The Ghost of a Premium Russet Potato
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Just rollin' around the internet
✨Cybersecurity Goth✨
🏳️🌈 Y'all means all 🏳️🌈
✨Cybersecurity Goth✨
🏳️🌈 Y'all means all 🏳️🌈
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A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️
Critical Hurricane Forecast Tool Abruptly Terminated
U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts
michaelrlowry.substack.com
June 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A huge blow was dealt to hurricane forecasters this week as a critical tool was abruptly terminated by the Department of Defense and NOAA. The immediate discontinuation of data from three weather satellites will severely impact hurricane forecasts this season and beyond. More ⬇️
Check out this gorgeous @eff.org badge from @h4r0ld.bsky.social and @v3rbaal.bsky.social made for this year's #DEFCON! Support digital freedoms by supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation's good work, and maybe get a cool badge! #DC33 #EFF #NSAEagle #BadgeLife nsaeagle.eventbrite.com
June 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Check out this gorgeous @eff.org badge from @h4r0ld.bsky.social and @v3rbaal.bsky.social made for this year's #DEFCON! Support digital freedoms by supporting the Electronic Frontier Foundation's good work, and maybe get a cool badge! #DC33 #EFF #NSAEagle #BadgeLife nsaeagle.eventbrite.com
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In case you missed it the proceeds go to @eff.org, not some fed-funded honeypot. 🍯 Support digital privacy! 🔐 Support @defcon.bsky.social #badgelife!⚡ Do it for the creds. Do it for the lanyard. Do it for the blinky freedom. Do it for the cause. nsaeagle.eventbrite.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
In case you missed it the proceeds go to @eff.org, not some fed-funded honeypot. 🍯 Support digital privacy! 🔐 Support @defcon.bsky.social #badgelife!⚡ Do it for the creds. Do it for the lanyard. Do it for the blinky freedom. Do it for the cause. nsaeagle.eventbrite.com
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Update: the extension is 11 months, I’m told.
Story live: CISA extends MITRE-backed CVE contract hours before its lapse
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...
CISA extends MITRE-backed CVE contract hours before its lapse
“Last night, CISA executed the option period on the contract to ensure there will be no lapse in critical CVE services,” an agency spokesperson said.
www.nextgov.com
April 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Update: the extension is 11 months, I’m told.
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Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.
‘People Are Scared’: Inside CISA as It Reels From Trump’s Purge
Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.
wrd.cm
March 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Employees at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tell WIRED they’re struggling to protect the US while the administration dismisses their colleagues and poisons their partnerships.
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Archivists recreate pre-Trump CDC website, hosting it in Europe.
🔗 www.404media.co/archivists-r...
🔗 www.404media.co/archivists-r...
March 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Archivists recreate pre-Trump CDC website, hosting it in Europe.
🔗 www.404media.co/archivists-r...
🔗 www.404media.co/archivists-r...
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Wow. That's messed up. A functioning postal service is a fundamental public service.
Wow. That's messed up. A functioning postal service is a fundamental public service.
Denmark's postal service to stop delivering letters
The decision will end 400 years of the company's letter service, and postboxes will disappear from June.
www.bbc.com
March 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Wow. That's messed up. A functioning postal service is a fundamental public service.
Wow. That's messed up. A functioning postal service is a fundamental public service.
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I love @wired.com's new YouTube series, Incognito Mode, hosted by @couts.bsky.social and informed by journalism from WIRED's ace team of security reporters.
First up: How much personal data does Tesla collect -- and can you trust the company to keep it safe?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7VH...
First up: How much personal data does Tesla collect -- and can you trust the company to keep it safe?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7VH...
Teslas Monitor Everything—Including You | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
www.youtube.com
February 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I love @wired.com's new YouTube series, Incognito Mode, hosted by @couts.bsky.social and informed by journalism from WIRED's ace team of security reporters.
First up: How much personal data does Tesla collect -- and can you trust the company to keep it safe?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7VH...
First up: How much personal data does Tesla collect -- and can you trust the company to keep it safe?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7VH...
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Some of the latest employees on the chopping block at Elon Musk's DOGE task force are FDA staff who oversee regulation of Musk's controversial Neuralink brain implant company, whose early trials in monkeys reportedly caused horrific deaths — something Musk denied.
www.rawstory.com/doge-neurali...
www.rawstory.com/doge-neurali...
Elon Musk's DOGE fires FDA officials regulating his brain implant company: report
Some of the latest employees on the chopping block at tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency task force are Food and Drug Administration staff who oversee regulation of one o...
www.rawstory.com
February 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Some of the latest employees on the chopping block at Elon Musk's DOGE task force are FDA staff who oversee regulation of Musk's controversial Neuralink brain implant company, whose early trials in monkeys reportedly caused horrific deaths — something Musk denied.
www.rawstory.com/doge-neurali...
www.rawstory.com/doge-neurali...
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hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
Amazon’s killing a feature that let you download and backup Kindle books
It’s bad if you like to keep ebook backup copies.
www.theverge.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
hey for anyone who might want to actually own their kindle books instead of renting them, or who might be thinking of switching to kobo etc and will want to convert them to epubs, you now only have one week before amazon kills your ability to download its ebooks www.theverge.com/news/612898/...
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Since this post got some attention, let me clarify that (1) I don't necessarily agree with all of the readings on my syllabus, but assign them as a way to engage important debates; (2) if you want my own assessment of "what works," and answers to specific Qs, see: global.oup.com/academic/pro....
January 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Since this post got some attention, let me clarify that (1) I don't necessarily agree with all of the readings on my syllabus, but assign them as a way to engage important debates; (2) if you want my own assessment of "what works," and answers to specific Qs, see: global.oup.com/academic/pro....
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It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.
January 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It actually is very important that you do things that you take pleasure in, regularly. That is part of how you survive the things that feel like they are going to destroy you.
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The most powerful words you can say right now to these fascist bastards is:
"No, make me."
They cannot actually be everywhere and enforce their fascist policies. They rely on fear to do the job of governing for them. By refusing to comply, you make their means of compliance ineffective.
"No, make me."
They cannot actually be everywhere and enforce their fascist policies. They rely on fear to do the job of governing for them. By refusing to comply, you make their means of compliance ineffective.
January 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The most powerful words you can say right now to these fascist bastards is:
"No, make me."
They cannot actually be everywhere and enforce their fascist policies. They rely on fear to do the job of governing for them. By refusing to comply, you make their means of compliance ineffective.
"No, make me."
They cannot actually be everywhere and enforce their fascist policies. They rely on fear to do the job of governing for them. By refusing to comply, you make their means of compliance ineffective.
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
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was mostly keeping it together until I read Kyle MacLachlan's tribute to David Lynch
January 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
was mostly keeping it together until I read Kyle MacLachlan's tribute to David Lynch
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Wikipedia editors need to up their opsec. There's a full on war against any independent sources of authority and the oligarch project of taking down Wikipedia is part of it.
Donate to Wikipedia if you can. forward.com/news/686797/...
Donate to Wikipedia if you can. forward.com/news/686797/...
Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.
forward.com
January 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Wikipedia editors need to up their opsec. There's a full on war against any independent sources of authority and the oligarch project of taking down Wikipedia is part of it.
Donate to Wikipedia if you can. forward.com/news/686797/...
Donate to Wikipedia if you can. forward.com/news/686797/...
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Pssst. Hey, you.
Yes, you.
Hi.
If no one has told you lately, you’re totally kicking ass even though nothing makes sense anymore.
We need you. Keep it up.
Yes, you.
Hi.
If no one has told you lately, you’re totally kicking ass even though nothing makes sense anymore.
We need you. Keep it up.
December 10, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Pssst. Hey, you.
Yes, you.
Hi.
If no one has told you lately, you’re totally kicking ass even though nothing makes sense anymore.
We need you. Keep it up.
Yes, you.
Hi.
If no one has told you lately, you’re totally kicking ass even though nothing makes sense anymore.
We need you. Keep it up.
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Novel phising campaign uses corrupted Word documents to evade security
via @lawrenceabrams.bsky.social
Novel phising campaign uses corrupted Word documents to evade security
via @lawrenceabrams.bsky.social
Novel phising campaign uses corrupted Word documents to evade security
A novel phishing attack abuses Microsoft's Word file recovery feature by sending corrupted Word documents as email attachments, allowing them to bypass security software due to their damaged state but...
www.bleepingcomputer.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:18 PM
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Novel phising campaign uses corrupted Word documents to evade security
via @lawrenceabrams.bsky.social
Novel phising campaign uses corrupted Word documents to evade security
via @lawrenceabrams.bsky.social
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When we said this years ago on Twitter… based on maths… they said it was ridiculous.
Slowly, slowly… this train is pulling out of the station.
We’ll see what full speed looks like.
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
Slowly, slowly… this train is pulling out of the station.
We’ll see what full speed looks like.
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
In a candid discussion with INET's Lynn Parramore, Dr. Phillip Alvelda highlights the imminent dangers of long COVID, criticizing governments and health agencies for ongoing preventable suffering and ...
www.ineteconomics.org
November 22, 2024 at 6:13 AM
When we said this years ago on Twitter… based on maths… they said it was ridiculous.
Slowly, slowly… this train is pulling out of the station.
We’ll see what full speed looks like.
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
Slowly, slowly… this train is pulling out of the station.
We’ll see what full speed looks like.
www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...
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The House is about to vote on a bill that would give broad and easily abused new powers to the executive branch to allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S. nonprofit of its tax-exempt status. Tell Congress to vote NO on H.R. 9495.
Tell Congress Not To Weaponize The Treasury Department Against Nonprofits
A dangerous bill that gives broad and easily abused new powers to the executive branch would allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S. nonprofit of its tax-exempt status. Nonprofits would not ha...
act.eff.org
November 16, 2024 at 6:50 PM
The House is about to vote on a bill that would give broad and easily abused new powers to the executive branch to allow the Secretary of Treasury to strip a U.S. nonprofit of its tax-exempt status. Tell Congress to vote NO on H.R. 9495.
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To anyone who is on the fence about leaving the other place:
a man in a jacket says i say we take off and nuke .
ALT: a man in a jacket says i say we take off and nuke .
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:15 PM
To anyone who is on the fence about leaving the other place: