Anti-clanker, anti-crypto, anti-fascist. Retired deep state IC/civil servant. Scientific & technical intelligence re pandemic threats, chem/bio weapons, bioscience, emerging tech; personal staff of senior GOs; tech writer, speech writer, senior editor; also worked at various analytic & research labs. Today I hike, cook, read & watch #scifi. Degrees in biology & strategic intelligence. Ham. Currently in N. Alabama :( #veteran #atheist #natsec 🌻#ActuallyAutistic #nobot
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Last Notes npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss My #weather forecast has been basically crazy for months, maybe a year. It changes dramatically, suddenly, throughout the day, and going up to a week ahead, forget it. I really can't plan well when it comes to watering the flowers & garden. If I think we're getting rain and don't water, the forecast is wrong. If I think it'll be dry and I water, later a thunderstorm will drop an inch. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/116/912/506/870/885/404/original/66e2b78d0a869015.png npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss That's a sad one npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss The interesting question is, if all of these things were available to all, would the all-volunteer military still attract more people than it can accept? The main reason military accession goals haven't been hit for some years is because most applicants don't meet the minimum requirements. If everyone had all the benefits given to the military, would no one apply? And then like some other countries, would the U.S. institute a period of national service for all young people? U.S. citizens would go completely nuts over that. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Violent Israeli settlers detained U.S. Congressman Ro Khanna. IDF showed up...to support the settlers. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss There's huge business to be had for car companies selling cars with zero telematics & other surveillance b.s. in them, but since that's not very likely, there's huge business to be had for killing all that crap in people's cars. I won't buy a new car because of it. I'd happily replace my 15-year old car if I could get a new one that's not a surveillance system. I'd do it immediately. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss So, we're supposed to keep that *internal*? npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Well I come at this as a veteran who also spent a career in federal civil service. I see it differently. I did leave my position at a high level in the IC during Trump's first year in office...I saw him as the most significant insider threat the U.S. has ever seen, and it had a huge impact on my life and every day watching what goes on kills me. But even as a civil servant I participated in protests and I still do today. I get that lots of civilians will see it exactly the way he intended them to, there's no way to explain my view to them, they'd have to live it. But there will be more military holding my view and more non-mil/vets holding the other view. Nothing to be done about that🤷 He got what he wanted but he's not doing any favors to the military by doing this in uniform, it plays into the narratives of people who would love to paint Service members as political actors. That's not good. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss resigning his commission would have had an incredible impact on him and would have been a huge personal sacrifice, I'm not sure civs know this npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss I don't know anything about sports. Apparently Erling Haaland is "regarded as one of the best [soccer] players in the world, and the greatest Norwegian player of all time" but is also a funny person on the internets I guess npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss I'm not seeing much commentary on how the insane sentences for the Texas Prairieland "antifa terrorists" are a symptom of having been tried in Texas, which is how the law works but also subjects protesters to extremist juries and judges in red states & districts. We saw this partisanship happen with Kyle Rittenhouse, as well, when he had a judge who obviously sympathized with him and treated him with special deference throughout the trial as if he was a hero. If these protesters were tried in a blue area and had Dem-appointed judges, certainly the shooter would have been convicted of the shooting but some of the charges might not have stuck to some of the charged protesters, and the sentencing would likely have been wildly different for some or all of them. Is justice blind? Not even slightly. Judges, especially right wing ones, are political activists who are driving agendas as much as any anti-fascist protester. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss 😂 npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss So interesting. I took a walk down memory lane via google maps to see what's become of where I used to live in the late 60s / early 70s outside of Urbana, IL. The old farmstead is long gone but my elementary school is still there and the jr. high is now a middle school with a name change. I noticed the name "Mira" outside of town and recalled us kids riding our bikes from the farm down to "Mira Station," the old grain elevator. Inside the elevator's office, we could buy little glass bottles of pop like Coca-Cola or Yoo-Hoo for a coin, maybe a nickel or dime. And we could sit in there and listen to the farmers gossiping. Anyway, I found an article on Mira Station, which is now long gone. There are a couple of old pictures showing the farmers hanging out in the office. No pics of three sweaty little kids sitting off to the side with their pop. https://www.champaigncountyhistory.org/single-post/myra-il-part-ii-myra-station-historic-expansion-and-a-tragic-end npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss This machine makes Luigis. https://www.propublica.org/article/revlimid-price-cancer-celgene-drugs-fda-multiple-myeloma npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss <li>This is blatantly illegal</li><li>Private prisons are a horrendous moral failure</li><li>Heads need to roll. </li>https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/delaney-hall-strike-thirteenth-amendment/ npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Good morning. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Just squirting whipped cream out of a can into my mouth, why? I know my rights! npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss People are gonna learn the hard way and I feel bad for them npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss You can see it here https://archive.is/71jDM npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Yes...we're buying Trump a..."ballroom" npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Geez you really get deep into this, searching out specialty drill brushes. Maybe we need a picture of your grill grates. @npub1kyd…jltj npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Do you use specialized cleaning products like caustic foam spray to clean your gas grill grates? If so, how often? Or do you just burn off the crud on max heat and hit it with a scraper when pre-heating the grill? #grilling npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Absolutely, that is such a given in my mind, and includes such an extensive list of different types that I didn't even think to list it. There's an infrastructure for just about any aspect of society you can think of. I know many here are focused on cyber & comms. But of course its transportation, health, energy, food, water, I mean you name it. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Apparently there's a group called Patriotic Millionaires whose purpose is to increase taxes on the rich. Here is their founder Erica Payne at a recent event of theirs, posted by Aaron Rupar on bsky npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss We can give lawless right wing extremists the boot, too. Trump isn't the only problem, it's a whole ecosystem bent on destroying the U.S. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss I've been offline most of the day doing hiking, buying plants, and working on a quilt...all in all a good day, just made better by finding this out! I'm actually a bit stunned as I expected Orban to do something lawless. #Hungary #democracy #Europe https://apnews.com/article/hungary-election-orban-magyar-trump-1a4eb0ba6b94e0c80c3cd18bd36254ab npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Happy Confederate Surrender Day (pt. 2) npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Happy Confederate Surrender Day! npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss I'm unsuccessfully trying to mentally link your comment to the article but as long as this circus is running the U.S. there's no such thing as a long view, there is only the white jesus aesthetic, the grift, and the madman npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss "Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has taken steps to block or delay promotions for more than a dozen Black and female senior officers across all four branches of the military, some of whom are seen as having been targeted because of their race, gender or perceived affiliation with Biden administration policies or officials, according to nine U.S. officials familiar with the process." https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/hegseth-intervened-military-promotions-dozen-senior-officers-rcna266062 npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Just for curiosity, social media platforms you use regularly (defined as having an account and posting content to it): npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Oh myyyy https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/hospital-evacuated-ww1-shell-rectum-france-b1269274.html npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Again, reminder, it was CBP that killed Alex Pretti. "Abolish ICE" fails to deal with half the Trump brownshirts, who are btw operating outside their legal 100-mile from the border zone as they participate in crimes against Americans and non-citizens alike. Abolish **DHS**! npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Statement from Matt Moberg, Chaplain of the Minnesota Timberwolves npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss See this is why I don't eat at potlucks. You don't have any idea what is going on in that kitchen. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss It is Caturday again on Mastodon, the day when I see hundreds of cats sitting on kitchen counters with their little litterbox feets and their hair going everywhere... npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Richardson on 1945 U.S. Govt pamphlet on fascism: npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss #military #cyber https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/07/venezuela-us-cyber-warfare-00713507 npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Also today Trump withdrew the U.S. from like 100 international organizations and agreements. Not NATO, yet. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss The document is written in a dumbed-down style that indicates either the writers are at that level and/or the target audience is at that level. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Retired LTG Mark Hertling: "a military that abandons its legal and ethical foundations does not protect a nation—it endangers it. A military that trades the Constitution for personal loyalty ceases to be American. And a military that fails to investigate serious allegations of unlawful conduct invites tragedy—strategic, moral, and human." #military #DOD https://www.thebulwark.com/p/pete-hegseth-moral-failure--military-caribbean-double-tap-war-crime npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss The Onion skewers mainstream journalism once again. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Strictly as a matter of free speech, there's no problem with it since obviously these people pose no physical threat to the Israeli Defense Force so it can't be taken that way. And it's not antisemitic to criticize a government or its military. The Israeli government is not a religion or a people. It's just an organization. And that organization is committing war crimes under the leadership of war criminals. There's a lot of conflating antisemitism with criticism of the Israeli government and that is really a sloppy logical error that serves the Israeli government (and a lot of radical right wing christian weirdness from people who are definitely antisemitic but use the accusation as a weapon when it suits them). npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Holy, holy shit. This is why you don't use LLMs. For anything. Ever. #AI #LLM #ChatGPT https://amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-ex-machina npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss "Kennedy has said that kids with ASD “are kids who will never throw a baseball, they’ll never go out and date. They’ll never write a poem. They’ll never pay taxes.”" npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss "Empathy for others is not merely counterproductive. It weakens children, making them susceptible to weedy, liberal beliefs like pluralism, mutual toleration, and even social welfare. ... For MAGA, a rigorous understanding of history and well-developed sense of empathy do not make a good citizen." https://www.liberalcurrents.com/children-are-the-future-authoritarianism-culture-war-and-making-model-citizens/ npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Share with people who may not be that aware of what Musk's #DOGE rats have been doing inside the people's protected data systems. Thank you #Harvard University for putting this online. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Timothy Snyder on the moment the Trump regime has created. He's following historical examples that led to mass murder. #authoritarianism #fascism #Nazis #history npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Got an email from Doug Jones pushing a new social media site called "sez (dot) us" that's supposed to be I guess a Dem counterpoint to Xitter. I looked at it. Seems like a Lemmy instance maybe? I didn't like the privacy policy. Not going to try it out. Also it's owned by a corporation. F that. npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss N. AL npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/122/234/502/724/869/original/5a81d7ef40dde59c.jpg npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Not that it's anything I could ever discuss in detail, but we did--until Trump regime change forbade it--have a slate of effective info ops against the enemy that has now taken over our government. Folks: you should be ready to take action en masse because there is no government branch that is not part of this regime change at this time. And you should be scared enough to wake up out of your comfy American slumber. #war #coup #RegimeChange #corruption npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Podhorzer: the courts will not save us npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Vile comments on USArmy Xitter account demanding the 3rd crew member's name from the crash in DC. If not for Trump's despicable attacks on DEI this grieving family wouldn't have had to ask the Army to withhold the copilot's name. He did this, his goons did this, and these are his online terrorists. Trump is a terrorist leader. #military #DOD npub1wrqwke4uku0q8xqnpw53l3sr7xjmkzvswyyltqt89fv4p98j99nse6ssxr Nonya Bidniss Alabama #libraries put new restrictions on kids, and you now can't get an adult library card until age 19. Nutjobs! Why is this happening? State funding. This is what happens when almost all candidates in elections from dog catcher to governor are unchallenged Republicans. That's Alabama.
