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RapidFort, which develops tools for securing software supply chains, raised a $42M Series A led by Blue Cloud and ForgePoint, taking its total funding to ~$51M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2026/02/03/ra

RapidFort raises $42M to push continuous remediation for software supply chain security - SiliconANGLE
RapidFort raises $42M to push continuous remediation for software supply chain security - SiliconANGLE

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Frazey Ford:
🎵 Firecracker
#FrazeyFord
https://open.spotify.com/track/0JI1H4hrbq34HWxgeTNMrc

A North Carolina man who says federal immigration agents shattered his truck window,
forcibly removed him from his vehicle,
and left him “bleeding and in pain”
has filed a $1.25 million damages claim against the federal government.
Willy Wender Aceituno, a U.S. citizen,
says he was stopped twice on November 15, 2025, while walking into a restaurant parking lot to pick up breakfast before work,
according to a court filing reviewed by Newsweek.
Aceitun…

US Citizen Sues ICE After Agents Allegedly Left Him Bleeding From Head
A man who says federal immigration agents left him “bleeding and in pain” has filed a $1.25 million damages claim.

A #mural on the municipal "Palace of Culture" (weird translation) in #Lipno, #GreaterPoland.
Forgive the angle, but of course the view straight ahead was blocked by a car.

For #FreeSoftwareAdvent I'd like to post about open source tools that we're using in our #VFXPipeline.
On Dec. 5th let's start with #OpenImageIO (

I am told that Socrates, a wise man who professed that wisdom meant he knew nothing, once said the following:
"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light..."
#socrates #quotes

Why NFL teams want more QBs to skip the draft and stay in school https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6859079/2025/12/05/nfl-draft-quarterbacks-stay-in-college/

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Blessing Jolie:
🎵 20teens
#BlessingJolie
https://open.spotify.com/track/5F6Rxh3fkwU2NIdVttFUlY

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Gibraltar:
🎵 Colours And The Kids
#Gibraltar
https://open.spotify.com/track/3fdyyr9f3rz8P19YLFPY4i

A particularly bad kind of trolls are the "concern" trolls. These are the kind of people who say "well, yes, I fully agree that freezing to death is bad and we definitely should do something about it, but I would really like to make sure that we fully evaluated the danger of people burning themselves on a hot heater".
(Simplified. In reality, it's usually a long essay, followed by even more tiring debate.)
#FreeSoftware