Joanne Leon

Mom, engineer BSIE, software, Rutgers alum, Lyme research advocate. Host of @AroundtheEmpire podcast: war & peace, geopolitics & more

[Joanne Leon @joanneleon]

Still registered as a D though really Independent now. Probably not for long (tho I've been saying that for years and I don't like forfeiting right to vote in primaries). But this is disgusting and embarrassing. I think I'm finally done after so many things. Top of list the Biden scam, this exploitation of women, refusal to allow legitimate primary elections, too many reasons to count

[Jonathan Turley @JonathanTurley]

The Hill is out with my column on the curious anniversary of the Kavanaugh nomination. It now appears that there are some women who do not deserve to be believed. Democratic leaders have decided to swap Me Too for Maine. https://t.co/alotU89xTl

[Kevin Bass @kevinnbass]

If the United States has no mechanism to ensure only citizens vote, then the United States does not have real elections.

Over 80% of the American public support the SAVE Act.

The majority of the Senate rejected it.

Why?

[zerohedge @zerohedge]

Bots watching ads created by AI agents

[Hedgie @HedgieMarkets]

🦔Hackers stole high-profile Instagram accounts including the Barack Obama White House account, the Chief Master Sergeant of Space Force, and Sephora by typing a sentence into Meta's AI support chatbot asking it to change the email on the target account. The bot sent a verification code to the attacker's email, the attacker entered it, and got a password reset. The exploit worked for months.
In March, Meta rolled this AI support out to all Facebook and Instagram accounts with password reset authority and no option to escalate to a human. Their own blog post promised the AI could "prevent an account takeover."

My Take
Meta just cut 2,212 people from Menlo Park, gutted its core engineering teams, and handed account security to a chatbot that couldn't tell the difference between an account owner and a stranger. The hackers didn't need a sophisticated exploit. They typed a request and the bot complied.

An infosec professional in the 404 Media thread made a point worth repeating. LLMs are not deterministic. You can't secure them the way you secure traditional software. You add a second AI layer to check the first one and you've just moved the vulnerability up the chain while adding more attack surface. There's no configuration that turns a language model into a security system.
Meta gave the bot password reset authority because it was cheaper than paying humans to do support. The Obama White House Instagram got taken over because a chatbot said yes to a stranger. That's what it costs to replace your support team with software that agrees with everyone.

Hedgie🤗

https://t.co/oc9np8GPR5

[Joanne Leon @joanneleon]

@newjerseydems @DonNorcross4NJ There was no primary, no opponent

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇲🇽🇺🇸 Mexican authorities found another underground tunnel running from Tijuana straight into a San Diego street.

Drug trafficking. Right under everyone's feet.

How many tunnels are still open right now?

[NY NJ PA Weather @nynjpaweather]

Apparently, there was a large explosion of some sort in southern New England, possibly a meteor. When I get more information, I will share it.

[Walter Kirn @walterkirn]

Bass might "win," not sure how, but after the Pratt consciousness-raising episode she and pols like her are melted wax-museum dolls.

And this new style of satirical attack will work on almost all of the new phonies, from AOC on. Because they're all bad soap opera characters.

Culture, that impish god of misrule, is finally playing its hand.

[Bitcoin Teddy @Bitcoin_Teddy]

Glenn Beck: "Where do you stand on the WEF?"

RFK Jr: "We shouldn't be paying any attention to it. It's a billionaires boys club that’s arranging for the world to shift wealth upward, and to clamp down totalitarian controls on everybody else".

"It's astonishing to me that these people go to Davos in their private jets, and they're able to tell these world leaders how to govern us in ways that eradicate our constitutional and civil rights."

"COVID we shifted $4 trillion of wealth upward. We closed all of the little guys. They were all colluding with each other to censor guys like me complaining about it."

[Santiago Capital @SantiagoAuFund]

physical dollars and gold...the black ops currency used by the whole world...

[Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 @TulsiGabbard]

It was an honor to visit your husband’s grave today on your behalf, and to pay my respects. It was wonderful to see the beautiful flowers representing many others who did the same. Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to those who made the ultimate sacrifice, and to the loved ones they left behind. Thank you for your service and sacrifice @SharrellAnne2 🙏🏽

[Joanne Leon @joanneleon]

@MichelleMaxwell Take a picture of the tick on a white background. Send it to your doctor. Also, I've never heard of labs testing the tick itself. Have been tested too many times, lost count

[Joanne Leon @joanneleon]

@davis_wx @TxStormChasers I hope at least one person in that car had a good sense of humor

[John Ʌ Konrad V @johnkonrad]

This Memorial Day, you’ll see soldiers, airmen, Marines, and sailors honored.

Sadly, few will remember the US Merchant Marine.

So please take 7 minutes. Watch 97-year-old WWII veteran Dave Yoho deliver a barn-burning speech on why America must never forget is.

[Joanne Leon @joanneleon]

@low18is63 @salexkearney @ericmroth @Phillies I hope it does clear for you guys at the game ❤️💙 Been through those delays but have been lucky recently. Tix for June 18 and I hope we don't get stuck like this.

[Joanne Leon @joanneleon]

@salexkearney @ericmroth @Phillies Which report are you using? I see different forecasts from NOAA, Accuweather (both continue high % rain through the evening) and Weather channel (low % from 6-9pm)

[Joanne Leon @joanneleon]

@BergeyKyle @Phillies forecast for tomorrow isn't much better

[Joanne Leon @joanneleon]

@PopBase that's not really a limit, might weed out some bots

[Justine Bateman @JustineBateman]

This is very interesting to read. I have been on social media since 2008. I have been attacked on all of the platforms. And of all of them, the attacks on BlueSky were the most vile, obscene, vicious, and shocking that I have ever experienced. So much so that I had to delete my acct over there so people could no longer tag me. Other than that, BlueSky seemed like some bad open mic night where journalists were trying to be funny.