Tribute to Queen Jackie, The Big Bear Eagle
https://quantumanimation.substack.com/p/tribute-to-queen-jackie-the-big-bear
https://quantumanimation.substack.com/p/tribute-to-queen-jackie-the-big-bear
Substack
Tribute to Queen Jackie, The Big Bear Eagle
Jackie, queen of the Big Bear Valley, CA, eagles, has died Monday August 10th after 3 weeks of a serious mystery illness and intensive care in the Ojai Raptor Center.
The Privacy Hypocrite Shame List
Companies that market themselves as privacy-focused but refuse to accept Monero ā the only truly private money.
https://moneroshamelist.com/
Companies that market themselves as privacy-focused but refuse to accept Monero ā the only truly private money.
https://moneroshamelist.com/
Moneroshamelist
The Monero Shame List ā MoneroShameList.com
A public list of privacy-focused companies that hypocritically refuse to accept Monero.
Embedding Forbidden Text in Spyware to Discourage AI Analysis
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/embedding-forbidden-text-in-spyware-to-discourage-ai-analysis.html
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/embedding-forbidden-text-in-spyware-to-discourage-ai-analysis.html
Schneier on Security
Embedding Forbidden Text in Spyware to Discourage AI Analysis - Schneier on Security
At least one malware developer is adding text about nuclear and biological weapons to their spyware, in an effort to stop automatic AI analysis. Details: The _index.js payload begins with a large JavaScript block comment containing fake system instructionsā¦
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Interesting Paper Exploring Prompt Injection
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/interesting-paper-exploring-prompt-injection.html
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/interesting-paper-exploring-prompt-injection.html
Schneier on Security
Interesting Paper Exploring Prompt Injection - Schneier on Security
This is a fascinating explotation of how LLMs fall for prompt injection attacks. It turns out that they learn to recognize the style of text in different role/instruction blocks, and not just the tags. Their conclusion: Role tags were a formatting trick thatā¦
The Fable of Mythos
ā¦We are being sold a myth right now. Itās right there in the name. The entire situation with the technology sector today feels way too close to the 2008 financial collapse, combined with the 2001 dot-com bubble, and then multiplied by an order-of-magnitude coefficient large enough to collapse the global economyā¦
https://battlepenguin.com/tech/the-fable-of-mythos/
ā¦We are being sold a myth right now. Itās right there in the name. The entire situation with the technology sector today feels way too close to the 2008 financial collapse, combined with the 2001 dot-com bubble, and then multiplied by an order-of-magnitude coefficient large enough to collapse the global economyā¦
https://battlepenguin.com/tech/the-fable-of-mythos/
Battlepenguin
The Fable of Mythos
Fables de La Fontaine - Epinal (public domain) Earlier this year, Antrhopic announced a large language model (LLM) called Myth...
Principle: Hardware matters
It is easy to underestimate the underlying structure of our digital world.
https://libresolutions.network/articles/hardware-matters/
It is easy to underestimate the underlying structure of our digital world.
https://libresolutions.network/articles/hardware-matters/
Libre Solutions Network
Principle: Hardware matters
It is easy to underestimate the underlying structure of our digital world.
The Luxury Of Thinking Oneās Own Thoughts
When people think of luxuries, they think of things that rich people can afford but they canāt. And as it happens, the luxury Iām talking about today fits into that category. Iām hearing reports of very rich people enjoying this luxury, while people of lesser means find it unattainable.
https://freemansperspective.com/the-luxury-of-thinking-ones-own-thoughts/
When people think of luxuries, they think of things that rich people can afford but they canāt. And as it happens, the luxury Iām talking about today fits into that category. Iām hearing reports of very rich people enjoying this luxury, while people of lesser means find it unattainable.
https://freemansperspective.com/the-luxury-of-thinking-ones-own-thoughts/
Free-Man's Perspective
The Luxury Of Thinking Oneās Own Thoughts - Free-Man's Perspective
When people think of luxuries, they think of things that rich people can afford but they canāt. And as it happens, the luxury Iām talking about today fits into that category. Iām hearing reports of very rich people enjoying this luxury, while people of lesserā¦
Let's play this out, long term.
'puts on tinfoil hat'
First these companies are authorized to attack 'enemies'. Next, they direct the attacks inward, and the original targets are blamed. This can be all but guaranteed.
In a first, US will allow some private firms to carry out cyberattacks
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/in-a-first-us-will-allow-some-private-firms-to-carry-out-cyberattacks/
'puts on tinfoil hat'
First these companies are authorized to attack 'enemies'. Next, they direct the attacks inward, and the original targets are blamed. This can be all but guaranteed.
In a first, US will allow some private firms to carry out cyberattacks
https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/in-a-first-us-will-allow-some-private-firms-to-carry-out-cyberattacks/
The Cure In Our Hands
...As it happens, the cure to a great number of those problems has been sitting in our hands for years, and we havenāt properly appreciated it. I donāt think Iām being overly dramatic when I say that liberty people (myself included) have failed the people in those pews. We applied our ideas to the tar pit of politics, but overlooked people like theseā¦ people who needed help so badly that theyād chase hucksters...
https://freemansperspective.com/the-cure-is-in-our-hands/
...As it happens, the cure to a great number of those problems has been sitting in our hands for years, and we havenāt properly appreciated it. I donāt think Iām being overly dramatic when I say that liberty people (myself included) have failed the people in those pews. We applied our ideas to the tar pit of politics, but overlooked people like theseā¦ people who needed help so badly that theyād chase hucksters...
https://freemansperspective.com/the-cure-is-in-our-hands/
Free-Man's Perspective
The Cure In Our Hands - Free-Man's Perspective
I donāt recommend watching television, but I fell into one useful experience while watching it, some years ago: It was well after midnight and I found myself in front of a TV, attempting to unwind after a long day. There wasnāt much on, but after some scanningā¦
The Cure In Our Hands
...As it happens, the cure to a great number of those problems has been sitting in our hands for years, and we havenāt properly appreciated it. I donāt think Iām being overly dramatic when I say that liberty people (myself included) have failed the people in those pews. We applied our ideas to the tar pit of politics, but overlooked people like theseā¦ people who needed help so badly that theyād chase hucksters...
https://freemansperspective.com/the-cure-is-in-our-hands/
...As it happens, the cure to a great number of those problems has been sitting in our hands for years, and we havenāt properly appreciated it. I donāt think Iām being overly dramatic when I say that liberty people (myself included) have failed the people in those pews. We applied our ideas to the tar pit of politics, but overlooked people like theseā¦ people who needed help so badly that theyād chase hucksters...
https://freemansperspective.com/the-cure-is-in-our-hands/
Free-Man's Perspective
The Cure In Our Hands - Free-Man's Perspective
I donāt recommend watching television, but I fell into one useful experience while watching it, some years ago: It was well after midnight and I found myself in front of a TV, attempting to unwind after a long day. There wasnāt much on, but after some scanningā¦
Just Three Words
The statement Iāll be making today is simpleā¦ very simple. Nonetheless, I think itās of tremendous importance. Itās the type of thing that, if kept sufficiently in mind, can revise your mental universe.
Itās the type of thing that makes me want to write, āMeditate on this at least once per day for several years.ā This concept can not only revamp you, but could revamp humanity.
So, here are those three words...
https://freemansperspective.com/just-three-words/
The statement Iāll be making today is simpleā¦ very simple. Nonetheless, I think itās of tremendous importance. Itās the type of thing that, if kept sufficiently in mind, can revise your mental universe.
Itās the type of thing that makes me want to write, āMeditate on this at least once per day for several years.ā This concept can not only revamp you, but could revamp humanity.
So, here are those three words...
https://freemansperspective.com/just-three-words/
Free-Man's Perspective
Just Three Words - Free-Man's Perspective
The statement Iāll be making today is simpleā¦ very simple. Nonetheless, I think itās of tremendous importance. Itās the type of thing that, if kept sufficiently in mind, can revise your mental universe. Itās the type of thing that makes me want to write,ā¦
If you're still not convinced, you might have brain damage. From 2018.
Stratospheric aerosol injection tactics and costs in the first 15 years of deployment
Abstract
We review the capabilities and costs of various lofting methods intended to deliver sulfates into the lower stratosphere. We lay out a future solar geoengineering deployment scenario of halving the increase in anthropogenic radiative forcing beginning 15 years hence, by deploying material to altitudes as high as ā¼20 km. After surveying an exhaustive list of potential deployment techniques, we settle upon an aircraft-based delivery system. Unlike the one prior comprehensive study on the topic (McClellan et al 2012 Environ. Res. Lett. 7 034019), we conclude that no existing aircraft designāeven with extensive modificationsācan reasonably fulfill this mission. However, we also conclude that developing a new, purpose-built high-altitude tanker with substantial payload capabilities would neither be technologically difficult nor prohibitively expensive. We calculate early-year costs of ā¼$1500 tonā1 of material deployed, resulting in average costs of ā¼$2.25 billion yrā1 over the first 15 years of deployment. We further calculate the number of flights at ā¼4000 in year one, linearly increasing by ā¼4000 yrā1. We conclude by arguing that, while cheap, such an aircraft-based program would unlikely be a secret, given the need for thousands of flights annually by airliner-sized aircraft operating from an international array of bases.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aae98d
Stratospheric aerosol injection tactics and costs in the first 15 years of deployment
Abstract
We review the capabilities and costs of various lofting methods intended to deliver sulfates into the lower stratosphere. We lay out a future solar geoengineering deployment scenario of halving the increase in anthropogenic radiative forcing beginning 15 years hence, by deploying material to altitudes as high as ā¼20 km. After surveying an exhaustive list of potential deployment techniques, we settle upon an aircraft-based delivery system. Unlike the one prior comprehensive study on the topic (McClellan et al 2012 Environ. Res. Lett. 7 034019), we conclude that no existing aircraft designāeven with extensive modificationsācan reasonably fulfill this mission. However, we also conclude that developing a new, purpose-built high-altitude tanker with substantial payload capabilities would neither be technologically difficult nor prohibitively expensive. We calculate early-year costs of ā¼$1500 tonā1 of material deployed, resulting in average costs of ā¼$2.25 billion yrā1 over the first 15 years of deployment. We further calculate the number of flights at ā¼4000 in year one, linearly increasing by ā¼4000 yrā1. We conclude by arguing that, while cheap, such an aircraft-based program would unlikely be a secret, given the need for thousands of flights annually by airliner-sized aircraft operating from an international array of bases.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aae98d
I guess this was inevitable in clown world
An 'influencer' degree? Colleges bet on content creator major as critics question its value
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-degree-colleges-content-creator-major.html
An 'influencer' degree? Colleges bet on content creator major as critics question its value
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-degree-colleges-content-creator-major.html
Phys.org
An 'influencer' degree? Colleges bet on content creator major as critics question its value
Ask a teen what they want to be when they grow up, and there's a fair chance being an influencer is on their list.
The tyranny you support now will ultimately be used against youā¦
Is Debanking The New Immigration Policy?
https://www.therage.co/is-debanking-the-new-immigration-policy/
Is Debanking The New Immigration Policy?
https://www.therage.co/is-debanking-the-new-immigration-policy/
The Rage
Is Debanking The New Immigration Policy?
Financial regulators are the latest agents to be recruited in the Trump administrationās war on immigration.
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Take to wake up...
Is The State Department Really Building "Freedom Tech"?
The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) announced last week that it is joining defense contractors Palantir and Anduril Technologies, as well as the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, as founding members of the US State Department's newly created "Freedom Tech Excellence Program," an initiative to advance "digital freedom and freedom of expression globally."
https://www.therage.co/is-the-state-department-really-building-freedom-tech/
Is The State Department Really Building "Freedom Tech"?
The Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) announced last week that it is joining defense contractors Palantir and Anduril Technologies, as well as the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, as founding members of the US State Department's newly created "Freedom Tech Excellence Program," an initiative to advance "digital freedom and freedom of expression globally."
https://www.therage.co/is-the-state-department-really-building-freedom-tech/
The Rage
Is The State Department Really Building "Freedom Tech"?
It appears that depends on whose freedom you're talking about.
IT threat evolution in Q2 2026. Mobile statistics
https://securelist.com/malware-report-q2-2026-mobile-statistics/120948/
https://securelist.com/malware-report-q2-2026-mobile-statistics/120948/
Yea, sure it was NK. Because we all know they, not DC, are the ones freaking out about FOSS
Amazon uncovers broad North Korean hacking campaign against open-source software
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/07/amazon-uncovers-broad-north-korean-hacking-campaign-against-open-source-software/415099/
Amazon uncovers broad North Korean hacking campaign against open-source software
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2026/07/amazon-uncovers-broad-north-korean-hacking-campaign-against-open-source-software/415099/
Nextgov
Amazon uncovers broad North Korean hacking campaign against open-source software
New findings connect the same Pyongyang-backed group to four compromises dating to 2025, revealing a larger operation than previously known.
The revolving door keeps on spinning...
Greg Barbaccia to return to Palantir after leaving government
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/07/greg-barbaccia-return-palantir-after-leaving-government/415149/
Greg Barbaccia to return to Palantir after leaving government
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2026/07/greg-barbaccia-return-palantir-after-leaving-government/415149/
Nextgov
Greg Barbaccia to return to Palantir after leaving government
The federal CIOās departure comes after a turbulent period for the federal technology workforce where thousands of technologists left the government.
If you still think its about immigrants, please do not have children
CIA-Linked Terrorist Released by ICE After Serving Only Four MonthsāAround the Same Time He Spent in Prison for Coordinating Notorious Car Bombing Attack
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2026/07/29/cia-linked-terrorist-released-by-ice-after-serving-only-four-months-around-the-same-time-he-spent-in-prison-for-coordinating-notorious-car-bombing-attack/
CIA-Linked Terrorist Released by ICE After Serving Only Four MonthsāAround the Same Time He Spent in Prison for Coordinating Notorious Car Bombing Attack
https://covertactionmagazine.com/2026/07/29/cia-linked-terrorist-released-by-ice-after-serving-only-four-months-around-the-same-time-he-spent-in-prison-for-coordinating-notorious-car-bombing-attack/
CovertAction Magazine - Exposing Covert Action Since 1978
CIA-Linked Terrorist Released by ICE After Serving Only Four MonthsāAround the Same Time He Spent in Prison for Coordinating Notoriousā¦
While thousands of people languish in the ICE gulag under abhorrent conditions and are kidnapped off American streets and subject to deportation, a CIA-linked foreign terrorist is being given preferential treatment in a stark reflection of the double standardā¦
Thanks to Philly and Pittsburgh, we got an Israel shill governor (Josh Shapiro) and a lunatic drug war tyrant
PAās Attorney General Backs Hemp Product Ban
https://sauconsource.com/2026/08/10/pas-attorney-general-backs-hemp-product-ban/
PAās Attorney General Backs Hemp Product Ban
https://sauconsource.com/2026/08/10/pas-attorney-general-backs-hemp-product-ban/
Saucon Source
PAās Attorney General Backs Hemp Product Ban
By Jaxon White of Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that