Notices by John Carlsen 🇺🇸🇳🇱🇪🇺 (johnlogic@sfba.social)

@MargaretD @Jorsh

Do the ICE recruitment posters include clever rhymes like "Don't be stupid, be a smarty! Come and join the Nazi party!"?

"Tech companies have a big remote worker problem: North Korean operatives

Cybersecurity firms say that the intricate scam to amass funding for North Korea’s weapons program is happening 'on a scale we haven’t seen before.'"

By Maggie Miller and Dana Nickel
05/12/2025 05:30 AM EDT

"A growing number of the nation’s top tech firms have hired remote information technology workers, only to discover that the employees were actually North Korean cyber operatives.
..."

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/12/north-korea-remote-workers-us-tech-companies-00340208

#InfoSec #Schadenfreude

"An underwater volcano off the coast of Oregon may be about to erupt

A recent study found increased seismicity and swelling at Axial Seamount, suggesting an eruption could occur sometime this year."

by Denise Chow
May 8, 2025, 11:12 AM PDT

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/underwater-volcano-coast-oregon-may-erupt-rcna205369

On LinkedIn someone sent me a message about an open job. I asked what it would pay. The person responded asking what my "expectation" was, to which I replied:

My expectation is compliance with California Labor Code - LAB § 432.3, effective January 1, 2023, which requires employers of 15 or more to include reasonably-accurate pay ranges in their job postings.

@skinnylatte

I hear you; good food makes the day better.

In your area, I like El Cantaro (791 Foam St).

"Australia’s conservatives embraced Trump-style politics – and lost big"

by James Griffiths, Asia correspondent, Sydney

Published today by The Globe and Mail

(link around paywall)

https://archive.ph/GLhrR

"Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse"

by Daniel Bice and John Diedrich
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Updated April 25, 2025, 10:17 a.m. CT

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/breaking/2025/04/25/milwaukee-county-judge-hannah-dugan-arrested-by-feds-at-courthouse/83270885007/

#ICE #Immigration

"Tesla's software engineering head to step down, Bloomberg News reports"

By Reuters
April 4, 20251:09 PM PDT
Updated a day ago

"April 4 (Reuters) - Tesla's (TSLA.O), opens new tab vice president of software engineering, David Lau, has told people at the company he is stepping down, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Lau, who has been with the automaker for more than 12 years, has held the role since 2017, according to his LinkedIn page.
..."

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/teslas-software-engineering-head-step-down-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-04-04/

"'Breakthrough' deep brain stimulation device for Parkinson's to make clinical debut"

By Don Jacobson
March 21, 2025 / 9:49 AM

"...
A team at Stanford University School of Medicine in Palo Alto, Calif., was set to connect two Parkinson's patients to a new type of deep brain stimulation device, or 'brain pacemaker,' developed by Medtronic Inc., on Friday in a ceremony to hail what they say is the beginning of a new paradigm in long-standing efforts to control sufferers' debilitating tremors.

The device, called the BrainSense Adaptive deep brain stimulator, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration on Feb. 24 after a decade of development, testing and trials, and is now poised to make its clinical debut.
..."

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2025/03/21/Parkinsons-deep-brain-stimulation/6441742391796/

"Over 500 Boeing 787 with Faulty Parts Cleared Audits Amid Italian Scam

Boeing faces another quality control crisis as investigators reveal faulty titanium parts passed multiple certification audits."

By Helen William
March 13, 2025

https://aviationa2z.com/index.php/2025/03/13/over-500-boeing-787-with-faulty-parts-cleared-audits/

#aviation

"Firmware update bricks HP printers, makes them unable to use HP cartridges

HP already has a reputation for breaking printers with updates."

by Scharon Harding
Mar 10, 2025 11:05 AM

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/firmware-update-bricks-hp-printers-makes-them-unable-to-use-hp-cartridges/

HAVE A SUPER MAR 10

#SuperMario

@br00t4c

That one cuts deep...

Let's talk about the immigration fraud that Elon Musk committed when he claimed to be a college student but instead got into business.

"There is a default 5-year statute of limitations for prosecuting a federal offense. 18 U.S.C. 3282(a). However, this statute of limitations does not apply to many immigration offenses because the offenses are seen as continuing beyond the initial date of action. For example, in United States v. Krstic, 558 F.3d 1010 (9th Cir. March 10, 2009), the Ninth Circuit held that the crime of possessing an authentic immigration document obtained by means of a false statement was a possessory offense, rather than a false statement offense. 18 U.S.C. 1546(a). As a possessory offense, it was a continuing offense and the statute of limitations began to run only when federal agents seized the authentic immigration document."

from

https://nortontooby.com/content/immigration-offenses-statute-limitations

"Delta offers $30K to passengers after fiery crash landing in Toronto"

By Chris Williams
Published February 19, 2025 3:02pm PST

https://www.ktvu.com/news/delta-plane-crash-toronto-money

@br00t4c

"U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King ... has found that the order 'is unconstitutional in multiple ways, including usurping Congress' power of the purse,' according to Kyle Cheney, senior legal affairs reporter for Politico."

I wonder how many of Trump's orders should be discarded as unconstitutional...

@br00t4c

"Some of the fired employees included NNSA staff who are on the ground at facilities where nuclear weapons are built. These staff oversee the contractors who build nuclear weapons, and they inspect these weapons."

@br00t4c

Thanks for posting!

Here's access to the full article without tracking:

"Don’t Politicize Aviation Safety

The tragic airliner crash in Washington underscores the risks of cavalier changes to regulatory agencies."

By Conor Friedersdorf

January 30, 2025, 9:03 AM ET

"Yesterday, the United States suffered the first fatal crash of a U.S. airliner in 16 years. American Airlines Flight 5342, a regional jetliner, originated in Wichita, Kansas. Just before landing at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in northern Virginia, it collided with a military helicopter over the Potomac River. ..."

https://archive.ph/GZfOz

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."

Calvin Coolidge

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/2749-nothing-in-this-world-can-take-the-place-of-persistence

@br00t4c

What has the United States done to improve the working conditions in slaughterhouses and meat packing plants in the 120 years since Upton Sinclair?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle