October 23, 2022

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg

THREAD: In @SenatorLeahy's new memoir, there's a wild story in it that I haven't ever seen before—a rare glimpse into the shadowy way that the intel agencies interact with Members of Congress. It feels ripped from a political thriller movie...:

phoenixbooks.bizThe Road Taken: A Memoir (Hardcover) | Phoenix BooksA historic, sweeping memoir from United States Senator Patrick Leahy, currently the chamber’s longest-serving senator and President Pro Tempore. In his landmark memoir The Road Taken, Patrick Leahy looks back on a life lived on the front lines of American politics. As the senior-most member and de f…

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TRADER ZHOU'S 🔆 @SeniorMushroom

lmfao national stereotypes that Chinese people have of Europe based off of the most common Baidu searches, wish I could say I was surprised:

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A great post by Paul Szoldra on the strange dynamic of Elon Musk’s Starlink and the Ukrainian military.

I must say, the Ukrainians are playing this so badly. Elon has them by the balls and they’re insulting him. Regardless of how you feel about someone, when they have that sort of power you have to make them like you. Ukraine should go on a charm offensive. Invite him to meet important people. Show him how great he is. How come Putin calls him but not Zelensky? Putin isn’t even a Starlink customer! Zelensky should make a point of driving a Tesla on camera. This is the most basic of influence operations work and he is the most important target for influence.

Elon Musk's command of the Ukrainian military

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Myrtus @Myrtus0x0

In case you missed it, gave a talk on #smokeloader! Went over my process for extracting configuration, general reverse engineering and protocol emulation

youtube.comSmokeloader: The Pandora’s box of tricks, payloads and anti-analysis - BSides Portland 2022Over the last 2 years I’ve looked into the malware as a service (MaaS) known as Smokeloader. Smokeloader is notorious for being heavily obfuscated and curren...

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https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2016/08/13/mimesis-violence-and-facebook-peter-thiels-french-connection-full-essay/

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Visegrád 24 @visegrad24

French police is investigating multiple coordinated cuts to fiber-optic cables in Marseille, cutting the city off from other cities in France and Europe as internet and phone services have been severely disrupted.

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Tired Dad of 2 @Tired_Dad_of_2

PSA: (Parent Service Announcement) A warning to fellow parents: Alexa can make fart noises. My kids have recently learned this. It’s too late for me, but if your kids do not know this, then there is still hope for you. What’s the big deal, you ask? Let me tell you: 👇🏻

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Dr Kate Compton #BotGirlSummer @GalaxyKate

declaring a new term: A Bach Faucet is a situation where a generative system makes an endless supply of some content at or above the quality of some culturally-valued original, but the endless supply of it makes it no longer rare, and thus less valuable

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warrior cop @wyatt_privilege

Thanks for the reply. Are there any other personal details from your life that make this joke setup not applicable to you? You can reply here or I’d be happy to hop on a call and hear more

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Lincoln Michel @TheLincoln

Fixed this for Shakespeare

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Kae "Pumpkin Pie" Lani Palmisano @KaeLaniSays

I have never been more inspired by anything than this work of art

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John Hudson @John_Hudson

“It’s very likely that we won’t find out exactly what happened for years. There may be an announcement about Hu’s health—or the incident may simply never be explained publicly,” writes ⁦@BeijingPalmer⁩

foreignpolicy.comWhat the Hell Just Happened to Hu Jintao?Xi Jinping’s predecessor was forcibly led away from the Party Congress.

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Eric Weiskott @ericweiskott

midcareer achievement unlocked, guys! in a scathing report, Reviewer 2 accuses me of misunderstanding the work of Eric Weiskott

Ken Rothman @ken_rothman

@jmtheodor @ericweiskott @terezia_zoric I received my own paper to review from a prominent journal. I wrote a polite but tough critique and recommended revise and resubmit.

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Nice. The return of WW2 style anti aircraft artillery. Of course, the problem with drones is spotting them, not just shooting them. Not sure your best chance would be from inside a vehicle.

https://taskandpurpose.com/tech-tactics/army-xm1211-high-explosive-proximity-round-fielding/

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Lukasz Olejnik @lukOlejnik

Australia recently faced big breaches. They will increase penalties for major data breaches. "A$50m [€32.23m]/ three times the value of the benefit obtained through the misuse of information/30% of turnover in the relevant period". MUCH higher than #GDPR! ministers.ag.gov.au/media-centre/t…

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Electrospaces @electrospaces

Interesting report about the capabilities of the satellite interception station which the German #BND operates near the town of Schöningen:

theintercept.comSnowden Archive - NSAers Make First-Ever Visit to FORNSAT Collection Site in Sch̦ningen, GermanyThe BND (German Federal Intelligence Service) has a base at Schoningen, where they collect different types of mobile communications (satellite, fax, and GSM), many of which they share with their NSA counterparts. NSA visited to compare notes, and requested copies of some of the Germans’ software too…

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