Dave Khey

Plumbing isn’t code for data mining, is it? Blink twice if you are ok, Jeff!

As a criminologist, this moment in history should be intellectually stimulating and full of potential for understanding the impact of social change on crime (e.g., anomie, for one). I have to admit - it is a struggle to live and experience it.

Oooo fabulous! Y’all need some board members focused on fidelity :)

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The University of Manchester seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Environmental Politics. More info: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMM071/. Closing date: 8/5/2025. I am not involved in the search but would love to see more colleagues in environmental policy and governance. #PublicPolicy #Polisky #PolicyProcess

You good?

did we pass?!

Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books.

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Well…, it was a good run.

NIJ and other federal agencies have paused research funding, but @arnoldventures.bsky.social has not! Check out our open RFPs. We're looking for causal studies across a range of issues, including crime/criminal justice.

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Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology (1.0 FTE) at Glasgow Caledonian University Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology (1.0 FTE) opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

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A pause on discretionary grant funding, you say? This is going to be messy

Academic job market candidates:

Did you know you can "make your own post-doc" by applying for external research funding? Many/most departments would be happy to provide office space to someone who brings their own funds.

Desistence research efforts and funding

Put trash bags underneath?

Welp…I’m going back inside.

that would make for a great FOIA request - to my knowledge, this is the first. Granted, there may be others under seal.

The last of these warrants expired on Jan. 3, 2025, thereby concluding the U.S. portions of the operation. In total, this court-authorized operation deleted PlugX malware from approximately 4,258 U.S.-based computers and networks.

In August 2024, the Justice Department and FBI obtained the first of nine warrants in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania authorizing the deletion of PlugX from U.S.-based computers...

Working with these partners, the FBI tested the commands, confirmed their effectiveness, and determined that they did not otherwise impact the legitimate functions of, or collect content information from, infected computers...

homepage Sekoia.io provides cyber teams with a SOC platform that can respond to security incidents, regardless of the attack surface.

The juicy part: "The international operation was led by French law enforcement and Sekoia.io, a France-based private cybersecurity company, which had identified and reported on the capability to send commands to delete the PlugX version from infected devices...

This is a fascinating case study of how our government, in collaboration with the private sector and foreign governments, have proactively altered personal and corporate Windows-based computers to delete malicious malware via court order...: justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...

"The last of these warrants expired on Jan. 3, 2025, thereby concluding the U.S. portions of the operation. In total, this court-authorized operation deleted PlugX malware from approximately 4,258 U.S.-based computers and networks."

"In August 2024, the Justice Department and FBI obtained the first of nine warrants in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania authorizing the deletion of PlugX from U.S.-based computers."

"Working with these partners, the FBI tested the commands, confirmed their effectiveness, and determined that they did not otherwise impact the legitimate functions of, or collect content information from, infected computers."

homepage Sekoia.io provides cyber teams with a SOC platform that can respond to security incidents, regardless of the attack surface.

The juicy part: "The international operation was led by French law enforcement and Sekoia.io, a France-based private cybersecurity company, which had identified and reported on the capability to send commands to delete the PlugX version from infected devices...."

Part of the murder

Down in Louisiana, it’s quite the opposite (but the water looks a lot “muddier”)

Rhode Island opens first state-sanctioned overdose prevention center in the nation - TPR: The Public's Radio Providence is now home to the country’s first state-sanctioned facility for people to use illegal drugs under medical supervision. The nonprofit Project Weber/RENEW on Tuesday held a ribbon-cutting to...

A first for the US - an official state-sanctioned safe injection site is in its final clearance to open in Providence, Rhode Island. Follow its developments to see if we can get this right in the States: thepublicsradio.org/health/rhode...

Is negative murder a correction? -1 for Slidell eg

Question - when do you expect a correction (regression to the mean) to occur given that the overall environment is the same?