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The Government Shutdown Is a Ticking Cybersecurity Time Bomb Many critical systems are still being maintained, and the cloud provides some security cover. But experts say that any lapses in protections like patching and monitoring could expose government system...

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JUST IN: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from using furloughed employees’ email accounts to broadcast partisan messages about the shutdown.

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I was more financially stable as a grad student with part time local government work than as an entry level Senate staffer. Even with the somewhat higher wages now they're still jobs for rich kids or those willing to pile up CC debt for the beans and rice diet.

Jury finds sandwich guy was actually a hero.

This is gonna make me sound like Larry David but I just got an invitation to a party on November 6 where "costumes are encouraged" and I'm like, there HAS to be a statute of limitations of the time frame where I'm expected to come up with a costume! November 6 is NOT Halloween adjacent

My last Halloween as a Controller.

Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.

This baseball gameeeeee oh my goddddddddd

This is when I wish I still lived in Mountain Time. It’s so so late here.

What’s it like to catch Shohei Ohtani’s home run at the World Series? This Dodger fan can tell you David Aguilar, who has been a Dodgers fan for 50 years, will leave Game 3 with quite the souvenir and story.

Btw @katiejwoo.bsky.social tracked down the guy in the stands who caught Shohei's second homer.

“I just reached up to the heavens."

the dodgers stadium organist really is GOATed tonight lmao

This baseball game is wild.

A minor update to what is called the Domain Name System, or DNS-the kind of software tweak that happens millions of times a day on the internet—sent the well-oiled machine that underpins the modern web careening toward a crash.

It's always DNS.

Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.

The public library is one of humanity's greatest inventions and I am convinced that frequenting them is good for the soul of a citizen. A public realm where goods are exchanged with no money trading hands is spiritually cleansing.

This is why I use to go to trivia! I got to see good friends plus I got to see good friends be wicked smart, which is fun! And then sometimes got a free drink or app from it all.

The executive branch not spending the money that Congress has told them to spend is bad. The executive branch spending money on things for which Congress has not given them money is also bad (and, arguably, worse).

Jimmy Fallon’s Wordle Show Just Makes Sense But why is it a game show? There are so many better options.

I wrote about the defining cultural product of our era: Jimmy Fallon's Wordle TV show

My professional goal is not to have a judge remind me that I am an "officer of the court" two times within four minutes.

Something about beep bopping on your phone on Amtrak while you tune out your surroundings just hits so different

I had just enough cell service at just the right time to see the Tigers win!

Trying to keep up with the Tigers game on a train going across Nevada is very hard!

Only one delay due to freight trains (so far) on my Amtrak ride! Hopefully it stays this way.

Marching bands are the best! Very jealous.

Hot take: you should be able to scream “REPRESENTATIVE” at an AI Interviewer until you’re talking with a real hiring manager

Happy fiscal new year! Off to a rough start 🥲

any train arriving in any station is celebrated with the most enthusiastic little musical jingle in japan and omg I could just live here 🥹🥰

Selfie in a blue shirt in the gardens in front of the Smithsonian Castle

Having the best day wandering the Smithsonian museums. Public funding for scientific and cultural institutions is good, actually!!!

Two buses at Columbus and Dimock

for inquiring Bostonians that want to know: yes, I did ride the Columbus Ave Bus Lanes. They need to be way longer than the paltry 3/4 of a mile, and the routes that run this corridor absolutely need more capacity (22,29,44).