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For years, disruption and chaos have been portrayed as leadership. But moments like the Artemis II mission and real governing wins at the state and local level are reminding people what competence actually feels like. Once voters start expecting real and valuable results again, politics changes. At this moment in America, that shift matters. https://thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/hunger-for-competence-artemis-trump-governance

What Artemis II Taught Us About Good Governance

Americans have been yearning for an end to the chaos. What we owe ourselves is something as bold and promising as a lunar mission.

The Big Picture

Michael Mar 23

TidBITS Mar 23

DarkSword Exploit Threatens iPhones Still Running iOS 18
https://tidbits.com/2026/03/23/darksword-exploit-threatens-iphones-still-running-ios-18

DarkSword Exploit Threatens iPhones Still Running iOS 18 - TidBITS

Security researchers have discovered DarkSword, a sophisticated exploit chain targeting iOS 18.4 through 18.7.2. Unlike past spyware aimed at high-profile targets, DarkSword is being surreptitiously deployed on legitimate websites against ordinary users.

TidBITS

Michael Mar 23

MacRumors.com Mar 23

Steve Jobs Talks iBook, AirPort, and More in Newly Surfaced 1999 Video https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/23/steve-jobs-talks-ibook-airport-and-more/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Steve Jobs Talks iBook, AirPort, and More in Newly Surfaced 1999 Video

A newly surfaced internal 1999 Apple campus video of Steve Jobs provides a rare, unfiltered look at the company's post-turnaround strategy. ...

MacRumors

Michael Feb 27

Renaud Lifchitz

Feb 26

New AirSnitch attack breaks Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises
https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/02/new-airsnitch-attack-breaks-wi-fi-encryption-in-homes-offices-and-enterprises/

New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

That guest network you set up for your neighbors may not be as secure as you think.

Ars Technica

Michael Feb 27

Cassandrich Feb 26

PSA: The Amazon wishlist doxing threat is much greater and more immediate than folks might realize. Attack works like this:

Stalker who wants your address opens an Amazon seller account and lists themselves as a third party seller for any item on your public wishlist. Then, they order the item from themselves as a gift for you. Bam, they have your address.

In particular, attack does not depend on an existing third party seller having poor PII handling hygiene, like the articles have implied.

Michael Feb 17

adafruit Feb 17

"Apple Predicted Your AI Assistant in 1987. They Were Off by 18 Days" Looks like there are enough tools, services, and open-source versions of various apps to make this "real" we'll see what is possible soon, Mastodon dudes, if you do not like the content we publish, you don't need to read it, block, move on - for everyone else, stop back later. siri was october 2011

Michael Feb 12

Ben Feb 11

Always love the Winter Olympics (sound on)

Michael Feb 7

Natasha

🇪🇺Feb 6

I don't want to laugh at someone's real distress but this IS very funny ...

Juan Carlos Muñoz Dec 27

After 15 months of hard work, my dad has finished this impressive model of Minas Tirith! It is 1.4 m high and entirely hand-made out of wood. One of the most time-consuming parts was manually engraving the bricks on all walls and buildings, but this was key to properly convey the huge size of the city. Everything was painted by hand, adding some wear and tear. For a behind-the-scenes look at how he built this check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Ywlc8ojjE

#lotr #MastoArt #art #craft