Vern McCandlish
@malanalysis.bsky.social
A #DFIR, #infosec, #dadjokes, #scifi, #books, #rpg, #ttx, #malware, elder #genx, and #gaming nerd. AKA an elder geek. Retired #leo. Retired from #infosec in #OT now too.
Kindness first is useful but telling off toxic folks is on my response spectrum too.
Kindness first is useful but telling off toxic folks is on my response spectrum too.
Pinned
I was taught that politics is disagreeing with how to address a problem, not disagreeing on whether the people suffering from the problem should be villainized.
We can negotiate on a solution to a problem. There is no middle ground on whether we should be villainizing the victims of a problem.
We can negotiate on a solution to a problem. There is no middle ground on whether we should be villainizing the victims of a problem.
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Kyle Rittenhouse traveled to another community with an assault rifle and the cops threw him a bottle of water and said they were glad he was there.
Kash Patel: "You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have a right to break the law." (Pretti was carrying a gun legally.)
January 25, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Kyle Rittenhouse traveled to another community with an assault rifle and the cops threw him a bottle of water and said they were glad he was there.
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Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief O'Hara: "The video speaks for itself. We have identified this person - 37-year-old, white male, resident of the city. The only interaction that we are aware of with law enforcement has been for traffic tickets and we believe he is a lawfully gun owner with a permit to carry"
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Turn off autoplay. Protect your mental health.
There is a video from across the street of half a dozen or so masked federal agents wrestling a man to the ground, punching him. Then there is a shot, then several others, until he is lying completely still.
You may want to be cautious if you don't want to see the video.
You may want to be cautious if you don't want to see the video.
Star Tribune is reporting this as well now, multiple shots in the chest.
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Turn off autoplay. Protect your mental health.
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“We don’t like you” nobody fucking asked
January 21, 2026 at 6:22 PM
“We don’t like you” nobody fucking asked
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if you haven’t listened to songs from populations cursing out their occupying armies lately, I recommend it
January 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
if you haven’t listened to songs from populations cursing out their occupying armies lately, I recommend it
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Here's the data:
January 15, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Here's the data:
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Using a photo of a disabled, autistic woman violently dragged from her car on the way to a doctor's appointment with this headline certainly is a choice.
This isn't satire. This is a real headline published in the UK.
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Using a photo of a disabled, autistic woman violently dragged from her car on the way to a doctor's appointment with this headline certainly is a choice.
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SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
www.404media.co
January 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
quis custodiet ipsos custodes
January 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
quis custodiet ipsos custodes
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A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!
January 14, 2026 at 11:44 PM
A reminder that bringing shitty posts over from That Fascist Site to be performatively angry about them here is a choice you don't have to make! You can just leave them there! There is so much else to be legitimately angry about! You will not lack for content!
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He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures …
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us …
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us …
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.
The thing that really makes Minneapolis different, other than the fact that they straight up murdered someone, is that they've dropped all pretense that this is just about immigration. The state has declared war on its own people, or at least those people who live in cities.
January 14, 2026 at 3:32 PM
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures …
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us …
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us …
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States.
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"the state of the commonwealth is everyone is tired of my sorry ass" www.vpm.org/news/2026-01...
Youngkin set to deliver final State of the Commonwealth Address
How to watch the 2026 Virginia State of the Commonwealth address
www.vpm.org
January 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"the state of the commonwealth is everyone is tired of my sorry ass" www.vpm.org/news/2026-01...
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one bizarre own goal is when he killed a $3.5 billion electric battery plant that the state had been negotiating to put in danville. destroyed about 3,500 jobs to score points with conservative media chuds. meanwhile, just a huge fuck you to the rural virginians that elected him!
January 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
one bizarre own goal is when he killed a $3.5 billion electric battery plant that the state had been negotiating to put in danville. destroyed about 3,500 jobs to score points with conservative media chuds. meanwhile, just a huge fuck you to the rural virginians that elected him!
Just seeing this picture caused me anxiety.
The nostalgia bait content leaves out some of the day to day parts of life in the past:
January 14, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Just seeing this picture caused me anxiety.
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We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
January 14, 2026 at 3:02 PM
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
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ICE is stopping its purchase of warrantless airline travel data, according to a new procurement record. This comes after the company selling it said it would not sell that data anymore, following our months of reporting on the company. More here: www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
ICE is stopping its purchase of warrantless airline travel data, according to a new procurement record. This comes after the company selling it said it would not sell that data anymore, following our months of reporting on the company. More here: www.404media.co/airlines-wil...
Post Your Favorite Star Trek Character. Wrong Answers Only! (if you feel like it)
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Post Your Favorite Star Trek Character. Wrong Answers Only! (if you feel like it)
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NEW: A police officer in Colorado used evidence from Flock cameras to wrongfully accuse an innocent woman for package theft, then yelled at her on the phone when she told him she had evidence that exonerated her, according to body camera footage obtained by 404 Media.
Cop Used Flock to Wrongfully Accuse a Woman Then Refused to Look at Evidence That Exonerated Her, Body Camera Shows
"Nothing gets in or out of the town without us knowing about it," the cop told her.
www.404media.co
January 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
NEW: A police officer in Colorado used evidence from Flock cameras to wrongfully accuse an innocent woman for package theft, then yelled at her on the phone when she told him she had evidence that exonerated her, according to body camera footage obtained by 404 Media.
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Instead of ending the constitution and murdering people, we could have high speed trains and universal health care.
January 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Instead of ending the constitution and murdering people, we could have high speed trains and universal health care.
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ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
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Whatever happened to cops showing their ID at the door?Or search warrants? Probable cause? Due process? Miranda rights? Why does any cop show made like over a year ago suddenly seem like it's from another time or another country besides America? And why is any American okay with it?
January 14, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Whatever happened to cops showing their ID at the door?Or search warrants? Probable cause? Due process? Miranda rights? Why does any cop show made like over a year ago suddenly seem like it's from another time or another country besides America? And why is any American okay with it?
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Also, if you work for a government agency, *their* lawyers are not *your* lawyer.
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Also, if you work for a government agency, *their* lawyers are not *your* lawyer.
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Here is our breakdown of Webloc, the phone surveillance tool ICE has bought which lets the agency track phones in entire neighborhoods. See phones it has data on in an area, follow them home or to work, see the exact route they took www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurJ...
The ICE Tool That Tracks Entire Neighborhoods
YouTube video by 404 Media
www.youtube.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Here is our breakdown of Webloc, the phone surveillance tool ICE has bought which lets the agency track phones in entire neighborhoods. See phones it has data on in an area, follow them home or to work, see the exact route they took www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurJ...
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I am begging abled people to just take five seconds before posting and ask themselves whether they’re about to cheapen their point with ableist terms or concepts.
“Tone deaf” is one. Blindness as a metaphor for ignorance is another. And for gods’ sakes, stop calling people stupid and worse.
“Tone deaf” is one. Blindness as a metaphor for ignorance is another. And for gods’ sakes, stop calling people stupid and worse.
January 14, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I am begging abled people to just take five seconds before posting and ask themselves whether they’re about to cheapen their point with ableist terms or concepts.
“Tone deaf” is one. Blindness as a metaphor for ignorance is another. And for gods’ sakes, stop calling people stupid and worse.
“Tone deaf” is one. Blindness as a metaphor for ignorance is another. And for gods’ sakes, stop calling people stupid and worse.
Something I learned about corporate planning:
Boss: "We need this done in 3 months."
PM: "Okay, here is a 2 month timeline to accomplish this."
Boss: "Really I would like that to be a 3 month timeline."
PM: "Why didn't you say you wanted it done in 4 months then?"
Boss: "We need this done in 3 months."
PM: "Okay, here is a 2 month timeline to accomplish this."
Boss: "Really I would like that to be a 3 month timeline."
PM: "Why didn't you say you wanted it done in 4 months then?"
January 14, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Something I learned about corporate planning:
Boss: "We need this done in 3 months."
PM: "Okay, here is a 2 month timeline to accomplish this."
Boss: "Really I would like that to be a 3 month timeline."
PM: "Why didn't you say you wanted it done in 4 months then?"
Boss: "We need this done in 3 months."
PM: "Okay, here is a 2 month timeline to accomplish this."
Boss: "Really I would like that to be a 3 month timeline."
PM: "Why didn't you say you wanted it done in 4 months then?"