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My motivation to get into PGP fights these days is very limited, but, well, sometimes I can't escape the "someone is wrong on the Internet" feeling.
The author of @… still does not understand what "Authenticated Encryption" means ("still", because I've seen these discussions back in the efail days). It is a pretty central conce…

Bengals retaining head coach Zac Taylor, personnel executive Duke Tobin for 2026 season https://www.nfl.com/news/bengals-retaining-head-coach-zac-taylor-personnel-executive-duke-tobin-for-2026-season

Santa Barbara County authorities recovered the body of a man who was reportedly swept off a flooded roadway in Goleta Valley on Saturday.
The man was driving near the 1100 block of North San Marcos Road shortly before noon when his vehicle reportedly became stuck on a flooded part of the road that passes over Maria Ygnacio Creek, according to Captain Mike Gray with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department.
The man then exited his vehicle, Gray said, and he was subsequently washed…

Court docs: the US DOJ failed to tell a judge about a 1980 law protecting journalists when it sought to seize WaPo reporter Hannah Natanson's devices last month (Charlie Savage/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/poli

DOJ Failed to Address Press Law in Application to Search Washington Post Reporter’s Home
The Justice Department did not address a 1980 law that generally bars warrants for reporting material when it sought to seize a Washington Post reporter’s devices, an unsealed filing shows.

Nicht vergessen:
Heute ist der Nationale Tag des Schafe-Quälens
#Sirenentest #Schweiz

Det är verkligen inte starka bevis här men som artikeln skriver
"Masturbation is free, relatively easy and, for most women, enjoyable."
Does masturbating really help menopause symptoms? New research says yes https://theconversation.com/does-mastu

Does masturbating really help menopause symptoms? New research says yes
Trouble sleeping? Feeling irritable or bloated? A new study suggests masturbating might help you through the menopause.

sp_high_school_new: High school dynamic contacts (2011-2012)
These datasets contain the temporal network of contacts between students in a high school in Marseilles, France. The first dataset gives the contacts of the students of three classes during 4 days in Dec. 2011, and the second corresponds to the contacts of the students of 5 classes during 7 days (from a Monday to the Tuesday of the following week) in Nov. 2012.
This network has 126 nodes and 28561 edges.
Tags: Soc…

My work days feel more and more like people outwardly employing Pascal’s Wager when talking about genAI, LLMs, agentic whatever fake-AI silliness. Saying the words for their bosses but not feeling it otherwise.
PAIscal’s Wager? Pascal’s wAIger? PascaLLM’s wager?

Starlink says it is providing free broadband service to new and existing customers in Venezuela through February 3, 2026 (Dylan Butts/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/05/elon-musk-spacex-starlink-free-internet-venezuela-us-raid-maduro.h…

Elon Musk's Starlink offers free internet access in Venezuela following U.S. airstrikes and Maduro’s arrest
SpaceX's Starlink is offering free broadband internet service to the people of Venezuela through Feb. 3, amid the fallout of a U.S. military operation in the country.

#FF2025 in-person folk - if you're feeling a bit sniffly after travel and/or having fun in London, there are some (surgical) masks at the registration desk. I'm seeing my favourite octogenarians on Monday so I'm masking up most of the time too!