Facilities owned by Fortune 500 energy giants NRG, Calpine Corporation and Vistra Corporation, all headquartered in Texas, and the Chicago-based Exelon, experienced shutdowns during last month’s winter storm as well as during the state’s last historic cold snap a decade ago, according to a review by The Washington Post.
"Overnight, the Senate was like an experiment in the best techniques for staying awake. Several lawmakers appeared to rest their eyes or doze at their desks, often burying their faces in their hands."
…privately GOP campaign types say it’s impossible not to use Trump’s name, as his policies are so popular with the base. If Trump really wants to help flip Congress, they argue he should be more generous. His team, however, sees this differently.
“The Democrats right now are in a bit of a quandary,” said Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R., S.D.) “They’ve essentially stopped action on the floor so that they can try and persuade, I think, all their members to stay together on some of these votes,” he said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday signaled support to replace decades-old authorizations for the use of military force in the Middle East, a little more than a week after he relied on the authorizations to carry out a retaliatory airstrike against Iranian-backed militia in eastern Syria.
…1.5 Billion is a pretty big number (except when you’re talking about the Federal budget, of course). So it’s eye-opening that, according to this article in Infosecurity magazine, there are 1.5 Billion username-password pairs from breached databases available on the dark net—and it’s even more eye-opening that some 60% of that number are re-used pairs, combinations used at more than one site. This represents a serious security risk due to that practice known as credential stuffing, sequentially trying known pairs in an atack on some valuable site.
Use strong passwords on every account you have, and never the same one twice.
You will never remember them all, which means you will have to write them down or, better yet, use a password manager (my favorite is 1Password, but there are many others). A password manager will also generate strong, random passwords for you, saving time and brain fatigue.
And while you’re at it, enable two factor authentication (2FA) on every account that offers it. 2FA requires a second token, in addition to a password, for access, and greatly improves security of that account.
Be safe out there.
He said Kinepolis started testing popcorn deliveries in Belgium, its home market, after a customer in Canada’s Yukon territory walked in and asked the manager if she could buy popcorn without a cinema ticket.
It’s a new type of digital asset - known as a non-fungible token (NFT) - that has exploded in popularity during the pandemic as enthusiasts and investors scramble to spend enormous sums of money on items that only exist online.
