Ransomware hackers nervous, allege harassment from U.S.

Some of the most destructive ransomware hackers in the world appear to be on edge after the U.S. reportedly took down one of their colleagues.

Several ransomware gangs posted lengthy anti-U.S. screeds, viewed by NBC News, on the dark web. In them, they defended their practice of hacking organizations and holding their computers for ransom.

Sounds like Antifa and BLM and their shills: doing evil things is ok when *we* do it.

And speaking of doing evil…

Nominees for a Science Award Were All White Men—Nobody Won

The five finalists for the American Geophysical Union’s fellows program were all white guys… so they decided to not make an award at all.

For something related to science, the lack of data here is shocking. Consider:

AGU selected a total of 59 fellows this year, and 45 of them are men. Additionally, 46 of the fellows are from the U.S., while only 13 are from other countries.

The trend has been similar in recent years. In 2020, 46 out of 62 fellows were men, and 43 fellows were from the U.S. In 2019, 47 out of 62 fellows were men, and 36 were from the U.S.

OK, so it looks like right around 75% of the chosen fellows were men. So… what percentage of the possible candidate group were men? Are there more than 25% women in upper-level geophysics? That bit of data doesn’t seem to be in the article. And well more than half of those chosen were American. But… this is the American Geophysical Union. Wouldn’t it therefore follow that they’d choose fellow Americans to be fellows?