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As Philadelphia fell to the British in 1777, affluent Patriot families sought refuge in Reading, where political tensions, accusations of loyalism and the realities of slavery shaped a little-known chapter of the Revolution.
https://www.delcotimes.com/2026/06/17/america-250-revolutionary-war-refugees-in-reading-faced-suspicion-loss-and-upheaval/
Essay Bruce Schneier schneier.com
Some age-verification systems are no match for enterprising children, who have found that drawing on a fake mustache with a makeup pencil is enough to skirt the blocks of adult websites.
[2026.05.19] Not by name, but Laurie Anderson quotes me in one of the tracks of her new album:
My favorite quote is from a cryptologist who said “If you think technology will solve your problems, you don’t understand technology and you don’t understand your problems.”
Also in interviews:
“Of course, it’s ridiculous, outrageous, blah, blah, blah,” Anderson says about the ad. ‘But, I mean, my favorite quote on this is from a cryptologist who said, ‘If you think technology will solve your problems, you don’t understand technology  and you don’t understand your problems.’ And I think I’m completely on board with that.”
People are telling me that she has been reciting this quote in performances for years. (I lost track of her since college and her 1981 hit “O Superman.”)
The origins of the quote is from Roger Needham:
If you think cryptography can solve your problem, you don’t understand your problem and you don’t understand cryptography.
I modified the quote in the preface to my 2000 book Secrets and Lies:
A few years ago I heard a quotation, and I am going to modify it here: If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don’t understand the problems and you don’t understand the technology.
I can’t tell you why me in 2000 didn’t credit Needham by name. I should have.
I have used the quote pretty consistently since then. Somewhere along the line I dropped “security” from the phrase, and now say it more like Anderson quotes me:
If you think technology will solve your problem, you don’t understand your problem and you don’t understand technology.
I sometimes use singular and sometimes use plural. Sometimes I say “the problem” and “the technology.” But I think the quote flows better ending with just the word “technology.”
EDITED TO ADD (5/12): It gets weirder. A friend sent me some 1997 emails that talk about this. Roger Needham wrote: “Butler Lampson and I each attribute to the other the remark.” I wrote: “Roger Needham claims that Robert Morris said it. Robert Morris claims that Roger Needham said it. No one knows who the originator is.” I said it from stage at Defcon that year — definitely not the originator.
NATIONAL GUARD
Trump deployed the National Guard to the reflecting pool to keep people from taking bits of his failed paint job but would not deploy it to the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to protect democracy.
Flu outbreak at Air Force Base after Hegseth makes immunization optional.
WCGW – The Surgeon General ( is not a surgeon and not a general) of Florida just announced ALL VACCINE MANDATES IN FLORIDA will be ENDED; thus allowing: polio, whooping cough, influenza, etc……
Trump told Leslie Stahl something years ago that everyone should hear.
She asked Trump he kept calling the media fake news.
He said, I do it because I need to discredit you, so that when you say negative things about me, nobody believes you.
That is EXACTLY what he’s done.
The problem everyone has with him is that most of us grew up with values, ethics, and integrity.
That is not Donald Trump.
He figured out a long time ago that he can bully his way through any rule and if he keeps pushing harder and harder, people will relent.
For most of his life they did, but we must stand up against it.
Deutsche Bank’s Anti-Financial Crime Department recognized Epstein’s sex-trafficking in 2014 and escalated to senior leadership.
The bank decided to continue providing Epstein with cash anyway.
Deutsche Bank settled in 2023. Zero criminal charges.
France’s domestic spy agency has terminated its contract with Palantir.
France is the second country in as many weeks to cancel its work with the creepy surveillance company led by CEO Alex Karp. Several European nations are expected to follow France’s footsteps in the coming weeks and also cancel all existing contracts with Palantir.
Trump is trying to shift the decision about who gets to vote from the states to his administration, using benign sounding administrative procedures, and an executive order that few people are paying attention to. There’s nothing more important to be aware of right now than this. Details here:
In a notice filed Thursday in federal court, the Trump administration advised the court it has created a “new General Privacy Act System of Records (“SORN”) to coincide with its proposal to amend the Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), regarding the transmission of mail-in or absentee ballots for federal elections.” ~ Joyce Vance
Gag Me with an NDA: Trump’s Effort to Silence the Entire Federal Workforce
The NSA confirms Mythos “broke into almost all of our classified systems, not in weeks, but in hours”
NSA Chief Says Anthropic’s Mythos Broke Into Nearly All Classified Systems in Hours https://www.economist.com/briefing/2026/06/14/donald-trumps-blocking-of-anthropic-is-capricious-and-chaotic
Alan Dershowitz argued against Epstein’s prosecution in 2007.
A 2007 US Attorney internal email: “I would prefer not to highlight for the judge all of the other crimes and all of the other persons that we could charge.”
Congress wants to know why.
Second judge blocks most of Trump’s executive order on elections
WHERE IS THE MONEY?
WHERE IS THE MONEY?
Trump and his cronies gained access to the Kennedy Center’s accounts, and $17 million in operational funds has vanished! This is blatant looting of public institutions. We demand a full investigation now!
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We’re about to spend $300,000,000,000 rebuilding Iran after spending $80,000,000,000 destroying it, while telling Americans on Medicaid to take a hike.
America First.
776,000 Children Lose SNAP Benefits After Reform Bill
A ProPublica investigation found that since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed on July 4, 2025, SNAP enrollment dropped by 1.67 million people in those states, with children making up 46% of the decline. Arizona faced the biggest hit, losing 205,223 children from the rolls amid a 52% overall plunge. Republicans who backed the bill, which expanded work requirements and cut $187 billion over 10 years, say it protects the truly needy and fights fraud, while critics point to hungry kids as evidence of broken promises.
“The poor and the middle class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the very rich pay lawyers, and the ultra-rich pay politicians.”
George Monbiot in the Guardian, originally by Mohammed Saha
Warren Buffet has always said that he should not pay less taxes than his secretary or teachers. Apart from that, most of his value is held in stocks and bonds. He’s also signed The Giving Pledge – pledging to donate over 99% of his wealth to charity.
In 2009 the federal minimum wage was $7.25 and a pound of hamburger beef was $2.20.
Today the federal minimum wage is still $7.25 and beef is $8.34.
“Bitcoin is backed by nothing.”
SO STUPID —> LEARN THIS
#Bitcoin is backed by the world’s most secure network and a fixed supply.
The dollar left gold in 1971 and has been diluted ever since. Which one is really backed by nothing?
MICHAEL SAYLOR JUST ANNOUNCED THAT STRATEGY IS BUYING MORE #BITCOIN
STRC IS DOWN AND IT DOES NOT MATTER AT ALL
SAYLOR WILL NEVER STOP BUYING BTC
On this day in history, 16 years ago, Satoshi Nakamoto wrote: “Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.”
It’s never too late to start stacking. In April 2013, despite being mentioned in the whitepaper 3.5 years earlier, Adam Back did not own a single Bitcoin. The price was $100.
Saylor waited another 7 years. In an interview at Bitcoin 2021, he told Max Keiser that he made his first Bitcoin purchase on June 3, 2020. The price was $9,500.
ESSAY
Living next to a data center. Tinnitus for everyone!
30 years ago, the Bland family sold 87 acres of farmland to the Texas Parks and Recreation Foundation for $10 with one stipulation in the deed: the land must be turned into a public park in Williamson County.
Last year, the city of Taylor, Texas, sold that land to the data center developer Blueprint for $10 million. The Bland family’s dream of creating a community hub will be erased for a 135,000-square-foot data center complex.
From Blueprint’s $1 billion data center project, Taylor is projected to generate $30 million in tax revenue over the next decade.
Despite public protests, Taylor, Texas, said on its website that there was no way to deny construction of the data centers. MORE
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