Mastodawn

This seems based more on luck than anything else but the crash out from the Bluesky leadership makes the timing of this is about as good as it’ll get

From: @TechCrunch
https://mstdn.social/@TechCrunch/115333875375931935

TechCrunch (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Mastodon is planning to make it easier for newcomers to discover curated collections of users to follow by launching a new starter packs feature. https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/07/mastodon-is-taking-cues-from-bluesky-with-plans-for-its-own-starter-packs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Mastodon 🐘

Al Nov 14, 2023

Molly White Nov 14, 2023

it's time to seriously question if guys are too emotional to hold political office

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4309080-gop-senator-teamsters-president-nearly-brawl-in-senate-hearing/

#USpol #USpolitics #GOP

GOP senator, Teamsters president nearly brawl in Senate hearing

Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R), a former mixed martial arts fighter, nearly came to blows with the president of the Teamsters at a Senate hearing on Tuesday, forcing Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to step in to stop a brawl from breaking out in the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee room. Mullin challenged…

The Hill

Al Nov 9, 2023

The Black co-captain that was jumped by the white family in the Montgomery boat brawl finally gets his day in court. By which I mean he’s been arraigned for assaulting the people that jumped him. https://news.yahoo.com/black-co-captain-involved-montgomery-182511472.html

Black co-captain involved in Montgomery riverfront brawl charged with assault

Municipal court records indicate that the complainant in Harriott II co-captain Dameion Pickett’s case is a white man who was […] The post Black co-captain...

Yahoo News

Al Nov 8, 2023

Zach Weinersmith Nov 8, 2023

Remember that anecdote about Sally Ride and tampons that went viral a few years ago - it's probably not quite what you thought: https://lithub.com/what-to-do-when-your-period-comes-in-space/

What To Do When Your Period Comes… In Space

You may have heard a story about women astronauts of the 1978 NASA class being given an absurd amount of tampons by clueless techs. It goes like this: Kathy Sullivan and Sally Ride, both members of…

Literary Hub

Al Nov 4, 2023

Ars Technica Nov 4, 2023

No, Okta, senior management, not an errant employee, caused you to get hacked

If a transgression by a single employee breaches your network, you're doing it wrong.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/no-okta-senior-management-not-an-errant-employee-caused-you-to-get-hacked/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

No, Okta, senior management, not an errant employee, caused you to get hacked

If a transgression by a single employee breaches your network, you're doing it wrong.

Ars Technica

Al Oct 20, 2023

If you’re a US adult there’s a better than 50/50 chance that your PII was leaked by Equifax in 2017. At the time I worked for a small credit rating agency with a similar cache of PII on American adults. Our mantra was that if we got breached then just grab a box and start packing because the company would quickly be sued and fined out of existence. The fact that this never happened to Equifax was a failure of governance. That same failure of governance led to the 23andMe situation of today.

Al Oct 19, 2023

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’ll turn off my ad blocker when advertising platforms accept liability for distributing malware

From: @briankrebs
https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/111261826129123343

BrianKrebs (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Like Microsoft, Google really needs to get a handle on criminals paying them to spread malware disguised as legit software. These paid results are so dangerous because they show up before any organic search results. e.g., woe to those who recently searched for KeePass. Google-hosted malvertising leads to fake Keepass site that looks genuine https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/10/google-hosted-malvertising-leads-to-fake-keepass-site-that-looks-genuine/

Infosec Exchange

Al Oct 17, 2023