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For anyone futzing around with MX records, this is a lovely site to verify your settings. Top marks for the level of late-90s geekery in the motif, too! https://www.learndmarc.com/

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SECDRUNK departing Andrews yesterday. Note the presence of 2 heavily armed (female) guards at the base of the air-stairs in utilities. Reminder, this is at a base in MARYLAND, not a combat zone under fire. This is not normal practice, which suggests […] [Original post on indieweb.social]

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Saw this coming a mile away, as did many others in my circle... https://www.reuters.com/world/china/secretive-chinese-network-tries-lure-fired-federal-workers-research-shows-2025-03-25/

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Hah! https://finance.yahoo.com/news/canada-freezes-rebate-payments-tesla-231824471.html

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Oh hell no... https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/i-wont-connect-my-dishwasher-your-stupid-cloud

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Despite White House spin, #SignalGate was NOT a technology problem, it was a PEOPLE problem. The 'best' people he hired fucked up bigtime, period. https://www.mediaite.com/tv/natsec-advisor-says-elon-musk-is-probing-major-security-leak-we-have-the-best-technical-minds-looking-at-how-this-happened/

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NYT: "The [executive] order also criticizes firms for doing pro bono work, or representing clients who are indigent or have limited financial resources to afford lawyers, charging that such work is often for what he called “destructive causes.” Stunning.

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"No, it's okay. We can use Yahoo Groups for the Greenland invasion discussion. Not that we would unless we were in a hurry, but it's there if we need it."

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There is never a situation where US national security principals are far away from USG-approved comms gear that has been COMSEC-blessed for classified discussions. Even on vacation! (ref: FOTUS' remarks I just posted)

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FOTUS: “A lot of times you find out [alleged 'technology' LOL] defects by exactly things like that, but I don’t think it’s [Signal] something we’re looking forward to using again // We may be forced to use it. You may be in a situation where you need speed as opposed to gross safety, and you may […]

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I wonder when the government's inability to monitor Signal chats for oversight/archival purposes will be weaponized by them in its decades-old war against strong encryption. Instead of backdoors needed to [allegedly] 'protect children' watch it suddenly become necessary for 'saving democratic […]

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I was 90% of the way done switching my email to a Swiss provider this morning when I realized my MX records had insanely long TTLs. So I ended up quickly reverting everything so I could change the TTLs and effect/test the cutover much more quickly later this week.

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This is extra damaging to the very fabric of American democracy ... not being able to find experienced legal representation to help seeking redress from the federal government. https://archive.ph/rOZ16

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'WhiskiLeaks' ftw.

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In case there was any doubt we're dealing with full-scale fascism, now the Speaker of the House is threatening to "eliminate" a federal court because he doesn't like a judge's ruling. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-floats-eliminating-federal-courts-rcna197986

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The WH has said "nothing classified" was discussed in SignalGate, and as such, Goldberg is considering releasing more of the Signal chat to the public. It's an interesting test here -- any bets they'll try to stop him from releasing the material, citing some cockamanie 'national security' […]

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Actually, inviting journalists to war planning chats probably is a good idea -- oftentimes journalists are more plugged-into local things 'on the ground' and have more trusted contacts than the REMFs in DC.

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SECDRUNK’s official portrait has been released by the comms team in the Office of Internet.

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You just know they have a couple of these outrage-inducing culture-war things kept in the drawer that they can pull out to distract the media from really embarrassing stories elsewhere […]

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I guess the moral of the story is that anything goes in DC these days, because a) why not? b) wheeee! c) mistakes happen, no big deal! and d) immunity, so neener-neener-neener!

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I'm certainly not condoning it, but y'all are still totally okay when your Orange Jesus mocks disabled people, right? Y'all lap it up with snorts and cheers faster than pigs at an overflowing trough... The abject hypocrisy of the GQP is beyond the pale, and since they have no shame anymore […]

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Head like a hole, black as your soul I'd rather fly than give you control Head like a hole, black as your soul I'd rather fly than give you control ... what i would tell my instructor pilot back in the day because dammit, I wanted my time-in-command!

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Friend: "Upcoming NYT Headline: "Hegseth leaked TS/SCI war plans in messages on his personal device to group that included a journalist... and this is why that is BAD for the Democrats!" Probably the headline for their Sunday deep-dive into this story.

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"We didn't discuss 'war plans' - we just casually discussed what we were going to do." I guess they were just discussing a 'war script' so no big deal!

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Via Brad Moss: Why is the WH advising people on how to use non government platforms for official work? Ron Filipkowski: The White House has apparently decided the best course of action is to lie their way through it.

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McGill University physics associate professor Robert Rutledge on FOTUS' casually tossing SignalGate aside: "Seems that the lesson he learned, is how to excuse others' illegal behavior saying 'They learned their lesson'." Shades of Susan Collins?

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Fox went into overdrive last night trying to explain away SignalGate....nbd, according to the chyron.

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Has Greenberg's office been raided by the FBI for a [punative] 'investigation' yet? Or has his last 3 years of taxes been 'randomly' selected for an IRS audit yet? Perhaps his Trusted Traveller ID will experience some ... hiccup the next time he flies out of DCA? With the 47 regime and it's […]

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Oh, Canada, you are awesome... https://archive.ph/mpCLa

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Excellent thoughts by Olivia Troye, who worked in the first Orange administration.... https://substack.com/home/post/p-159790387

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Jon Stewart's take this week on the First Amendment and free speech is must-see viewing. https://www.mediaite.com/tv/jon-stewart-tears-into-trump-free-speech-hypocrisy-these-guys-dont-give-a-fck-about-free-speech/

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Leningrad, 1942, under siege & starving: "At Vavilov’s institute, scientists barricaded themselves to protect the seed bank from the rats and the Nazis." "In what may be the most moving sacrifice in the history of science, nine scientists died of starvation, guarding a cornucopia of nuts, beans […]

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Will NSA Mike Waltz survive the day? He’s the only one of the SignalGate principals (besides Goldberg) that doesn’t require Senate confirmation. “Who, Mike? I really didn’t know him very well…” #OnlyTheBestPeople

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So, what's the over/under on FBI raiding Jeffrey Goldberg's home & office on the pretext that they need to make sure he hasn't retained any of that classified information (but actually as punishment)? juliansanchez.substack.com/p/but-their-...

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"It was working fine before DOGE got here...." What you can expect sysadmins all over DC to be saying when stuff starts breaking and citizens/patients start complaining. When the nationwide complaints reach a national-news crescendo, FOTUS will then say something like, "DOGE? I hardly know them."

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Ut oh. DOGE boys done crashed something they're not going to be able to hide, like they have USAID.

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I’m old enough to remember when Secretary Hegseth tried to publicly mock Judge Reyes—suggesting that she didn’t know what she was doing when it comes to protecting our national security. It was … two days ago.

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Yes, pissing off America's seniors is a surefire way to win the next election... https://www.axios.com/2025/03/24/social-security-cuts-doge

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I’ve been out of classified world for over a decade … are there nifty emojis on the high side? They would sure make policy discussions much more understandable & enjoyable for the average reader.

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#ButTheirGroupChats #USPol

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