Robert Hanssen's espionage exploits were a striking throwback to the cold war at a time people thought that sort of thing was history–he had, of course, been at it for… Read the rest of the article: Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for Russia, dead at 79
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Rob Beschizza As entertainment goes most of us will find it a bit dry, but Mike Damm's brute.force is enormously satisfying to a certain crowd. These are real time attempts to break… Read the rest of the article: Watch brute force hacking attempts fail in realtime
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Rob Beschizza A long stare at this collection of screenshots of vintage computer OS desktops has me thinking that while we've improved many things about the user experience, we made a deluxe… Read the rest of the article: Gallery of vintage OS desktop screenshots
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Rob Beschizza Midjourney is useful for many things, but this work posted by r/Lozmosis is clearly its killer app. I was wondering why they skipped Ted Cruz but it struck me that… Read the rest of the article: Famous politicians as blobfish, thanks to AI
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Rob Beschizza Inside the Meltdown at CNN profiles its boss, Chris Licht, and his failure to make the network's news coverage more objective and more popular with Republicans. The first goal is… Read the rest of the article: Merciless profile of CNN boss Chris Licht and his effort to make network fair and balanced
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Rob Beschizza It's easy to mock brands for "rainbow capitalism." Exposed as marketing as soon as right-wingers get angry, the talk stops being about "diversity" and becomes about "unity," then progressives and… Read the rest of the article: Brands sticking with Pride
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Rob Beschizza The Analog Thing is a "high-quality, low-cost, open-source, and not-for-profit cutting-edge analog computer." I really want it, but explaining it to me would be like explaining the concept of a… Read the rest of the article: The Analog Thing: an open-source, cutting-edge analog computer
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Rob Beschizza Reddit is the last place on the web where relevant information can be reliably found on any topic: typically, you find it by Googling with the term "reddit" or "site:reddit.com"… Read the rest of the article: Readying to sell off, Reddit shuts off third-party clients
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Rob Beschizza I'm a big fan of Basil Poledouris's soundtracks, which work perfectly as epic orchestrations and as ironic, even comical reflections of the subject matter. It's no wonder that Paul Verhoeven… Read the rest of the article: Basil Poledouris' soundtrack to Starship Troopers on vinyl
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Rob Beschizza I finally saw something that makes me want to play this game.
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Rob Beschizza Twitter is the fourth-most despised brand in America, reports Ashton Jackson, citing research by Axios/Harris Research. More hated are The Trump Organization, Fox Corporation and collapsed crypto scheme FTX. Under… Read the rest of the article: Twitter storms onto America's most hated companies list at #4, but has a long way to go to topple The Trump Organization
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Rob Beschizza Faye, a swan living on the village pond in Manlius, New York, was killed and eaten by teenagers there, reports the Associated Press. Her four cygnets were recovered and are… Read the rest of the article: Teens charged with killing and eating swan
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Rob Beschizza After months of chaos, Twitter is settling into its new role as Elon Musk's proprietary media, used (if not always useful) to promote the right-wing memes and personalities he's into… Read the rest of the article: Twitter valued at one-third what Musk paid for it last year
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Rob Beschizza Trump Bucks and the various offerings like it are Poe's law but for fraud: offers so perfectly Trumpy that it's impossible for his fans to tell if it's real or… Read the rest of the article: "Trump Bucks" websites, offering scam tokens and tat, taken down
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Rob Beschizza Teenagers are becoming parents less than ever, according to numbers published by the CDC, with the birth rate down to 13.5 births per 1,000 teens between ages 15 and 19.… Read the rest of the article: Teen birth rates at record low
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Rob Beschizza The "debt limit," a stupid idea essentially unique to the United States, is less likely to trouble the country for another two years after the House of Representatives voted 314-117… Read the rest of the article: House approves debt limit deal
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Rob Beschizza Danny Masterson, one-time TV star of shows such as "That 70s Show," was today convicted of two rapes committed in the early 2000s against fellow members of the Church of… Read the rest of the article: Danny Masterson convicted of drugging and raping women
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Rob Beschizza Look at the beautiful Mini-ITX Terra PC cases from Fractal Design, hitherto known for more functional stylings. Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my… Read the rest of the article: Fractal Terra is an unusually handsome mini PC case
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Rob Beschizza The Sound Burger, which looks like one of the meanest things you could possibly do to a vinyl record, is finally back on sale and instantly sold-out. Announced last year,… Read the rest of the article: Reborn Sound Burger turntable sells out
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Rob Beschizza Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor and variously pro- and anti-Trump Republican, is readying his bid for the GOP nomination in 2024. Axios summarizes his plan:` Being joyful and… Read the rest of the article: Chris Christie is about to launch his bid for president