Gary Longsine 📱
@arbiteriapetus.bsky.social
Liberal science is how we discover what's true, and what's not. Information security *is* national security. Free Birdseed podcast, for people who make software. InfoSec NatSec
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A Simple Tuneup for Your Cybersecurity
Every organization, every system, every network, device, and person is under cyber attack from everywhere all the time.
These easy, free tips will help you improve your information security.
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Every organization, every system, every network, device, and person is under cyber attack from everywhere all the time.
These easy, free tips will help you improve your information security.
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Silver Thread of the Day 🥈
Has anyone read the book Babel? I’m trying but every time I start to get into it it gets really didactic in a way that just rips me right back out of it
December 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Silver Thread of the Day 🥈
Thread of the Day 🥇
There are many genealogical paths that connect our present moment to the American past. If you have 30 minutes to waste, I think you'll find that this 1970 campaign ad by Asa Carter resonates, to an alarming degree, with the worldview and rhetoric of the MAGA right. archive.org/details/asa-...
ASA CAMPAIGN PROMO : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
A paid political announcement from Asa Carter, candidate for Alabama governor in 1970. Carter was a white supremacist, segregationist, and Klansman.
archive.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Thread of the Day 🥇
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"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
December 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"The newspaper industry served as a feeder for our entire news media ecosystem. So when we lose those newspapers, we've lost that journalism. In the early 2000s, we had 40 journalists per 100,000 people. We're now down to 8 journalists per 100,000 people," says @victorpickard.bsky.social.
“Let’s be careful out there!”
Lights, trees and visiting Santa are all potential hazards — be careful decking … or un-decking the halls! https://www.sciencenews.org/article/christmas-holiday-decorations-injuries-emergency-room
How decorating for Christmas sends people to the ER
A study takes a stab at quantifying Christmas-related mishaps.
www.sciencenews.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“Let’s be careful out there!”
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Merry Christian Nationalism Day
December 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Merry Christian Nationalism Day
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Merry Christmas! Please enjoy the opening to this Japanese Christmas concert special that I watch every year.
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
December 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Merry Christmas! Please enjoy the opening to this Japanese Christmas concert special that I watch every year.
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
As far as I can tell, this has otherwise been scrubbed from the internet
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“The Stopwatches in the Bee Brain: How Insects Master Time and What It Means for AI” features our work on #time processing across species
ournarratives.net/the-stopwatc... (the front image is not accurate but there are other images in the article) @queenmarycbb.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
ournarratives.net/the-stopwatc... (the front image is not accurate but there are other images in the article) @queenmarycbb.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
The Stopwatches in the Bee Brain: How Insects Master Time and What It Means for AI - Our Narratives
A new study published in Biology Letters has revealed that bumblebees, with brains smaller than a cubic millimeter, are capable of perceiving and processing
ournarratives.net
December 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“The Stopwatches in the Bee Brain: How Insects Master Time and What It Means for AI” features our work on #time processing across species
ournarratives.net/the-stopwatc... (the front image is not accurate but there are other images in the article) @queenmarycbb.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
ournarratives.net/the-stopwatc... (the front image is not accurate but there are other images in the article) @queenmarycbb.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
hey Timm Dodd @everydayastronaut.bsky.social notorious fan of the aerospike rocket engine, check this out...
youtu.be/6Xx1GXjRbMk
youtu.be/6Xx1GXjRbMk
This ROCKET ENGINE WASN'T DESIGNED BY HUMANS
YouTube video by Integza
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
hey Timm Dodd @everydayastronaut.bsky.social notorious fan of the aerospike rocket engine, check this out...
youtu.be/6Xx1GXjRbMk
youtu.be/6Xx1GXjRbMk
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holidays emphasize the fact that my personal life didn't quite proceed on the path I had planned but one thing i got going for me is, I don't have hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions, joking-not-joking that maybe this will be the day I die
December 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
holidays emphasize the fact that my personal life didn't quite proceed on the path I had planned but one thing i got going for me is, I don't have hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions, joking-not-joking that maybe this will be the day I die
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December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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The world is running out of frankincense bbc.com/future/artic...
Why the world is running out of frankincense
The precious, fragrant resin is the scent of the festive season and rising in popularity in the wellness industry – but its natural source is being decimated.
bbc.com
December 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The world is running out of frankincense bbc.com/future/artic...
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Cooking a holday dinner? Save your tissues. This cutting technique slashes tears when chopping onions. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/knife-tricks-stop-onion-cutting-crying
These simple knife tricks stop onion tears instantly
With a high-speed camera and a tiny guillotine, scientists showed that chopping onions slowly and with sharper knives cuts down on tears.
www.sciencenews.org
December 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Cooking a holday dinner? Save your tissues. This cutting technique slashes tears when chopping onions. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/knife-tricks-stop-onion-cutting-crying
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Ready to take on our holiday themed math puzzle? https://www.sciencenews.org/article/math-puzzle-holiday-gift
Math puzzle: A Loopy Holiday Gift Exchange
Solve the math puzzle from our December 2025 issue, in which a holiday gift exchange occurs.
www.sciencenews.org
December 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Ready to take on our holiday themed math puzzle? https://www.sciencenews.org/article/math-puzzle-holiday-gift
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Garry Kasparov:
Latest Russian joke going around is that Witkoff was given red caviar instead of black as a subtle reminder that Trump's KGB codename is "Krasnov" (the Red), not "Chernev" (the Black)!
Ht @volberg.bsky.social
Latest Russian joke going around is that Witkoff was given red caviar instead of black as a subtle reminder that Trump's KGB codename is "Krasnov" (the Red), not "Chernev" (the Black)!
Ht @volberg.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Garry Kasparov:
Latest Russian joke going around is that Witkoff was given red caviar instead of black as a subtle reminder that Trump's KGB codename is "Krasnov" (the Red), not "Chernev" (the Black)!
Ht @volberg.bsky.social
Latest Russian joke going around is that Witkoff was given red caviar instead of black as a subtle reminder that Trump's KGB codename is "Krasnov" (the Red), not "Chernev" (the Black)!
Ht @volberg.bsky.social
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Catholic bully Barron interviews ACB - rightwing Catholic judge, jury & executioner.
He asks whether what Catholics call “natural law” or “basic moral intuitions” can still play a role today.
Constitution is not natural law.
Natural law is Aquinas Taliban law
www.newsweek.com/amy-coney-ba...
He asks whether what Catholics call “natural law” or “basic moral intuitions” can still play a role today.
Constitution is not natural law.
Natural law is Aquinas Taliban law
www.newsweek.com/amy-coney-ba...
Amy Coney Barrett issues free speech warning
The Supreme Court justice said in the U.K., contrary opinions "are not being tolerated, and they’re even being criminalized."
www.newsweek.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Catholic bully Barron interviews ACB - rightwing Catholic judge, jury & executioner.
He asks whether what Catholics call “natural law” or “basic moral intuitions” can still play a role today.
Constitution is not natural law.
Natural law is Aquinas Taliban law
www.newsweek.com/amy-coney-ba...
He asks whether what Catholics call “natural law” or “basic moral intuitions” can still play a role today.
Constitution is not natural law.
Natural law is Aquinas Taliban law
www.newsweek.com/amy-coney-ba...
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The more live Santas young kids see, the stronger their conviction is that the Santas are real. https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/growth-curve/science-kids-belief-santa
The science behind kids’ belief in Santa
Children’s belief in Santa is strong — until it isn’t anymore, usually at around age 8.
www.sciencenews.org
December 25, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The more live Santas young kids see, the stronger their conviction is that the Santas are real. https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/growth-curve/science-kids-belief-santa
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#OtD 25 Dec 1831 enslaved people in Jamaica went on strike to demand emancipation. They would start an armed revolt that eventually forced the British Empire to outlaw slavery in its territory. Learn more in CLR James' great book on global Black struggle: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
December 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
#OtD 25 Dec 1831 enslaved people in Jamaica went on strike to demand emancipation. They would start an armed revolt that eventually forced the British Empire to outlaw slavery in its territory. Learn more in CLR James' great book on global Black struggle: shop.workingclasshistory.com/en-gb/collec...
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And if you prefer to watch Andy, Una, Robert and Louie talking about Asterix, well tonight thank God it’s them instead of you. MERRY CHRISTMAS, BY TOUTATIS! youtu.be/3toO3fAYPlw?...
Asterix and the Roman Agent by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo - FULL LENGTH EPISODE
YouTube video by Backlisted Podcast
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December 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
And if you prefer to watch Andy, Una, Robert and Louie talking about Asterix, well tonight thank God it’s them instead of you. MERRY CHRISTMAS, BY TOUTATIS! youtu.be/3toO3fAYPlw?...
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A Year-End Cybersecurity Checklist for Manufacturers: Automate Patching and Stay Ahead in 2026 | Industrial Equipment News www.ien.com/software/art...
A Year-End Cybersecurity Checklist for Manufacturers: Automate Patching and Stay Ahead in 2026
Heading into 2026, integration may be the most critical investment manufacturers can make.
www.ien.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A Year-End Cybersecurity Checklist for Manufacturers: Automate Patching and Stay Ahead in 2026 | Industrial Equipment News www.ien.com/software/art...
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Today is the day a very special man was born, sent to us many years ago to tell fantastic tales and bring messages of peace and understanding. Happy birthday Rod Serling!
December 25, 2024 at 10:26 AM
Today is the day a very special man was born, sent to us many years ago to tell fantastic tales and bring messages of peace and understanding. Happy birthday Rod Serling!
Maximum Christmas 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Maximum Christmas 🎄
How can all you ducking fuckers cut down on your damn swearing at a time like this. 🧐🤔🤣
And I see iOS autocorrect is back to ducking, again. 😑
And I see iOS autocorrect is back to ducking, again. 😑
December 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
How can all you ducking fuckers cut down on your damn swearing at a time like this. 🧐🤔🤣
And I see iOS autocorrect is back to ducking, again. 😑
And I see iOS autocorrect is back to ducking, again. 😑
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So my dear friend @mamafoo2000.bsky.social and I lunched in a famous, iconic Parisian brasserie this week and of course had to start with their famous, iconic (French) onion soup. After a few spoonfuls, she said "yours is so much better" and I won't argue.
jamieschler.substack.com/p/authentic-...
jamieschler.substack.com/p/authentic-...
Authentic French Onion Soup
Top off your New Year’s Eve revelry the traditional French way.
jamieschler.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
So my dear friend @mamafoo2000.bsky.social and I lunched in a famous, iconic Parisian brasserie this week and of course had to start with their famous, iconic (French) onion soup. After a few spoonfuls, she said "yours is so much better" and I won't argue.
jamieschler.substack.com/p/authentic-...
jamieschler.substack.com/p/authentic-...