Deccers

Impressive

Lesser spotted King Tiger at #TankFest yesterday. Sounds better than Tiger 131 too.

An Enigma machine on display at IWM London.

First, encrypt your plaintext using one of 158,962,555,217,826,360,000 possible settings.

Then send the plaintext straight to a journalist.

Helm’s Deep Shall Henceforth Be Known as Sauron’s Deep. No, Not That Sauron “The Pentagon announced that Fort Moore, formerly named Fort Benning for a Confederate general, will again be named Fort Benning, although it will ...

www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/hel...

So SpaceX fill the vacuum? Dreadfully poor

French University to Fund American Scientists Who Fear Trump Censorship The program, called ‘safe place for science,’ offers American scientists funding to continue their research in France.

"The program is called ‘safe place for science and will provide 15 million Euros in funding for some 15 researchers over a 3-year period,”

Stealer, not stealing, natch.

My old windsurfing haunt of Geraldton hit 49.3°C yesterday, equaling its all time record set only in Feb last year, and smashing its January record set in 1954 by 1.6°C. Australia has warmed by 1.51°C over the past century.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

#boardwargames Been a week since I broke out to solo play this beauty, copy of the first game I ever played, December’78. Been out of playing since ‘83, bought an eBay copy ($21 plus shipping & tax to get to UK) last summer, 40 odd years since the last time I set a game up.
Thinking Sunday sorted

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter walking down Pennsylvania Avenue on inauguration day, 1977, surrounded by Secret Service agents.

Members of Carter's Secret Service detail accompanying his casket in Georgia, today.

First image: 48 years ago, Carter's Secret Service detail on the alert, when Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter got out of the armored car and walked through sub-freezing temperatures down Pa Ave on inauguration day, Jan 20 1977.

Second: Veterans of his Secret Service detail, Jan 4 2025. (Images via Getty.)

New Year's Day 1945 - Operation Bodenplatte. Originally conceived as a component of the Ardennes offensive, a futile and phyric attempt to eliminate Allied tactical Air Forces on the ground. Squandering pilots, fuel, and fighters - The final death throes of the Luftwaffe.

Christmas doesn't actually end until the 6th of January, or the Sunday after if you're going by Ordinary Time, or Candlemas if you're going by Ye Olde Calendar, so it's technically illegal to take your tree down or eat anything other than sweets for breakfast until early February

Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100 How did people create and live in their own worlds in early medieval Ireland? What did they actually do? And to what end did they do it? This book investigates and reconstructs from archaeological evi...

“Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100. The Evidence from Archaeological Excavations” (2021 version has an updated bibliographical essay). eBook is €9.99 shop.ria.ie/products/ear...

Official road sign pointing to ‘Bypassed Chinese take-away’ in Littlemoor, Weymouth.

There must be a story about a planning hearing somewhere in the past of this sign.

356. Georgia, Russia, and the fight for democracy - An interview with the President of Georgia The Rest Is Politics · Episode

“I WILL STILL BE PRESIDENT THIS TIME NEXT WEEK”. In case you missed @therestpolitics.bsky.social interview with Georgia President Salome Zourabichvili earlier today here it is. Remarkable woman in remarkable times in her battle for democracy v autocracy. open.spotify.com/episode/4FuP...

Here is the link. See you there I hope. A fascinating woman at the centre of a moment of choice and history for her country. Do they go with Europe or with Russia? www.youtube.com/live/lUASY40...

Critical Gmail Warning As Google Prompt Used In $500,000 Hack Attack As hackers strike using an ingenious Google prompt attack, stealing $500,000 in crypto as a result, here’s what all Gmail users need to know.

By me @forbes.com, as I'm still not relaxing: Beware those Gmail account recovery prompts, folks, especially when you expect them!

#infosec

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Tonight’s OC festive offering is the BBC Special! Celebrating 60 years of BBC Two, it features two teams from the *very first series* of Only Connect, which happened so long ago it was actually performed as a live quiz at the Globe with bearbaiting as a curtain raiser.

8pm on, of course, BBC Two

Great thread and photos

Aidan! I didn’t know you were also afflicted by Schnauzers - we had 5 furries at one point: the one with me was Gabby, my favourite who passed in March. They are endlessly watchable. Great name for your boy.

I'm trying to build my network here, so if you are an #infosec or #journalism or #weirdo affiliated person please holler, and I'll follow for a follow, or whatever it's called today.

I cover the cybersecurity beat at forbes.com and have been contributing editor at PC Pro magazine for 30 years now.

If Joe wants to mess up Trump’s inauguration he should quit the day before and make Kamala president for 24 hours. All those made in China “45 & 47” hats will be useless.

Sent congratulations to Governor Trump. Look forward to meet to discuss Ukraine, without Ukraine.

If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu.

I hope you do. Great info on PCPro - and better to avoid the negative where you can.

Me arriving in Mongolia:
Customs: Name?
Me: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
Customs: Occupation?
Me: No, just a short visit.

My short feature in this month's issue of Soldier Magazine. Some of the many lessons that can be gleaned from a study of Op Market Garden and the battle of Arnhem.

Libraries are the absolute best thing our society has created. This is both horrible but also sadly unsurprising...

Awesome!!