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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.

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Yeah, the new Muppet Show is cute, and Sabrina Carpenter was basically the perfect first guest for it. If they make more they should do Chappel Roan next. The Muppet version of "Pink Pony Club" would be wild.

07.02.2026 03:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1908    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 13

A Brief History of Children Today Are Growing Up Too Fast

🧡

10.02.2026 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 198    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 12

If it keeps doing that you can punish it by asking it to calculate the last digit of pi

09.02.2026 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
New York Times headline: Libertarians: We Told You So

With an image of a big black boot stomping a snake

New York Times headline: Libertarians: We Told You So With an image of a big black boot stomping a snake

this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart

1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks

2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections

09.02.2026 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10972    πŸ” 2311    πŸ’¬ 324    πŸ“Œ 177

Remember that @mikestabile.bsky.social myself, & many SWs, discussed the harm of age verification laws as written, and how they harm SWs, users, and undermine internet freedoms. This is all an effort to do large scale government surveillance.

09.02.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 209    πŸ” 130    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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Exclusive: Hacktivist scrapes over 500,000 stalkerware customers' payment records More than half-a-million people who bought access to phone surveillance and social media snooping apps had their email address and partial payment card numbers published online.

SCOOP: A hacktivist has scraped more than half a million payment records from a company that makes consumer-grade spyware and other phone tracking apps, exposing customers' email addresses and partial card numbers. TechCrunch verified the scraped data is authentic.

By @lorenzofb.bsky.social and me:

09.02.2026 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show
YouTube video by NFL Bad Bunny's Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show

Missed Bad Bunny’s halftime show? Want to rewatch? (4x and counting for me). The NFL posted the whole performance on YouTube: on pace for 500k views in the first 30 minutes.

09.02.2026 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1816    πŸ” 815    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 57

Just to put a pin in it, that hyped news coverage drove moltbook to a $100 million dollar market cap, the vast majority of which has been erased in just 8 days.

09.02.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Troopers: 'Armed and dangerous' off-duty Virginia officer wanted for shooting woman multiple times An off-duty Kenbridge police officer is wanted on felony charges after allegedly shooting a woman multiple times in Lunenburg County Sunday.

www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...

09.02.2026 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I still think the Seahawks kicker should have been MVP

09.02.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That Ring β€œsearch party” ad was unsubtle enough that even my 10yo watched it and was like β€œare they gonna use this for ICE?”

09.02.2026 03:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4494    πŸ” 868    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 38

Fun fact. There are now as many unused Superbowl champ commemorative t-shirts for the Pats as used ones.

09.02.2026 03:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD

09.02.2026 02:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1045    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 13

Fun fact: The divorce scene in the Kid Rock show was an actual divorce showing a wife leaving her conservative husband.

09.02.2026 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6493    πŸ” 845    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 31

PSA: SEAHAWKS KICKER JASON MYERS IS NOW ON THE SUPER BOWL MVP BALLOT

VOTE NOW ON YOUR PHONES

www.nfl.com/super-bowl/m...

09.02.2026 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1207    πŸ” 441    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 85

Update, they added him and I voted.

09.02.2026 03:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why isn't he eligible for MVP?

09.02.2026 03:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

say what you will about Maye he's easily been the better of seattle's quarterbacks tonight

09.02.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is evil, and I laughed way too hard. Well done.

09.02.2026 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Keep seeing the misinformation that this was Liam on here--has been reported that it was not

09.02.2026 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4030    πŸ” 768    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 24

β€œMr. Beast Salesforce ad” - they’re calling it the least appealing phrase ever assembled in any language. They finally did it

09.02.2026 02:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7133    πŸ” 880    πŸ’¬ 53    πŸ“Œ 38

Why isn't the Seahawks field goal kicker on the MVP voting page?

09.02.2026 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you like AI slop and field goals? Have we got a show for you....

09.02.2026 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For a wide range of values of "almost"

09.02.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To be clear, not a complaint, just an observation.

09.02.2026 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another commercial about butts. I think that makes three.

09.02.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I haven't seen any real products. It looks more like brand awareness commercials than being for something I could actually buy.

09.02.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Which is exactly why they’ve banned it from being taught as history in schools, taken it down from federal websites, tried to make it harder and harder to access on the university level…

07.02.2026 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Abe Simpson meme saying, β€œback in my day we used to hunt for vulnerabilities by hand”

Abe Simpson meme saying, β€œback in my day we used to hunt for vulnerabilities by hand”

06.02.2026 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

@malanalysis is following 20 prominent accounts