Tuck Frump
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The corruption of the Roberts court expands and expands. There's no longer even a tiny pretense -- what Donald Trump and his Republican apparatchiks and lackeys want is what the court will approve […]
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mastodon.social
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The corruption of the Roberts court expands and expands. There's no longer even a tiny pretense -- what Donald Trump and his Republican apparatchiks and lackeys want is what the court will approve […]
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The CEO of The Onion set the publication's goal for 2026 to have more subscribers than The Washington Post. At the rate the latter is going, that won't take long.
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
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infosec.exchange
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The CEO of The Onion set the publication's goal for 2026 to have more subscribers than The Washington Post. At the rate the latter is going, that won't take long.
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
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Here's the #fall collection from #chandra -- what do you think? Is it giving Fall????
📷 :https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/fall/
#astrophotography #Space #Science #Astrodon #astronomy #nasa #autumn #vibes
📷 :https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/fall/
#astrophotography #Space #Science #Astrodon #astronomy #nasa #autumn #vibes
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Here's the #fall collection from #chandra -- what do you think? Is it giving Fall????
📷 :https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/fall/
#astrophotography #Space #Science #Astrodon #astronomy #nasa #autumn #vibes
📷 :https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/fall/
#astrophotography #Space #Science #Astrodon #astronomy #nasa #autumn #vibes
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Wonderful image from Hubble, The Hourglass Nebula
Awesome image from the #Hubble Space Telescope of the Hourglass #Nebula, buff.ly/NaNgh1x
If you are interested in commissioning an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email at troy@troycap.com.
Awesome image from the #Hubble Space Telescope of the Hourglass #Nebula, buff.ly/NaNgh1x
If you are interested in commissioning an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email at troy@troycap.com.
December 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Wonderful image from Hubble, The Hourglass Nebula
Awesome image from the #Hubble Space Telescope of the Hourglass #Nebula, buff.ly/NaNgh1x
If you are interested in commissioning an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email at troy@troycap.com.
Awesome image from the #Hubble Space Telescope of the Hourglass #Nebula, buff.ly/NaNgh1x
If you are interested in commissioning an oil painting on canvas of this art print, please send me an email at troy@troycap.com.
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A lengthy posting on President Trunp’s primary social account this morning furiously reacts to a NYT story documenting a president showing signs of aging. A co-author of the piece, Katie Rogers, is attacked as “a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.” […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A lengthy posting on President Trunp’s primary social account this morning furiously reacts to a NYT story documenting a president showing signs of aging. A co-author of the piece, Katie Rogers, is attacked as “a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out.” […]
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"A new investigation of Elon #Musk’s X by Sky News found that every account set up by reporters, 'no matter their political orientation, was fed a glut of rightwing content', much of which was extreme. The experts it consulted believe this pattern could have resulted only from an algorithm […]
Original post on mastodon.scot
mastodon.scot
November 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
"A new investigation of Elon #Musk’s X by Sky News found that every account set up by reporters, 'no matter their political orientation, was fed a glut of rightwing content', much of which was extreme. The experts it consulted believe this pattern could have resulted only from an algorithm […]
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It's not clear yet whether Epstein was ever able to share info with the Russians, but this could explain a lot. From Politico:
"Nearly a month before President Donald Trump met Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, Jeffrey Epstein attempted to pass a message to Russia’s top […]
"Nearly a month before President Donald Trump met Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, Jeffrey Epstein attempted to pass a message to Russia’s top […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
It's not clear yet whether Epstein was ever able to share info with the Russians, but this could explain a lot. From Politico:
"Nearly a month before President Donald Trump met Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, Jeffrey Epstein attempted to pass a message to Russia’s top […]
"Nearly a month before President Donald Trump met Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, Jeffrey Epstein attempted to pass a message to Russia’s top […]
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Wrote up some thoughts about the proposed ban on the sale of TP-Link devices in the US.
The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems, a tech company that currently enjoys an […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems, a tech company that currently enjoys an […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Wrote up some thoughts about the proposed ban on the sale of TP-Link devices in the US.
The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems, a tech company that currently enjoys an […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
The U.S. government is reportedly preparing to ban the sale of wireless routers and other networking gear from TP-Link Systems, a tech company that currently enjoys an […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
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They had me at the headline: AI isn’t replacing jobs. AI spending is
"From Amazon to General Motors to Booz Allen Hamilton, layoffs are being announced and blamed on AI. Amazon said it would cut 14,000 corporate jobs. United Parcel Service (UPS) said it had reduced its management workforce by […]
"From Amazon to General Motors to Booz Allen Hamilton, layoffs are being announced and blamed on AI. Amazon said it would cut 14,000 corporate jobs. United Parcel Service (UPS) said it had reduced its management workforce by […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
They had me at the headline: AI isn’t replacing jobs. AI spending is
"From Amazon to General Motors to Booz Allen Hamilton, layoffs are being announced and blamed on AI. Amazon said it would cut 14,000 corporate jobs. United Parcel Service (UPS) said it had reduced its management workforce by […]
"From Amazon to General Motors to Booz Allen Hamilton, layoffs are being announced and blamed on AI. Amazon said it would cut 14,000 corporate jobs. United Parcel Service (UPS) said it had reduced its management workforce by […]
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Yay! russians launched fireworks to celebrate the fact that russian teachers and doctors finally started receiving higher salaries than soldiers and propagandists… 🥳
…okay, I’m kidding. It’s just another refinery burning 🤘😁🔥
…okay, I’m kidding. It’s just another refinery burning 🤘😁🔥
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Yay! russians launched fireworks to celebrate the fact that russian teachers and doctors finally started receiving higher salaries than soldiers and propagandists… 🥳
…okay, I’m kidding. It’s just another refinery burning 🤘😁🔥
…okay, I’m kidding. It’s just another refinery burning 🤘😁🔥
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If you've been as enthralled w/ the Louvre heist story as I have, you might be interested to learn this:
"According to the newspaper Libération , documents from a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for Information Systems Security reported a disconcerting detail: the password for the […]
"According to the newspaper Libération , documents from a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for Information Systems Security reported a disconcerting detail: the password for the […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you've been as enthralled w/ the Louvre heist story as I have, you might be interested to learn this:
"According to the newspaper Libération , documents from a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for Information Systems Security reported a disconcerting detail: the password for the […]
"According to the newspaper Libération , documents from a 2014 inspection by the French National Agency for Information Systems Security reported a disconcerting detail: the password for the […]
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I especially liked this bit: The President of the United States of America doesn’t know the difference between “asylum”, as in (sometimes) “a place where mentally ill people are treated”, and “asylum”, as in (sometimes) “a refuge from persecution and/or violence”.
And thus he believes that […]
And thus he believes that […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I especially liked this bit: The President of the United States of America doesn’t know the difference between “asylum”, as in (sometimes) “a place where mentally ill people are treated”, and “asylum”, as in (sometimes) “a refuge from persecution and/or violence”.
And thus he believes that […]
And thus he believes that […]
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Did you watch the unfuckingbelievable interview that 60 Minutes aired last night on Trump? The travesty is that the edited version should never have been edited, as we can see from viewing the transcript of the entire batshit crazy interview. Wherein Trump contradicts himself many times and […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Did you watch the unfuckingbelievable interview that 60 Minutes aired last night on Trump? The travesty is that the edited version should never have been edited, as we can see from viewing the transcript of the entire batshit crazy interview. Wherein Trump contradicts himself many times and […]
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New, by me: Alleged Jabber Zeus Coder "MrICQ" in U.S. Custody
A Ukrainian man indicted in 2012 for conspiring with a prolific hacking group to steal tens of millions of dollars from U.S. businesses was arrested in Italy and is now in custody in the United […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
A Ukrainian man indicted in 2012 for conspiring with a prolific hacking group to steal tens of millions of dollars from U.S. businesses was arrested in Italy and is now in custody in the United […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
![A mugshot of a 41 y/o Ukrainian man being held in Nebraska, Yuriy Igorevich Rybtsov. He has brown hair that recedes slightly on both sides, and is wearing a prison outfit of a white shirt and bright orange jumpsuit. This photo from lockedup[.]wtf, says he is being held for the FBI.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eyixtuogercyaq5npymdzi5l/bafkreigtwevumrtsw2p5f7d2nuo3jz665stesduran6watpehw6fxs2ewm@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
New, by me: Alleged Jabber Zeus Coder "MrICQ" in U.S. Custody
A Ukrainian man indicted in 2012 for conspiring with a prolific hacking group to steal tens of millions of dollars from U.S. businesses was arrested in Italy and is now in custody in the United […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
A Ukrainian man indicted in 2012 for conspiring with a prolific hacking group to steal tens of millions of dollars from U.S. businesses was arrested in Italy and is now in custody in the United […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
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I guess I can write about these guys till I'm blue in the face. These proxy/botnet stories have a lot of moving parts, so I get it when another big development makes everyone yawn. But don't take my word for it: If you look at Cloudflare Radar right now, you […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
October 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I guess I can write about these guys till I'm blue in the face. These proxy/botnet stories have a lot of moving parts, so I get it when another big development makes everyone yawn. But don't take my word for it: If you look at Cloudflare Radar right now, you […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
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Get ready for a torrent of AI slop about a "Second Moon", a new 'Quasi-moon' has been found, a big boulder in Space which is currently sharing an orbit with us for a bit.
https://earthsky.org/space/earth-quasi-moon-2025-pn7/
#2025pn7 #quasimoon #space #Astrodon #asteroids
https://earthsky.org/space/earth-quasi-moon-2025-pn7/
#2025pn7 #quasimoon #space #Astrodon #asteroids
Meet Earth’s newest quasi-moon, recently discovered 2025 PN7
earthsky.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Get ready for a torrent of AI slop about a "Second Moon", a new 'Quasi-moon' has been found, a big boulder in Space which is currently sharing an orbit with us for a bit.
https://earthsky.org/space/earth-quasi-moon-2025-pn7/
#2025pn7 #quasimoon #space #Astrodon #asteroids
https://earthsky.org/space/earth-quasi-moon-2025-pn7/
#2025pn7 #quasimoon #space #Astrodon #asteroids
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GHOST HAND... ahem, I mean, MSH 15-52.
📷 :https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/msh1552/
#spooky #astrohotography #chandra #Science #Space #halloween #Astrodon #nebula #supernova
📷 :https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/msh1552/
#spooky #astrohotography #chandra #Science #Space #halloween #Astrodon #nebula #supernova
October 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
GHOST HAND... ahem, I mean, MSH 15-52.
📷 :https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/msh1552/
#spooky #astrohotography #chandra #Science #Space #halloween #Astrodon #nebula #supernova
📷 :https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2025/msh1552/
#spooky #astrohotography #chandra #Science #Space #halloween #Astrodon #nebula #supernova
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Being self-employed in the United States has its benefits, except maybe when it comes to getting healthcare coverage. For years, the only way we could find to get a halfway decent healthcare plan was to join WeWork of all places, just so we could qualify for their group coverage through TriNet […]
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infosec.exchange
October 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Being self-employed in the United States has its benefits, except maybe when it comes to getting healthcare coverage. For years, the only way we could find to get a halfway decent healthcare plan was to join WeWork of all places, just so we could qualify for their group coverage through TriNet […]
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Today in San Francisco.
A massive group of protesters formed a human banner at Ocean Beach.
No Kings
A massive group of protesters formed a human banner at Ocean Beach.
No Kings
October 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Today in San Francisco.
A massive group of protesters formed a human banner at Ocean Beach.
No Kings
A massive group of protesters formed a human banner at Ocean Beach.
No Kings
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Everyone knows the weekends are the best time to push important updates, right?
From Jeep Wrangler forum: Did anyone else have a loss of drive power after today's OTA Uconnect update?
On my drive home I abruptly had absolutely no acceleration, the gear […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
From Jeep Wrangler forum: Did anyone else have a loss of drive power after today's OTA Uconnect update?
On my drive home I abruptly had absolutely no acceleration, the gear […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
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“M" When mine bricked, | did the infotainment reset. You put the car in acc
mode then press the radio power and tune buttons for ten seconds until
the screen restarts. Then turn it on. | had to do that several times before the
Jeep would drive again.
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“MW so, here's what Jeep says. It's the telematics box, which as far as |
understand it does diagnostics and ota communications, that's causing the
problem. This is the sort of thing | worried about buying a new car,
‘especially a Jeep 4xe. Oh well. dxeforums.com/threads/wrangl...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eyixtuogercyaq5npymdzi5l/bafkreiaegu3jrquoxbz4u4hr5u4kuym3phwyoywys7dxrwzlnk6x75epl4@jpeg)
October 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Everyone knows the weekends are the best time to push important updates, right?
From Jeep Wrangler forum: Did anyone else have a loss of drive power after today's OTA Uconnect update?
On my drive home I abruptly had absolutely no acceleration, the gear […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
From Jeep Wrangler forum: Did anyone else have a loss of drive power after today's OTA Uconnect update?
On my drive home I abruptly had absolutely no acceleration, the gear […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
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Imagine working in your country’s cybersecurity center or CERT, and suddenly being reassigned to border control and deportation duties. Something is clearly broken and dangerously so.
What will you do as a cybersecurity professional?
#us #cybersecurity #dhs #cisa […]
What will you do as a cybersecurity professional?
#us #cybersecurity #dhs #cisa […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
October 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Imagine working in your country’s cybersecurity center or CERT, and suddenly being reassigned to border control and deportation duties. Something is clearly broken and dangerously so.
What will you do as a cybersecurity professional?
#us #cybersecurity #dhs #cisa […]
What will you do as a cybersecurity professional?
#us #cybersecurity #dhs #cisa […]
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Mike Johnson tried tonight to characterize the upcoming No Kings 2.0 day on 10/18 as a “Hate America” movement. Wrong. Utterly wrong. To reject dictators, authoritarians, and tyrants is to love America, to love the very idea at the heart of it.
October 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Mike Johnson tried tonight to characterize the upcoming No Kings 2.0 day on 10/18 as a “Hate America” movement. Wrong. Utterly wrong. To reject dictators, authoritarians, and tyrants is to love America, to love the very idea at the heart of it.
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Tim Berners-Lee explains why he gave away the #www for free.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free
"For the web to have everything on it, everyone had to be able to use it, and want to do so. This was already asking a lot. I couldn’t also […]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free
"For the web to have everything on it, everyone had to be able to use it, and want to do so. This was already asking a lot. I couldn’t also […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
September 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Tim Berners-Lee explains why he gave away the #www for free.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free
"For the web to have everything on it, everyone had to be able to use it, and want to do so. This was already asking a lot. I couldn’t also […]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free
"For the web to have everything on it, everyone had to be able to use it, and want to do so. This was already asking a lot. I couldn’t also […]