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Been married to a wonderful woman who is a 1st generation American, parents from Mexico, for 30+ years now. fluent in English, Spanish, and a surprisingly number of dialects. She texted me about we should do for dinner today and amoung the list of options I suggested somewhere with Quesadillas […]

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Tulane scientist resigns citing university censorship of pollution and racial disparity research "Kimberly Terrell, the director of community engagement at Tulane’s Environmental Law Clinic claimed the clinic had been “placed under a complete gag order” that barred her from making public […]

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🎶 Today's TGIF Playlist - Florence and the Machine 💿 Lungs (2009) 💿 Ceremonials (2011) 💿 How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (2015) 💿 High as Hope (2018) 💿 Dance Fever (2022) 💿 Symphony of Lungs (2024)

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What Pride means to me https://popagandhi.com/posts/what-pride-means-to-me/ #LGBTQ

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Observation to No One in Particular: It seems like there has been a resurgence of posts on the Fediverse that the 2024 U.S. elections were "rigged" and that Kamala Harris actually won. As a (former) state elections CIO who worked through the 2020 elections and still have associates in that […]

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This is cool and all, but if feels like it is about 50 years too late: https://apnews.com/article/grammy-awards-album-cover-new-categories-85d5c1027796fe803fb84592589e4d28

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Many years ago, Evelia and I did the Genetic Analysis Thing and racially we only share about 2% in common ancestry (Mediterranean-ish). It’s enough. At the time both of us were born, interracial marriages were still illegal in much of the U.S.; and even […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

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Yeah, no one saw this coming... 🙃 https://cybersecuritynews.com/zero-click-microsoft-365-copilot-vulnerability/

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📢 My Summer of Panels and Presentations is Continuing... Doing another thing about Open-Loop, Open-Standards, Fare Systems in the U.S. This one is online next Wednesday (6/18) Probably not wildly interesting if you aren't interested in Public Transit FinTech […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

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CNBC -All members of the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have resigned over what they say is meddling by the Trump administration in their authority to award scholarships. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/11/trump-fulbright-scholarships-foreign.html

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Apparently not just Meta has been up to some evil practices, but Russian-based Yandex is as well. It's always fun to see how BS like this gets spun by the abusers: "We are in discussions with Google to address a potential miscommunication regarding the application of their policies," a Meta […]

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Apparently, if you have facebook or Instagram installed on your phone, #Meta was able to track your browsing habits and link them to your real identity even if you never logged in on the web, used incognito mode or a VPN. I hope Meta gets hit with every fine in the book […]

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I used to believe, there’s no “i” in Teamwork. Google set me straight.

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Where Public Transit Systems Are Bouncing Back Around the World Across the US and Latin America, subways still see lower ridership and financial pain. But a data analysis shows that passenger counts are higher than ever in some Europe and Asia cities: [Bloomberg] […]

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The SF Dept of Public Health is hiring a director for their data team https://careers.sf.gov/role/?id=3743990007820346 If you look at 'role type' it is a permanent civil service job which is great.It just takes an ass long time to get hired and there is a pretty arcane process. (Almost all city […]

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Silent Push - More than 4,000 domains found to be part of a fake online marketplace network, posing a significant threat targeting social networks, major brands, advertising companies and consumers. https://www.silentpush.com/blog/ghostvendors/

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For some reason I have a strong urge to watch V for Vendetta tonight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta_(film) #MovieNight

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Late Night After The Aquatennial: During my years living in Minneapolis (5th and Marquette), I used to walk around a lot during the late hours with my Sony RX100, which was a surpisingly good night photography camera. This one was taken shortly after the 2014 […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

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After more than 30 tears, Evelia and I both have developed little rituals of comforting each other. May was not a fun month, and we were both separated for almost all of it. Food has become a major method of our back-together ritual, with Evelia bringing her lifetime of skills of […]

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some thoughts on Pride. when i was 4 years old, i really liked a girl and immediately thought 'i guess i have to leave the country, find a wife, disappear' i'm 40 this year. i did leave the country, but i found a wife before that, and i didn't have to disappear. i'm sad that the so-called […]

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One of the nicest regional airports in the U.S. is going to get a lot nicer: "Monterey Regional Airport breaks ground on new terminal" https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/monterey-regional-airport-breaks-ground-on-new-terminal/ar-AA1GeW39

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While it has not quite been the same since Doug DeMuro left, Jalopnik writers have always had a flair for headlines: 👉 Making It Safer To Bike Gets More People To Ride Bikes, Shocking Study Shows 🤔 https://www.jalopnik.com/1876079/making-bicycles-safer-to-ride-gets-more-people-to-ride-study/

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🎶 Today's TGIF Playlist - Of Monsters and Men (OMAM) 💿 My Head Is an Animal (2011) 💿 Beneath the Skin (2015) 💿 Fever Dream (2019) BONUS 💿 How to Start a Garden (2023) - Solo Album by Nana

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Just watched the final two episodes of The Handmaid's Tale with Evelia, because well, the last month had distractions. Magnificent wrap-up to a magnificent series.

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I learned a lot writing this, and there is a lot more here to pick at. Ukraine has seen nearly one-fifth of its Internet space come under Russian control or sold to Internet address brokers since February 2022, a new study finds. The analysis indicates […] [Original post on infosec.exchange]

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There is something very comforting about a plain bagel and cream cheese 🥯 #AirportFood

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Used TSA Google Wallet/Digital ID for the first time today. Still has some kinks to work out.

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Three days of presentations, discussions with some seriously smart people, and after-event gatherings. I am officially POOF:

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That guy in Red/Pink clearly did not get the dress memo...

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Big bus loads of very young kids just dropped off from San Francisco and Central Valley California to go to the aquarium, many of them for the first time. I can’t wait for them to see all of it, and also I’m so proud that the work that my team does directly leads to all of these experiences

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It should be noted that this retreat from CISA defensive support at the national, state, and local level is already happening. All this does is make it official: https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/cisa-trump-2026-budget-proposal/749539/

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While much of the talk is understandably about the planned name change to the USNS Harvey Milk, nearly all of these ships in the John Lewis Class that were set to honor civil rights leaders are set for removal as well: John Lewis Harvey Milk Earl Warren Robert F. Kennedy Lucy Stone Sojourner […]

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Yes. This is now a thing in Public Transportation:

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The next step (hopefully) will be to begin to build small regional fare networks between the smaller agencies, all using this open system. So, an MST is using the same system as a Santa Cruz. Or a Santa Barbara. And while nearly any payment card (or phone) will work to ride, people seeking a […]

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But don't expect to see it this in really large agencies any time soon. A little know fact is most agencie are actually their own "banks" and managing fares is s big part of what they do, with large numbers of support staff and decades-long contracts with proprietary vendors poviding equipment […]

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But fore the folks that know me, I'm not the type of CIO that gets blinders on to tech solutions that I selct or support. If the ROI ain't there, I will (and have) walked away from the latest bright-shiny-objects. But this solution is easy to support as downside are minimal, security is high […]

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Presentation season kicked off for me today on a CTAA Panel talking about fare collections in public transportation. The U.S. is at a bit of a crossroads in this space as a small (but growing) number of agencies are testing and deploying COTS-based systems (aka Open-Loop Payments, Running on an […]

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FYI - Jonathan Joss was the voice of John Redcorn in the King of the Hill series (which is soon returning with a new season). This is what open hate for others who are different than you does:

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A Misty Morning At The Pond: #SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Photography #Images #ImagesByMEK

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“The list, which was riddled with misspellings, included sparsely populated counties that have little interaction with immigration authorities… Misspelled communities on the list included Cincinnati, which was spelled Cincinnatti. Also, some counties were […] [Original post on mastodon.world]

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Doing a thing next week:

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So what's been going on for the last 15 years? Here's a hint: https://youtu.be/R189-YSWvsY

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