All ten chapters of The Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Alphabet are live now! Binge it: patreon.com/posts/ghost-hunt…
"I’m not saying that my daisy chain attack on the emergency harbour fire response valves started with admin/admin, but I’m not, *not* saying it."
Art by @asphodellesart
ALT Black, white, and gray comic art of seven humans, one cat, and one sea creature. The humans are of different skin tones and clothing from eras ranging from 1800s-present. The cat is cradled in the arms of a girl who is holding a selfie stick for their group shot at the edge of the harbour in Wellington. Behind them, the sea creature, a giant feminine person, is grinning and making "chaka" hand signs -- she is happy.
New newsletter: SolarWinds got away with it, Apple inserts its AI into apps that don’t have AI, Kawaiicon’s literal anti-virus system rules, Arduino’s new terms hate #hackers, TryHackMe’s #cyber advent calendar is a weenie roast, and more.
Link: patreon.com/posts/cybersecur…
At New Zealand's Kawaiican cybersecurity convention, organizers hacked together a way for attendees to track CO2 levels throughout the venue—even before they arrived. wired.com/story/this-hacker-…
Thanks so much for the shout-out, @violetblue!
Threat Model, an invaluable resource for Covid-related news, free every Thursday. (That's the Covid edition; there's also an outstanding Cybersecurity edition out every Tuesday.)
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New: Asymptomatic human H5N1 cases confirmed, rare but real, and documented with molecular + serologic testing. This is the kind of early signal you always track. Also we're filling ongoing CDC Covid data blackout gaps, nextgen prevention tools/vax, more: patreon.com/posts/covid-nove…
This week: Weimar Berlin meets Boardwalk Empire in 1930s Wellington for a tale of horror.
Here's what happened to Ambrose in the Southern Hemisphere's very own Overlook Hotel: patreon.com/posts/chapter-si…
Start here if you're newly dead: patreon.com/posts/chapter-on…
From earlier:
FCC to ditch last remaining #cybersecurity rules for telecoms, someone punked Cellebrite on a sales call, China’s president jokes about backdoors, a look at Māori AI data safeguards, and why newsletters like this matter more than ever.
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ALT Vintage poster on yellowed paper with a hand-drawn, smiling uniformed constable holing up his permit log. Text reads:
Haunt Authority Management Compliance Organisation Wellington
"Situation well in hand"
A HAMCOW haunting permit is required to haunt on public Wellington allotments. Each ghost within a haunting party and intending to haunt in a single allotment must have a group Permit. Urban Legend allotments are strictly prohibited Restricted Heritage Sites. Permits, Haunt Licences, and Urban Legend Designations cannot be transferred to, or be used by, anyone else. Open Haunt Areas do not add points toward Full Haunt Licencing. Restricted Permits often have specific special conditions, eg for a limited period.
Before you haunt in Wellington
Find out what permit you need to haunt on licenced allotments.
Apply today!
Class 1, 2, and 3 Permits.
Indoor Permits Available.
Haunt in most designated Authorised Ghosts Exempt areas outside most time restrictions.
Enquire about our Lear
Get caught up: US CDC infectious disease data blackout in 3rd week, #Covid jab sparks immune response to fight cancer, millions have lost sense of smell “without even realizing it,” #LongCovid is “changing an entire generation,” and much more.
Link: patreon.com/posts/covid-octo…
ALT Strong Wind Warning - Red
Area: Wellington, and Wairarapa south of Carterton
Period: 10 hours from 8:00am Thu 23 Oct to 6:00pm Thu 23 Oct
Forecast: Severe gale northwesterlies with damaging gusts of 140 km/h in exposed places.
Impact: Threat to life from flying items and falling trees. Destructive winds will cause widespread damage including powerlines and roofs, with dangerous driving conditions and significant disruption to transport and power supply.
Action: Stay indoors or seek sturdy shelter away from trees. Avoid travel. Be ready for power and communication outages.
New: an article reframing information warfare as emotional infiltration rather than propaganda, the breach map of federal agencies keeps expanding, closure for one of the longest cryptographic public riddles in US history, and more: patreon.com/posts/cybersecur…#cybersecurity
The Wellington mask bloc was refilled a couple of days ago, and 400 masks have already been distributed.
Anyone based in Wellington interested in supporting by storing and/or restocking masks can make contact in the attached Google form.
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C is for CROSSING -- paywall lifted for Chapter Two of The Ghost Hunter's Guide to the Alphabet, featuring character art by @asphodellesart
Ghosts. History. #Horror. Boomers on molly. A missing cat. Wellington like you've never known.
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Working on tomorrow's Threat Model: Covid and I just noticed that last week's was the 300th. Three hundred weekly #Covid and #LongCovid news updates. Every week, same time, same day, for 300 weeks. Wow.