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Check out today's Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Chinese hack of UK Defense Ministry resulted in massive military personnel data breach
--State Department unveils new strategy for securing cyberspace,
--Germany recalls its Russian ambassador following hacker attacks,
---Ransomware group released large volume of NHS patient data,
--Technique shows VPN users can connect to rogue servers,
-- Kronos hacker sends $25m to Tornado Cash,
--much more
https://www.metacurity.com/p/chinese-hack-uk-defense-ministry-resulted-massive-military-personnel-data-breach

Oh hey, the Attorney General of Indiana has published a snitch line for schools that teach LGBTQ issues, or make Woke materials available to their students!
Here’s the URL. Use it responsibly. Don’t use it to report Godzilla flying the Trans flag or anything like that, ok?
https://

A leading gravitational wave observatory recently detected ripples in spacetime that scientists say came from the collision of a dead, superdense stellar remnant and an unknown object.
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detected a unique gravitational wave signal in May 2023, just days after the observatory resumed operations following some upgrades that reduced the amount of noise in the detector.
The signal is dubbed GW230529 for short.
The gravitational wave signal travelled 650 million…

RL Huber
"Memories of Falling"
#ambient

I have a longtime habit of abruptly making a flurry of clicking/popping sounds with my mouth as a way of expressing feelings, fulfilling a similar function to swearing, for example.
However, now that I'm going to college I've been struggling with occasionally starting to do this and then catching myself once I register what's happening. I can't tell if other people aren't bringing it up just to be nice, or really if my feelings of embarrassment are rational. What…

“Three independent scientific studies analyze how the human brain transforms notes into feelings, a mystery that has intrigued psychologists and musicologists for decades”
https://english.elpais.com/scien…

Music scientists find the connection between music and emotion: ‘Our neurons dance to the same rhythm’
Three independent scientific studies analyze how the human brain transforms notes into feelings, a mystery that has intrigued psychologists and musicologists for decades

"The unusual project was born from worries over climate change and the sea level rise that will inevitably encroach on Alcatraz, where chunks of the perimeter wall are already eroding and falling into the bay. Scientists have warned that California could experience several feet of sea-level rise by the end of the century, along with ever more dangerous storm surges."
3-D Data of Alcatraz Island Is Captured by Experts for Map - The New York Times

3-D Data of Alcatraz Island Is Captured by Experts for Map
The former prison known as the Rock faces seismic activity, climate change and general deterioration. A wondrous new map could help save it.

🦴 Scientists try out Stone Age tools to understand how they were used
#science

Scientists try out Stone Age tools to understand how they were used
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University crafted replica Stone Age tools and used them for a range of tasks to see how different activities create traces on the edge. They found that a combination of macroscopic and microscopic traces can tell us how stone edges were used. Their criteria help separate tools used for wood-felling from other activities. In addition, dated stone edges may be used to identify when timber use began for early humans.

What's particularly muddy right now is
how a rising number of cattle infections are impacting farm workers,
beyond the Texas case that occurred back in March.
Veterinarians and physicians in states with dairy cattle outbreaks told The Associated Press there are multiple reports of farm workers falling sick,
but confirming cases is proving challenging for one key reason:
Many workers are reluctant to get tested.
"You have groups of individuals that…

What would it take to spark an H5N1 bird flu pandemic? And how bad would it be? | CBC News
For several decades, scientists have rung alarms that a dangerous form of bird flu had pandemic potential. As H5N1 spreads to more species, including U.S. dairy cattle, how likely is that worst-case scenario?

Man who shot, killed Saints’ star Will Smith receives 25-year sentence for manslaughter https://theathletic.com/5445949/2024/04/25/saints-will-smith-killing-manslaughter-sentencing/

Man who shot, killed Saints’ star Will Smith receives 25-year sentence for manslaughter
The sentencing comes eight years after retired NFL Pro Bowler Will Smith was killed during a confrontation following a car crash.