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Maybe the red line for you is deploying •active duty military• to Minnesota, and not just National Guard. They did that in LA with marines — briefly, just a little, just in the background, little or no confrontation — and that too got smacked down hard.
That one’s a pretty bright red line. Domestic deployment of the military is in fact the origin of the phrase “crossing the Rubicon:” when Julius Caesar led troops across the Rubicon river, leading the troops to invade his own country, that marked the beginning of civil war in Rome, and a death knell for democracy.
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Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical cybersecurity developments you should know, including
--MI5 warns that China uses LinkedIn to recruit and compromise lawmakers,
--WhatsApp feature can extract 3.5B users' phone numbers,
--Police raid KT for allegedly hiding breach evidence,
--Beijing rumors cost TP-Link $1B,
--LG Energy Solution was hit by a cyberattack,
--Airlines won't sell passenger data to the US,
--Toronto schools wer…

MI5 warns that China uses LinkedIn to recruit and compromise lawmakers
WhatsApp feature can extract 3.5B users' phone numbers, Police raid KT for allegedly hiding breach evidence, Beijing rumors cost TP-Link $1B, LG Energy Solution was hit by a cyberattack, Airlines won't sell passenger data to the US, Toronto schools weren't prepared for PowerSchool breach, much more

On Jan. 18, 2026, Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe for the Nuble and Biobio regions
as wildfires killed at least 16 people and forced more than 50,000 to evacuate.
A severe summer heat wave and prolonged drought since December created conditions highly favorable to wildfire ignition,
with dry foehn-type winds and 38 C daytime temperatures.
Fire agencies said nearly 4,000 firefighters are battling about 24 active wildfires as blazes have …

Wildfires in Chile Kill at Least 16 People, Force More than 50,000 to Evacuate
At least 16 people are confirmed dead and 20,000 are evacuated as fires rage in two southern regions.

For people who like to follow along with tech conferences I’m posting a thread on LinkedIn while I’m at #QConSF https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adriancoc…

I’m spending the next few days at QCon Software Development Conferences San Francisco and I will post reactions and comments as threads on this post. My own talk is at 5pm today. Starting off with an… | Adrian Cockcroft
I’m spending the next few days at QCon Software Development Conferences San Francisco and I will post reactions and comments as threads on this post. My own talk is at 5pm today. Starting off with an opening keynote by Nicole Forsgren who I just said hi to and found out recently moved back from Microsoft to Google. The event is well attended and has many first time attendees going by the audience at the keynote. It’s their 19th year and it’s very well run at at an iconic location. The Hy…

"Permitting Parking in Driveways" is at Monday's SFBOS land use committee.
I plan to comment against this. It seems to allow driveways to be unlimited width and to remain even after garages are converted to ADUs. This is nakedly an inducement to more driving at the expense of green space, stormwater drainage, active transportation, and public transit.

Estimated 4000 demonstrators converged Sunday in #DTLA to express solidarity with #Iranian protestors engaged in activism across globe in #Islamist Republic where hundreds have been reported killed recently by hard-line religious regime.…

A new vision: Comparing electrical prostheses in the race to end blindness https://www.jfophth.com/a-new-vision-comparing-electrical-prostheses-in-the-race-to-end-blindness/

Within minutes of federal agents with ICE, the DEA and FBI arriving at the workplace,
a rapid response network mobilized to confront the agents carrying out an immigration raid at the Bro-Tex distribution center.
As community members rallied to halt the raid,
federal agents cordoned off the area and began trying to clear protesters.
Agents used pepper balls, OC canisters and pepper spray on the crowd
as they tried to clear a path for a convoy of their vehicles, s…

Insight from the Bro-Tex Raid: What Activists Saw While Confronting ICE - UNICORN RIOT
Unicorn Riot heard from two locals who mobilized in response to an immigration raid in St. Paul on the morning of Nov. 18.

Local community groups? Busting their asses, but they live and die on volunteer support. Legal system? Too slow, too compromised. City, county, state elected officials? Grasping for something they can do. Local police? Useless or worse than useless, of course.
BUT…all the above are formed by, shaped by, and constrained by popular sentiment. An active, defiant citizenry changes how all these institutions behave. Police know, politicians know, and yes, even judges know: they can only stray so far from what people will tolerate.
This active resistance? Hell yeah, it matters. It’s the short-term •and• the long-term.

Cop30 live:
‘If we continue destroying everything on this earth there will be chaos,’
warns Indigenous chief
Earlier on day five of the climate summit, activists blockaded the main entrance demanding to speak to the Brazilian president
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