Jason Broccardo

@zoocoup.bsky.social

Job: Managing Apple things. Hobby: Buying a lot of music. Western front of Chicagoland with the parts of a great family who haven't grown up and moved out yet. I support all coups at the zoo. Also: @zoocoup@mastodon.social and http://zoocoup.tumblr.com

“The report from Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee, which was released by Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, says more than a dozen bankers at JPMorganChase, Bank of America and Deutsche Bank were aware of suspicious transactions Epstein made as far back as 2002.” www.npr.org/2026/08/04/n...

Senate Democrats say banks turned blind eye to suspicious moves by Jeffrey Epstein

A report from Senate Democrats accuses big banks of failing to report suspicious money transfers made by Jeffrey Epstein until after his arrest in 2019.

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“On a Mac with macOS 26.4 or later, a set of three security enhancements were designed to address such threats. While each operates independently, together they form a layered defense against common social engineering campaigns and attacks targeting command-line execution.”

Terminal and script protections

On a Mac with macOS 26.4 or later, a set of security enhancements are designed to help prevent users from copying and pasting malicious commands into a terminal.

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“As millions of acres burn across the western United States, some wildland fire veterans are fearful that aggressive fire suppression tactics ordered by the Trump administration — coupled with extreme, fast-moving blazes — could put firefighters in danger as conditions escalate this month”

Wildfire veterans fear federal tactics, extreme fires could put crews at risk

As millions of acres burn across the western United States, some wildland fire veterans are fearful that aggressive fire suppression tactics ordered by the Trump administration — coupled with extreme,...

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“After 18 months of thorough review of all evidence, alongside retained electrical and metallurgical experts, the investigation concluded that the cause of the wildfire conflagration was due to the electrical arcing events that took place on the out-of-service Southern California Edison (SCE) tower”

Utility's idle transmission tower caused 2025 Eaton fire that killed 19, Los Angeles officials say

Los Angeles fire officials say the deadly 2025 Eaton fire was caused by Southern California Edison equipment.

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We went to High Plains in 2019. I wanted to see the AFE guys do standup, and so we made a long weekend trip to Denver around it. Ended up walking into the venue as Adam Cayton-Holland was making the rounds.

“While this privatization gets going, the Trump administration’s proposed fiscal 2027 budget would eliminate 8,400 transportation security officers, about 14 percent of TSA’s workforce. It would replace a little over half of them with private contractors.” prospect.org/2026/08/03/t...

TSA Privatization Returns Airport Security to a Dangerous Past - The American Prospect

The Trump administration wants airport screening to revert to the way it was before 9/11, when private security companies were in charge.

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Flight delays over the weekend meant we couldn't have all the kids together at the same time as hoped, but at least daughter and her husband made it up from Georgia for the weekened and the Marine kid is finally back from Okinawa after a year plus away and a 72 hour trip.