A Microsoft security research team focused on hacking threats today published a report detailing an insidious new spy technique used by Turla, which is believed to be part of the Kremlin's FSB intelligence agency. The group, which is also known as Snake, Venomous Bear, or Microsoft's own name, Secret Blizzard, appears to have used its state-sanctioned access to Russian ISPs to meddle with internet traffic and trick victims working in foreign embassies operating in Moscow into installing the group's malicious software on their PCs. That spyware then disabled encryption on those targets' machines so that data they transmitted across the internet remained unencrypted, leaving their communications and credentials like usernames and passwords entirely vulnerable to surveillance by those same ISPs—and any state surveillance agency with which they cooperate. https://www.wired.com/story/russia-fsb-turla-secret-blizzard-apolloshadow-isp-cyberespionage/

The Trump FCC demanded an in-house stooge at the news division to alert the corporate bosses when the journalists get out of line and exhibit “bias.” How is “bias” defined? You already know that. In Trump-speak, “bias” is whenever Donald Trump doesn’t like a story. https://terrymoran.substack.com/p/rip-cbs

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/21/congress/epstein-drama-disrupts-house-schedule-00466632

Like Clockwork, Tulsi Gabbard played KGB Hack and implemented the "Black Guys Can't be President" rule, which she just made up. https://malcolmnance.substack.com/p/obama-treason-tulsi-gabbards-horrific

Not entirely surprised, but it still was a clear declaration that trans'ed men are not the same as women. I'm just looking for movement. (I admit I did listen to the entire interview. Megyn Kelley has pissed me off more than once.)

I told my passive aggressive neighbor I didn't want to grow cacti. I don't like cactus gardens, but I did agree to take her aloe plant since she'd run out of room. Today she dropped off another succulent. Didn't bother to talk to me about it, just left it at my door with a short note. Gonna have to yell at her again.

He was murdered for stealing a woman, tho. At least Pakistan arrested them. After the video went viral, but they arrested them

There are several backdoor options to a national ban they'll try.

In Liberia’s version of baseball, there are no bats and no men https://apnews.com/article/liberia-kickball-women-sport-baseball-bcc8258a169b27559bba44bebdcbc2cb

A tribal elder, Sardar Satakzai, ordered the couple killed after the bride’s brother complained she married without his consent, said police chief Naveed Akhtar. Both were among the 11 arrested in a series of raids and authorities were looking for nine more suspects, he said. https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-police-arrest-honor-killing-balochistan-d9b8912edd3da5b93e2fea17ebd9b88f

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5412545-rahm-emanuel-transgender-controversy/

"It's not just tea and doilies" someone said that to Karen Bass back when she was speaker and the state was facing bankruptcy because of GOP recalcitrance. Step up; so she stepped up. Good to see the rest of the country is finally recognizing her. (Psst: if you worried about Newsom, progs and TRAs are pushing for Pritzker because Newsom is "transphobic". Pick your poison. Still 3 years out) https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/us/karen-bass-los-angeles-wildfires-immigration.html https://archive.ph/r68B6

I like glass. Anchor Hocking, Pyrex. (But then you have to scrub the lids.) Also I like Rubbermaid Brilliance containers; put in the dishwasher, upper shelf, including the lids.

So much for the 4th Amendment if there's a brown man trying to trim the hedges at a surgical center: "staff in scrubs can be heard and seen telling the agents to leave, that they were trespassing on private property without a warrant and that they needed to take their hands off the 30-year-old... It’s not the first time federal immigration agents have been seen refusing to identify themselves or using physically aggressive tactics" https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-detains-man-30-inside-054403752.html

I would not be surprised. And since marriage is determined by the states, so much for "states' rights".

ICE agents showed up at a city park. Lone black woman chased them away. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass confronted a number of federal agents congregating near the city’s downtown area Monday in an apparent raid, demanding that they disperse immediately. https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2672869680/

Funny how they're cutting services to women, while claiming it's about TIMs. Same thing with the Title IX -- the cuts go far beyond trans. "Domestic violence and sexual assault organizations sue Trump administration over funding restrictions" https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/domestic-violence-sexual-assault-organizations-sue-trump-administratio-rcna220074

Weather Channel is now reporting 59 dead and dozens of girls still missing in the floods in TX. That's a huge loss.

KFF's predictions are usually correct. https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/18/nx-s1-5471281/aca-health-insurance-premiums-obamacare-bbb-kff