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Hundreds of People With ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Exposed by House Democrats’ Website
https://www.wired.com/story/hundreds-of-people-with-top-secret-clearance-exposed-by-house-democrats-website/

Hundreds of People With ‘Top Secret’ Clearance Exposed by House Democrats’ Website
A database containing information on people who applied for jobs with Democrats in the US House of Representatives was left accessible on the open web.

Fungal Spores in Wildfire Smoke Could Cause Lung Disease
Mice exposed to fungi spread by wildfires developed symptoms,
exposing a potential health hazard to humans that has been understudied.
“It was really an unknown that there were living microorganisms in wildland fire smoke.
I think most people assumed that it was sterile because it comes from a hot fire,”
said Phinehas Lampman,
a former wildland firefighter,
coauthor on the study,
and wi…

Fungal Spores in Wildfire Smoke Could Cause Lung Disease
Mice exposed to fungi spready by wildfires developed symptoms, exposing a potential health hazard to humans that has been understudied.

Rams expect Nacua to return Sunday vs. Saints https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46747163/rams-expect-wr-puka-nacua-ankle-play-sunday-vs-saints

I grew up with Alex Pretti (Kristen Radtke/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/policy/868567/alex-pretti-minneapolis-childhood-friend?view_token=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpZCI6IktWYlQ1a1F1ZUUiLCJwIjoiL3BvbGljeS84Njg1NjcvYWxleC1wcmV0dGktbWlubmVhcG9saXMtY2hpbGRob29kLWZyaWVuZCIsImV4cCI6MTc2OTk2NDA1NSwiaWF0IjoxNzY5NTMyMDU1fQ.FrZ0NlULSpVamKAg761dJTzxcH4-LkVYlrvVVZb2ZFc&utm_medium=gift-link
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p64#a260127p64

Writing unit tests for my random number generation library continues to be difficult. My tests are failing because the bias in the distribution exceeds my expectations, but I'm wondering whether I should just repeat the test more times and permit it to exceed expectations some of the time (as long as it does it symmetrically/rarely/etc. My gut tells me that second-order expectations aren't any better than first-order expectations, but another part of me disagrees.
Thinking more as I write this (writing is thinking): second-order tests can at least give me better info to work with towards fixing things I think! So maybe I'll invest in them.
#coding

US expects Hungary to stop buying Russian oil and gas, envoy says as Budapest remains defiant: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/27/us-expects-hungary-to-stop.html

There are no weekends in cybersecurity so check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you might have missed since Friday, including
--Over 60 nations signed a controversial cybercrime convention,
--House Democrat service exposed details of government employees with top-secret clearances,
--AI chatbots push Russian propaganda,
--A third-party contractor exposed details on Dublin and Cork airport passengers,
--Philippines' GCash u…

Over 60 nations signed a controversial cybercrime convention
House Democrat service exposed details of government employees with top-secret clearances, AI chatbots push Russian propaganda, A third-party contractor exposed details on Dublin and Cork airport passengers, Philippines' GCash under probe for leak of 8m e-wallet users' data, much more

Sources: DE Crosby expected to need surgery https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47427162/sources-raiders-star-maxx-crosby-expected-need-knee-surgery

Inside the FBI's Review and Redaction of Epstein Files (Jason Leopold/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-25/epstein-files-new-fbi-emails-detail-review-special-redaction-project?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NDEwNjcwNiwiZXhwIjoxNzY0NzExNTA2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUNkFYQjlLR0NUSDcwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIyQjE3NzFFOTlEODc0QzRDOTY1Njg1RTZBQkJGM0QwRCJ9.4AhUWGtFVEVSrO7l-hOVhSm9BzndW2MU61lqEJqTNs
http://www.memeorandum.com/251125/p114#a251125p114

Broncos-Chiefs takeaways: Denver escapes K.C. to stay on track for AFC's top seed https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6919098/2025/12/25/broncos-chiefs-takeaways-denver-escapes-k-c-to-stay-on-track-for-afcs-top-se…