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Just an internet rando who’s spent way too much on therapy here to remind you that you do not have to be around people who make you feel bad, even and especially at the holidays. It’s ok to not let people guilt you into it. You can even leave after you arrive if you’re uncomfy. Be free! Be you! ✨

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You win!

Oh man, I missed this, and I love all things radio! I'll try to pay attention when you're doing another radio night

If there's any way that we as an industry can privately fund Dave to keep working his magic, it would be well worth the investment

In particular, the PRNI relied on Stern's trusted relationships with independent experts and companies that tipped off CISA to imminent ransomware attacks.

"Dave has relationships that won’t be portable to someone new," said one person familiar with the matter.

Yes I would be happy to!

Do you want leather carving tools?

You've seen some early photos of the space in progress. Now see some with ✨aesthetic✨

And hey, please share and boost with your friends. We want to become a resource for devs, makers, and artists and sharing is one of the best ways to help us do that!

#pnw #seattle #hackerspace #makers

@selenalarson.bsky.social I value your opinion on this. Should I clean off the pinky art or hold on as long as I can?

Q for my friends who paint your nails, b/c I'm new to this: the nail art that my youngest child painted was coming off, so I removed it but kept the pinkies cuz they were still intact. My family thinks this is super weird, but I'm enjoying having a pinky of power and a pinky of death. Am I goofy?

You are correct. It was about 200' from shore at high tide, in front of a house that had other watercraft. My best guess is that the person who owns it likes to swim out to the paddleboard and relax a bit before swimming back home. Hope they bring a washcloth!

Check your WhatsApp version if you use an iPhone or Mac: the flaw affects WhatsApp for iOS before version 2.25.21.73, WhatsApp Business for iOS before version 2.25.21.78, and WhatsApp for Mac before version 2.25.21.78.

That is really cool! I took this picture while kayaking in the Puget Sound, south of Seattle. There are no hippos or gators around here, so maybe this Heron was just practicing. I didn't have the heart to tell him that his paddleboard was upside down, or that it was missing a paddle

Victory! Ninth Circuit Limits Intrusive DMCA Subpoenas The Ninth Circuit upheld an important limitation on Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) subpoenas that other federal courts have recognized for more than two decades. The DMCA, a misguided

Those abusing copyright can wield the court’s power to override an internet user’s right to anonymous speech, without permission from a judge. But now that power has been limited. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

SUP, Heron

I love fresh food! I went to the farmer's market and bought a baguette just baked this morning, fresh mozzarella made last night, an heirloom tomato and purple bell pepper picked recently, and added basil snipped from the crazy basil plant that grows like crazy in our dining room

Watch Out for This Gmail Scam This week, I received an email claiming I had a “New Voice Notification”. The email included a big “Listen to Voicemail” button: Looking at the email headers revealed even more: The email was sent …

Nice analysis of a voicemail themed phishing lure on Gmail: malwr-analysis.com/2025/08/16/w...

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DEATHCon online/remote ticket sale round 1 will start Monday 7th of July at 00:01 UTC! www.worldtimebuddy.com?pl=1&lid=100... Last year they sold out in 24h 😳

On-site tickets will be available on 7/7 at around 10am local time for each site.

All details here: deathcon.io/tickets.html

Today in Boston.

Over a million people turned out.

Even the drone couldn't get it all.

#NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest

I love the collaboration between law enforcement around the world and threat researchers at cybersecurity firms. So proud of my colleagues at @proofpoint.com Threat Research, our friends at @teamcymrus2.bsky.social, FBI and other law enforcement. Nice disruption!

Another Confluence Bites the Dust: Falling to ELPACO-team Ransomware Key Takeaways The threat actor first gained entry by exploiting a known vulnerability (CVE-2023-22527) on an internet-facing Confluence server, allowing for remote code execution. Using this access…

🌟New report out today!🌟

Another Confluence Bites the Dust: Falling to ELPACO-team Ransomware

Analysis and reporting completed by @pcsc0ut.bsky.social, @irishdeath.bsky.social & @0xtornado

🔊Audio: Available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube and more!

thedfirreport.com/2025/05/19/a...

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It was fun working on this Report with @pcsc0ut.bsky.social && 0xtornado. I hope my #threathunting friends will find it helpful. We came up with a new detection for Impacket tools in this investigation

I wrote some song lyrics and got help from AI to make a "recording" of it: suno.com/song/360f92b...
This song has a double meaning - on the surface, it is about actual moto-taxi drivers speeding up and down mountain roads. But it's also about how one slip in the gig economy can cost you everything

A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.

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I was having a fascinating conversation with a Spanish speaker who is learning English, trading tips for each other's native language (I'm trying to learn Spanish). He asked me why the word "get" or "got" has so many different meanings. I didn't know, so I said "You got me there"

AI Agents Will Be Manipulation Engines Surrendering to algorithmic agents risks putting us under their influence.

My prediction in @wired.com: 2025 is the year of AI agents.
The coming psychopolitical regime "directs the environments where our ideas are born, developed, and expressed. Its power lies in its intimacy—it infiltrates our subjectivity.

We will be playing an imitation game that ultimately plays us."

I want to do something positive but have such a hard time. I think the most personally impactful thing we can do is support refugees and send direct support to Ukraine (u24.ua.gov is the way I support them directly)

Thanks for the kind words. It was amazing to see people come together and work to diagnose and fix such a difficult bug over some long and sleepless nights, all while remaining kind to each other and practicing patience with everyone on the troubleshooting call

Did you know?

In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.

The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.

You're right. This action is unprecedented in the United States. Never before has a president targeted the career of civil employees. It's not unusual for political appointees or heads of government agencies to be replaced, but this is different and deeply troubling