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How the FSF sysadmins block botnets with reaction

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By Michael McMahon, michael mcmahon Verified
| fsf.org
I have written about the FSF facing DDoS attacks several times, including on doing our part to clean up the internet and on Uptime Kuma, as well as "Defending Savannah from DDoS attacks". But I realized recently that I left out an important tool that we use extensively. Today I will talk about reaction. With the rise of aggressive scrapers building datasets to train LLMs, we needed to invest a lot of resources into thwarting the attackers. During this journey, we had several growing pains.
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Middle market snapshot: How private capital is reshaping the modern capital stack

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By Michael McMahon, michael mcmahon Verified
| Rochester Business Journal Verified
Michael McMahon Middle market companies keep investing despite the noise. While headlines on private credit have focused on high-profile defaults and concerns about late-cycle excess, the companies making capital decisions in this segment are leaning in, engaging with private capital partners, blending it with traditional bank financing, and using it to fund growth rather than to patch the balance sheet.
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America at 250: The promise of freedom and the Staten Island story (commentary)

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By Michael McMahon, michael mcmahon Verified
| Staten Island Advance Verified
On this Independence Day, America turns 250 years old. As our nation marks this extraordinary milestone, I have never been more proud to be an American and to call Staten Island home. Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of extraordinary men pledged to each other “their Lives, their Fortunes and their sacred Honor” and boldly declared that all people are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights — among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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