From now on when people talk about humanity on mars, this is what I’m thinking of

Politico is reporting that the breach at the Congressional Budget Office is "ongoing."

“Do NOT click on any links in emails from CBO. Do NOT share sensitive information with CBO colleagues over email, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom at this time,” the email to CBO staff reads.

“China is reshaping the world’s energy outlook, its geopolitics and its capacity to limit the catastrophic effects of climate change”
economist.com/leaders/2025...

‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

Cross country is kind of an insane sport

It’s crazy how good Casablanca continues to be on every single watch

YIKES: NSO floats Pegasus spyware used in hypothetical "time of domestic crisis" in 🇺🇸America.

I believe they won't stop lobbying until they get Pegasus into USA.

To hack Americans. 1/

Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.

That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.

www.reuters.com/investigatio...

tbh I'm a little surprised the archive[.]whatever paywall circumvention sites haven't received any attention before this www.404media.co/fbi-tries-to...

The government shutdown is causing flight delays and cancellations across the US. Here's what to know

I think there is a very wide gulf between the perception of these incidents -- rare, hyper targeted, super expensive, high value -- and the reality. In '22, NSO testified that they alone targeted approx. 13,000 annually. Why you? It's a fair question but also it's not an exclusive club.

Crowdstrike claims Scattered Spider planned to have accomplices physically travel to target company offices to connect to WiFi and enable access to target networks.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/04/c...

DHS says it’s proceeding with planned layoffs at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, despite a recent court order barring workforce reductions across parts of the federal government during the ongoing shutdown:
www.nextgov.com/people/2025/...

Threat actors are teaming up with organized crime to target truckers — stealing identities, placing fraudulent bids on freight, and making off with the cargo. Their entry point? Emails with links delivering Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tools. Together with @selenalarson.bsky.social :

This is the craziest post I’ve seen so far tonight

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👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.

IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.

IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.

(Story from when the pilot launched.)