I had to do other searches to actually believe this, and still have a suspicion I'm falling for something - this is amazing
www.status.news/p/not-satire...

Pretty comprehensive writeup on some current tools for online privacy from Wired - only thing that might be missing is a bit on browser fingerprinting - Brave is good for that, random browser with iCloud Private Relay less so. Good article though.

www.wired.com/story/the-wi...

The news Kristi Noem is becoming Secretary for the Dept of Homeland Security made me think of Fit For An Autopsy's "Black Mammoth" which is about the Standing Rock Reservation protests. Noem tried to make such protests illegal in SD, and was partially successful. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxLY...

i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same

If you're looking for a bleak arctic blast of black metal but you're rightly a bit paranoid about the politics of your musicians in that genre, can I just point out Paysage D'Hiver's Die Berge is out and it's terrific. paysagedhiver.bandcamp.com/album/die-be...

Little late to the party, but this report from Microsoft is really interesting - obviously ransomware outbreaks are bad where they land, but the collateral damage in the form of negative clinical outcomes in neighboring hospitals makes for rough reading. www.microsoft.com/en-us/securi...