Washington Post alum covering hacking, disinformation and what’s left of privacy. Author of books on the Cult of the Dead Cow, organized criminal hacking, and Napster. Pulitzer co-finalist 2024. Signal joemenn.01
Joseph Menn
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“.. Leading AI companies were blindsided by the president’s announcement last Friday that he would meet with “all the big” firms about taking “pieces” of their companies ..”
@jeffstein.bsky.social
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Then hop off just outside the Secure Zone and proceed into the Management Queues in order to progress into the Protected Facility for an evening of quiet enjoyment and polite applause for any visiting dignitaries.
hey quick question, am I having a stroke
New: Three more cases of the New World screwworm were confirmed in Texas by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday, bringing the total number of cases to five.
Justice for ham sandwiches!
Gemini, are screwworms woke?
The case in Andrews County included an infested dog. Another case included a goat in Gillespie County.
NSO Group “is doing an amazing job making the argument that they should stay sanctioned and face more consequences,” said @jsrailton.bsky.social, a senior researcher @citizenlab.ca , a research unit @utoronto.ca that specializes in tracking global surveillance
www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/u...
Carl Quintanilla
Deeply reported must-read—
"An Indian Billionaire Was Targeted by Trump. Then He Poured Money Into a Startup Secretly Backed by Donald Trump Jr."
@josh-kaplan.bsky.social, @justinelliott.bsky.social, @amierjeski.bsky.social
for @propublica.org
Trump told me this a couple of hours before Bibi struck Iran. He has turned himself into a prisoner of other people's decisions.
An obscure Texas firm secretly connected to the president’s son said it received at least $100 million from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. At the same time, the Ambani family secured major polic...
Incredible line from a grand juror in the Broadview 6 case, who had just asked the prosecutors why they get "unlimited tries" to indict people they don't want to indict:
"I heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of shit then and I still think it is."
