Cynthia Brumfield
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The UK Foreign Office was hacked in October
Delay in keystroke led Amazon to imposter discovery, A second suspect was arrested in an attempted Italian ferry malware attack, Denmark blames Russia for destructive cyberattacks, LongNosedGoblin is ...
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Before you leave for the weekend (or maybe even a long holiday break), make sure you check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including 1/4
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Please watch this, particularly journos.
Please watch this, particularly journos.
" I knew that it would cost me my job, or at least would result in some consequences, and I was okay with that." Ryan risked great personal consequences to speak up about the Trump administration's ne...
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December 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Please watch this, particularly journos.
Please watch this, particularly journos.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrTAayK3/
This is so me right now I’m afraid I won’t ever return to consensual reality.
This is so me right now I’m afraid I won’t ever return to consensual reality.
Welcome to the week between Christmas and new years! Buckle up! #newyear #christmas #holidays
TikTok video by Jared Freid
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December 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrTAayK3/
This is so me right now I’m afraid I won’t ever return to consensual reality.
This is so me right now I’m afraid I won’t ever return to consensual reality.
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Keith Haring, The Nativity, subway drawing, c. 1983
December 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Keith Haring, The Nativity, subway drawing, c. 1983
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ICE is breaking up families on Christmas. So here are a few of their NY state license plates:
GSS2913
JCF8459
JGA1701
KDF4175
KHB9009
KRB7044
KTS7406
KTY4420
KVC9143
KVF9689
KWC9119
KWC9143
KWL5836
KWX9632
KXX2516
KZF3496
LBJ8897
LBX2697
LDY3457
LEN4816
LJB8929
LJN1327
LJN1370
LXT1388
More soon!
GSS2913
JCF8459
JGA1701
KDF4175
KHB9009
KRB7044
KTS7406
KTY4420
KVC9143
KVF9689
KWC9119
KWC9143
KWL5836
KWX9632
KXX2516
KZF3496
LBJ8897
LBX2697
LDY3457
LEN4816
LJB8929
LJN1327
LJN1370
LXT1388
More soon!
December 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
ICE is breaking up families on Christmas. So here are a few of their NY state license plates:
GSS2913
JCF8459
JGA1701
KDF4175
KHB9009
KRB7044
KTS7406
KTY4420
KVC9143
KVF9689
KWC9119
KWC9143
KWL5836
KWX9632
KXX2516
KZF3496
LBJ8897
LBX2697
LDY3457
LEN4816
LJB8929
LJN1327
LJN1370
LXT1388
More soon!
GSS2913
JCF8459
JGA1701
KDF4175
KHB9009
KRB7044
KTS7406
KTY4420
KVC9143
KVF9689
KWC9119
KWC9143
KWL5836
KWX9632
KXX2516
KZF3496
LBJ8897
LBX2697
LDY3457
LEN4816
LJB8929
LJN1327
LJN1370
LXT1388
More soon!
Snuggling with my fur baby this Christmas morning.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!!! 🎄🎅
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!!! 🎄🎅
December 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Snuggling with my fur baby this Christmas morning.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!!! 🎄🎅
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!!! 🎄🎅
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Happy holidays to everyone who's in solitude today. You get to decide what this post-solstice 24 hours is like! You could mourn or reflect, give gratitude or binge-watch, join your chosen family or cozy up with your animals. You may not be surrounded by people, but a lot of us are in the same place.
December 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy holidays to everyone who's in solitude today. You get to decide what this post-solstice 24 hours is like! You could mourn or reflect, give gratitude or binge-watch, join your chosen family or cozy up with your animals. You may not be surrounded by people, but a lot of us are in the same place.
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There was a recent post that hit Hacker News about a server getting hacked and running Monero.
blog.jakesaunders.dev/my-server-st...
I wanted to call out a few points...
blog.jakesaunders.dev/my-server-st...
I wanted to call out a few points...
I got hacked, my server started mining Monero this morning.
I got hacked, my server started mining Monero this morning.
blog.jakesaunders.dev
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
There was a recent post that hit Hacker News about a server getting hacked and running Monero.
blog.jakesaunders.dev/my-server-st...
I wanted to call out a few points...
blog.jakesaunders.dev/my-server-st...
I wanted to call out a few points...
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okay!!!
The First National Website Dedicated To Documenting ICE License Plates Is Here ~ L.A. TACO
“Something like the plate tracker helps to encourage and promote legal transparency and legal accountability, especially when they're going around, switching plates, trying to hide, trying to be undet...
lataco.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
okay!!!
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What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.
December 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.
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Weeks after President Donald Trump fired the board of supervisors for the Kennedy Center and installed himself as the chair, dozens of performances at D.C.'s arts center have been canceled. Bravo to these artists for standing for freedom!
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/k...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/k...
Kennedy Center releases list of some performances canceled in last 6 months
Weeks after President Donald Trump fired the board of supervisors for the Kennedy Center and installed himself as the chair, dozens of performances at D.C.’s arts center have been cancelled.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Weeks after President Donald Trump fired the board of supervisors for the Kennedy Center and installed himself as the chair, dozens of performances at D.C.'s arts center have been canceled. Bravo to these artists for standing for freedom!
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/k...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/k...
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Stephen Miller finds it impossible for anyone else to consider immigrants as human beings so he's happy to go on air and say "would those journalists host the people we deported for a night to keep them out of torture prison?" as though getting people out wasn't exactly the point of the reporting.
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Stephen Miller finds it impossible for anyone else to consider immigrants as human beings so he's happy to go on air and say "would those journalists host the people we deported for a night to keep them out of torture prison?" as though getting people out wasn't exactly the point of the reporting.
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Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
“Chilling and unconstitutional” — @attorneynora.bsky.social @freepress.bsky.social
U.S. Bars 5 European Tech Regulators and Researchers
www.nytimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”
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“Imran Ahmed, chief executive of Centre for Countering Digital Hate; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs; and Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index.”
US bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online
The State Department is barring five Europeans it accuses of leading efforts to pressure U.S. tech firms to censor or suppress American viewpoints.
apnews.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
“Imran Ahmed, chief executive of Centre for Countering Digital Hate; Josephine Ballon and Anna-Lena von Hodenberg, leaders of HateAid, a German organization; former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, who was responsible for digital affairs; and Clare Melford, who runs the Global Disinformation Index.”
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"She needs to take her job more seriously," Scott Pelley said about Bari Weiss in a 60 Minutes meeting yesterday, adding: "It's not a part-time job."
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www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says Bari Weiss needs to take her job ‘more seriously’
‘It’s not a part-time job,” Scott Pelley said during a Monday afternoon meeting.
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"She needs to take her job more seriously," Scott Pelley said about Bari Weiss in a 60 Minutes meeting yesterday, adding: "It's not a part-time job."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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lol yeah that’s fuckin airtight wrap it up everybody no one’s ever been stupid and evil at the same time
December 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
lol yeah that’s fuckin airtight wrap it up everybody no one’s ever been stupid and evil at the same time
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San Francisco has fewer murders now than it has since Philip Marlowe was trying to find the Maltese Falcon. And its population is higher
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
San Francisco has fewer murders now than it has since Philip Marlowe was trying to find the Maltese Falcon. And its population is higher
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Here’s one thing to point out whenever the trump wh and gop do this: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Here’s one thing to point out whenever the trump wh and gop do this: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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SANTA DENIER: Every time I’ve seen a reindeer, they’re just standing there, chewing grass.
CHILD: By your own admission, you’ve never seen a reindeer even attempt to fly. But you think you can confidently tell me that you KNOW reindeer cannot fly?
CHILD: By your own admission, you’ve never seen a reindeer even attempt to fly. But you think you can confidently tell me that you KNOW reindeer cannot fly?
Jubilee: One Child vs. Twenty Santa Deniers
Mateo, a child, sits at a debate table opposite an empty chair. He’s surrounded by twenty Santa Claus Deniers, each holding a red flag. MATEO: My n...
buff.ly
December 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
SANTA DENIER: Every time I’ve seen a reindeer, they’re just standing there, chewing grass.
CHILD: By your own admission, you’ve never seen a reindeer even attempt to fly. But you think you can confidently tell me that you KNOW reindeer cannot fly?
CHILD: By your own admission, you’ve never seen a reindeer even attempt to fly. But you think you can confidently tell me that you KNOW reindeer cannot fly?
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The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex - United States Department of State
The State Department is taking decisive action against five individuals who have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to censor, demonetize, and suppress American viewpoints they oppose....
www.state.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The US State Department is now going to be deporting people and/or revoking visas over Benz, Taibbi, and Shellenberger’s “censorship industrial complex” hoax.
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Let that sink in. This is what the Twitter Files pretext was actually about. Water boys for authoritarians.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Despite not cutting government spending — which actually went up — “the DOGE effort led to some actual cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.”
Despite not cutting government spending — which actually went up — “the DOGE effort led to some actual cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.”
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Despite not cutting government spending — which actually went up — “the DOGE effort led to some actual cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.”
Despite not cutting government spending — which actually went up — “the DOGE effort led to some actual cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.”
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Biden tried to forgive student loans.
Trump is going to seize their pay.
Any questions?
These 2 CNBC headlines really say it all about who Trump cares about👇🏽😕
Trump is going to seize their pay.
Any questions?
These 2 CNBC headlines really say it all about who Trump cares about👇🏽😕
December 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Biden tried to forgive student loans.
Trump is going to seize their pay.
Any questions?
These 2 CNBC headlines really say it all about who Trump cares about👇🏽😕
Trump is going to seize their pay.
Any questions?
These 2 CNBC headlines really say it all about who Trump cares about👇🏽😕
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This victim told a driver that she couldn't report Trump raping her because "They will kill me." In 2021, another victim said that Epstein told her girls who don't behave are fed to alligators and took her where they die. He threatened to kill her and her son.
December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This victim told a driver that she couldn't report Trump raping her because "They will kill me." In 2021, another victim said that Epstein told her girls who don't behave are fed to alligators and took her where they die. He threatened to kill her and her son.
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They’re so close to getting it.
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They’re so close to getting it.