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Travis Lankow
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SecOps, detection engineering. Posts about security thoughts mostly. Photographer, cat herder, and overall nerd. He/him. Opinions are my own.

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#silentsunday
A peaceful lake with a kayak in the foreground and mountains in the background
July 14, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Hello friends. The dreaded and long awaiting blog on WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO THE CYBERSECURITY JOBS MARKET has arrived.

https://tisiphone.net/2025/04/01/lesley-what-happened-to-the-cybersecurity-skills-shortage/

I'm sorry.
tisiphone.net
April 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Umm, this is big COVID vaccine news. Nobody tell RFK Jr.

Original thread at link below.

THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable […]

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Abstract The ongoing emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) variants of concern that reduce the effectiveness of antibody therapeutics necessitates development of next-generation antibody modalities that are resilient to viral evolution. Here, we characterized amino-terminal domain (NTD) - and receptor binding domain (RBD)-specific monoclonal antibodies previously isolated from COVID-19 convalescent donors for their activity against emergent SARS-CoV-2 VOCs. Among these, NTD-specific antibody C1596 displayed the greatest breadth of binding to VOCs, with cryo-electron microscopy structural analysis revealing recognition of a distinct NTD epitope outside of the site i antigenic supersite. Given C1596's favorable binding profile, we designed a series of bispecific antibodies (bsAbs), termed CoV2-biRNs, that featured both NTD & RBD specificities. Two of the C1596-inclusive bsAbs, CoV2-biRN5 and CoV2-biRN7, retained potent in vitro neutralization activity against all Omicron variants tested, including XBB.1.5, BA.2.86, and JN.1, contrasting the diminished potency of parental antibodies delivered as monotherapies or as a cocktail. Furthermore, prophylactic delivery of CoV2-biRN5 reduced viral load within the lungs of K18-hACE2 mice after challenge with SARS-CoV-2 XBB.1.5. In conclusion, NTD-RBD bsAbs offer promising potential for the design of resilient, next-generation antibody therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2 VOCs. Diagram showing NTD Antibody + RBD Antibody leading to a combination labeled CoV2-biRN More realistic diagram rather than the previous geometric one, showing NTD and RBD before and after the new approach has attached itself.
March 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Montanans:
OPPOSE HB 371 Ban mRNA vaccinations in Montana for humans was heard last week in (H) Judiciary 2/7 but Executive Action will be taking place sometime this coming week.
#mtpol #mtleg #vaccines #vaccinessavelives

Protect your personal freedom to choose which vaccines are best for you […]
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February 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Remember Aaron♥️

Fuck #Meta :fuck_face:
Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their Al models. In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
February 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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BC Premier David Eby orders removal of liquor from US 'red states' and directs the government and Crown agencies to stop buying American products and replace them with Canadian ones. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-premier-david-eby-us-tariffs-1.7448307
February 2, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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This photo I took in France a few years ago was currated into an exhibition in Portland, OR this month. First time for me. I shot this in Albi, on a weekend where they have neighborhood markets, similar to farmers’ markets in the US, but substantially […]

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A black and white photograph of a couple contrasted against the sun lit wall of a building, crossing the street
January 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Just accept ♥️
December 9, 2024 at 4:45 PM
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I had hoped to get out with my camera again this weekend but the weather had other plans, so this is another shot for last weekend in Stillwater State Forest. #silentsunday #landscape #photography
A forest of snow covered trees in the foreground, with a small house sitting on a mist shrouded ridge in the background under a sky of streaky warm evening clouds
December 8, 2024 at 8:13 PM
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Statement from Deloitte about how much they value the security of their client and employee data in
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December 5, 2024 at 2:19 PM
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Stillwater State Forest, #montana. Only had a few minutes to compose this to hike back before sunset. Lovely fall day. #silentsunday #photography #landscape
A frozen lake covered in snow, with a snow covered log in the foreground and the background surrounded by trees bathed in golden light
December 1, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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👏👏👏 https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/27/24307790/microsoft-is-being-investigated-by-the-ftc-over-antitrust-concerns
November 29, 2024 at 3:44 AM
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This, from Reddit about the O365 outage today: “In their defense, it's a leap year and they never advertised it as Office 366. We got what we paid for.”
November 25, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-white-house-offer-cybersecurity-biden-nadella
November 25, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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Hidden Lake in Glacier National Park. Taken in early October after the first snow of the season. #silentsunday #photography #landscape #nature
An alpine lake surrounded by snow dusted mountains in the warm sun of a late fall day
November 25, 2024 at 6:30 PM