Mike Johnston

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Retired IT director, now living in Lewiston, Idaho. I write about food and travel with my wife at thecookandthewriter.com. I occasionally write about management topics at mymanagementmentor.com. I'm a #WordPress enthusiast and a former #WCEU organizer. Sometimes I build websites. Dog lover, especially Boston Terriers.
Food & travel sitehttps://thecookandthewriter.com
Management writinghttps://mymanagementmentor.com

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Apparently there has been some kind of data breach of CodeRED, a high-speed telephone calling and texting system that is used to notify residents about emergency situations.

This notice from Woodbury, Minn. states that the local sheriff's office has taken measures to transition its CodeRED emergency system following "a recent cyberattack and data breach that has impacted hundreds of agencies nationwide."

"CodeRED has reported the impacted dataset may contain contact information of CodeRED users such as: name, address, email address, phone numbers, and/or associated passwords used to create user profiles for alerts. If the same password is used by system users for any other personal or business accounts, those passwords should be changed immediately."

https://www.woodburymn.gov/225/CodeRED-Emergency-Notification-System

Right. It's mashed potato time.

Spuds. Boil. Add: metric fuckton of butter, chopped parsley, mashed garlic, salt, pepper, cheese, dollop of Coleman's mustard.

Mash and scoff.

"#Russia agrees it won't invade neighboring countries"

Right, and since when does Russia keeps their word?

Also, "neighboring countries" can be interpreted in multiple ways

Do not capitulate #Ukraine! 🇺🇦

How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government

The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out of that data selling.

404 Media

@mekkaokereke My take is: If a thing works to connect the hyper-marginalised in a good way, then it'll also work for me, the privilieged white male hetero GenX German. Except that my experience is going to be a lot more interesting and insightful by having folks NOT like me around.

So why would I ever be against that?

Give us everything that will help black, trans, neurodivergent and everyone else to feel welcome and safe!

Watching footage from Portland — protestors in frog suits, unicorns, dancing, humor in the face of absurd claims.

It reminds me that resistance doesn’t always roil and riot — sometimes it laughs, shines a light, and refuses to be afraid.

We need more of that.

#ResistanceIsCreative #StandUpNow #Portland #NoKings #CommunityPower

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE: You cannot designate an idea as a terrorist group.

There is no organization called #ANTIFA. There is no leadership or funding path. There is no membership. Also there is no law in #American to charge terrorism. Ask Luigi.

What he is doing is setting the stage to designate ANY American as a terrorist. That’s #Fascism.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles