We live in very uncertain times. 

 We gotta get Bret on Nostr 

 I guess he's busy saving the republic right now. Hard to reach him ;) 

 It's utterly insane to assume these 5k pagers were distributed before any of the users went on some international flight, so one of these must be true:

* they had very strict order to not carry pagers abroad - and 5k terrorists didn't break that rule once

* TSA and its equivalents are in on the attack

* the explosive nature of the modification did not show on the scans

If flying with pager was a thing, and I assume it was, how high was the likelihood of the attack striking in mid air? Maybe there's no signal in mid air. Was it a normal message that would get delivered as soon as signal was obtained, upon landing? Sounds like with 5k users the chances of some of them being on planes was far from zero. 

 I fly as little as possible now to avoid the security theatre. 

 And they want us to buy electric cars. 🤔 

 Another reason for me to never fly again. 😅 
nostr:nevent1qqspteukav7yansrf604nhx8hhjluzwng55fny3l2krte25e96400gsppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgstnem9g6aqv3tw6vqaneftcj06frns56lj9q470gdww228vysz8hqrqsqqqqqp25dpwf 

 Damn. I hadn't even thought of that. They just showed that every single electronic device is technically a bomb and people bringing them on an airplane is a security risk. Big yikes. 

 So, will that mean that we will be told to never use our electronic devices on planes? Or in hotels? Or in our homes?
Where the hell does this go? 

 It's going to go places we don't like that's for damn sure. 😡 

 The minute it starts killing children you should just throw it away, it's not safe anywhere.  

 But this means no electronics are safe. Pager, walkie talkie, phone, laptop, anything with space in it for cooling has space in it for explosives 

 Only government issued devices will be allowed… 

 supply chain intercepted. explosives planted. it wasn't a hack to explode a lithium battery. 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-details-emerge-on-how-israel-struck-4000-hezbollah-terrorists-in-mass-pager-bombing 

 makes sense. this is what i called yesterday. the coordination level is impressive though. 

 If this is true, it’s the fellas next to your front pocket that need protecting. 

 gotta start wearing a sports cup everywhere i go 

 This is the most fucked up hack I've ever seen.  

 Seems he wants me to live in fear….  I will not live in fear and I’ll get on a plane whenever I want to go somewhere with or without any “security”.  If she blows she blows. 

 TSA is a joke in general 

 Yea, he makes an excellent point but I wish he’d make it on nostr. 

 I don't think one of those pagers would have brought down a jet 

 Not really. Did Hezbollah operatives regularly travel from western airports with these things in their pocket?

And it's not that easy to steal the phone of someone you don't like, open it, put an expensive in what little free space there is and then seal it again without them noticing. Even if you could, that seems a rather convoluted way to kill someone who you already have physical access to. 

 * an explosive 

 I thought of this as well. You can’t bring peanut butter on a plane because it could be a bomb. To be consistent, they will have to ban phones as well. Imagine a world where you can’t bring your phone on a business trip. Maybe you will be able to rent a phone when you arrive!