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Pentagon Bans Tech Vendors From Using China-Based Personnel After ProPublica Investigation The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive...

NEW: The Defense Department has tightened cybersecurity requirements for its cloud services providers. The changes come after ProPublica revealed how Microsoft’s use of China-based engineers left sensitive government data vulnerable to hacking.

By @reneedudley.bsky.social

this is a battle-worn MacBook Pro from 2012, an ancient artifact of the precursor civilization. etched across its metal body are runes in the old tongue and it is adorned with decorations presumably of strong religious significance. its display is working but a small constellation of broken elements are occasionally visible in use. the SSD, containing presumably vital data of immense archaeological worth, has unfortunately been removed. the official batteries, long dead, have been replaced with an aftermarket set that also appear to have reached their end of life. a hardware fault prevents this computer from booting or installing an operating system successfully, very frustrating for our scientists who were keen to explore the seemingly impossible technology of this bygone culture. perhaps an enterprising tech with an interest in restoring prehistoric machinery might find use in this item. supplied with a working power supply in a similar state of physical degradation.

I pride myself in writing silly descriptions for useless eBay items I'm selling which will make me no money and which only interest people who won't give a single care about the description

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target

a comic from "the far side", titled "cow tools". it depicts a bipedal cow behind a table with four tools of unknown purpose in front of him.

any time im watching a tech showcase from a big company it feels like this

He’s cancelling comedians because of the Epstein files.

He’s killing South American fisherman because of the Epstein files.

He’s taking away freedom of speech because of the Epstein files.

Those files must be radioactive.

REM’s “Monster” got 4 1/2 stars in its 1994 Rolling Stone review. Accompanying Robert Palmer’s enthusiastic assessment was this splendid illustration by Hungry Dog Studios.

Top Scientists Find Growing Evidence That Greenhouse Gases Are, in Fact, a Danger

🌍 Greenhouse gases still a threat (of course)

A new report from the US National Academies finds even stronger evidence that CO₂, methane and other gases endanger human health, contradicting efforts to roll back protections.

🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/c...

#SciComm #ClimateCrisis 🧪

In the Philippines, politics is very much alive and democracy is dying. Another revolution is brewing.

NATO Launches Mission to Bolster Eastern Flank’s Defenses The alliance’s chief announced the new operation days after the incursion of Russian drones deep into Polish airspace.

NATO launched a new mission to bolster defenses on its eastern flank with Russia, after this week’s incursion of Russian drones deep into Polish airspace. on.wsj.com/4phhfNf

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NATO is deploying additional fighter jets and a naval vessel to eastern Europe under a new program called Eastern Sentry.

The military bloc shot down Russian drones over Polish territory earlier this week in a large-scale violation of the military bloc’s airspace.

Google is a 'bad actor' says People CEO, accusing the company of stealing content | TechCrunch People CEO Neil Vogel says Google's AI crawler can't be blocked because it would block the web crawler too. This lets the search giant steal its content for AI.

People CEO Neil Vogel says Google's AI crawler can't be blocked because it would block the web crawler too. This lets the search giant steal its content for AI.

A day in the dangerous life of Gaza’s truck drivers Aid convoy truckers witness first hand how Israeli bombing and blockades have pushed the enclave into famine

A day in the dangerous life of Gaza’s truck drivers on.ft.com/4pfGsYi

Gaza flotilla boat struck by suspected drone off Tunisian coast, activists claim Tunisian officials have said that no drones were detected at the time of the suspected strike.

Organisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists said late Monday that one of their boats was hit by a suspected UAV off the coast of Tunisia, but authorities there said "no drones" had been detected
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Frontiers | Invisible invaders: unveiling the carcinogenic threat of microplastics and nanoplastics in colorectal cancer-a systematic review ObjectiveMicroplastics (MPs, 0.1–5000 μm) and nanoplastics (NPs, 0.001–0.1 μm) are ubiquitous environmental pollutants with strong persistence and bioaccumul...

🧩 Microplastics and cancer

A review warns micro- and nanoplastics can enter the body, damage DNA, disrupt gut barriers, and trigger inflammation. Evidence shows they may contribute to colorectal cancer risk.

🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub...

#SciComm 🧪 #Plastics

NASA to Share Details of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding A Sept. 10 media teleconference will focus on the analysis of a rock sampled by the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover last year, which is the subject of a forthcoming science paper.

NASA to Share Details of New Perseverance Mars Rover Finding
www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-to... #Mars 🧪🔭

Stealing billions off a government contract is not a crime, stealing a loaf of bread is.

Being poor is a crime in a society where poverty is caused by the rich.

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.

It doesn't have to be this way.

On this day in 1956, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong recorded “Ella and Louis”
#jazz #jazzsky

Embracing silence.

Trump's BLS pick EJ Antoni has said that Social Security, America's greatest anti-poverty program, is a "Ponzi scheme" that needs to be sunset.

Reminder that BLS data is what determines annual cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits.

This is a five-alarm fire.

I had to laugh at this someone on an MSNBC that Trump has goldfish brain. It swims in all different directions.

Trump has halted or dropped enforcement actions against 160+ corporations, including:

-42 consumer protection cases at CFPB
-20 foreign bribery cases at DOJ
-6 employment discrimination cases at EEOC
-7 crypto cases at SEC

It's a new golden age for corporate criminals.

Bahahaha... In all caps, too. Whoever runs Governor Newsom's social media accounts needs a beer and a shot! 😅🤣😂

Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money. An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...

NEW: An investigation by ProPublica and @texastribune.org found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state laws had the schools been public.

By Lexi Churchill and @emsimani.bsky.social

New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada

This is appalling. Civilized countries look at us and are rightly horrified that this idiocy and cruelty is sanctioned by--encouraged by--our government.

(I originally wrote "Other civilized countries look at us..." But do we any longer count in their ranks?)

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

It was fun. But full of drama and lies. Lies eventually won. And that's telling. I can't trust a person who believes in lies, gossips, and made-up stories.Truth lost in the process.