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I don't typically get this philosophical, but did with this one - Opinion: Moral clarity still mattershttps://www.deseret.com/opinion/2026/06/11/why-moral-clarity-still-matters/

Cleaning up manifold-api as a prerequisite for the spring conversational interface capstone turned into a complete platform update: Pico Engine 1.0 compatibility, automated bootstrap, centralized notifications, and a Docker-based integration test harness. Once the platform was solid, the old temperature-network had an obvious new home inside Manifold's community framework, so I rewrote it too as an example of how Manifold can be a framework for pico networks. » Manifold API and Sensor Network: Two New Repos windley.com/archives/2026/06…

If federal law is going to prohibit me from bringing beverages through security then it should also prohibit airports from establishing effective Pepsi monopolies.

Most teams are building custom identity for their AI agents. Most teams should stop. That's the talk @sarah_cecc and I gave at @fwdcloudsec — now on YouTube. The standards to do this right mostly already exist. We just have to compose them. youtube.com/watch?v=wWoA0Ct9…

Employees who already spend their time working on things that don't matter will not suddenly become high impact because of AI. AI can be an amplifier. Whether that's good, bad, or neutral depends on the person.

🪪 The interesting part isn’t just the scale — it’s how much high-value identity data was sitting behind a single successfully manipulated employee account.

Picos are a natural substrate for AI agents because they already have the properties that matter most: persistent identity, owned state, and event-driven behavior. The integration path starts with something simple — a webhook — and leads somewhere important. » AI Integration in Picos Starts with Events windley.com/archives/2026/06…

Occasionally, someone uses my backup email address to sign up for an account. I presume they've mistyped it or left off a letter. The problem (for them) is that now I can get into their account. Usually, they recognize the problem and fix it. But sometimes they don't. Which means I can use password reset to take over their account. Always make sure you get a signup email from the service you registered at.

287 attendees called 158 sessions over the three days of IIW. Here's my report. » Internet Identity Workshop XLII Report windley.com/archives/2026/06…

Not sure this is the best name. I thought it was literally targetting emissions from real beehives. I get it now...we're the Beehive state...but I didn't just reading the title. » Beehive Emission Reduction Plan deq.utah.gov/daq/beehive-emi…

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I'm excited to share that the final 3 chapters and the last appendix for Authorization in Action are now available on the Manning Early Access Program (MEAP). They are: 17 AI in Policy Practice 18 Authorization for AI Agents 19 Authorization as Strategy C Cedar Authorization for OpenClaw Agents manning.com/books/authorizat…