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jbaggs

@jbaggs@infosec.exchange

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I've been in and out of information security professionally, but somehow always have related projects. Mainly working with zeek and network level detection at the moment. SDR, cycling, and climbing enthusiast.

I boost a lot. Topics range far and wide from security and "the cybers" and may include politics, food, humor, science, law, nature, art, and other sundry unsavories. I occasionally post my own projects and thoughts.

Pronouns	he / him
Github	https://github.com/jbaggs
Age	Somewhere between Bianchi green and Soekris green

AI6YR Ben 23h ago

👀

"KERR COUNTY folks didn’t want to take money from “The Biden Regime” that could’ve been used for a flood warning system 👇🏽"

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3ltpqv4ei6k2h

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)

WATCH: “More could’ve been done.” KERR COUNTY folks didn’t want to take money from “The Biden Regime” that could’ve been used for a flood warning system 👇🏽

Bluesky Social

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 23h ago

NEW: Spyware maker Paragon says its $2 million contract with ICE is still inactive and under review, meaning the company hasn’t provided its surveillance tech to the agency yet.

If the U.S. government approves the contract, Paragon will face the dilemma of continuing its relationship with an agency that’s very different today compared to when the contract was signed in 2024.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/11/can-an-ethical-spyware-maker-provide-its-tech-to-ice/

Can an ‘ethical’ spyware maker justify providing its tech to ICE? | TechCrunch

Analysis: In calling itself an ethical spyware vendor, Paragon has opened itself up to scrutiny of its government customers.

TechCrunch

@MLE_online Ooh, that sounds nice.

Jeri Dansky 1d ago

Regarding my question about keeping my copper phone lines or not, I just saw this which I'd missed before; AT&T has announced it intends to get rid of its copper networks by 2029, assuming regulators allow that. California might be an exception.

https://www.pcmag.com/news/att-to-retire-traditional-landlines-by-2029-except-in-this-state

In 2024, California said no to its request to get out of its Carrier of Last Resort obligations.
https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/news-and-updates/all-news/cpuc-rejects-att-request-to-withdraw-as-carrier.

But it's trying again:
https://www.ptreyeslight.com/news/landlines-endangered-by-rule-update/

@ai6yr @sindarina @mattblaze
@MsMerope

donni saphire 1d ago

Self care is important! Try to eat some type of food and drink one or more beverages. Also, scream freely

AI6YR Ben 1d ago

The Guardian: Federal agents use force during immigration raid at two California farms

"...Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents accompanied by national guard troops in military-style vehicles turned up at two locations operated by Glass House Farms, one in the Santa Barbara county town of Carpinteria, about 90 miles (145km) north-west of Los Angeles, and one in the Ventura county community of Camarillo, about 50 miles from LA...."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/federal-agents-raid-farms-california

#ice #VenturaCounty #SantaBarbaraCounty #Camarillo #Oxnard #Carpinteria

Federal agents use force during immigration raid at two California farms

Immigration and Customs Enforcement responded to protesters with chemical munitions

The Guardian

@ai6yr I don't want to presuppose anything, but why are the words "stop resisting" going through my head currently?

@ai6yr So much freedom.

Doug Bostrom 2d ago

Almost-ready system traded for imaginary private sector efficiency pixies.

"The problem, according to private space industry representatives, is a line in a budget request document that mentions (page 300) plans to reduce funding for the Office of Space Commerce (OSC) in the next budget year, slashing its budget from $65 million to just $10 million. That $55M cut is accomplished by eliminating the Traffic Coordination System for Space (TraCSS) program, and that doesn't leave the space industry feeling very confident in the state of orbital affairs."

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/10/space_traffic_control_congress/

Please don't cut funds for space traffic control, industry begs Congress

: TraCSS is like an FAA for space, and it's slated for the chopping block

The Register

AI6YR Ben 1d ago

Drone operator for VCFD (or VCSO?) trying to be "helpful" to feds about where people are, and was pulled back hard by incident commanders (was told that is not their mission, which is to render medical aid to anyone who needs it). #LagunaIncident #VenturaCounty #MCi

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Ryan Pollard 4d ago

My daughter just asked me "Why would they call it 'sweet n low' and use a treble clef instead of bass?"

🤯

Decades. I've ignored this glaring #marketing fail for decades.

CM Thiede 3d ago

@rdp good question

Daniel Lakeland 3d ago

@rdp
She's thinking of that other artificial sweetener, Funk 'n Down

Ryan Pollard 3d ago

@dlakelan 🤔 I would try it once at least.

Daniel Lakeland 3d ago

@rdp
Comes in a delicious chocolate wrapper. Motto is "put a little funk in yo tea, put a lotta funk in yo coffee".

Steven Sandoval 3d ago

@rdp I think it's based on this late 19th century poem of the same name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_and_Low_%28poem%29?wprov=sfla1

Perhaps the treble clef was used since it was more recognizable than the bass clef.

Sweet and Low (poem) - Wikipedia

Ryan Pollard 3d ago

@baltakatei I'm sure you're probably right about the recognizability. It's still going to bother me regardless. 😅

Jonathan Yu 2d ago

@rdp @baltakatei Treble clef notes are sweeter, surely?

John Francis 🦫🇨🇦🍁💪⬆️3d ago

@rdp it sounds lower when you think she's a soprano but she's actually a bass.

Josh “Space Phrasing” Cubert 3d ago

@rdp @LexPendragon Also, “why do they call it ‘sweet and low’ when it’s clearly powdered fiberglass?”

Clive Thompson 3d ago

<neo voice>

whoa

</neo voice>

@rdp because sadly most people won't understand what it was if there was a bass key there 8-(

Ryan Pollard 3d ago

@oblomov I hate that you're right.

@rdp me too 8-/

Alex, the Hearth Fire 3d ago

@rdp my only context is The Music Man, but there "Sweet and Low" is sung by a soprano

agent.umbra 3d ago

Here's my speculation:

That's exactly what it was proposed to be, then some idiot exec couldn't wrap his head around the concept of a bass clef symbol and so they changed it to the more recognizable treble clef.

Ryan Pollard 3d ago

@ringagentumbra I completely agree with you and would argue, with the benefit of hindsight of course, that a few random musical notes 🎶 would have served even better in that respect.

Mike Knell 3d ago

@rdp Probably because of all the viola players who would show up and ask why they weren’t using the alto clef.

Ryan Pollard 3d ago

@m You can always count on violists. 😅

Stoneface Vimes 3d ago

@rdp oh god, yes. Should be a bass clef, of course it should.

Gordon Fawks 3d ago

@rdp most people who are not musically trained will not know the difference.

Ryan Pollard 3d ago

@GordonFawks I *AM* musically trained and I haven't questioned it like... ever. How embarrassing. 🙄

crazyeddie 3d ago

@rdp My true entry into the drug scene right there.

Ryan Pollard 3d ago

@crazyeddie Who among us hasn't freebased Splenda in a corner booth of some run-down diner?

crazyeddie 3d ago

@rdp Does Splenda get you high? Sweet n low does. Horrible headaches on the down though.

Ryan Pollard 3d ago

@crazyeddie Wait, for real? I thought we were kidding around here. I had no idea.

crazyeddie 3d ago

@rdp Yeah, a small group of us in middle school snorted it. We did it for a couple weeks and got tired of it.

I think there's been kids die from it. We weren't smart. I'm "fine" though so...

Ryan Pollard 3d ago

@crazyeddie Damn. "TIL" indeed. 🫨

Chad McCullough

@rdp 🤯

Justin Derrick 3d ago

@rdp What's a powdered chemical sugar substitute got to do with musical notation anyway? It's a bizarre graphic design.

Ryan Pollard 3d ago

@JustinDerrick Don't question the whimsy, Justin! 😅

@rdp I think it's because the name is derived from this song

https://www.bethsnotesplus.com/2016/08/sweet-and-low.html

Ryan Pollard 3d ago

@feld You are almost certainly correct.

Steve Canon 2d ago

@rdp Plenty of sweet and low instruments are normally written in treble clef. Bass Oboe and Clarinet, Subcontrabass Tubax, etc

Tofu Golem 2d ago

@rdp
Thanks. I feel even dumber now.

Jigme Datse 2d ago

@rdp While, I'll be... Never considered that...

WhichOne'sPink 🇫🇮1d ago

@rdp Because (I guess) only music people know what a bass clef is.
Outstanding observation though.