Deb Shinder

Technology analyst and author, 14 yr Microsoft MVP (Security). Cybercrime specialist. Former law enforcement, current elected official.

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That was quite the council meeting tonight. The power went off, leaving us in the dark, so many times I lost count. But we didn't give up, and finally finished all the agenda items a little before 10:30 p.m.

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Wind speed at my location (Sunrise) just went from 9 to 25. Heavy rain, thunder and lightning.

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Outdoor Warning Sirens were activated due to Severe Thunderstorm Warning for storm capable of producing 70mph winds. This is in alignment with the North Central Texas Outdoor Warning Siren Framework. Surrounding cities also activated sirens in accordance with this framework.

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Kudos to Rowlett's new city secretary, Debbie Sorensen, for the thoroughness of her meeting minutes that exemplifies the city's commitment to transparency. #cityofrowlett

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Information Wars: Personal Edition https://t.co/CWChFa5sf4

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Windows 11 First Impressions https://t.co/2x4CeioPUM

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@MattRinaldiTX It is way past time. I haven't worn one since June. Thank you for standing up for freedom and individual liberty, and the right of citizens to make their own medical choices.

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@brenA_MOR @ianmiles Mayor of Chicago

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ARRIVING AT THE OASIS: A review of my newest Kindle https://t.co/II23GeUNZG

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@TotallyFD @KenMuskat @MSCCruisesUSA What it accomplishes is to give people hope. People who may be in a budget crunch right now but know it's temporary, with such a low deposit can book a cruise now without breaking the bank and have something to look forward to, to help keep their spirits up.

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Hey Google/Alexa/Cortana – Please and Thank You https://t.co/VTLcN4IL5P

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Back from an absolutely amazing short cruise on MSC Meraviglia. Kudos to YC Director @EdrisEsergul, butler MevinAppadoo, wait staff ArthurJavier, Alex Cunanan and Juni Antara, concierges Caio and Luciano and COO @KenMuskat.

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@KenMuskat @MSCCruisesUSA @PortMiami Will be happy to welcome her back in person in just 22 days.

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@MSCCruisesUSA - Sailed twice on Seaside in the Yacht Club & loved it. Not happy with rumors that YC restaurant is changing from anytime to fixed dining times. Sailing again in Sept and very disappointed. Ditto many friends. Hope you listen to feedback.

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Google has major service outage last night, then today Facebook and related apps are down; comes on the heels of Verizon texting outage on 3/12. Are we becoming too technology-dependent?

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And now I can log into FB and read posts, but can't post or comment. Which is almost worse.

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@dd808 Nope. Paranoid security specialist here. Hackers can't crack my safe (at least not remotely). :)

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#facebookdown Whatever shall we do? I had to dig out my supersecret hard copied vault-enclosed password list to remember how to log onto Twitter.

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Do I have any friends who still use Twitter? Haven't been here in ages but whatcha gonna do? #FacebookDown

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And just like that, Facebook was gone.