Strongthany🇺🇦

@strongthany@infosec.exchange
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cyber security, biking, transit, obscure music, and open source. Community manager for @ovos, cofounder of @bsidestc
Bloghttps://blog.strongthany.cc

So this is how the industry is trying to prevent the #AI bubble from popping: they want to use taxpayer money to replace VC funds. They will attempt to graft AI into as many government workflows as possible, essentially forcing taxpayers to enrich industry players, and turning government services into slop-filled garbage.

#kakistocracy #corruption

“GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government”

https://www.404media.co/github-is-leaking-trumps-plans-to-accelerate-ai-across-government/

GitHub is Leaking Trump’s Plans to 'Accelerate' AI Across Government

A new website and API called AI.gov is set to launch on the Fourth of July.

404 Media
WATCH LIVE: Governors from NY, IL and MN testify at hearing on ‘sanctuary’ policies and immigration

The governors of Illinois, Minnesota and New York are to testify Thursday before the House Oversight Committee, which has been investigating sanctuary jurisdictions.

PBS News
My mental health will do this thing on occasion where nothing sits quite right. I could be having what normally would feel like a great or fine day, but nothing sits quite right. There doesn't seem to be any specific thing that brings this malaise on, but for the current one I am slogging through I did notice, in retrospect, the symptoms leading up to it. Spending more time searching for a dopamine hit, scrolling through the feeds more, watching videos I'm not even interested in. It was only when I was trying to work out, sitting idle at a rowing machine and staring at the floor in silence for two minutes before I thought "oh, this isn't normal, this isn't me."

Creating Buzz for the B Line: https://streets.mn/2025/06/12/boosting-the-b-line/

The Twin Cities' newest BRT line is an attractive option that could turn more people into transit users — if they know about it!

Creating Buzz for the B Line

The Twin Cities’ newest BRT line is an attractive option that could turn more people into transit users — if they know about it!

Streets.mn

I've been relying on the command line more and more recently to do some quick changes on my system, convert videos, and do some server admin, and I realized I had never really made a quick tutorial on the basics of the #Linux command line, so here we go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhvDvpyvPSE

Learn the LINUX COMMAND LINE BASICS: 40 commands in 15 minutes !

YouTube

Woaa.. I knew #Meta sucks but it's getting worse by the day:

"The web pixel talks to the Facebook/Instagram app using WebRTC"

“The Meta Pixel script sends the _fbp cookie to the native Instagram or Facebook app via WebRTC (STUN) using SDP modification (SDP Munging).”

https://www.zeropartydata.es/p/localhost-tracking-explained-it-could

Am I glad we blocked Threads! 💪

Article via @Gargron

“Localhost tracking” explained. It could cost Meta 32 billion.

You just can't finish off Zuckerberg.

Zero Party Data

A Ride on the Northstar . . . for Fun and Drinks!: https://streets.mn/2025/06/10/northstar-for-fun-and-drinks/

The Northstar might be dimming...or is that the drinks? Taking the train to Anoka and the bus back is a blast with friends along.

A Ride on the Northstar . . . for Fun and Drinks!

The Northstar might be dimming…or is that the drinks? Taking the train to Anoka and the bus back is a blast with friends along.

Streets.mn
Trump's travel ban takes effect as tensions escalate over immigration enforcement

It applies to citizens of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.

PBS News
Pictures from the #minneapolis Pencil Sharpening party. Deeply silly, I will be going again next year.