Tootfinder

The neoconservatives,
who dominated the Pentagon and the White House after 9/11
believed the US could use force to remake the Middle East,
and their project left us with two enduring concepts that still shape American military power and politics today:
creative chaos and strategic deception.
These are the intellectual doctrines of neoconservatism,
an ideology that bears constant re-examination.
Legacy One: Creative chaos
The intellectual arch…

The carrier of creative chaos
On March 31, the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush departed naval station Norfolk in Virginia, bound for the Middle East to join the other three carriers (USS Lincoln, Tripoli and New Orleans) …

So #Fortipwn is now declared #secure.
(a bit tongue-in-cheek here, they have had a not that great track record over the last years, just like Ivanti, Palo Alto et al)

Y Combinator appears to have dropped Delve, removing the company's profile from its startup directory, following allegations of fake compliance certificates (The Economic Times)
https://economictime…

Backer Y Combinator drops Delve on compliance allegations; top brass allege smear campaign
Delve’s removal from Y Combinator’s directory follows allegations that compliance certifications for hundreds of Delve’s clients were fabricated. The company has pushed back, saying leaked data was taken out of context as part of a malicious campaign.

Disney names Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, as its president and chief creative officer, a newly created role, effective March 18 (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/02/disney-ceo-josh-damaro-bob-iger-1236707115/

Disney Names Josh D’Amaro CEO, Dana Walden President & Chief Creative Officer
Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro has been elevated to CEO of the Walt Disney Co., capping a lengthy process of picking Bob Iger's successor.

🍊 Cardboard crazy! Scavenger genius Shigeru Ban on building cathedrals and quake shelters with paper
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/feb/17/shigeru-ban-architect-cathedrals-quake-shelters-beer-crates-paper…

Cardboard crazy! Scavenger genius Shigeru Ban on building cathedrals and quake shelters with paper
From high-end boutiques to housing in disaster zones with beer-crate foundations, the Japanese architect creates with things people throw away. What will his distillery in whisky’s holy land look like?

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TIL that while technically the X.509 certificates used for email signing with S/MIME can also be used to sign PDFs, Adobe maintains its own list of trusted certificate authorities, limiting the kind of certificates one can meaningfully use in practice. 🙄

Source: CBS News may cut ties with new contributor Peter Attia, a wellness expert, after the latest trove of Epstein emails revealed Attia's Epstein links (The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/tv-shows/peter-attia-epstein-cbs-param…

CBS News Expected to Cut Ties With Contributor Peter Attia Over Epstein Links | Exclusive
Editor-in-chief Bari Weiss announced Peter Attia’s hiring last week as part of her new vision for the network, but since then he appeared in the Epstein files.

Apple Music introduces Transparency Tags, a metadata system for music distributors and labels to disclose AI-generated creative elements like artwork or lyrics (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)
https://www.musicbusinesswor…

Apple Music launches AI transparency tags — but only if labels and distributors declare them
The move was announced in a newsletter distributed to industry partners this morning (March 4).

A pack of dogs being kept by a Southern California grandmother has killed her daughter and injured her grandson in an attack, authorities said.
Emily Panuco, 26, of Parker, Ariz., on Friday visited her mother’s home in Big River, a California town along the Colorado River, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
One of her mother’s dogs had recently had puppies, which were in a cardboard box near the front door, the release said.
When Panuco’s 5…

Mother dies protecting son injured from dog attack at grandmother's home
An Arizona mother was visiting her mother's home in Big River, Calif. on Friday. One of her mother’s dogs had recently had puppies, which were in a cardboard box near the front door, the release said. The child went near the box and was attacked and his mother stepped in to protect him.