https://x.com/i/status/1817017795013407007

Or am I misinterpretting "never have to vote again"?

What the Republicans really think of Trump


https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfu..._of_trump/

Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas


https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/j...rian-ideas

Elon Musk’s transgender daughter, in first interview, says he berated her for being queer as a child

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/e...rcna163665

Watch THIS Our next President Kamala Harris!


https://old.reddit.com/r/TheLib/comments...la_harris/

For a while when sending Gmail emails via Thunderbird on a desktop (Windows 10) I've been getting messages about security exceptions relating to smtp.gmail.com:465. The grey box says the certificate isn't verified but I confirm the security exception and tick the box to store the exception permanently. The send usually then fails the first time, but when I click Send again it goes and is delivered. This has been going on for a while but is little bother and I figured whatever isn't right will catch up with itself eventually in updates.

Then - after a Thunderbird update a couple of days ago I couldn't get it to download Gmail emails at all. It was getting stuck at "connected to imap.....".

This morning I've spent a couple of hours trying to figure out what's going on. I have done a number of Google searches and picked up various sites with info on how things should be set up without finding anything wrong. Eventually I found that if I go into the Norton antivirus settings and turn off "scan inbound emails POP3 IMAP4" the "connected to imap....." problem goes away. Emails are now downloading for both Gmail accounts without any problem.

My question now is how much risk I have opened up by switching off that scan of incoming emails. We keep email set to display simple html and are pretty savvy about not clicking anything that might be dodgy. Is it safe to leave as is?

The security exception message when sending email is still happening though and I can't see any way to fix it. Is it something to worry about or just put up with until the certificate update is eventually done by Google (assuming that that is what is needed)?

As much as I admire Mike King and his initiatives, this just seems like a deal for mates...   I am sure there are other existing organisations with much more experience and capacity to provide the same services.  

Why did they get special treatment? 

Quote:Health officials had to invoke a special 'opt-out' clause to ensure $24 million given to Mike King's Gumboot Friday initiative complied with government contract rules.
Officials also - unsuccessfully - suggested providing less funding to start with, before scaling up.
The chair of the charity behind the initiative says the level of scrutiny it has faced has been "devastating" and there was an assumption that the organisation must have done something "dodgy".
The government announced in May that the I Am Hope Foundation would receive $6m for four years to provide counselling services to 5- to 25-year-olds. The funding was already pledged as part of the coalition agreement last year.
Documents obtained under the Official Information Act show Health Ministry officials struggling to find a way to make the contract compliant with public procurement rules.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/5230...ay-funding

https://old.reddit.com/r/EnoughMuskSpam/...spend_for/

Saw an email from a client about this the other day, I think it was a November? deadline.

Basically means you won't be able to use pop or imap now for MS email addresses eg hotmail, live.com etc  Will require OAuth sign in from then on... 

Newer versions of Outlook, thunderbird etc can cope with it, but older version won't, and Windows Live Mail definitely will not, not that it was much good with imap anyway...

There has been a bit of media attention recently on intel CPU's causing system crashes.

This video sheds some more light on the issue, doesnt look good for intel.