Stephen Shaffer
@t0sche.bsky.social
dad | stoic | space | infosec dude | 🌹
writing at stephenshaffer.io when I have things to share
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Stephen Shaffer
@t0sche.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Modeling Asset Risk Using EPSS
How can we best operationalize EPSS in our environment by utilizing its mathematical properties?
stephenshaffer.io
Heads down working on the next iteration of ideas I presented here: stephenshaffer.io/modeling-ass...
Would love to hear thoughts, opinions, and reactions surrounding the use of grouped EPSS or EPSS in general.
#epss #cve #riskmgmt #infosec
Would love to hear thoughts, opinions, and reactions surrounding the use of grouped EPSS or EPSS in general.
#epss #cve #riskmgmt #infosec
Well fuck. This wasn’t the post-VulnCon news we were expecting.
BREAKING.
From a reliable source. MITRE support for the CVE program is due to expire tomorrow. The attached letter was sent out to CVE Board Members.
From a reliable source. MITRE support for the CVE program is due to expire tomorrow. The attached letter was sent out to CVE Board Members.
April 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Well fuck. This wasn’t the post-VulnCon news we were expecting.
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“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx
— Karl Marx
April 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“History repeats itself, first as a tragedy, second as a farce.”
— Karl Marx
— Karl Marx
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Ok, I feel like this is mean to say to our closest celestial neighbour, but it would be SO COOL if that asteroid could hit the Moon instead 👀
The asteroid that will now definitely not hit Earth has the highest odds ever for a predicted lunar impact — but a miss is still more likely.
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#astronomy #moon #lunarimpact #asteroid
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#astronomy #moon #lunarimpact #asteroid
Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 YR4 Might Aim for the Moon
The asteroid that will now definitely not hit Earth has the highest odds ever for a predicted lunar impact — but a miss is still more likely.
buff.ly
April 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Ok, I feel like this is mean to say to our closest celestial neighbour, but it would be SO COOL if that asteroid could hit the Moon instead 👀
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OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
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I am often asked about my sincere belief in others & how that gives me hope.
Today @booker.senate.gov gave me hope. He was heroic. He is a helper.
As I say in my book Find The Helpers, what matters more than the moment is what we do next. Corey Booker just showed the way for what to do next.
Today @booker.senate.gov gave me hope. He was heroic. He is a helper.
As I say in my book Find The Helpers, what matters more than the moment is what we do next. Corey Booker just showed the way for what to do next.
April 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I am often asked about my sincere belief in others & how that gives me hope.
Today @booker.senate.gov gave me hope. He was heroic. He is a helper.
As I say in my book Find The Helpers, what matters more than the moment is what we do next. Corey Booker just showed the way for what to do next.
Today @booker.senate.gov gave me hope. He was heroic. He is a helper.
As I say in my book Find The Helpers, what matters more than the moment is what we do next. Corey Booker just showed the way for what to do next.
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Breaking: Chuck Schumer arrives late to Senator Booker’s speech, asks him to start again from the beginning.
April 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Breaking: Chuck Schumer arrives late to Senator Booker’s speech, asks him to start again from the beginning.
Just heartbreaking
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Just heartbreaking
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This story for the New Yorker is the culmination of many years of reporting on and thinking about one thing: What's the deal with pitching? It was nice to reconnect with people I know from the baseball world, and I have now seen the inside of a person's elbow.
www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
Baseball Reaches Its Breaking Point
An elbow-injury epidemic has become an existential threat to the sport, prompting the M.L.B. to brainstorm new solutions, such as the use of a heavier ball.
www.newyorker.com
March 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This story for the New Yorker is the culmination of many years of reporting on and thinking about one thing: What's the deal with pitching? It was nice to reconnect with people I know from the baseball world, and I have now seen the inside of a person's elbow.
www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
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"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts." — Marcus Aurelius
March 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts." — Marcus Aurelius
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Want an action-packed docket of dynamic speakers and cross-industry topics? Look no further💪 Register for VulnCon25 today! 🔗 www.first.org/conference/vul... #vulnerabilitymanagement #CVE #CVSS #EPSS #CISA #MITRE #VEX #Raleigh
CVE Program & FIRST VulnCon 2025
www.first.org
March 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Want an action-packed docket of dynamic speakers and cross-industry topics? Look no further💪 Register for VulnCon25 today! 🔗 www.first.org/conference/vul... #vulnerabilitymanagement #CVE #CVSS #EPSS #CISA #MITRE #VEX #Raleigh
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Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
March 27, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Based on the replies l, it looks like there a lot of fed workers on @bsky.app
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I can't imagine the shit you are going through right now
Thanks for your service to our country
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“People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions.” @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social share the group chat in which officials planned strikes on Yemen: theatln.tc/UHOLqA9E
March 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions.” @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social share the group chat in which officials planned strikes on Yemen: theatln.tc/UHOLqA9E
This breaks my heart. How can people be so heartless.
NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.
March 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This breaks my heart. How can people be so heartless.
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Rising global temperatures can influence the timing of events, such as when crops are ready to plant and harvest and when flowers and trees bloom.
One example is the timing of the peak cherry tree blossom in Kyoto, Japan, where records stretch back to the ninth century — that’s over 1200 years.
One example is the timing of the peak cherry tree blossom in Kyoto, Japan, where records stretch back to the ninth century — that’s over 1200 years.
March 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Rising global temperatures can influence the timing of events, such as when crops are ready to plant and harvest and when flowers and trees bloom.
One example is the timing of the peak cherry tree blossom in Kyoto, Japan, where records stretch back to the ninth century — that’s over 1200 years.
One example is the timing of the peak cherry tree blossom in Kyoto, Japan, where records stretch back to the ninth century — that’s over 1200 years.
I mean it’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost? Ten dollars?
Trump: "I haven't used the word 'groceries.' It's like an old fashioned word. But really it's not. And people understand it. And I campaigned very hard on groceries."
March 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I mean it’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost? Ten dollars?
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The "senior" in "senior developer" refers to their age in binary years, not human years.
March 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The "senior" in "senior developer" refers to their age in binary years, not human years.
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Okay, I wrote a longer thing about @durbin.senate.gov, @amyklobuchar.com, @klobuchar.senate.gov, @whitehouse.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov apparently wanting to hand Donald Trump a huge weapon with which to censor online speech.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
Democratic Senators Team Up With MAGA To Hand Trump A Censorship Machine
At the exact moment when Donald Trump and his MAGA allies are actively dismantling democratic institutions and working to silence critics, a group of Democratic Senators have decided to collaborate…
www.techdirt.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Okay, I wrote a longer thing about @durbin.senate.gov, @amyklobuchar.com, @klobuchar.senate.gov, @whitehouse.senate.gov, @blumenthal.senate.gov apparently wanting to hand Donald Trump a huge weapon with which to censor online speech.
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/d...
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Congrats to @desisurvey.bsky.social - it's looking more & more like dark energy isn't Einstein's cosmological constant! If you've woken up to the news & are searching for the publications, they don't appear to be on arxiv 🤷♀️ but they are online. 🔭 #cosmology 🧪
ℹ️: data.desi.lbl.gov/public/paper...
ℹ️: data.desi.lbl.gov/public/paper...
![A graph of the evolution of the dark energy (vertical axis) as a function of time (redshift on the horizontal axis) - showing an offset from the cosmological constant (a flat horizontal line). Here is the figure caption from the paper:
FIG. 12. Comparison of the constraints on the equation of
state of dark energy using the CPL parametrization and a bin-
ning reconstruction approach, using DESI+CMB+DESY5.
The solid green line shows the best-fit w(z) based on w0 and
wa inference and the green contours around it represent the
68% and 95% confidence intervals. We also show in blue the
constraints from the binning approach [47], with the hori-
zontal bars indicating the bin width (which is fixed) and the
vertical bars representing the 1σ error. Additionally, we in-
clude in gray the 1D posterior for each binning parameter.
The ΛCDM limit corresponds to the horizontal gray dashed
line.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ok3ms3dzop7gcwejp7lswhpi/bafkreiaa64kyfu7u5ber7u6kwk2zzkuet66j6o3l4lr5ftl5sef67pzham@jpeg)
March 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Congrats to @desisurvey.bsky.social - it's looking more & more like dark energy isn't Einstein's cosmological constant! If you've woken up to the news & are searching for the publications, they don't appear to be on arxiv 🤷♀️ but they are online. 🔭 #cosmology 🧪
ℹ️: data.desi.lbl.gov/public/paper...
ℹ️: data.desi.lbl.gov/public/paper...
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Something to think about
March 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Something to think about
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⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
March 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
⚡️FIGHT THE OLIGARCHY RALLY ⚡️
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
STARTING TOMORROW.
Nevada. Arizona. Colorado.
You, me, and Bernie.
Dem and GOP districts. ❤️💙
See you there 💪🏽🌞
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1 in 10 Maryland workers is a federal employee. Here’s where they live, work.
Where do Maryland's federal employees live and work?
Thousands of federal workers call Maryland home. Many of them also work in offices across the state.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
1 in 10 Maryland workers is a federal employee. Here’s where they live, work.
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It's #Euclid data release day!
@esa.int and the Euclid Consortium are making 63 deg² of Wide Survey data available to the world. Imaging and spectroscopy data, catalogues and masks for 20+ million galaxies, quasars, stars and substellar objects.
#astronomy #science #space
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@esa.int and the Euclid Consortium are making 63 deg² of Wide Survey data available to the world. Imaging and spectroscopy data, catalogues and masks for 20+ million galaxies, quasars, stars and substellar objects.
#astronomy #science #space
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March 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It's #Euclid data release day!
@esa.int and the Euclid Consortium are making 63 deg² of Wide Survey data available to the world. Imaging and spectroscopy data, catalogues and masks for 20+ million galaxies, quasars, stars and substellar objects.
#astronomy #science #space
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@esa.int and the Euclid Consortium are making 63 deg² of Wide Survey data available to the world. Imaging and spectroscopy data, catalogues and masks for 20+ million galaxies, quasars, stars and substellar objects.
#astronomy #science #space
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