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BsidesLV 2026 - Breaking Ground - Wednesday

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ah well, nevertheless

Reuters@reuters.com · 2d ago

Michigan reports two deaths in ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak reut.rs/4w4bd4E

Who is at BSides this year? It looks like a great turnout.

"nobody died" isn't the big win you're looking for when you're talking about a fucking mixed greens salad

Bill Grueskin@bgrueskin.bsky.social · 2w ago

Look who’s taking the side of explosive diarrhea

Our full response, courtesy of @freedompress.bsky.social https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/07/29/bash-back-shatters-ann-widdecombe-smear-campaign/

BASH BACK@bashback.bsky.social · last wk.

Tomorrow, Lord Walney, who was responsible in part for the proscription of Palestine Action, will publish an article in The Times arguing that BASH BACK be proscribed as a terrorist organisation. We will not be intimidated. Neither should you. xoxo BASH BACK

This reminds me of when the fracking industry was given exemption from the clean air act, the clean water act, and the superfund act... And then people got flammable tap water. EPA: Data center power not subject to acid rain restrictions share.google/jfw2dgdQvNG1...

EPA: Data center power not subject to acid rain restrictions

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story  EPA exempts data center plants from acid rain rulesThe Trump administration announced Monday that it is excl…

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I guess I'll have my heart attack later then.

150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.

Psst... Skytalks Presents! Breaking The Silence: Cyber Harassment Research Continued.... - Presented by Laura Johnson

Locknote : The End of the Beginning Breaking Ground, Wednesday August 5th 13:00-13:45 Come see the last Four Thieves talk at BSides. We'd love to see you all and say hello/goodbye. bsideslv.org/talks#11f178...

Anyone going to BSides Las Vegas this year? Four Thieves is going to be there, and we'd love to see y'all.

So, the impunity is explicit now. Federal Agents Were Told F.B.I. Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations. Source: The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/07/19/u...

Federal Agents Were Told FBI Will No Longer Investigate ICE Confrontations

Senior officials deny such a change is in the works, despite guidance shared with agents around the country in recent days.

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In wartime, and during genocides, most deaths are not from bullets, executions, or exploding ordinance. Most deaths are from chronic non-infectious disease, because of lack of access to medication. Second is infectious disease. Anne Frank died of typhus.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3w ago

ICE has killed another person, this time by depriving him of life-sustaining medication for a known medical condition. Jesus Manuel Arenas-Silva was detained on Thursday. He was dead by Monday. Per @detentionwatchnetwork.org:

A little light in the darkness. Four children with terminal brain cancer saved by new cell therapy | New Scientist www.newscientist.com/article/2533...

Four children with terminal brain cancer saved by new cell therapy | New Scientist

An experimental immunotherapy has beaten aggressive brain tumours in a handful of children, and a personalised version is now being tested on more patients

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Ya Think?

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

Skytalks Presents: Social Tech for the AIpocalypse - Presented by Fiona Weatherwax

Well, I think technically speaking there may be parasite in the photo. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

RFK Jr. is not alone. More than a billion people have parasitic worms

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about a time when, as he put it, "A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." Here's a global perspective on these worms.

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Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4w ago

CDC stopped monitoring parasite now causing explosive diarrhea across the country

This woman contracted polio as a child about two years before a vaccine became available and spent much of her life in and out of an iron lung to survive. I truly can't fathom anti-vaxxers who seem happy to resurrect these diseases. people.com/the-last-us-...

Last U.S. Polio Survivor in an Iron Lung Dies After the Machine Started to Break Down and They Couldn’t Find Anyone to Repair It

Martha Ann Lillard, the last U.S. polio patient who used an iron lung to survive, died of long COVID at age 78.

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This is badass, and I've benefited from it personally every time I've visited Chile. www.tni.org/en/article/t...

✨💖🦠🦠🦠💖✨ We've got a new release dropping right now! The Care and Feeding of the Human Gut Microbiome. A helpful primer on gut health for beginners and intestine aficionados alike. Plus, a little foreshadowing. Check it out: fourthievesvinegar.org/2026/06/28/t...

The Care and Feeding of the Human Gut Microbiome

A Primer on Gut Health for Beginners Gut health is all the rage these days. Probiotics and prebiotics proliferate. Fiber is cool again. And it's not just for pooping anymore! Major convenience stores ...

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🇺🇦✊ Putin says Russia faces fuel shortages after Ukraine strikes www.cnbc.com/2026/06/29/p...

Putin’s fuel shortage admission signals growing strain on Russia’s energy infrastructure

Putin's comments mark the first time he has detailed the extent to which Ukraine's deep-strike successes have hampered Russia's fuel production.

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Magnesium gummies doped with melatonin... Seriously: make your own. It's safer. www.thehealthy.com/news/magnesi...

How do you like your nitpicky system now, smartypants?

❀°。Der Siebenschläfer *.ﾟ✿ ⋆@sababausa.bsky.social · last mo.

Oh my god 💀😱 The patent holder for the genus of compounds including paxlovid lost their infringement case against Pfizer because of a typo!! www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-ord...

i'm at the death of american journalism. i'm at the death of american science. i'm at the combination deaths of american journalism and science.

Asher Elbein@asherelbein.bsky.social · last mo.

Employees at Scientific American were told today that the magazine has been sold to LabX Media Group, the outfit that runs Discover Magazine and IFLScience. And that means -- of course! -- editorial layoffs. The media mass extinction rolls ever onward.