Set the Facebook scam ad geography limited to “Antarctica.” Can’t tell if it’s actually stopped running but that should at least cut it off a bit. 🤣

Wrote a longer Facebook post about my ads account getting hacked and included a few new details, like the hoax US Weekly page and the Meta Pixel found on pill sites. facebook.com/bpopken/posts/…

"Cold War 2.0" by George S. Takach is a good read for insights into the thinking on new Biden admin AI chip restrictions intended to widen A.I. development chasm between U.S. and autocracies like China and Russia. a.co/d/botfPBM

PowerSchool hacked nationwide and reportedly paid ransom to avoid data leak. The software is used by K-12 schools in U.S. and Canada to manage grades, schedules, attendance. PII for individuals in some districts was accessed. infosecurity-magazine.com/news/powerscho…

At the airport and passing through DC today, TSA is doing extra screening at the gate.

New freelance piece by me for data journalism site Stacker: stacker.com/stories/histor…

A refreshing way to go deeper in an explainer: "The first thing to understand about the China shock is that nearly every part of the narrative at the start of this article is an oversimplification." nytimes.com/2025/04/11/bus…

Russian illegals spy factory in Brazil exposed: nytimes.com/2025/05/21/wor…

How come YouTube Music Won’t Let me go to my Downloaded music easily when I’m out of strong cell service on a run It just keeps trying to connect and I get a black screen of sadness YouTube Google