Nah, they’re run by the laziest chucklefucks you’ve ever met - they’re plugged right into a broadband modem with no firewall running bog standard teamviewer or RDP awaiting any connection (no filtering) because the people setting up and using these systems have no concept of infosec. They know how to set up their industrial system, plug it into the ‘computer thingy’, and hand it off the the municipal water dude who is a flat earth, anti-fluoride, moon-landing hoax, J6-denialist who knows nothing about technology, but wants to run the town’s water treatment from his cell phone.

(not that I’m jaded by small town dynamics or anything)

It was great when it was niche. It was an exploding universe of optimism, unique experiences, and content when the worst we had to deal with was annoying banner ads.

This has been their stance since September. It has been tried in several federal district courts and has been shot down every time (thank fuck). The Supreme Court has declined to take up the government’s appeals (thank fuck). So, a rare win for the good guys?

Set up a recurring monthly donation. It doesn’t have to be huge, I do like 5 or 10 bucks a month (I forget, because it’s automatically withdrawn).

I love that his opponent wore pink gloves to send him to the shadow realm.

Tell me more! I must have missed this!

Nonsense! It allows the enrichment of private equity firms through the wholesale gutting and privatization of NASA, while opening up the secondary benefits of plenty of “Rally-'Round-the-Flag” national tragedies (in the vein of Reagan’s Challenger disaster, the Columbia disaster, etc…) that were caused in part by Running Government as a Business ™.

These fucking jackwagons. I’m sure thus tech billionaire has the utmost respect for the mission of NASA…