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"IN MATTERS OF CONSCIENCE THE MAJORITY HAS NO POWER.” G.C 201.1

The Bible: You are not to contact or communicate with the departed. Catholics: Mary full of Grace, intercede for us.

Please don’t look up to celebrities.. what is famous is rarely wise

In today’s digital space, how your brand looks is part of how it communicates. A simple post can either be ignored… or make your business feel premium.! Why remain ordinary when your brand can stand out? Let’s give your business the face-lift it deserves.

A good design starts with a clear request. At Brandifyit, we believe clarity makes everything easier for you and for us. Let’s create something that truly communicates. #WeBrandifyit4U #DesignTips #CreativeProcess #Branding @SethSilver_

"Conviction...*"

"The only way to build something that everyone thinks is impossible is to not realize it’s impossible in the first place. Conviction is the ultimate engine of progress." — Palmer Luckey

From MUST to the International Space Station! We are bursting with pride for Eng. Zaina Kalyankolo from FAST, a key mind behind the AI-powered ClimCam now orbiting Earth. Her achievement is a true testament to the power of science and technology at @MbararaUST. Zaina helped design and calibrate the camera’s optical subsystem. She worked on configuring and aligning the optical sensors responsible for capturing high-quality environmental imagery and spectral data. Her rigorous testing ensured the system could capture clear images under varying atmospheric conditions. These optics are central to the ClimCam mission, enabling the instrument to gather precise visual data for climate analysis. She worked with colleagues from Egypt, Kenya and Uganda (Kyambogo University, Soroti University)

@Beinomugiisha @SpireJim Psalm 82:1-6, John 10:34,35...

@SpireJim Blasphemy in the form of sarcasm. Don't mock God Spire. Galatians 6:7 "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows." 🤞🏿

People who don’t follow dress codes at the office 1. IT guys 2. IT guys 3. IT guys again

My dad said the teacher used to ask him for help.😭

Software horror: litellm PyPI supply chain attack. Simple `pip install litellm` was enough to exfiltrate SSH keys, AWS/GCP/Azure creds, Kubernetes configs, git credentials, env vars (all your API keys), shell history, crypto wallets, SSL private keys, CI/CD secrets, database passwords. LiteLLM itself has 97 million downloads per month which is already terrible, but much worse, the contagion spreads to any project that depends on litellm. For example, if you did `pip install dspy` (which depended on litellm>=1.64.0), you'd also be pwnd. Same for any other large project that depended on litellm. Afaict the poisoned version was up for only less than ~1 hour. The attack had a bug which led to its discovery - Callum McMahon was using an MCP plugin inside Cursor that pulled in litellm as a transitive dependency. When litellm 1.82.8 installed, their machine ran out of RAM and crashed. So if the attacker didn't vibe code this attack it could have been undetected for many days or weeks. Supply chain attacks like this are basically the scariest thing imaginable in modern software. Every time you install any depedency you could be pulling in a poisoned package anywhere deep inside its entire depedency tree. This is especially risky with large projects that might have lots and lots of dependencies. The credentials that do get stolen in each attack can then be used to take over more accounts and compromise more packages. Classical software engineering would have you believe that dependencies are good (we're building pyramids from bricks), but imo this has to be re-evaluated, and it's why I've been so growingly averse to them, preferring to use LLMs to "yoink" functionality when it's simple enough and possible.

Rapid recursive improvement

Fact: 97% of stress in a man is just not having enough money.

New Roadster unveil hopefully next month. It will be a banger next-level.

Uganda has launched a National AI Research Cloud at Makerere University, giving innovators local access to the computing power and storage needed to build artificial intelligence solutions #NTVNews ntv.co.ug/news/artificia…

In early 2024, Microsoft engineer Andres Freundaccidentally thwarted one of the most sophisticated cyberattacks in history. While testing an unstable version of Debian, he noticed a tiny 500ms delay in his SSH logins, a blip most people would ignore. Curiosity led him to find a massive backdoor hidden in XZ Utils, a standard data compression tool used by almost every Linux server on the planet. The deal here was : The backdoor targeted the SSH protocol, which is the primary way admins securely log into remote servers. If Freund hadn't spotted it, attackers would have gained a "master key" to bypass authentication and execute code with root privileges on billions of devices. The culprit (under the name "Jia Tan") spent two years building trust in the open-source community, slowly gaining enough "cred" to become a project maintainer and plant the malicious code. How It Was Resolved Once Freund confirmed the malicious code, he emailed the Debian security team and went public on the Openwall mailing liston March 29, 2024. Major Linux vendors like Red Hat, Fedora, and Debian immediately reverted to older, safe versions of the software. GitHub quickly suspended the compromised accounts and disabled the affected repository to stop the spread. A clean version (XZ Utils 5.6.2) was released in May 2024, effectively closing the vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-3094. Essentially, the internet was saved from a "digital apocalypse" because one guy was annoyed that his computer felt half a second too slow.

Linus Torvalds doesn’t sell Linux. He is paid to make sure it doesn't break. Today, he works for the Linux Foundation. This organization is funded by huge companies like Google, Microsoft, and Intel. These companies don't pay him out of kindness. They pay him because their businesses depend on Linux. Linux runs the internet, clouds, and most servers. If Linux crashes, these companies lose billions of dollars. Linus doesn't "own" the software. Instead, he acts as the ultimate gatekeeper. He reviews code, decides which changes are safe, and keeps the system stable. He earns a high salary and has received valuable stock from companies he helped in the past. The lesson is simple: Open source changes the business model. You don't pay to buy the software; you pay for the reliability of the person running it.

To the women whose strength and grace shape humanity Today we honor you.💜 #WomensDay2026

Wishing you a great new month of March. Lets #brandifyit this March.