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Insulin and Health

Interesting article from Fred Hutch Cancer Center…

A key point from article

1) findings show how eating processed food doesn’t just affect weight gain, it affects cognitive function. It affects a deep functioning of your body

2) good news for anyone who’s worried about how mid-life obesity or weight gain may affect their risk of dementia later is that insulin resistance is reversible,

https://www.fredhutch.org/en/news/center-news/2023/11/rajan-alassaf-glia-insulin-resistance.html

This is another great book and resource on insulin resistance

https://www.instagram.com/glucosegoddess/?hl=en

https://www.glucosegoddess.com

The Auschwitz Protocol – The Vrba-Wetzler Report

I don’t have much to write about this report. I decided to read it after watching a movie on Netlfix called, ” The Auschwitz Report.” Like the movie “Schindler’s List ” it is difficult and gut wrenching to watch and think about. I am not going to pull any excerpts from the report.

http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/othercamps/auschproto.html

Why is the sky blue?

Short answer (a excerpt from long answer)-

First, the sun doesn’t produce equal illumination in all colors; it contains more blue light than violet light, so more blue light is scattered. Additionally, our eyes are not equally responsive to all colors, they are less sensitive to violet light, meaning we are more likely to see blue hues than purple ones.

Long answer – https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/why-is-the-sky-blue?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

Visual answer (pic from long answer)

#Cosac2023 “Hodgepodge”

So, this last #COSAC2023 post covers a hodgepodge of topics. It demonstrates the diversity and broad range of mind blowing and relevant topics covered by #COSAC2023. This should encourage people from all backgrounds, including younger cybersecurity pros to attend #Cosac2024. I added some commentary to some of the journal entries.

I figured it would be best to consolidate into a single super #COSAC2023 posting. I know that the suspense of waiting for the remainder of my journal entries was figuratively killing many #COSA2023 fans. I think that the earth’s rotation speed slowed downed too in anticipation of this final posting.

Here it is…

1) the attributes of a telling a good story. Can you tell a good story to get people emotionally engaged and committed to your cause (e.g using SAbSa methodology, getting extraordinary performance review, speech at best friend’s wedding, bedtime or at campouts with your kids or cyber strategy)?

2) synthetic media (ie deepfakes). Don’t count on detection to save the day. Is your public relations and or threat intel team aware of this issue and have they updated their runbooks to account for it? Have you educated your family?

3) pattern use decision tree. Critical for architecture to be scalable and self service oriented

4) Todd Fitzgerald’s (see https://www.routledge.com/CISO-COMPASS-Navigating-Cybersecurity-Leadership-Challenges-with-Insights/Fitzgerald/p/book/9780367486020#) approach to applying McKinsey 7s frameworks (https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/enduring-ideas-the-7-s-framework) to cybersecurity. I need to figure out how to apply.

5) “Jenkins CSA Maturity Journey” map. Very creative way to visualize and organize your CSA story

How can you help improve a relationship?

Here are some of the responses to the comment “how can you help improve a relationship.” The responses are by various people from the community that literally “post it” there answers on a wall at a LDS visitor center. What is your response?

Please note that the comment focuses on a single relationship not several relationship. Is it a family member? Co worker? Boss? Friend? Neighbor?