Distinct balance of realist/pragmatist/optimist. Tec(h)tonic. Allergic to bs. 🗣 Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. Come see me @thinkabelle.bsky.social
It's a threat and a provocation to everyone in this country for #SCOTUS to FORCE people to have babies instead of making laws that create a supportive system in which to raise babies into healthy, safe human beings. The fact that they chose violence instead of love is telling. 🔑
I've spent decades obsessed with the weirdest corner of the weirdest section of the worst internet law in the US: Sec 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which felonizes helping others configure their computers to serve their own interests over the manufacturers'.
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ALT A McDonald's McFlurry cup. Under its transparent lid is a poop emoji whose eyes have been replaced with the glowing red eyes of HAL 9000 from Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey.' The cup is spattered with dirt. Behind it is a 'code waterfall' effect as seen in the credit reels of the Wachowskis' 'Matrix' movies.
Image: Cryteria (modified)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HAL9000.svg
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Today, @CFPB finalized a rule that will make it easier to switch to a new provider when it comes to your loan or bank account, while also safeguarding against intrusive financial spying and surveillance.
consumerfinance.gov/about-us…
A maga family night out stealing 60 Harris/Walz signs in Nixa and Springfield, Missouri.
Shoutout to @Apple AirTag! Maga sure loves being felonious.
Link to video: tiktok.com/t/ZP88HmMJ7/
List of ready-to-eat meals affected by a 10-million pound meat and poultry recall from BrucePac of Woodburn, Oregon. Brands the food was sold under include Trader Joe's, 7-Eleven, Kroger, Boston Market and more.
centraloregondaily.com/news/…
Celebrated chef Kwame Onwuachi returns to D.C. with luxe Afro-Caribbean spot
This week the culinary talent behind Tatiana, twice named NYC’s best restaurant, opens the doors to Dogon, a fine-dining restaurant inside the Salamander Hotel. wapo.st/47Tb5dV
Harvard students, Caine Ardayfio & AnhPhu Nguyen, hacked Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses and installed facial recognition software. Merely looking at someone's face brings up their name, address, age, biography and any other info available on online databases. youtu.be/zKVXNVnPCrQ
A fast CME erupted from the Sun the evening of 8 Oct and is likely to arrive at Earth on 10 Oct. This CME has been analyzed and there is potential to reach G4 levels upon arrival and throughout CME passage. Visit swpc.noaa.gov/news/g4-severe… for the full story.
JUST IN: The Biden-Harris Administration has launched a Reddit account to provide accurate info on Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The White House will combat misinformation and share updates on federal response, recovery, and preparedness efforts across key sub-Reddits.
Link: reddit.com/user/whitehouse/
*However* the US telecoms market is so fucking *huge* that all the manufacturers build CALEA back doors into their gear, no matter where it's destined for.
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NERD HARDER! has been the answer ever since CALEA - and related Clinton-era initiatives, like the failed Clipper Chip program, which would have put a spy chip in every computer, and, eventually, every phone and gadget:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clippe…
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In 1994, Bill Clinton signed CALEA into law. The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act requires every US telecommunications network to be designed around facilitating access to law-enforcement wiretaps.
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State-backed Chinese hackers penetrated AT&T, Verizon, Lumen and others and for months, spied on individuals, firms and public officials, and did it without exploiting any code. No, they just used the back door the FBI requires of every carrier:
wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u…
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ALT A stainless steel, riveted cubic vault. On one face is a giant vault door surmounted by the FBI logo. On the other face is a rusty screen door with the words NO ENTRY on it; through the screen we see a Chinese flag.
Image:
Kris Duda, modified
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ahorcado/5433669707/
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Hundreds of the requests asked for government employees’ communications with civil rights and voting rights groups, including the ACLU; the Native American Rights Fund; Rock the Vote; and Fair Count, an organization founded by Stacey Abrams.
propublica.org/article/have-…
Every time I hear anything about "epigenetics," I'm taken back to @HeyFranHey's great episode about it on @FriendZonePod. This enlightening discussion about it with Dr. Bianca Jones Marlin is one I highly recommend!
youtu.be/KKaukv_JLX0
"Deadly blackouts that killed hundreds of people across Texas in 2021 — which have been widely blamed on failures to properly insulate gas pipelines — may have had a more nefarious cause, a new lawsuit alleges."
thehill.com/regulation/court…
"Over the past three years, a wave of new data — and lawsuits — have made the case that the outages were, in fact, a result of market manipulation by some of Texas’s biggest fossil fuel companies."