@digitalsnow yay adulting
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After a 20-yr gov/mil/corp career that included being CSO for the company once running global DNS, I'm now a senior cybersecurity prof in MD overseeing a large grad program, co-coordinating a campus institute, and taking a critical eye towards cyber, information-based conflict, natsec, tech policy, & more. Author, investor, AoIRista, C19 LongHauler & StanfordCIS affiliate. A geek rooted in the humanities & longtime metalhead who misses '90s internet. \m/ Posts deleted weekly.
@mast0d0nphan yup. He found an American president stupid enough to do his bidding without question.
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‘No Imminent Threat’
Trump’s Attacks on Iran Were Based on ‘No Intelligence’: Sources
Holy shite, despite official claims (from DOD and his own VP) to the contrary, FOTUS is now 'suggesting' regime change in Iran.
Only us Gen Xers will chuckle at this ….
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Eddie borrowed his cousin Junior’s IROC-Z so he could go see his buddy Kevin play drums for a 38 Special cover band downtown tonight at the Elks Lodge and he says you can come too if you kick in five bucks for gas.
"Totally Obliterated" is the new "Mission Accomplished"
I can see FOTUS whining that the IC's BDA is 'wrong' and that he 'doesn't care' what they say, because only he knows the facts. And the 'facts' are that we 'won' bigly, so powerfully.
Speaking of whicih, is Gabbard still selling herself out to Emperor Hirocheeto after he threw her under the bus this week? (yes, of course she is...)
"Totally Obliterated" is the new "Mission Accomplished"
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The trump regime claims that peaceful migrants crossing the border = their countries declaring war on the US, BUT the US dropping bombs on a country =/= the US declaring war on that country. Straight out of the fascist playbook. Words mean whatever Dear Leader say they mean. Where does this end?
@law_geek Whimsical feline thoughts
“Nobody does stupid better than me. It’s powerfully stupid - the likes of which you’ve never seen before!”
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Oh I've got Trump Derangement Syndrome? You mean the dangerous condition where I expect my presidents to read, tell the truth, not praise dictators, not be convicted felons, not be child rapists, not send kidnappers to abduct my neighbors off the street, not bully children, not send Marines to invade US cities, and not drag us into WW3 by randomly bombing Iran for a fucking photo op?
Yeah totally unhinged of me.
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Russia is complaining that bombing a Sovereign state is illegal.
Irony just died.
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When your cat has a better grasp on how to live a comfortable life than you do.
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Classic. AI scientists say we need regs because it spurs the right kind of innovation, crackpot billionaires and lobbyists say no regs ever cuz doesn't fit with our vibes.
Top it all off with predictions of "when" AGI will hit, as if that were any different from the arrival of Tinkerbell or the boogeyman.
Chef's kiss overall.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/22/trump-ban-us-states-ai-regulation-microsoft-eric-horvitz
@rooster They will embrace W-Cheney's so-called 'One Percent Doctrine' heading into Iraq II ... namely, that if there's a 1 percent chance of something bad happening, it's reason enough for committing the country to stopping/defending it.
Fearmongering fringe probabilities makes it all the easier to do.
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Today's #NonSequitur has Trump supporters upset. I wonder what they're seeing reflected in it?
CJCS says they did not warn US forces in the region of the attack --- which of course placed them at risk until they saw it on TV.
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