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@Prozak @seanfobbe Lets say @Codeberg did suffer some serious #DDoS (which OFC isn't their fault) so I'd rather see #SelfHosting as a better option...
It's just.currently.not.my.priority, but *my.priorities.ain't authoritative...
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The push to ID masked #protesters using #FacialRecognition & turn them in is blurring the line between #public #law enforcement & #private groups.And the efforts have stirred anxiety among foreign #students worried that #activism could jeopardize their legal status.
“We don’t know who these individuals are or what they’re doing with this information,”said Abed Ayoub, natl exec dir of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Cmte. “Essentially the administration is outsourcing surveillance.”
#Trump
@ProPublica_rss #BigMoneyPolitics
"Voters hv been hit w a barrage of attack ads fr special interest groups, & record-setting sums of money have been spent to sway residents.. “tt piece of #legislation made things worse, Our #public #discourse is basically who can inflame things in the most clever way w some terrible TV ad that’s probably not even true.” “this spending has the potential to drown out speech rights for all citizens, narrow debate,.. & increase the risk of #systemic #corruption.”"
White House Press Sec. Goes on Bonkers Rant When Asked About Tesla
Karoline Leavitt stumbled when asked about Commerce Sect Howard #Lutnick shilling for #ElonMusk.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192985/donald-trump-karoline-leavitt-commerce-tesla
"While #DonaldTrump, who held a surreal press event for #Tesla at the #WhiteHouse... may be exempt from federal #conflict of interest laws, #Lutnick probably isn’t. And the Code of Federal Regulations specifically prohibits #public officials from using their office for #private gain"
Why will it take DOGE three years to respond to a simple FOIA?
https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/why-will-it-take-doge-three-years-to-respond-to-a-simple-foia/
"DOGE is “likely covered” by the Freedom of Information Act, and... cannot hide its records...
[DOGE] tried to argue it would take 3 years to respond to the #FOIA request, even if they fast-tracked their response...
Even if the recent ruling stands, we will have to keep a close eye on the myriad of ways #DOGE could continue to evade #public scrutiny"
#public #funding of #opensource #critical infrastucture goes a long way.
Read an opinion on how @nlnet's funding of #Python's calendaring stack does not only benefit end users through the #OpenWebCalendar but contributes to a vibrant #digital, #decentralized and self-governed EU #economy. #Collaboration and #competition in the digital market require open-source and public standards.
https://open-web-calendar.quelltext.eu/news/2025-03-17-caldav-nextcloud-sign-up/
Article points out correctly that vitamin A helps reduce severity of illness and symptoms in children with pre-existing vitamin deficiency; but it is not a preventive, and effects unclear in children with adequate Vit A intake. #measles #vaccination #public health
"Utah Sen. Daniel Thatcher is leaving the #Republican Party...
he’s grown increasingly frustrated with the Republican’s unwillingness to listen to constituents and bills that limit individual #freedoms...
recent legislation targeting ballot initiatives, public employee unions, #LGBTQ Utahns & #immigration.
“There is a growing disconnect between the #public we are supposed to represent and your representatives,” he said."
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/03/07/state-sen-dan-thatcher-is-leaving/
"But can anyone imagine any scenario where the shoe was on the other foot & #Democrats needed 7 #Republican votes in exchange for literally nothing & they found 7 who said, “Okay, sure why not?”
It’s literally unimaginable.
...Democrats have this one chance to ... increase the attention on something the #public is already angry about. They need to take a real risk in order to change or at least slow the trajectory of the destruction."
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/here-are-the-arguments-for-why-senate-ds-should-vote-yes-and-why-theyre-wrong
Judge Delivers Massive Blow to DOGE Quest to Keep Everything Secret
A federal judge has just ordered the release of DOGE records.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192581/judge-doge-release-records
"Elon Musk’s #Doge must open its #records to the #public under federal #law.
#US District Judge... said the DOGE office has so much #power & “unusual secrecy” that its internal documents should be urgently released under the Freedom of Information Act."
\o/ @dyne now hosts the first public sphinx server not under my control at sphinx.dyne.org:443
their ltsigkey is
`TnQHEiiJtFXqhUskqAxtIhG/xlk9t79BXyLcofai32g=`
"At the core of this "movement" lurks #CurtisYarvin, whose political ideology... has provided the intellectual framework for dismantling #democracy. His #DarkEnlightenment philosophy promotes a #world where governments serve only the Superior (defined, of course, by Yarvin), a select few inherit #power, and the #public exists to obey...
his masturbatory notions of hyper-fascism now resonate among maladjusted, incellionaire #tech executives"
https://www.theindex.media/the-fascist-tech-bro-takeover-is-here-2/