DistrictofAlex
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DistrictofAlex
@districtofalex.bsky.social
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Previously: Bot hunting and platform integrity. Currently: Infosec, GRC. Reading past the headline. Unwisely sarcastic. Go Orioles!
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Would certainly appreciate it if you could find a way. Only way to track on X is to have an account and that's a bridge too far for me.
Decent enough breakdown, but FWIW, I think it overlooks a much wider Article I crisis that is not captured by "Rescissions"
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The Python Software Foundation is forfeiting a $1.5 million NSF grant because it came with Trump administration anti-DEI strings that would have affected PSF's entire portfolio. The grant would have helped fix flaws in major coding languages. cyberscoop.com/python-softw...
Open-source security group pulls out of U.S. grant, citing DEI restrictions
The Python Software Foundation said the grant would have funded automation and structural improvements to a key open-source programming language.
cyberscoop.com
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It's not the sort of thing that collapses overnight, but I think that a lot of Americans do not appreciate the impartial application of the rule of law as being integral to their national prosperity.

They're going to miss it when it's gone.
Breaking on MSNBC:

Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Shutdown would end quickly if the nation’s air traffic controllers all walked off the job
A Costa Rican man, Randall Gamboa Esquivel, Dies After Health Decline in U.S. Immigration Custody.

His health deteriorated for months while
in ICE custody. He was later sent back to Costa Rica in a vegetative state.

ticotimes.net/2025/10/27/c...
Costa Rican Man Dies After Health Decline in U.S. Immigration Custody
A man from Costa Rica, died after returning from U.S. ICE detention in critical condition, prompting family demands for investigation
ticotimes.net
Former clerk to Justice Gorsuch. Current gaping asshole.
First Santos. Now Cuomo. Mamdani's campaign to clean up NYC is getting off to a very strong start.
bsky.app/profile/gian...
Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
No need to @ me. I have no sympathy for Platner, I just thought it was ridiculous that someone couldn’t do a basic search before replying with “why didn’t he do this thing with the tattoo that he already did”. Other people have other goal posts and they should feel free to have their own standards.
Didn’t he stop pretending when he threatened a 50% tariff on Brazil for holding their dictator accountable for the attempted coup? (Unclear to me if he went through with it but he did not pretend for a moment it was about an emergency or national security threat).
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
Trump hits Brazil with 50% tariff, in part due to trial of ally Jair Bolsonaro
"The way Brazil has treated former President Bolsonaro ... is an international disgrace," Trump wrote.
www.nbcnews.com
That, of course, but funnily enough the word “illegal” doesn’t appear once in the story which is also a huge problem.
lmao yes! knew you had it in you.
A lot easier than winning a championship
Nah, you’re ridiculous. Ridiculously good at what you do. Congrats on 300k. Here’s to 300k more.