Today’s Mix
December 10, 2018
Retailer removes ‘Obsessive Christmas Disorder’ pajamas following NPC criticism for ‘trivializing’ OCD…
December 10, 2018
“As someone whose OCD ruins her f----- life on a daily basis, i can and will throw hands with anyone i see wearing an “obsessive christmas disorder” jumper,” one critic wrote on Twitter.
“This actually makes me feel sick,” wrote another.
As noted by The Sun, mental-health advocacy group OCD Action also commented on the shop’s pajama set, saying it trivialized a serious condition.
Bill and Hillary Clinton selling discounted tickets on Groupon after sparse crowds on speaking tour…
December 10, 2018
Among the deals: Tickets to an April 11 talk at the Beacon Theatre in New York – normally priced $287 – are going for $145 on Monday. Tickets to an April 12 Detroit talk, originally listed for $220.70, are going for $95. And tickets in Philadelphia for an April 12 talk have been reduced from $208.20 to $85.
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The Texas stop's postponement for the funeral of former President George H.W. Bush comes after the Clintons' premiere performance in Toronto last month, which drew critical coverage over its sparse attendance as well as comparisons with the sold-out book tour of former first lady Michelle Obama.UK Intelligence Agencies Are Planning a Major Increase in ‘Large-Scale Data Hacking’…
December 10, 2018
According to the Guardian, UK intelligence officials plan to increase their use of the “bulk equipment interference (EI) regime”—the process by which the Government Communications Headquarters, the UK’s top signals intelligence and cybersecurity agency, collects bulk data off foreign communications networks—because they say targeted collection is no longer enough.
Kid Rock pays off Walmart Christmas layaways for 350 families: ‘Merry Christmas and God Bless You!’…
December 10, 2018
And Joy Behar is still a bitch.
New muscle reading device to aid in creating smart clothes…
December 10, 2018
Russian scientists have developed a novel device that is capable of reading human muscle's electrical activity and converting it into signals, an advance that can be used to create smart clothes as well as bionic prostheses. The device named "Myo Interface" is a project of a human-computer interface that reads the arm muscles' electric activity, recognizes gestures and translates them into commands for devices...
NYTimes: How to Stop Apps From Tracking Your Location…
December 10, 2018
Hundreds of apps can follow your movements and share the details with advertisers, retailers and even hedge funds. Here’s how to limit the snooping.
Beyoncé’s Global Citizen concert ends in criminal chaos…
December 10, 2018
The much-publicised 'Global Citizen' concert in Johannesburg exposed the criminal underbelly of the city, and the gross incompetence of its police officials as concertgoers were terrorised by gangs that one newspaper described as "hyenas" outside the stadium.
A City in Spain Plans to Exile 5,000 Pigeons. Will They Stay Away?…
December 10, 2018
They will be captured and transported next year to a thinly populated countryside location in eastern Spain. There, they will find a new home in a dovecote near the town of Ribarroja del Turia.
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The city came up with the plan after Horeca, a regional federation of hoteliers, complained two years ago that the pigeons were menacing tourists, particularly in the city’s emblematic cathedral square.“When the pigeon gets hungry, it can get very forceful and often doesn’t even wait for the tourists to leave their table to go for their food,” said Antonio De María Ceballos, a restaurant owner and the president of Horeca.
China summons US ambassador over Huawei arrest…
December 10, 2018
China summoned the US ambassador on Sunday to protest the arrest of a top executive from telecom giant Huawei in Canada, as Washington's top trade negotiator rejected suggestions that the case could affect talks aimed at settling a trade war.
The arrest of Huawei's chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou has infuriated Beijing, which demanded Washington drop its extradition request, and stoked tensions during the trade war truce between China and the United States.
Meng faces US fraud charges related to alleged sanctions-breaking dealings with Iran.
NASA’s Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space…
December 10, 2018
For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA’s Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere – the protective bubble of particles and magnetic fields created by the Sun.
MI6’s Spymaster Revealed How The UK Is Conducting “Fourth Generation Espionage”…
December 10, 2018
“fourth generation espionage” involves “deepening our partnerships to counter hybrid threats, mastering covert action in the data age, attaching a cost to malign activity by adversaries and innovating to ensure that technology works to our advantage.”
France to Probe Possible Russian Influence on Yellow Vest Riots…
December 10, 2018
According to the Alliance for Securing Democracy, about 600 Twitter accounts known to promote Kremlin views have begun focusing on France, boosting their use of the hashtag #giletsjaunes, the French name for the Yellow Vest movement. French security services are looking at the situation, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Sunday in a radio interview with RTL.
Dam Russians and their high EU taxes! /s
Mueller’s Flynn Sentencing Memo Is Another Dud for the Resistance…
December 10, 2018
The latest “major development” from Mueller is just another disingenuous political attack job from the Office of Special Counsel, while there is still no single sign of collusion. It’s time for Mueller to wrap it up and close shop.
Google and Levi’s smart jacket can now remind you to not leave your phone behind…
December 10, 2018
The feature, called Always Together, is an automatic alert that will go off if the jacket moves too far away from your phone. When triggered, notifications happen on both ends. So, your phone will get a notification, and the jacket’s signature sleeve tag will also blink and vibrate.
ESET discovers 21 new Linux malware families…
December 10, 2018
"All malware strains are trojanized versions of the OpenSSH server or client apps that include keylogger and backdoor capabilities."
Unless Linux owners go out of their way to misconfigure their servers, for convenience's sake, they should be safe from most of these attacks.
Jerome Corsi sues Mueller, Justice, CIA, FBI, NSA for $350 million…
December 10, 2018
The suit accuses the special counsel of blackmailing him to lie as part of a "legal coup d'etat" against President Donald Trump.