Drew Conry-Murray

European officials have stepped up talks on reducing reliance on US defense suppliers after a dispute over Ukraine’s Starlink restrictions, according to people familiar with the matter.

Pushing Bluetooth out to 12 Kilometers hackaday.com/2026/10/24/p...

In Nairobi, a city prone to floods, workers in the "Green Army" are making preparations to prevent disaster when El Niño arrives. n.pr/47K4Tpe

Anne Applebaum: "Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage" www.ft.com/content/f41f...

In comments at a private police conference, Garrett Langley also said his wife advised him to never apologize.

Folks, if you hate authoritarianism, you should be feeling good this morning. In Serbia, a student-led movement just ousted a longtime strongman, peacefully. And we Americans should be paying attention, because we have a chance in November to send a similar message. (link below)

Lula won despite Trump and Meta. So many people are convinced that there is nothing to be done against the fascist oligarchy that they too frequently do nothing. So do something. elpais.com/america/2026...

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In the 1980s, PCs were everywhere but productivity gains were nowhere to be found until the 1990s. The internet similarly took years to deliver an economic payoff. This is the Productivity J-Curve. Companies can adopt AI but until they change how they operate, they won’t financially benefit from it

Compromised TLS Certificates www.schneier.com/blog/archive...

The Russians hacked Jared's phone. Then Dutch cyberspies then reverse-engineered that hack, giving them unprecedented access to his world. Bananas story in @vanityfair.com

New SEC filings show that Mark Zuckerberg is preparing to pay California’s billionaire tax without losing control of Meta. So billionaires can afford to pay the tax? And they won't lose control of their companies or flee the state? Don’t fall for billionaires’ propaganda. Vote YES on Prop 40.

MINNESOTA: “I don’t think about myself. The youth are the most innocent. Anything you can do to save them is worth it.” ♥️ Endless stories attack the MN Somali-American community— but Ebro Ahmed🦸🏽‍♂️saves a bus 🚌 full of kids and stories mostly leave out that he’s Somali? 🤔

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Early voting is surging across the country and the numbers are looking good. Debates are being dominated. Fundraising records are being broken. And millions showed up at No Kings rallies this weekend to make their voices heard. Less than three weeks until Election Day. Let’s keep up the pace!

What was a Token Ring network? buff.ly/7lvlweY <- it makes me feel ancient that this needs explanation… but it does.

NEW: I made some embeds to track Elon Musk's super PAC using FEC data. Our candidate tracker is polling daily so you can jump on this page any time before the election to see where those millions are going (mostly Texas, Ohio, and Michigan so far). Next report is Oct 22.

Up to 99% of global internet traffic runs through undersea cables, and shadow fleet ships know exactly where international law stops protecting them. David Opderbeck reviews Elisabeth Braw’s “Undersea War.” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/gaps...

There's new hope for reversing widespread coral decline go.nature.com/4zwy3nF

You used to rely on MapQuest for printing out driving directions before GPS navigation was a thing. Now it's helping to fight mass surveillance.

The Roads Have Eyes! 👁️ Turn on the Surveillance Layer in Map Options to see known license plate readers from Flock Safety, Motorola Solutions (Vigilant), Genetec, Axis Communications, Axon, Leonardo (ELSAG), Neology, Rekor, PlateSmart, Ubicquia, Verkada, and other outdoor surveillance cameras.

"Graft at a previously unimaginable scale" Yes, that's a reference to Trump and his enablers Must-read from @crampell.bsky.social www.thebulwark.com/p/just-so-mu...

🎧It's NEW EPISODE DAY!🎧 Listen to "Susan Collins and the Case of the Disappearing FBI Probe": A defense contractor CEO told the FBI that he had bribed politicians — and that Sen. Susan Collins was his most important patron. Then the anti-corruption unit got gutted www.propublica.org/podcast/susa...

I left x despite having a large following bc I don’t want to make free content for the world’s wealthiest racist. It’s not worth it to me.

The @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social and ProPublica independently tested hundreds of homes in eastern Omaha, Nebraska, and found toxic levels of lead in soil — including in yards that the EPA remediated years ago. Here’s how we did it. (Published August)

This week's Packet Protector is a bubbling cauldron of infosec news, including FBI and Pentagon breaches, how a lone criminal used AI agents to execute 100s of successful break-ins, malware that impersonates LastPass and other brands, and more. Have a listen! packetpushers.net/podcasts/pac...

Thirty years ago, Susan Collins promised Maine voters she’d serve only two terms. Now she’s a multimillionaire asking them for a sixth. Her current net worth is estimated to be roughly $6.8 million. Not bad for a Senate salary of $174,000 per year.

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

This is one of many reasons the EU is trying (slowly, painfully) to build tech infrastructure that doesn't rely on US companies.

Cisco, Nvidia team up to build fatter, faster pluggable

ICE may not be using stingrays to spy on protestors but they are using them to spy on journalists that displease the president. And that might be even worse. www.wired.com/story/feds-g...

AI agents are making reverse engineering faster and more accessible. Some people are predicting the death of proprietary software. I'm more interested in what happens to all those vulnerabilities devs assumed nobody would find. Your source code might be proprietary. Your vulnerabilities aren't.

In July, three men died during interactions with ICE — in just a 24-hour period. Jose Olivares from @us.theguardian.com describes ICE’s quiet but “gruesome” surge. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...

New in PN: Trump wants a race war. Minnesotans won’t take the bait. "They genuinely don’t understand how whites could care for immigrant communities in their midst and they’re going to keep trying to drive a wedge. But Minnesotans will do what they do: take to the streets to protect our neighbors."

There's a two part series by Maintenance Phase giving the background on Brand that you won't read on the BBC. Spoilers: it's bad (the background - not the episodes which are great) maintenancephase.buzzsprout.com/1411126/epis...

Publishing “Cryptographic Right Answers” for developers is a tradition by now. Colin Percival started in 2009, Thomas Ptacek followed up in 2015, and then Latacora carried on in 2018 and 2024. I put together a list updated for the renewed urgency of migrating to post-quantum algorithms.

Most security programs optimize for the checkbox. The ones that reduce risk optimize for behaviour. Can people recognize risk, report mistakes, and challenge unusual requests? That is the real measure.

TECH INFLUENCE WATCH (@molly.wiki) 👀 $526.6 million from tracked cryptocurrency and AI industry companies & individuals 🤨 $352.1 million "on hand"—held by crypto- & AI-focused committees. 🫠PAC spending: $179.8 million spent directly on federal elections this cycle influence.citationneeded.news

Some places could see rain rates of 1 to 2 inches an hour on Sunday.

Yeah baby, Cisco is back at #nfd41. Follow the stream - www.linkedin.com/events/75129... - and ask questions in the comments so we can repeat them in the room!

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The Stolen Neighbors Quilt, made of 12,500 fabric squares and unveiled at the State Capitol’s rotunda, represents the lives of the estimated 11,000 people deported in Minnesota between the beginning of President Trump’s second term and the end of Operation Metro Surge.

Grants for creators to build new publications on the #fediverse are a great idea. Find a new audience, get funded with up to $20,000. Win win. socialwebfoundation.org/2026/10/07/c...

So I edited this story. And I wanna share on thought on language, & telling the truth We talked about: the "government is lying to you" It may sound saucy. It may sound like opinion But it's just true And if something is true then you should just say it, clearly That's just good journalism

"Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public…is a reasonable expectation," a federal judge finds in weighing whether license plate readers constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment. reason.com/2026/10/07/j...

What the public hears can change everything. Fueling reporting that is solely for the public interest is a check on power. It’s about protecting our collective right to know. But a free press doesn’t just happen. It takes action from each of us. ⏱️ Donate now: n.pr/3VxNBIZ