Lythander

Lythander

@lythander.bsky.social

Cybersecurity professional. Dad of 2 amazing humans. Plaid is my favorite color.

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Gin ye stey onywhaur near Glesga, come alang tae the Tron tae jyne me an ane o the kintrae’s bonniest sangsters for a braw efternuin o story an sang in the guid Scots tongue at Celtic Connections on Januar 16th. Cannae wait!

Billy Kay@billykayscot.bsky.social

A special date in the diary, for everyone who loves the beauty of the Scots tongue, spoken and sung. On January 16 at Celtic Connections in Glasgow I’m joined by the wonderful Robyn Stapleton, beautifully accompanied by Neil Sutcliffe. Braw! www.celticconnections.com/search-resul...

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cyberpunk thriller where a team is hired to kill an AI CEO decades after his death

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com

A recent securities filing spotlighted what triggered Mark Zuckerberg’s months-long power battle with board directors at Meta — a fight that sparked not-so-veiled threats from Zuckerberg and led board members to contemplate quitting.

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What is the BBC's justification for maintaining this level of coverage of Reform now it has slipped into third place?

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social

BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY

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Lara Bird and Kate Nevens were illegally detained for 8 hours for daring to try and show the world what is going on in #Gaza. This should be a major diplomatic incident between Scotland and a rogue state currently committing genocide.

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only fraudulent economists are allowed now?

Financial Times@financialtimes.com

FT exclusive: The IMF dropped the lead candidate to become its new chief economist at the eleventh hour after he was found to have made critical remarks about the Trump administration’s economic policies, according to people briefed on the process ft.trib.al/8I7TNVM

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It’s really impressive that anyone could watch the wars in Ukraine and Iran and determine that we… don’t need drone battalions. What are we even doing here?

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Not a problem, everyone in this administration is super-professional and totally locked down when it comes to opsec, it's not like DoD and NSC leadership are gabbing about war plans on Signal chats without knowing who's listening or anything dumb like that

Asawin Suebsaeng@swin24.bsky.social

Something else to keep in mind: Per “two sources familiar with the matter, U.S. intel shows that Iranian government-backed hackers have dramatically ramped up the intensity and frequency of their cyberwarfare on MAGAland in recent months – significantly expanding their target lists not just…

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Somewhere in a sweltering desert, cockroaches scurry around the cell of Carlitos Ricardo Parias. He holds up a plastic bottle, gazing at the worm-like creatures swimming in his water. His other arm is turning purple from a gunshot wound for which he says he hasn’t received proper medical care.

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See how this headline sane-washes that insane Truth Social Post?

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

President Donald Trump said he has directed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with South Korea, reducing support for a longtime ally while praising North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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⚡️Trump imposes steep tariffs on drone imports. Trump's latest round of tariffs comes a few weeks after President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he and Trump had reached an agreement on the sale of Ukrainian drones to the U.S.

kyivindependent.comTrump imposes steep tariffs on drone importsTrump's latest round of tariffs comes a few weeks after President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he and Trump had reached an agreement on the sale of Ukrainian drones to the U.S.

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It's pretty obvious by now that JKR is far right.

the pickwicker man@pickwick.bsky.social

So last month JKR threatened to sue Amnesty out of existence and this month she's offering to fund any cis woman who wants to sue the NHS for not being transphobic enough fast enough. How many beloved institutions will she have to threaten before the Sensibles notice?

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AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins

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So last month JKR threatened to sue Amnesty out of existence and this month she's offering to fund any cis woman who wants to sue the NHS for not being transphobic enough fast enough. How many beloved institutions will she have to threaten before the Sensibles notice?

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NEW: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) introduces new legislation to "once and for all rescind the unprecedented IRS audit immunity granted to President Trump" Wyden cites "flimsy assurances" from Todd Blanche ======>

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*How do you avenge Wildberries, well you can't and don't *What really happens is that Wildberries has a huge fire sale and steals all the smoke-tainted dealer merchandise and then tries to sell it on Alibaba

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Today on the Sunday shows: @aoc , @BernieSanders, @abdulelsayed , all answering questions about @hasandpiker Even the networks realize progressives are where the energy is. They see the numbers. Progressive is not radical. Progressive is mainstream.

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“We're at this inflection point where – and I hate to say it – but the oligarchy has taken over. “Policies are being driven by big money, and who's got the money? The wealthiest in the country.”

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Private equity going after fire trucks makes YOUR neighborhood less safe. Not on my watch. I've got a bipartisan resolution calling on the FTC to investigate. We can't let Wall Street put public safety at risk.