55 YEARS AGO TODAY, AND FOR MOST OF MY LIFETIME WE HAVEN’T BEEN BACK: Moon fests, moon movie and even a full moon mark 55th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing. But we’re finally making progress toward going back.
Author Archive: Glenn Reynolds
July 20, 2024
SEEMS LIKE A NEW WAY TO BREED RESISTANT STRAINS: Studies show daily antibiotic use may prevent STDs in high-risk groups.
ASSASSINATION ISN’T CHIC: NH prof expresses worry over ‘electability concerns’ for Democrats after attempt on Trump’s life.
Fears for patients as Crowdstrike chaos pharmacy backlogs set to continue.
Russia Thanks Western Sanctions for Helping It Avoid The Crowdstrike IT Outage. Heh.
Crowdstrike Failure Highlights the Fragility of Globally Connected Technology.
What Happened to Digital Resilience? “In the worst-case scenarios that the Biden administration has quietly simulated over the past year or so, Russian hackers working on behalf of Vladimir V. Putin bring down hospital systems across the United States. In others, China’s military hackers trigger chaos, shutting down water systems and electric grids to distract Americans from an invasion of Taiwan. As it turned out, none of those grim situations caused Friday’s national digital meltdown.” Instead, in the words of Joseph Story, we were “victims of our own imbecility.”
This is a wake up reminder that you shouldn’t have an internet connected privileged binary running on your production systems. What was a bad update could have easily been a massive adversary backdoor. A third party vendor will always be the weakest link. Isolate critical systems
— Christopher Stanley (@cstanley) July 19, 2024
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR: Could Kamala Actually Win???
OUCH:
Is this the first presidential election in which, before the election, one party has so clearly defeated the other candidate to the point where said opponent is forced to drop out?
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) July 18, 2024
ANDREW SULLIVAN: Regime Change in America? Something really has shifted these past two weeks. Will it hold?
Sullivan is still in denial about what was done to Trump and his allies over the past several years, but he has a glimpse of reality in places.
LOL:
Other alt-right warning signs to look for:
1. Drinks beer
2. Watches sports
3. Engages in exercise and bodybuilding
4. Star Wars and Star Trek fan
5. Hates the Yankees
6. Rode a bike as a child
7. Played video games https://t.co/KLaJpBE05O— Met Gala Loser Balding 大老板 (@BaldingsWorld) July 19, 2024
Related:
A source told NBC: "They have taken the Bridge and the Second Hall. We have barred the gates, but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes… Drums. Drums in the deep. We cannot get out. A Shadow moves in the dark… We cannot get out… They are coming." https://t.co/DTbS3La8Tp
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) July 18, 2024
TRUE:
Today is not the first time that Crowdstrike has caused huge misery for the country, and even the world.
Eight years ago, Crowdstrike claimed that Russia hacked the DNC. The consequences of that claim were catastrophic, leading to the fraudulent Mueller witch hunt and to the… pic.twitter.com/Vh9Lo1ELHi
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) July 19, 2024
JOEL KOTKIN: Downtowns Don’t Matter Anymore.
JEFFREY CARTER: Corporate Greed Isn’t Greed, It’s Power. “The head of the Teamsters spoke at the Republican Convention. Amazing. It doesn’t surprise me that Trump gets along with unions. He’s a commercial real estate developer from NYC. Of course he has to understand and get along with unions.”
Plus: “Instead of greed and who pays what in taxes, we ought to be focused on competition. The more competitive we make our economy, the more we will have innovation.”
July 19, 2024
THOSE STUPID RED-STATERS DON’T HAVE THE ATTENTION SPAN TO SUSTAIN A BOYC — Bud Light loses more ground, slipping to No. 3 in America.
THE NEW SPACE RACE: China prepares to launch new Long March 12 rocket.
MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY IS INSPIRED BY THE CROWDSTRIKE DEBACLE: When Things Go Wrong: The importance of resilience. And cash!
THE “JUSTICE” DEPARTMENT:
They’ve already released the transcript. How on earth could the recording interfere with anything…unless it’s different than the transcript they released and claimed was accurate? https://t.co/qbQLbZsn9t
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) July 19, 2024
THEY CAN’T HELP IT, THEY’RE GARBAGE PEOPLE:
It remains horrific to see this type of incendiary and hateful rhetoric from Democrats days after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Wise people should tell them to stop using eliminationist rhetoric against their political opponents. https://t.co/8LF4dpTiRq
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) July 19, 2024
TRUE:
Viewed in the light of "stochastic terrorism", the Second Amendment is a way of guaranteeing some probability of defense. In a world where only state agencies have weapons the chance of attack can be increased and the odds of defense lessened to insignificance.
— wretchardthecat (@wretchardthecat) July 19, 2024
NEW ANTIBIOTICS, PLEASE: “Alarming Development” – First-Line Treatment for Deadly Superbug Is Weakening.
RULE OF LAW 1, ANTIGUN JIGGERY-POKERY 0: Louisiana AG Shoots Down New Orleans Illegal Gun-Free Zone.
THE EV BUBBLE CONTINUES TO DEFLATE: Fisker Selling Remaining Ocean SUVs for $2500 to $16,500 in Bulk Deal.