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AOC has two words for Democrats who think defending trans rights is a losing issue https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/10/aoc-has-two-words-for-democrats-who-thinks-defending-trans-rights-is-a-losing-issue/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #lgbtq #lgbt

are we real or just a piece of dust on a camera lens?

Hey, kids, everything they teach you in school is a lie. The Deep State is controlled by my shithead father. Chemtrails trap you in the '80s. Minions are real. I have seen one. I have touched one with my own hands!

@nebucatnetzer Apple backed down from their lawsuit against spyware vendor NSO Group, and tmk they never responded to the PatternZ malware found in over 60k app store titles (Google did respond to it). Like Tesla, Apple has a tight business relationship with the Chinese govt while Google exited the China market over spying and manipulation demands made by the CCP.

Now Apple devices are listening to all conversations within earshot, and all it takes is two taps on the exterior to activate... an insanely bad security issue.

So there are some stark differences between iOS and Android ecosystems (and Google is worse in some ways), but with Android we have an escape hatch to get out from under the megacorp's thumb.

And fun fact: Just yesterday an iPhone user asked me if she could find out if malware was in her phone. I said the best advice out there is basically limited to saying reboot your phone daily.

Wondering why software is a house of cards from top to bottom, and HOW it got that way?

Here's an example, and it's also an example of software not improving.

https://soincredibly.gay/@beccadax/statuses/01M5KTERRBMWWE5S4YZ5FNXK7K

I love the Fieldnote pocket size #notebooks, size and covers look very appealing. But hearing they are not very good for #FountainPens, I never bought one. Then I stumbled upon Lochby notebooks with the same size and Tomoe River Paper!!! I love #TRP, so bought one. Trying to carry this in my back pocket instead of my phone and whenever I think of something I want to look up in my phone immediately, I'll try to write it down and look up later. It has a small pocket inside to put a #FountainPen

Pretty blown away by the Documentary "You Can See Everything" about Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos -- Especially the craft involved getting the shots they did. High praise to Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.

As someone who didn't read too deep into Theranos in the past, I'd highly recommend people watch something like "The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley" or read "Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup" as a precursor, otherwise you'll leave the theater far more perplexed.

Hell, just knowing Henry Kissinger was on the Theranos board beforehand would have been very enlightening.

Wild Deception.

#film #documentary #a24 #theranos

NEW: Friday’s POLITICRAT podcast episode

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-politicrat/id1503246845?i=1000797817086

#kohenwiley #mississippi #voteearly #midterms

Local Wikipedia: Wikipedia, but only for things a half hour walk from you (edjefferson.com)

https://edjefferson.com/localwiki/

#wikipedia

Kimi K3.1 Pro and K3.1 Pro Highspeed
https://www.kimi.com/code/docs/en/kimi-code/models.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50212065

Today, we hacked what we'd set out to hack: the iPhone
https://blog.calif.io/p/iphone

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50211474

CORSAIR RM1200e: potencia y protección GPU

https://blog.elhacker.net/2026/10/corsair-rm1200e-potencia-y-proteccion.html

balules

Yes, #Meta backs #fascism. Get the f*** off Facebook and Instagram. Seriously. https://www.commondreams.org/news/meta-algorithm-brazil-election

Veja a letra da música “Sleep On The Floor” de The Lumineers
#TheLumineers #SleepOnTheFloor
https://daletra.com.br/the-lumineers/letra/sleep-on-the-floor.html

This property in Fall City, WA features a small one-bedroom building that was featured in Twin Peaks. It would make a great short-term rental for visiting fans of the show.

Listing (first image is not the Bookhouse building): https://www.redfin.com/WA/Fall-City/4201-340th-Pl-SE-98024/home/465300

Twin Peaks fandom listing: https://twinpeaks.fandom.com/wiki/Bookhouse

#twinpeaks

Butter Payments has been sold

The company was purchased last month, said its former chief executive, Charles Rosenblatt, who noted intensifying competitive pressures

https://www.paymentsdive.com/news/butter-subscription-payments-sold-acquisition/833415/

#FinTech #FinServ #Banking #Payments #PayTech

Possible Phishing 🎣
on: ⚠️hxxps[:]//instagramloginpassword[.]blogspot[.]com
🧬 Analysis at: https://urldna.io/scan/6adb0f0f3b7750000995a234
#cybersecurity #phishing #infosec #urldna #scam #infosec

MSG reportedly tested Knicks employees with a fake championship ring offer to measure phishing susceptibility. The lure exploited brand trust and excitement, core triggers in real social engineering. It underscores the need for metrics-led training focused on reporting, not punishment. #PhishingSimulation #SecurityAwareness #HumanRisk

https://cyberworldops.eu/en/knicks-used-free-championship-ring-offer-to-test-employees-for

Risk of a "Monster-in-the-Middle" attack - upgrade your pip, uv, and certifi.
https://discuss.python.org/t/information-for-python-users-regarding-emudhra-emsign-ca-certificate-security-incident/109576

Sunset over the Sea of Cortez. It's easy, even on vacation, to miss the sunsets.

#sunset #photography #colours #hashtagsareweird

Mansur Yavaş TUSAŞ şehitlerini unutmadı: İsimlerini tek tek andı

https://abcgazetesi.com.tr/politika/mansur-yavas-tusas-sehitlerini-unutmadi-isimlerini-tek-tek-andi-875126

Wen Yanbo, born OTD in 1006, was a scholar-official of #China's Song dynasty who served four emperors over more than 50 years https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/china/yangshuo.html?s=mb #travel #history

@jerry

Automated posting: - accounts that post >50% using automation must be labeled as a “bot” in the user profile to help provide a visual indicator to visitors - automated posts must be limited to one post per hour/24 per day with post visibility set to “public”. There is no limit on “unlisted” posts.

Could there be a policy adjustment that requires all bot profiles to include the account of a person we could contact/notify when their bot is misbehaving and/or spouting misinformation?

I bring this up after responding to a bot account which was sharing incorrect info about a recent security issue. The bot wasn't misbehaving and it wasn't a critical issue, the info was just incorrect.

As always, thanks for providing the service!

AI: EU Member States approve “digital expropriation” for AI companies by @noybeu https://noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-member-states-approve-digital-expropriation-europeans-ai-companies

#TrumpRegime #USPolitics #GOP
"Mike DeWine, Ohio's outgoing Republican governor, on Thursday became the latest, and perhaps most significant, figure to denounce the ad, which began airing this week."

The Washington Post https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ramaswamy-ohio-attack-ad-shows-010345408.html
#Voting

#Voting
"The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the #Senate race in #Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses the contest while another candidate with the same name is on the ballot, kicking off what many have feared could become a lengthy battle between the U.S. government and states over certifying an election where the president's party is struggling."

AP https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-administration-sues-block-alaska-144654098.html