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If you can read only one thing this morning, let it be this from the wonderful @dannagal.bsky.social

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Keir Giles has been targeted again by allegedly Russian hackers — this time using a clever new trick intended to bypass 2-factor authentication. Over the years I’ve written about Giles an unusual amount, and I have an idea about why. First, the coverage: www.reuters.com/technology/s...

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A plurality of Americans disapprove of President Trump's immigration policies, a new @reuters.com poll found. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Russian Foreign Ministry statement in connection with Israel’s strikes on Iran. That 2nd para tho mid.ru/ru/foreign_p...

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

Useful read on how on the cold practicalities behind absurd-seeming personality cults.

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SCOOP: Trump's military parade is being organized by some of the same MAGA political operatives who organized the rally that preceded the January 6 riot. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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People are having very strange conversations with ChatGPT, in which they discover secret cabals or conspiracies or that we are all in fact living in The Matrix. It sends these people into delusional spirals. Then ChatGPT tells them to email me about it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

submitted 8 days ago • 65 comments

Almost 20 years ago, I wrote this profile of the man who basically founded the contemporary anti-immigration movement. inthesetimes.com/article/keep...

submitted 9 days ago • 51 comments

New: Another Italian journalist was targeted using Paragon’s spyware, per @citizenlab.ca www.reuters.com/business/med...

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Great read here on the Ukrainian blackhat-turned-US whistleblower Olga Kapurina, which gently suggests what I've long suspected: The US stock market is filthy with hacking. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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If you’re looking for quality independent reporting on what’s happening in Los Angeles, I’ve put together a starter pack for it. If you’d like to be added or know an indie who should be added, hmu

submitted 13 days ago • 70 comments

Really important that no one read this @orlandosentinel.com reporting when it publishes. I'm setting up alerts just to make sure I don't accidentally read it and share it widely when the time comes

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Last month members of the State Department’s Foreign Service Selection Boards — a lynchpin of the department’s HR system — were abruptly dismissed. Now we learn their replacements are going be staffed with the help of a Palantir-Microsoft chatbot. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

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DOJ under Trump is dismantling guardrails designed to stop political interference in criminal investigations involving politicians, federal judges and other public figures. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

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You should read the whole story but the most amusing part of this piece suggests that a chunk of America’s UFO obsession comes down to an elaborate, years-long prank repeatedly pulled on junior officers.

submitted 14 days ago • 5 comments

TFW you're an American.

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New: A DOGE staffer developed an AI tool to review Veterans Affairs contracts. But there was a slight hitch. It hallucinated the size of those deals. For example, it concluded that more than a thousand contracts were each worth $34M, when in fact some were for as little as $35,000.

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"Some economists are beginning to question the accuracy of recent U.S. inflation data after the federal government said staffing shortages hampered its ability to conduct a massive monthly survey."

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Apple Gave Governments Data on Thousands of Push Notifications www.404media.co/apple-gave-g...

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SCOOP: The first wave of DOGE staffers was supposed to be gone after 130 days. Instead, core members of the team have signed on for the long haul. www.wired.com/story/big-ba...

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AI-generated Bible videos are going viral because Christian actually love them and make them. Here's why: www.404media.co/why-do-chris...

submitted 17 days ago • 84 comments

applying for jobs again

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Do you want to know how to better use DocumentCloud? Join our monthly office hours. www.muckrock.com/project/get-...

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Cuts have consequences, illustrated. As seen on TV 📺

submitted 18 days ago • 857 comments

Yikes www.404media.co/teachers-are...

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New: The Coinbase data breach that could end up costing the company $400 million is linked to the leak of customer data out of India. At one outsourcer, more than 200 workers were fired when a woman was caught taking pics of her workstation with her personal phone. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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From @reuters.com: President Donald Trump's trade war has cost companies more than $34 billion in lost sales and higher costs, according to a Reuters analysis of corporate disclosures, a toll that is expected to rise. www.reuters.com/business/tru...

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I have been logged out of my toothbrush.

submitted 23 days ago • 728 comments

NEW Federal judges, concerned that President Trump may undermine their security, are considering setting up their own armed security force. Currently, federal judges are protected by U.S. Marshals, who ultimately answer to President Trump.

submitted 27 days ago • 35 comments

NEW by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: A mysterious government hacking group called "Careto" (aka "The Mask") was once one of the "most advanced threats" of its time, but was never publicly linked to a specific government. Researchers privately concluded that Careto was working for the Spanish government.

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U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data theintercept.com/2025/05/22/i...

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Hacker Conference HOPE Says U.S. Immigration Crackdown Caused Massive Crash in Ticket Sales www.404media.co/hacker-confe...

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First article based on the TeleMessage dataset published by @ddosecrets.com www.reuters.com/world/us/hac...

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NEW: @ajvicens.bsky.social and I went through some of the leaked TeleMessage documents collected by @ddosecrets.com. Whoever hacked the service had access to a broad cross-section of US government communications. www.reuters.com/world/us/hac...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

SCOOP: In Feb, federal agencies "lost" many #FOIA requests but you probably had no idea. It turns out that the FOIAs disappeared due to an "insider threat attack" by 2 employees at a software company who were previously convicted of hacking into the State Dept 🧵 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 31 days ago • 24 comments