Octopus Overlords

El Guapo wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 3:11 pm I'd give Jones a 20% - 30% chance of winning. It's uphill, but he is running as an incumbent in what's likely to be a pretty pro-Democratic environment. Crazier things have happened.

malchior wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:08 pm Twitter hack leads to accounts for Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and others to tweet out a cryptocurrency scam. It looks like Twitter has removed blue check marks (authenticated users) for now. So many high profile accounts are affected that I suspect it is likely a hack that affected Twitter's back end authentication tools or intercepted clear text authentications somewhere in the application stack. It seems unlikely so many high profile managed accounts would have password issues but could be something stupid like a password stuffing attack. But that seems highly unlikely. I'm placing a quiet bet on a weak password reset mechanism.

LordMortis wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:19 pm

malchior wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:08 pm Twitter hack leads to accounts for Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and others to tweet out a cryptocurrency scam. It looks like Twitter has removed blue check marks (authenticated users) for now. So many high profile accounts are affected that I suspect it is likely a hack that affected Twitter's back end authentication tools or intercepted clear text authentications somewhere in the application stack. It seems unlikely so many high profile managed accounts would have password issues but could be something stupid like a password stuffing attack. But that seems highly unlikely. I'm placing a quiet bet on a weak password reset mechanism.

I didn't see Biden in the initial report I read, and I was looking for Trump's name.

Defiant wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:43 pm

LordMortis wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:19 pm

malchior wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:08 pm Twitter hack leads to accounts for Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and others to tweet out a cryptocurrency scam. It looks like Twitter has removed blue check marks (authenticated users) for now. So many high profile accounts are affected that I suspect it is likely a hack that affected Twitter's back end authentication tools or intercepted clear text authentications somewhere in the application stack. It seems unlikely so many high profile managed accounts would have password issues but could be something stupid like a password stuffing attack. But that seems highly unlikely. I'm placing a quiet bet on a weak password reset mechanism.

I didn't see Biden in the initial report I read, and I was looking for Trump's name.

Why would Putin want to do that to his puppet?

El Guapo wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 4:46 pm I gotta give the Alabama GOP credit for managing to not run a pedophile as their candidate this time around.

gbasden wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:46 pm

El Guapo wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 4:46 pm I gotta give the Alabama GOP credit for managing to not run a pedophile as their candidate this time around.

Just someone who enables them.

Defiant wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:43 pm

LordMortis wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:19 pm

malchior wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:08 pm Twitter hack leads to accounts for Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and others to tweet out a cryptocurrency scam. It looks like Twitter has removed blue check marks (authenticated users) for now. So many high profile accounts are affected that I suspect it is likely a hack that affected Twitter's back end authentication tools or intercepted clear text authentications somewhere in the application stack. It seems unlikely so many high profile managed accounts would have password issues but could be something stupid like a password stuffing attack. But that seems highly unlikely. I'm placing a quiet bet on a weak password reset mechanism.

I didn't see Biden in the initial report I read, and I was looking for Trump's name.

Why would Putin want to do that to his puppet?

LordMortis wrote: Thu Jul 16, 2020 7:15 am

Defiant wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:43 pm

LordMortis wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:19 pm

malchior wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 7:08 pm Twitter hack leads to accounts for Joe Biden, Elon Musk, and others to tweet out a cryptocurrency scam. It looks like Twitter has removed blue check marks (authenticated users) for now. So many high profile accounts are affected that I suspect it is likely a hack that affected Twitter's back end authentication tools or intercepted clear text authentications somewhere in the application stack. It seems unlikely so many high profile managed accounts would have password issues but could be something stupid like a password stuffing attack. But that seems highly unlikely. I'm placing a quiet bet on a weak password reset mechanism.

I didn't see Biden in the initial report I read, and I was looking for Trump's name.

Why would Putin want to do that to his puppet?

That was my instinct.

El Guapo wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:52 pm

gbasden wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 8:46 pm

El Guapo wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 4:46 pm I gotta give the Alabama GOP credit for managing to not run a pedophile as their candidate this time around.

Just someone who enables them.

Baby steps.

A picture of Gundy wearing an OAN shirt emerged last week and prompted many members his team to speak out against him on social media. OAN is anti-Black Lives Matter and regularly peddles conspiracy theories.

Following the picture incident, Gundy appeared in a video with running back Chuba Hubbard in which he walked back his support of OAN and pledged changes in his program. OAN isn't letting him distance himself without a fight, though, keeping a story the coach would like to put past him.

On Saturday, OAN correspondent Chanel Rion wore an Oklahoma State shirt to a Tulsa, Okla., rally for president Donald Trump and called out Gundy and Hubbard on Twitter, asking to interview them about "why exactly Hubbard and the rest of the team believes that OAN is 'disgusting.'"

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy took a $1 million pay cut and had his contract shortened by a year as part of an internal review prompted by sharp criticism from his star running back for wearing a T-shirt promoting a far-right news channel.

Athletic director Mike Holder said Friday the adjustments to Gundy's contract were the coach's idea. Holder reiterated his belief Gundy has always treated Black players well a day after releasing a statement saying the review found “no sign or indication of racism” in the football program.

Two weeks ago, running back Chuba Hubbard lashed out at Gundy on social media for wearing a T-shirt promoting One America News Network. Hubbard, who is Black, suggested he may boycott the program; OANN has been critical of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Mike Gundy got his infamous OAN T-shirt as a gift from the far-right network.

According to emails obtained by the Extra Point Newsletter, a representative for the cable news network reached out to send the Oklahoma State coach some free stuff after he praised the channel’s coverage in April. Gundy made those comments about the network when he said that players should return to campus so football could happen to “run money through the state of Oklahoma.”

Gundy’s coronavirus comments were roundly and understandably criticized so swiftly that Oklahoma State was forced to issue a statement afterward saying it would adhere to the advice of public health experts regarding coronavirus protocols.

Gundy immediately took OAN up on the offer and even said he would like a hat. He wore the shirt on a June 10 fishing trip that became public on social media on June 15.

malchior wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:45 am The crazy thing about that is that they say it's violent protest but seemingly all they point at is graffiti. That's a pretty big disconnect. Meanwhile they are essentially conducting an escalated and likely unconstitutional stop and frisk program. I don't know if this is "gestapo level" because they are releasing the people but there is reason to be alarmed by the incremental nature of their attacks on civil rights.

pr0ner wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:51 am

malchior wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:45 am The crazy thing about that is that they say it's violent protest but seemingly all they point at is graffiti. That's a pretty big disconnect. Meanwhile they are essentially conducting an escalated and likely unconstitutional stop and frisk program. I don't know if this is "gestapo level" because they are releasing the people but there is reason to be alarmed by the incremental nature of their attacks on civil rights.

There are a lot more reasons in the DHS release than just graffiti. But regardless of the reasons it's a terrible look.

malchior wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:45 am The crazy thing about that is that they say it's violent protest but seemingly all they point at is graffiti. That's a pretty big disconnect. Meanwhile they are essentially conducting an escalated and likely unconstitutional stop and frisk program. I don't know if this is "gestapo level" because they are releasing the people but there is reason to be alarmed by the incremental nature of their attacks on civil rights.

LawBeefaroni wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:55 am

malchior wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:45 am The crazy thing about that is that they say it's violent protest but seemingly all they point at is graffiti. That's a pretty big disconnect. Meanwhile they are essentially conducting an escalated and likely unconstitutional stop and frisk program. I don't know if this is "gestapo level" because they are releasing the people but there is reason to be alarmed by the incremental nature of their attacks on civil rights.

The conspiracy side of me sees this as a test. It's a probing attack to see how this will go over in urban concentrations. Expect a lot of "violent" graffiti in early November.

Holman wrote: Fri Jul 17, 2020 11:09 amThis is political policing, not crime-control.

An incident involving graffiti spray painted on a monument to those who fought in Adolf Hitler’s SS is being investigated as a hate crime by an Ontario police force.

Someone painted “Nazi war monument” on a stone cenotaph commemorating those who served with the 14th SS Division. The monument is located in Oakville in the St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Cemetery.

Bernie Farber of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network said there is a need for Halton Regional Police to better educate themselves on what constitutes a hate-motivated crime. “Yes, it’s destruction of property for sure,” Farber said of the graffiti on the monument. “But a hate crime? Far from it.”

malchior wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:34 am Great video. It is a fantastic example of how a reporter asking a simple, framed question can prove a truth and also confirms that Huawei shouldn't be trusted.

stessier wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 7:44 am

malchior wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:34 am Great video. It is a fantastic example of how a reporter asking a simple, framed question can prove a truth and also confirms that Huawei shouldn't be trusted.

Did I miss a video somewhere?

Freyland wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 10:28 am Never came close to answering the question. Wow.

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Freyland wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:59 pm That's fucking horrible.

malchior wrote: Sat Jul 18, 2020 6:34 amGreat video. It is a fantastic example of how a reporter asking a simple, framed question can prove a truth and also confirms that Huawei shouldn't be trusted.

Kraken wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 12:02 am

Freyland wrote: Sun Jul 19, 2020 10:59 pm That's fucking horrible.

There was a case like that a couple miles from my home. Some guy did a poor impression of a UPS driver, complete with a "parcel" that had a gun sticking out the front end. Turned out that he was an ex-neighbor of the woman he killed. IDK what his beef with her was. She wasn't a federal judge, that's for sure.