ML2 @mathlover@qoto.org

PHOTO BLOG: Earlier this month, a storm chaser from the Netherlands took a wonderful photo showing several textbook ice halos, including a 46-degree halo, a 22-degree halo with parhelion (sun dogs), and an upper tangent arc. https://www.accuweather.com/en/leisure-recreation/live-news/weather-permitting-photo-blog/933860

if you run into anyone trying to discount the severity of the lastpass breach by saying the master keys are impossible to crack, ask them how lastpass' key derivation works, what a credential stuffing attack is, and how well PBKDF2 scales on GPUs.

given the details, it looks like anyone whose data was in the breach and who also reused their master password elsewhere is in imminent danger of having all their passwords compromised, as is anyone who used a relatively common password.

I interviewed the Vp

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/kamala-harris-molly-jong-fast-interview-roe-immmigration

Hubby just sent me this image of the most Texan way ever to cover your outside faucets so they don't freeze.

P.S. Don't forget to cover your outside faucets, leave your indoor faucets dripping and heat your pumphouse if you have one. Don't want those pipes freezing.

#Freeze #FreezeWarning #Texas

How long until we see organizations pop up that offer "content moderation as a service" for fediverse instances (not hosting, just content moderation)?

Low temps again. Talks of “are winter extremes getting colder with global warming?”
Time to pull out ye olde XKCD explainer.
I believe this is called creeping normality or landscape amnesia - when you either forget or are to young to remember the old “normal”.

https://xkcd.com/1321/

The New York Attorney General’s office said it is “looking into a number of issues” surrounding Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY), who was the subject of a bombshell New York Times investigation that questions whether the incoming Republican lawmaker fabricated much of his biography, including his education, work history and financial dealings, NBC News reports.

You’ve got to be kidding me.

Looks like far-right #Republican #GeorgeSantos, who fabricated his whole political identity, may have even lied about his sexuality.

I may be the only actual openly #gay member of #Congress in New York in the #NewYear. 😉

For several reporters banned by #Twitter, the only place to hear their stories is #Mastodon. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/reporters-on-twitter-are-still-locked-out-how-to-find-them-on-mastodon/

One thing that Mastodon newcomers may not realize is how easy it is to turn Mastodon for web into essentially a Tweetdeck clone, with columns for search/compose, home, notifications, and any lists you've set up. It takes literally seconds.

Here's what mine looks like right now:

With less than $100, one can buy tens of thousands of votes for Twitter polls—and two Twitter ex-employees in Trust & Safety tell me the company has lacked proper safeguards to identify and eradicate inauthentic behavior and manipulation of Twitter polls. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-22/musk-s-frequent-twitter-polls-are-at-risk-of-bot-manipulation

JUST IN: Sam Bankman-Fried to be placed under house arrest, ordered to surrender passport.

Please boost to help save the Arctic. We’ve learned a lot about permafrost (frozen ground) and its role in global climate over the past decade. Unfortunately there are some false narratives being driven by the media. Here are some facts driven by our best science. 1) Permafrost underlies 1/4 of N hemisphere land and >1/2 of Canada. This makes 🇨🇦 more of a permafrost nation than a hockey nation. Frozen ground is literally a backbone for ecosystems and infrastructure. 1/

So I wrote this yesterday, and lots of people like it, but I'm kinda of frustrated at all the cynicism of people who IMMEDIATELY insist "no it'll get ruined" or "normal people won't do it" or "most people don't care" or whatever else.

Stop being so cynical. YOU have a chance to help make it a better future. Instead of whining about how it won't work why not try to help make it work? https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/21/why-would-anyone-use-another-centralized-social-media-service-after-this/

Beautiful film about the life of the Wy-Kan-Ush-Pum, the Salmon People — a life Columbia River tribal people have lived for generations and have fought for decades to protect from treaties, dams, contamination and now climate change.
https://www.propublica.org/article/salmon-people-a-native-fishing-familys-fight-to-preserve-a-way-of-life
To read all of @ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting’s team reporting on the threats facing salmon and the broken treaties that the government swore would protect tribes’ right to fish.
https://www.propublica.org/series/broken-promises

Man poor OpenAI has to figure out how to detect lies now. They're completely screwed.