@hrbrmstr Foam hat in the shape of a giant taco is insufficient? Dammit.

@Viss @amuse When tomatoes are added.

@lawfare Give ‘em a mo’. Reckon they’ll be getting a new assignment in the morning.

@dosnostalgic Can we get a Basic Bitch in TurboBASIC? (I used the heck out of TurboBasic in college.)

@cinebox I see no lie.

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Yes, It Is Just Like The Nazis
Hey so remember Anne Frank? The Jewish young girl who hid in an attic and was killed by the Nazis? The emblematic person we think of when we think of victims of the Holocaust?

She did not die in a gas chamber or in a death camp. She died in a temporary' detention center for the mass deportations which preceded the death camps.
She was in that camp because a patriotic neighbor ratted her out to the German deportation force. She died, not of a bullet to the back of the head or choking on gas, but of typhus. She contracted typhus because the Nazis couldn't realistically deport people at the rate they wanted to, because before the death camps their infrastructure couldn't handle the sudden influx of ethnic minorities they had decided to imprison, and because they didn't care about the consequences of that so their deportation detention centers were unhygienic and prisoners were underfed and overcrowded.

And she was picked up by the deportation force not because she was an illegal citizen but because, just like the US is doing with asylum seekers, she was part of a formerly recognized class of citizens who were legally redefined to lack citizenship by a new administration.

Anne Frank is exactly like the children who have already died in the United State's detention camps. Exactly. Down to the very last detail. There. Is. Not. A.
Single. Difference.

So unless you want to fucking tell me that Anne goddamn Frank was not a victim of the Holocaust, y'all can shut the fuck up with that "stop making concentration camp comparisons, you're diminishing the suffering of the Holocaust" bullshit.

Its also worth noting that her family TRIED to flee to the US and was denied. She was in that camp partly because the US refused to let her refugee family immigrate.

#OKBoomer #GenX #FoxNews #FauxNews

By pru pru

Dear Democrats: Do Not Ask Me For Another Dime Until You Do Right By Us by Dr. Pru Lee (Pru Pru)
** Liz Cheney didnt write this or ANY of my Dear Democrat letters. Please stop spreading this misinformation. Thanks.
PREAMBLE:
In part, we are here, in this moment, because of the missed opportunities of the Democratic Party, the Democratic leadership (who had the majority in both the house and senate during the first two years of BOTH Obama’s and Biden’s administration), and a failure by Democrats more broadly (And yes—I take accountability, too, for not pushing harder, not demanding more.)
Some folks are saying, hey let’s not dwell on what we did wrong in the past. But growth NEVER HAPPENS IN THE COMFORTABLE SPACES. Not taking accountability, not analyzing and seizing this moment as a learning opportunity IS A MISTAKE.
RIGHT NOW the democrats need to take a long and arduous look in the mirror. We are supposed to be the “open tent” party that supports all diversity of mind, body and spirit, yet 1/3 of the population voted in favor of a dictatorship and 1/3 said f* this and DIDN’T VOTE AT ALL… um that says something. We shouldn’t ignore it.
So put your big kid pants on and step up to the mirror. I failed when I didn’t demand more from you.
I’m learning.
I’m growing.
I’m demanding.
Do right by US!
•~•~•~•~•~•~•~•
My mama used to say, ‘Tough love ain’t meant to hurt you — it’s meant to build you.’
If you can’t stand a little heat, you’ll never get strong enough to stand in a real fire.
Correction isn’t cruelty.
Criticism isn’t betrayal.
It’s the mirror that shows you where and how to grow—and if you respect something enough, you want it to be better, so that it will stand the test of time.
So,
Respectfully,
DO NOT ASK ME FOR ANOTHER DIME UNTIL YOU DO RIGHT BY US.
I am 55 years old.
I should be thinking about retirement right now.
I should be swimming in my pool, enjoying a summer I earned.
Instead, I’m sitting here trying to figure out if I have to pack up my entire life,
store everything I own,
put my retirement dream home up for sale,
and move to goddamn freezing cold Canada.
And while Canadians are lovely people and it’s beautiful there, Lawd it’s awful cold.
BUT I am seriously considering this move because in part, a man who promised to be a dictator on day one has absolutely kept that promise and in part, because you did not do your job.
You didn’t do the job I donated for.
You didn’t do the job I voted for.
You didn’t do the job you swore you would do.
You didn’t protect me.
You didn’t protect us.
You didn’t protect the seniors you love to parade out at campaign rallies.
You didn’t protect the retirees you promised to honor.
You didn’t protect Social Security.
You didn’t protect Medicare.
You didn’t protect the Constitution.
You didn’t even protect YOUR OWN damn voters.
And you should take some accountability for that failure.
Maybe you didn’t protect us because you’re way too comfortable yourselves.
Most of you are quite well off.
You won’t lose your homes.
You won’t lose your security.
You won’t be the ones scrambling to survive if this country falls the hell apart.
You KNEW what was coming.
You SAW Project 2025 being built in broad daylight.
You HEARD the former conservative administration’s plans in their own words.
You WARNED us about it in speeches.
And still, you chose to leave the guardrails rusting on the side of the road.
Here’s exactly what you could have done—but didn’t:
• You could have expanded the Supreme Court when you had the votes.
(You watched the Court get hijacked—and you had the constitutional power to add seats and rebalance it. You chose not to.)
• You could have codified Roe v. Wade into federal law when you had the power.
(You knew states were gunning for abortion rights—and you could have locked protection into law before the Supreme Court ever got the chance to overturn it. You chose not to.)
• You could have abolished the Jim Crow-era filibuster when you had full control—and passed the laws that would have actually protected the people who trusted you. Instead, you protected a broken system—and now you’re clinging to the same rotted rope you should have cut years ago. Here’s what you lost by keeping it:
• John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
(This would have restored federal oversight—“preclearance”—over states like Georgia, Texas, Arizona. States couldn’t just gut voting rights without federal permission. You could have stopped voter suppression at the root. You chose not to.)
• Freedom to Vote Act
(This would have created automatic voter registration, mandatory early voting, and ended partisan gerrymandering. You could have protected fair elections nationwide. You chose not to.)
• Women’s Health Protection Act
(This would have guaranteed abortion rights federally, no matter what extremist state governments tried to do. You could have stopped the abortion bans before they were written. You chose not to.)
• PRO Act (Protecting the Right to Organize)
(This would have strengthened unions and protected workers from being fired for organizing. You could have rebuilt the middle class. You chose not to.)
• George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
(This would have banned chokeholds, restricted qualified immunity, and created a national database of police misconduct. You could have created a national police misconduct database—not just for federal officers, but for state and local too. Something far bigger and more permanent than NLEAD—a system where no bad cop could hide by simply switching badges. You could have made policing safer and more accountable. You chose not to.)
• Equality Act and LGBTQ+ Protections
(You could have federally protected LGBTQ+ Americans in housing, healthcare, and employment—shielding millions from discrimination if the Supreme Court came after them next. You chose not to.)
• You could have fortified voting rights before GOP-led states surgically dismantled them.
You watched Georgia criminalize handing out water, Texas ban drive-thru voting, Arizona purge early voters, Florida gut voter registration drives—and you still didn’t pass federal protections when you had the chance.
• You could have pursued full criminal accountability against the former conservative administration immediately after their first term for obstruction of justice, election tampering, financial corruption, and incitement—and set a real precedent that no one is above the law.
• You could have finally codified the Equal Rights Amendment—and you had eight whole years of power to do it.
• You could have listened to your constituents when we begged you to shut the government down last month rather than fund tyranny.
(When the truth of this administration became undeniable, when chaos was swallowing the country, when we screamed for you to cut the money off—you ignored us. You pushed through a continuing resolution anyway, propping up a regime you had the power to starve. You didn’t just fund basic services—you funded human rights abuses, including torture abroad. And now, with the budget coming back up in September, I wonder if you will hear us clearly this time. Because if you choose to fund this horror again, you best not ever ask us for another damn dollar. That’s not a threat. It’s a promise.
And while all of this is the recent past, you still have opportunities NOW to put a plan of action in motion for the future. You could actually start taking action TODAY.
FOR EXAMPLE: What’s the deal with what whistleblower Daniel Berulis exposed? What are YOU doing about this? Right now. Today. If you ARE doing something, why aren’t we hearing about it?
IF there IS Russian access to our digital infrastructure 👀—well, there was a time when that would have been seen an act of war—period and every hair on the back of America’s neck would be standing on end.
Where is the investigation?
Where is the public outcry?
Where is the emergency action plan to protect our critical systems?
You should also be protecting that man like he’s the last safe password America’s got.
You should be lighting up every news camera, every microphone, every pulpit, screaming:
“They’ve compromised our power grids, our water systems, our airports—and we will not rest until we lock it back down.”
Not Silence.
Not Shrugs.
Not Fundraising emails.
You cannot call yourself the “defenders of democracy”
if you leave the front door wide open and allow the enemy to just march right in, grab a beer, and plop down on the couch.
THEY have let THE BEAR in, and they’ve pulled up a chair to have porridge with it.
But make no mistake. No matter how cozy the current leadership has gotten, a bear is by nature a predator, and it should be regarded as such.
Get that damn Bear out of our house!
And when your done with that, another opportunity is just waiting for you to snatch it up. What are you doing for the 36% of the population who DID NOT VOTE?
Where is the real plan to foster that relationship?
Where is the education campaign that teaches them: no vote IS a vote—for their own silence, for their own loss?
Where are the plans for the buses to take folks to vote for the opening seats in the house and the senate in 2026?
Where are the non partisan voter help lines where people can call and actually get real answers—about registration, about ID requirements, about early voting? That election MATTERS.
Where is the plan to hold town halls specifically for non-voters
to listen to THEIR grievances,
to hear why they lost faith,
to meet them where they are?
If you want a democracy,
you have to BUILD IT EVERY DAY—and you have to make space for the people who stopped believing it was worth saving.
Lastly, what are you doing for the exhausted Republicans and Independents who are tired of being threatened, tired of being shamed, tired of being intimidated by their own party’s extremists?

Let’s be clear:
Last time, when brave people like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger stood up,
you didn’t do enough to protect them.
You didn’t create a safe haven for them.
You didn’t build a bridge for them to cross.
If you don’t protect the ones who risk everything to do the right thing—why would anyone else ever stand up next time?
Courage must be caught.
And caught courage must be carried.
With all due respect, you are failing to carry it.
I have supported you for years.
I have voted for you, defended you, donated to you when it hurt to give.
And I will continue to support you because YOU are the ones who fundamentally believe in democracy, freedom, liberty and justice for all—and right now we don’t have the luxury of giving up.
It’s all on the line.
But I need you to DO better.
I need you to BE better.
I need you to remember the PEOPLE who you swore to serve.
I need you to carry through on your promises.
I need you to show, not tell.
I need you to put the interests of the people first, NOT your own personal agenda.
I NEED YOU NOT TO FREEZE.
I understand their strategy is chaos and overwhelm. It’s a scattershot. It’s everywhere all at once. So how are you dividing to conquer? Are you forming triage teams? Each team focusing on a
Specific Urgent Area (SUA). Are you scheduling so all SUA leads can report on progress or get ideas from the entire larger collective? Or is everyone just touring and doing their own damn thing?
We don’t need rockstars, we need warriors.
You promised a “war room” if we could just send $15… where are the details? What are the objectives? How are you measuring outcomes? What are we getting for our donations? More tours? More speeches? Or are you finally building a strategic think tank to RESOLVE the immediate threats at hand? THAT, I WOULD FUND, IN A HEARTBEAT.
Most of us don’t make millions like many of you do.
We don’t have two summer homes.
We don’t have financial advisers planning our golden parachutes.
What we have is YOU.
YOU are supposed to be our protection.
YOU are supposed to be our shield.
YOU are supposed to be our voice when we are hoarse from screaming into the storm.
Do better.
Be better.
Protect better.
For all of us.
So,
Respectfully,
DO NOT ASK ME FOR ANOTHER DIME UNTIL YOU DO RIGHT BY US.

@rose_alibi Don't forget "Fucking fuck"

@pixelnull Are you okay?

@hrbrmstr What'd they do? #outOfTheLoop

@accidentalciso Unscheduled? Budget? Those two words don't go together.

I would like to offer a v sincere
✨🖕✨
to every single infosec practitioner who voted for this administration

Krebs was and did everything a great public servant must be and do, and had already paid an unacceptably high price for his service

Reflect on what it means to «fight for the user» and be more like Chris

@lcamtuf try some buffer overflows and see if you can get a bigger balance!

@vaurora Our government is now entering the "Find Out" faze. I'm cautiously optimistic we'll get this turned around. Won't be as fast as these idiots tore shit down, naturally.

I'm a good negotiator. I'm not mincing words or being awkwardly humble about it. Your boy is nice with it.

Because negotiating is about empathy. It requires the ability to put yourself in the other party's shoes, and to think about their wants and needs, and their concerns. It requires you to care.

A person that doesn't even pretend to care about other people, and that lacks the ability to see the world from perspectives other than their own, cannot be a good negotiator.

I said what I said.

Threatening people is not good negotiating.

Brinkmanship is not good negotiating.

Those are just different ways to cash in previous goodwill, and cause trust to evaporate. And they only work when you have something to threaten with.

They make people never want you to have power over them again.