Covering his ass.........

Do you ever feel that absolutely everything, everywhere is a scam?

The Observer: “For more than 140 years Maldon Salt has sold a 'hand-harvested' taste of the sea.

Now, our investigation reveals it is importing hundreds of tonnes of German rock salt and mixing it with seawater from Essex”

https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/revealed-how-maldon-sea-flakes-are-made-using-imported-german-rock-salt

RE: https://halo.nu/@theguardian_world_news/117621900524822200

Is this a NATO Article 5 event?

A $500 million deal between Eric Trump and UAE's head of national security that resulted in a crypto exchange and AI chips being given away is now under investigation by House Democrats. The #TrumpCrimeFamily isn't giving over the documentation. Prison for Eric? WATCH: https://youtu.be/25WB9ivf1V8

📰 Estonia to close all border crossings with Russia after attempted sabotage against defence company

🔗 https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/11/15/8062981/

#News #RussianInvasion #RussianWar #Ukraine

NOW ON VERDANT SQUARE RADIO ==

NOW PLAYING == Zeteo UK 11/15/26 - We Face a ‘Tech Coup’ and an ‘Information Armageddon,’ Says Nobel Peace Laureate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg3WZPLy0xQ#news #uspol #politics #culture #commentary #zeteo #MehdiHasan #geopolitics #radio #vsn #progressive #left #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia #Resist

https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/117621307556898813

#news #arts #left #commentary #radio #publicradio #community

The documentary “Inside Gaza” by Hélène Lam Trong, which follows AFP journalists working in Gaza after 7 October 2023, won the best documentary award at the Cinemania festival in Montreal and is now in contention for an Oscar nomination.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

The Communist People's Republic of #Bulgaria was dissolved and the Republic of Bulgaria formed OTD in 1990 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/bulgaria/sofia/?s=mb #travel #history

@BrianJopek
Remember him? Hell he’s one of my senators now! ☹️

LAUNCH at 1740 UTC Nov 15 of ULA Vulcan with Amazon Leo satellites and FAILURE to reach orbit during first Centaur burn

📰 Attempt to carry out arson attack at defence plant on behalf of Russian Federation was foiled in Estonia

🔗 https://censor.net/en/news/4033822/the-russian-gru-ordered-the-arson-attack-on-a-defence-factory-in-estonia

#News #RussianInvasion #RussianWar #Ukraine

Josh Allen passes Peyton Manning for first place 📈

Australia is starting to see AI bite into white-collar hiring. A federal report rated cognitive jobs as most exposed, and the Reserve Bank now notes younger workers in those industries struggling to find work. Some law firms have slashed graduate roles, and Qantas is outsourcing 850 jobs to India while investing in AI. https://theconversation.com/ai-is-set-to-change-the-graduate-job-market-heres-how-unis-can-respond-295450 #AIagent #AI #GenAI #AIworkforce

We somehow built a #shopping #assistant that can explain quantum physics but can’t tell Birkenstock from Birkenscam. The worst part isn’t even the bad links: it’s the confident tone. A search result looks like a lead you should check. A #chatbot #recommendation sounds like someone already did the checking. https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-chatbots-recommend-scam?Opinionated.EU #techopinion #tech #opinion #ecommerce

📰 How to Rebuild Bird Habitat, One Native Plant at a Time

🌎 U.S. & Canada: A Florida gardening couple has logged 165 visiting bird species - up from 37 - five years after replacing most of their lawn with native plants. This is just one success of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Garden for Birds program which encourages people to replace ornamental landscaping with native plants, turning yards, balconies and patios into small patches of bird habitat.

🐦 Ordinary people can participate. Homeowners, renters and communities can start with just one native plant and document the birds using their spaces.

🌱 Native plants support the caterpillars and other insects birds depend on, particularly when feeding their young.

🔗 More https://cornellsun.com/article/2026/11/cornell-labs-garden-for-birds-is-rebuilding-native-plant-habitats-across-north-america

🔗 Garden for Birds site (includes video)
https://www.gardenforbirds.org/

🔗 Participate page (JOIN!)
https://www.gardenforbirds.org/participate/
👉️ You get a monthly checklist with recommended plants, habitat features to try, upcoming webinars and updates on birds in your region.

#SolarPunkSunday #Birds #Biodiversity #Conservation #NativePlants #Environment

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/117620801488331296

The most on-brand server maintenance message.

"Iran Targets Bahrain Again After Resuming Attacks on U.S. Ally"

Looks like we are back to this again? Where we pretend that Iran is just attacking US allies indiscriminately?

Bahrain is not just a US ally, its a micro nation that is home to the US navy central command. And the attack was targeting a US base

There is a single bridge into Bahrain, Iran could disable it and throw the entire country into chaos. But they instead target US radar systems

#CNN #News Duffy on FAA outages: ‘That investigation is just beginning right now’ https://w.st/U5uRd

JUST IN: On top of everything else, a Copa Airlines jet with 166 passengers just collided with a UPS cargo plane overnight on a Miami taxiway.

Pilot aboard the Copa flight: "Somebody just hit us."

Air traffic controller: "UPS 358, did you hit that aircraft?"

UPS pilot: "Yeah, we went too far and he clipped us with his wing." https://www.foxnews.com/us/ups-cargo-plane-copa-airlines-passenger-jet-collide-miami-airport-leaving-2-injured #BlueSky #MedSky #LawSky #press #Aviation #Miami #FAA #UPS #CopaAirlines #BreakingNews

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@SteveBellovin/117621288123129404

Indeed. Cybersecurity’s Original Sin was deciding that instead of fixing a software vulnerability, we should write completely different software to protect it against a threat. IMFO.