Stephen or Steve "EMV" Cobb

My wife was diagnosed with hemochromatosis in 2008. Her health has been something of a nightmare ever since. Helping ourselves and others understand this pernicious genetic condition has been part of our coping strategy. In 2009, I started the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/Hemochromato...

I do hope more people are asking the question

"AI isn't inventing new novel attack methods, it's accelerating the abuse of poor hygiene, whether it's password hygiene or failure to patch.” Here's my just published interview with Eric Schmitt, CISO of insurance & risk firm Sedgwick. www.infosecurity-magazine.com/interviews/s...

Truth 👇

Abdul El-Sayed is a Rhodes Scholar, with degrees from the University of Michigan, Oxford, and Columbia. 84% of Rhodes Scholars are Democrats or Independents, compared with just 14% Republicans. It’ll be great having Abdul in the Senate.

Yes!

Robert's Right ✅️.......

Absolutely 👇

Ironically, AI predicted the current cyber-hellscape over a year ago, but did humans listen? No. www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-a...

I’m seeing people reacting by pointing out that he’s obviously wrong. I appreciate that, but it’s also a pointless exercise. The problem isn’t that he’s wrong. The problem is that this is normal in American politics — and it’s been normal for a while.

By all accounts this is what most of the recent Reform media events have looked like. Bubble well and truly burst

Pro-Europeans really need to get their act together if they're going to sieze the opportunity which is being presented here. Press and broadcasters reverting right back to their previous position from 2016, with zero update.

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

CBS deleted this post and reposted it admitting that their original one was misleading. And the misleading post from CBS was intentionally misleading, not an innocent mistake. CBS continues to lose credibility.

I really like this take from @xriskology.bsky.social in their aptly named Realtime Techpocalypse Newsletter. Just one point I'd argue: the finitude of bugs. We are at the point where new bugs are generated faster that the capacity to fix them. What needs fixing is our willingness to exploit them.

TFW you go to the doctors office to pick up your blood test forms and they don’t have them because they can’t print them because the system is down, not just in that office but “lots of places … and it could be down for another week, so maybe call us back in about 10 days.”

New article about (1) whether AI-enabled hackers could shut down the Internet, and (2) how the Effective Altruist movement is effectively taking over the world. Read and share, if you have the time: www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/could-ai-a...

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LOOKS LIKE THIS....K?

Catholic Bishops, from a church notorious for raping children without consent, prays with a president also notorious for raping children without consent, get touchy about the White House posting a video of the event [checks notes] without consent.

Anthony Davis: “Who exactly are this 31% of Americans who think this lazy tyrant, this dollar-store dictator, this narcoleptic nincompoop is doing a good job?”

Right it's happened. It's dark at 5pm. I hope you're all happy now. I'll see you after easter next year.

The Acton campaign immediately went to work to monetize Vivek’s blunder through texting and email solicitations. Great to see that it paid off.

Canadian married to an American, dentist trained in America, father of American child, volunteers at American church dental clinic, no criminal record. Does this sound like the worst of the worst to you?! #AbolishICE #CrushICE open.substack.com/pub/eyesonic...

Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

Just to be clear... Prop 40 is a ONE-TIME retroactive tax. It applies ONLY to billionaires and would tax just 5% of their wealth — which grew 30% in 2025. California's billionaires would still be worth $2T+ AFTER the tax. The revenue will fund healthcare for millions of Californians. Vote YES.

I keep seeing posts from Republicans pretending to be insulted by Barack Obama's Cheesecake Factory quip because most Americans supposedly think it serves haute cuisine. First, it does not. And you know that. Second, his remark wasn't about the food. It was about the over-the-top golden decor.

Yup!

Reform and Tories have pledged to reverse ULEZ repeatedly.

On learning of an exciting new walking robot he might be able to buy, what is the first thing an English geek does? Ask the Internet, "anyone got footage of microduck walking on carpet?" www.instagram.com/reels/DedKD_...

This.

TIL: The Clash covered Pressure Drop, the classic song from Toots & The Maytals! If you're in the path of Storm Boleo here in the UK, I hope this helps you sit it out. Stay safe lovely blue sky people!

As the UK braces for the pressure drop from the Storm Boelo we're counting down with this timeless classic from Toots & The Maytals.