Synchronized swim is basically “what if you did cheer but there was no sports team and also you had a death wish”
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An account held by a professional whimsical skedadeller. UTERE FELIX
I've followed @swiftonsecurity.com for a long time and this truly shocked me. Almost as much as the corn facts.
This is your brain on social media.— t.co/jQI4qvJClr
https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/this-is-your-brain-on-x
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Op-Ed: Strait of Hormuz Tests the Limits of the Law of the Sea maritime-executive.com/editorials/o...
Op-Ed: Strait of Hormuz Tests the Limits of the Law of the Sea
Every escalation in the Strait of Hormuz raises the same question: can international law keep one of the world's most important maritime chokepoints o...
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Baltimore cut homicides 68% with 400 fewer cops, which is a deeply inconvenient plot twist for the “more police is the only way to safety” narrative.
How Baltimore Achieved Historically Low Homicides—With Less Police – Emerald Book
◆ Emerald Pages ◆ public safety / urban policy How Baltimore Achieved Historically Low Homicides—With Less Police Emerald Book Publication August 4, 2026 Updated: August 6, 2026 9 min read Baltimore h...
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Funny thing about me is that I consider myself extremely rules bound UNLESS I don't think a rule makes sense in which case I simply do not believe that it applies to me
I read Moby Dick when underway aboard a USCG cutter (WHMEC 907 Escanaba) in ’96. Can confirm.
Jason P. Steed@profsteed.bsky.social · 3w agoThe only real requirement for reading Joyce is a love of language; the requirement for reading Moby Dick is having absolutely nothing else to do.
I’m glad I got to read this. I bet that @chrkrhc.bsky.social would like it too.
Monteiro@monteiro.bsky.social · last mo.Here’s your Saturday morning read: “We’re all familiar with the Mister Rogers ‘look for the helpers’ talk. But it’s worth remembering that Mister Rogers was talking to children when he said that. And we’re no longer children.” buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
Decoding the Obfuscated Layer: A Playbook Walkthrough of Command-Line Forensics
Decoding the Obfuscated Layer: A Playbook Walkthrough of Command-Line Forensics
A full and detailed insight into CLI forensics, going into depth following a TryHackMe lab
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Omniscience and all-goodness are impossible for mortal vessels like us
Well, well, well…that’s unexpected: federalnewsnetwork.com/cybersecurit...
Pentagon suspends CMMC phase two requirements, launches review of program | Federal News Network
DoD CIO Kirsten Davies is suspending plans to ramp up CMMC third-party assessments, as part of a review that casts doubt on the future of the current program.
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This is, for the record, something that I think is *bad*. A decade ago when Nazi imagery and symbolism started returning to the US I wanted to pitch an essay about how the constant use of Nazis as villains in video games etc had turned them into a cartoon evil utterly detached from real history.
Lux 🌸 Alptraum@luxalptraum.com · 2mo agoActually here’s another thing that’s hard for a lot of people and especially Jews to comprehend: in America, a lot of people understand the Nazis — the bad guys America defeated who are in video games — in a way that is completely divorced from Jews, esp since many of them *do not know Jews at all*
You've got to remember that these are just simple posters. These are people of the sky—the common clay of the new Twitter.
Would anyone have the footage from Season 5, Episode 10 of The Sopranos in which Johnny Mnemonic is mentioned? I’ve only just now learn of it, and am of course wildly curious.
*Well, it's 107 degrees F out here, but at least I didn't go on vacation in Crimea... Oh wait, are those spy-drones overhead? Those trucks by that green water, are they full of armed troops? Oh jeez, they are"
A short blog post I want everyone with expertise to read www.muledesign.com/blog/curse-o....
Lift This Curse (from your communication) — Mule Design
Common sense isn't common. Assuming your audience knows more than they do can wreck your ability to communicate. Don't blame ignorant people before examining your own biases for the curse of knowledge...
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Happy 100th birthday to Cpl Melvin Kaminsky aka Mel Brooks - the Mensch of Mensches When speaking of his service with the 78th Infantry Division in WWII, he reportedly said, “I was a combat engineer. Isn’t that ridiculous? The two things I hate most in the world are combat and engineering.”
is it some kind of fake masculine thing to be proud and brag that you do something that drives your wife, quote, "nuts". Pretty sure if R told me something I did drove her nuts, I'd find a way to not drive her nuts. You know, like a normal fucking person.
The idea that if there are two opposing viewpoints there must be middle ground is a category error.
Whether it's the enduring spirituality, the high-flying musicianship, or its insight into the eternal questions of human existence, all Gen Xers agree that the Dead Milkmen's "Punk Rock Girl" is the finest of all possible songs.
Here we have nine books I’m always on about, and why. Day 9 of 10 in my little Improve Something Today first decade celebration. This one is a pure indulgence for me. improvesomething.today/a-decade-in-...
A decade in books
Nine books I’m always reading.
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Work Unit Routing Analysis (WURA) is a method for documenting & understanding processes when people say there isn’t a process. Read how to do it on Improve Something Today, where we’re celebrating 10 years of blogging with 10 days of posting. Here’s day 8: improvesomething.today/wura-pqr-pro...
Describing highly variable processes with Work Unit Routing Analysis (WURA)
A method for documenting & understanding processes when people say there isn’t a process.
improvesomething.today
I am not a person who is terribly familiar with the works of Kurosawa but there were several points where the movie seemed to be making pointed references to something I was not familiar with and I just assume all those things were Kurosawa references.
Five contributions to a project: money, effort, attention, memory & wisdom. We need them all, but tend to focus too much on the money. Read it on Improve Something Today. I’m celebrating 10 years of the site with 10 days of blogging. Here’s day 5: improvesomething.today/five-contrib...
Five contributions to a project: money, effort, attention, memory & wisdom
Following on Jerry Weinberg’s point that ‘the money is usually the smallest part of the price,’ what other prices are to be paid, and how should a consultant approach these contributions?
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