The Parallax

Cybermedical newsletter by @sethr. Subscribe! Publishing since 2015.

[The Parallax @TheParallax]

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[tara strong @tarastrong]

Without this gorgeous, talented goddess, #HarleyQuinn would have never existed. She was the inspiration & the heart & soul of this iconic character. I was in awe as #Batgirl watching her alongside @MarkHamill & Kevin. Sending love to her family #RipArleenSorkin ❤️🖤 🦇

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

Devastated to learn we've lost the brilliant Arleen Sorkin. Not just a wonderful talent, but a truly wonderful person. I'm grateful not only to have worked with her, but to have been her friend. 🙏 Sending my heartfelt condolences to her family & loved ones. 💔

[Seth Rosenblatt @sethr]

If Elmo Space Karen is suing independent academic researchers for daring to keep tabs on this burning hellhole of a service, maybe @pinguino and I should sue him for copying @TheParallax logo.

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

George's wallet.

[Ricky Mondello @rmondello]

If you’re annoyed by those floaty prompts on websites to sign in to them with your Google account, you can turn them off for your account! Link: https://t.co/Dmvg2VZNXK

[Leana Wen, M.D. @DrLeanaWen]

CDC internal docs show 35,000 breakthrough infections among the vaccinated in a week. That's a lot, but it's 5,000/day.

Compare that to >60,000/day total. The unvaccinated still constitute 10X the # of infections.

The key to stopping #covid19? Vaccination! It works. /END

[Leana Wen, M.D. @DrLeanaWen]

Big @CDCMMWR just out:
-469 cases of #covid19 in Barnstable County, MA in July
-346 (74%) fully vaccinated, 79% of those symptomatic
-5 hospitalized (4 vaccinated); none died
-Those vaccinated & infected carry as much virus as those unvaccinated 🧵
https://t.co/Hsi7nUqbFf

[Max Hadler @max_hadler]

Great to discuss #VaccinePassport issues with @sethr @TheParallax, including the fact that lack of #VaccineEquity makes equitable proof-of-vaccination systems impossible.

[The Parallax @TheParallax]

Health care equity at the crux of digital health pass challenges https://t.co/Vy0HoM6Q5A #VaccinePassports

[The Parallax @TheParallax]

Today's newsletter! Med-tech cybersecurity experts @calebbarlow @vmurthy84 @___Sh4rk___ share their thoughts from @RSAConference on how the Covid pandemic has exacerbated 4 crucial cyber-medical challenges. https://t.co/YLMjcxxcXp

[it’s Chris Plummer @chrisplummer]

I am really starting to walk this road a lot lately and at least I know I'm not the only one on it. Solving for legacy is honestly a role of its own.

[The Parallax @TheParallax]

Today's newsletter, free to all subscribers! A new Parallax Q&A with @sethcarmody1 on decoding the costs of medical-device security - a follow-up to his off-the-record talk @RSAConference last week. https://t.co/ub3h86K1Vl

[Allan “Ransomware Sommelier🍷” Liska @uuallan]

Today’s @TheParallax newsletter from @sethr provides a really good overview of how necessary cyber insurance ransom payouts are to the healthcare sector, and what could happen if they stop. I highly recommend subscribing.

[The Parallax @TheParallax]

Today's newsletter! Annoyingly, there's more to ransomware targets than just hospitals. Midsize pharmaceutical companies should brace for ransomware attacks, too. https://t.co/gwVYUvbJDG

[Reality Team @RealityTeam11]

We spoke to @sethr of @TheParallax about vaccine disinfo: https://t.co/SH2RafRO1J

[The Parallax @TheParallax]

In today's newsletter, we look at the state of Covid vaccine disinformation and chasing herd immunity. It ain't pretty, but there is cause for hope. https://t.co/FNftZgCs7L

[Steve Christey Coley, BS 🐀 @SushiDude]

what a coincidence that this three-year-old @TheParallax article is still relevant to the news of the past week *cough* Colonial *cough* when searching for somebody's gold jacket

[The Parallax @TheParallax]

As @ScrippsHealth buckles under ransomware attack, @CISAgov raises FiveHands alarm https://t.co/j4MDyD0oMM

[Freddy Dunning-Krueger @ProfessorPlague]

@Slate follows up on a story I reported on 4 years ago for @TheParallax, about hacked emails being used to astroturf the public comment process for Net Neutrality. I always though the story should have gotten more attention, & not just because I wrote it.

https://t.co/IeeBSYW5Rv

[The Parallax @TheParallax]

72,000+ PA residents' health data has been exposed, incl Covid status & sexual orientation, b/c the state failed to properly vet their vendor. This no-brainer should've never happened, say experts, and is now the subject of a federal class-action lawsuit.
https://t.co/GrrbRTMtDD