Category: Commentary
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How to access BBC News in Ukrainian (??) and Russian (??). Как получить доступ к новостям Би-би-си.
Open this URL in Tor to access BBC (??):…
Full transcript of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's emotional appeal to Russians
Here is the full transcript of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's video address early on Feb. 24 local time warning that a Russian invasion could cause tens of thousands of deaths…
Getting Back 2 Good
If you've been following my inane tweets and non-technical blog posts for any length of time since 2015, you likely know the 2016 election cycle broke me more than just a tad, with each subsequent month of the Trump presidency adding a bit…
Parler Whack-a-Mole
(this is an unrolled Twitter thread converted to the blog since one never knows how long content will be preserved anywhere…
Nos Autem Non In Antebellum; Bella Iam Inceperat
Every decent human (which excludes 74,222,958 ?? who voted for this, now 100% undeniable, traitor) with knowledge of this past week's tragic events is likely still processing — and will be for a while — what happened; I am no exception.…
It's [Almost] Over; Much Damage Has Been Done; But I [We] Have A Call To Unexpected Action
The last 4+ years — especially the last ~10 months — had taken a bigger personal toll than I realized. I spent much of President-Elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' first speeches as duly & honestly selected…
The Avatar Is Blue
I've changed my years-long avatar to the blue Cap' shield because the colors of our flag have no business being displayed in any venue until Donald Trump is no longer President (one way or another). The red/white/blue triad has been…
GDPR Unintended Consequences Part 1 — Increasing WordPress Blog Exposure
I pen this mini-tome on "GDPR Enforcement Day". The spirit of GDPR is great, but it's just going to be another Potempkin Village in most organizations much like PCI or SOX . For now, the only thing GDPR has done is made GDPR consulting…
A Word About Tracking On This Site
Since I just railed against Congress for being a bit two-faced about privacy I thought some rud.is site disclosure would be in…
Does Congress Really Care About Your Privacy?
Said bad words include "Facebook", "Mark Zuckerberg" and many referrals to entities within the U.S. Government. Given the topic, it cannot be…