James Wright 👨🏻

📸James Wright: Seattle skyline with Moon, Space Needle, Ferris wheel, and stadiums among other buildings in view. 09 Aug 2025, Seattle, WA.

The Moon last night was amazing! 📷

Caught this shot of Seattle from Interbay. 🔭🌕

Spotted a humpback whale off the coast of Cambria this week. ☀️

🐋 Do you see the tail slap? 🔍

🚨 PSA - Zero day in SharePoint on-prem is actively exploited!

◽ Have Defender AV active
◽ Don't disable AMSI integration of SharePoint
◽ Keep an eye out for the alerts outlined in the article
◽ Look for post exploitation with the hunting query

msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2025/07...

Japanese police release decryptor for Phobos ransomware after February takedown Victims of Phobos ransomware and its 8Base offshoot now have access to a decryptor released by Japanese law enforcement and backed by the FBI and European officials.

Japanese police release decryptor for Phobos ransomware after February takedown #cybersecurity #hacking #news #infosec #security #technology #privacy therecord.media/decr...

Two hours of cat tree building later...

On the right is a bit darker cuz I took a picture at night.
Some of my "Reconnect with drawing"

Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 Incident on July 14, 2025 On July 14th, 2025, Cloudflare made a change to our service topologies that caused an outage for 1.1.1.1 on the edge, resulting in downtime for 62 minutes for customers using the 1.1.1.1 public DNS Re...

On July 14th, 2025, Cloudflare made a change to our service topologies that caused an outage for 1.1.1.1 on the edge, resulting in downtime for 62 minutes for customers using the 1.1.1.1 public DNS Resolver as well as intermittent degradation of service for Gateway DNS.

L3Harris Delivers First Overhauled P-8A Poseidon Aircraft to US Navy - Naval News L3Harris has delivered the first overhauled P-8A Poseidon aircraft to Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) – a key milestone that supports the U.S. Navy’s readiness goals.

L3Harris Technologies has delivered the first overhauled P-8A Poseidon aircraft to Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) – a key milestone that supports the U.S. Navy’s readiness goals
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...

First rainbow spotting of the year

An internet photograph with a Storm Trooper sitting at a desk, drinking coffee, with the caption "May the 4th is a Jedi Holiday... Some of Us Have to Work Today".

Happy #StarWarsDay everyone! 🖖🏻

#MayTheFourthBeWithYou 🌌

Super Hornet Assigned to USS Harry S. Truman Lost at Sea - USNI News An F/-18E Super Hornet assigned to the carrier air wing embarked aboard aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) was lost at sea during a towing incident in the hangar bay on Monday, according to...

Super Hornet Assigned to USS Harry S. Truman Lost at Sea - USNI News
news.usni.org/2025/04/28/s...

Verification will not drive some of you to complete madness.

Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet's atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases that on Earth are produced only by biological processes.

Scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs of possible life beyond our solar system, detecting in an alien planet's atmosphere the chemical fingerprints of gases produced only by biological processes reut.rs/43XJ7Oe

Apple Patches Exploited Vulnerability https://isc.sans.edu/diary/31866

thank you @sudojames.com so much 💙

It's such a proud feeling to have my work on someone's wall 🌌✨

happy a nice day 🌌☁️

The odds of a 'city-killer' asteroid hitting Earth have fallen to zero After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat to Earth.

After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat to Earth.

Beautiful photograph of the evening sky with Mars shining brightly in the center above some trees with other stars. 📷James Wright- Cambria, CA on 14 Feb 2025.

Grabbed this lovely shot of Mars last night.

📷 🌌 🔭 ☄️

terminal screenshot: mv document.pdf document.txt

not sure what all the fuss is about, why would I need an LLM for this

US, France and Japan prepare for rare 3-carrier exercise in Philippine Sea A flotilla of about 10 warships from the U.S., France and Japan are set to train together in the Philippine Sea, according to the U.S. 7th Fleet.

The U.S., France and Japan are preparing for a rare three-carrier exercise this weekend in the Philippine Sea. (from @alexmwilson.bsky.social)

A large, gray cat sitting on a sofa.

For some reason (probably good) I am seeing a number of cat photos in the feed.

No cat will ever surpass Mike the Cat. (RIP) He lived regally every day of his life, into his mid 20s.

His working day consisted of sitting on my keyboard and helping me type.

www.theatlantic.com/personal/arc...

NOAA Climate Prediction Center has released its February 2025 outlooks for temperature, precipitation, and drought. The influence of #laNina shows up in the cool/wet North vs warm/dry South.

👋🏻 Your bsky social username is reserved when you change to a domain-handle — since version 1.96.

Check it out… 👀

bsky.app/profile/bsky...

Exclusive: Images show China building huge fusion research facility, analysts say China appears to be building a large laser-ignited fusion research centre in the southwestern city of Mianyang, experts at two analytical organisations say, a development that could aid nuclear weapons design and work exploring power generation.

Seems China is building its own version of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), with implications for nuclear weapons design/maintenance and fusion energy. Lasers for inertial confinement fusion, which is to say you blast light at a deuterium-tritium fuel pellet. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

PDS Timing: Tuesday 4AM - 12pm Wednesday Do NOT do anything that could spark a fire Have multiple ways to receive evacuation information Visit www.fire.ca.gov/prepare; Develop a wildfire action plan Peak winds for this next event will be weaker than those last week. Nevertheless, winds will be strong enough to potentially cause explosive fire growth

From NWS LA:

Extreme fire danger will continue thru Wed. PDS Red Flag Warnings are for the extreme of the extreme fire weather scenarios. In other words, this setup is about as bad as it gets. Stay aware of your surroundings. Be prepared to evacuate. Avoid anything that can spark a fire #cawx

image of sans internet stormcenter logo with stormcast flair

SANS ISC Stormcast, Jan 13, 2025: Defender Updates, Ivanti RCE, Apple USB-C Hack and more
https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9276

We are at Cape Canaveral ready for Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch!

Waxing Gibbous Moon (left) and a plane in the sky (right). 📷James Wright, on 09 Jan 2025 in Seattle, Washington.

The Moon was shining bright this afternoon in Seattle. 🌔✈️ 🔭📷

Sweeping Chinese hack of U.S. telecoms firms is 'still going on,' homeland security secretary says Alejandro Mayorkas said in an interview on MSNBC that the hack was “a very sophisticated hack" and a “very, very serious matter.”

A sweeping Chinese government hacking campaign against American telecoms firms is “still going on,” Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas said in an interview with NBC News.