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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
violenteastcoastcity ("This Account Kills Fascists") wrote:

@StillIRise1963 I worry about my dad. He was born in this country, as were his parents, but his last name doesn't have enough vowels and in the summer he tans so much he's practically purple. Even though he worked for the government, when traveling he was ALWAYS selected for "random" inspections.

Will he be press-ganged into deportation? If immigrants get no due process, none of us do. Would he be given the opportunity to prove his citizenship?

This is all insane.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
DemocracyMattersALot@mstdn.social ("Democracy Matters :verified:") wrote:

Three great forces rule the world: stupidity, fear and greed.

-- Albert Einstein

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
The_Icarian@federated.press ("The Icarian") wrote:

jwz wrote:

Today in Cringeocracy.

On Saturday Elon Musk sat in his personal jet and tested out Starlink's in-air WiFI by streaming some Path of Exile 2. Less than five minutes into the stream, someone in game chat asked him to "jerk off mr trump so he dies of a heart attack!" For the next hour and 40 minutes, the world's richest man frowned his way through a livestream while people yelled at him...
https://jwz.org/b/ykl8

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dankennedy_nu@journa.host ("Dan Kennedy") wrote:

Six Northeastern University professors write in The Huntington News that colleges and universities should spurn "appeasement." https://huntnewsnu.com/85741/editorial/op-ed-we-your-professors-believe-our-universities-are-worth-fighting-for/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
georgetakei@universeodon.com ("George Takei :verified: 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽") wrote:

The Trump economic mindset.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
steve@discuss.systems ("Steve Canon") wrote:

@krismicinski @acqrel the x86 programmer's manual has a handy list of recommended multi-byte NOP instructions

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
zzclaybourne@wandering.shop ("Zig Claybourne") wrote:

We live in a macro of LASERBLAST. Fixing that movie seems right for 2025. What @mwl has done isn't a novelization of the *movie* but made the movie make sense. Maybe if that makes sense...2025 will too? So now that the story does in book form? As the prophet Bixby Snyder said in Robocop: "I'd buy that for a dollar!" But would likely spend more.

Back sense out of a senseless universe here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwlucas/mwls-next-1-april-book

jwz wrote:

Some of you don't watch heist shows and it shows.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

There's this weird debate going on, of a kind for which social media is uniquely well suited, between people saying "Signal is totally secure" and people saying "Signal is totally insecure" and the only thing they agree on is that people like me are irrelevant to the discussion.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

"The worst of the internet is continuously attacking the best of the internet. This is a distributed denial of service attack on the good parts of the World Wide Web.

If you’re using the products powered by these attacks, you’re part of the problem. Don’t pretend it’s cute to ask ChatGPT for something. Don’t pretend it’s somehow being technologically open-minded to continuously search for nails to hit with the latest “AI” hammers."

https://adactio.com/journal/21831

jwz wrote:

The "stupidity" of tariffs.

Let's say your job is writing about chess. You've seen *The Queen's Gambit* at least twice, so you're considered an expert.

This guy sits down at the table, flips over the board, and says to his competitor, "How about you hand me your wallet or my friend here busts up your kneecaps?"

The article you write is about how this guy is literally the *worst chess player you have ever seen*, and you're not sure he even understands the rules.
https://jwz.org/b/ykl6

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@draken @SteveBellovin @wendyg @signalapp Most of the features that Signal lacks here aren't especially important outside the classified world and a few other specialized applications. But in those applications, they're *very* important.

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@draken @SteveBellovin @wendyg @signalapp No. "Safety numbers" ensure you're communicating with the same person you started with. They don't tell you who they are, if they're authorized to receive any particular message, or if they're still in the same role.

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@draken @SteveBellovin @wendyg @signalapp Signal provides excellent protection against third party interception of content (when used on uncompromised devices). That is not the only security consideration in protecting classified communication. Signal does not, for example, support security labels, certified identities, clearance levels, or any of the other specialized features required to properly protect classified traffic. It also runs on fundamentally vulnerable general-purpose platforms.

Boosted by jwz:
RadicalGraffiti@todon.eu ("Radical Graffiti") wrote:

Luigi sticker spotted in Strasbourg, France

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

@SteveBellovin @wendyg This shows why pointing the finger at the person who added the reporter misses the point. The combination of systems in use (a "helpful" iPhone platform and a general-purpose Signal) invites mishaps like this. The mistake was using these platforms for natsec communication, and the blame for that is properly shared by everyone in the chat group.

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
tknarr@mstdn.social ("Todd Knarr") wrote:

@SteveBellovin @wendyg I think the last error is most important because the official systems are designed specifically to make the first 3 errors impossible. In fact, to make them impossible even if they aren't errors and Waltz was trying to add Hughes. As for no official text message system, there are official digital message systems in place, right? And email if nothing else.

Boosted by jwz:
inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

If you have a Republican Senator and/or House Rep, congratulations: today is your day!!

They can stop these mush-brained tariffs any time they want. They have that power. CALL THEM, relentlessly, and ask why they’re not doing that.

Pit Republicans against their president. Pit them against each other. Shake the jar and make them fight. This is a •huge• fracture point in the MAGA coalition. Stick dynamite in it and blow it up.

jwz wrote:

Great Moments in Peaceful Protest History.

The revolution WILL be given permission:
https://jwz.org/b/ykl4

Boosted by jwz:
Daojoan ("JA Westenberg") wrote:

white house economic policy now decided by letting a raccoon loose in a room full of levers. the raccoon has ties to Russia

Boosted by mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze"):
SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange ("Steve Bellovin") wrote:

There's an interesting Guardian article on the Signal chat fiasco: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/signal-group-chat-leak-how-it-happened (h/t @wendyg). I won't try to summarize the article; read it yourself. But we have a combination of an AI failure (the phone decided that it was Hughes' phone number), a UI failure (the phone did not make it crystal clear whose contact information was being updated, a user error (Waltz didn't read the phone screen carefully enough because of the second error), a technology problem (there's no official secure text message system, a policy issue (picking Signal even though it lacks important features to secure such exchanges), etc. To quote myself, "complex systems fail in complex ways."

Boosted by jwz:
claytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:

Yo

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Ya ever wonder what it would take to manipulate stock on a global scale? :thonking:

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
johl@mastodon.xyz ("Jens Ohlig") wrote:

The Chaos Computer Club, Europe‘s largest community of #hackers, has released a declaration on what is incompatible with the club’s values: “Those who aim to destroy coexistence in society and work toward an alternative society with principles based on chauvinism and nationalism are working against the moral principles that unite us as a club.

The CCC declares representing racism and fascism (…) to be incompatible with a membership in our ranks.”

http://ccc.de/en/club/unvereinbarkeitserklaerung-des-ccc

Boosted by jwz:
carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
mfowler@toot.thoughtworks.com ("Martin Fowler") wrote:

18F was a US government group helping government departments improve their use of technology which got recently wood-chipped. Here's a good overview of their work plus lessons learned: which apply to any large organization.

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/learning-from-the-legacy-of-18f

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Captured with the Rodenstock 23mm/5.6 HR-Digaron-S lens and Phase One IQ4-150 Achromatic Back, polarizer+590nm (red) filter.

Washington DC is not a city of many notable inclines, and so lacks the proliferation of "step streets" found in places like Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and The Bronx. Most famous are Georgetown's Exorcist Steps (so named for the fatal effect they have on members of that profession), and, shown here, Kalorama's Spanish Steps, which occupy 22nd St NW between S and Decatur.

mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Spanish Steps, Kalorama, Washington, DC, 2023.

All the pixels, none of which are actually in Spanish, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53335651417

#photography

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Lately, Spotlight just…stops working. Inevitably, at some point after I reboot, the index is gone. I can't search for files, Hazel breaks, etc., etc. And today, I can't even re-enable it from the command line. Cool cool cool.