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MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SundayShowdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SundayShowdown</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MtP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MtP</span></a> opened with a discussion of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmateurHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurHour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SignalChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignalChat</span></a> debacle, showing pictures of "the six principles involved."</p><p>Notice anyone missing? 🤔 </p><p>A major military strike is taking place WITHOUT the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Potus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Potus</span></a>? (even his VP was there, but HE wasn't? "I didn't know anything about it".)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DementiaDon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DementiaDon</span></a> isn't actually running things and THEY KNOW IT. "Grampy" was probably off playing golf or otherwise distracting everyone from what's REALLY going on. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpIsZaphodBeeblebrox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsZaphodBeeblebrox</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>More <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmateurHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurHour</span></a> from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a>! But her emails!!!</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MikeWaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeWaltz</span></a> Left His Venmo Friends List Public</p><p>A WIRED review shows <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> adviser Mike <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Waltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waltz</span></a>, White House chief of staff <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SusieWiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SusieWiles</span></a>, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.</p><p>by Dhruv Mehrotra and Tim Marchman, March 26, 2025</p><p>"A Venmo account under the name 'Michael Waltz,' carrying a profile photo of the national security adviser and connected to accounts bearing the names of people closely associated with him, was left open to the public until Wednesday afternoon. A WIRED analysis shows that the account revealed the names of hundreds of Waltz’s personal and professional associates, including journalists, military officers, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lobbyists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobbyists</span></a>, and others—information a foreign intelligence service or other actors could exploit for any number of ends, experts say."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/michael-waltz-left-his-venmo-public/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/michael-waltz-</span><span class="invisible">left-his-venmo-public/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmateurHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurHour</span></a> LIVE - US intelligence chiefs grilled over secret air strike chat as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> defends <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Waltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waltz</span></a></p><p>"Independent [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a>] Senator <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AngusKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngusKing</span></a> says he's 'puzzled' that [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TulsiGabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TulsiGabbard</span></a>] says there was no classified information in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> group chat.</p><p>"He says that according to reports, on the morning of 15 March, Secretary <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> put into the chat a 'detailed operation plan including targets, weapons, attack sequencing and timings'.</p><p>"'Wouldn't that be classified?' King asks the director of national intelligence.</p><p>"She reiterates that there was no classified information in that chat, and when pushed again by King, says she refers the question to the secretary of defence and the national security council.</p><p>"'Well you're the head of the intelligence community, and you're supposed to know about classifications,' King replies."</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cg70xgxl3vmt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.com/news/live/cg70xgxl3vmt</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YemenStrikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YemenStrikes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USAIsTheLaughingStockOfTheWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAIsTheLaughingStockOfTheWorld</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmateurHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurHour</span></a>! Just another day under <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>!</p><p>‘Amateur hour’: Washington aghast at Trump administration’s war plan group chat</p><p>One Democratic lawmaker also called for immediate hearings on the incident.</p><p>By Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer, Paul McLeary and Jack Detsch</p><p>03/24/2025 01:37 PM EDT<br>Updated: 03/24/2025 03:05 PM EDT </p><p>"Brian Hughes, the spokesperson for the National Security Council, told the publication that the chat 'appears to be an authentic message chain.' The NSC did not respond to a request for further comment from POLITICO."</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/hegseth-national-security-group-chat-atlantic-reaction-00244983?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/03/24/h</span><span class="invisible">egseth-national-security-group-chat-atlantic-reaction-00244983?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/YemenStrikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YemenStrikes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeteHegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteHegseth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USAIsTheLaughingStockOfTheWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAIsTheLaughingStockOfTheWorld</span></a></p>
Evan Light<p>The headline alone: "Meta fined $102 million for storing passwords in plain text"</p><p>Sure, ok, it was logging. Just the same.</p><p><a href="https://tenforward.social/tags/amateurhour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateurhour</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/meta-fined-102-million-for-storing-passwords-in-plain-text-110049679.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">engadget.com/big-tech/meta-fin</span><span class="invisible">ed-102-million-for-storing-passwords-in-plain-text-110049679.html</span></a></p>
chris actual<p>My analysis: Lololololololololololololol</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-altman-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit-fight-2024-3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/sam-altman</span><span class="invisible">-elon-musk-openai-lawsuit-fight-2024-3</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amateurhour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amateurhour</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
SLCW💥<p>Things got off to a rocky start at <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NY</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/trial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trial</span></a>. Trump lawyer <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AlinaHabba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlinaHabba</span></a> went on a rant about how the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a> denied Trump a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/jury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jury</span></a> trial, and how unfair it is. Judge <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Engoron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engoron</span></a> had to interrupt her to explain that the reason why there's no jury is that she herself forgot to submit the appropriate request for one. I'd call this <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AmateurHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurHour</span></a>, but that would be an insult to amateurs.</p><p><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/10/donald-trump-new-york-fraud-trial" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vanityfair.com/news/2023/10/do</span><span class="invisible">nald-trump-new-york-fraud-trial</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> Rep. <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/JasmineCrockett" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JasmineCrockett</span></a> owns <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BananaRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BananaRepublicans</span></a> during House Oversight Committee on rising cases of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SexualAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SexualAbuse</span></a> 👉 <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jasmine-crockett-republicans-house_n_64648df0e4b0ab2b97e43081" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/jasmine-cro</span><span class="invisible">ckett-republicans-house_n_64648df0e4b0ab2b97e43081</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SaveAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaveAmerica</span></a> from the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> cult of ignorance and hate. </p><p>It’s <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AmateurHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurHour</span></a> in the United States House of Representatives. 🤦‍♂️</p>
MommaMia1217<p>Omg.<br>Look at this picture.<br>Do you see it?<br>Look closer.</p><p>Sarah Huckabee Sanders staff chose a bathroom selfie as her official portrait. Check out the toilet paper to her side.</p><p>Holy shit. 😂😂😂</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/AmateurHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurHour</span></a> (Or not?)</p>
Tabitha Claydon<p>Anyone up for some <a href="https://medievalist.masto.host/tags/Palaeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palaeography</span></a> <a href="https://medievalist.masto.host/tags/AmateurHour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurHour</span></a> head-scratching ?<br>OK, 2 very similar memoranda from John of Lancaster? ... [perhaps "John de Lancaster of Grisedale and Stanstead" d. 1334] for money that he received from the Peruzzi (here "Peruch") Italian merchant bankers. What do you make of his description of himself? Is that "unus... camer[us] ?... de socio diu/?\.." ??<br>Sorry to have cut off a bit. <br>part of TNA E101/127/33 - Docs related to £ transactions w Bardi and Peruchi. 12 and 13 Edw III</p>