thought blotter—cuttle fish sex, 111 suicides and pinkwashing

mmm hipster beach jams

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pinkwashing // wikipedia article of the day

via Discover
'The scope of the attack underlines the power of a cache of National Security Agency hacking tools that were leaked to the public. Hackers made use of the same N.S.A. tools that were used during the WannaCry episode, along with two other methods to promote its spread, according to Symantec.'
-- Ransomware Attack Raises Concerns Over Future Assaults // The New York Times
i like how no one is talking about how these attacks are the fault of the nsa for developing this software in the first place.

'Maduro condemned the [helicopter] attack as an attempted coup, saying "terrorists" were behind the offensive and that an operation was underway to track the perpetrators down.

But much remained murky about the assault: if it was an attempt to unseat Maduro's government, it was a spectacular failure. No-one was injured and one of the grenades failed to explode, government officials said.