CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@ppb1701 That they’ve already released 18.7.3 for phones that can’t upgrade to 26 but nothing for those that can does not bode well, alas. “Upgrade to 26” is the current recommendation, which just happens to suit their interests (and not mine).

@mttaggart 18.7.X isn’t offered to me, since I’m on a iPhone 15 Pro. It’s either up to 26 or staying at 18.6.2.

@mttaggart Nothing explicit, but reading between the lines…

iOS 26 has been fixed. iOS 18 for devices that can’t run iOS 26 has been fixed. And those who can run iOS 26 but don’t want to? [Conspicuous silence.]

Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

A powerful iPhone-hacking technique known as DarkSword has been discovered in use by Russian hackers. It can take over devices running iOS 18 that simply visit infected websites.

WIRED (www.wired.com)

@jsnell If they hasn’t throttled the CPU because of the battery, I’d still be on my iPhone 6.

AND NOBODY WOULD BE ON MY LAWN.

Apparently, Apple isn’t going to patch iOS 18.6.2, meaning I either risk my information with DarkSword or my sanity with iOS 26.

Say what you want about Microsoft — please! use profanity! — but they wouldn’t let a zero-interaction, full-exfil bug go unfixed on a seven month old release.

@ColesStreetPothole Argh. “He never got to the fifth grade” is funnier. That’s going to bug me all day.

@ytscorp Ha ha, no, of course not.

ICE won’t have any training.

@ColesStreetPothole No, see, that’s impossible, because he graduated the fifth grade last year.

It is very funny that ICE didn’t change anything about their MO for the airport deployments.

The dude is wearing plate armor with a bunch of shit tactically stuck to it, to stand behind a Black woman sitting in a chair, doing the actual work, without getting paid.

If I were a criminal President, I would simply find a less obvious way to steal billions than whipsawing the world oil markets with an illegitimate war.

But I’m built different (i.e. not a dementia-addled pedophile).

@andybaio

An awful lot of grandchildren are going to find a skull neck-gaiter in an old trunk in the attic and realize that Pop-Pop was a Nazi.

~phegseth/wars/2026/CLAUDE.md

@namaragadison Oh, it wasn’t intentional at all. He just assumes anything that’s been previously connected to a walk — the leash clasp, me standing up from my desk, two o’clock in the afternoon — means we’re headed out and he’ll come charging in.

@fishidwardrobe When I get the leash on his collar, he’ll turn his head around to bite it, and give it a tug, like, c’mon, man! Let’s gooo!

An experiment.

How is Hegseth supposed to protect America’s interests if he can’t even bully a fuckin’ nerd?