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kurtsh<p>He's an absolutely incompetent idiot. AND YET NO ONE IN GOVERNMENT IS DOING ANYTHING. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cowards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cowards</span></a></p><p>☑️ BREAKING: Hegseth downloaded Signal on his desktop at the Pentagon to circumvent the lack of cell service in a classified space. <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/23/hegseth-signal-pentagon-computer/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/national-se</span><span class="invisible">curity/2025/04/23/hegseth-signal-pentagon-computer/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hegseth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scif</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@huntingdon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>huntingdon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> yes, it is.</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> does explicitly call for that in order to destroy <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> as unlike with any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a>-certified and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a>-approved <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/communications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communications</span></a>, they get <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/logged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logged</span></a> and can be requested via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FIOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FIOA</span></a>.</p></li><li><p>Pretty shure <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> silently ignoring this happening with their tech was the deal for not getting their doors kicked in and their business shutdown as per <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a>.</p></li></ul><p>Or <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mer__edith</span></a></span> et. al. really think the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>-Regime won't come after them once they outlived their usefulness...</p>
N Toyohito / 縁 豊人<p>Managed to get to <a href="https://comicscamp.club/tags/Antumbra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antumbra</span></a> finally! Not page wise but at least I did start to work upon plot and characters and design. So here's Takehiko. Shin-iaido master of noble origins. Tried to combine <a href="https://comicscamp.club/tags/scif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scif</span></a>/#cyberpunk elements with traditional martial arts feeling. Noble.</p><p>Done with <a href="https://comicscamp.club/tags/fountainpen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fountainpen</span></a> and felt damn good :D</p><p><a href="https://comicscamp.club/tags/oc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oc</span></a> <a href="https://comicscamp.club/tags/characterdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>characterdesign</span></a> <a href="https://comicscamp.club/tags/sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sketch</span></a> <a href="https://comicscamp.club/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mastoart</span></a></p>
Walker<p>British intel intern pleads guilty to smuggling top secret data out of protected facility. </p><p>Nothing about this makes sense.</p><p>1. A 25 year old intern. </p><p>No shade to interns but seems a bit old.</p><p>2. Intern had access to top secret intel.</p><p>Again nothing against interns, but give them access to top secret intel?</p><p>3. Intern uploaded top secret intel to a hard drive connected to his personal computer? </p><p>Why is anyone allowed to bring a personal phone int a facility that accesses top secret intel? Ever hear about a SCIF? </p><p>Either the story is missing a ton of facts or the British GCHQ had terrible operational security. </p><p><a href="https://therecord.media/british-intern-gchq-charged-smuggling" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">therecord.media/british-intern</span><span class="invisible">-gchq-charged-smuggling</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/recordedfuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recordedfuture</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/scif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scif</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/topsecret" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>topsecret</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/gchq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gchq</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/opsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opsec</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@charlesmok" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>charlesmok</span></a></span> no, it's just a sign of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ComSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComSec</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> as this is a <em>criminally gross violation</em> of standards that even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> has to abide to.</p><ul><li>There's a reason the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MILINTEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MILINTEL</span></a> have half a dozen different <em>"secure networks"</em> for comms ranging from unclassified to top-secret+nofor!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> should've been forced to hand over his personal devices at entry of the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a> this was sent from and only allowed on sanctioned and certified systems with vetted contacts only as pre-appointed who themselves are in a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_compartmented_information_facility" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">SCIF</a></p><ul><li>This is such a huge <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> failure, it makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WarThunderForumsLeaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarThunderForumsLeaks</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Thunder#Classified_document_leaks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">look</a> like a minor indiscretion by comparison.</li></ul>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Conceivably, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Waltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waltz</span></a>, by coordinating a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> related action over <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, may have violated several provisions of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Espionage</span></a> Act, which governs the handling of “national defense” <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a>...</p><p>The Signal app is not approved by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> for sharing classified information... they should go into a specially designed space known as a ... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a> —most Cabinet-level national-security officials have one installed in their home"<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/politics/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Callie<p>Did a little page of random folks. Felt a little creatively stifled lately so was just bashing up weird ideas to get things flowing. I love drawing stuff af like 2-3 inches, it's ao freeing to not worry about getting things perfect. My personal favourite is the sort of desert spear guy or maybe bug in armour based off a Victorian dress. Some of these might become minis. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/scif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scif</span></a></p>
RJB / Mallacore<p>What are your favorite sci-fi horror movies?</p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/scif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scif</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/scifiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifiart</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/fanart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fanart</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/horror" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>horror</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GottaLaff</span></a></span> <br>The claim that "other officials took <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ClassifiedDocs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocs</span></a>" is simply not true.</p><p>Yes, other former presidents were found with documents "in their possession" after leaving office, but those items were taken by accident, packed by others along with personal belongings.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DarthTraitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarthTraitor</span></a> stole HUNDREDS of documents…many of them <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a> level classified, which he refused to return when asked REPEATEDLY by the FBI, contending "THEY'RE MINE!" 🍼</p>
Ailantd Sikowsky🔻<p>Outside radiation sensors burn out quickly and must be replaced every month.<br>Life expectancy is short for those who do it, so they aren't exactly volunteers, but rather selected from among the surviving architects of the Great War: mostly politicians, sold-out journalists, corporate magnates and warmongering officers, but not exclusively.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/scif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scif</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/scifiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifiart</span></a></p>
Bill Adler<p>Svetlana and Carlos, two of the world's greatest mountain climbers, hoped to discover the answer to a great mystery at the top of Mt. Kanchenjunga, the third tallest mountain in the world. But what they found was beyond anything they imagined.</p><p>Enjoy my short story, "The Mountain Climbers."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/scif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scif</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/writinglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writinglife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/cellphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellphone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://billadler.substack.com/p/the-mountain-climbers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">billadler.substack.com/p/the-m</span><span class="invisible">ountain-climbers</span></a></p>
Cory Doctorow<p>Or his insistence on installing a CIA-style "<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SensitiveCompartmentedInformationFacility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SensitiveCompartmentedInformationFacility</span></a>" (<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a>) so he could play super-spy while reading memos:</p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/26/politics/epa-administrator-scott-pruitt-sound-proof-booth-scif/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2018/04/26/politics/ep</span><span class="invisible">a-administrator-scott-pruitt-sound-proof-booth-scif/index.html</span></a></p><p>Or the time he sent his security detail to the Ritz-Carlton to demand that they supply him lots of little bottles of his favorite hand-cream:</p><p><a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/6/7/17439044/scott-pruitt-ritz-carlton-moisturizing-lotion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/2018/6/7/17439044/scot</span><span class="invisible">t-pruitt-ritz-carlton-moisturizing-lotion</span></a></p><p>6/</p>
Nonilex<p>Insane that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is still allowed to view <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocuments</span></a> no matter where:</p><p>Trump &amp; his attys visited to a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a>) in Miami today to view the highly <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classified</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a> shared by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialCounsel</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackSmith</span></a> as part of his case against Trump for allegedly mishandling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateSecrets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateSecrets</span></a> &amp; obstructing govt efforts to retrieve them.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conspiracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/obstruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>obstruction</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>espionage</span></a> <br><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-scheduled-visit-secure-facility-view-evidence-classified/story?id=104515489" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abcnews.go.com/US/trump-schedu</span><span class="invisible">led-visit-secure-facility-view-evidence-classified/story?id=104515489</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> says 9 if the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocuments</span></a> are so sensitive that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> defense team can’t view them in FL </p><p>WTAF was this jackass doing w/these docs in his possession??</p><p>Via Josh Gerstein:<br>“Feds maintain some docs in Trump <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classified</span></a> docs prosecution are so sensitive they can't be stored in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a> w/other classified info. Unclear if even place in Florida to review them. We can show them in DC area, prosecutors say.”</p><p>Doc:</p><p><a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23994698-trumpscocipaflg092723" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">documentcloud.org/documents/23</span><span class="invisible">994698-trumpscocipaflg092723</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedi.criminallycute.fi/users/LunaDragofelis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LunaDragofelis</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://tiggi.es/@zorinlynx" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zorinlynx</span></a></span> I want to find the door hangers for a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a> warning people that a classified meeting is in progress and interruption and/or entry is banned and will be prohibited by force.<br><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_compartmented_information_facility" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitiv</span><span class="invisible">e_compartmented_information_facility</span></a></p>
SCKA<p>The 2023 Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards winners announcement is here! <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/SCKA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCKA</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/scif" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scif</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fantasy</span></a></p><p>We'd like to thank all of our finalists. The results were extremely close and choosing between two finalists was heartbreaking such was the quality of the shortlist. We urge every reader to check both runner-up &amp; winner. </p><p>Best Fantasy. The winner is Simon Jimenez, The Spear Cuts Through Water (Del Rey).</p><p>1/n</p>
Chuck Darwin<p>In the Mar-a-Lago proceeding, Judge Aileen <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cannon</span></a> ruled that defendant Trump must use a secure facility to review <a href="https://c.im/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classified</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/documents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>documents</span></a>,<br>suggesting but not specifically declaring that it should not be housed at his private club and residence in Florida.</p><p>The dispute about how and where Mr. Trump could talk about the secret papers in the case began last month when his lawyers asked Judge Cannon to allow him to re-establish the sensitive compartmented information facility, or <a href="https://c.im/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a>, “at or near” Mar-a-Lago that he once used for classified materials when he was president.</p><p>“In essence,” one of the prosecutors, Jay I. Bratt, wrote, “he is asking to be the only defendant ever in a case involving classified information (at least to the government’s knowledge) who would be able to discuss classified information in a private residence.”<br>In her order, which came one day after a sealed hearing on these issues in Federal District Court in Fort Pierce, Fla., Judge Cannon granted the government’s motion for a protective order over the classified materials in full, not merely in part, suggesting she agreed with the request by prosecutors to keep Mr. Trump from re-opening his SCIF at Mar-a-Lago.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/politics/cannon-trump-scif-secret-documents.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/cannon-trump-scif-secret-documents.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Tim_Eagon<p>My dog is not a fan of 2001: A Space Odyssey's sound design.</p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/SciF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciF</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Cinemastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cinemastodon</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/DogsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DogsOfMastodon</span></a></p>
Lisa Fast<p>Whew just finished reading <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/nealstephenson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nealstephenson</span></a></span> book Termination Shock. Like Ministry of the Future, it explores climate change impacts, in this case <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/geoengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geoengineering</span></a> with sulphur dioxide. I’ve always loved <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SciF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciF</span></a> -it feels like scenario planning for the future of humanity, plus like any Stephenson book, the character development is over-the-top fun. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a><br> <a href="http://www.nealstephenson.com/news/2021/06/03/announcing-termination-shock/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nealstephenson.com/news/2021/0</span><span class="invisible">6/03/announcing-termination-shock/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>New: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialCounsel</span></a> sharply objects to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> suggestion to have a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a> at Mar-a-Lago: “No need to modify the proposed protective order… much less to include in the order approval to 're-establish' a secure area at an unidentified location used during Trump's presidency.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassifiedDocuments</span></a><br><a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.120.0_1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">storage.courtlistener.com/reca</span><span class="invisible">p/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.120.0_1.pdf</span></a></p>