John Mullinax
@johnmullinax.bsky.social
Courage is contagious. Artist. Former tech industry, former auto industry, and former election administrator. Humans are a PART of nature not APART from nature.
With primaries behind us, it's now time for Dems to focus on winning in Nov. That'll involve something hard: establishment Dems will need to ask what they can learn from progressives, progressives will have to focus on what they can learn from centrists & both'll have to find ways to work together.
NEW: "They're here, they're hacking us nonstop. At the end of the day, everyone's getting hacked." Vangelis Stykas had access to a North Korean command-and-control server for 22 months: 1,640 companies across 57 countries. More from Black Hat, by @mattburgess1.bsky.social & @agreenberg.bsky.social
A Security Pro Hacked North Korean Hackers. He Found They’d Breached Hundreds of Networks Worldwide
For nearly two years, researcher Vangelis Stykas has maintained access to North Korean hackers’ servers. His work shows they pulled off intrusions in a shocking number of systems across the globe.
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“In Salisbury, the Eastern Shore’s biggest city, about 10% of the 33,000 residents are Haitian, many of them employed under #TPS as farmworkers, caregivers and in the poultry plants that are the region’s economic backbone.”
Gabe Ortíz@tusk81.bsky.social · 9h ago“Empty pews and fear of ICE grip Maryland’s Eastern Shore after #TPS ends for Haitians. As Temporary Protected Status expires, many Haitian immigrants in Salisbury retreat from daily life, fearing arrest and deportation." haitiantimes.com/2026/08/05/m...
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‘They are murder victims’: Senator suggests US strikes have killed people who weren’t involved in drug trafficking | CNN Politics
The US military’s strikes on alleged drug boats have likely illegally killed “individuals who are not involved in narcotrafficking,” Sen. Tim Kaine told the White House on Monday, following “a careful...
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Well, you wouldn't want to stand in front of him. I hear he hits people.
Haley Stevens is a class act in a new statement endorsing Abdul post-primary
El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"
I live out in the country and there a lot of empty fields this year.
A huge welcome and thank you to the firefighters from Mexico. The people of BC thank you, Canadians thank you. You are appreciated and safe here. 🇲🇽🇨🇦♥️
Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁@minibubbly.bsky.social · yesterdayThank you Mexico 🇲🇽 Firefighters More firefighters from Mexico will be arriving later this week to #BritishColumbia #Canada
We can hardly wait. Our Congress passed a bill demanding that this happen, but they seem too corrupt/intimidated to follow up on it. We're hoping to replace most of them soon, but whatever you can do will be helpful & much appreciated. #ProudBlue
It. WORKED!!! The calling and comments and yelling! It works. It's a temporary stall but it can be made permanent. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sena...
U.S. senators push against giving political appointees control over science funding
These proposed changes have seen significant bipartisan pushback and have been criticized by scientists across disciplines
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Federal workers sued the Trump administration Monday over its policy ending gender-affirming care coverage for adults in federal employee health plans.
Science is an international pursuit. This harms in the US and our standing in the global scientific community.
Nina Friedman@ngfriedman.bsky.social · 2d agoStarting in Spring or Summer 2027 K99/R00 (under its new activity code KT1/R00) will only be available to US citizens, permanent residents, and non-citizen nationals. I am hearing this from many program officers, but NIH has yet to make an official statement to my knowledge.
Visa holders are a vital part of the U.S. biomedical research enterprise — for example, at NIH, 60% of postdocs are visiting. These scientists contribute incredible, indispensable talent and expertise.
🗣️ Say it louder for the people in the back: We need to give up on nostalgia for the past. Donald Trump has decimated the government in some profound, irreversible ways. The only way forward? Building something newer and better, Marc Elias says. Watch below👇 https://demdock.com/4w4O9mk
1/2 There is a concerted effort to take DT's words and invest them with the value of the presidency - - as if they are a legitimate part of governance - - instead of off-the-wall utter cr*p. The left takes the craziest stuff and suggests it to be dangerous policy. The right takes it and ...
We are deciding whether we want to be a country of ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 2d agoBREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
To run fast, run long. To run long, run slow.
Emily Moin@emilymoin.com · 3d agoemptiness is loneliness and loneliness is cleanliness and cleanliness is godliness
Trump has also doomed the domestic oil industry in the US, because it has some of the highest production cost around and will be the first one against the wall when the SoH reopens - taking account of demand destruction. Since most US CH4 is a byproduct of shale oil, that is in doubt as well.
BREAKING: Republicans are no longer worried about deficits and debt Bessent: "I'm not as bothered by it ... if '26 is flat to slightly up, this isn't wasteful social spending "
"The Army has used up 'virtually all' of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, raising concerns about the military's readiness for future conflicts"
EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about th...
reuters.com
Bessent on the justification for Trump's tariffs: "The emergency is stopping the emergency" (You can see why the Supreme Court ruled that these tariffs were illegal ... )
Thanks so much, @coolsprings.bsky.social 🙏 It's a honor to be included in this great list of resisters. ✊ Everybody in Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Virginia, and Washington - Please Vote Today, if you haven't already! 🗳️
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NEW: Republican officials were set to vote on a plan to cut almost half of Election Day voting locations in Tarrant County, a major Texas battleground county. But all that changed when outraged voters who packed the meeting room demanded their voting locations remain open.
GOP backs down from suppression scheme in Texas after voter outrage
The plan changed at the last moment, when Republican officials were faced with a massive backlash from outraged voters
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