@teethador.bsky.social
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Right, I am off work (yes some of us "soldiered" on during Christmas), so got some time to put down coherent thoughts on a range of events. First of all, the Trumpian battleship. Which as part of Trump's "Golden Fleet" even got its (her) own website. 🧵
www.goldenfleet.navy.mil
www.goldenfleet.navy.mil
December 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Right, I am off work (yes some of us "soldiered" on during Christmas), so got some time to put down coherent thoughts on a range of events. First of all, the Trumpian battleship. Which as part of Trump's "Golden Fleet" even got its (her) own website. 🧵
www.goldenfleet.navy.mil
www.goldenfleet.navy.mil
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Massachusetts passed this three years ago.
Instead of fleeing, the number of millionaires in the state increased by over 30% and Massachusetts coffers saw an influx of $5.7 billion. Read the link for the many goods the money has paid for. www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/17/d...
Instead of fleeing, the number of millionaires in the state increased by over 30% and Massachusetts coffers saw an influx of $5.7 billion. Read the link for the many goods the money has paid for. www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/17/d...
December 27, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Massachusetts passed this three years ago.
Instead of fleeing, the number of millionaires in the state increased by over 30% and Massachusetts coffers saw an influx of $5.7 billion. Read the link for the many goods the money has paid for. www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/17/d...
Instead of fleeing, the number of millionaires in the state increased by over 30% and Massachusetts coffers saw an influx of $5.7 billion. Read the link for the many goods the money has paid for. www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/11/17/d...
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More seriously, as most readers here know I helped draft the CA billionaire tax initiative text and you just can't get out of it by setting up a couple of LLCs in Florida. We have thought about how to block these fake paper moves for 4 years.
Billionaires are considering cutting or reducing their ties to California by the end of the year because of a proposed ballot measure that could tax the state’s wealthiest residents.
A Wealth Tax Floated in California Has Billionaires Thinking of Leaving
It’s uncertain whether the proposal will reach the statewide ballot in November, but some billionaires like Peter Thiel and Larry Page may be unwilling to take the risk.
nyti.ms
December 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
More seriously, as most readers here know I helped draft the CA billionaire tax initiative text and you just can't get out of it by setting up a couple of LLCs in Florida. We have thought about how to block these fake paper moves for 4 years.
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Mausritter setup complete for my 70+ parents and my younger sister. Their first ever TTRPG experience begins now.
December 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Mausritter setup complete for my 70+ parents and my younger sister. Their first ever TTRPG experience begins now.
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Germany's highest court has paused a provision of the country's criminal code that required telcos to monitor and log DNS queries
www.lto.de/recht/nachri...
www.lto.de/recht/nachri...
BVerfG stoppt DNS-Überwachung als Ermittlungsinstrument
Strafverfolgungsbehörden wollen umfassende DNS-Überwachung nutzen. Was Fachgerichte billigten, stoppte nun das BVerfG mit einer einstweiligen Anordnung.
www.lto.de
December 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Germany's highest court has paused a provision of the country's criminal code that required telcos to monitor and log DNS queries
www.lto.de/recht/nachri...
www.lto.de/recht/nachri...
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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
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I do not think Anderson Cooper is wealthy enough on his own to bankroll something with the legal and investigative heft of 60 Minutes.
But it would be pretty interesting if he called up a few friends and tried.
But it would be pretty interesting if he called up a few friends and tried.
CNN’s @brianstelter.bsky.social reports that some CBS News employees are now threatening to quit
5. Link to my story bit.ly/3MOBzqv
December 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I do not think Anderson Cooper is wealthy enough on his own to bankroll something with the legal and investigative heft of 60 Minutes.
But it would be pretty interesting if he called up a few friends and tried.
But it would be pretty interesting if he called up a few friends and tried.
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The Onion is within a hair's breadth of reporting real news apnews.com/video/robert...
February 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Onion is within a hair's breadth of reporting real news apnews.com/video/robert...
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
🧵 1 of 9
🧵 1 of 9
December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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Worth noting that there 15 other NIST time servers across two other locations (7 in Fort Collins, CO and 8 in Maryland) that are working perfectly fine and that even the affected servers remain accurate to within 0.0000046 seconds
source: tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/serve...
source: tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/serve...
NIST Internet Time Service
tf.nist.gov
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Worth noting that there 15 other NIST time servers across two other locations (7 in Fort Collins, CO and 8 in Maryland) that are working perfectly fine and that even the affected servers remain accurate to within 0.0000046 seconds
source: tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/serve...
source: tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/serve...
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The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
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Update: somebody has woken up to discover they've shat the bed and has resolved to never drink again.
bsky.app/profile/mege...
bsky.app/profile/mege...
And just like that, SFWA capitulates. Keep fighting. It works.
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Update: somebody has woken up to discover they've shat the bed and has resolved to never drink again.
bsky.app/profile/mege...
bsky.app/profile/mege...
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I don't got that dog in me anymore, dawg
Let me know if you feel like managing 34TB (uncompressed) of malware source code, samples, and papers.
Everyday for 6.5 years is tiring
Let me know if you feel like managing 34TB (uncompressed) of malware source code, samples, and papers.
Everyday for 6.5 years is tiring
December 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I don't got that dog in me anymore, dawg
Let me know if you feel like managing 34TB (uncompressed) of malware source code, samples, and papers.
Everyday for 6.5 years is tiring
Let me know if you feel like managing 34TB (uncompressed) of malware source code, samples, and papers.
Everyday for 6.5 years is tiring
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"Why is everyone SO OBSESSED with the Epstein Files," whined the guy who is in the Epstein Files.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New York Times columnist David Brooks appears in latest Epstein photos
Brooks, who dismissed Epstein scandal as ‘stupid story’, wrote column expressing lack of interest in developments
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Why is everyone SO OBSESSED with the Epstein Files," whined the guy who is in the Epstein Files.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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You asked for our traditional #CfP meme-guideline for #PIVOTcon26 - here it is 🥳🎉
Reminder:
- one track,30m
- no recording/streaming/tweeting.
- No TLP:WHITE
- Original content only
#CTI #ThreatIntel #ThreatResearch 1/7
Reminder:
- one track,30m
- no recording/streaming/tweeting.
- No TLP:WHITE
- Original content only
#CTI #ThreatIntel #ThreatResearch 1/7
December 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
You asked for our traditional #CfP meme-guideline for #PIVOTcon26 - here it is 🥳🎉
Reminder:
- one track,30m
- no recording/streaming/tweeting.
- No TLP:WHITE
- Original content only
#CTI #ThreatIntel #ThreatResearch 1/7
Reminder:
- one track,30m
- no recording/streaming/tweeting.
- No TLP:WHITE
- Original content only
#CTI #ThreatIntel #ThreatResearch 1/7
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December 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.