Matthew Eber

dreamer, cycler, skier, beer drinker, kinda a runner, weather geek, data lover, chips & salsa eater. run tech for an agency. product stuff. he/him

[Pete Muntean @petemuntean]

Wow. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy says the agency had to "beg" to get a key LaGuardia crash investigator (a specialist on air traffic control) through TSA in Houston after she had been waiting in line for THREE HOURS.

[Sooraj @iAnonymous3000]

From a security standpoint, this is the most interesting thing @Apple has done in years at this price point.

The MacBook Neo runs the A18 Pro with a full Secure Enclave. Same tier as M series chips.
Hardware isolated key storage, DPA protection, second gen Secure Storage Components, and FileVault encryption where the SSD is cryptographically bound to the device via a hardware UID that cannot be read by software.
On macOS Tahoe - FileVault is enabled by default during setup. Every Neo ships encrypted out of the box.

Apple Intelligence runs simpler tasks locally on the 16 core Neural Engine. More complex requests route to Private Cloud Compute - Apple's server infrastructure running on Apple Silicon with end to end encryption, cryptographic attestation, and NO data retention.
The processing is ephemeral and independently auditable.
Neither Copilot on Windows nor Gemini on ChromeOS offers anything comparable to this architecture.

macOS Tahoe also introduces passkey portability -letting users securely export credentials to third party password managers.
[And underneath all of this, macOS layers Gatekeeper, XProtect, and System Integrity Protection.]

The base $599 model ships WITHOUT Touch ID.
You need the $699 variant for biometric auth. Without it, users default to weaker passwords and longer screen timeouts. If you already own an Apple Watch, macOS lets you authenticate via your wrist, which largely neutralizes this gap.

To be fair to the competition, Windows 11 Home now enables Device Encryption by default on modern hardware with TPM 2.0, so the encryption gap has narrowed.
But budget PCs still ship with pre installed bloatware that expands the attack surface, and recovery keys are tied to a personal Microsoft account with no enterprise key management.
Chromebooks ship with Google's Titan C2 security chip - which provides a hardware root of trust and verified boot. But Titan C2 does NOT match the Secure Enclave's breadth for encryption key management and biometric data isolation.

One underrated advantage. Because the Neo uses a current generation chip -- it will receive macOS security patches for years.
Budget Windows laptops frequently lose driver and OS support much sooner.

The $699 MacBook Neo with Touch ID is the most secure budget laptop you can buy right now.

[Matthew Eber @meber]

Pro tip... Never buy your parents a Vizio tv.

[Haley Britzky @halbritz]

NEW: He and his family faced threats from the Taliban in Afghanistan after his brother worked as an interpreter for the US military, and then moved to the US and joined the Army. They escaped during the withdrawal.

Now, he sits in ICE custody at risk of being sent back — a fate his brother, now a US Army veteran, fears will end in a death sentence.

Asked about the case, a DHS spox said the man, Lal Mohammed Noorwali, has a “criminal history” of an arrest for assault and property damage. A 2023 case shows Lal was charged with “criminal mischief” but that the charge was dismissed by a judge in Galveston. DHS did not respond to follow up questions.
https://t.co/RVPOyn49Kh

[Paul Feig @paulfeig]

What does it feel like to be filled with so much hate and ugliness? To be able to watch joy and exuberance and only see it as something bad? What kind of soul is inside a person like this? Just how diseased must it be? Sad. https://t.co/xiYVrCsOi1

[George Monks, M.D. @GeorgeMonks11]

🔴Oklahoma is the only State in the United States that refuses to share what counties measles cases are from. States like Texas and New Mexico release that information twice a week.
🔴What we do know is that this measles case in Norman was unvaccinated and had recent international travel.

[Matthew Eber @meber]

@sdw I stumbled across your story years ago on reddit and honestly it was very beneficial for me at the moment. If the time and opportunity is there, this could make a great book.

[Matthew Eber @meber]

The Oklahoma snowplows all have names and you can watch them live https://t.co/aWLUp4yhfa #okwx

[Matthew Eber @meber]

I've spent way too much time on @PivotalWeather this week. Let's get this snow started!

[Matthew Eber @meber]

Hey @YouTubeTV wtf?!?? How do you black out a game for the final play

[Adam Wren @adamwren]

New: Indiana Senate Republican Mike Bohacek, whose daughter has Down syndrome, says he’s a No on redistricting, citing Trump’s slur.

[Rosievortwx🌩️ @Rosievortwx]

Both warnings posted by NWS were clear cut and bold about this being life threatening, and location, even mentioning "campers" and "Kerrville". The flash flood emergency issued at 5:34 am on July 4th. "AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES A LARGE AND DEADLY WAVE IS MOVING DOWN THE GUADALUPE RIVER". The first warning was issued at 1:14 am. There were already 5 warnings/advisories issued by NWS by 2 am. Kerr County and the surrounding regions were put under a flood watch on July 3rd. I don't feel natural disaster needs blamed on anyone, but as someone who watched these warnings being issued. The NWS couldn't have done better in this one.

[Dr Kylie Moore-Gilbert @KMooreGilbert]

Manual circulating about how one can look after dogs, cats and birds in a time of war. Even in prison (especially in prison?) I was struck by just how much Iranians love animals. The stray cats that wandered across the roofs of Evin or lived between the exercise yards of Qarchak were treated like queens. Prisoners would go to elaborate lengths to feed birds. A herd of shaggy camels patrolling the desert next to Qarchak prison were unhindered and left entirely to their own devices. There is something very human about caring for animals in the toughest of circumstances. To me, this is deeply touching.

[Matthew Eber @meber]

I can’t look it up right now, but I think there are some Anthony Bourdain episodes from Tehran and Tel Aviv.

[Matthew Eber @meber]

Not amateur hour, experience and training matters

[☈ Chris Jackson ☈ @ChrisJacksonSC]

Here's the ATC Audio for the tower controller handling the arrivals for Runway 26R at the time storms rolled across the airfield. There's a reason the tower controllers in Atlanta are among the best in the world.

- Air France stuff begins about 1 minute in.
- At 4:50 describes how crazy that was. Gets a god bless from a Delta pilot.
- At 5:55 tower gets asked about Microburst detection.
- At 6:35 Delta 660 says theyre shutting down the engines and controllers says everyone is shutting down except for Delta 1284 who had pax standing up while still on the runway.
- At 7:20 Southwest 2353 needs to return to the gate but gets told they're stuck.

This is all good stuff.

[☈ Chris Jackson ☈ @ChrisJacksonSC]

Here's the ATC Audio for the tower controller handling the arrivals for Runway 26R at the time storms rolled across the airfield. There's a reason the tower controllers in Atlanta are among the best in the world.

- Air France stuff begins about 1 minute in.
- At 4:50 describes how crazy that was. Gets a god bless from a Delta pilot.
- At 5:55 tower gets asked about Microburst detection.
- At 6:35 Delta 660 says theyre shutting down the engines and controllers says everyone is shutting down except for Delta 1284 who had pax standing up while still on the runway.
- At 7:20 Southwest 2353 needs to return to the gate but gets told they're stuck.

This is all good stuff.

[NWS Louisville @NWSLouisville]

Well... the final Forecast Discussion from Meteorologist in Charge John Gordon (@mammatusman). Thank you for nearly 40 years of service, including 20 years at NWS Louisville! We will all miss your dedication and passion.

https://t.co/HbMrq8kZ3M

[Zack Labe @ZLabe]

After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.

My job was to strengthen NOAA's use of machine learning and AI for subseasonal-to-decadal weather and climate prediction

[Ryan Hall, Y’all @ryanhallyall]

This is devastating news. Today's reported layoffs at the NWS will impact our ability to keep Americans safe from extreme weather. These forecasters are essential frontline workers who save lives during hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. Cutting these meteorologists isn't just short-sighted… it's dangerous.

[Reed Timmer, PhD @ReedTimmerUSA]

We have multiple chances for super tornado outbreaks through the middle of March! Now is not the time to carve up the National Weather Service! We at Team Dominator have always been huge supporters of our friends at the NWS. Even I cannot make a forecast without their valuable data and forecast model output. Please contact your representative in support of the NWS. Remember those missed tornado warnings in OK in November due to the office being short staffed? These problems could become more widespread with firings