to two accounts linked to the UAE and Saudi Arabia. At least $2 billion was allegedly transferred to these accounts via Azerbaijan.
🔺 All of this reportedly took place during Trump's first presidential term, when Kushner served as a senior White House adviser.
Kushner has called the allegations “completely insane,” insisting that none of these events ever happened.
“These are outrageous fabrications being presented as investigative journalism. This is not journalism,” Trump's son-in-law wrote on X.
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Disappointingly, Starshield still doesn’t work well and seems to cut out for units above 160kmh. The improvement observed earlier today seems inconsistent and unstable.
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Quest Diagnostics has been hacked. Patient data was exposed. They serve roughly half of U.S. hospitals and physicians. Investigation ongoing.
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How many Americans actually just straight-up starve to death?
In the latest data, from 2024, there were 22 cases.
And not even one of them was about poverty making it unaffordable to obtain food.
In the latest data, from 2024, there were 22 cases.
And not even one of them was about poverty making it unaffordable to obtain food.
How many Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck? How many are starving?
The answer to both questions is--despite what you might have heard from the news media--not many.
Link: cremieux.xyz/p/how-many-ame…
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