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- Reactive and opportunistic Cyberwar: Iran's role in the Israel-Hamas war https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/11/09/microsoft-shares-threat-intelligence-at-cyberwarcon-2023/ 2 comments
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- Opportunistic Encryption For Firefox http://bitsup.blogspot.com/2015/03/opportunistic-encryption-for-firefox.html 2 comments browsers , security
- Deficiencies in micronutrients such as vitamin A, B12, folate, iron, and zinc led to significant shifts in the gut microbiome of mice, with an expansion of opportunistic pathogenic bacteria and fungi, and a higher enrichment of genes that have been linked to antibiotic resistance. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-023-01519-3 2 comments science
- a newly discovered genetic condition that increases vulnerability to opportunistic infections https://care.biggrow.in/biotech/newly-discovered-genetic-condition-that-increases-vulnerability-to-opportunistic-infections/ 2 comments futurology
- Alex Jones Questions Texas School Shooting: 'Very Opportunistic' https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-texas-school-shooting-robb-elementary-sandy-hook-joe-biden-1710033 117 comments politics
- Neat list of members of congress that tried to overthrow the US government. A bunch of opportunists and weak minded. Forever marked. Remember them. Especially in '22 and '24 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html?smid=tw-share 8 comments politics
- America Is in a Reality Crisis – For years, professional grifters, trolls, true believers and political opportunists have sowed conspiratorial lies. We are now witnessing the reaping. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/opinion/protests-trump-disinformation.html 9 comments politics
- Consider the Bootlicker - Trump's time in office was a group effort. Here's a taxonomy of the grifters, sycophants, and opportunists who made it all possible for the last four years. https://newrepublic.com/article/160139/consider-bootlicker 10 comments politics
- Melania doesn't need to be #Freed and she's not an enigma – she's an opportunist https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/13/melania-doesnt-need-to-be-freed-and-shes-not-an-enigma-shes-an-opportunist 820 comments politics
- Anger Benefits Some Americans Much More Than Others - Angry white agitators are labeled good people and patriots. Angry black agitators are labeled identity thugs and violent opportunists. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/opinion/george-floyd-protests-anger.html 11 comments politics
- U.S. assessment finds opportunists drive protest violence, not extremists https://www.reuters.com/article/us-minneapolis-police-protests-extremist/u-s-assessment-finds-opportunists-drive-protest-violence-not-extremists-iduskbn23a1ku?feedtype=rss&feedname=domesticnews 5 comments politics
- Former chief executive says Hong Kong needs national security law because it is ‘easy target for hostile foreign opportunists’ https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3086015/hong-kong-needs-national-security-law-because-it-easy 3 comments worldnews
- 5 ways opportunistic lobbyists are using coronavirus to attack EU environmental laws https://meta.eeb.org/2020/04/16/5-ways-opportunistic-lobbyists-are-using-coronavirus-to-attack-eu-environmental-laws/ 6 comments europe
- Mitch McConnell Did Not 'Reverse' His Position on the Supreme Court. His Position Is Only Republicans Can Fill It. The Senate Majority Leader is a rank opportunist who couldn't care less about charges of hypocrisy. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a27631934/mitch-mcconnell-supreme-court-election-year-hypocrisy/ 446 comments politics
- PGP.to — A way to (opportunistically) shorten your public key https://pgp.to/#0x5200DF38 5 comments crypto
- Ilhan Omar Was a Target for Sincere Criticism. Also, Opportunistic Hypocrites. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a26293448/ilhan-omar-jews-money-aipac-tweet/ 14 comments politics
- Melania Trump Calls Journalists 'Opportunists' Piggybacking on Husband's Fame https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump_us_5c125fe6e4b002a46c14c4db 51 comments politics
- A Wealthy Opportunist Is Playing Michigan Progressives For Fools https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shri-thanedar-democrat-egomaniac-michigan-governor_us_5b609166e4b0b15aba9d308c 4 comments politics
- Opportunistic BJP-PDP alliance set fire to J&K, damage will remain: Rahul Gandhi https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/opportunistic-bjp-pdp-alliance-set-fire-to-jk-damage-will-remain-rahul-gandhi/articleshow/64651155.cms 4 comments india
- Iran Slams Trump’s “Deceitful and Opportunist” Tweet Supporting Protesters. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/12/iran-slams-trumps-deceitful-and-opportunist-tweet-supporting-protesters.html 3 comments politics
- Iran Slams Trump for ‘Deceitful’ Support of Protesters - Foreign Ministry spokesman, Bahram Ghasemi, said the “Iranian people give no credit to the deceitful & opportunist remarks of U.S. officials or Mr. Trump.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/iran-slams-trump-for-deceitful-support-of-protesters 26 comments worldnews
- How Russia Mercilessly Player Trump For a Fool: He and his coterie of idiots, nihilists, and opportunists were the perfect prey for Putin’s spell http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/how-russia-played-trump-for-a-fool 7 comments politics
- NSA 'Cyber Weapons' Leak Shows How Agency Prizes Online Surveillance Over Online Security: The NSA opportunistically hoards and deploys powerful bugs that make everyone less secure online. http://reason.com/archives/2016/08/30/shadow-brokers-nsa-exploits-leak 4 comments politics
- Several species of bacteria found in smokeless tobacco products have been associated with opportunistic infections https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160826142008.htm 7 comments science
- Opportunist Ted Cruz: “Donald Trump is Responsible” For Organized Chicago Violence (video)… http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2016/03/11/opportunist-ted-cruz-donald-trump-is-responsible-for-organized-chicago-violence-video/ 8 comments politics
- Federal district court in CA cuts down DOJ's "counterintuitive and opportunistic" interpretation of medical marijuana law, rubs salt into the wound: "The Government's contrary reading so tortures the plain meaning of the statute that it must be quoted to ensure credible articulation." (scribd) http://www.scribd.com/doc/285976410/MAMM-vs-USDOJ-Charles-R-Breyer-ruling-to-lift-injunction 11 comments law
- Aaron Sorkin slams Tim Cook: “You’ve got a lot of nerve calling someone else opportunistic.” http://9to5mac.com/2015/09/25/aaron-sorkin-slams-tim-cook/ 99 comments apple
- Mozilla Rolls Back Firefox 37's Opportunistic Encryption Over Security Issue http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/04/07/0426259/mozilla-rolls-back-firefox-37s-opportunistic-encryption-over-security-issue?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+slashdot%2Fslashdot%2Fto+%28%28title%29slashdot+%28rdf%29%29 4 comments firefox
- Mozilla Remove Opportunistic Encryption from Firefox 37 http://www.eweek.com/security/mozilla-dials-back-on-firefox-opportunistic-encryption.html 7 comments firefox
- "Opportunistic Security: some protection most of the time" - a draft being considered in the IETF as part of a statement of goals http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-dukhovni-opportunistic-security-00 11 comments netsec
- The opportunistic ‘flirt’ of Marine Le Pen and Greek neo-Nazis http://www.euractiv.com/sections/eu-elections-2014/opportunistic-flirt-marine-le-pen-and-greek-neo-nazis-302343 19 comments europe
- Ukraine Election: The Chocolate King Rises - It would have seemed ludicrous just six months ago, but candy magnate Petro Poroshenko has now become the leading candidate in the Ukrainian election. The question remains: Is he an opportunist or a visionary? http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/profile-of-petro-poroshenko-in-the-run-up-to-the-ukraine-elections-a-970325.html 4 comments worldnews
- Today's twenty-somethings aren't apathetic or opportunistic. They're just trying to survive an economic system that has saddled them with inescapable student debt. https://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/11-9 97 comments politics
- A good reminder about "ITKs" and opportunistic journalists during silly season. http://arseblog.com/2013/06/dnftt/ 4 comments soccer
- Cerberus Collected Ex-Government Opportunists - Quayle, who signed on with Cerberus in 1999, was with that company during its takeover and subsequent bankruptcy of Chrysler, questionable military contracting deals in Afghanistan and manufacturing the assault rifle used in the Newtown massacre. http://www.thenation.com/article/171927/cerberus-collected-ex-government-opportunists 3 comments politics
- 4 Reasons GOP Presidential Hopefuls Said Mitt Romney Would Be a Disaster -- The party's also-rans called Mitt a cold-hearted opportunist, a vulture capitalist and a flip-flopper -- and then they endorsed him. http://www.alternet.org/story/155208/4_reasons_gop_presidential_hopefuls_said_mitt_romney_would_be_a_disaster/?page=entire 61 comments politics
- Lock-free algorithms: The opportunistic cache http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2011/04/14/10153633.aspx 5 comments programming
- Why were the Founding fathers so hypocritical on slavery, or were they just political opportunists? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100209140748aa6k2eo 3 comments reddit.com
- Supreme Court Justice Scalia has no honor. supposedly a strict constructionist, his decisions reveal him to be a vile opportunistic disease. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2020667,00.html 177 comments politics
- Opportunistic programming with Ubuntu http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/01/30/connecting-the-opportunistic-dots/ 13 comments linux