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The @IBMSecurity Intelligence publication was closed earlier this year. I didn't lose all my hard work thanks to @Authory 💾 Sadly, I have worked for a lot of brand publications that were shuttered without warning. authory.com/tinym

Anyone who actually lived under socialism knows the truth: governments can force grocery prices down, but they can’t force food onto the shelves. Artificially low price kill the profit incentive and production collapses. No production = empty shelves. #Socialismsucks

When your vehicle outlives its cloud: What happens next? arstechnica.com/cars/2026/07/w…

If you want to start a startup, don't learn "entrepreneurship." Learn how to build things. The hard part of startups is not "entrepreneurship" but product: to know what to build, and to be able to build it.

Americans are experiencing a shortage in fun as rising prices, longer lines and limited access keep them from the activities that bring them joy, per Bloomberg

I've been to the grocery store too many times in the last two days. Best not forget another thing 📝 American abundance!

There have been 4 major revolutions in the past 250 years: American, French, Russian, and Chinese. Only one led to individual rights and prosperity. The others led to mass death and tyranny. The US revolution was unique because it said two things: 1. Our rights come from God not from the govt. 2. Humans are power -hungry so we need to limit govt power. So the next time someone attacks the nation of one revolution that succeeded and recycles the the idea of those that miserably failed, you can ask them: are you ignorant, or malicious?

Ask a North Korean: What is nursing school like in North Korea? dlvr.it/TTH0ML

Kim Jong Un orders work on at least 9 of his mansions in June: satellite imagery dlvr.it/TTHyJv

Both my grandfathers were exceedingly grateful for what America made possible for them and their families. Their gratitude was not diminished when times got hard—as they did for most Americans—in the Great Depression or when their sons were sent off to fight in World War II. 5/

Celebrating 250 years of freedom 🎇

Karl Marx would have changed his mind about capitalism if he was a Costco member and bought 32 sirloin steaks, 48 diet cokes, 10 rotisserie chickens, a 5L Kirkland box wine, a comically-large tub of mayo, 50 frozen burritos and a hot tub while only paying 5% above wholesale price

FBI builds replica town to train agents in cyberattack investigation scworld.com/brief/fbi-buil…

Surprising restraint = limiting the use of AI to reading, summarising, analysis, argumentation, writing, and editing

🚨 Hackers found a way into Palo Alto’s GlobalProtect VPN without a password. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0257, lets attackers bypass PAN-OS authentication and establish unauthorized VPN sessions. Palo Alto says it’s already being used in real attacks. If you run GlobalProtect, check this now. Details ➝ thehackernews.com/2026/06/palo-a…

Your response to a challenge defines you more than the challenge itself.

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NEW: Instagram is notifying victims of massive hacking campaign that relied on asking Meta AI support chatbot to hand over control of accounts. The hacks apparently continued on Tuesday even though an Instagram spokesperson said on Monday that “the issue has already been fixed.”

Holiday weekend sales on things I already buy all the time ✅

On this day in 2011 – 15 years ago – the deadliest tornado since 1947 leveled a large swath of Joplin, Missouri. 158 people were killed by the mile-wide EF5 tornado. The disaster was the product of a worst-case scenario on multiple fronts: a high-end meteorological setup on a graduation Sunday in May coupled with cascading failures/lapses at multiple levels. Though the Storm Prediction Center had included Joplin in a red zone "moderate risk" (the second highest category) AND warned of possible "strong tornadoes," local warnings were handled differently. No tornado emergency was ever issued by the National Weather Service in Springfield, Missouri. The Joplin area had been under numerous false-alarm tornado warnings in the years prior, which peer-reviewed research asserts contributed to public complacency. Moreover, frequent siren tests/activations by emergency management lead to "siren fatigue." Moreover, the Joplin area was under multiple simultaneous conflicting tornado warning polygons for different cells, leading the public to believe the tornado threat was passing north of town. That also lead to confusing siren activation during the event. Ultimately, about 25% of Joplin was destroyed. The St. John's Regional Medical Center sustained EF5 damage, and had to be torn down due to deformation of its foundation. (It was moved as much as 4 inches.) 3,734 buildings (3,181 homes and 553 businesses/municipal buildings) were destroyed. In all, the episode showed that – despite technological advancements – expanding population centers are increasingly vulnerable to rare, high-end tornadoes.

Don’t fall in love with potential. “If you want to ruin your life, spend it trying to change your spouse’s behaviour.” — Charlie Munger