May 2, 2022

The cyberwar is wild.

Russians plunder $5M worth of tractors and combines from JD dealership in Melitpol, Ukraine, then transport 700 miles to Chechnya -- to find they've been remotely disabled. Story: cnn.com/2022/05/01/eur…

How rotten is Russia’s army?

Vladimir Putin uses warfare to make up for Russia’s weaknesses. That is why he is so dangerous

Bang.

POPULAR FRONT @PopularFront_

#Ukraine: Footage released by the 92nd Mechanized Brigade showing a Russian tank being destroyed by dropping an explosive from a drone.

(via @KyleJGlen)

This is a neat iOS feature.

Max @maxzks

iOS: Settings > Accessibility > Guided Access lets you restrict all or parts of the screen / buttons with a passcode

Use it to prevent exiting from the screen you want to show law enforcement if they need to take the phone

(Ideally don’t give the phone at all if avoidable)

Ellopunk @Ell_o_Punk

I was told today in Texas we no longer need a physical copy or our car insurance; we can show it on our cellphones.

So people are handing the police officer their unlocked phone for them to take back to the police car with them?

Ian Coldwater 📦💥 @IanColdwater

This May Day remember Louis Lingg, whose alibi in the Haymarket trail was that he couldn't have thrown the bombs because he was at home making other bombs. His sentencing statement was "I despise you, I despise your order, your laws, your force propped authority. Hang me for it."

Well, can’t argue with this.

Astra Taylor @astradisastra

I coined a new term: Technocratopian

A technocratic, elitist utopianism characterized by an aversion to universal social programs and an erroneous faith that arcane bureaucratic systems can accurately distinguish the “deserving” from “undeserving” in the allocation of benefits🧵

Fascinating research.

Alberto Acerbi @acerbialberto

New paper out! "From Storytelling to Facebook. Content Biases When Retelling or Sharing a Story"

link.springer.comFrom Storytelling to Facebook - Human NatureCultural evolution researchers use transmission chain experiments to investigate which content is more likely to survive when transmitted from one individual to another. These experiments resemble oral storytelling, wherein individuals need to understand, memorize, and reproduce the content. However…

Neanderthals are cool af.

Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65

Neanderthals were sprinters rather than distance runners, our study surprisingly suggests via @TC_Africa

theconversation.comNeanderthals were sprinters rather than distance runners, our study surprisingly suggestsA new study suggests Neanderthals may have lived in woodlands rather than tundras, meaning they were most likely sprinters.

Something something cyber war. I guess now the consensus is turning towards “they could’ve had a Hollywood style cyber war, but Russia chose not to…for whatever reasons.”

The Hill @thehill

Cyber experts say the analysis suggests hidden depths to Russia’s cyber operations in Ukraine, because although it has the capability to launch more damaging cyberattacks, it has chosen to inflict less harmful ones for the moment.

hill.cmRussia’s cyber warfare against Ukraine more nuanced than expectedRussia’s approach to cyber warfare against Ukraine has proved more subtle so far than many expected. This week’s Microsoft report on the operations reveals that Moscow-backed hackers ha…

matthew. @iAmTheWarax

the odds of chief of the general staff of the russian armed forces valery gerasimov getting wasted by a hand grenade dropped from an off the shelf drone piloted by some 19 year old ukrainian uber driver are not zero

and i love that for him

zach silberberg @zachsilberberg

i would wear this on a shirt

The Covid lockdown in Shanghai is a big deal in government civilian relations.

Under Lockdown in China - The New York Times

Weeks of confinement in Shanghai have fueled anger and anxiety about the cost of a “zero-Covid” strategy.

Crypto. Scam… wait, what? An attack was stopped. That’s a nice change of pace.

Alex Shevchenko 🇺🇦 @AlexAuroraDev

🧵 on the Rainbow Bridge attack today. TL;DR: attack was stopped automatically, no bridged funds lost, attacker lost some money, bridge architecture was designed to resist such attacks, additional measures to be taken to ensure the cost of an attack attempt is increased

This is a very interesting development.

Gissur Simonarson 🇮🇸🇺🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @GissiSim

Russia looks to be taking over internet routing in areas they are occupying now. Forcing occupied Ukrainians into Russian information bubbles.

Scary.

NetBlocks @netblocks

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics indicate that internet connectivity on provider Skynet (Khersontelecom) in Russian-occupied Kherson, south Ukraine, has been partially restored and rerouted via Russia's Rostelecom instead of Ukrainian infrastructure.

📰 Background: https://t.co/S0qJQ7CbNv https://t.co/WhlSNODuqw