Here’s a random question:
What dish do you love to cook? Not just for the finished meal, but what dish has ingredients you love or a uses a technique that is fun?
I enjoy making homemade tortillas for my tacos. It’s time consuming but relaxing. I love almost any dish with citrus.
Breaking, new, by me: Iran-backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker
A hacktivist group with links to Iran's intelligence agencies is claiming responsibility for a data-wiping attack against Stryker, a global medical technology company based in Michigan. News reports out of Ireland, Stryker's largest hub outside of the United States, said the company sent home more than 5,000 workers there today. Meanwhile, a voicemail message at Stryker's main U.S. headquarters says the company is currently experiencing a building emergency.
From the story:
"Wiper attacks usually involve malicious software designed to overwrite any existing data on infected devices. But a trusted source with knowledge of the attack who spoke on condition of anonymity told KrebsOnSecurity the perpetrators in this case appear to have used a Microsoft service called Microsoft Intune to issue a ‘remote wipe’ command against all connected devices."
"Intune is a cloud-based solution built for IT teams to enforce security and data compliance policies, and it provides a single, web-based administrative console to monitor and control devices regardless of location. The Intune connection is supported by this Reddit discussion on the Stryker outage, where several users who claimed to be Stryker employees said they were told to uninstall Intune urgently."
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/03/iran-backed-hackers-claim-wiper-attack-on-medtech-firm-stryker/
RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116204532468975309
I’m going to nerd out here. Anyone remember that poem “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley we had to read in high school? It’s like some of our elites and visionaries forgot the deeper meaning. Or just didn’t listen.
Random thought.
If public libraries didn't already exist, capitalism wouldn't let you invent it. Can you imagine how many billions Jeff Bezos would plough into fighting the idea, destroying any politician who dared to back it?
Support your local library.
RE: https://newsie.social/@royaards/116198366630721161
In the US, those two lower levels are sold to us as the American dream.
Never mind that you may have a crumbling foundation you can't afford to repair or that land a stone's throw from your door is rezoned for industrial use, your property tax will reflect its "investment" value.
This video was released by #Forbrukerrådet, the Norwegian #Consumer Council, a few days ago
It imagines the career trajectory of an "enshittificator"
It was hard for him to enshittify minor aspects of daily life in person, but became easy for him to do so at scale once he embraced the #Internet and #technology
It's genius #satire
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RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116187445511728367
To City Councils and Governors across the US,
Please listen to your residents' fears and concerns and resist the siren song of job creation and tax revenue. Are you truly certain the race to AI dominance is worth the human cost?
RE: https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/116176109080132380
Why are we shaping our communities and our landscapes into this? It's turning habitable zones into inhabitable zones. In a case like this, the toll on people's physical and mental health is referred to, callously, as a negative externality.
BrianKrebs
David Njoku
ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIES