Skye: Our history class was off the hook yesterday, the teacher couldn't keep control of it. The lesson was on the Interwar Period between World Wars. The teacher tried to put forward this idea that there was a level of experimentation happening. People weren't sure if Democracy was working, Communism and Fascism were on the rise, as well as some Monarchies attempting to make a comeback. His mistake was asking the class how they think societies should be organized. Stacy and her friends said men had enough time at the top and it was time to start a Matriarchy. That made a bunch of the guys mad, but the teacher said he wanted everyone to talk about things, no bad ideas. I think he regretted it, because the next thing out of Brian's mouth was, "Women shouldn't even vote, and should go back to being treated as property." At that point, every crazy idea was clamoring for attention. There were calls for Anarcho-primitism and a return to monke. Or a new Teutonic Knights, Deus Vult. Some guys were saying athletes should be in charge because football captains/coaches get everyone working together. No, make it superheroes! There isn't even such a thing lol 🙄 Todd's usually pretty quiet, but out of the blue he said put AI in charge. Everyone hated that idea, but Todd said at least it could be set up with fair rules for everyone. But would it really be in charge, or would it be whoever got to program it? I'm sure you're guessing I'd say the ideal form of government is to make me Queen of the World. Nah, I don't want to have to deal with being responsible for all these weirdos. I think the ideal form of government is let me do what I want, and leave me alone! #government #interwar #history #anarchoprimitivism #teutonicknights #AI #matriarchy #patriarchy #returntomonke #deusvult image generated with hotpot.ai

NBC News

Emergency rooms in at least 3 states diverting patients after ransomware attack

Ardent Health Services, which oversees 30 hospitals across the U.S., said it had shut down a significant number of its computerized services.

? Frank: Why so many ransomware attacks? Every week I see at least one, and it's been happening for years. Why are top-level credentials getting compromised? Don't they have some kind of safeguard to tell the computers, "if you start locking everything down, stop and alert someone?" Can't these people manage backups and recoveries? It seems like some of them have made a business decision that it's cheaper and easier to just pay the ransom than do their jobs 🤣🤣 And that means the hackers will keep doing it! And why are the companies or institutions so fragile to this? Can't you still do your work even if your computers go down? Because you should be able to! There was a big pipeline to the East Coast that shut down in 2021 due to a cyberattack on its billing system. It caused a gas panic and fuel shortages! The pipeline was fine, they just couldn't figure out how to adapt their accounting and billing system!

Jalopnik

The Colonial Pipeline Was Fine, But Its Owner Shut It Down To Make Sure They

The cyber attack that shutdown the Colonial pipeline causing a gas panic and stoking fears of gasoline shortages, didn’t actually shut down t...

So shame on the IT firms for not taking security seriously. And double shame on the companies or institutions for not having backup processes. What if there's a real emergency? We used to be able to make things happen with paper and pencil, a little brainpower, and some elbow grease! Now unplug and apparently we all teleport straight to the stone age! Give me a break! 😂 Now there's weird claims AI was able to crack AES-192 using novel math no one understands. Sounds like bull, but this kind of thing is coming sooner or later. There isn't even a need to computerize certain things, and we still do it. Does my refrigerator really need to talk to my thermostat via AWS us-east-2? And then break if some fiber line gets cut in Newark? We've gone from computer-enabled, to computer-dependent, to computer-addicted. Better wake up before we get all the way to computer-enslaved! #ransomware #security #itsecurity #hacking image generated with hotpot.ai