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“If I’m not imagined in your future, do I exist in it?”-Hodari Davis
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There were reports today of @SophosXOps and other vendors being impacted by FortiBleed. We have posted our early analysis here: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/security-advisories/fortinet-fortibleed-credential-exposure-and-sophos-vpn-bruteforcing-campaign
TLDR; so far no evidence of an exploit in Sophos Firewall and no evidence of successful brute force against customers, we are still investigating to be sure.
Scientific American's Megha Satyanarayana asked me what advice I have for young scientists. My answer:
"Question everything, question the source of information that you get [...] Just follow all the rabbit holes [...] You spend years and years and years still asking the same question or following a specific rabbit hole that other people are too tired to follow. And that’s really where there is no shortcut to scientific discovery or innovation. You have to struggle."
The Digital Life We Forgot We Had
Examine the growing challenge of managing the digital lives we accumulate over time. From forgotten accounts and subscriptions to digital estate planning and account recovery, this episode explores how personal identity data becomes increasingly difficult to discover, manage, and access as our online relationships expand. Discover why account discovery, digital inheritance,…
https://sphericalcowconsulting.com/2026/06/16/the-digital-life-we-forgot-we-had/
Just a friendly reminder that 50 years of "trickle down" has turned millionaires into billionaires, and billionaires into trillionaires.
Meanwhile the minimum wage stayed stagnant and prices skyrocketed on everything from gas to groceries to homes.
The trickle never came.
If you want to hire someone with a guarantee that they will not be using any AI in their work, let me know, I'm still available (and semi-looking).
More information on the types of work I'm looking for on my profile page pinned post 
Workers, hiding behind a tarp, removed Trump's name from the Kennedy Center.
Workers, hiding behind the Department of Justice, removed Trump's name from the Epstein files.
Chester Wisniewski 🇨🇦
Rosie
Church of Jeff
Timnit Gebru (she/her).
Heather
𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒶 "not yet begun to fight"
Em 
Peter Gleick
Jonathan Kamens 86 47
Max Leibman