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The Clock Came Off the Wall
In the spring of 2018, schools in England started taking analog clocks down from the walls of their examination halls....
https://bolesblogs.com/2026/09/17/the-clock-came-off-the-wall/

At 27 pages into Gil Duršn’s new book “The Nerd Reich” I came full stop at this sentence:
“As many political schools of thought do, these technolibertarians make a philosophy out of a personality defect.”
Simply and elegantly stated. The various techno-optimistic philosophies running around Silicon Valley and the venture capital community are toxic and inhumane. We are desperately in need of a new tech manifesto that puts human wellbeing, acceptance, compassion and love as first principals. Why do we write code if not for this? The current direction of technology leadership has taken a wrong turn onto a dark and destructive path. This needs to change.
This is a great book so far. Highly recommend it.
#GilDuran #TheNerdReich #Tech

I've read my dad's family history over and over, but this week one little detail finally clicked. It led me to a piano teacher, two music schools, and new questions about my grandmother's musical talent.
I have the dates, but I want the stories. And sometimes the search makes me miss Dad even more.
#Genealogy

I Missed That The First Time – Bob Mueller
A familiar family history reveals a surprising connection to a piano teacher, opening new questions about my grandmother, genealogy, & Dad's past.

In today's Metacurity, I managed to wrestle yesterday's firehose of PHP patch-related news into sixteen paragraphs, in case you're short on time for some reason.
Also in today's issue are tons of other critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Claude flags 493 security gaps across 25 open-source projects,
--OpenAI agents disable safeguards meant to monitor them,
--Interpol operation nets 1.4k arrests and recovers $105m in African cybercrime op,
--Toronto Crime Stoppers halts tips after 1.5m-tip breach,
--LiteLLM supply chain attack steals credentials and plants a backdoor,
--Chinese hackers use AI tool to breach ConnectWise,
--Pentagon builds secret agency for foreign tech sabotage,
--Cybercriminals bypass AI safeguards to automate attacks,
--Meta hit with $25B penalty for misleading users on privacy,
--GitLab patches maximum-severity flaw allowing unauthenticated code execution,
--Cyberattack knocks Richmond schools’ internet, phones and email offline,
--Pentagon faces class action over breach exposing military personnel data,
--Democrats warn of Russian disinformation targeting midterm candidates,
--Federal intelligence center invokes extremism in warning over Flock meeting
https://www.metacurity.com/php2shell-sparks-a-global-patch-panic/

RE: https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tfhrkkayam7wikbqitorq45w/post/3mydhzmiwwk2b
Just like Clinton turned welfare into TANF funding which doesn't help poor people anymore, Trump wants to turn Education into funding that doesn't educate kids.
It's not only resegregating schools, but de-educating schools.

I Missed That The First Time
Sometimes you can read the same family history a dozen times before a detail finally clicks. A passing reference to my grandmother's Chicago days led me to a piano teacher, two music schools, and questions about her musical talent that I wish I'd asked my dad.
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I Missed That The First Time – Bob Mueller
A familiar family history reveals a surprising connection to a piano teacher, opening new questions about my grandmother, genealogy, & Dad's past.

MN voters - if you're thinking of voting in midterms, here's another reason to show up. If you don't show up to vote for the amendment, your non-vote will count as a no vote. If you don't feel like showing up to vote for any candidate, you could just show up to vote for this. :)
"Part of the way Minnesota pays for its public schools is through something called a Permanent School Fund that has been in place for nearly 170 years ... schools only receive interest and dividends, not capital gains, which means that the more than 500 schools and districts getting payouts from the fund are seeing only 2.5 percent of the fund’s value."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/10/07/minnesota-school-funding-on-the-november-ballot-amendment-and-referendums-explained