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πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸš€ U.S. Air Force veteran πŸ“ Seattle πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ πŸŽ“ University of Denver alumnus (B.A., M.S.) 🏰 Disney cybersecurity technologist (CISSP...) 🎽 running | πŸ”­ astronomy | πŸ“Έ photography ⛓️ sudojames.com/about
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After weeks at the top of the Sentry list at the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, the asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer considered a threat to Earth.

Grabbed this lovely shot of Mars last night. πŸ“· 🌌 πŸ”­ β˜„οΈ

not sure what all the fuss is about, why would I need an LLM for this

The U.S., France and Japan are preparing for a rare three-carrier exercise this weekend in the Philippine Sea. (from @alexmwilson.bsky.social)

For some reason (probably good) I am seeing a number of cat photos in the feed. No cat will ever surpass Mike the Cat. (RIP) He lived regally every day of his life, into his mid 20s. His working day consisted of sitting on my keyboard and helping me type. www.theatlantic.com/personal/arc...

NOAA Climate Prediction Center has released its February 2025 outlooks for temperature, precipitation, and drought. The influence of #laNina shows up in the cool/wet North vs warm/dry South.

Seems China is building its own version of the National Ignition Facility (NIF), with implications for nuclear weapons design/maintenance and fusion energy. Lasers for inertial confinement fusion, which is to say you blast light at a deuterium-tritium fuel pellet. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

From NWS LA: Extreme fire danger will continue thru Wed. PDS Red Flag Warnings are for the extreme of the extreme fire weather scenarios. In other words, this setup is about as bad as it gets. Stay aware of your surroundings. Be prepared to evacuate. Avoid anything that can spark a fire #cawx

SANS ISC Stormcast, Jan 13, 2025: Defender Updates, Ivanti RCE, Apple USB-C Hack and more https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9276

We are at Cape Canaveral ready for Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch!

The Moon was shining bright this afternoon in Seattle. πŸŒ”βœˆοΈ πŸ”­πŸ“·

A sweeping Chinese government hacking campaign against American telecoms firms is β€œstill going on,” Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas said in an interview with NBC News.

EXCLUSIVE: A massive online heist targeting AWS customers during which digital crooks abused misconfigurations in public websites and stole source code, thousands of credentials, and other secrets remains "ongoing to this day," according to breach hunters Noam Rotem and Ran Locar.

Water your real Christmas tree.

🚨 OpenAI releases ChatGPT Pro at $200.00/month for unlimited use of their latest Large Language Models (LLMs) and features. πŸ€–πŸ’Έ ⛓️ help.openai.com/en/articles/...

πŸ“° The FBI, DNI, FCC, NSC, and CISA are set to provide a classified briefing to senators today on Salt Typhoon - a hacking campaign targeting telecommunications companies for Americans' call and message data. πŸ” Encryption is your friend. πŸ––πŸ» ⛓️ www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

Pass of the ISS tonight. Nellysford VA

Cranberries are done

Sunspots on the last day of November at 8.03 AM (UTC 1.03 AM). #sunspots

πŸ‘‹πŸ» Happy Thanksgiving from Seattle! πŸ¦ƒπŸ––πŸ» πŸ“·πŸ—ΌπŸŽ‘β›΄οΈπŸ—»

πŸ“° Discord added πŸ¦‹ Bluesky support for their verified connections feature inside profiles. Pretty neat! πŸ‘€ βœ… Discord: User Settings: Connections: Add πŸ¦‹Handle 🎯 Verify via OAuth

Brought my Canadian Railway bag to work today. Headed home now for the holiday. Happy Thanksgiving, friends.

Awaiting the meridian flip, earlier.. #astrophotography

My Reddit recap

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We could not resist more #christmas #christmastree πŸŽ„

Dorothea the #Cat, setting a vibe.

Jim Zemlin, 'head janitor of open source,' marks 20 years at Linux Foundation www.zdnet.com/article/jim-... by @sjvn.bsky.social The Linux Foundation is one of the guiding stars of both #Linux and #opensource. That's in no small part because of Jim Zemlin's outstanding leadership.

Almost seems like Windows may be going the way of "system extensions" used in macOS. www.theverge.com/2024/11/19/2...

πŸ‘‹πŸ» With all these new people--- I'm James, a U.S. Air Force veteran πŸ‘¨πŸ»β€πŸš€ and cybersecurity professional πŸ”‘ living in Seattle β˜”οΈ with Disney 🏰. πŸ‘¨πŸ» I love running, astronomy, photography, sci-fi, and the latest tech. ⛓️ This (ISC)Β² CISSP interview has more background on me. πŸ”Ž ‡️ www.isc2.org/Insights/202...

In case you missed it Friday evening, here’s our latest on the massive Chinese (Salt Typhoon) hack of telecommunications firms

Post a picture you took -with alt text- to bring some zen to the timeline. πŸ”­

This 0-day allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to hijack firewalls, and no word on when PAN will issue a patch. But I'm sure it will be fine. Your management interface isn't exposed to the internet, is it?

🫑 Happy Veterans Day, fellow vets. πŸͺ–πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Thank you for your service and sacrifice! πŸ’œπŸŽ–

Wall Street Journal *Exclusive* Russia's GRU sent magnesium-based incendiary devices aboard planes bound for North America, intending to set them off over the U.S. and Canada. πŸ—žοΈ πŸŽβ›“οΈ Gift link - WSJ article ‡️

Lucky to snap the planet Venus with comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas from Mauna Kea on the Big Island of HawaiΚ»i this evening. πŸ“· 🌌 πŸ”­ β˜„οΈ πŸ§ͺ

🌌 The planet Venus made an appearance last night in KahaluΚ»u Bay. πŸŒ› 🌴 πŸ”­ πŸ“·

Spotted a manta ray swimming in Kauna'oa Bay this evening. πŸ₯½πŸ§ͺπŸ–οΈ

My latest New Scientist cartoon. Based on a true story. Well, the first panel is true, anyway.

πŸ“ΉMy first video post on Bluesky is a recording of the Moon I shot back in December from Seattle. πŸ––πŸ»GN! πŸŒ™ πŸ”­ πŸ“· #astrophotography

Wow!! Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #224,153!