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Seems Hegseth should just head on over to the War Thunder forums already and get it over with.

submitted 55 days ago • 0 comments

Saw a B.S. post from DOGE on that “other” platform posting a B.S. “revelation” without proper context. Sadly, all of the data is from an old @washingtonpost.com article about the facility and practices. But I also wrote an explainer, with math. www.linkedin.com/pulse/person...

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

DOGE is not the answer, nor even a reasonable suggestion for government oversight and efficiency. There's already a function that works well and returns a multiplier of investment of each dollar that does in to combat waste, fraud and abuse... I'll tell you why... www.linkedin.com/pulse/lets-t...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

The term you’re looking for is “regulatory capture”… even if it means no regulation.

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Some useful Surveillance Self Defense links for people who want to lock their shit down right now: Attending a protest: ssd.eff.org/module/atten... How to Use Signal: ssd.eff.org/module/how-t... Security starter pack: ssd.eff.org/playlist/wan...

submitted 105 days ago • 79 comments

It'd be nice if they had an actual public service background, were involved in non-profit work, or possibly engaged in civic-tech... but nah, all Musk clinger ons

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

Questions to ask given DOGE bastardizing the funding (ITOR) and hiring authorities to bring in untrusted and unvetted staff to access highly critical Federal systems away from USDS. How is this possible? I had an original memo from 2014 about issues in USDS. www.linkedin.com/posts/webjed...

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

For today… If you’re keeping track, we’re currently at this portion of the program:

submitted 105 days ago • 2 comments

They will later say that transgender care is "unproven" as there is "insufficient research"... after they've destroyed all the research. This is the same playbook that has been used against trans folks since the Nazis burned the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft and probably a lot further.

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

With the threats now to government data sources a clear and present danger, here's a little story on how this became a thing and why it's important. It's your data, nobody is legally allowed to take it from you. Here's that story. www.linkedin.com/pulse/open-d...

submitted 106 days ago • 1 comment

Touch grass. Now touch stone. Now touch water. Now spill blood inside the glyph. Now light the brazier

submitted 108 days ago • 81 comments

Quoting experts (including me) on the constitutional catastrophe more of us must step up to resist through every peaceful means still available to us www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 106 days ago • 80 comments

I just did a long form story on some observations, feelings and history, and I couldn't let current events pass without saying something. I was on the "inside" in various roles and at various levels for over a decade, and need to set some things straight. www.linkedin.com/pulse/all-ou...

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Oh wait… there’s more it seems. This. Is. Why. There. Are. Policies. And. Procedures. www.mediaite.com/politics/130...

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

Footage of the incident that just occurred at Washington’s DCA airport. This was taken by the Kennedy Center webcam.

submitted 109 days ago • 92 comments

Reports seem to confirm that the OPM process of sending out recent government-wide messages to staff was an unauthorized, non-governmental server that didn’t follow process and procedures for security vetting. …and yet “But her emails…” Hypocrisy much?

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

Well derp… this is common sense to anybody with a cursory understanding of modern information systems. Also relevant for anybody in infosec as well, but that’s still a WIP.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

years have passed and google hasn’t still corrected pronunciation of Māori place names on google maps but the corporation is managing to implement change the on gulf of mexico within days maps are political www.renews.co.nz/why-google-m...

submitted 110 days ago • 12 comments

Well… we can’t say this action wasn’t just shortsighted, but also demonstrated a lack of understanding of Federal programs and agencies and how this all works. Kind of like the same knowledge you run on from high school until you actually do Fed or State work, and realize there’s a lot more to learn

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 128 days ago • 1 comment

Hey… you… @shmoocon.bsky.social attendee… come to #Firetalks. Why? Wrapping up 20 years (actually 18) of Shmoo with my first Firetalk there. Hopefully I can make it fun and informative.

submitted 131 days ago • 1 comment

Cool… a major draw back to this platform! A Crime A Day!

submitted 131 days ago • 0 comments