linux-is-getting-a-kill-switch!

Sasha Levin, NVIDIA engineer and co-maintainer of the stable and long-term support kernel trees, has proposed a new patch that adds a mechanism called killswitch to the Linux kernel. It’s pitched as a way for system administrators to disable a vulnerable kernel function on a running system, and the timingContinue Reading

roses-25:-d6-apra-and-d.7-sat

Physics of the Cosmos … Physics of the Cosmos Community ROSES-25: D.6 APRA and D.7 SAT About Community Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Science Groups Meetings Cosmic Pathfinders Science Gaps Early Career Workshops Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   ROSES-25: D.6 APRA and D.7 SAT Final Text and DueContinue Reading

joint-earth-observation-mission-quality-assessment-framework-–-optical-guidelines-documents-released

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innovation-workshop,-may-2026

Cosmic Origins … Cosmic Origins Community Innovation Workshop, May… About Community Executive Committee Science Groups Conferences Cosmic Pathfinders Early Career Workshop Opportunities Missions Studies News & Events Resources   Innovation for Astrophysics Missions Workshop Hopkins Bloomberg Center, 555 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC ASTRA Initiative about Innovation for Astrophysics MissionsContinue Reading

now-you-see-them-…-now-you-don’t

It’s been a tough couple of months for women officials in Washington — or, more accurately, in Trumpenführerenführerland. In early March (Women’s History Month, by the way), in a Truth Social post, the president fired Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, the second woman ever to hold that title. WeeksContinue Reading

death,-dems-&-taxes

Writing for The Wall Street Journal in 1980, the godfather of neoconservatism, Irving Kristol, argued that conservatives ought to stop worrying about deficits and focus on the important work of cutting taxes. Unlike traditional fiscal conservatives, who insisted that all tax cuts be coupled with spending cuts to balance theContinue Reading