The purpose of patents is to foster innovation and not stifle it. This will stifle it. Overly broad patents will be used to knock down genuine innovations to protect corporate profits.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@eff/115583537582731444

This really really sucks ass.

I have an acquaintance close to being in dire straits. They are retired and may be estranged from their adult children. They were recently given a bailout but needs another bailout. I don’t know how much social security and survivor benefits they are getting. She’s recently widowed. I did make a small donation and am willing to do that again. I don’t know enough about what is going on. Her family should be the ones to help her.

https://re-des.org/solarpunk-manifesto/ seems to be up again!

#solarpunk

Thousands of cities allowed cops to run racists searches through their Flock Safety license plate reader databases. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/license-plate-surveillance-logs-reveal-racist-policing-against-romani-people

Periodic reminder. I'm doing okay.

Bad patents already do enough damage. PERA makes it easier to get them and harder to challenge them. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/pera-remains-serious-threat-efforts-against-bad-patents

Trans air force members sue Trump administration over denied pension

#UnlawfulActions #MilitaryPolicy #LegalChallenge #TransAirForce #EarlyRetirementBenefits

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/16/trans-air-force-trump-administration-lawsuit-retirement-pension-benefits

Now that we got quote-toots in Mastodon, could we *please* get Markdown input?

Please?

🥺

Edit: yes I am aware Markdown editing is available on GlitchSoc, GoToSocial, and a bunch of other instance types.

In Ecuador’s Pastaza province, the Kichwa community of Pakayaku has kept 400 km² of Amazon rainforest free from mining, oil and logging through a self-organised guardian force. 45 women patrol the territory, enforcing ancestral laws and mapping sustainable livelihoods in a “plan of life.” Their vigilance has preserved both forest ecosystems and cultural autonomy amid growing national extractive pressures. https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/indigenous-guardians-successfully-keep-extractives-out-of-ecuadors-amazon-forests/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
#ShareGoodNewsToo

Based on the recently released emails from Epstein, it seems that Trump becoming president the first time was a massive intelligence failure or his threat wasn't taken seriously enough. It should have been taken very seriously when he became the nominee. And now his helpers have caused tremendous damage the US may never recover from. And will continue to cause damage as long as he remains in office. His dementia will take him soonish, but who knows how much more damage will they do?

Trump's bff Epstein pled the 5th about the two of them being with young girls together. Years later, they got into a property dispute when Trump outbid Epstein and then quickly sold the property to a Russian oligarch.That same Russian, Rybolovlev, was Putin's “negotiator” concerning russia's invasion of #Ukraine 🤔

Say it again: Putin sent Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev, who bought Trump’s property for $55 million above market value, as his representative to high level meetings (US & russia) about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

With Trump all roads lead to russia.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/57315

https://investigaterussia.org/players/dmitry-rybolovlev

https://news.am/eng/news/867737.html

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/you-need-know-russian-american-negotiators-ukraine-rio-d--1vwae

#Epstein #EpsteinFiles #usa #epsteinList #releaseTheEpsteinFiles #releaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles #coverup #usa #news

Just WOW… Novorossiysk 🤯🤯🤯

I’m so tired of the misogyny and the disregard for women’s civil rights. The Republican Fascists in Congress will now pressure their Dem counterparts for what is in effect, a national abortion ban, as the Dems try to save face on healthcare. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/11/11/health-subsidies-abortion/8121762904575/

For those that don't know. He was accused of sexual assault, multiple times. And I believe the accusers. So like Bill Cosby I will no longer be a fan of his. I certainly won't by any more books. Probably won't reread or listen to the ones I have.

So mastodon.social suggested a list of accounts to follow. One of them was Neil Gaiman. Yeah, no.

I wasn't unfriended or unfriend them. I didn't read their last response. I decided to let them have the last word. So yeah, that's probably cowardly not reading their last response, but then I would likely feel I have to respond and make things worse.

Prostate cancer is set to become the most common male cancer in South Korea by 2025, rising 13.6% annually, with Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance data highlighting the growing prevalence among older men and the increasing use of robotic surgery for treatment.
#YonhapInfomax #ProstateCancer #SamsungFireMarineInsurance #RoboticSurgery #PSAScreening #CancerStatistics #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=90172

Seen online:

“Not only did The Fifth Element predict the social media influencer, it also predicted that he would be annoying as hell.”