This is insane.
Like something out of a movie. Some villainous heads of state in India are really trying to play this game. It will not end well.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/29/indian-official-directed-plot-to-assassinate-sikh-activist-on-us-soil-doj

Getting a large boneless beef shortrib tonight, just over a kilogram in weight.. thinking of slow cooking it tomorrow while I'm at work, any suggestions for things to put in there/recipes? :)

Not me wondering if my router is one of these 😂

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/security/517155-thousands-of-routers-and-video-recorders-susceptible-to-hostile-botnet.html

Okay, what the heck is going on?
I love buying these kinds of things, cheap fragrance oils, legal knock offs of big brands (they actually do smell quite similar!), but all of a sudden every single oil seller I come across on Amazon or eBay is saying they don't ship to Canada...what the heck?!? Is there some new law I don't know about? 😭😭 I got one thing I hype up for and it's this crap and I don't know how to set up a PO box relay in the USA lol

I could be wrong, but I don't believe a usb malware could be "permanent". Regardless, this is definitely interesting.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/11/normally-targeting-ukraine-russian-state-hackers-spread-usb-worm-worldwide/

Happy birthday CoSo, I might not be on much, but I have been around a long time (I think my account is #42!?!?) I always love popping in and seeing the positivity, the intellect, the creativity and the support.

J, you really built a beautiful place here.

Was doing a delivery today, I never do deliveries but the boss asked me to take care of it as soon as my shift started. Was a bit unusual, delivering to a tug boat..but hey, they need groceries too!
Anywho, apparently the picker completely messed up the order, I had to bring it back and redo it, I go back out and they chatted with me for a bit, and told me I should go to the maritime school out here, get the tickets and come work for them. The job pays twice as much... thinking real hard on it

Just that small but terrifying reminder that the US army did perform successful experiments with drugs and "psychic viewing". They also just...openly admitted to it in FOIA requests and no one really believes it.

@Alfred can you draw Bluey saying "hello Poppy!"

My dad...he's the reason why I am against the death penalty.
He was a federal penitentiary guard for almost 40 years. He served on Canada's last death row.

He also drank way too much. He was obsessed with reality prison shows. I can't imagine how much it gets in your head when you start thinking "maybe that one was innocent?" That job absolutely ruins peoples' mental wellbeing if they stay long enough.
Dad, I love you. I wish I told you that more.

Dad died today. He fell, hit his head.
Don't... don't really know how to feel or process it.
Daughter never got to meet her grandfather.
He never got to see who I've become.
I don't know what to do...found out at work and I'm still at work closing tonight. They offered me to go home but I just don't even know if that would help.
I have no idea if I can even afford to go to his funeral.
Don't know who I'm really trying to talk to right now. Just talking.

Not my photo, from a travel website advertising this island tho

I love living on Vancouver Island, but damn, I really need to see more of it!
#mostbeautifulplaceincanada

I think everyone should be reading about this.
I think this should be taught to watch for in schools RIGHT NOW.
This is needs to be part of the average person's skepticism methodology.
I've been speaking on this subject for years now, but it's a serious issue. Russia hit the jackpot on information warfare when it tested out this new weapon on its Crimea annexation. Social engineering is the most pervasive threat in the modern era.

https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html

I just find myself thinking about this more and more lately, especially now that I have a daughter. I'm so scared for her future. I am neurodivergant, I never learned great social skills to pass down to her. I don't want my child to ever experience cyber bullying. She's only 2 and her mom wants her to have a phone already and that terrifies me. "If you don't raise your kids, someone else will" I believe is the quote that I just find haunting now.

I think kids shouldn't even have access to the general Internet until the age of 13 and even then, it should be moderate. Once they graduate from school, it would be complete access. But before that, they should learn everything they need to know about protecting themselves, their devices, their data, their foot print, etc...the digital age grows ever faster year by year and our educational system is sorely lacking to keep up.

I think kids having phones is important for safety and social mental health, but for texting/phoning, access to the educational network, video chatting with their family etc...a phone for a student might save their life from a school shooter and should never be taken from them, but these apps kids are encouraged to use these days just....foster and grow addictive behaviors and encourage cyber bullying. It's so out of hand and I knew it would get this bad.

The goal of this set up was to prevent access to our children's online presence from predators and corporations. Prevent footholds like TIKTOK or Snapchat from ever poisoning the easily influenced minds of our most vulnerable generation.

The idea was that it would be educational based. There would be resources. Only kids could access it, and they would learn about the responsibility of protecting themselves online and protecting their identity with that license they have to access it.