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WWND, What Would Neil Do? A podcast interview with Neil Gaiman. The text on the webpage ends with "(Our series about animals with jobs will resume next week.)" Which is just hilarious given that the title is "How Does Neil Gaiman Work?"

"For my new Lovecraftian followers, here's a fossil from R'lyeh. For my geo followers; a massive fossil crinoid with a brittlestar inside, along with other crinoids…" (Grokked from Marie Vibbert)

"In late 2017, word of a new iPhone unlocker device started to circulate: a device called GrayKey, made by a company named Grayshift." (Grokked from John)

"As drug giant Pfizer Inc. hiked the price of dozens of drugs in 2017, it also jacked up the compensation of CEO Ian Read by 61 percent, putting his total compensation at $27.9 million, according to financial filings reported by Bloomberg." How do you like your $1000 bonus now? (Grokked from Chuck Wendig)

"The Finder program seeks to fill in the gaps in photo and video geolocation by developing technologies that build on analysts' own geolocation skills, taking in images from diverse, publicly available sources to identify elements of terrain or the visible skyline. In addition to photos, the system will pull its imagery from sources such as commercial satellite and orthogonal imagery. The goal of the program's contractors—Applied Research Associates, BAE Systems, Leidos (the company formerly known as Science Applications Incorporated), and Object Video—is a system that can identify the location of photos or video 'in any outdoor terrestrial location.'" This isn't new, what's new is its automation (they used to use experts in photographic recon analysis to determine the location). As an FYI, I try to remove all geo-location data from the photos I post here (lingering op-sec habits). (Grokked from John)

The Now This video on Fox News duplicity on presidents meeting with Kim Jung Un. Hell, Trump didn't even take time to see if the offer was real before accepting. (Grokked from Jim Wright)

"An Alabama state representative on Thursday argued that the state should not arm its teachers because most are women." Look, if your misogyny stops you from making a bad decision… I'm not sure exactly how I should react here. So I guess I go with what Boon said to Otter, "Forget it, he's rolling." (Grokked from Jim Wright)

"The Associated Press reported Thursday that Marisol Carrera filed a report with the anti-corruption division of Panama's prosecutor general's office that stated she felt 'intimidated and threatened' when lawyers from a firm representing the Trump Organization berated her and her staff in her office after she ruled against the company."

"During a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on Wednesday, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke greeted a fourth-generation Japanese-American congresswoman by saying 'konnichiwa,' a traditional midday Japanese greeting." I'm sure it sounded better in his head. (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)

"Abortions in the United States are safe and have few complications, according to a landmark new study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine… Calonge says the researchers found that about 90 percent of all abortions happen in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. And complications for all abortions are 'rare,' the report says… But the report did find that state laws and regulations can interfere with safe abortions." Of course the other side is crying "Fake News." (Grokked from Cherie Priest)

"Russia, Facebook, Trump, Mercer, Bannon, Brexit. Every one of these threads runs through Cambridge Analytica. Even in the past few weeks, it seems as if the understanding of Facebook’s role has broadened and deepened. The Mueller indictments were part of that, but Paul-Olivier Dehaye – a data expert and academic based in Switzerland, who published some of the first research into Cambridge Analytica’s processes – says it’s become increasingly apparent that Facebook is 'abusive by design'. If there is evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, it will be in the platform’s data flows, he says. And Wylie’s revelations only move it on again." There are other routes of evidence, but making this connection certainly connects the dots. (Grokked from Katheryn Cramer)

"Spencer's admission of antifa's victory was part of a long, dull Youtube video he posted last Sunday, in which he announced the premature end of his 'college tour,' because "When they become violent clashes and pitched battles, they aren’t fun,' adding, 'Antifa is winning to the extent that they’re willing to go further than anyone else, in the sense that they will do things in terms of just violence, intimidating, and general nastiness.'" The leaders of these groups never want to get their own hand dirty, and that is their weakness. You will never convince racists their ideology is wrong. To admit that they would have to lose their own identity that makes them feel strong, and alter their worldview. Racist rhetoric always leads to violence against those they would discriminate against. Bringing the violence to them first, while not desirable, is an appropriate tactic. Here is what I expect to happen, Spencer will wait until he feels anti-fa has forgotten him and then he'll try again. Meanwhile he will attempt to grow in the shadows. The best disinfectant is sunshine. (Grokked from John Scalzi)

"The Kushner Cos. reportedly filed false paperwork with New York City officials regarding the apartment buildings it owned… The company, which was run at the time by White House adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, then pushed people out and raised rents in the buildings even though many of the tenants were protected by rules that said developers couldn't raise rents or push them out to create a profit, according to the news service." Once you start lying, it's hard to stop. And now these people are running the government. (Grokked from Jim Wright)

"U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ testimony that he opposed a proposal for President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign team to meet with Russians has been contradicted by three people who told Reuters they have spoken about the matter to investigators with Special Counsel Robert Mueller or congressional committees." Although another witness said he did, but this is slightly awkward and points to another possible Perjury before Congress charge. Jeff, however, is at least a competent lawyer and so many of his statements have been so vague that they might not stick. But it could definitely intended to mislead. (Grokked from Kathryn Cramer)