This weeks sign of the Apocalypse.

[Zeedox]

Microsoft patches Windows to eliminate Secure Boot bypass threat

File that neutered Secure Boot passed Microsoft’s internal review process.

arstechnica.com

The scary part is I believe I know the guy who came up with the idea (boot loader attack) back in the early to mid 90's. When he did a paper about it at a security conference he was immediately invited to Washington. We never actually discussed the subject anymore afterwards.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Whoa! That's some shit right there.

 

[Zeedox]

Hooters files for bankruptcy

Hooters — the restaurant chain first known for its orange-clad, all-female wait staff and then its chicken wings — filed for bankruptcy, the company announced Monday. But the decades-old brand said it isn’t going anywhere.

www.cp24.com

In the bankruptcy process, the company plans to sell all of its 100 company-owned restaurants to two franchisee groups that operate Hooters locations in the Tampa, Fla., and Chicago areas. The combined group collectively operates a third of the U.S. franchised-owned locations, according to the press release.

 

[Gomez Adams]

When big tits are no longer a draw, you're in big trouble.

 

[Zeedox]

Eurosurveillance | Cholera due to exposure in Europe associated with consumption of holy water from Ethiopia, January to February 2025

In February 2025, public health agencies in Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) reported four cases of domestically acquired cholera caused by consumption of holy water imported from Ethiopia, and a further three cases in travellers to Ethiopia. Multidrug-resistant Vibrio cholerae O1, linked to...

www.eurosurveillance.org

One contamination source was identified at the Bermel Giorgis (also spelled ‘Georgis’) holy well, in the Quara district [3]. The holy well is a site of pilgrimage attracting visitors from across the globe where rituals such as cleansing with holy water ‘tsebel’ are undertaken. The holy water is consumed or used for bathing for physical or spiritual healing. Although it is not sold commercially, it can be taken home by pilgrims.

 

[Gomez Adams]

These idiots are trying their level best to resurrect every long extinct disease they possibly can.

It's like they actually want to return to the dark ages.