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WhatsApp is testing imposing per-month limits on how many messages individual users and businesses can send to unknown people without getting a response (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/what

WhatsApp will curb the number of messages people and businesses can send without a response | TechCrunch
The company said the controls are designed to be effective against people and businesses that blast messages and spam people.

Massachusetts water resources body punts on permanently dumping sewage into Charles River https://phys.org/news/2025-11-massachusetts-resources-body-punts-permanently.html

Massachusetts water resources body punts on permanently dumping sewage into Charles River
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority may have been caught loving that dirty water a little too much, as its board has halted a proposal that clean water advocates fear would dump sewage into the Charles River forever.

🤬 “I'm always forced to listen to those evil voice messages immediately, but I don't have headphones with me.”
No one expects you to. Listen & reply when you have time.
🤬 “I just send text messages instead.”
So you expect the recipients to read your text messages immediately, even if they're out, doing sports or meeting someone? Same stupid logic.
Messages in general aren't meant for urgent communication. That's what fucking calls are for. Chat…

So much is happening in infosec, so don't fall behind. Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical developments you should know, including
--Cops take down alleged money-laundering operations E-Note,
--Google is suing mass texting operation Darcula,
--AI-generated social media firm Doublespeed was hacked,
--Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's messages were leaked,
--Korea launches massive probe of Coupang breach,
--Foreign pow…

Cops take down alleged money-laundering operations E-Note
Google is suing mass texting operation Darcula, AI-generated social media firm Doublespeed was hacked, Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's messages were leaked online, Korea launches massive probe of Coupang breach, Foreign power tried to install malware on Italian ferry, much more

With no takers yet, White House sets meeting with colleges still weighing an agreement with Trump | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-white-house-university-of-virginia-linda-mcmahon-massachusetts-institute-of-technology-b2847678.html

taken at the FDR Memorial in DC, a few days ago. #nokings

macaques: Japanese macaques (1976)
Dominance interactions among a group of adult female Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata fuscata), observed during a non-mating season in 1976. Edge weights represent the frequency of interaction.
This network has 62 nodes and 1187 edges.
Tags: Social, Animal, Weighted
https://networks.s…

Fall in full swing #fall #fallcolors

Milky Way over Harper’s Ferry NP, West Virginia. #astrophotography #darksky