Mike McPhee
@mikeymcphee.bsky.social
Security aficionado, amateur brewer, wannabe storyteller, history fan, travel addict (punished by all side effects). Thoughts are my own
I think:
Everyone in the USG should have to pass a citizenship test.
Everyone in DHS (CBP, ICE, etc.) must also pass a psych eval and background check.
Anyone in a Constitutional Role (POTUS, Congress, SC) should have to pass a constitution-specific test.
Published results for all.
Everyone in the USG should have to pass a citizenship test.
Everyone in DHS (CBP, ICE, etc.) must also pass a psych eval and background check.
Anyone in a Constitutional Role (POTUS, Congress, SC) should have to pass a constitution-specific test.
Published results for all.
December 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I think:
Everyone in the USG should have to pass a citizenship test.
Everyone in DHS (CBP, ICE, etc.) must also pass a psych eval and background check.
Anyone in a Constitutional Role (POTUS, Congress, SC) should have to pass a constitution-specific test.
Published results for all.
Everyone in the USG should have to pass a citizenship test.
Everyone in DHS (CBP, ICE, etc.) must also pass a psych eval and background check.
Anyone in a Constitutional Role (POTUS, Congress, SC) should have to pass a constitution-specific test.
Published results for all.
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We're at the next stag of the authors' lawsuit against Anthropic.
Check the link below to see which of your books they raided and then click through to file a claim.
Four of mine were in there.
Check the link below to see which of your books they raided and then click through to file a claim.
Four of mine were in there.
November 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We're at the next stag of the authors' lawsuit against Anthropic.
Check the link below to see which of your books they raided and then click through to file a claim.
Four of mine were in there.
Check the link below to see which of your books they raided and then click through to file a claim.
Four of mine were in there.
For when you want to pretend you give a shit after DOGE'ing the hell out of USG and making life suck for those you purport to care for.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
For when you want to pretend you give a shit after DOGE'ing the hell out of USG and making life suck for those you purport to care for.
Maybe someone should project a news feed onto Johnson's residence or workplace so that he can see and hear of all of these cases he claims to know nothing about?
The Fox Politburo echo chamber & selective hearing are poor habits & traits for an informed government employee to lean on.
The Fox Politburo echo chamber & selective hearing are poor habits & traits for an informed government employee to lean on.
Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Maybe someone should project a news feed onto Johnson's residence or workplace so that he can see and hear of all of these cases he claims to know nothing about?
The Fox Politburo echo chamber & selective hearing are poor habits & traits for an informed government employee to lean on.
The Fox Politburo echo chamber & selective hearing are poor habits & traits for an informed government employee to lean on.
Do we really believe that only the DoJ has copies of the Epstein Files!
What if they’re just a layer of blackmail material that adversaries are holding over the GOP’s heads?
If they’re released by Congress, maybe there’s a lot more than those files and the people they implicate at stake?
What if they’re just a layer of blackmail material that adversaries are holding over the GOP’s heads?
If they’re released by Congress, maybe there’s a lot more than those files and the people they implicate at stake?
October 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Do we really believe that only the DoJ has copies of the Epstein Files!
What if they’re just a layer of blackmail material that adversaries are holding over the GOP’s heads?
If they’re released by Congress, maybe there’s a lot more than those files and the people they implicate at stake?
What if they’re just a layer of blackmail material that adversaries are holding over the GOP’s heads?
If they’re released by Congress, maybe there’s a lot more than those files and the people they implicate at stake?
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Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
What pisses me off is that the projects and programs being cancelled are in the states providing most of the funds used by all Federal departments and programs.
Can the blue states defund the fascist regime and stop providing tax revenue?
Can the blue states defund the fascist regime and stop providing tax revenue?
VARNEY: You canceled almost $8b of energy projects, most of them in blue states. Are you punishing the blue states?
CHRIS WRIGHT: We are punishing the wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars ... do you want to subsidize E-bike lanes lanes in Portlandia?
(That's not a no!)
CHRIS WRIGHT: We are punishing the wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars ... do you want to subsidize E-bike lanes lanes in Portlandia?
(That's not a no!)
October 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
What pisses me off is that the projects and programs being cancelled are in the states providing most of the funds used by all Federal departments and programs.
Can the blue states defund the fascist regime and stop providing tax revenue?
Can the blue states defund the fascist regime and stop providing tax revenue?
When is the next Cabinet meeting again?
September 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
When is the next Cabinet meeting again?
Does anyone else have a spouse who constantly second guesses Apple Maps or Google/ Waze, defies the route, and then incurs a ETA penalty of karmic proportions? just me?
I distrust AI as much as anyone but this application seems a perfect one.
I love her and her stubbornness 🤣
I distrust AI as much as anyone but this application seems a perfect one.
I love her and her stubbornness 🤣
September 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Does anyone else have a spouse who constantly second guesses Apple Maps or Google/ Waze, defies the route, and then incurs a ETA penalty of karmic proportions? just me?
I distrust AI as much as anyone but this application seems a perfect one.
I love her and her stubbornness 🤣
I distrust AI as much as anyone but this application seems a perfect one.
I love her and her stubbornness 🤣
With absolutely no relevance to current events, I wonder if Tony Gilroy has put together a reading list of histories and works that influenced his awesome writing for #Andor?
That would be a fascinating list and an educational boon.
That would be a fascinating list and an educational boon.
September 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
With absolutely no relevance to current events, I wonder if Tony Gilroy has put together a reading list of histories and works that influenced his awesome writing for #Andor?
That would be a fascinating list and an educational boon.
That would be a fascinating list and an educational boon.
These guys are a fun listen. I’m a huge Dan Carlin fan but these guys are up there too for a history fix!
The Rest Is History podcasters Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook: ‘There’s something about our monotonous drone people just love’
The Rest Is History podcasters Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook: ‘There’s something about our monotonous drone people just love’
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on putting the drama back into history, the weird things fans say and how fellow historians view their podcast
www.irishtimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
These guys are a fun listen. I’m a huge Dan Carlin fan but these guys are up there too for a history fix!
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The Rest Is History podcasters Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook: ‘There’s something about our monotonous drone people just love’
The Rest Is History podcasters Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook: ‘There’s something about our monotonous drone people just love’
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on putting the drama back into history, the weird things fans say and how fellow historians view their podcast
www.irishtimes.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Rest Is History podcasters Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook: ‘There’s something about our monotonous drone people just love’
Democrats need to do some cleanup of parasitic and fear mongering hangers on. I totally agree that we need much better messaging from the leadership, but if they suck and instead, we’re inundated by this predatory crap, freedom will be lost.
August 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Democrats need to do some cleanup of parasitic and fear mongering hangers on. I totally agree that we need much better messaging from the leadership, but if they suck and instead, we’re inundated by this predatory crap, freedom will be lost.
UMaybe
Slightly diminish a band:
Irony Dan
Irony Dan
Slightly diminish a band:
Dark Gray Sabbath
Dark Gray Sabbath
August 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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New by me: @brysonbort.bsky.social, @malwarejake.bsky.social, Nathan Case, and I wrote up a short paper on protecting your organization from Iranian threat actors in cyberspace. Some simple bullets to focus in your attention on most probable vectors.
www.tarah.org/2025/08/13/p...
www.tarah.org/2025/08/13/p...
Proactive Defense: Iranian Cyber Threats and How to Push Back – Tarah Wheeler
www.tarah.org
August 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
New by me: @brysonbort.bsky.social, @malwarejake.bsky.social, Nathan Case, and I wrote up a short paper on protecting your organization from Iranian threat actors in cyberspace. Some simple bullets to focus in your attention on most probable vectors.
www.tarah.org/2025/08/13/p...
www.tarah.org/2025/08/13/p...
I think we have to face the very real possibility that Putin is traveling to Alaska to both gloat about his manipulation of DJT to the world and to remind DJT that he has the Epstein files. And maybe much more.
August 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I think we have to face the very real possibility that Putin is traveling to Alaska to both gloat about his manipulation of DJT to the world and to remind DJT that he has the Epstein files. And maybe much more.
Playing with iPhone 16 adjustments and starting to get the hang of it.
July 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Playing with iPhone 16 adjustments and starting to get the hang of it.
Putin dropping the DJT pee tapes right now would be something, wouldn’t it?
July 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Putin dropping the DJT pee tapes right now would be something, wouldn’t it?
@neildegrassetyson.com - just re-listened to the Mark Kelly StarTalk, and loved the relativity discussion. QQ, would similar affects of time dilation affect folks on the equator vs. the poles?
July 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
@neildegrassetyson.com - just re-listened to the Mark Kelly StarTalk, and loved the relativity discussion. QQ, would similar affects of time dilation affect folks on the equator vs. the poles?
5/5, no notes. Great tune!
July 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
5/5, no notes. Great tune!
Is there a worse spokesman than the Liberty Mutual combination of the Emu and Doug? The Geico Gekko probably appreciates their distraction.
July 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Is there a worse spokesman than the Liberty Mutual combination of the Emu and Doug? The Geico Gekko probably appreciates their distraction.
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A new version of the Android malware "Godfather" creates isolated virtual environments on mobile devices to steal account data and transactions from legitimate banking apps.
Godfather Android malware now uses virtualization to hijack banking apps
A new version of the Android malware "Godfather" creates isolated virtual environments on mobile devices to steal account data and transactions from legitimate banking apps.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A new version of the Android malware "Godfather" creates isolated virtual environments on mobile devices to steal account data and transactions from legitimate banking apps.
I’m really interested to see how this breakup changes the algorithms on X - DJT might be screwed if he loses that misinformation platform’s help.
June 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’m really interested to see how this breakup changes the algorithms on X - DJT might be screwed if he loses that misinformation platform’s help.
Lucasfilms rightly has received a lot of guff for some of the content they’ve put out, but Andor is fantastic.
Both seasons are wonderfully done and absent all of the post prequel cheesiness. Riveting - Luna and Skarsgard are amazing but the rest of the cast rocked it.
Both seasons are wonderfully done and absent all of the post prequel cheesiness. Riveting - Luna and Skarsgard are amazing but the rest of the cast rocked it.
May 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Lucasfilms rightly has received a lot of guff for some of the content they’ve put out, but Andor is fantastic.
Both seasons are wonderfully done and absent all of the post prequel cheesiness. Riveting - Luna and Skarsgard are amazing but the rest of the cast rocked it.
Both seasons are wonderfully done and absent all of the post prequel cheesiness. Riveting - Luna and Skarsgard are amazing but the rest of the cast rocked it.