A beautiful Harlequin drake for your timeline. Yellowstone River Le Hardy Rapids, YNP. #birdsofmastodon #photography #wildlife

#silentsunday

@StevePeterson I saw "fems" before I saw the ferns. "What new persecution is this?"

⚖️ Montana just became the first U.S. state to ban law enforcement from purchasing personal data from brokers — and it’s a privacy milestone 🚫📱

Under this new law:
📍 Government agencies can’t buy sensitive data (location, biometrics, etc.) without a warrant
🔍 It closes a major loophole used to sidestep Fourth Amendment protections
📄 Agencies also can’t require people to waive rights through service terms
🧱 It sets a precedent for digital due process in a data-saturated world

This isn’t just a state law. It’s a model for what digital civil liberties legislation should look like nationwide.

#Privacy #Surveillance #DigitalRights #DataBrokers #CyberLaw #security #cloud #infosec #cybersecurity
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/05/montana-becomes-first-state-close-law-enforcement-data-broker-loophole

ICE is a state-sponsored terrorist organization.

The sky being woke today.

Some beautiful arrow-leaf balsamroot to brighten your timeline #Flowers #montana #Spring

Allow me to address the elephant in the room: The decades-long outsourcing of domestic manufacturing to China was not an insidious Chinese conspiracy for dominance but the greedy strategy of the American ruling class to explode its profit margins by exploiting global inequality.

May the 4th be with you!

Congratulations Canada 🇨🇦

You came out in record numbers and did what millions of Americans couldn’t be bothered to do; you voted to save your democracy, rights and freedoms.

#canada #canadaelection #democracy #ElbowsUp

@danielpunkass Same

Hope you've had a relaxing #caturday with a cuddly friend. #CatsOfMastodon

#humor #ornithology #birds #photography #alt

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Just to be clear, not my photo…so to whomever took it,,hats off

Spring rings out with yellowbells. #FlowerFriday #Flowers

@RobSF Maybe we can end essays by making the font tinier and tinier until you can't read it any more. That's a proper outro.

@virtualbri I'm re-reading the series now. So, murderbot is genderless, but I think this is a good choice of actor. In the books, the humor and sarcasm is generally in murderbot's head, so the levity of the trailer seems off. Actually has a Hitchhiker's Guide vibe to it. But I was laughing and clapping through the whole trailer! Can't wait !

I provide good roof access. Go ahead and jump! #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

@w7voa The albatrosses are going to be pissed.

#silentsunday