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#LazyWeb question: Looking at the #Meshtastic world map[1], it seems Iran's internet/comms shutdown[2] is also including #LoRa bands, but it's hard to find conclusive information about it, thoug…

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Why go looking for some false flag conspiracy or whatever when we have this in plain sight:
- Tight, rapid comms coordination between a would-be authoritarian government and supposedly independent public figures
- That messaging control extending across supposedly independent branches of government; total collapse of checks and balances, replaced with government by PR strategy
- Mass consolidation of both news media and social media under the control of the billionaire backers of said authoritarians

"Washington yanks visas to derail a Pacific fiber optic link, warning Santiago against even considering Beijing’s bid"
'Donroe' in Action: Team Trump rips Chile over comms cables to China | Responsible Statecraft
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/trump-rubio-chile-china/

It seems crazy that ATC people have to *talk* to each pilot in a busy airspace to tell them how to turn or which runway to land on etc when I thought they all have digital comms anyway; you'd think you could get it that the ATC would only have to speak to people when there's issues.

You won't want to miss today's insanely packed Metacurity for the latest news across the cybersecurity sectors, including
--Russian space vehicles are tapping comms from key European satellites, report,
--Incognito Market operator sentenced to 30 years,
--CISA silently tweaked CVEs used for ransomware attacks,
--Russian hackers reportedly disabled critical Ukraine military registration platforms,
--Hackers and trolls are targeting ICE spotting apps,

Russian space vehicles are tapping comms from key European satellites, report
Incognito Market operator sentenced to 30 years, CISA silently tweaked CVEs used for ransomware attacks, Russian hackers reportedly disabled critical Ukraine military registration platforms, Hackers and trolls are targeting ICE spotting apps, Coinbase confirms new insider breach, more

Russian forces in Ukraine face communications issues as SpaceX restricts Starlink access and Telegram faces a crackdown, per pro-Russian military channels (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-19/russia-…

University comms office in fine dystopian form this morning:
"Large language models like ChatGPT-4 score higher in creativity than the average person but trail highly creative individuals by a significant margin, according to a new study...
These results suggest LLMs may be particularly helpful for less creative people."

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A leak about White House outrage over CBS' reported hiring of Jeremy Adler, who previously worked for Liz Cheney, suggests the WH is trying to prevent the hire (Brian Stelter/@brianstelter)
https://x.com/brianstelter/status/2032131070024360446

Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) on X
Notice that this leak — "White House officials are outraged..." — is the first inkling about Jeremy Adler being hired by CBS News. The comms job is open and the network hasn't appointed anyone yet. Adler's name hasn't even been floated publicly, until now. https://t.co/jHYKMH69nt

#Mamdani's comms team is so good that I have friends from the opposite side of the country (#Seattle) telling me about new policies in #NYC when they're made.
(a friend send me thi…

Any comms people guess what this auction lot is? It's listed as 'CPU cabinet' - but to me it looks like fibre cabinet on one side and I'm not sure what on the other - PABX???
https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auctio…

LOT 895 CPU CABINET 
Bid Live on Lot 895 in the Complete Dairy and Ice Cream Processing Equipment in Greece Products Auction from CRF Auctions.

Cybersecurity developments are coming fast and heavy right now, so don't miss today's Metacurity for the most crucial developments you should know, including
--Hot new social network Moltbook exposed 1 million credentials,
--Chinese state actors were likely behind Notepad hijacking,
--Bill to allow the Russian government to shut down comms networks moves forward,
--ICE uses app that accesses 1.2B facial images,
--Mountain View disables license plate ca…

Hot new social network Moltbook exposed 1+ million credentials
Chinese state actors were likely behind Notepad++ hijacking, Bill to allow the Russian government to shut down comms networks moves forward, ICE uses app that accesses 1.2B facial images, Mountain View disables license plate cameras in wake of violations, much more

Cyber Command disrupted Iranian comms, sensors, top general says https://therecord.media/iran-cyber-us-command-attack

Incoming Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro appoints Paul Roeder, a 25-year Disney veteran, as senior EVP and chief communications officer, effective March 19 (Anthony D'Alessandro/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/03/walt-disney-paul-roeder-1236751472/

Incoming Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro Picks Company Vet Paul Roeder To Lead Corp Comms
Paul Roeder has been named Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer of The Walt Disney Company, effective March 19, it was announced today by incoming Chief Executive Officer Josh D’Amaro.

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Is #fineart immoral? I’ve heard the argument that the only moral way to make a living as an artist is to do pornography and character commissions (since it doesn’t help the rich or a corporation). Unfortunately, I’m not overly interested in making porn or exclusively doing comms.
I’ve considered graphic design, but that involves corporations.
Do I have to change my interests to rema…

Russian Hackers Disable Ukraine’s Reserve Service and Milchat Military Messenger
https://voennoedelo.com/en/posts/id12812-russian-hackers-cripple-ukraine-s-reserve-and-milchat

Russian Hackers Cripple Ukraine’s Reserve+ and Milchat
Russian hackers disable Ukraine’s Reserve+ and Milchat, halting digital military registration and tactical comms after earlier breaches of Sonata and Delta.

These chunky toggle switches are nice - they can have upto 4 sets of contacts, each of which seem to have a bunch of poles each. These are momentary but there are some latching. Given the 'under license from Ericsson' label I assume they came off some comms kit originally. Now, I've just got to figure out how to mount them to something other than a panel.
#electronics

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Yowzer, there is so much infosec news that you can't afford to skip today's Metacurity which highlights all the critical developments, including
--The FBI seized the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum,
--Google took down dozens of domains related to mysterious threat actor Ipidea,
--China executed 11 people linked to Myanmar scam centers,
--Moltbot AI assistant can leak sensitive information,
--ShinyHunters hit Bumble, Panera, Match and CrunchBase,
--P…

The FBI seized the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum
Google took down dozens of domains related to mysterious threat actor Ipidea, China executed 11 people linked to Myanmar scam centers, Moltbot AI assistant can leak sensitive information, ShinyHunters hit Bumble, Panera, Match and CrunchBase, Poland's grid attack disabled comms at 30 sites, more

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