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    SIM city: Feds say 100,000-card farms could have killed cell towers in NYC

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  • I strongly believe a lot of the reporting is hyperbole.

    If you're going to run an offshore call center for spam, and domestic carriers are locking you out, this is how you'd get around it.

    Those texts you get "Hey remember that movie on Thursday?" to bait you into a convo?

    Those calls from the IRS telling you to send $2500 in Walmart gift cards?

    Those can all come from these en mass.

    And the best spot to put them is in ultra dense areas where millions of people live to fly under the radar.

    They can have thousands and thousands of SIMs, rotate IMEIs, those can as far as I'm aware bridge physical devices from anywhere and make them appear as though they're here.

    Think fake reviews, fake social media, social media bots, scam call center operations, etc.

    Could they overload a region? Sure, just like a football game, or major event when everyone calls at once.

    That's not why you'd have all those sims though.

  • NYC Telecom Raid: What's Up with Those Weird SIM Banks?

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  • I strongly believe a lot of the reporting is hyperbole.

    If you're going to run an offshore call center for spam, and domestic carriers are locking you out, this is how you'd get around it.

    Those texts you get "Hey remember that movie on Thursday?" to bait you into a convo?

    Those calls from the IRS telling you to send $2500 in Walmart gift cards?

    Those can all come from these en mass.

    And the best spot to put them is in ultra dense areas where millions of people live to fly under the radar.

    They can have thousands and thousands of SIMs, rotate IMEIs, those can as far as I'm aware bridge physical devices from anywhere and make them appear as though they're here.

    Think fake reviews, fake social media, social media bots, scam call center operations, etc.

    Could they overload a region? Sure, just like a football game, or major event when everyone calls at once.

    That's not why you'd have all those sims though.

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  • This is some real RFK level science here.

  • Rep. Mace to introduce resolution authorizing Charlie Kirk to lie in honor at U.S. Capitol

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  • That's a gofundme I can get behind.

  • Kentucky nurse gives CPR to drunk baby raccoon trapped in a dumpster

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  • You want rabies? That's how you get rabies.

  • 'The left is the party of murder ' Elon Musk calls on Republicans to fight after Charlie Kirk killing'

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  • The shooter is also EATING THE DOGS, THEY'RE EATING THE PETS!

    Or some other bullshit.

  • Trump tried to convince deported South Korean workers to stay and train Americans

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  • At least one had a visa (I assume a lot more but only read title saying worker had visa).

    Then the fascist us nimrods said hey you can stay if you want to train americans to do your job. China said all workers come home. We can then discuss them coming back later… as if.

    China? All Asians look the same eh?

  • Trump Ally Charlie Kirk Shot At Event In Utah

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  • I think it's fair to call something a Schadenfreude moment if it is. To quote Kirk: Prove me wrong.

  • Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers

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  • Oh and here we are, thinking everyone on earth speaks English. How American of you!

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  • Bingo of Awful IT Processes

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  • After a point in your career you either learn the skills and get the experience to understand how to plan projects and end up on those groups writing the definitions, or you remain an IC and just code what was given to you.

  • Trump: 'A Lot of People Are Saying Maybe We'd Like a Dictator'

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  • Problem is too many Mustard Mussolini ball sucking right wing gun fucks out there that would literally kill for a chance to play a mole in any left sided actual constitutional militias.

  • Trump and RFK Jr. to Ban Covid-19 Vaccine ‘Within Months’

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  • You know these fuckers will keep a supply in the works for themselves.

    Class wars, disasters, make people need a savior.

    That's the whole fucking game, and the ignorant cunts keep voting for it

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  • Carl Sagan

  • Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’

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  • Yeah, I'm really torn on this one to be honest.

  • Google CIO Calls Trump Admin’s Climate Denialism “Fantastic” | Ruth Porat called for data centers to be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear

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  • Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’

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  • Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’

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  • Thing is, it's a girl, she's the book keeper, and outside of this blog I can't find the actual quote anywhere.

    Tech bro rage is worth it, most are shitheads... But man this whole story sounds off.

  • Should Jon Stewart Run for President in 2028? The Movement Is Growing — and It’s No Longer a Joke

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  • Hey boys, found the Putin Puppet!

  • Democrats can’t gerrymander themselves out of their gerrymandering problem

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  • we can't stop them at the SCOTUS

    Wrong

    Do tell.

    we can't stop them at the Federal level

    Wrong

    Again, do tell. Just saying "Wrong" is taking the Trump 'Fale news' approach. Back up your argument.

    cause gerrymandering is just the wrong thing to do.

    Wrong, cause gerrymandering won't work because we don't have enough states to gerrymander. I respect the intentions behind it but it is a bad strategy.

    Again, what's the strategy?

    I've said for years now that getting people to vote at the local levels is what'll change things, the Texas level of gerrymandering breaks even that...

    Remember folks, every vote counts. We did this to ourselves.

    I've said it before elsewhere but it needs to be heard...

    It's just wild to me continually seeing posts not understanding how this all works, and how it would play out. It's like the people who thought China paid the tariffs...

    The house is almost tied. That's who passes bills, handles impeachments, some of the most powerful committees are, and who impeaches Presidents...

    218 Republicans, 213 Democrats.

    Let's see, take New York for example.

    26 representatives total, 19 Democrat and 7 Republican.

    5 of those were within 2 points last time their seat was up.

    People who think that New York is blue, their vote doesn't matter, skips the votes for the House and Senate and end up losing a Blue house seat but later complain that nothing changes are literally the fucking problem.

    Every. Fucking. State. Is. Like. This.

    Apathetic morons who don't realize that the president is only held accountable by the other branch of government then wave their hands around when they did jack shit to help put people in place to, are the fucking problem.

    District 3 of California was lost by 24,000 votes. District 22 was lost by 3,000.

    Those two seats in the house, along with the close ones in New York, Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Washington, hell every state... Are what makes the House of Representatives or breaks it.

    So, if you think that your vote for president doesn't matter, so you skip voting and let these other seats slip, yes, you're a fucking moron who can't grasp basic concepts of government that are taught in 4th grade.

    And don't get me started on the State House/Senates, how they define voting laws and voting zones and engage in gerrymandering.

    Every fucking vote counts.

    And until the country realizes it, and starts acting on it, we'll keep getting the shit we deserve.

    House needs a simple majority, and two thirds of the Senate.

    Democrats would need ~18 seats.

    First, that won't happen in 2026.

    Even the best cases make it hard to win enough by 2028. Which is why impeachment is just not something we can hold out for.

    Gerrymandering is part of why this is a problem, which is done at the local level, and again why every vote counts.

    How could it play out? Assuming some absurdly weird upside down world just opposite of what we're living in, this is the only path just looking at the numbers...

    Again, Democrats would need to gain 18 net seats. Seats Potentially in Play (Republican Incumbents): This requires looking at seats up in upcoming cycles.

    • Class 1 Seats (Up in 2026):
      • Highly Competitive Targets: These would be the first priority. States where Democrats have won statewide recently or that lean only slightly Republican. Examples based on recent political history might include:
        • North Carolina (Budd-R)
        • Alaska (Sullivan-R) - Unique dynamics with ranked-choice voting.
      • Stretch Targets: States that are more Republican but could potentially flip under exceptionally favorable conditions (like the hypothetical turnout).
        • Iowa (Ernst-R)
        • Montana (Daines-R) - Depends heavily on candidate matchups.
        • Kentucky (McConnell-R's seat - potential retirement changes dynamics)
        • Kansas (Marshall-R)
        • South Carolina (Graham-R)
      • Very Difficult Targets: Solidly Republican states requiring overwhelming Democratic turnout and significant shifts among other voters.
        • Texas (Cornyn-R)
        • Mississippi (Wicker-R)
        • Alabama (Tuberville-R)
        • West Virginia (Capito-R)
        • Oklahoma (Mullin-R - Special election winner)
        • Wyoming (Lummis-R)
        • Idaho (Risch-R)
        • Arkansas (Cotton-R)
        • Nebraska (Ricketts-R)
        • South Dakota (Rounds-R)
        • Louisiana (Cassidy-R) - Jungle primary system.
    • Class 2 Seats (Up in 2028): (Looking further ahead)
      • Highly Competitive Targets:
        • Maine (Collins-R) - Often competitive, depends on matchup.
        • Georgia (Perdue/Ossoff dynamic showed competitiveness, depends who holds it after '26 potentially) - Assuming GOP holds a seat here.
      • Stretch Targets:
        • Michigan (Peters-D currently, but listing potential GOP flips back if one happened hypothetically before 2028) - Generally leans D, but could be contested.
        • New Hampshire (Shaheen-D currently) - Generally leans D, but listing potential GOP flips back.
      • Very Difficult Targets: (Many solidly Republican states)
        • Tennessee (Hagerty-R)
        • Alaska (Murkowski-R historically, depends on dynamics)
        • North Carolina (Tillis-R)
        • Iowa (Grassley-R seat potentially)
        • Texas (Cruz-R)
        • Kentucky (Paul-R)
        • And many others similar to the 2026 list (SC, AL, MS, WY, ID, NE, SD, KS, WV, OK).

    It's going to take an absolutely historic level of pain to both drive enough people to vote MAGA out to make this change though.

    The amount that's being excused, sanewashed, and just drowned out with other absurdities...

    We're on all on this shit ride until some new wildcard comes into play.

    No impeachment, no Supreme Court, no guardrail is going to change that.

    Something new and unaccounted for is the only feasible catalyst.

  • Democrats can’t gerrymander themselves out of their gerrymandering problem

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  • Aw well fuck, I guess you're right.

    Ok boys, we can't stop them at the SCOTUS, we can't stop them at the Federal level, might as well pack it in, cause gerrymandering is just the wrong thing to do.

    We'll let Schumer write another sternly written letter, maybe it'll work this time.

    /s

  • Technology @lemmy.world
    aramova @infosec.pub

    Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce

    www.cnbc.com /2025/05/13/microsoft-is-cutting-3percent-of-workers-across-the-software-company.html