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Jeffgoldblumle Solver: Just Guess Jeff Goldblum

  • games
2026-06-08 13:31:17 2 min read
A solver for Jeffgoldblumle, the 12-letter 3-guess word game where the answer is JEFFGOLDBLUM 90% of the time. Guess it first, then narrow the real word.
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Don't Wordle Solver: How to Avoid Guessing the Word

  • games
2026-06-08 13:11:11 2 min read
A solver for Don't Wordle, the reverse Wordle game. It tracks your clues, counts the valid words left, and recommends safe words that can't be the answer.
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Poople Solver: Shortest Word Ladder to POOP

  • games
2026-06-08 12:41:14 2 min read
A solver for poople.io, the daily word-ladder game. Enter the start word to get the shortest path to POOP, and reject words Poople won't accept.
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Pokémon Sleep: Latios & the Soul Dew Event Team Toggle

  • games
2026-06-08 08:06:55 2 min read
The Pokémon Sleep Roster Analyzer adds Latios and a Soul Dew toggle that pins Latios and Latias together for the event's x1.3 Drowsy Power bonus.
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Pokémon Sleep Roster Analyzer: In-Place Edits & New Pokémon

  • games
2026-06-07 09:58:44 3 min read
The Pokémon Sleep Roster Analyzer now edits Pokémon in place without scrolling, adds Latias and Noibat, and corrects a dish recipe verified against Serebii.
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The Mythos Nerf: How Anthropic Caged the Agent to Save the World (And Killed My ...

  • technology
2026-06-05 00:27:31 5 min read
Is Claude getting dumber, or just terrified? A look at how Anthropic's pre-Mythos safety lockouts are turning advanced AI agents into highly polite paperweights - and wrecking cyber workflows.
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CodeBreach Breakdown: You Saved the Day for AWS Pipelines

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2026-06-02 00:07:37
This Wiz breakdown of the CodeBreach vulnerability offers essential guidance for securing AWS CodeBuild pipelines against critical supply chain risks.
CodeBreach Breakdown: You Saved the Day for AWS Pipelines

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Glass House CTF: 12 of 12, Bypassing an Unanchored CodeBuild Regex

  • ctf
2026-05-31 07:55:17 16 min read
Wiz Cloud Security Championship Challenge 12 'Glass House' solved: bypassed an unanchored CodeBuild ACTOR_ACCOUNT_ID regex by mass-creating 38,252 GitLab project access tokens until landing UID 61517531, then Poisoned Pipeline Execution via tests/run.sh to exfiltrate the SSM signing key. 12/12 complete.
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Pokémon TCG Pocket: Paradox Drive Expansion Coming Soon

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2026-05-27 14:58:00
I am looking forward to this! This evening? Paradox Pokémon drift into Pokémon TCG Pocket as part of this new expansion coming May 27, 2026.
Pokémon TCG Pocket: Paradox Drive Expansion Coming Soon

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Essential Intel: Decoding the Recent Windows 11 BitLocker Bypass

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2026-05-25 05:49:25
This Ars Technica breakdown offers a great resource for understanding the new YellowKey exploit, which exposes critical security flaws in default Windows 11 BitLocker.
Essential Intel: Decoding the Recent Windows 11 BitLocker Bypass

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