In 1 week, learn about #ArcGISMonitor at the @esri #Energy Resources #GIS conference https://tinyurl.com/5f6j5xe9
#ArcGISEnterprise #ArcGISAdmin #enterpriseGIS #GIO #observability #bestpractices #GIS #esri #arcgis #GISchat #geospatial #ERGIS2025 @esriforestry @arcgisxprise @esritraining @urisa
KQED: A Treasure Trove of Education Reports and Studies is Under Threat. “Initially, ERIC was spared from the department’s mass contract cancellations in February. But according to Erin Pollard Young, the sole Education Department employee who managed ERIC until her job was eliminated in March, the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE has since refused to approve disbursement of […]
Mashable: How 4 creators use CapCut to edit their TikTok videos. “It can be daunting to get started without previous knowledge of editing tools. However, some TikTok creators have opened the curtain behind how they edit their own videos using CapCut, a video editing app developed by ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. Here are some helpful guides creators have put together to make editing […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/14/mashable-how-4-creators-use-capcut-to-edit-their-tiktok-videos/
#protesting #activism #BestPractices
'This WIRED guide to safe protesting was originally written in 2020 during the nationwide outcry over police brutality, which overwhelmingly targets Black people like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade. We’ve now updated this guide to include advice specific to mass action, your rights and protections as a US citizen, protesting in or around government property, and laws around defacing property (like, say, a Tesla).'
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protest-safely-gear-tips/
#legal #WebScraping #EU #BestPractices
'At The Markup, some of our data journalists recently had questions about the legal risks involved in scraping websites hosted in the European Union. We conducted our own research to answer this question, and offer a summary of what we learned below. Our goal is to help other journalists, researchers, and advocates come up with a low-risk strategy for scraping in the EU.'
https://hackernoon.com/a-guide-on-how-to-legally-web-scrape-eu-data
The Markup: A Guide on How to Legally Web Scrape EU Data. “At The Markup, some of our data journalists recently had questions about the legal risks involved in scraping websites hosted in the European Union. We conducted our own research to answer this question, and offer a summary of what we learned below. Our goal is to help other journalists, researchers, and advocates come up with a […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/06/the-markup-a-guide-on-how-to-legally-web-scrape-eu-data/
My god, I just realized one of the simplest opsec things you can do (something I've been doing for years and don't even think about anymore) is set your browsers to open links in private/secure instances AS A DEFAULT.
If it needs to be opened in a window that you want to keep open or bookmark, you can always manually copy and paste it.
It makes no sense to be using a secure shared tool like cryptpad, if you're just gonna open it where you're logged in as you.
Remember the #SocialEngineering motto:
If there are people, there are security holes.
Check out this recent article on best practices for file uploads.
Popular approaches:
1. Uploading a file by itself, like adding an avatar.
2. Uploading a file with metadata, like a video with a title and description.
3. Importing a file from a URL, like an avatar from Facebook.
Best practices:
+ Check Content-Type and Content-Length
+ Secure file uploads
Read the full article: https://apisyouwonthate.com/blog/api-design-basics-file-uploads/
Over-engineering takeaways:
Misjudging future requirements can lead to inappropriate abstractions. Avoiding over-engineering can be as impactful as achieving technical brilliance.Simplicity is key to maintainability.Avoid predicting needs that aren't certain.Create abstractions that align with current and reasonable future requirements.
surely one of you #infosec peers has a guide or article on why #VPN services aren't the privacy silver bullet they often advertise themselves to be. something that mentions you're paying co-conspirators to #mitm your own traffic in addition to lowering the reputation to that of your new address space?
Online Journalism Blog: How do I get data if my country doesn’t publish any?. “In many countries public data is limited, and access to data is either restricted, or information provided by the authorities is not credible. So how do you obtain data for a story? Here are some techniques used by reporters around the world.”
Live with the knowledge that "best", while well worth pursuing, is a moving fluid target. Remember, there will always be a next best thing.
https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/soapbox/2016/07/the-next-best-thing
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Fred Rocha: How I use Mastodon in 2025. “These are exciting times to be on Mastodon, one of the flavours of the Fediverse. Things are evolving fast, towards a space worthy of healthier online debate and exchange. Some of these conversations can be found on my own profile, if you’re curious. Here are some of the cool things I have discovered Mastodon lets you do. If you’ve found some neat […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/19/fred-rocha-how-i-use-mastodon-in-2025/
UPDATED: #ArcGISEnterprise Hardening Guide (March 2025), @esri technical paper http://tinyurl.com/3tp7yd3j
#ArcGISAdmin #security #bestpractices #CTO #GIO #IT #esri #WebGIS #GIS #mapping @arcgisxprise @esrifederalgovt @esrislgov @esripartners @urisa
Best Practices for Cognitive Accessibility in Web Design, by @a11ycollective:
https://www.a11y-collective.com/blog/cognitive-accessibility/
Duke University Libraries: New Records in the CDA!. “We’re very excited to announce that a new batch of conservation records has just been made publicly available in the [Conservation Documentation Archive]! With the addition of this batch, we have a total of 1,788 records preserved in the collection to date. The latest group of records date from 2017 through 2020.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/15/duke-university-libraries-new-records-in-the-cda/
Search Engine Journal: Google Publishes New Robots.txt Explainer. “Google published a new Robots.txt refresher explaining how Robots.txt enables publishers and SEOs to control search engine crawlers and other bots (that obey Robots.txt). The documentation includes examples of blocking specific pages (like shopping carts), restricting certain bots, and managing crawling behavior with simple […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/13/search-engine-journal-google-publishes-new-robots-txt-explainer/
Duke University: Attend Artificial Intelligence in Higher Ed Webinar Series. “The full impact of Artificial Intelligence on higher education and in our classrooms is becoming clearer. An upcoming webinar series from the American Association for Colleges & Universities can help instructors, technologists, and administrators see the big picture. Hearing from colleagues at diverse institutions […]
