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Iran is a theocracy. It is likely to stay a theocracy. There is no viable replacement for Khamenei that is friendly to the US/Israel.
Killing Khamenei takes us from bad to likely worse. The Iranian people don't want this and that's critical for regime change.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/prior-iran-attacks-cia-assessed-khamenei-would-be-replaced-by-hardline-irgc-2026-02-28/
@krypt3ia Yes - that and IRGC QF.
@realn2s Yeah, financial services.
I've already had questions from a FinServ client about Iran replicating Operation Ababil (2012-2013 DDoS targeting FS orgs).
My assessment is that is not likely to happen. Iran has limited capacity for cyberattacks and given the current situation, they have MUCH higher priorities for cyberattacks. Realistically, they are FAR more likely to use their limited cyber resources for intelligence collection instead of destructive attacks that would have limited impacts. They are likely unable to perform another Shamoon-style attack either, since that requires significant prepositioning. In any case, it's unlikely they have enough prepositioning in US orgs (especially FS) to create that type of impact.
One other note, is that FS orgs are in a much different position today to deal with any DDoS attacks that Iranian-linked threat actors might attempt. Operation Ababil was a wakeup call for the whole industry and they've definitely become more resilient to DDoS in the last decade+ since.
@mastobit Not wrong.
@mastobit I have deep knowledge in this subject domain as it turns out - for reasons...
The administration is getting US service members killed over the fucking Epstein files. I am livid. I hope to live to see Hegseth and every other member of the administration enabling this hanging on a wall.
This is so triggering for my PTSD. Fuck man. This is not okay. I am not okay.
Cymbalta is a wonder drug.
I am still in pain and still have PTSD symptoms, but I am legit the happiest I've been in as long as I can remember.
Surround yourself with good people. Pay it forward. Hug your friends every chance you get. Purge toxic people from your life.
Quality healthcare shouldn't be this way. It doesn't have to be this way. It's only this way because of greed. Period.
Things were worse before the ACA, but the ACA hasn't made healthcare remotely equitable in the US. Quality, timely healthcare is a human right. Period. /FIN
So back to the pre-auth and insurance co-pay issues: I'm 100% certain people are dying because they can't bear to wait for insurance and don't have the option to pay out of pocket without guarantee of reimbursement.
That supremely pisses me off. It should piss you off too. 4/
Last weekend I was getting back to a REALLY dark place again. I stopped at a tattoo parlor on a whim and got this thinking "the coroner would make jokes about someone with a fresh semicolon tattoo offing themselves" and I wasn't cool with that. Sick, I know.
That arm hurts so bad I never felt it. 3/
Quality healthcare shouldn't be this way. It doesn't have to be this way. It's only this way because of greed. Period.
Things were worse before the ACA, but the ACA hasn't made healthcare remotely equitable in the US. Quality, timely healthcare is a human right. Period. /FIN
Last weekend I was getting back to a REALLY dark place again. I stopped at a tattoo parlor on a whim and got this thinking "the coroner would make jokes about someone with a fresh semicolon tattoo offing themselves" and I wasn't cool with that. Sick, I know.
That arm hurts so bad I never felt it 3/
Real talk: the pain is so bad that I tried to take my life a few weeks ago (a few days before I spent a week in the hospital getting on a drug regimen that's making things just barely livable). I'm glad I didn't succeed, but given the level of pain, it wasn't an irrational act by any stretch. 2/
With my nerve pain issues over the last five weeks, I've repeatedly paid out of pocket to do something NOW without waiting for preauthorization.
It really bothers me that most people in the US can't do that. I can't imagine waiting two weeks for an MRI pre-auth so we can move forward with care. 1/
