6672 - Data breaches

I just got another warning from Malwarebytes about another AT&T data breach. No word from AT&T, just Malwarebytes. Nice, eh?

Malwarebytes has a "dark web checker" to see your info out there in the ether. Here's the places they say have been hacked and have lost my info to the Dark Web.

2021 AT&T Subscriber Data 2024

AT&T Customer Data 2026

AT&T Customer Data 2026

Sensitive Source *

LIXIL 2025

Sales Intelligence Company Leak 2018

Data Aggregator Breach 2019

Scraped Social Media Data Leak 2021

MySpace 2016

MySpace 2016

LinkedIn 2016

Adobe Systems 2016

Combo list of 1.4 Billion Credentials 2017

Combo list of 1.4 Billion Credentials 2017

Collection #2 Combo List 2019

2019 Antipublic Combo List 2019

CafePress 2019

October 2021 Combo list 2021

International Combo list Collection 2024

People Data Labs / OXYleads 2019

Trick Bot Email List 2020

Twitter 2023

2025 and 2023 Twitter/x 2025

Wired 2025

2025 X data leak 2025

I have Malwarebytes. But you can try and go to https://www.malwarebytes.com/digital-footprint-app. It will ask for your email and send you a code. If you have more than one email you need to check each one.

Typically what it finds is email, phone number, password (actual or encoded), address, city, postal code, country code, and social security number.

6671 - Nap warning

Whole article: https://neurosciencenews.com/napping-patterns-mortality-aging-30561/

Key Findings

The “Restorative” Exception: While 20% to 60% of older adults nap, infrequent and short naps remain restorative. The risk is specifically tied to excessive and frequent daytime sleep.

Consistency Matters: Interestingly, irregular napping patterns (napping one day but not the next) were not associated with increased mortality. It is the persistent, heavy napping habit that signals danger.

Immense Clinical Value: The study advocates for the use of “daytime nap assessments” in clinical settings to prevent further health decline in aging populations.

Source: Mass General

New research reveals that as people age, naps may be an easily trackable warning sign of underlying conditions or declining health.

A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham and Rush University Medical Center followed 1,338 older adults for up to 19 years to track napping habits and associated mortality rates. They found longer, more frequent, and morning naps were associated with higher mortality rates.

“Excessive napping later in life has been linked to neurodegeneration, cardiovascular diseases and even greater morbidity, but many of those findings rely on self-reported napping habits and leave out metrics like when and how regular those naps are,” said lead author Chenlu Gao, PhD, an investigator in the Department of Anesthesiology in the Mass General Brigham, who is also an affiliated research fellow in the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders in the Department of Medicine.

Key Questions Answered:

Q: If I take a 20-minute power nap, am I at risk?

A: No. The study highlights excessive napping, specifically, additional hours or multiple naps per day. Short, infrequent naps are still considered a healthy way to recharge for many people.

Q: Why is a morning nap worse than an afternoon nap?

A: A morning nap is a major indicator of “sleep pressure” or circadian rhythm failure. It suggests that the person did not get restorative sleep at night or that their brain’s internal clock is significantly misaligned, which is often linked to neurodegeneration.

Q: Can wearing a fitness tracker help me catch these signs?

A: Yes. The researchers suggest that the “clinical value” lies in using objective data from wearables. If you notice your (or a loved one’s) napping frequency and duration are creeping up over time, it may be worth a conversation with a doctor.

Bonus article... https://neurosciencenews.com/fructose-metabolic-signal-obesity-30551/ 

6670 - AI trap

From Kim Commando...  ABCs: Always be closing

You ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot to recommend the best credit card, the top-rated mattress or a good insurance plan. It feels like advice from your most informed friend, if they were also quietly getting referral fees in another tab. Trusted guidance, now with a faint whiff of affiliate marketing.

Here’s what that friend isn’t telling you.

AI companies are building advertising businesses. Microsoft’s Copilot serves sponsored results. Google’s Gemini puts paid placements inside AI Overviews. OpenAI projects $2.4 billion in ad revenue this year alone. That is some serious moola. The kind of money that makes a founder start using the word seafaring.

The AI answering your question has a financial relationship with some companies it’s recommending. Search engines have done it for 25 years. But search engines show you a little “Ad” label.

Your AI chatbot doesn’t. The answer looks like an answer. A trench coat would at least be honest about the bit.

🔒 Protect yourself

Ask a follow-up: “Are any of these recommendations sponsored or paid placements?”

A well-designed AI will tell you if it knows. If it dodges, that’s your signal. You wouldn’t let a casino pick your retirement plan. Keep the same spirit here.

For big purchases, cross-reference across two or three different AI tools. If they all point to the same product, find out why. Three bots agreeing used to sound like consensus. Now it sounds like a group project with brand partners.

6669 - Comments broken again

I got the 'try again later' on comments today. I got "irritated" and just kept hitting the submit button just to see what would happen. Surprise. A different message came back. Apparently I submitted the maximum number of comments for today. What maximum number?! What the hell are they talking about?!

6668 - Long joke Sunday

A woman and her ten-year-old son

were riding in a taxi.

It was raining and all the prostitutes

were standing under the awnings.

"Mom" said the boy "what are all

those women doing?"

"They're waiting for their husbands

to get off work" she replied.

The taxi driver turns around and

says, "Geez lady, why don't you tell

him the truth? They're hookers, boy!

They have sex with men for money."

The little boy's eyes get wide and he

says, "Is that true Mom?"

His mother, glaring hard at the

driver, answers in the affirmative.

After a few minutes, the kid asks,

"Mom, what happens to the babies

those women have?"

"Most of them become taxi drivers"

she said.