Joseph Menn

Don Jr. and Eric watching the presser between Zohran Mamdani and their dad:

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/21/n...

They can't quarter soldiers in our homes, so they make us pay their salaries?

Fortunately terrorists rarely carry that kind of cash.

This is going to be THE case study in how aligning a model to be too positive about a brand can backfire.

I say "THE" because I seriously doubt a brand this large will ever screw it up this bad again.

Good news everyone, bias has been prohibited.

Yeah I can see why the symbol for the regime that murdered 11 mln people might be considered divisive by some.

For the first time in my career, I can’t tell people to trust what the CDC website says. And that is an incredibly sad and devastating place for this country to be.

In my case, the content from friends is often replaced by awful, unsolicited words and images generated by AI, sometimes with zillions of likes from people who don’t realize that.

1999 was actually worse. But yeah.

Just so it’s clear, Cook would be in prison if he lived in Saudi Arabia

Yogi Berra would agree.

Classic #FoxNews head fake. On the homepage (No.2 story at this writing), it’s “defy commands“; on the story itself, it‘s “refuse illegal orders“—which, like it or not, is Commissar Hegseth’s obligation too.

Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.

You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Is 2010 before or after the alt right coopted the ok sign?

Wow. HOPE (Hackers On Planet Earth), one of the most important hacker cons in the world, has been booted from their venue due to a right-wing extremist complaining about a single attendee's written pamphlet that was deemed to "espouse an anti-police agenda".

That's... really screwed up.

Russia, Europe fight for custody of operative linked to DHL bomb plot A Russian national, now in Azerbaijan, is suspected of coordinating a 2024 parcel plot targeting air cargo planes in Europe.

There’s a lot in this Post investigative piece on the suspected linchpin of the Russian plot to bomb planes, including the apparent role of someone from the allied hacking group #Killnet. Free version from marketing: wapo.st/4oSEzjQ

Whoops

A lot of people didn’t like the Washington Post journalist who was tortured and dismembered with a bone saw for writing critically about the man sitting next to me

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived at a grand welcome from President Trump at the White House on Tuesday, a remarkable turnaround for the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, who the CIA concluded had approved the killing of Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. https://wapo.st/4igmwkX

Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE “The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.

New from 404 Media: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. Spoke to people briefed on plans. This isn't licensed PIs/bounty hunters. These are just former police/military; members of public

"Something doesn't sound right"

www.404media.co/contractor-p...

As one does when trying to dispel doubts about mistreating women.

ok I read some of the Nuzzi piece and I am pleased to announce that I will never feel bad about my own writing ever again

Liked this so much more when it was fiction.

Listen, I am absolutely prone to over-writing stuff. But this book is a sex crime against metaphors.

Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations

Earlier this year, agents found videos showing violent sexual abuse of a young child. But the agents have since been asked to arrest undocumented immigrants, hindering progress toward rescue. This and more from @mhkeller.bsky.social and team in an important story.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...

Hacker oldheads as well as academics and journos who write about hacking.
go.bsky.app/FkiPuuj

NYT: Epstein Emails Reveal a Lost New York The disgraced financier’s recently released documents are steeped in a clubby world that is all but gone.

Waxing nostalgic from the international sex trafficker’s emails.

The U.S. intelligence community concluded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman approved the killing and dismemberment of a Post columnist, making President Trump's formal dinner for the prince on Tuesday a dramatic step in public rehabilitation. https://wapo.st/3LOwEFn