I know the US has been going through a Marie Kondo-inspired bridge-burning campaign, but this one might be the most dangerous yet.
I shudder to think about the devastation caused by a pre-emptive strike from McKinsey.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-terminate-51-billion-it-contracts-with-accenture-deloitte-others-2025-04-11/
I still think “cybercriminals” sounds pox, but “information super-highwaymen” would have inspired a whole new bunch of folk songs (were it not for the unfortunate gendering in the term).
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/u-s-soldier-charged-in-att-hack-searched-can-hacking-be-treason/
U.S. Soldier Charged in AT&T Hack Searched “Can Hacking Be Treason” – Krebs on Security
In _the Equalizer_ S03E01 there is a bomb that can only be triggered by remote control radio signal. The "heroes" start searching for the baddie with the remote, saying it's the only was to stop it. But why wouldn't they just put the bomb in a Faraday cage?
Of course, I'm still not going to start using it. Someone will tell me what happens
Nothing has made me want to start using TikTok more than this US ban. What will the algorithm show the rest of the world and will they miss American content?
@molly0xfff do you have any insight to the relationship between splooting and a song by Keith Sweat featuring LL Cool J?
wikipedia article of the day
@molly0xfff thank you for keeping us up-to-date.
@jimgar @joacim @jeremiak @GossiTheDog @gruber obviously I didn't scroll far enough. Sorry for double posting. I blame time zones
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