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1 Jan, 16 tweets, 1 min read
Time to tweet out some generic 2021 predictions so I can quote-tweet them later and look very smart.
Brace yourselves for some really bad and surprising coronavirus-related news this year.
Trump is going to keep generating outrage cycles after he leaves office.
There are going to be some unbelievably close and protracted Senate votes this year.
Look for some alarming brinkmanship from North Korea this year.
Expect major transformation and disruption in the entertainment industry this year.
A lot of what Senate Republicans do this year will really be about 2024.
Twitter and Facebook are going to make a lot of controversial content moderation decisions this year.
I'm already dreading all of the revelations about terrible men that are going to emerge this year.
Things are going to get pretty hairy in the Middle East this year.
Get ready for unexpected delays in Biden's efforts to reverse Trump's regulatory legacy.
The Biden administration infighting stories are going to be so asinine this year.
We are going to learn so many mind-boggling things about the Trump presidency this year.
If you thought the climate disasters of 2020 were bad, wait until you see what 2021 has in store for us.
Some ridiculous animal is going to go viral this year for being ridiculous and it's going to be amazing.
2021 is going to be such a big year for scientific and technological innovation.

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31 Dec 20
.@lawrence_wright's New Yorker article about this pandemic-ravaged year is a must-read. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…

I want to highlight a few of the things that stood out to me.

Hopefully we'll learn these lessons in time for the next crisis.
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The states haven't needed a strong, engaged federal government this badly since World War II, and yet the Trump administration routinely failed to help or actively made things worse. ImageImage
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22 Dec 20
Biden is answering press questions now and just talked SolarWinds.

"The Defense Department won't even brief us on many things. ... I know of nothing that suggests it's under control."

"We need international rules of the road on cybersecurity."
"The question of the damage done remains to be determined," Biden said of SolarWinds.

The hackers "can be assured that we will respond and probably respond in kind," he said. "There are many options which I will not discuss now."

"I promise you, there will be a response."
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21 Dec 20
So much to say about that #TheMandalorian finale!

* Bo-Katan recognizing Fett's voice and saying she's heard it a thousand times ... love me a @TheCloneWars reference

* Koska and Fett going for their flamethrowers at the same time was funny

* Phase 3 dark trooper: nice EU nod
* Loved boarding sequence. Great choreography & teamwork.

* Dark troopers were suitably tough for Mando to defeat. Felt like they had real power.

* Gideon was a good villain — loved his confident, no-nonsense style.

* Mando vs. Bo-Katan really seemed possible there. S3?
* My heart leapt when I saw the X-wing. Instantly knew. "One X-wing? Great, we're saved." 😶

* LUKE MF-ING SKYWALKER!!!!!!!!

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17 Dec 20
New Biden statement on SolarWinds cyber campaign: "I have instructed my team to learn as much as we can about this breach ... my administration will make cybersecurity a top priority ... and we will make dealing with this breach a top priority from the moment we take office."
Biden promises to "elevate cybersecurity as an imperative across the government," with better private-sector ties, more infrastructure and personnel funding, & improved deterrence in partnership with allies.

"I will not stand idly by in the face of cyber assaults on our nation."
Biden's statement is both very vague and the most he's said about cyber.

Nothing about:

* If he thinks "defend forward" is working
* How his deterrence plan will differ from what Trump agencies did
* How he'll treat espionage vs. destructive attacks
* How he'll "elevate" cyber
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16 Dec 20
Senate HSGAC hearing on 2020 election starting now: hsgac.senate.gov/examining-irre…

Chairman Johnson, kicking things off, says, “Much of the [fraud] suspicion comes from a lack of understanding of how everything works.”
Johnson: Voting technology “should not be connected to the internet, but we found some do have the capability of being connected, and there are allegations that some were.”
Johnson: To figure out if any voting machines were compromised in this election, “computer science experts must be given the opportunity to examine these allegations.”
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15 Dec 20
New: Inside the deepening crisis consuming the federal govt as agencies scramble to figure out if they've been hacked.

"This is probably going to be one of the most consequential cyberattacks in U.S. history,” a U.S. official told me.

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"We are in very, very early days," official said, "and there's a sense that...the news is going to get worse."
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