links, etc Truth Social Users Are Losing Ridiculous Sums of Money to Scams i know i should feel sorry for folks in this situation, but increasingly i don’t. also, i find it ironic that they’re going to the government to seek redress. for obvious reasons.
links, etc Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi – Krebs on Security this is a wild romp. The Right-Wing Plan to Make Everyone an Informant - The Atlantic texas has reinvigorated the red scare. the lessons of the cultural revolution were clearly not lost on the GOP. Wargame simulated a conflict between Israel and Iran: It quickly went nuclear - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists nothing about this report is comforting....
links, etc The Tech Baron Seeking to Purge San Francisco of “Blues” this disgorged from my reading backlog while on a roadtrip. i honestly don’t know what to make of this. people have vastly overestimated the intelligence of tech entrepreneurs. if this dude didn’t have a grip of followers on social media we wouldn’t have to be subjected to this. The Uncertainty this is one of the best “things” i’ve read recently on science messaging, though it’s not necessarily about science messaging per se....
links, etc richard dawkins final bow who knows what the actual title is for this article. but it’s a pretty solid overview of the decline of richard dawkins intellectually and his tilting at stupid stuff.
links, etc (1) Election Countdown, 38 Days to Go: What Is Wrong With Our Leading Paper? so much to love in this piece. fallows sticks the landing.