President Musk and Kennedy Center chairman Trump are stealing from us.

From now on, every time there is a new proposal to backdoor e2ee apps, we're just going to point to this, right?

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694

I can't tell you what an incredible headline this is, given the decades(!) of pressure by the U.S. government advocating for technological backdoors, and all it had to take was China breaching some of America's biggest phone networks to get here.

"U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack." — @kevincollier

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-officials-urge-americans-use-encrypted-apps-cyberattack-rcna182694

Threads Update 🔔🧵

We’re rolling out a beta of our fediverse integration in a few countries, including the US. Starting today, people who are 18 or older with a public profile can opt into a test that lets you share to the fediverse. You won’t be able to see replies or follows from the fediverse yet, but you’ll be able to see the total number of likes from Threads and the fediverse. To turn on sharing to the fediverse, go to your Account Settings and tap on Fediverse sharing.

Facebook, Instagram, and Threads are all suffering an outage, which seemed to start around 10am ET (Emma Roth/The Verge)

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/5/24091207/meta-outage-facebook-instagram-threads-down-signed-out
http://www.techmeme.com/240305/p17#a240305p17

Oh no, Instagram is down, time to complain on Discord about that!

I'm dying to know how they're going to explain Texas and California on the same side.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDyQxtg0V2w

#Senate approves the #stopgap spending bill a little more than three hours before the deadline. Vote was 88 to 9.

#GovernmentShutdown averted, till November anyway.

#Congress

Latest comic: The Real Conspiracy

#misinformation #disinformation #authoritarianism #democracy #cartoon

I got it!

@50years_music Thanks!

"Lionel Messi is going to be the first MLS player to win the Balon D’Or, and it’s going to be completely deserved. Just unreal."

@TheAthleticSCCR@sportsbots.xyz staff react live to Messi's goal in the #LeaguesCup final.

https://theathletic.com/live-blogs/lio…

I guarantee that Inter Miami is winning MLS Cup.

AI-Created Art Isn’t Copyrightable, Judge Says in Ruling That Could Give Hollywood Studios Pause
A federal judge on Friday upheld a finding from the U.S. Copyright Office that a piece of art created by AI is not open to protection. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/ai-works-not-copyrightable-studios-1235570316/ #AI #art #copyright #law

@chiefgyk3d I love my wera tools.

a fair question

It's the weekend, baby
#StarTrek

THANK YOU CATHERINE!

Link to Trump Indictment...

41 CHARGES!

https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23909543/23sc188947-criminal-indictment.pdf

Trump and cohorts indicted under RICO ACT - the same one used for organized crime..

TRUMP HAS BEEN INDICTED!!!

BREAKING NEWS!