Nick @internic@social.cleverlibre.org

Hey Y’all!

I’m speaking at Science by the Slice this week on some of the Plastics work I am doing at @RTI_Intl and about the book I co-wrote on Plastics!

Feel free to register and view via zoom:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/science-by-the-slice-human-health-impacts-from-microplastics-exposure-tickets-746215379287

SEC suing Solarwinds and its CISO https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-227

(Complaint is linked on the right)

I called Enabran Tain Dumb, Weak, Slow Moving, Lethargic, Gutless & Lazy, a VOLE WHO COULDN’T DO THE JOB. I was tough on him on the Detapa Council, for good reason, so now this Moron says about me, to get even, “his verbal skills are limited.” Well, that’s one I haven’t heard before. Tell that to the biggest Cardassian crowds in the history of Alpha Quadrant politics, by far. Enabran Tain is a LOSER!

The SEC has filed suit against SolarWinds and its CISO Timothy Brown alleging they presented misleading and false statements about the company's cybersecurity risks and practices from October 2018 to "at least" January 12, 2021.

The SEC alleges these statements were made in IPO registration forms, a security statement posted to the company's website and a public 8-K filing made after the 2020 incident.

In its security statement, the SEC claims SolarWinds overstated the security of its password policies and software development process, as well as its policies for determining who has access to what internal data.

Similar misleading statements are found throughout SolarWinds' SEC filings during that time, the SEC alleges.

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/30/sec-solarwinds-cyber-fraud-complaint

@catsalad @gwynnion it’s even stupider when the screens are down

Ohio voters: The extremist GOP Secretary of State is canceling votes, purging thousands of names recently from the voter rolls, right before this important referendum on abortion rights. Make sure you were not among them! Check here for your status: https://voterlookup.ohiosos.gov/voterlookup.aspx

The number of transistors on a high end GPU need to double twice more until you can buy more transistors in one GPU than Commodore sold in all Amigas ever sold.

Remember when Dan Quayle misspelled "potato" and everyone was like "that's a good enough reason for him not to be President"?

America should be like that again.

At least in terms of formal recognition, a glowing review in the NYT is about as good as you can get. Thanks everyone-- it all starts with a few of you reading weird comics 20 years ago.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/books/review/kelly-zach-weinersmith-city-on-mars.html

Just watched the full moon rise over the Grand Canyon so that’s pretty freaking special

Anyone from the tech business/cybersecurity research side that might follow me:

What sorts of questions would you want answered regarding the quantum computing sphere? Barring the nitty gritty physics/science itself.

A year back, I primarily used the Fediverse as a Twitter replacement.

Now, let's leap forward to the present. The way I utilize the Fediverse is completely different from my Twitter days. It has become an amazing platform for me to express my creativity and venture into uncharted territory.

I've indulged in crafting a movie trailer featuring a daring chicken on a skateboard, crafted spine-chilling horror stories about mannequins, and even devised this (fake) ad for a futuristic eco-office space.

This Fediverse has unleashed the artist within me like nothing ever has.

RE: https://atomicpoet.org/objects/2fbb3155-e956-4cfa-b9b2-382eb64a27bb

Troll/reply guy tried to get me to back down from my unequivocal statement that there's no evidence the 2020 election was stolen, claiming it's better to "meet people halfway" if I want to convince them.

No. As a researcher and educator, I believe in providing clear, accurate information.

The "evidence" that the election was stolen is made up bullshit. To call it anything else is a disservice.

If someone claims that 2+2=5, I'm not going to try to get them to compromise that it's 4.5.

An owl stole a child's stick horse and flew around with it.

Photos by Eric Lind

Truly tricky: "What is the net feedback from clouds?"

-Exactly- speaking? The picture is still... cloudy. But not so long ago, whether clouds will be a positive or negative feedback on warming was an open question. Of late, consensus is that changes in cloud locale and type will add up as a positive feedback.

Stale myths still fog our thinking on cloud feedback. We've revised our treatment of this topic; feedback invited!

#ClimateMyths
https://skepticalscience.com/clouds-negative-feedback-basic.htm?utm-source=mastodon&utm-campaign=socialnetworks&utm-term=sks

the @internetarchive is creditted with data for the charts on Twitter's change in Washpo:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/10/27/elon-musk-twitter-x-anniversary/

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Google has removed a video posted by academic researchers demonstrating how a newly discovered side channel in Apple's A- and M-series videos can be used to steal a password.

I thought for sure the removal was a mistake, but a Google representative told me the video was removed for violating a term of service barring "demonstrating how to use computers or information technology to steal credentials, compromise personal data, or cause serious harm to others."

The video, demonstrating important research by @genkin, @YuvalYarom , @themadstephan and jason kim, is here:

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21AMTjzIS6XfV1jzg&id=8208800C17D803E6%211176&cid=8208800C17D803E6&parId=root&parQt=sharedby&o=OneUp

Just to underscore how arbitrary and patently asinine Google's ToS enforcement is here, two additional videos the researchers posted demonstrating the same side channel remain available.

I wonder how researchers from #projectzero feel about this. Is there any chance any of them can intervene?

NPR: As the Israel-Hamas war continues, hospitals in Gaza are crowded and chaotic. Pregnant women face awful conditions: An emergency C-section may be conducted by the light from mobile phones.#news #NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/10/27/1209140259/giving-birth-amid-gazas-devastation-is-traumatic-but-babies-continue-to-be-born

Thanks to everyone who has filed issues or submitted PRs for "Software Design by Example (Python edition)" - I just pushed a minor update to https://third-bit.com/sdxpy/. The publisher tells me the book will be available in April 2024, and the ISBN will be 9781032725253. #sdxpy