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-0.5082866877003929 + 0.5117019627565966i at zoom 2.9410610846e+04.

A render of the mandelbrot set using randomised colours. The centre point is -0.5082866877003929 + 0.5117019627565966i and we are zoomed to 2.9410610846e+04 magnitude.

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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has lost access to his (Microsoft) email and bank accounts. Prosecutions are faltering now. This all due to US sanctions. 'Microsoft did not respond to a request for comments'. Yet European governments are collectively moving their email and files to Microsoft, risking similar problems if they ever upset the US administration. https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3

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Yet another confirmation that moving off Google for my personal email was one of the best decisions I've made.

Just checked on my elderly father's Google Workspace to fix high volume scam mail. Turns out enhanced spam protection is only available for business users. Not, you know, senior citizens.

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I'm starting a car rental business. I take cars that are parked on the street and rent them out.

Asking for consent would kill my business.

#aiLogic

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EU plant neues Massenüberwachungsgesetz mit Vorratsdatenspeicherung & Zwangs-Backdoors – jetzt ist noch Widerspruch möglich!

Hey Leute,

die EU plant gerade ein neues Gesetz zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung, das echt krass werden könnte. Es geht nicht nur um ein paar Verbindungsdaten, sondern darum, jeden Online-Dienst zur Überwachung zu verpflichten – also auch Messenger, Hosting-Anbieter, Webseiten usw.

Das Ganze läuft unter dem Titel:

„Retention of data by service providers for criminal proceedings“

Hier kann man bis zum 18. Juni 2025 Feedback abgeben: Have Your Say

Was ist geplant?

Pflicht zur Datenspeicherung mit Identitätsbindung – also alles, was du online machst, muss auf dich zurückführbar sein.
Sanktionen für Dienste, die keine Nutzerüberwachung einbauen – darunter könnten auch VPNs, selbstgehostete Sachen oder Open-Source-Projekte fallen.
Backdoors in Geräte und Software – mit Hardwareherstellern soll zusammengearbeitet werden, um „gesetzlichen Zugriff“ zu ermöglichen.
Auch kleine Anbieter betroffen – es geht ausdrücklich nicht nur um Meta, Google & Co.

Das Ganze basiert auf Empfehlungen einer „High Level Group“, deren Mitglieder komplett geheim gehalten werden. Patrick Breyer (Piraten/MEP) @echo_pbreyer hat nachgefragt – die EU hat ihm eine geschwärzte Liste geschickt.

Laut EDRi wurde die Zivilgesellschaft explizit ausgeschlossen. Lobbyismus deluxe.

Was kann man tun?

Einfach Feedback abgeben, geht in 2 Minuten.

Kurz schreiben, dass man gegen anlasslose Vorratsdatenspeicherung und Überwachung ist, reicht schon. Jeder Kommentar zählt.

Deadline ist der 18. Juni 2025, Mitternacht (Brüsseler Zeit).

Wäre gut, wenn wir aus der IT-Szene da nicht still bleiben. Das betrifft wirklich alle – Entwickler, Admins, SysOps, Hoster, ganz normale Nutzer.

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This pdf could have been html.

@jwildeboer I got those in my 20s. The first one scared the living fuck out of me. I haven't had one in decades though. At least they're (apparently) harmless.

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Today, I’m proud to share the launch of Silentium Fractum, the first issue of The Journal of Structural Power & Resistance — a self-published, open-access academic journal that documents how powerful institutions weaponize legal systems, and how those systems can be tactically resisted.

Silentium Fractum includes six original articles that analyze the structure of procedural violence and outline frameworks for asymmetric legal resistance.

The Journal
of Structural Power
& Resistance
nulli di, nulli domini.
Volume 1, Issue 1, Summer 2025.
Silentium Fractum
("The Silence is Broken")

The Journal of Structural Power & Resistance Volume 1, Issue 1, Summer 2025
Nulli di, nulli domini.
Current Editorial Board: Ashley Gjovik, B.S., J.D.
Journal Citation: Gjovik, Ashley. The Journal of Structural Power & Resistance, Volume 1, Issue 1, Summer 2025, Silentium Fractum. https://ashleygjovik.com.
About the Journal
The Journal of Structural Power & Resistance is an independent, interdisciplinary academic journal dedicated to the analysis of corporate power, legal systems, institutional violence, and tactical resistance. The journal’s mission is to dissect the structures that enable unaccountable authority — and to publish work that equips readers to confront and dismantle those systems.

The Operational Logic of Normative Violence: Whistleblowing and Corporate Retaliation
This article analyzes whistleblower suppression as a predictable form of structural violence. It frames whistleblowing as a moral confrontation with power.
Gjovik, Ashley. “The Operational Logic of Normative Violence: Whistleblowing and Corporate Retaliation.” The Journal of Structural Power & Resistance, Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 2025, Silentium Fractum. May 26 2025. https://ashleygjovik.com.
The Dark Theater: Retaliation Litigation as Institutional Obstruction and Legalized Harassment.
A conceptual analysis of retaliation litigation, this article explores how procedural form can be used to conceal truth and induce narrative unreality. It critiques the derealizing effects of institutional gaslighting, emphasizing the psychological and epistemic harms embedded in litigation structures.
Offensive Counter-Control: Tactical Frameworks for Asymmetric Legal Resistance Against Corporate Power
This article outlines methods by which individual litigants and public interest actors can document, anticipate, and disrupt institutional retaliation. It introduces a tactical framework for leveraging internal inconsistencies, preserving contested facts, and reframing legal narratives in asymmetric contexts.

Panic in the Boardroom: Mask-Off Moments, Corporate Panic, Retaliation, and the Pattern of Escalatory Delegitimization
Using firsthand documentation and public records, this article analyzes how corporate legal teams respond to exposure with escalating procedural aggression. It situates such conduct within a broader pattern of delegitimization, reframing retaliation not as defensive posture but as institutional panic.
Gjovik, Ashley. “Panic in the Boardroom: Mask-Off Moments, Corporate Panic, Retaliation, and the Pattern of Escalatory Delegitimization.” The Journal of Structural Power & Resistance, Volume 1, Issue 1, Summer 2025, Silentium Fractum. May 26 2025. https://ashleygjovik.com.
The Bureaucratic Shield: How U.S. Legal Institutions Enable Retaliation, Obscure Criminality, and Undermine Whistleblower Protection
This article critiques the design of legal and regulatory frameworks that allow institutional actors to evade accountability. It explores how doctrines of deference, procedural discretion, and symbolic compliance function as a bureaucratic shield against scrutiny, especially in whistleblower and anti-retaliation matters.
Beyond Zealous Advocacy: Strategic Misrepresentation in Litigation

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The German verb 'lassen' looks a lot like French 'laisser'. They even have the same meaning: "to let".

However, that's a coincidence. These words are entirely unrelated etymologically.

'Lassen' is related to English 'to let', while 'laisser' is related to 'lax'.

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Periodic reminder: #Substack profits off Nazi pages bc they don't want to be "in the censorship business," but they also won't host adult content, so they ARE in the "censorship business." They just think Nazis are better than pornographers.

This is why I will never give Substack a single shiny nickel.

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Germany puts its business criminals in prison, in the US they get put in the Cabinet.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/26/four-vw-execs-found-guilty-in-trial-that-transformed-europes-auto-market/

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A #gulfstream G650ER (Reg: N68885) reportedly used by #markzuckerberg has been detected in flight since Mon May 26 2025 13:58:44 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time). Since then it has emitted an estimated 22039 kg of #CO2. If this was flown commercial, the predicted average #emissions would have been 1142 kg. #CO2emissions

N68885 since Mon May 26 2025 13:58:44 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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My sister sent me this and boy do I feel this in my bones. My 50+ bones.

I learned why we are always ignored

I was at a leadership conference and one
of the speakers was talking about
generational strife. And she talked to/
about the boomers, and then the
millennials, and then the zoomers. And
then she said, "Gen X, I didn't forget you,
even if the rest of the world has. But I have
no advice for you. For a few reasons. First,
you don't need it. You are the most
independent and self-sufficient generation
in the history of mankind and there is
literally nothing I can teach you. Second,
even if I did have something to tell you, you
wouldn't care. Third, the reason we ignore
you is because the rest of us are all
terrified of you. If the zombie apocalypse
ever happens, we are all hiding behind you.
Somehow, you'll know what to do."

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I promise, I'm better at my job than I am at writing a CV

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Same.

Sign:
AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'D RATHER BE EXCLUDED FOR WHO I INCLUDE THAN BE INCLUDED FOR WHO I EXCLUDE.

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An absolute GENIUS has put googly eyes on the huge white tube outside of the Pompidou center in Paris. And I am all for it.

This is your weird picture of Paris for today.

A picture of Paris with the huge curved tubes that are in front of the Pompidou modern art museum. Someone pasted huge googly eyes in the center of the tubes.

The eyes are blueish in color and look slightly down and to the side. They are pasted right in the middle of the tubes so they look really weird.

In the background, trees and buildings can be seen, as well as quite a few people walking down or up the gentle slope that leads from the buildings to the museum.

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20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.

The law only ever serves capitalism.

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Hard to believe they’re talking about the same event.

Headline from the independent: Trump gives rambling speech about trophy wives, golf and the 'great late' Al Capone in politically-charged West Point address

Headline from the New York Times: Trump Gives Commencement Address at West Point, Stressing a New Era

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I am, once again, very grateful for the tooling within Mastodon to mute / filter words and phrases, and mute / block accounts.

I filter loads, especially sports and party politics, and having a feed comprising toots from people whose thoughts I want to read, with a high success rate of filtering out stuff I don't want here, is a self-caring way of doing social media.

Is it a filter bubble? Yes! Thank goodness.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this functionality.

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I am so old, I still read HA as High Availability and not as Home Assistant (explain your acronyms, folks, always explain your acronyms)

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