Steve Bellovin

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I'm an affiliate scholar at Georgetown's Institute for Technology Law and Policy, and a computer science professor emeritus and former affiliate law prof at Columbia University. Author of "Thinking Security". Dinosaur photographer. Not ashamed to say that I’m still masking, because long Covid terrifies me.
Home Pagehttps://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/
PronounsHe/Him
Photography-only account@urbandinosaurs
LicenseAll of my photos available via a Creative Commons BY-NC license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Any Democratic candidate who does not put this headline into an ad is politically negligent

https://www.axios.com/2026/03/30/gop-health-care-pay-iran-war

#USPol

Let’s be clear. Deploying ICE at polling places is intended to intimidate racial minorities who are U.S. citizens from voting.
And 18 U.S.C. § 592 prohibits military or civil officials from stationing troops or armed personnel at polling locations, unless necessary to repel armed enemies
Third game of the season for the Mets, second extra-inning game. I do NOT like the ghost runner rule.

RE: https://phire.place/@middleclasstool/116313375216342356

LOL of course everything the Trump White House does is a jumbo-sized flaming bag of dog shit.

Trump Demands Allies Do Their Fair Share To Fuck Up The World

https://theonion.com/trump-demands-allies-do-their-fair-share-to-fuck-up-the-world/
Trump Demands Allies Do Their Fair Share To Fuck Up The World

WASHINGTON—Declaring that the United States would no longer bear the full burden of screwing the pooch on a global level, President Donald Trump issued a statement Monday demanding U.S. allies do their fair share to help fuck up the world. “The United States contributes far more to worldwide suffering than any of our so-called ‘allies’ […]

The Onion
#NoKings #Altoona 28 March 2026 One of my favorite signs.
“We live in an age of brutish, evil stupidity.” prospect.org/2026/03/28/p...

‘Project Hail Mary’ Shows What...
‘Project Hail Mary’ Shows What Real Heroism Looks Like

It isn’t shooting the bad guy. It’s sacrificing to save your alien rock pal.

The American Prospect

The next major national action of this movement is not just going to be another protest,” Ezra Levin said.

“It is a tactical escalation... It is an economic show of force, inspired by Minnesota’s own day of truth and action.”

“On May 1, on May Day,
we are saying,
‘No business as usual,’” he said.

“No work, no school, no shopping.

We’re going to show up and say we’re putting workers over billionaires and kings"
https://www.rawstory.com/date-announced-for-national-strike-aimed-at-crippling-trump-no-work-no-school/

Date announced for national strike aimed at crippling Trump: 'No work, no school'

Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, said on Saturday that a nationwide general strike is being planned for May 1 that will be modeled on the day of action residents of Minnesota organized in January against the brutality carried out by federal immigration enforcement officials.Appearing at the fl...

Raw Story

Any journalists want to write about this? Or anyone know how to figure out who insures Reflect Orbital? Reflect Orbital will cause eye damage to people using telescopes, as astronomers have previously calculated, and they openly admitted it in their reply.

(There is a whole slew of absolutely devastating ecological damage they will also cause, but I'm focusing on this one for now because it's so shocking)

Released today: Virtual Schlüsselgerät 41
This cipher machine, based on Hagelin C-38 but WAY more complex was set to replace Enigma.
Over a year of work & research & it's ready for you to try for yourself.

https://sg41.virtualcolossus.co.uk

@ccr