It seems the word is out that Palantir was founded by actual Nazis and has been engaged in literal genocide. The question becomes whether Peter Thiel will ever face sanctions and eventual trial, before he can start a third world war.

A leaked schedule for the “retreat” hosted by Dialog, an invitation-only group cofounded 20 years ago by Thiel and entrepreneur Auren Hoffman, featured discussions on topics including preparations for a third world war, battlefield technologies, nuclear energy and cult-building.

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“It’s not the kind of conference that we should be hosting in Ireland,” [Zoe Lawlor] said. “It doesn’t reflect the fact that the majority of people here stand in solidarity with Palestinian people and want sanctions on Israel and are horrified by the genocide that’s almost three years in now.”

Lawlor said venues “need to show a lot more discretion about who they’re going to host for conferences”.

Sounds like the agenda was written by a 12 year old in 1983: world war, nukes and cult building.

No nation in this day and age should welcome Nazis, but we just saw Argentina play their cards on that front with Thiel.

Seems backwards to me. If you make a camera. Then you make a wireless version, which adds chips and software to the base. Nikon is claiming they are doing the opposite. They made a wireless camera, and now it costs them money to subtract hardware and software. At best, subtraction of wireless means the “base” wasn’t a modular design.

Nikon routinely works directly with various government and industrial partners who require that a camera lack wireless connectivity hardware, like WiFi and Bluetooth chips, typically for security reasons. These cameras are generally produced in limited quantities, Nikon says, and have long lead times.

While Nikon would usually work directly with customers who require a specialized camera like this, the company has heard from its retail partners that they, too, have customers with these specific needs, so Nikon elected to make a small number of the Z6 III (No Wireless Connectivity) available in the public marketplace through its retailer network.

At worst, they know they can charge the people who need safety more money, because they are dealing with large budgets and a non-negotiable requirement.

Drop Site is reporting an integrity breach in its purest form, related to the Intercept leaving a dormant Signal username on a “Become a Source” page. The username was taken over and then a social media account describing itself as “Investigative Intake” solicited tips in roughly 100 posts between February and May, pulling in prospective sources.

Drop Site suggests the takeover exploited Signal’s recycling of dormant usernames. The Intercept framed its username switch as “security best practices”. Best practice actually would be an integrity breach notification, but its chief legal officer declined to address how the account had been seized, how long it persisted, or whether prospective sources were warned.

The Intercept executed a silent rebrand instead of a proper breach notification, while promoting itself to journalists for live training on responding “before, during, and after an online attack“.

Emptywheel sums up the Trump “fair” as built to be unfair.

When you’re guaranteed no-bid contracts to make private profits out of Federal money, you don’t waste time making things look nice. You don’t even waste effort bringing in a full set of carnival rides or live farm animals, the kinds of things that make local fairs so fun.

The fair itself is just the facade, the excuse used to launder millions into private profit.