US arrests man allegedly behind enormous #botnet that enabled cyberattacks and fraud. The #DOJ alleges the botnet infected more than 19 million IP addresses worldwide. #malware https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/911-s5-botnet-dismantled-and-its-administrator-arrested-coordinated-international-operation

#Interesting Shipowners around the world are abandoning cargo ships and neglecting to pay the sailors on board. Last year, in Saudi Arabia, one man spent his ninth year waiting to be paid. https://apnews.com/article/abandoned-seafarers-labor-unpaid-wages-oceans-83ad0a42debbaf67c18373393fcea753

#Innewsoftheabsurd Great, that is all we need: smarter hyped-up, drugged ants. Ants learn faster on caffeine. A dose of caffeine helped ants locate a sweet reward 30 per cent faster, suggesting the drug boosts learning in the #insects. #coffee #nature https://www.newscientist.com/article/2432370-ants-learn-faster-on-caffeine/#Echobox=1716997288

Operation Endgame: Largest ever operation against botnets hits dropper malware ecosystem. #botnets #malware https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/largest-ever-operation-against-botnets-hits-dropper-malware-ecosystem

The continued search for the origins of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus around the world and hoping this continued surveillance prevents the next pandemic. #flu #birdflu #zoonosis #disease https://www.protagonist-science.com/p/treacherous-ancestry

This does not bode well: US halts funding to controversial virus-hunting group: what researchers think. Need to keep politics out of science. #virus #COVID19 #zoonosis #diseasesurveillance https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01460-3

The origin of the cockroach: how a notorious pest conquered the world. Yup, German cockroach is not really German. #insects #nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01454-1

For the first time, a brain implant has helped a bilingual person who is unable to articulate words to communicate in both of his languages. An artificial-intelligence #AI system coupled to the brain implant decodes, in real time, what the individual is trying to say in either Spanish or English. First thing that popped in my head was Star Trek Universal Translator #language #speech #science #startrek

#Monsoons are changing in India — here’s how to climate-proof the #economy. #Globalwarming is shifting #rainfall patterns across South Asia, and each area will be affected differently. #climatechange #water https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01517-3

This past week on one of my hikes, I happened to come upon a really interesting plant situation: the ecological juxtoposition of two invasive species. Scentless Chamomile (Tripleurospermum inodorum) with white petals and Globular Chamomile aka Stinknet (Oncosiphon piluliferum) no white petals. More stinknet found next to walking path whereas Scentless Chamomile found in larger patches further away from walking path. #plants #flowers #hike #California

What are the chances that this #California bill becomes law? The California State Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would require new vehicles to come equipped with a function that warns motorists when they’re driving 10 mph over the speed limit. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ca-car-speed-governors-19471021.php

The Mexico City water crisis, explained. #drought #groundwater #infrastructure #water https://www.marketplace.org/2024/05/27/mexico-city-water-crisis-is-due-to-climate-change-and-infrastructure-problems/

A #railroad worker figured out how to send thousands of gallons of drinking #water by rail from Mississippi to the #Navajo Nation to alleviate the water crisis. #transportation #waterdelivery https://www.businessinsider.com/railroad-worker-delivers-water-by-rail-navajo-nation-water-crisis-2024-5

#Climatechange amplifying Mexico's heat and #drought crisis. #water #Mexico https://www.axios.com/2024/05/28/mexico-heat-drought-water-shortages-howler-monkeys

@JV3MJD ...with a caveat: More Americans Killed by Guns Since 1968 Than in All U.S. Wars — Combined. https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/las-vegas-shooting/more-americans-killed-guns-1968-all-u-s-wars-combined-n807156

Chicken Alfredo topped with fresh tomatoes and avocado for lunch. Get in my belly. #foodporn #foodpron

@ExecutiveFunction404 @AskTheDevil This behavior will continue as long as police departments and police officers are not held criminally accountable for their actions. Taxpayers are the ones that pay financially for it and citizens are harmed. There is no trust nor are police looked at for protections, rather people look for protection against police. Sad state of affairs nowadays.

Cops need to be held personally responsible for such incidents: A guy called the cops to report his dad missing. So they interrogated him for 17 hours, withheld his meds & threatened to kill his dog if he didn’t confess to killing his father. So he did confess. Turns out his dad was alive & well. https://www.sbsun.com/2024/05/23/fontana-pays-nearly-900000-for-psychological-torture-inflicted-by-police-to-get-false-confession/