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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Inside the Government Fiasco

 Is Queen Elizabeth II one of the great performance artists?


Consider the shrieking fangirl. Just what is she screaming about  


Jan. 6 hearings continue today. Here’s why you should watch.

It’s still stunning to think about what these hearings are about.




Tomorrow is Whit Sunday. On a day just like today, Philip Larkin was late getting away to take the train, and wrote 'The Whitsun Weddings' - Mail Online - Peter Hitchens blog

Which brings me to my first text for this evening, from the great religious poet, Philip Larkin. Larkin is religious precisely because he very much did not mean to be, but he was. He was of God’s party without knowing it.


This week, Tracey Roberts (Cumberland; Google Scholar) reviews A Half Century with the Internal Revenue Code, The Memoirs of Stanley S. Surrey (Carolina Academic Press 2022), edited by Lawrence A. Zelenak (Duke) and Ajay K. Mehrotra (Northwestern; Google Scholar)


 Firm proposes using Taser-armed drones to stop school shootings
NPR.ORG
 Illumina Cybersecurity Vulnerability May Present Risks for Patient Results and Customer Networks: Letter to Health Care Providers
FDA
 FBI blocked planned cyberattack on children's hospital
NBC
 Three times in one year, gamers release classified military documents on game forum
Kotaku
 Voting Software Vulnerable in Some States
Kate Brumback
 Activists say cyber agency weakens voting tech advisory
AP News
 The Airline Changed My Flight Itinerary—for the Worse
NYTimes
 Parameter Expansion Considered Dangerous
The Hacker News
 I tried to read all my app privacy policies. It was 1 million words.
Geoffrey A. Fowler
 D.C. stop-sign camera brought in $1.3 million in tickets in 2 years
WashPost
 Tim Hortons app tracked too much personal information without adequate consent, investigation finds
CBC
 Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority hit by ransomware attack
CapeCodTimes
 Microsoft Follina Vulnerability in Windows Can Be Exploited Through Office 365
WiReD
 User Generated Content moderation?
Lauren Weinstein
 Same Symptom—Different Cause?
TUMunich
 Google bans deepfake-generating AI from Colab
Techcrunch
 Tech Experts Urge WashDC to Resist Cryptocurrency Industry's Influence
Scott Chipolina
 She documented the alt-right. Now she's coming for cryptocurrency.
WashPost
 Three NYU Tandon teams win $2.5 million from an NSF partnership to ensure resiliency is part of next-G wireless telecommunications
NYU
 Racist and Violent Ideas Jump From Web's Fringes to Mainstream Sites
NYTimes
 China is looking for 'other Earths' to colonize
CGTN
 Why Silicon Valley's Tech Titans Are In 'Serious Trouble'
YouTube
 With Cameras on Every Phone, Will Broadway' Nude Scenes Survive?
NYTimes
 Re: Inside the Government Fiasco That Nearly Closed the U.S. Air System
John Levine

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