Hackers remotely wipe 13,000 students’ iPads and Chromebooks after breaching safety software. Mobile Guardian, a company that specializes in providing security software for devices in education institutions, announced on Monday it suffered a “security incident” over the weekend which involved “unauthorized access” to those devices. https://therecord.media/hackers-wipe-student-devices-after-breaching-software. #hack https://therecord.media/hackers-wipe-student-devices-after-breaching-software
The earthquake app installed on my cell phone is MyShake from Cal Berkeley #earthquake #California https://myshake.berkeley.edu/
Just got an earthquake warning on my cell phone midway between L.A. and San Jose. #earthquake #California
Death Valley sets another heat record. August temperatures also could be above average. #California #ClimateChange #hot https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-03/death-valley-sets-another-record-for-july-august-also-expected-to-be-above-average
A Legal Fight Over Legacy Oil Industry Pollution Heats Up in West Texas: A “first of its kind” lawsuit contends that oil companies including Chevron failed to properly plug and decommission wells on private property, challenging common assumptions about plugged wells. #oil #pollution #contamination #groundwater #Texas https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06082024/texas-oil-industry-pollution-lawsuit/
#FBI agents executed a search warrant late last week on Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles as the first-term Republican faces continuing scrutiny over fraudulent campaign financial reports that he filed. #politics #GOP #Tennessee https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/revealed/fbi-agents-execute-search-warrant-on-tennessee-congressman-andy-ogles-newschannel-5-confirms
#InNewsoftheAbsurd International Posture Queen 1957. The woman with the straighest spine, most perfect poise, and personality would win as judged by chiropractors.
(Full Animal Disclosure)
#CatsOfCoSo #DogsOfCoSo
Apparently Likes Cats
https://x.com/lorenzothecat/status/1820810062543151606?s=42&t=VOoDN18wrV9HeysT8Fk5zw
His Pet Report Is Clean
https://x.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1820813885852488009?s=42&t=VOoDN18wrV9HeysT8Fk5zw
Tim
Walz is an equal
opportunity animal lover.
https://x.com/ten24get/status/1820821365022409014
Before WordPerfect, the most popular work processor was WordStar. Now, the last ever DOS version has been bundled and set free by one of its biggest fans.
WordStar 7, the last ever DOS version, is re-released for free - notable enthusiast is Canadian SF writer Robert J Sawyer
https://sfwriter.com/wordstar.htm
who wrote the book that became the TV series Flashforward.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz could clear path for first-ever Native American woman governor
Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan a citizen of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe would also become the state’s first-ever female governor. State senator Bobby Joe Champion would also ascend to the lieutenant governor’s office, becoming the state’s first Black lieutenant governor
#InNewsoftheAbsurd #TFG on Walz "He'll unleashed hell on earth". Bring this beautiful hell right now!
#Innewsoftheabsurd Nassau County, has just passed a law prohibiting the use of a mask or facial covering and excluding medical or religious reasons...
Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid. https://apnews.com/article/kansas-newspaper-raid-criminal-charge-289ad3ae0204fe2278c4057bcf6364c7
California plans to ban plants and bushes within 5 feet of homes at risk for wildfires. #California #wildfire #insurance https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/zone-zero-lake-tahoe-19532303.php
#Innewsoftheabsurd Robert F. Kennedy Jr. released a bizarre video Sunday admitting that, a decade ago, he dumped a dead bear cub in New York City’s Central Park and staged the scene to look like a bicyclist had run over the animal. #weird #itsthewormsinhishead https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/rfk-bear-19619347.php
Water, Wastewater, microbiology, chemistry, Twain sarcasm, and common sense CoSo #4980