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Spam/Phish technique: find old CNAMEs or SPF records that reference abandoned domain names, register the referenced name, and effectively take over control of the subdomain and/or its SPF.
Countermeasure: Delete your old CNAMEs and update your SPF records if they include an old domain.

"DrumBeat is a WordPress plugin forked from Easy Liveblogs with an emphasis to rewrite the code and add a handful of features and templating. This was initially done in haste for We Distribute's live coverage of FediForum, when we realized serious limitations with Automattic's own grandfathered-in Liveblog plugin."

"Original cover photo credit is unknown; Gold Key 1972."
Someone found the Planet of Hats!

Hi! I'm a server!

App that shows your current task and subtly reminds you to keep working on it.
$13 one-time, no subscriptions or ads

"The one where I demo some lesser-known CSS for stylin’ buttons"

"I liken a site redesign to waking up in the morning and finding that someone has moved my toaster and changed all the knobs and slots, so it takes me 10 minutes to figure out how to find and work it."
-- 2010 interview with E. A. Vander Veer, author of _Facebook: The Missing Manual_

"Our bad AI could be the best tool we have for understanding how to be better people."
2018 post, but the point's still valid: Use the garbage we're getting out to identify the garbage going in that we need to clean up.

Image of BHB2007 via the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
"The two bright spots...are small disks that surround the forming proto-stars...while the surrounding pretzel-shaped filaments are gas and dust that have been gravitationally pulled from a larger disk. "