Notices by kcarruthers (kcarruthers@infosec.exchange)

Someone I know counted the number of times Venezuela appeared in project 2025 (18 times). You can go check too. Have a look at page 179 for instance…

https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

Israel asked Qatar to increase the amount of funds it gave to Hamas around a month before the October 7 attacks, Yedioth Ahronoth reported: The request was conveyed to Qatar's envoy to Gaza on behalf of the govt by the former head of the Shin Bet security service's Sthn District, & other officials.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-asked-qatar-increase-amount-funds-it-gave-hamas-month-october-7

What is Project Esther, the playbook against pro-Palestine movement in US?

Advocates say Trump administration appears to be following Project Esther’s recommendations to crackdown on activism.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/31/what-is-project-esther-the-playbook-against-pro-palestine-movement-in-us

@neurovagrant ooh there’s still a few things left on my BingoCard

https://katecarruthers.com/2025/01/09/2025-bingocard/

Researchers are starting to argue that #Endometriosis is like a #Cancer - Reproductive Sciences

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43032-025-02024-0

Good: British man's visa cancelled after being charged with displaying Nazi symbols

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-24/british-national-visa-cancelled-for-displaying-nazi-symbol/106176308

IBM's CEO walked through some napkin math on data centers— & said there's "no way" to turn a profit at current costs.
"$8 trillion of CapEx means you need roughly $800 billion of profit just to pay for the interest," Arvind Krishna said

https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-ceo-big-tech-ai-capex-data-center-spending-2025-12

Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.

https://politi.co/2w2L0Yd

UKHSA says 'wear a mask' as four viruses spread in UK

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/ukhsa-says-wear-mask-four-32921664

How [idiotic] US States Are Getting Around Vaccine Mandates 🙄

Florida’s move to ban vaccine mandates made national headlines, but many US states are taking on vaccine requirements in a quieter way.

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-10-14/how-states-are-getting-around-vaccine-mandates

the AIs have spoken

Spain joins Italy in dispatching navy vessel to back humanitarian flotilla for Gaza against Israeli drone attacks

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spain-joins-italy-in-dispatching-navy-vessel-to-back-humanitarian-flotilla-for-gaza/3698164

Gulf states to activate joint defence mechanism, as Qatar calls for 'concrete' response to Israeli attack

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/gulf-states-convene-joint-defence-mechanism-qatar-calls-concrete-response-israeli-attack

Y. Pestis: Ancient DNA solves Plague of Justinian mystery to rewrite pandemic history

https://phys.org/news/2025-08-ancient-dna-plague-justinian-mystery.html

Oh goody: OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police

https://futurism.com/openai-scanning-conversations-police

A large cache of leaked private messages has revealed how Australian Neo-Nazi groups took inspiration from their counterparts overseas: largest Neo-Nazi group has been following a far-right playbook to position itself as a political movement for Australians with fringe views

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-07/overseas-neo-nazi-groups-shaping-australian-far-right/105741342

The Bonus Protections of Routine #Vaccines: “And the more flu shots one gets, the better — at least for preventing heart failure. In one study, people who had accumulated more than three flu shots over the period of the study (which ranged from about two to seven years, depending on the patient), had the lowest risk of cardiovascular death. The reduction was comparable to what you might expect from following the Mediterranean diet.”
https://www.webmd.com/vaccines/news/20241211/bonus-protections-routine-vaccines

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global

It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.

https://newatlas.com/infectious-diseases/hiv-prevention-fda-lenacapavir/

I’m just now realising my Nan was right. It’s all about our gut & our poop! Study of Over 400,000 People Links Gut Bacteria With Insomnia Risk

https://www.sciencealert.com/study-of-over-400000-people-links-gut-bacteria-with-insomnia-risk

The University of Melbourne has been reprimanded for using wi-fi location data to identify students involved in a sit-in protest last year. Long-feared "function creep" materialised.
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/university-of-melbourne-reprimanded-for-using-wi-fi-data-to-identify-protesters-619742