Christopher Nolans ‘The Odyssey’ zit vol onvergetelijke scènes waarin de angstwekkende macht van de Griekse mythen voelbaar is. De held van de film, Odysseus, blijkt gebrekkig, menselijk en relevant.

Al een paar dagen woedt een brand in het bos bij Fontainebleau, dat populair is onder natuurliefhebbers en klimmers. Op verzoek van de overheid hielpen de klimmers de afgelopen dagen ook met surveilleren. „Mijn buren zeiden: het zal hier nooit meer hetzelfde zijn.”

We start this week with Jason’s story about the ChatGPT flyer pandemic. They’re everywhere! Thank you to the readers and listeners who sent in their own examples. After the break, Sam tells us how Waymo snitched on kids and drove them to a group of waiting cops. In the subscribers-only section, Joseph explains why he bought a $3,000 suit that electrocutes your muscles. Yep.

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Dat was het dan. Uw peuken waren al onbetaalbaar, en als u ze toch betaald had mocht u ze nergens meer roken. Of u importeerde ze, lekker goedkoop. Maar ook die laatste sluiproute naar een nog enigszins billijk geprijsd pakkie peuken wordt nu ontmanteld. De Douane gaat inzetten op een breed offensief tegen tabakssmokkel: "De smokkel van tabaksproducten is naast cannabis een vast verdienmodel van criminelen geworden. Daarnaast zien we de smokkelmethoden steeds veranderen. Het gaat zowel bij cannabis als tabaksproducten steeds meer om grensoverstijgende ondermijnende criminaliteit." Zo blijft er niks van de jeu over en rest de roker zuigen op suikervrije lolly's, knabbelen aan ongezouten pinda's of bietsen bij de anti-Israël lobby. Pff... zin in een troostpeuk nu.

Steeds moeilijker: gewoon ff lekker peukie roken hè

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has urged all organizations running SharePoint to harden their defenses after the disclosure of actively exploited vulnerabilities. The warning applies to those running any supported version of SharePoint Server on-prem, with three vulnerabilities of particular interest cited. A spoofing bug, CVE-2026-32201 (6.5), was the first to be mentioned. Microsoft disclosed it in March and CISA confirmed it was being actively exploited in June. Additionally, CISA appears concerned by CVE-2026-45659 (8.8) – a remote code execution (RCE) flaw made public in June and confirmed as being actively used in attacks last week after Microsoft said exploitation was "less likely." The most recent of the three, CVE-2026-56164 (5.3), a privilege escalation flaw, was one of the 622 bugs that featured in this month's record Patch Tuesday. CISA also picked out two more critical bugs, both from the latest Patch Tuesday, as ones that could potentially complicate SharePoint security further. Neither CVE-2026-55040 (9.1) nor CVE-2026-58644 (9.8) is being actively exploited to date, although Microsoft has attached the "Exploitation More Likely" label to both. CISA said the three exploited vulnerabilities are associated with post-exploitation activity, including the theft of Internet Information Services (IIS) machine keys and deserialization techniques, both in an effort to gain persistence and deploy malware. The agency did not offer any more detail about what led it to issue the warning, but went on to encourage defenders to review an alert it published in August 2025, which similarly urged organizations to harden SharePoint from "ToolShell" attacks. CISA said attackers were chaining together CVE-2025-49706 (6.5) and CVE-2025-49704 (8.8) to break into SharePoint Servers and, in some cases, deploy Warlock ransomware. It did not go as far as attributing the activity referenced in either SharePoint advisory to any group or country, although Microsoft said as far back as July 2025 that ToolShell vulnerabilities were being exploited by Chinese nation-state crews. Applying Microsoft's latest security patches and verifying that Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) integration is enabled for each SharePoint web application are among the recommended hardening measures. CISA also advised defenders to go threat hunting for signs of intrusion before rotating IIS keys to avoid exposing SharePoint to the web unless it's necessary and block external access to SharePoint Central Administration. As is the case with any potential intrusion, CISA encouraged organizations to implement robust, tailored logging that can detect potential exploits. ®

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Thank You is the first solo studio album from former Beastie Boys member Mike D. It is scheduled for release on August 28, 2026, through Capitol Records. The album is preceded by three singles, "Switch Up", "What We Got", and "True Colors".

The Kremlin said it “regrets” the latest escalation in the Middle East, which it said is preventing Washington from focusing on its role as mediator in stalled Ukraine peace negotiations.