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The Lightning PyPI compromise published on 30 April is being written up as another Shai-Hulud variant, which it is. Versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3 of the lightning package shipped with a hidden _runtime directory, a 14.8 MB obfuscated...
On a warm night last August, a 12-year-old boy named Shawn Dunkley took a family friend’s electric scooter out for a spin near his home in London, Ontario. It was a powerful machine, ordered from the Chinese online retailer Alibaba....
Written clickbait articles. It’s harder to avoid than it may seem * Cared for celebrity anything * Sent or engaged with WhatsApp forwards * Believed in Astrology, Homeopathy or any Pseudoscience * Engaged in nationalism * Been a “fanboy”...
A photo a day, every day for 2026
Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️ We have the kiddos for the weekend so let’s see how much of this I can get through before they wake up. My first cup of coffee is nice and hot and my fingers are ready to type. I hope you...
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger's The Enthusiast is that novel! It's even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Family Circus,...
Today's links The prehistory of the Democratic Nuremberg Caucus: Do bounties for ICE whistleblowers next! Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Colbert v GWB; Wallaby milk; Jay Rosen's journalism precepts; Radical...
I grew up not being great at giving compliments. This was because I often saw grown-ups around me deploy compliments in a fake, ritualistic way. This made me overcorrect by holding back my appreciation for other people's gifts as some...