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How Iranian threat actor Nimbus Manticore used techniques like AI-assisted malware development and SEO poisoning to target companies during the US-Iran war (Check Point Research)
https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/fast-and-furi…

Fast and Furious - Nimbus Manticore Operations During the Iranian Conflict - Check Point Research
Key Findings Introduction During the recent geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, we reported on multiple Iran-nexus threat actors advancing Iran’s strategic objectives through cyber operations. These activities included targeting internet-connected cameras, conducting destructive attacks against US and Israeli entities, and exfiltrating data from cloud environments to support broader kinetic and intelligence-gathering efforts. Nimbus Manticore (also tracked as UNC1549) is an IRGC…

Playing Terra Nil right now, and it's funny because from the promo stuff I thought I wouldn't like it much, yet I'm enjoying myself a lot. There's definitely a game design lesson to be leaned here.
I was absolutely correct in my assessment that the game feels like it's actively trying to make suspension of disbelief as hard as possible with its completely ridiculous mechanics that make absolutely zero sense. "That's... Not how that works at all!" Is basically playing on repeat in my brain.
Furthermore, the entire technosolutionist tenor of the game rubs me very much the wrong way. This compounds with the physics- and biology-defying (or perhaps -spiting) fictional layer in cases like the convenient magical radiation-absorbing buildings so that you can reverse radiation contamination with a few simple clicks to be extremely bad politics actually...
But... The mechanics do work together quite well to make interesting puzzles with good gameplay that includes satisfying variety and challenges. The art is wonderful, and the music and audio design are spot on. The the result of each level is immensely satisfying, and the pacing is excellent.
I guess the lesson I'm taking away from this is that really solid fundamentals can triumph over an absolute cacophony of ludonarrative dissonance. That doesn't mean that in every decision between ludonarrative harmony (or just straight up believability) and neat mechanics you should compromise towards mechanics, but it reinforces the idea that if you make the mechanics enjoyable in the abstract, players (or at least, players like me) will be willing to compromise a *lot* on whether it actually makes any sense for things to work that way.
I'm still bothered by the "use technology to fix everything" politics, which prevents this game from being one I'll enthusiastically recommend, but despite myself I am having a lot of fun with it.
#GameDesign #SolarPunk

POL-CUX: Insgesamt sieben leicht verletzte Personen beim Getränkemarkt in Dorum - Ursächlich sehr wahrscheinlich vorausgegangene Schädlingsbekämpfungsmaßnahmen Cuxhaven (ots) - Wurster Nordseeküste/Dorum. Am heutigen Mittwoch (24.06.2026) kam es gegen 10:00 Uhr zu einem umfangreichen Einsatz von Polizei und Rettungskräften am Getränkemarkt an der Poststraße in Dorum. Mehrere Kundinnen und Kunden sowie ...

Trump in Washington - Angriff auf Checkpoint an Weißem Haus: Schütze tot #News #Nachrichten

Level 9 in the first Diablo is some serious shit. It's when shit starts getting REALLY tough. I usually die hardly at all before it, and I've now died several times- gotta chokepoint and take it slower. Whew. Monsters come outta EVERYWHERE and they're shooting all this shit at you. Really rude bunch of dicks.

POL-CUX: Am Fahrbahnrand eingeschlafen - vermutlich alkoholisiert Sachbeschädigung an PKW - Zeugenaufruf Cuxhaven (ots) - Beverstedt/Heerstedt. Am Montagmorgen (25.05.2026) gegen 04:30 Uhr wurde der Polizei in Schiffdorf gemeldet, dass eine männliche Person auf der B71 am Fahrbahnrand schlafend in einem Pkw festgestellt worden sei. Die Person habe ...

Replaced article(s) found for math.CT. https://arxiv.org/list/math.CT/new
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- Double Categories of Open Systems: the Cospan Approach
John C. Baez
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Re this post:
Back in 2012, the Minnesota Orchestra musicians went on strike over a semi-secretive plan from the board to remake the orchestra (one of the best in the world) by slashing player salaries, gutting creative direction, and turning them into a sort of pop-lite-classical easy listening machine of some kind — details very fuzzy, rationale even fuzzier.
During the dispute, a slide deck of their shadowy plan leaked. It was somewhat garbled and confusing, and missing all the key details and analysis that everyone was dying for. “What are you hiding??” the public cried, “Show us the full plan!!” “What are you talking about? We did!” “No, not just the presentation! The actual plan!”
A confused period followed during which it became clear that the slide deck •was• the full plan.
This little gaggle of the Brightest Minds of Business moonlighting on a nonprofit board thought that gutting a local institution required so little thought that when people saw the full analysis, they assumed the board must be hiding something.
https://chaosfem.tw/@theogrin/116808542563847455

POL-CUX: Verkehrsdelikte auf der BAB27 und in Hemmoor Cuxhaven (ots) - BAB 27/Loxstedt. Am Mittwoch (22.07.2026) wurde gegen 23:30 Uhr zunächst durch Einsatzkräfte des Hauptzollamtes Bremen ein 31-jähriger Bremerhavener mit seinem PKW auf der BAB 27, Anschlussstelle Bremerhaven-Süd, kontrolliert. ... https://www.pressepo…

POL-CUX: Mehrere Diebstähle von hochwertigen Fahrrädern und E-Bikes in Cuxhaven - Zeugenaufruf Cuxhaven (ots) - Cuxhaven. Am vergangenen Wochenende kam es im Stadtgebiet von Cuxhaven und hierbei vor allem in den Stadtteilen Duhnen, Döse und Sahlenburg zu mehreren Fahrraddiebstählen. Betroffen waren unter anderem die Beethovenallee, die ... https://ww…