The Sisko

Folks, we're back with another episode of Security Intelligence! We're talking French fridges, hiring sprees, and AI taking the jobs of hard-working ransomware creators! youtu.be/qV36V-WOsDo?...

"A hacker is attempting to breach the US Federal Election Commission's ​systems and that agency has ​had to 'temporarily shut down' its ⁠web-facing services as a result, ​according to an email seen ​by Reuters."

I'm still kind of confused why these are angled toward the building instead of toward the street.

It's not often you hear a retiring Republican congressman call the Republican running for his seat a "fraud." But that's what Mark Amodei has to say about David Flippo, the embattled Nevada congressional candidate, largely bc of @nlanard.bsky.social's reporting www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI7l...

No amnesty. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

He was struck and badly injured by a car driver. But his injuries weren't sufficient to trigger a real police investigation. And therein lies the problem. buff.ly/zdzqJtS

hey are you reading what I'm writing over at AVC? Netflix busted itself thinking data and audience insight alone could build a media empire. That only works if you're Youtube or Tiktok and people just provide nonstop content for free. www.avclub.com/netflix-brok...

A growing movement of parents are raising "sovereign babies," and refusing to get their kids birth certificates or SSNs. Now influencers are cashing in on the conspiracy—while kids are paying the price. A highly disturbing must-read from @wired.com today:

For several days I have been hearing rumors of an ICE detainee death that ICE was not reporting. I've just learned a local journalist has confirmed it and will publish soon. Now I read this and see there are actually TWO deaths ICE is not reporting. www.daylightsandiego.org/ice-detainee...

You can get a digital copy of BUBBLE from me, Sarah Morgan and @tangocharlie.bsky.social for $2.99! It's a funny, action-packed satire of the horrors of the gig economy and it was nominated for 2 Eisners! Based on the @maximumfun.org podcast of the same name! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

you'll never catch me talkin' smack about Cheesecake Factory™

not least because Trump really does behave pretty much exactly like Saddam Hussein. he's got full blown stage 4 Tinpot Dictatoritis down to the bone marrow

conservatives sense that Trump's fucking disgusting tacky-ass taste and him laying waste to DC bulldozing the public property of the American people putting up disgusting tacky-ass monuments to himself is a huge political liability

he was right and he was right to say it

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"You need to hide any interest in 'dark' things or adults will think you're dangerous and act accordingly" is an INCREDIBLY damaging thing to teach a kid.

"It's okay to suspend a 3rd-grader for drawing a zombie because schools need to be hypervigilant about signs of a potential school shooter" fucking LISTEN to yourself. THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO LIKE HORROR ARE NOT DANGEROUS.

So the "advice" doled out in this column makes me INCREDIBLY fucking angry as a former kid who was repeatedly taken to task by teachers for "inappropriate" drawings, culminating in a 9th-grade suspension spurred by Columbine paranoia and residual Satanic Panic. Arionne here says that was JUSTIFIED.

They know "A.i." in education is poison. If you're in NYC, please come to the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social rally TOMORROW to call on the @mayor.nyc.gov to CANCEL the "A.i." pilots in our high schools! actionnetwork.org/events/rally...

A friend in SF was out walking his dog and saw someone else walking a robot dog. He sent me the video. The other guy was a paid robot dog walker. I had SO many questions so I investigated: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/t...

Trump-appointed CDC deputy director to resign after six months on the job

Love this peek behind the scenes. lithub.com/who-chooses-...

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Just in time for Halloween: a thread of spooky Bullseye interviews from over the years. 🎃 👻 💀 buff.ly/hr1vtIO

Volunteers in towns and cities across the country are getting ready to act if federal immigration agents show up at the polls on Election Day—which they see an existential threat to American democracy.

ICYMI — CBS News(Max) deleted a tweet after @angieforfl.bsky.social called them out for mischaracterizing what she said about Cuba 🤔

Vehicles with city-issued non-profit parking placards are 88 percent more likely to be "Super Speeders" than any other vehicle with speed-camera violations. buff.ly/lIiw6b5

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In comments at a private police conference, Flock CEO Garrett Langley said backlash to the company wasn't "real" and the work of "bots." Also he said his wife advised him to never apologize. Read now: www.404media.co/in-leaked-au...

One of the most important financial stories out there if you want to know how and why the same five evil guys wind up owning everything.

everyone's talking about Marissa's AI chatbot app. I'm not here to talk about that www.404media.co/marissa-maye...