Monday, August 29, 2022

Here are Quentin Tarantino's 40 favorite movies of all time

Staggering’: Australia’s largest ice bust at Sydney port

Australian authorities have seized more than 1800kg of ice in the past two months, with attention now turning offshore.

As part of Strike Force Chellington, Australian Border Force officers examined 24 sea cargo containers that had arrived into Port Botany last month.

Strike Force Chime 


“THEY PRETEND TO PAY US, AND WE PRETEND TO WORK:”  The rise of “quiet quitting.” It’s “where people who may not necessarily be ready to throw in the towel but feel fed up with the seemingly unrewarding hustle culture of the workforce are no longer going that extra mile to impress their bosses.”

In academia this is known as “retiring in place.” I wonder if it will survive the cutbacks of the coming recession.


LastPass Hacked: Password Manager With 25 Million Users Confirms Breach


 “Using US tax return data, we find that support for the incumbent president crowds out charitable donations.


Here are Quentin Tarantino's 40 favorite movies of all time


What makes a millennial: An affinity for skinny jeans and avocado toast, or frustration at societal failures?  Millennials 


Céline’s writing does not just indict mankind. It casts us as consummately terrible, as perfectly bad as badness can be  writing ✍️ 



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TO BE FAIR, PEOPLE WITH SOULS SHOULDN’T HAVE TAKEN THOSE JOBS IN THE FIRST PLACE:  Kamala Harris Loses Another Aide, As Reports Claim She Runs a ‘Soul-Destroying’ Office.


Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 20, 2022 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness. 

Four highlights from this week: Google blocks largest HTTPS DDoS attack ‘reported to date’; Spy group abuses Microsoft OneDrive to steal credentials in hack-and-leak campaigns; Reps. Nadler, Thompson Send Letter to FBI, DHS on Personal Data; and Digital Medical Companies Funnel Patient Data To Facebook For Advertising.


OMFIF Sustainable Policy Institute: “The Sustainable Finance Policy Tracker provides a comprehensive overview of different countries’ approaches to mitigating climate risks in the financial sector. Covering 23 countries and jurisdictions, the tracker presents information on 14 sustainable policy subjects that include regulatory and supervisory measures, climate stress testing activity, net zero strategies, green bond issuance and disclosure requirements.”

  • On the interactive map, use the drop-down menu to select indicators. Scroll over the map to view more information.
  • On the country directory, select between different countries and jurisdictions to view information on their sustainable finance policies across our 14 policy categories.
  • The Sustainable Finance Policy Tracker is updated on a quarterly basis. Most recent update: 28/07/2022.


Release of redacted affidavit heightens political crisis after FBI raid on Trump compound WSWS


CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years The Onion.