girlinlondon:

Judi Dench, London, 1965

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What this all means is that we have to start thinking about the security of the Internet of Things–whether the issue in question is today’s airplanes or tomorrow’s smart clothing. We can’t repeat the mistakes of the early days of the PC and then the Internet, where we initially ignored security and then spent years playing catch-up. We have to build security into everything that is going to be connected to the Internet.

This is going to require both significant research and major commitments by companies. It’s also going to require legislation mandating certain levels of security on devices connecting to the Internet, and at network providers that make the Internet work. This isn’t something the market can solve on its own, because there are just too many incentives to ignore security and hope that someone else will solve it.

As a nation, we need to prioritize defense over offense. Right now, the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command have a strong interest in keeping the Internet insecure so they can better eavesdrop on and attack our enemies. But this prioritization cuts both ways: We can’t leave others’ networks vulnerable without also leaving our own vulnerable. And as one of the most networked countries on the planet, we are highly vulnerable to attack. It would be better to focus the NSA’s mission on defense and harden our infrastructure against attack.

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– Schneier on Security: Hacking Airplanes (via dendroica)

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house stark + home

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from the iTunes review:

…a moving ballad that references both meanings of “sirens,” with a particularly engaging vocal delivery, even more so upon learning that Talan’s voice was recorded in one take on a day her condition would not allow more attempts. She doesn’t sound ill (anywhere on the record, for that matter) but there’s a poignancy to the performance that’s conspicuous and affecting.

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The new Weepies album is so good.

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summer entertainment.

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I thought they were maybe both boys. But the non pink socks one is looking through a peek hole in the wall. The girl rollerblading

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“Needle was Robb and Bran and Rickon, her mother and her father, even Sansa. Needle was Winterfell’s grey walls, and the laughter of its people. Needle was the summer snows, Old Nan’s stories, the heart tree with its red leaves and scary face, the warm earthy smell of the glass gardens, the sound of the north wind rattling the shutters of her room. Needle was Jon Snow’s smile. He used to mess my hair and call me “little sister,” she remembered, and suddenly there were tears in her eyes.”

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Campo the Scuola di San Rocco, circa 1882, John Singer Sargent

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pintoras:

Anna Boberg (Swedish, 1864 – 1935): Svolvaer Harbour at the Height of the Fishing Season.Study from Lofoten (via Stockholm Nationalmuseum)

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art-is-art-is-art:

In the Norvegienne Boat at Giverny, Claude Monet

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libutron:

The giant Lewis’ Moon Snail – Neverita lewisii (Syn. Euspira lewisii)

Lewis’ Moon Snail, Neverita lewisii (Gastropoda – Naticidae), is a huge sea snail native to the Pacific Ocean coast of North America, from Canada to Baja California, Mexico). This is the largest of the moon snails, with shells up to 13 cm in diameter, however a fully expanded animal is several times larger than its shell. The snails plough forward with a foot just below the surface of the sand. When extended, the foot can measure over 30 cm in diameter.

Moon snails feed mostly on clams, mussels, or other mollusks. They are “boring predators”, meaning that they drill through the shell of their prey and ingest the tissue inside. In order to drill a prey item successfully, they must first detect and immobilize their prey, cover it in a mucus sheath and then transport it into the sediment to be drilled. Moon snails use a combination of an acidic enzyme and a “rasping tongue”, the radula, to penetrate their shelled prey. The radula, located at the end of the proboscis, scrapes the surface of the shell as the proboscis rotates 90 degrees, resulting in a fairly round and smooth borehole with an inner and outer edge. The accessory boring organ, located in the snail’s foot, secretes the acidic enzyme to soften the shell of the prey.

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Photo credits: [Top: ©Ann Dornfeld | Locality: Alki Pipeline, Seattle, Washington, US, 2009] – [Bottom: ©Megan Asche | Locality: Olympia, Washington, US, 2013]

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“There’s something slightly special about a treecreeper. They’re one of those birds you find in bird-books as a beginner and never believe you will actually see. Part of you doesn’t really believe they even exist. The bird book says they’re common: and so the bird-book is obviously lying. Perhaps there should be a special category for such birds: Category L birds: the birds the birdbooks lie about. The truth, of course, is that treecreepers are common but not commonly seen. There are quite a few birds like that.”

– Eddie’s treecreeper | Simon Barnes

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marykatewiles:

Happy birthday @yulinononeleg!

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