[ NNSquad ] Administriva: DKIM on mailing list posts

be any obvious effect on your end, but in the long run it should be very useful. Please let me know if you notice anything problematic. Thanks. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex

[ NNSquad ] 22 Democrats Sponsor a Bill That Could Censor Abortion Info From the Internet

1850923128 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein F

[ NNSquad ] Chinese (auto-translated to English) article on Google Passkeys

Chinese (auto-translated to English) article on Google Passkeys https://www-3elife-net.translate.goog/Art/internet/202310/12/87425.html?_x_tr_sl=zh-CN&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) L

[ NNSquad ] Trump calls terrorists "very smart" ...

Trump calls terrorists "very smart" ... Trump is indeed a favorite among terrorists. -L https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/ron-desantis-condemns-trump-calling-hezbollah-smart-israel-hamas-war-rcna120051 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.

[ NNSquad ] "Murdered By Hamas Monsters": Israel Releases Pics Of Dead Babies

"Murdered By Hamas Monsters": Israel Releases Pics Of Dead Babies https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/murdered-and-burned-by-hamas-monsters-israel-pm-netanyahus-office-posts-pics-of-bodies-of-babies-4475790 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.

[ NNSquad ] A truck drove around Harvard displaying names and photos of students it said were involved with the letter blaming Israel for Hamas' attacks

https://www.businessinsider.com/harvard-student-letter-truck-on-campus-pictures-names-hamas-2023-10 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (f

[ NNSquad ] Google Redux (2017): Lauren's Blog: Brief Thoughts on a Google Ombudsman and User Trust

vortex.com/2017/06/12/brief-thoughts-on-a-google-ombudsman-and-user-trust - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/

[ NNSquad ] T-Mobile planning forced migration to more expensive plans for some users, with opt-out (for awhile?)

T-Mobile planning forced migration to more expensive plans for some users, with opt-out (for awhile?) https://tmo.report/2023/10/breaking-t-mobile-will-force-customers-onto-newer-plans-unless-you-opt-out/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren

[ NNSquad ] More on Google passkeys

procedures that lock so many innocent users away from their data permanently, is a recipe for many already disadvantaged non-techie users to be even further shafted. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com

[ NNSquad ] As Twitter floods with war disinformation, Musk argues with the EU

As Twitter floods with war disinformation, Musk argues with the EU https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/10/eu-warns-musk-of-penalties-if-x-doesnt-stop-israel-hamas-disinformation/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social - - - --Lau

[ NNSquad ] Even Google Insiders Are Questioning Bard AI Chatbot’s Usefulness

Even Google Insiders Are Questioning Bard AI Chatbot’s Usefulness https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-11/google-insiders-question-usefulness-of-bard-ai-chatbot?leadSource=uverify%20wall - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren&#

[ NNSquad ] YouTube takes very weak action against channel calling for aborting black pregnancies

edium=social - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein

[ NNSquad ] Report: Official confirmations of many babies killed by Hamas, some decapitated

Report: Official confirmations of many babies killed by Hamas, some decapitated L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2):

[ NNSquad ] Twitter suckers

Twitter suckers Twitter/X is now permitting suckers who pay for Twitter to restrict replies only to other suckers who pay for Twitter. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon:

[ NNSquad ] Leaked Emails Show Canadian Media Exec [CBC] Demanding Journalists Avoid Using Term 'Terrorist' in Hamas Coverage

Leaked Emails Show Canadian Media Exec [CBC] Demanding Journalists Avoid Using Term 'Terrorist' in Hamas Coverage https://www.nationalreview.com/news/leaked-emails-show-canadian-media-exec-demanding-journalists-avoid-using-term-terrorist-in-hamas-coverage/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren

[ NNSquad ] Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X's Efforts to Curb Disinformation on the Israel-Hamas War

Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining X's Efforts to Curb Disinformation on the Israel-Hamas War https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-israel-hamas-war-disinformation-x/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's B

[ NNSquad ] Lauren's Blog: Google is making their weak, flawed passkey system the default login method -- I urge you NOT to use it!

Lauren's Blog: Google is making their weak, flawed passkey system the default login method -- I urge you NOT to use it! (Blog version of previous mailing.) https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/10/10/dont-use-google-passkeys-now - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (

[ NNSquad ] Google is making their weak and flawed passkey system the default login method -- I urge you NOT to use them!

same basis. And when you're locked out, don't complain to Google, because they'll just say that you're not the user they're interested in. "Thank you for choosing Google." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) L

[ NNSquad ] In terms of misinformation, Google Help Forums are more like Twitter/X every day

threads. Utterly useless. Slap in the face to the users looking for help. It's getting seriously worse when accurate help is needed more than ever. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastod

[ NNSquad ] There is no way to tell Google to not use your site content for Search Generative AI without blocking your site from Google Search COMPLETELY

-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Founder: Network Neutrality

[ NNSquad ] Musk (Twitter/X) spreads fake news release about a "Biden $8 billion aid package to Israel" -- quickly rose to top of Google Search

Musk (Twitter/X) spreads fake news release about a "Biden $8 billion aid package to Israel" -- quickly rose to top of Google Search https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/verified-accounts-spread-fake-news-release-biden-8-billion-aid-package-rcna119372 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Wein

[ NNSquad ] BREAKING: In speech, Trump declares that he "has a much better body" than Joe Biden

BREAKING: In speech, Trump declares that he "has a much better body" than Joe Biden L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebb

[ NNSquad ] [GOP Evil] As Middle East Spins Into War, Tuberville refuses to release military holds

[GOP Evil] Middle East Spins Into War, Tuberville refuses to release military holds https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/sen-tommy-tuberville-wont-lift-military-blockade-israel-hamas-conflict-rcna119401 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren

[ NNSquad ] As false war information spreads on X [Twitter], Musk promotes unvetted accounts

gfta - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Founder

[ NNSquad ] Hamas launched a 'surprise' attack on Israel, but for Netanyahu's critics, the writing was on the wall for months

Hamas launched a 'surprise' attack on Israel, but for Netanyahu's critics, the writing was on the wall for months https://www.businessinsider.com/hamas-surprise-attack-israel-palestine-not-shock--netanyahu-critics-2023-10 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vo

[ NNSquad ] Netanyahu

Netanyahu In addition to be a fanatical fascist, Netanyahu has now failed in the single aspect of his job that he most often proclaims he is best at doing -- keeping his country safe. The worst intelligence failure since at least 9/11. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com

[ NNSquad ] Judge in Georgia Trump Trial -- who quoted Monty Python -- played electric cello in High School

Judge in Georgia Trump Trial -- who quoted Monty Python -- played electric cello in High School Liking him more and more. Even though he is a Republican. -L https://www.ajc.com/news/watch-fulton-judge-assigned-to-trumps-case-rocks-out/64LVZSHYDFD6FFR32KOH3CBVWM/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren

[ NNSquad ] Judge in Trump RICO case appears to invoke Monty Python in rejecting co-defendant's 'parrot of a motion'

Judge in Trump RICO case appears to invoke Monty Python in rejecting co-defendant's 'parrot of a motion' I like this guy. -L https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/judge-in-trump-rico-case-appears-to-invoke-monty-python-in-rejecting-co-defendants-parrot-of-a-motion/ - - - --

[ NNSquad ] Wired removes story claiming Google "manipulated" Search Results, saying it did not meet their standards

Wired removes story claiming Google "manipulated" Search Results, saying it did not meet their standards. I was highly skeptical of this story based on its assertions and limited "evidence". -L https://www.wired.com/story/google-antitrust-lawsuit-search-results/ - -

[ NNSquad ] Secret Service and government agencies illegally used smartphone location data

Secret Service and government agencies illegally used smartphone location data https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/06/secret-service-and-government-agencies-illegally-used-smartphone-location-data - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren

[ NNSquad ] Religion

Religion Religious fanatics -- irrespective of which religion they profess on any side of any conflict -- are historically the foundational cause of more suffering than anything else humans have ever created. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com

[ NNSquad ] Amazon's Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen

Amazon's Alexa has been claiming the 2020 election was stolen https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/07/amazon-alexa-news-2020-election-misinformation/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.

[ NNSquad ] Report: Twitter serving unattributable, unblockable, unlabeled, unidentified ads

Report: Twitter serving unattributable, unblockable, unlabeled, unreportable, unidentified ads https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-new-clickbait-ad-format - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mas

[ NNSquad ] Trump and Nuclear Submarine Secrets

cell and that would be treating them far too nicely. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenwein

[ NNSquad ] Google Search Fails

nswer, and buries any text pages that would have allowed you to read the answer in a few seconds. It's increasingly infuriating. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laur

[ NNSquad ] 4chan Uses Bing [+AI] to Flood the Internet With Racist Images

4chan Uses Bing [+AI] to Flood the Internet With Racist Images https://www.404media.co/4chan-uses-bing-to-flood-the-internet-with-racist-images/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon:

[ NNSquad ] Elon Musk's X faces advertiser backlash after placing marketing for major brands on notorious white supremacist account

Elon Musk's X faces advertiser backlash after placing marketing for major brands on notorious white supremacist account https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/05/media/x-advertisements-reliable-sources/index.html - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/l

[ NNSquad ] Trump accused of sharing US nuclear submarine information with Australian businessman, sources say

Trump accused of sharing US nuclear submarine information with Australian businessman, sources say https://www.wftv.com/news/trending/trump-accused-sharing-us-nuclear-submarine-information-with-australian-businessman-sources-say/X2QB5GLGPFEZXNUWZZWH6MURQY/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein

[ NNSquad ] After White House, Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive info with Mar-a-Lago member: Sources

After White House, Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive info with Mar-a-Lago member: Sources https://abcnews.go.com/US/after-white-house-trump-allegedly-discussed-potentially-sensitive/story?id=103760456 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com

[ NNSquad ] SciAmerican: 95 Percent of Penicillin Allergies Are Wrong. A New Test Could Help

SciAmerican: 95 Percent of Penicillin Allergies Are Wrong. A New Test Could Help https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/95-percent-of-penicillin-allergies-are-wrong-a-new-test-could-help/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's

[ NNSquad ] Chatbot Hallucinations Are Poisoning Web Search

Chatbot Hallucinations Are Poisoning Web Search Even the citations are often fabrications and completely false! -L https://www.wired.com/story/fast-forward-chatbot-hallucinations-are-poisoning-web-search/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren

[ NNSquad ] Emergency Alert Test FAIL for Wi-Fi Calling

promoted by the carriers as a 100% compatible solution for voice, texts, and data when cellular connectivity is unavailable or unreliable. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon:

[ NNSquad ] Meta's AI Stickers Are Already Causing Trouble (disgusting trouble)

Meta's AI Stickers Are Already Causing Trouble (disgusting trouble) https://gizmodo.com/meta-ai-stickers-generate-controversial-cartoon-images-1850898685 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.co

[ NNSquad ] Addendum: Emergency Alert System test + Hawaii "missile attack"

- --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Founder: Network N

[ NNSquad ] In a few hours, the feds will test Emergency Alert System "Terror Trigger" including cellphones

ss lose control of your vehicle. Because yeah, no doubt the feds have REALLY thought this one through in terms of how it will impact people who aren't expecting it. The brain trust in action. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren)

[ NNSquad ] Scientific American: "Cats Are Perfect"

Scientific American: "Cats Are Perfect" As if we already didn't know this. -L https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cats-are-perfect-an-evolutionary-biologist-explains-why/# - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Laure

[ NNSquad ] GOP clowns: First step that interim House speaker takes is throwing Pelosi out of her office, while she's in Calif attending Feinstein funeral

GOP clowns: First step that interim House speaker takes is throwing Pelosi out of her office, while she's in Calif attending Feinstein funeral https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/03/politics/pelosi-vacate-office-capitol-mchenry-interim-speaker/index.html - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein

[ NNSquad ] BREAKING: In historic vote, Kevin McCarthy loses his position as House Speaker

States. This leaves the House without a Speaker, and no other House business can be conducted until a new Speaker is in place. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon:

[ NNSquad ] Final vote to vacate Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker is in progress

would leave Congress without the ability to conduct any other business until a new Speaker is voted in. Stand by. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@l

[ NNSquad ] Administrivia: These mailing lists and Gmail

ll headers. Thanks. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenwe

[ NNSquad ] Who to blame at Google?

Who to blame at Google? And I'll add again, I've worked inside Google, and I've only very rarely met a Googler I didn't like. Google by and large has great people. I wholly blame their C-suite for this mess. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (ht

[ NNSquad ] The Twitter deal is a very dark day for Google

ally when Google Ad users find their ads associated with the more horrific of Twitter posts. This is a dark day indeed for Google. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laur

[ NNSquad ] More on Google/Twitter Deal

s takeover, and so fall into a different category of considerations and possible future actions. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebb

[ NNSquad ] [What could go wrong?] Another national DON'T PANIC! emergency broadcast system test coming Wednesday, including cell phones

onal network radio tech segment. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein Twitter: https://twit

[ NNSquad ] [DISGUSTING - Reeks of desperation by both] Google partners with Musk's Hate Speech Platform Twitter/X for ad services

asure. This reeks of desperation on the part of both firms. -L https://searchengineland.com/x-twitter-google-display-network-432724 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenwei

[ NNSquad ] Congressional clowns

ze to genuine clowns for the above remarks. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein Twit

[ NNSquad ] Millions of Exim mail servers exposed to zero-day remote code execution attacks

Millions of Exim mail servers exposed to zero-day remote code execution attacks https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/millions-of-exim-mail-servers-exposed-to-zero-day-rce-attacks/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's

[ NNSquad ] Trump calls for shooting shoplifters on sight -- so what's the penalty for massive financial fraud again?

e for massive financial fraud (such as the Trump Organization was just found guilty of), or keeping classified documents in your bathroom? Or trying to subvert the certification of a presidential election? Or running a fake University? Just wondering. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vorte

[ NNSquad ] Florida and Texas Social Media Content Moderation Bans Heading to Supreme Court

- - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Founder: Network Neutr

[ NNSquad ] Sen. Dianne Feinstein, longest serving female senator in history, has died at 90

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, longest serving female senator in history, has died at 90 Peace. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (former

[ NNSquad ] Medium hints at a nascent media coalition to block AI crawlers

Medium hints at a nascent media coalition to block AI crawlers https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/28/medium-hints-at-a-nascent-media-coalition-to-block-ai-crawlers/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vorte

[ NNSquad ] [In "combative" interview] It's not clear X CEO Linda Yaccarino knew about Elon Musk's plan to charge for X

[In "combative" interview] It's not clear X CEO Linda Yaccarino knew about Elon Musk's plan to charge for X https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/28/its-not-clear-x-ceo-linda-yaccarino-knew-about-elon-musks-plan-to-charge-for-x/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau.

[ NNSquad ] Google announces support for robots.txt to control (some) aspects of their AI

his are not entirely clear to me at the moment. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein Twi

[ NNSquad ] BREAKING: In major surprise, Trump chooses not to try move Georgia state trial to federal court -- meaning trial will likely be televised

such a move for various reasons, including a perceived friendlier jury pool. In federal court the trial would not have been televised. Staying in state court means that it almost certainly will be televised. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren

[ NNSquad ] NYT Opinion columnist David Brooks issues a mea culpa after spending $50 on a glass of whiskey while decrying the "terrible economy"

skey-while-decrying-the-terrible-economy.html - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein Twitter: http

[ NNSquad ] Another GOP politician "family values" hypocrite: SC Rep. Jeff Duncan's wife files for divorce over 'extramarital affair' with lobbyist

divorce-over-extramarital-affair-with-lobbyist/article_ba6ea1ae-067f-59e5-8bcd-7820ce11bf71.html - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (f

[ NNSquad ] Policy questions for DJI

Policy questions for DJI I've been asked to speak to some policy questions related to DJI products. Anyone have a good contact there? Please email me if so. Thanks! -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's B

[ NNSquad ] UNIX prediction from 1985

ced with DOS-like command line tools. Or, uh, as it turned out ... NOT! -L https://youtu.be/0DdoGPav3fc?t=265 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@laur

[ NNSquad ] With government shutdown looming, McCarthy sends his clowns home instead of working

solve this GOP-created problem -- they can't pass anything to fix it. Today he sent them all home for the weekend. These clowns aren't committing treason in a legal sense, but damn they're getting close. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com

[ NNSquad ] Google and Kool-Aid

data brokers and various financial institutions, who are the real evil. Don't let hyperbole entice you to drink the Google haters' Kool-Aid. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com

[ NNSquad ] New York Times Columnist Mocked For $78 Burger Tweet

%20Brooks%20tweeted,is%20terrible%2C%E2%80%9D%20he%20wrote. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenwein

[ NNSquad ] Twitter CEO shares ad including Tweets critical of Musk, then deletes and scrubs it

Twitter CEO shares ad including Tweets critical of Musk, then deletes and scrubs it https://gizmodo.com/x-twitter-ceo-shares-ad-tweets-criticize-elon-musk-1850862068 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vorte

[ NNSquad ] BREAKING: McCarthy refuses to allow Zelensky to address joint session of Congress

BREAKING: McCarthy refuses to allow Zelensky to address joint session of Congress L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2):

[ NNSquad ] How General Milley Protected the Constitution from Donald Trump

How General Milley Protected the Constitution from Donald Trump https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/11/general-mark-milley-trump-coup/675375/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mas

[ NNSquad ] Celebrating 50 years of Internet TCP/IP

Celebrating 50 years of Internet TCP/IP Chat with Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPfm2OmHOoM - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstei

[ NNSquad ] Trump's Reported Disgust With Wounded Veteran Sparks Fury: 'Pure Scum'

Trump's Reported Disgust With Wounded Veteran Sparks Fury: 'Pure Scum' https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-reported-disgust-wounded-veteran-sparks-fury-pure-scum-1828949 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https

[ NNSquad ] George R.R. Martin Among 17 Top Authors Suing OpenAI, Alleging ChatGPT Steals Their Works: 'We Are Here to Fight'

George R.R. Martin Among 17 Top Authors Suing OpenAI, Alleging ChatGPT Steals Their Works: 'We Are Here to Fight' https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/openai-chatgpt-lawsuit-george-rr-martin-john-grisham-1235730939/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.

[ NNSquad ] Passkey hype and dangers (e.g., Google)

nontechies, older users, etc.) with barely veiled disdain, and this is making it worse. I've fought this from the outside and (when I've worked inside Google) from the inside, to no useful effect. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren)

[ NNSquad ] Saying NO to Generative AI

tative, garbage ecosystem. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebbl

[ NNSquad ] Contract YouTube Music workers strike after Google refuses to bargain with them

Contract YouTube Music workers strike after Google refuses to bargain with them https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7zn5y/google-flat-out-refuses-to-bargain-with-workers-prompting-youtube-music-strike - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren&#

[ NNSquad ] Google Search first result for "Tank Man" is fake AI image rather than actual image from China

-generated-selfie/ -- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pebble.is/laurenweinstein F

[ NNSquad ] Lauren's Blog: UK Passage of Online Safety Bill to Create Chinese-Style Internet Tracking and Censorship — Coming Soon to U.S.?

Lauren's Blog: UK Passage of Online Safety Bill to Create Chinese-Style Internet Tracking and Censorship — Coming Soon to U.S.? Blog version of previous message. -L https://lauren.vortex.com/2023/09/20/uk-online-safety-bill-tracking-censorship - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein

[ NNSquad ] How to disable the annoying and useless Chrome new "All bookmarks" feature

ome://flags and disabling "Power bookmarks side panel". This does work, but be careful in the flags page not to inadvertently change other settings. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Twit

[ NNSquad ] More on Chrome "All Bookmarks"

More on Chrome "All Bookmarks" And I'll add that all that new entry does is open a side panel showing bookmarks in a tiny, dim, basically unreadable font. Thanks a bunch, Google. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Laure

[ NNSquad ] Google Chrome's useless new "All Bookmarks"

e, think about this stuff first! -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (formerly T2): https://pe

[ NNSquad ] Google Bard AI now wants access to your personal information -- just say NO!

d-your-personal-data--for-better-responses-100020506.html?src=rss - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren Pebble (forme

[ NNSquad ] Study: Working Remotely Can More Than Halve an Office Employee's Carbon Footprint

Study: Working Remotely Can More Than Halve an Office Employee's Carbon Footprint https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/working-remotely-can-more-than-halve-an-office-employees-carbon-footprint/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/l

[ NNSquad ] [Just wear the armband] At start of Rosh Hashanah, Trump says Jews who don't support him are "destroying America"

[Just wear the armband] At start of Rosh Hashanah, Trump says Jews who don't support him are "destroying America" https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/technology/2023/09/18/trump-attacks--liberal-jews--during-rosh-hashanah--the-jewish-new-year -- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vo

[ NNSquad ] Trump wrote to-do lists for assistant on White House documents marked classified: Sources

Trump wrote to-do lists for assistant on White House documents marked classified: Sources https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-wrote-lists-assistant-white-house-documents-marked/story?id=103226113 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's

[ NNSquad ] BREAKING: Trump Scrawled To-Do Lists on the Back of Classified Docs: Report

BREAKING: Trump Scrawled To-Do Lists on the Back of Classified Docs: Report https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-scrawled-to-do-lists-on-the-back-of-mar-a-lago-classified-documents-report - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog:

[ NNSquad ] Musk tells Netanyahu that he plans to charge all users to use Twitter

Musk tells Netanyahu that he plans to charge all users to use Twitter Great idea. Speed its ultimate demise. Excellent! https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/elon-musk-charge-all-x-twitter-users-fee-1235726693/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com

[ NNSquad ] Old Google vs. New Google

Old Google vs. New Google OLD GOOGLE: We prefer websites be written by people, for people. QUALITY MATTERS! NEW GOOGLE: AI writing trash is OK. It's the clicks that count! Never mind about that people writing for people quality stuff. Ancient history. L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Wein

[ NNSquad ] Florida man, 78, shoots and kills neighbor who was 'trimming tree limbs' along property line: police

Florida man, 78, shoots and kills neighbor who was 'trimming tree limbs' along property line: police https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-78-shoots-kills-neighbor-who-was-trimming-tree-limbs-along-property-line-police - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.

[ NNSquad ] Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed terabytes of internal sensitive data

Microsoft AI researchers accidentally exposed terabytes of internal sensitive data https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/18/microsoft-ai-researchers-accidentally-exposed-terabytes-of-internal-sensitive-data/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren

[ NNSquad ] Google removes official suggestion that content should be "written by people" -- so trash AI content is now A-OK!

Google removes official suggestion that content should be "written by people" -- so trash AI content is now A-OK! https://gizmodo.com/google-search-written-by-people-helpful-content-update-1850848956 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.

[ NNSquad ] Special counsel asks for 'narrow' gag order for Trump in election interference case

Special counsel asks for 'narrow' gag order for Trump in election interference case https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/special-counsel-asks-narrow-gag-order-trump-election-interference-case-rcna105365 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.

[ NNSquad ] Small segment of Boebert surveillance videotape

Small segment of Boebert surveillance videotape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8jJ94QWlE8 The denied vaping at: https://youtu.be/f8jJ94QWlE8?t=41 L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Twitter:

[ NNSquad ] GOP HYPOCRISY: Both married: Governor Kristi Noem, "God-Fearing" Family Woman, and Corey Lewandowski, Trump Creep, Reportedly Had "Yearslong" Affair

rtedly-had-yearslong-affair - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren T2: https://t2.social/laurenweinstein Fo

[ NNSquad ] More on the Google Authenticator problem -- and the "Google Pattern" (and Passkeys)

s to understanding the needs of their users, especially those users not in the majority cohorts. -L - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Mastodon: https:

[ NNSquad ] I DID warn about this! - How Google Authenticator made one company's network breach much, much worse

or-gave-attackers-one-companys-keys-to-the-kingdom/ - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein lau...@vortex.com (https://www.vortex.com/lauren) Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Mastodon: https://mastodon.laurenweinstein.org/@lauren T2: https://t2

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