by Greg Scott | Jun 16, 2025 | Politics and Religion, Slice of Life
On Saturday, June 14, 2025, President Trump spent around $45 million of my money to put on a military parade for himself. I know this is also the US Army’s 250th birthday and the celebration was supposed to be about honoring our military, but lots of reports say...
by Greg Scott | Apr 5, 2025 | Politics and Religion, Slice of Life
I saw a TV news report that said FiftyFiftyOne and Indivisible Twin Cities, organizers of the April 5, 2025 Hands Off protest rally, estimated the crowd size at 14,000. That estimate feels accurate to me. I was there, handing out business cards with a QR code pointing...
by Greg Scott | Mar 22, 2025 | Cybersecurity, Slice of Life
My buddy, Bob, left this Facebook post in early March, 2025, about how he found a way to recover his Facebook profile and it caught my attention. He lives in Illinois. Here is what he said. EIGHT MONTHS AGO someone tried to hack my account, and in response, facecrook...
by Greg Scott | Jul 1, 2024 | Cybersecurity, Slice of Life
I started using Facebook back in 2009. A few friends greeted me. It was fun. I connected with my sister, T, and her family in Idaho and we’ve traded hundreds, or maybe thousands of messages since then. T was 11 when I was born. She spent much of her teenage...
by Greg Scott | May 20, 2024 | Slice of Life, Technology
For the latest in big company insanity, look to the recent Dell scheme to get rid of employees who work remotely. I snapped this picture while fighting rush-hour traffic in May, 2004. Now, Dell employees can look forward to more traffic fun. Dell has undergone quite...
by Greg Scott | May 5, 2024 | Phish collection, Slice of Life
Somebody generated an accurate credit report for me and used it in a phone phishing scam. They put on a worthy effort. My phone rang at 2:09 PM on Thursday, May 2, 2024. The Caller ID said “CHASE,” all uppercase, with phone number 800-955-9060. The caller,...
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