Ryan Jamieson
@knitsecurity.com
Cybersecurity nerd. Owner of Knit Security. Ex Army, RTL, Rockstar Games/2K Games, EY, Amex. Love to helping companies and individuals defend themselves from bad guys on the interwebs.
My car is getting serviced so I decided to spend the last hour and a half reading about federal economic policy. This is a fantastic and dense read from Jessica Reidl at the Manhattan Institute.
manhattan.institute/article/a-co...
manhattan.institute/article/a-co...
A Comprehensive Federal Budget Plan to Avert a Debt Crisis
Note: This report updates the author’s 2018 long-term debt-stabilization proposal and includes additional details and savings recommendations. Executive
manhattan.institute
September 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My car is getting serviced so I decided to spend the last hour and a half reading about federal economic policy. This is a fantastic and dense read from Jessica Reidl at the Manhattan Institute.
manhattan.institute/article/a-co...
manhattan.institute/article/a-co...
True story.
A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.
September 18, 2025 at 5:19 AM
True story.
I ask again: why are ISO/IEC standards not free?
September 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I ask again: why are ISO/IEC standards not free?
This is a dead simple issue that rural (D) candidates can and should run on in the midterms: "I want to go to DC to fix immigration so you can run your farm. The last guys just rolled over and let you suffer because they had no real plan."
'The whole thing is screwed up': Farmers in deep-red Pennsylvania struggle to find workers
They're pushing lawmakers to move faster on a farm labor solution, even as the president cracks down on immigration.
www.politico.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is a dead simple issue that rural (D) candidates can and should run on in the midterms: "I want to go to DC to fix immigration so you can run your farm. The last guys just rolled over and let you suffer because they had no real plan."
Yet again, actively working on making things worse for most Americans.
The Trump administration says it will drop a plan by former President Biden that requires airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when U.S. flight disruptions are caused by carriers.
September 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Yet again, actively working on making things worse for most Americans.
The current people in charge of the United States of America are all unified around a single goal: make everything in America worse for just about everybody.
September 4, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The current people in charge of the United States of America are all unified around a single goal: make everything in America worse for just about everybody.
Maybe it's time we really did split the Union.
September 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Maybe it's time we really did split the Union.
Just wasted part of my afternoon not passing the appropriate liberal purity tests on BlueSky. How was your day?
September 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just wasted part of my afternoon not passing the appropriate liberal purity tests on BlueSky. How was your day?
On Sunday, July 27th my brother was severely injured in a rockslide while hiking the Sangre de Cristo mountains. He's currently in the ICU and facing a long, hard recovery. We've set up a GoFundMe to help his family during this time. Anything you can give would be deeply appreciated.
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July 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
On Sunday, July 27th my brother was severely injured in a rockslide while hiking the Sangre de Cristo mountains. He's currently in the ICU and facing a long, hard recovery. We've set up a GoFundMe to help his family during this time. Anything you can give would be deeply appreciated.
I'm so done with scammers.
April 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I'm so done with scammers.
An amazing writeup of the Starliner debacle:
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought
“Hey, this is a very precarious situation we’re in.”…
arstechnica.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
An amazing writeup of the Starliner debacle:
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
DOGE = Destruction of Government Entities
April 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
DOGE = Destruction of Government Entities
Take a couple minutes and read this email that an associate at Skadden sent firm-wide.
Here is the full text of Rachel Cohen’s firm-wide email:
March 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Take a couple minutes and read this email that an associate at Skadden sent firm-wide.
Cool, so now all you gotta do to drop federal investigations is invest directly into Trump's companies. Got it. Clearly no corruption to see here.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Exclusive | Trump Family Has Held Deal Talks With Binance Following Crypto Exchange’s Guilty Plea
The discussions for a stake in Binance’s U.S. arm come as founder Changpeng Zhao has pushed for the administration to pardon him for his own 2023 guilty plea.
www.wsj.com
March 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Cool, so now all you gotta do to drop federal investigations is invest directly into Trump's companies. Got it. Clearly no corruption to see here.
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
www.wsj.com/finance/curr...
Something to understand about measles is that if you do contract it and survive, it completely resets your immune system to zero. You have to revaccinate against everything. You lose all inherited immunity from your mother. Many measles survivors die from a later illness because of this.
LATEST: Measles outbreak in West Texas soares to 198 cases, the Texas Department of State Health Services says.
• In New Mexico, health officials say 30 cases have been reported in a county that borders Texas.
• 23 people — mostly unvaccinated children — have been hospitalized in West Texas.
• In New Mexico, health officials say 30 cases have been reported in a county that borders Texas.
• 23 people — mostly unvaccinated children — have been hospitalized in West Texas.
Measles outbreak surpasses 200 cases in Texas and New Mexico
Many people in the community are forgoing testing, a health official said.
nbcnews.to
March 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Something to understand about measles is that if you do contract it and survive, it completely resets your immune system to zero. You have to revaccinate against everything. You lose all inherited immunity from your mother. Many measles survivors die from a later illness because of this.
Trump is ruling by EO in order to avoid Democrats in Congress using the same obstructionist methods that Republicans did during Obama & Biden presidencies. GOP Congressional leadership is happy to cede powers to the Executive for the very same reason, with the added bonus that they avoid blame.
March 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Trump is ruling by EO in order to avoid Democrats in Congress using the same obstructionist methods that Republicans did during Obama & Biden presidencies. GOP Congressional leadership is happy to cede powers to the Executive for the very same reason, with the added bonus that they avoid blame.
Great content on what Inspectors General do.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump Purged These Watchdogs From Government (Gift Article)
President Trump promised to investigate waste and fraud in the government, but he’s fired the watchdogs who did exactly that.
www.nytimes.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Great content on what Inspectors General do.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The internet was a mistake.
New from 404 Media: powerful Chinese AI video generators have unleashed a new flood of nonconsensual porn. All it takes is one image of someone to create an entire porn video. This isn't deepfakes, we're far beyond that. These systems lack the most basic guardrails www.404media.co/chinese-ai-v...
Chinese AI Video Generators Unleash a Flood of New Nonconsensual Porn
A new crop of AI video generators is producing an endless stream of nonconsensual AI generated porn.
www.404media.co
March 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The internet was a mistake.
Step 1: Promise to make government more efficient.
Step 2: Make drastic cuts to services.
Step 3: Watch calmly as quality of services degrades significantly.
Step 4: Argue that government is inefficient and call for privatization.
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Step 2: Make drastic cuts to services.
Step 3: Watch calmly as quality of services degrades significantly.
Step 4: Argue that government is inefficient and call for privatization.
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
VA plans to lay off as many as 83,000 employees this year
A leaked memo released Tuesday called for VA to slash its workforce to 2019 levels that were in place before millions of veterans became newly eligible for care.
www.govexec.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Step 1: Promise to make government more efficient.
Step 2: Make drastic cuts to services.
Step 3: Watch calmly as quality of services degrades significantly.
Step 4: Argue that government is inefficient and call for privatization.
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Step 2: Make drastic cuts to services.
Step 3: Watch calmly as quality of services degrades significantly.
Step 4: Argue that government is inefficient and call for privatization.
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
FYI: Using an entire ASN to trigger a WAF bypass rule is not best practice. In case you were wondering.
February 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
FYI: Using an entire ASN to trigger a WAF bypass rule is not best practice. In case you were wondering.
An administration looking to remove all guardrails to crime.
February 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
An administration looking to remove all guardrails to crime.
Absolutely wild.
Top 10 moments of RFK Jr.’s reality-bending confirmation hearings
There were a lot of doozies as RFK Jr. tried to convince lawmakers he’s pro-vaccine.
arstechnica.com
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Absolutely wild.
Everything seems to be getting stupider and more depressing.
January 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Everything seems to be getting stupider and more depressing.