Saturday, August 12, 2023

Short Takes – 8-12-23

‘Above-normal’ hurricane season now forecast due to higher sea temperatures. TheHill.com article. “However, record ocean temperatures strengthen storms and may be enough to counteract the usual dampening force of an El Niño climate, the forecasters believe.”

Extreme ocean heat off Florida has ebbed. But for marine life, the danger remains. ScienceNews.org article. Pull quote: “It’s not even that such ocean heat waves are becoming the new normal, as swells of heat more and more frequently crest atop the baseline warming of the global ocean due to climate change (SN: 2/1/22). Florida’s waters may have hit a record high, but July saw widespread ocean heat waves around the world, from the North Atlantic Ocean to the eastern equatorial Pacific to the Southern Indian Ocean.”

Request for Information on Open-Source Software Security: Areas of Long-Term Focus and Prioritization. Federal Register ONCD request for information. Summary: “The Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD), the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) invite public comments on areas of long-term focus and prioritization on open-source software security.” Comment deadline: October 9th, 2023.

Spiraling Legal Bills Threaten Trump With a Cash Crunch. NYTimes.com article. Pull quote: “Mr. Trump’s complex political orbit is already spending more than it is taking in, and tapping into money it raised years ago — an unusual trajectory this far out from an election. And the burn rate raises questions about whether such an approach is untenable, or whether Mr. Trump will eventually need to dip into his own fortune to pay for his lawyers, his 2024 campaign or both.”

 

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