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IoT, ICS, Cyber Security. Love fixing almost anything. Old toys, cars. Learning to weld. Love taking pictures. Dream job would be part of a team restoring a 1900's steam locomotive. Abandoned Muskville. Here and on Mastodon [email protected]
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Just talked to a trusted inside source—Trump’s inner circle is rattled by the No Kings protests nationwide. They didn’t mention Trump directly, but it’s clear they know just how toxic his brand has become. #NoKings

In East TX there is a Facebook group that helps in education and identification of snakes. Great resource. Learned we had a beneficial snake visitor, a speckled king snake. #snake #photography #learn

this is legitimately evil

The protests & boycott of TESLA TAKEDOWN is one of the most brilliant forms of activism. The takedown went global. Next on my list is…Peter Thiel who is the brain behind Palantir. He’s extremely smart and a danger to society. Did I mention that this billionaire is also a major drug addict?

The tech nerd in me could not stand to toss or recycle a perfectly good Chromebook just because Samsung and Google no longer supported it. Took me an embarrassing long time but now have it running on Linux. LUbuntu. Years of secure computing to go #chromebook #samsung #ewaste #ubuntu

The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.

when you look at the powers trump is claiming and boil it down, he really does seem to see himself as the literal embodiment of the executive branch, if not the entire nation, and thus his authority extends to everything www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

As one would certainly expect, @tarah.org absolutely killed it on stage and brought NATO's #CyCon2025 to a remarkable conclusion as their final keynote. Her talk asks us: "Can there be Just Cyberwar in an Unjust World?" and should be published online in due time. For now, enjoy these photos. 😉👍

Jared Isaacman has the chance to do the funniest thing ever: Cancel SpaceX's HLS contract "for convenience" and give that money to Blue Origin/Intuitive Machines/Firefly to build a reasonably-scaled human lander...

Delusion and much needed #Factcorrectionlog

ok but in fairness there was no way for the Trump admin to know this in advance except by looking at a globe

Very. Accurate. And. Powerful. 😎✨

NEW: The Trump administration is using the claim that immigrants have “invaded” the country to justify possibly suspending habeas corpus, part of the constitutional right to due process. A faction of the far right has been building this case for years. By @mtredden.bsky.social

Breaking: Trump receives gift jumbo jet from Harvard, calls off sanctions

“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”

As fog blanketed Seattle, @knibbs.bsky.social's waited to meet @jay.bsky.team—CEO of Bluesky. Fittingly, just before she arrived, the skies cleared. It felt poetic. Her name, Lantian, means “blue sky” in Mandarin. And her mission? Clear the smog from social media.

FOOLS BEST RECOGNIZE. Bow to the cow.

Reminder.

"fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit" is a phrase that makes me feel like maybe i've passed away and all the news i read is all just the final neurons in my brain racing around making haphazard connections in the moments before darkness

The State Department must release the memo we’ve FOIA’d showing there were not sufficient grounds for revoking Rümeysa Öztürk’s visa. The government is not allowed to hide information to conceal wrongdoing, which is exactly what’s happening here.

No thank you. Crazy

Newark Airport radar outage strikes again, delaying more flights buff.ly/9MYkn9V

By @rachaeltalibart.bsky.social #photography 📷 #nature #view

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

GATES: I’d “love for him [Musk] to go in and meet the children that have now been infected with HIV because he cut” American aid. @mediaitenews.bsky.social www.mediaite.com/news/bill-ga...

The Trump family's crypto dealings could now jeopardize legislation that the crypto industry has aggressively lobbied for as a way to gain legitimacy and legal clarity in the U.S.

If anywhere suits him, it’s Alcatraz.

“Donald Trump hates me because I fight hard, and I fight for free and fair elections. I insist on fighting for democracy in court, fighting for voting rights in court, and insist on telling the truth about what the outcome of the 2020 election was,” says lawyer Marc Elias. cbsn.ws/43btfGV

Given that most, if not all MAGA merch is made in China, I'll be really curious to see what happens to their pricing and availability 😁

Got to give @60minutes.bsky.social credit. Hard hitting story after major shakeup this week. #truth #hope #fighton

May the 4th be with you. Pelican attack formation Delta 1. #photography #pelicans #tx #calm

Be honest, what catches your eye first? What do you like most about the picture? The hummingbird or leg lamp? 🙂 #calm #photography #hummingbird #leglamp #sanity

Hardcoded credentials in the Signal archiving tool used by the White House is a five-alarm security dumpster fire.

Proof this guy is full of SITH.

“marinated”

He wants a $10 - $20 million dollar birthday parade. And says, suck it up, you will get 2-3 dolls vs 30 for Christmas. And maybe he will not make the kiddos work in a sweat shop making the dolls. #thedonald #wtf #isthisadream

Mark Zuckerberg says Meta's chatbots will supplement your real friends: "The average American has fewer than 3 friends ... but has demand for ... 15 friends" (h/t x.com/romanhelmetg...)

creepy

guy who claims that he is neither the administrator of DOGE nor an employee of DOGE carries around a badge that says THE DOGEFATHER

This is what courage looks like. Kudos to the team at 60 Minutes.

Canadian Voter: I think who I voted for would be the best to take care of Trump, because Trump is, I’m sorry to say, an asshole.

Wood ducks started hatching this morning. I counted 21 eggs two days ago. 5-6 hatched so far. learning it can take up to two days for all to hatch and then leave the nest. #ducks #woodducks #photography #nature

THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination