I am doing a survey of supply chain attacks, and it's annoying how 95% of the analysis is on payloads vs. compromise vectors. Yes, you are a very smart reverser and that's a very clever payload. Yes, rolling out phishing-resistant auth is a slog. No, this is not how we make progress. </rant>

Italian town of Santarcangelo revokes honorary citizenship granted to Mussolini 101 years ago. In 1924, 12 councillors deserted the meeting in an act of courage to defy the régime. In 2025, Fratelli d'Italia councillors deserted the meeting in an act of cowardice to show their true colours.

The motive here is dual: the techbros believe only STEM adds value, and the Christian nationalists believe the humanities have become nothing but woke indoctrination. Both agree that disincentivizing the development of critical political thinking is key to saving “western civilization.”

The German strategy appears to be to stick Brussels a spoke in the wheel, meaning to aim to reverse EU clarity on meeting new car sales climate goals by 2035. That's not a strategy; it's using a meme as a political how-to guide. That is not how bringing government into the digital age works.

Judging by what they are posting on Telegram, Crimson Collective expected a quick and easy payout from Red Hat, while Red Hat floundered and panicked about how to respond and essentially left them hanging in the wind. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Nürnberg done, on our way to Regensburg

Horrible news to wake up to. My heart goes out to everyone affected. 💔

German asylum claims have halved in the last year. Nothing to do with border theatre; everything to do with developments outside the EU that hardly ever play a role in European countries' domestic migration debates. Still, take the win if it allows you to change the subject.

This is building to a serious confrontation over Kaliningrad

Horrifying. Hang in there, Japan

First time I’ve seen this reported in the press after rumours among experts: BILD reports/confirms there was a “mothership drone” over Germany which sent out smaller drones. Which a) really points to a capable actor and b) is concerning because it increases possible reach of these drones

Wichtige Stimmen wie Amnesty, Reporter ohne Grenzen und der CCC appellieren an die Bundesregierung, die #Chatkontrolle zu verhindern. Sie warnen vor einem Angriff auf die Pressefreiheit, einem IT-Sicherheitsalptraum und einer Gefahr für die Demokratie. netzpolitik.org/2025/eu-uebe...

In Poland authorities have captured a Russian intelligence operative carrying explosive-filled cans, drone components, and SIM cards. In Lithuania, explosives were discovered in a cemetery. All part of a big Russian plot to commit terrorist attacks across Europe.

Seconding this post. Please keep calling and mailing. ESPECIALLY if you're in Germany. If Germany flips to opposed, with how the current shakeup is looking, chatcontrol is dead in the water once again.

E-bikes are an absolute game-changer in terms of giving more people the option of going car-light or car-free, but adoption is threatened by the ongoing moral panic. As the article notes, the solution is not restrictions on e-bikes, but creating more infrastructure to support e-bike riders. 1/2

Auf Wiedersehen, Coburg. On to Nürnberg!

Bye Erfurt. Next up, Coburg

Onwards to Erfurt

Hallo Halle

Das vom Innenministerium geplante Sonderregister für alle Menschen, die das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz in Anspruch nehmen, ist noch immer nicht passé. Der Bundesrat muss es jetzt endlich stoppen!

Classic Deutsche Bahn experience of an overbooked train, but at least I was able to get a seat in 2nd class.

One of the overarching themes of contemporary politics is self-professed conservatives tearing down institutions that were explicitly created to prevent the repetition of some historical catastrophe.

good puppies are allowed on the couch, right? 🥺 #nsfw #murrsuit

Conceptual engineers be like

Apologies that this is such a vague question, but does anyone know that Solarpunk theory article that has been making the rounds on and off? I can't find it via searching and forgot to put it in Zotero. Thanks

It’s called bind and unbound for a reason.

So I did a little edit, and man I just love how this thing is progressing.

Side note, but on 4 which is probably the most controversial of the four points, another way to phrase it might be that an anti-metaphysical signifier-signified relationship replaces the correspondence relation found in correspondence theories of truth.

you used to have to send people to Oxford to get this level of misplaced confidence and glibness.

Staying up late so I can sleep on the train

True outside of the US too (Europe here)

But is what you'd expect if you think that the poststructuralists were right in an important way about language

Catholic Lebensgefühl is a real thing

Roger Ebert once said he was Catholic in every sense except believing what the church said was true

I may be an an anticlerical atheist, but I'm a Catholic atheist dammit

Sincere question: does Matt know what the little bowls of water are at the entrance to the church.

this is basically portland's version of a haka

the existence of authoritative DNS servers implies the existence of submissive DNS servers

Decided to be a cliché and bring Wittgenstein and Zweig with my to Wien

Describe your gender in M:TG colors.

I think you see this with a certain set of “popular historians” like Jacobsen who are really good writers, present a compelling story, and skip subject to subject based on their interests but in the process either skim or skip sources, and intentionally/unintentionally misrepresent things…

Woke 2 3 Instant This spell can't be countered. Counter target fascism. *"It begins" -Someone on Bluesky*

restocked a bunch of our shirts !! www.double-dog.com

I like traveling to major cities because if an outfit I feel like wearing isn't ready (in terms of laundry) for the trip, I can just buy one there.

really, really does contextualise why they feel sexual and gender liberation is an existential threat to their worldview

brown pencil my beloved (sketchbook stuff)

Filioqueer

Mobilitazioni a sostegno della Flotilla anche a Berlino, Barcellona, Bruxelles, Parigi e Istanbul