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Author of electronics books. Maker of bad music. Builder of synthesizers and other silly projects. #RVA

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How hackers bypassed MFA with a $120 phishing kit - until a global takedown shut it down In a co-ordinated public-private operation between law enforcement agencies and cybersecurity industry partners one of the world's most prolific phishing-as-a-service platforms has been dismantle...

How hackers bypassed MFA with a $120 phishing kit - until a global takedown shut it down.

Read more in my article on the Bitdefender blog: www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/h...

06.03.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

all that vibe coding lol.

06.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You know what leads to chaos and civil war a nice power vacuum.

03.03.2026 15:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, Death, why canst thou not sometimes be timely?

03.03.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 372 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 27
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Monday, 2nd March Secrets of a Bronze Age Sword | Feathery Fashions in Stone Age Sweden | Pre-Columbian Panama’s Elite Wealth Revealed | Regensburg Roman Temple Unearthed

πŸ’₯ A Whole Lot of History πŸ’₯

πŸ“° Secrets of a Bronze Age Sword πŸ—‘πŸ”¬

πŸ“° Feathery Fashions in Stone Age Sweden πŸͺΆπŸ‘’

πŸ“° Pre-Columbian Panamanian WealthπŸ†πŸΊ

πŸ“° Regensburg Roman Temple Unearthed πŸ‚πŸ—‘

βž•οΈ History Highlights πŸ“š πŸ“Ί
βž•οΈ Today in History πŸ“†
βž•οΈ Photo of the Day πŸ“·
βž•οΈ Quote OTD πŸ—£

open.substack.com/pub/historyh...

02.03.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Heartbreak on the Colonial Front: Women’s Writing, the Seven Years War, and Humanity in the Archive By Thomas Lecaque This article is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Patrick Lecaque, 1/15/1949-10/11/2025, who taught his son the joy of history, of research, of discovery, and to find the individuals…

A powerful look at how women’s writing during the Seven Years’ War reveals the raw emotion, loss, and humanity often hidden in colonial archives. A moving reminder that behind every global conflict are intimate stories worth remembering. @tlecaque.bsky.social ageofrevolutions.com/2026/03/02/h...

02.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 6

Cruise on over to the the dark side....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgIs...

01.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0
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Active Reconnaissance Campaign Targets SonicWall Firewalls Through Commercial Proxy Infrastructure 84,000+ scanning sessions targeting SonicWall SonicOS infrastructure in four days. GreyNoise details a coordinated reconnaissance campaign using rotating proxy infrastructure.

GreyNoise saw a spike in scans for SonicWall devices that originated from the infrastructure of a known proxy provider.

GreyNoise says there were little to no exploitation attempts and that the threat actor was likely looking to map out a possible attack surface.

www.greynoise.io/blog/active-...

01.03.2026 01:55 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Y'all liked and reposted the post, it's now time to cash in on your end of the bargain and go watch & listen to @macydaisy.bsky.social

27.02.2026 22:09 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A YouTube thumbnail of an Argonian from Skyrim dressed in a maid costume sitting in front of a fireplace with the caption The Lusty Argonian Maid.

A YouTube thumbnail of an Argonian from Skyrim dressed in a maid costume sitting in front of a fireplace with the caption The Lusty Argonian Maid.

The video is now up on Patreon for early access and going live tonight at 5:00 pm EST. Stay tuned. Wtf am I doing?

27.02.2026 18:34 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0
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On NVIDIA and Analyslop Editor's note: a previous version of this newsletter went out with Matt Hughes' name on it, that's my editor who went over it for spelling errors and loaded it into the CMS. Sorry! Hey all! I’m going...

Free newsletter: I go over NVIDIA's earnings, the reality of OpenAI's $100 billion round, and the "analyslop" phenomenon of speculative, lie-ridden fan fiction that gets framed as meaningful research and promoted by the mainstream media.
www.wheresyoured.at/on-nvidia-an...

26.02.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 490 πŸ” 95 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6
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The fix inches closer: Iowa moves farm right-to-repair bill forward Manufacturers like John Deere have resisted broader access to proprietary repair software Soon, farmers could have easier access to the tools and software needed to repair their tractors. A recent Iowa House committee vote advancing a right-to-repair bill could bring changes benefiting thousands of farmers in the US' second-largest agricultural state, supporters say.…

ICYMI: The fix inches closer: Iowa moves farm right-to-repair bill forward

25.02.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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Medieval Islam (and Race) with Rachel Schine Podcast Episode Β· American Medieval Β· February 25 Β· 56m

New EPISODE!!! This week in the pod we talk to the inestimable @rachelschine.bsky.social about medieval Islam, issues of race, and how to use theory (and not be a dope). Have a listen, friends!

#medievalsky

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

25.02.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 5
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Q&A: Kwaneta Harris on the Black History That Shaped Her "I am perceived as a Black woman before I am perceived as an American, before I am perceived as a journalist, before I am perceived as human."

"A guard said 'Happy James Earl Ray Day" on Dr. [Martin Luther] King’s holiday. Another asked whether Black people even celebrate Father’s Day β€” because 'they don’t know their fathers.' I was raised in Detroit, baptized in Black history. Entering a Texas prison was a cultural collision."

25.02.2026 14:44 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

Wow β€œCelebration without truth isn’t recognition. It’s containment dressed in African print.” Kwaneta spent 8 years in solitary confinement just ordered the book she co-wrote.

25.02.2026 15:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The 1st time the nyt leadership engaged me on trans issues, in 2021, they asked my opinion of a Jesse Singal review of a book by the transphobic writer Helen Joyce. The piece had been assigned by Pamela Paul 🧡

24.02.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 689 πŸ” 292 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 10

Sighing, she retrieves the milkshakes from her yard. Another day, another disappointing haul.

A shape appears, ambling without haste. "I hope I'm not too late?" he asks.

She studies his pale, wrinkled face, his long grey coat. Not a boy, but a man. "No," she says. "Come on in."

24.02.2026 19:14 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

The men's USA hockey team laughing when Trumps talking about the women's hockey team, and all the patriotism goes away.

As a reminder to the men's hockey team, and men in general.

Women won 21 of the 33 gold medals for the United States.

23.02.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 360 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 8

I wonder if there is some way to β€œpoison” image files in such a way to do things when ingested by some of these tools. Just a fun thought experiment.

23.02.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opinion | One Man Stole $660 Million. He’ll Never Pay It Back.

β€œIlliberal governments tend to live or die by their ability to sustain corruption. They rely for support on a network of oligarchs, who in turn are tied to the administration’s success. It happened in Hungary, Turkey, Russia and increasingly, it is happening here.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...

19.02.2026 05:31 πŸ‘ 6866 πŸ” 2785 πŸ’¬ 231 πŸ“Œ 107
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…

16.02.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 29638 πŸ” 5728 πŸ’¬ 214 πŸ“Œ 164
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Look back at the first Washington Post magazine. It was part of the Sunday paper. The main article was some racist BS. 1986 I won't link to the article. But the headline says it all

14.02.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thought I would see more about this on here https://www.mediamatters.org/nick-fuentes/nick-fuentes-number-one-political-enemy-america-women-they-have-be-imprisoned
(Edited 4:19β€―PM via @skeetsapp.com)

12.02.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Woo I have been wanting to go since I moved here!!

11.02.2026 22:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just thinking about the sound of several hitting a car in succession thunk thunk lol

07.02.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome it's coming to the US National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC!

05.02.2026 15:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.

"ICE agents aren’t moving with a tactical focus; they’re doing what they think will look cool and intimidating in photographs."

29.01.2026 19:56 πŸ‘ 277 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 17
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THE DILDO DISTRIBUTION DELEGATION The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully moderated Zoom call about optics.

β€œThey couldn’t pick them up. They couldn’t leave them there. They couldn’t kick them away without becoming a meme.”

HAHAHAHA!!!

27.01.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 76 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 38
Vintage β€œGrandiloquent Word of the Day” card featuring the word β€œExosculate” with pronunciation and definition (β€œto kiss fervently, repeatedly, or fondly”), plus an old-style black-and-white illustration of a couple embracing and kissing while sitting upon a bed.

Vintage β€œGrandiloquent Word of the Day” card featuring the word β€œExosculate” with pronunciation and definition (β€œto kiss fervently, repeatedly, or fondly”), plus an old-style black-and-white illustration of a couple embracing and kissing while sitting upon a bed.

Exosculate [eks-OSS-kyoo-layt]
(v.)
- To kiss fervently, repeatedly, or fondly.

Used in a sentence:
β€œThe mistletoe dangled above them like a permission slip from the universe, an overdue excuse they’d both been waiting for to finally exosculate with shameless abandon.”

24.01.2026 21:50 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 7

I did play plenty of games with my kids. My daughter and I finished the first 3 Halo games together. I miss being able to play a split screen game sitting on the couch.

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