Nonya Bidniss

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Rizzler. Retired deep state IC/civil servant. Scientific & technical intelligence re pandemic threats, chem/bio weapons, bioscience, emerging tech; personal staff of senior GOs; tech writer, speech writer, senior editor; also worked at various analytic & research labs. Today I hike, cook, read & watch #scifi. Degrees in biology & strategic intelligence. Ham. Currently in N. Alabama :( #veteran #atheist #antifascist #natsec 🌻#ActuallyAutistic #nobot
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ReadingMoonseed by Stephen Baxter
ListeningThe Potency of Ungovernable Impulses by Malka Older
ListeningThe Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
WatchingParadise
WatchingStar Trek: Voyager
WatchingThe Rise of the Nazis (BBC)
26 years old from South Sudan. He has been in the US since age 13, when he was recruited to the country for basketball. Now being discarded as if he was human refuse. Shame on Syracuse for not intervening. www.syracuse.com/news/2026/04...
I hate to whatabout, but this was literally the core of what right wingers wanted to impeach Biden over. www.reuters.com/world/china/...
mostly this is being driven by big manufacturers using the fear about 3D printed guns as a way to bring all the enshittification we hate about traditional printers (being forced to use their more expensive cartridges or your scanner locks up, for example) to the 3D printing space
there's a flood of new state-level 3D printing laws that are basically sloppy moral panics about 3D printed guns, but the laws are all so terribly written and overly broad that they do more harm than good. NY is pushing one, now so is California:

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lr36xv2l64jwtnyoaqem6z2z/post/3mjfw44ab6t2i
An updated version of "Exploits of a Mom" by XKCD:

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Socket Security has discovered a cluster of 108 malicious Chrome extensions that steal and send user credentials to the same command-and-control server.

The extensions were published through five developer accounts and are still live on the official Chrome Web Store.

https://socket.dev/blog/108-chrome-ext-linked-to-data-exfil-session-theft-shared-c2

108 Chrome Extensions Linked to Data Exfiltration and Session Theft via Shared C2 Infrastructure

Campaign of 108 extensions harvests identities, steals sessions, and adds backdoors to browsers, all tied to the same C2 infrastructure.

Socket
I also this morning listened to a podcast from Deep State Radio called "Need to Know" which is focused on national security and a significant point of discussion was one that I've been making for years, always with a sense of great frustration -- that is, national security certainly does include the military but should be as much focused on citizens as it is on repelling military threats. National security should mean heavily investing in each person's health and education and those should be free because the tax structure enables it. No one should starve or be homeless in a secure nation. Every person should be able to access whatever level of education or trade training they desire for a rewarding life of purpose. Every person should have no middleman siphoning off cash, standing between them and their healthcare system. A country that does this will find it has the vitality and optimism that underlie actual patriotism. https://thedsrnetwork.com/the-real-reason-america-is-in-such-danger-right-nowand-the-solution
The Real Reason America Is In Such Danger Right Now…and the Solution

The ceasefire with Iran and subsequent peace talks have taken a predictably disastrous turn. JD Vance has utterly failed as a negotiator. Trump has returned to his maximalist aggression and threatens

The DSR Network
Apparently there's a group called Patriotic Millionaires whose purpose is to increase taxes on the rich. Here is their founder Erica Payne at a recent event of theirs, posted by Aaron Rupar on bsky
VOUCHER SCAM: “Welfare for the wealthy. We just gave $300 MILLION for private school vouchers.” MEMPHIS Rep. @[email protected] on why he oppose the @WilliamLamberth @GovBillLee voucher expansion bill that passed the house tonight. (@repgillespie voted yes)