Abundant research shows that #trans people are faced with serious #discrimination at every turn.

I am pleased to have been able to be a part of slowly changing that in the realm of #regulation, #policy, and #statute, and even helping #Alberta media broadly be the most #trans-appropriate in their reporting compared to most other English-speaking media I've observed. ❤️

Alas, in recent years I've watched in horror as #media and #law in the #UK chose to become more trans-exclusionary or outright #transphobic. Likewise with the #USA, particularly at a policy and law level. The latter seems to be going out of their way to take draconian steps to erase trans people across all spheres, including their military. 😢

5/x

Spain plans to ban social media for under-16s, with tougher age checks and penalties for platforms that boost illegal content via algorithms. 🇪🇸
The move, pitched as protecting kids from a “digital Wild West,” raises questions about enforcement, teen rights, and platform accountability across Europe ⚖️

🔗 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y2nddvmryo

#TechNews #Spain #SocialMedia #Safety #Children #Teens #AI #Algorithms #Privacy #Regulation #EU #TikTok #Instagram #Grok #X #OnlineSafety #Policy #AgeVerification #Europe

#Federal #Vaccine “Advisers” Take Aim at #Covid Shots

One panelist accused the #FDA of withholding data on potential harms. The advisers also are reviewing research on #vaccines given to pregnant women.

#Trump #law #policy #HealthInsurance #PublicHealth #health #medicine #science #ConspiracyTheories #RFKJr
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/health/vaccines-covid-acip-malone-kennedy.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Members of the #federal #vaccine panel chosen by #Health Secy #RFKJr are setting sights on their next targets: the mRNA #Covid shots, & #vaccines offered to pregnant women.

The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [#ACIP], already has imposed some limits on access to Covid vaccines & has rescinded recommendations for some routine childhood shots.

#Trump #law #policy #HealthInsurance #PublicHealth #medicine #science #ConspiracyTheories

Several of the panelists have said — contrary to scientific consensus — that they believe the #Covid shots are dangerous & should be taken off the market.

In an interview with The NYT, Dr. Robert Malone, one of the panelists, claimed that the #FDA was “hiding” data on the risks of Covid #vaccination & had refused to share it despite multiple requests.

#Trump #law #policy #HealthInsurance #PublicHealth #health #vaccines #medicine #science #ConspiracyTheories #RFKJr

@Nonilex

Meanwhile, a study of literally millions of people shows:

"Vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 … **and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality**"

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2842305

#Trump #law #policy #HealthInsurance #PublicHealth #health #vaccines #medicine #science #ConspiracyTheories #RFKJr
#Covid

Leaders urge LGBTQ+ Ohioans to protest ICE at national general strike rallies across the state

‘Queer people need to show up because this is all connected.’

Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/97txe
https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2026/01/29/leaders-urge-lgbtq-ohioans-to-protest-ice-at-national-general-strike-rally/#cleveland #demonstration #general-strike #i.c.e. #ice #immigration #immigration-customs-and-enforcement #minneapolis #minnesota #policy-legislation #public-square #renee-good #strike #ucc #united-church-of-christ

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Leaders urge LGBTQ+ Ohioans to protest ICE at national general strike rallies across the state

Intel's roadmap adds mysterious 'hybrid' #AI processor
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#45

Have lopsided 'Rivalry Series' wins over #Canada established
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/canada.html#26

The Most Important #Foreign #Policy Speech in Years
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html#5

#Bitcoin trend line cross mimics 2022 amid ‘insane’
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/markets.html#18

NTSB arrives to investigate #Maine plane crash that
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/us-cities.html#10a

#Home Now
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#32

📌 The demolition by Israeli authorities of the facilities of the 🔵 #UnitedNations Relief and Works Agency for #palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in #EastJerusalem constitutes a serious violation of Israel’s obligations as an occupying power

🔹 It reflects a deliberate #policy to undermine the United Nations, reduce its presence and role in the city, and impose new on-the-ground and administrative realities that entrench Israeli control
--

Euro-Med #humanrights Monitor JAN-20

https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6965/Israel%E2%80%99s-demolition-of-UNRWA-facilities-undermines-UN,-imposes-de-facto-annexation-in-East-Jerusalem

WTF??

Judge refuses to block new #DHS policy limiting #Congress members' access to #ICE facilities

A federal judge refused Monday to temporarily block the #Trump admin from enforcing a new #policy requiring a week’s notice before members of Congress can visit #immigration detention facilities.

#law #oversight #SeparationOfPowers #HumanRights #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Trump #AbuseOfPower #MafiaState #Gestapo #Sturmabteilung #WhiteSupremacy
https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-shooting-congress-visit-ice-5eb6749b18d59ed8c47b5eeab9784432

The expiration of the extra #subsidies has DOUBLED the amount people will have to pay for #insurance, on average. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the result will result in 2 million more Americans becoming uninsured this year. But other analysts have estimated larger losses of coverage.

#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying

About 1.4 million fewer people have enrolled in the #AffordableCareAct [#Obamacare] coverage this year in the face of soaring #premiums thanks to #Trump & #Republicans in #Congress, acc/to an early report, following the expiration of the enhanced #subsidies that helped lower the cost of #HealthInsurance for millions of Americans.

#healthcare #law #policy #insurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/health/obamacare-enrollment-decrease-subsidies.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Fed's Powell says #Trump admin has threatened him with a #criminal #indictment

The Trump admin has threatened to indict #FederalReserve Chair #JeromePowell over Congressional testimony he gave last summer about a Fed building project, an action Powell called a "pretext" to gain more “influence” over the #CentralBank & #monetary #policy.

#law #economy #independence #autocracy #despotism #dictatorship #tyranny #recession #trumpcession
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/feds-powell-says-administration-has-threatened-criminal-indictment-over-his-2026-01-12/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

#RFKJr Scales Back the Number of #Vaccines Recommended for #Children

Federal health officials now recommend that children be routinely inoculated against 11 #diseases, not 17, citing standards in other wealthy nations.

#PublicHealth #HealthCare #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #regulations #insurance #HealthInsurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #eugenics
https://apnews.com/article/childhood-vaccine-schedule-trump-rfk-hhs-9b8df9e2767c1261aaac4e2331e77fa3?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-05-Breaking+News

France plans a 2026 social media ban for under-15s - enforced via mandatory digital ID age checks.

Child safety vs privacy is becoming a global infosec issue.

https://www.technadu.com/france-plans-2026-ban-on-social-media-for-children-under-15/617508/

Thoughts?

#Privacy #DigitalIdentity #Policy

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France Plans 2026 Ban on Social Media for Children Under 15

FreeBSD context: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/03/freebsd_project_update_no_ai/ @lproven

Cc @trashheap

#FreeBSD #LLM #policy

deserved

save a copy!!

https://www.theverge.com/policy/849432/60-minutes-cecot-censored-canada-leak

(i'm not even american but this is disgusting, i saw the first 8m of the video and it needs to be put out there.)

#TheVerge #Policy #News

The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband https://thever.ge/bqvS #Entertainment #Politics #Policy #News

There the #British go, trying to regulate the whole world's #TechIndustry like they're California or something.

#TechNews #SmartPhones #Privacy #Google #Android #Apple #iPhone #Censorship #Policy

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/12/uk-to-encourage-apple-and-google-to-put-nudity-blocking-systems-on-phones

The stunning move comes after #House #Republican leaders pushed ahead with a #healthcare bill that does not address the soaring monthly #premiums that millions of people will soon endure as the tax credits for those who buy #insurance through the #AffordableCareAct expire at year’s end.

#Democrats led by Minority Leader #HakeemJeffries of New York needed 218 signatures to force a floor vote on their bill, which would extend the subsides for 3 years.

#Trump #law #policy #HealthInsurance #ACA

Republican Reps Brian Fitzpatrick, Robert Bresnahan & Ryan Mackenzie, all from #Pennsylvania, & Mike Lawler of #NewYork signed on Wednesday morning, pushing it to the magic number of 218. A vote on the subsidy bill could come as soon as January under #House rules.

“Unfortunately, it is House leadership themselves that have forced this outcome.” Fitzpatrick said in a statement.

#Trump #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving

4 centrist #Republicans defied Speaker #MikeJohnson & signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a #House vote on extending for 3 years an enhanced #AffordableCareAct pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.

#Trump #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #insurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://apnews.com/article/health-care-subsidies-aca-speaker-johnson-1087a9f64168d66b2acf9082af16c253

Speaker #MikeJohnson on Tuesday shut the door on a vote to extend #AffordableCareAct subsidies that are set to expire at the end of the year, bucking moderates in his party who had urged action to prevent millions of Americans from facing higher #health care costs starting Jan 1.

#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #insurance #ACA #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/us/politics/obamacare-subsidies-house.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Though #MikeJohnson had signaled openness to allowing debate on the proposal, he ultimately rejected a bid to do so by politically vulnerable #Republicans who had hoped for a vote that would, at the very least, allow them to show voters they had tried to avoid rising premiums.

#Trump #House #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #insurance #AffordableCareAct #ACA #subsidies #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying

Higher #costs, worse #coverage: #AffordableCareAct enrollees say expiring #subsidies will hit them hard

< 3 weeks remain until the expiration of COVID-era enhanced #TaxCredits that have helped millions of Americans pay their monthly fees for #ACA coverage for the past 4 years.

#Trump #Republicans #Congress #healthcare #law #policy #HealthInsurance #insurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #affordability #CostOfLiving #CostOfDying
https://apnews.com/article/congress-health-care-subsidies-cost-aca-premiums-6a69b51aee8a6b04353b914e044f4efa?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-13-ACA+subsidies

Amazon’s Ring is rolling out “Familiar Faces,” an opt-in facial-recognition tool that catalogs up to 50 known visitors 🚪

Amazon says data is encrypted, but past law-enforcement partnerships and security issues raise concerns about biometric handling 🔒

🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/09/amazons-ring-rolls-out-controversial-ai-powered-facial-recognition-feature-to-video-doorbells/

#TechNews #Privacy #AI #Surveillance #Security #Data #Biometrics #ConsumerRights #SmartHome #BigTech #Policy #Safety #Ethics #DigitalRights #Accountability #Amazon #Ring #Encryption

Age-verification laws now cover half the US, requiring IDs or face scans to access “harmful” content 📄

Advocates warn these mandates expand surveillance, increase breach risks, and could enable censorship under bills like KOSA ⚠️

Groups like @fightforthefuture.org are pushing for safer alternatives 🛡️

🔗 https://www.wired.com/story/age-verification-is-sweeping-the-us-activists-are-fighting-back/

#TechNews #Privacy #DigitalRights #Censorship #Security #Data #AI #Policy #Internet #Safety #Freedom #Surveillance #USA #OnlineSafety #AgeVerification #US

EFF launches a hub on rising age-verification laws, noting risks of surveillance and reduced access for youth and adults. 🔍

These mandates often rely on intrusive ID or biometric checks that expose sensitive data. 🔒
Experts will discuss impacts in upcoming AMA and livestream. 🎙️

@eff

🔗 https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification

#TechNews #Privacy #Data #Security #Policy #Internet #DigitalRights #Surveillance #Censorship #Children #Safety #AI #Law #OpenWeb #Tech #EFF #Age #AgeVerification #Adult #ID #AMA

Still no action. We'll see.

#News #Medicine #HealthCare #Policy

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/12/impeachment-articles-filed-against-rfk-jr-claiming-abuse-of-power

French authorities are portraying GrapheneOS as a tool for traffickers, sparking concern that privacy tech is being treated as intent to conceal. 🔍

Developers say they can’t “cooperate” without breaking hardware-backed security for all users, raising fears of criminalizing open-source encryption. 🔐
Community pushback is strong. 💬

@GrapheneOS

🔗 https://algustionesa.com/privacy-under-fire-why-france-targets-grapheneos/

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #Encryption #OpenSource #UserRights #BigTech #Policy #FOSS #Surveillance #Data #Cybersecurity

The FCC wants to roll back steps meant to stop a repeat of a massive telecom hack https://thever.ge/tCJe #Regulation #Politics #Security #Policy #Report #Tech

Ohio Republicans introduce bill that would ban state agencies from flying LGBTQ+ Pride flags

Ohio Republicans have introduced a bill that would ban the display of LGBTQ+ Pride flags on any buildings or grounds owned by state agencies

https://thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/12/05/state-agencies-could-be-banned-from-flying-lgbtq-pride-flags/#budget #dj-swearingen #flag-ban #hb-602 #house-bill-602 #lgbtq+-pride-flag #mike-dewine #policy-legislation #pride #rodney-creech

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Ohio Republicans introduce bill that would ban state agencies from flying LGBTQ+ Pride flags

This kind of #policy making — the #ACIP childhood #vaccine schedule, combined with not extending #ACA subsidies, adding #WorkRequirements to #SNAP / #FoodStamps & #Medicaid — all coming simultaneously in 2026 — is going to be an assault upon the #poor people of the #UnitedStates all while we are in a #Kshaped #economy with the #WealthGap ever widening.

#PublicHealth #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #disinformation #law #regulations #insurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #eugenics

🤬🤬🤬

#CDC panel makes most sweeping revision to child vaccine schedule under #RFKJr 

The panel voted to eliminate a long-standing recommendation for every newborn to receive a #hepatitisB shot, excluding those born to mothers testing negative.

#PublicHealth #HealthCare #science #medicine #vaccines #Trump #AntiVax #ACIP #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #regulations #insurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #eugenics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/05/acip-childhood-immunization-schedule-hepatitis-b/

The Advisory Committee on #Immunization Practices [#ACIP] approved the change despite fierce objections from #medical groups who said the recommendation had proved a successful #PublicHealth strategy, nearly eradicating the dangerous #virus among #US #children.

#PublicHealth #HealthCare #science #medicine #vaccines #Trump #RFKJr #AntiVax #ACIP #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #regulations #insurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #eugenics
https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-babies-hepatitis-b-10f8db54beb38c5cd39a94f8a3657752?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-12-05-Breaking+News

It's been a busy 24 hours in the cyber world with significant updates on major data breaches, critical RCE vulnerabilities under active exploitation, evolving botnet and spyware threats, and key geopolitical cyber developments. Let's take a look:

Major Breaches & Insider Threats 🚨
- Financial software provider Marquis suffered a ransomware attack via a SonicWall firewall, impacting over 74 US banks and credit unions and exposing personal data for over 400,000 customers.
- Twin brothers with a history of hacking were charged with insider data destruction after being fired from a federal contractor, allegedly deleting 96 government databases (DHS, IRS, EEOC) and using AI to cover their tracks.
- A critical exploit in Yearn Finance's yETH pool led to a $9 million DeFi theft, while the Shai-Hulud 2.0 npm worm exposed 400,000 secrets from 800+ packages and 30,000 GitHub repositories due to CI/CD misconfiguration.

🤖 Bleeping Computer | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/marquis-data-breach-impacts-over-74-us-banks-credit-unions/
🤫 CyberScoop | https://cyberscoop.com/muneeb-sohaib-akhter-government-contractors-insider-attack/
🤖 Bleeping Computer | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/contractors-with-hacking-records-accused-of-wiping-96-govt-databases/
🗞️ The Record | https://therecord.media/twin-brothers-arrested-hacking-deleting-foia-databases
🕵🏼 The Register | https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/twin_brothers_charged_with_deleting_databases/
📰 The Hacker News | https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/threatsday-bulletin-wi-fi-hack-npm-worm.html

Critical Vulnerabilities Under Attack ⚠️
- A critical privilege escalation flaw (CVE-2025-8489) in the King Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin is under active exploitation, allowing attackers to create rogue admin accounts.
- A maximum-severity RCE (CVE-2025-55182, "React2Shell") affects React Server Components and Next.js, with exploitation considered imminent for 39% of cloud environments.
- Microsoft quietly patched CVE-2025-9491, a Windows LNK file bug long abused by nation-state actors (like China's UNC6384/Mustang Panda) to hide malicious command-line arguments and deploy RATs.

🤖 Bleeping Computer | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-flaw-in-wordpress-add-on-for-elementor-exploited-in-attacks/
🕵🏼 The Register | https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/03/exploitation_is_imminent_react_vulnerability/
🤖 Bleeping Computer | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-react2shell-flaw-in-react-nextjs-lets-hackers-run-javascript-code/
🕵🏼 The Register | https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/microsoft_lnk_bug_fix/

Advanced Threat Actor & Malware Campaigns 🛡️
- The AISURU botnet launched a record 29.7 Tbps DDoS attack, leveraging 1-4 million infected IoT devices in a UDP carpet-bombing campaign, with DDoS attacks against AI companies spiking 347%.
- GoldFactory, a Chinese financially motivated group, is using modified banking apps (e.g., Gigabud, MMRat) to infect over 11,000 mobile users in Southeast Asia, impersonating government services and bypassing security features.
- Intellexa's Predator spyware now employs a zero-click "Aladdin" infection vector via malicious ads, and "Triton" for baseband exploits, with the company linked to 15 zero-day exploits since 2021 and remaining active despite sanctions.
- CISA, NSA, and Canada's Cyber Security Centre warn of Chinese hackers (UNC5221/Warp Panda) deploying "BrickStorm" malware to backdoor VMware vSphere servers, creating hidden VMs and stealing credentials via nested TLS and DoH.
- Silver Fox is using a false flag operation, mimicking Russian threat groups, to spread ValleyRAT (Winos 4.0, a Gh0st RAT variant) in China via fake Microsoft Teams installers, often leveraging BYOVD techniques to disable security products.

📰 The Hacker News | https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/record-297-tbps-ddos-attack-linked-to.html
🕵🏼 The Register | https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/cloudflare_aisuru_botnet/
📰 The Hacker News | https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/goldfactory-hits-southeast-asia-with.html
🗞️ The Record | https://therecord.media/intellexa-predator-spyware-continues-despite-sanctions
🤖 Bleeping Computer | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/predator-spyware-uses-new-infection-vector-for-zero-click-attacks/
🤖 Bleeping Computer | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-chinese-brickstorm-malware-attacks-on-vmware-servers/
📰 The Hacker News | https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/silver-fox-uses-fake-microsoft-teams.html
📰 The Hacker News | https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/threatsday-bulletin-wi-fi-hack-npm-worm.html

2025 Web Security Landscape Review 🌐
- The web security landscape in 2025 was reshaped by AI-powered attacks ("vibe coding" flaws, AI dev tool compromises), large-scale JavaScript injection campaigns, a 103% surge in Magecart attacks, and a 156% increase in malicious open-source packages.
- These threats highlight a shift towards continuous validation and an "assume breach" mentality, as reactive security methods are proving insufficient against rapidly evolving, AI-driven attacks.
- Organisations are urged to inventory third-party dependencies, implement behavioural monitoring, audit AI-generated code, and validate privacy controls continuously to adapt to this new threat reality.

📰 The Hacker News | https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/5-threats-that-reshaped-web-security.html

Regulatory & Geopolitical Cyber Moves ⚖️
- Let's Encrypt plans to reduce SSL/TLS certificate validity from 90 to 45 days by 2028 to enhance internet security and revocation efficiency.
- Russia has blocked FaceTime and Snapchat, citing their use in terrorist attacks and fraud, continuing a trend of restricting foreign communication platforms.
- The UK sanctioned Russia's GRU agency and 11 officers for the 2018 Salisbury nerve agent attack and ongoing hybrid operations, while a Russian physicist was sentenced to 21 years for treason and cyber sabotage.

📰 The Hacker News | https://thehackernews.com/2025/12/threatsday-bulletin-wi-fi-hack-npm-worm.html
🤖 Bleeping Computer | https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/russia-blocks-facetime-and-snapchat-over-use-in-terrorist-attacks/
🗞️ The Record | https://therecord.media/uk-sanctions-russia-gru-cyber-spies-nerve-agent-attack
🗞️ The Record | https://therecord.media/russia-sentences-physicist-treason-ddos-attacks

Government Cyber Strategy & Personnel 🏛️
- The Trump administration is preparing a concise, five-page national cybersecurity strategy for January, focusing on cyber offense, deterrence, and critical infrastructure protection.
- Sean Plankey's nomination to lead CISA appears stalled due to Senate holds, leaving the agency without a Senate-confirmed leader as a new national cybersecurity strategy is set to roll out.
- NATO conducted its largest-ever Cyber Coalition exercise in Estonia, involving 1,300 participants, simulating major critical infrastructure attacks and emphasising information sharing against hybrid threats, including space-based scenarios.

🤫 CyberScoop | https://cyberscoop.com/trump-national-cybersecurity-strategy-2025-release/
🤫 CyberScoop | https://cyberscoop.com/sean-plankey-cisa-nomination-stalled-senate-holds/
🗞️ The Record | https://therecord.media/nato-holds-largest-ever-cyberdefense-exercise-estonia

Software Development & Protocol Deep Dives 💻
- Rust's Ferrocene compiler toolchain has achieved IEC 61508 (SIL 2) certification for parts of its core library, paving the way for broader adoption in safety-critical embedded systems.
- An in-depth analysis of TLS 1.3 highlights the subtle tradeoff between using 0-RTT data for performance and maintaining forward secrecy, as 0-RTT may rely on long-lived secrets vulnerable to future compromise.

🕵🏼 The Register | https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/rust_core_library_partly_polished/
🕵🏼 The Register | https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/04/tls_13_includes_welcome_improvements/

#CyberSecurity #ThreatIntelligence #Ransomware #Vulnerability #RCE #ZeroDay #APT #Malware #DDoS #Spyware #SupplyChain #DataBreach #InfoSec #CyberAttack #IncidentResponse #WebSecurity #AI #Policy #Government

#RFKJr advisers weigh dropping #hepatitisB #vaccine recommendation for most #US #children.

#ACIP has proposed only infants born to mothers who test positive for #hepB would be recommended to get the vaccine. For all other newborns, the decision when or if to vaccinate should be left to parents, in consultation with their #healthcare provider, it said.

#Vaccines #PublicHealth #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #insurance #eugenics
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/kennedys-vaccine-advisers-weigh-hepatitis-b-vaccine-timing-consequential-policy-2025-12-04/

#ACIP managed to postpone voting until tomorrow (Friday) morning, because they can’t figure out what they are voting on. Seriously. These are the people advising the population of the #UnitedStates on #vaccinations.

From their “discussion”, they’re probably going to not recommend vaccinating infants for #HepB. Idiots.

#Vaccines #PublicHealth #HealthCare #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #regulations #insurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #eugenics

Microsoft is quietly walking back its diversity efforts https://thever.ge/L5Rw #Microsoft #Politics #Notepad #Policy #Tech #AI

Once again the idiots that #RFKJr handpicked for #ACIP are confused about what exactly they’re voting on.

This seems to happen every time they convene.

So they’re trying to postpone their vote like last time, but they’re having trouble even doing that.

Pathetic.

No one listen to these incompetent fools. Please.

#Vaccines #PublicHealth #HealthCare #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #regulations #insurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #eugenics

#BillCassidy voted to confirm #RFKJr as “health” secretary earlier this year after getting a promise from Kennedy to not push his #AntiVax agenda. Either the brain worm ate the memory of the promise, or RFKJr was full of shit as usual.

Now let’s see if Cassidy does anything about it…

#PublicHealth #HealthCare #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #regulations #insurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #eugenics

Apparently Sen #BillCassidy has finally had enough of #RFKJr’s #AntiVax nonsense.

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a liver doctor who’s been outspoken in support of the birth dose of the #hepatitisB #vaccine, posted to X the agenda of the cmte, known as the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [#ACIP].

#PublicHealth #HealthCare #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #regulations #insurance #HealthyIfYoureWealthy #SocialCleansing #eugenics

#BillCassidy noted one of the presenters scheduled for Friday is a trial attorney who’s worked with #RFKJr to sue #vaccine makers.

“He is presenting as if an expert on #childhood #vaccines,” Cassidy wrote. “The #ACIP is totally discredited. They are not protecting children.”

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Cassidy post: Aaron Siri is a trial attorney who makes his living suing vaccine manufacturers. He is presenting as if an expert on childhood vaccines. The ACIP is totally discredited. They are not protecting children.

A dozen former #FDA commissioners condemn plan to tighten #vaccine approvals

In a New England Journal of Medicine article, the former FDA commissioners wrote they were “deeply concerned” by the top vaccine regulator’s approach to raising the bar for approvals.

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https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2517497

As secy of #HHS in the 2nd #Trump admin, #RFKJr has pushed an array of #pseudoscience & #disinformation, foremost about #vaccines. His approach has been to promote claims that are unsupported by evidence or have been disproven by #ScientificResearch, & to announce that HHS is pouring resources into studying those baseless claims.

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I can’t even…

#RFKJr Blames Pills — Not #Guns — for #SchoolShootings

There is NO credible evidence that #antidepressants cause violence, but Kennedy now vows a “massive” effort to prove the failed theory.

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/rfk-jr-mass-shootings-ssri-antidepressants/

#RFKJr replaces chair of controversial #vaccine advisory panel

The chair of #ACIP, himself a well-known vaccine critic, will be moving to an official role within the #HHS, the agency announced Monday.

HHS announced #MartinKulldorff was appointed to be chief “science” officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation (#ASPE).

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https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5628322-martin-kulldorff-kennedy-hhs-appointment/

Federal #vaccine advisers selected by “Health” Secy #RFKJr are planning to vote on ending the practice of vaccinating all newborns for #hepatitisB & to examine whether shots on the #childhood #immunization schedule are behind the rise of allergies & autoimmune disorders [they’re not], the newly appointed chair of the group told WaPo.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/12/02/acip-hepatitis-b-childhood-immunization-schedule/

The director of the #FDA’s #vaccine division said in a memo to agency staff on Friday that a review had found that at least 10 children had died “after & because of” getting a #Covid #vaccination.

Dr. Vinay Prasad, the director, suggested in the memo that the deaths were related to myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle.

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The memo, obtained by NYT & not publicly released, did not provide details such as the ages of the children, whether they had any other #health problems or how the agency determined the #vaccine-death link. Nor did it disclose the maker of the #vaccines involved.

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In contrast, #health officials in the first #Trump admin, when the #vaccines were developed during the pandemic, & in the #Biden years, strongly endorsed the #Covid shots as lifesaving measures.

#RFKJr’s team has issued new policies that are limiting access to the shots to people 65 & older as well as to younger people with underlying medical conditions.

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#PublicHealth experts have vociferously disputed assertions by #RFKJr & #health officials in this #Trump admin that the #Covid #vaccines are dangerous. Previous federal health officials have acknowledged serious but rare side effects from the shots, including the incidence of myocarditis among teenage boys & young men.

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But those #PublicHealth experts have also pointed to the number of lives saved by the shots & to the fact that the virus caused more than a million deaths among Americans. About 2,100 children have died of #Covid since the #pandemic began, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The findings of the new #FDA review have NOT been published in a peer-reviewed medical journal.

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In his memo, Dr. Prasad also announced changes to #vaccine oversight & approval, saying there would be a requirement for randomized studies to include all subgroups, such as pregnant women. In addition, he labeled the annual framework for choosing the flu vaccine as a “catastrophe of low-quality evidence,” & said it would also be re-examined.

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#FDA Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to #Covid #Vaccines

The agency’s top #vaccine regulator said that a review had found that the children were likely to have died “because of” the shots. But #PublicHealth experts want to examine the data.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/health/fda-children-deaths-covid-vaccines.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Dr. #RalphAbraham, who as #Louisiana’s surgeon general ordered the state #health dept to stop promoting #vaccinations & who has called #Covid #vaccines “dangerous,” has been named the 2nd in command at the #CDC.

#HHS did not announce the appointment, & many CDC employees seemed unaware of it. But the CDC’s internal database lists Dr. Abraham as the agency’s principal deputy director, with a start date of Nov 23.

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Dr. #RalphAbraham’s views on many issues align with those of “Health” Secy #RFKJr. He has endorsed avoiding #Tylenol in pregnancy except “when absolutely necessary” because of a debunked link to #autism. He has also backed ending routine #immunization for #hepatitisB at birth & removing from #vaccines ingredients like aluminum salts, which are added to enhance the immune response.

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Dr. #RalphAbraham was appointed as #Louisiana’s surgeon general in 2024.

At the #CDC, Abraham will be the highest ranked official with a medical degree. The agency does not have a permanent director & the acting director, Jim O’Neill, is a former biotech exec.

As a top #health official, Abraham halted the state health dept’s mass #vaccination campaigns.

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Paging #BillCassidy

#CDC Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of #Vaccines as Second in Command

During the #Covid19 #pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted #discredited treatments like ivermectin &, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, HALTED the state’s mass #vaccination campaign.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/health/cdc-ralph-lee-abraham-vaccines.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Under #Trump & #RFKJr., The #CDC promotes false #vaccines - #autism link it once discredited

The CDC’s website now says #health authorities ignored evidence of a potential connection between vaccines & autism, despite dozens of studies showing no link.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/11/20/cdc-vaccines-autism-website-change/

The current #CDC page falsely says that studies supporting a link between #vaccines & #autism “have been ignored by health authorities.”

It falsely states: “The claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”

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The false claim that #vaccines cause #autism can be traced to a 1998 article that has since been retracted, but it has persisted for decades in #AntiVax messaging that has repeatedly come up in conversations at pediatricians’ offices. The connection has been repeatedly disproved through dozens of studies examining hundreds of thousands of children around the world.

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“My question is, how language that misrepresents decades of research ended up on a #CDC website,” said #DebraHoury, the CDC’s former chief medical officer who also resigned in August. “#PublicHealth communication must be accurate, evidence-based & free from political distortion. Anything less erodes trust & puts lives at risk.”

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…Scientists still at the #CDC told The Post they were shocked as word spread about the apparent endorsement of a long-debunked claim. “We just saw it, & everyone is freaking out,” said one scientist.

#RFKJr’s past promotion of a link between #vaccines & #autism emerged as a key concern of some Republican senators ahead of his confirmation to be the nation’s top #health ofcl.

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Sen. #BillCassidy (R-Louisiana), a #physician who chairs the #Senate #Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee, decided to set aside his misgivings & support #RFKJr after receiving a range of commitments, which he detailed in a Feb. 4 speech on the Senate floor. They INCLUDED that the “#CDC will not remove statements on their website pointing out that #vaccines do not cause #autism.”

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The #US to soon lose its standing as a country that has eliminated #measles after officials linked two new major #outbreaks.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/health/measles-us-elimination-status-outbreaks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share