Notices by Kevin Rothrock (kevinrothrock@infosec.exchange)

jesus, Google Maps is going to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali. https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/27/24353450/google-maps-rename-gulf-of-mexico-america-mt-mckinley

Ooooh the Pebble is coming back. Was such a good smartwatch. Really looking forward to this. https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/27/smartwatch-pioneer-and-kickstarter-darling-pebble-is-returning-in-a-new-form/

I know Substack has generated some toxicity among the WOKE MOB, so I thought I’d ask you, dear readers: What are Enlightened Newsletter Writers using these days to fill people’s spam folders with secret knowledge and insights?

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⚡ Antiwar activist Sasha Skochilenko is sentenced to seven years in prison for placing stickers on grocery store products that talked about Russian war crimes in Ukraine. An outrageous, absurd ruling, even for Russia.

@Gargron Bummer

A question: Why, when I search for my personal account from Meduza’s masto.ai instance, do I see that I’m supposedly “suspended”?

@FrohlichMarcel @jerry Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Bluesky system doesn't involve setting up and maintaining a separate instance so much as creating some kind of linkback to Bluesky? Or is there ongoing maintenance in both cases? If reporters could petition their IT people for a one-time setup vs ongoing labor, it would matter.

@lampsofgold You have to navigate to the bio to find it. Not good enough, IMO.

I suppose Mastodon allows something similar if not identical, but I'm not totally clear on that.

This is honestly such a better solution than anything Twitter/X or Meta have done.

Bluesky for Journalists: On Bluesky, journalists and news organizations can self-verify by setting their website directly as their username. For example, some newspapers’ handles that already exist on Bluesky include @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, and @npr.org.

https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/press-faq

@lampsofgold The checks I see at Mastodon are pretty underwhelming honestly. Doesn't convey what journalists want.

X rolls out new ad format that can't be reported, blocked: The new ads also don't disclose who the advertiser is or that they are even ads.

https://mashable.com/article/twitter-x-new-clickbait-ad-format

British actor etc. Stephen Fry is in Kyiv today.