SpaceLifeForm

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Old Geek. Hacking for a Half Century. My Header is an image of a Black Hole without an accretion disk. May be cryptic. May wax philosophical. Big Bang is illusion.
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Alright, it's official! 💰

@matthew_d_green and I bet on what will break first, ML-KEM-768 or X25519. The loser donates to a 501(c)(3) picked by the winner.

If you have an opinion on quantum computers or lattices, you can join with a side bet. Just submit a PR!

https://github.com/FiloSottile/ecc-vs-lattices-long-bet

And we have Splashdown

Excelkent work NASA

#NASA #Artemis

#AmateurRadio #HamRadio #PersonalRadio accounts to follow:

@hamradio - Discussion group about amateur radio, follow to see posts, mention to make post
@meshtastic - Decentralised encrypted mesh network using low-power radios
@ARISS_Intl - Helping students talk to astronauts on International Space Station via amateur radio
@gnuradio - Free open source toolkit for software radio / SDR
@dlarc - Online library on ham radio & early comms
@openrtx - Free open firmware for digital ham radios

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Trump Weighs Ultimate Gift to For-Profit Insurance Industry: Medicare Privatization | Common Dreams

"They want to remove the guarantee of Medicare," one advocate said of the Trump administration's floated plan to automatically enroll seniors in Medicare Advantage.

Common Dreams
Time to start a GoFundMe for the US government's cybersecurity efforts.
Trump admin hounds Reddit to reveal identity of user who criticized ICE
Trump admin reportedly gets grand jury involved in attempt to identify Redditor.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/trump-admin-hounds-reddit-to-reveal-identity-of-user-who-criticized-ice/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Science cannot live by LLM alone, part 12,386.

As an experiment, Almira Osmanovic Thunström published fake papers about a fake eye disease that credited Professor Maria Bohm of Starfleet Academy. They were said to be funded by the Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation in partnership with the University of the Fellowship of the Ring.

Despite such obvious trickery, within a few weeks, chatbots were citing the studies as real:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y

Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real

Bixonimania doesn’t exist except in a clutch of obviously bogus academic papers. So why did AI chatbots warn people about this fictional illness?

Positive News: France has announced its plan to ditch Windows & switch to Linux for government desktops. 🥳 🇫🇷

Not only that, but they have also moved 80, 000 National Health Insurance Fund Employees to open source alternatives replacing U.S owned Big Tech platforms like Microsoft Teams & Zoom.

It’s amazing to see the country take action, push for real digital sovereignty, & opt for open source solutions! 👏

More here: https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/