@metacurity@infosec.exchange2026-01-17 14:54:42
Happy Saturday morning! Each week, Metacurity offers our free and paid subscribers a run-down of the top infosec-related long reads we couldn't get to in the daily crush of news.
This week's selection includes pieces that touch on
--Estonia served as the first target of Russian cyberattacks,
--Inside a sprawling scam compound in Myanmar,
--How to protest safely amid massive surveillance,
--Silicon Valley is now the tech handmaiden of US authoritarianism,…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2025-12-16 15:40:32
Bears QB Caleb Williams 'excited for the moment' ahead of Saturday's Week 16 rematch vs. Packers https://www.nfl.com/news/bears-qb-caleb-williams-excited-for-the-moment-ahead-of-saturday-s-week-16-rematch-vs-packers…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-18 06:15:31
Israel appeared to break with the Trump administration on Saturday
over the makeup of a key committee to oversee the cease-fire in Gaza.
On Friday, the White House announced a “Gaza Executive Board”
to help administer the truce between Israel and Hamas.
The members included
Ali al-Thawadi, a senior Qatari official,
and Hakan Fidan, the Turkish foreign minister,
among others.
While an Israeli businessman is on the committee,
Israeli of…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2025-12-16 23:30:48
Nielsen ratings for Bari Weiss' town hall with Erika Kirk were 11% below total viewership for CBS News' standard programs in the same time slot, year to date (Justin Baragona/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2025-12-15 14:45:57
Re: discourse about #FediSoWhite
I'm a white man. Was on Twitter throughout #BLM and gained an awful lot of free education from Black folks on there. That was the start of me consciously following diverse folks which is a strategy that's improved my life immensely.
Back on Twitter before the Muskening, there was a lot of diversity. Black Twitter was a thing, and not just first-world (anyone else remember "O jewa ke eng?"). When I went looking for people to follow to diversify my feed, I found them in abundance.
That's why it's so clearly false to me when people claim that the fediverse is secretly diverse, and why anyone making that claim sounds suspect to me. Sure there are a ton of great Black and other POC folks you can find on here, if you look hard. But it's nowhere near the levels of diversity and community that were on Twitter. Which you would know had you been following those people before, so now I have to assume you weren't, and wonder why you feel qualified to make statements about diversity even though you haven't made an effort to engage with diverse voices before?
Also, if you were actually following some of the excellent POC voices on here, you'd know that across different servers and interest groups, almost every group has had a discussion of #FediSoWhite at some point. If all the Black people you follow are independently talking about the lack of community and diversity here, you've either got to believe them or start putting on your clown makeup, and the later is absolutely a choice.
@inthehands@hachyderm.io2026-01-16 19:42:20
There's a lot of chatter here in Minneapolis about a far-right group staging a hate rally / “march” / attack on Saturday — and a lot of confusion about what the targeted community is asking in response.
If you want to rush in and play hero, STOP.
If you heard “don't go downtown, don't do anything,” also STOP.
The targeted community has a specific and nuanced request for us all. The information here is the best summary I've heard. Please take a moment to read.
#Minneapolis #MSP https://hachyderm.io/@alter_kaker/115906410015463575
@metacurity@infosec.exchange2025-11-17 12:36:14
"Twenty’s contracts are a rare case of an AI offensive cyber company with VC backing landing Cyber Command work; typically cyber contracts have gone to either small bespoke companies or to the old guard of defense contracting like Booz Allen Hamilton or L3Harris."
The Pentagon Is Spending Millions On AI Hackers
@toxi@mastodon.thi.ng2025-12-14 09:16:17
A silent scenery in four acts...
(Selenium-toned[1] 4x6 salt print (still in final wash) plus previous work-in-progress stages... see alt text for details)
The picture/motif itself is one of my personal favorites and was taken 4 years ago in the Alpstein massif, when clouds were spontaneously forming around us, creating a wonderful light/scene/drama and a dear memory... now also as print which likely will/can outlast myself
[1] The tones will become more neutral once dry...…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-15 02:47:08
The American Library Association (ALA) has touted a "massive win"
after previously revoked federal funding for libraries and museums was reinstated nationwide.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)
announced on Wednesday it had
"reinstated all federal grants,"
8 months after an executive order from Donald Trump kick-started a firestorm
at the agency that supports the nation’s libraries.
Most of IMLS' staff, and i…
@cdarwin@c.im2025-12-15 00:57:58
"Round- tripping" money has become the coin of the realm in the AI boom.
In September, AI chip king Nvidia announced it would invest
$100 billion in OpenAI, the start-up behind the wildly popular ChatGPT.
OpenAI promptly unveiled massive investments in SoftBank and Oracle, which are building gargantuan data centers that run on, you guessed it, Nvidia chips.
In other words, Nvidia helped to finance the purchase of its own products by investing, directly an…
