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"Oxfam identified 23 superyachts owned by 18 billionaires and estimates the average annual carbon footprint of each of these yachts to be 5,672 tons, which is more than three times the emissions of the billionaires' private jets," the study's executive summary reads. "This is equivalent to 860 years of emissions for the average person in the world."
https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/research-publications/carbon-inequality-kills/
Trump says US struck Islamic State targets in Nigeria after group targeted Christians
https://apnews.com/article/trump-islamic-state-nigeria-43478823f0562cafc527fad1448a0542?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into International News @international-news-AssociatedPress
President Donald Trump says the U.S. launched a “powerful and deadly" strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the government there of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians in the West African country. Trump posted news of the strike Thursday night on his social media site. He said last month that he'd ordered the Pentagon to begin planning for potential military action in Nigeria following the claims of Christian persecution. The State Department then announced in recent weeks that it would restrict visas for Nigerians and their family members involved in mass killings and violence against Christians. The U.S. recently designated Nigeria a “country of particular concern” under the International Religious Freedom Act.
My newest opinion piece just published.
"Trump is manipulating national security to stop energy projects he doesn’t like"
This Gmail hack is unsettling not because it’s flashy, but because it’s bureaucratic. Attackers aren’t breaking encryption or outsmarting algorithms. They’re filling out forms. By changing an account’s age and abusing Google’s Family Link feature, they can quietly reclassify an adult user as a “child” and assume parental control. At that point, the rightful owner isn’t hacked so much as administratively erased.
The clever part is that everything happens inside legitimate features. Passwords are changed. Two-factor settings are altered. Recovery options are overwritten. And when the user tries to get back in, Google’s automated systems see a supervised child account and do exactly what they were designed to do: say no.
Google says it’s looking into the issue, which suggests this wasn’t how the system was supposed to work. But it’s a reminder of an old lesson. Security failures often happen when protective mechanisms are combined in ways no one quite imagined. The tools aren’t broken. The assumptions are.
There’s no dramatic fix here, only mildly annoying advice that suddenly feels urgent. Review recovery settings. Lock down account changes. Use passkeys. Because once an attacker controls the recovery layer, proving you’re you can become surprisingly difficult.
TL;DR
🧠 Family safety tools are being weaponized
⚡ Account recovery can be shut down entirely
🎓 Legitimate features enable the lockout
🔍 Prevention matters more than appeals
#Cybersecurity #Gmail #IdentitySecurity #AccountRecovery #DigitalRisk #security #privacy #cloud #infosec
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