Engineer, parent, questioner, heathen. I can pay attention when I'm interested, otherwise, I'd rather be making a mess with one of my many simultaneous projects or enjoying nature with my family.
How can I monetarily support media I like (news, software, etc) without giving away my privacy? If you serve that media and can figure that out let me know. I might show my support.
-I self host my own services
-I clear browser data on exit
-I check out as guest
-I don't allow unecessary notifications
BREAKING: The Pentagon is officially sending thousands of US Marines to the Middle East in what they're calling a "Marine expeditionary unit." This is the same strategy and label given to the first wave of Marines sent to Vietnam.
You can bet your mortgage that Barron Trump isn't in that unit.
Trump is launching an illegal ground invasion to prevent accountability for the Epstein files. Are we great yet?
UPDATE: The European Parliament voted today to *end* untargeted mass scanning of private communications, firmly rejecting the error-prone and unconstitutional surveillance practices of recent years! Next: trilogue negotiations w/ Commission and Council.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/116130138605094270
Today the EU Parliament said NO. ❌
Voluntary scanning by Outlook, Gmail, LinkedIn, etc. might come to an end on April 6 in the EU. Keep pushing everyone! 👏🥳
For years, I've been wanting mainline churches to call out the dangerous, racist heresy of the so-called evangelical church. Talarico is doing it.
In Senate Race, Talarico Challenges ‘Heretical’ Right-Wing Christianity
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/politics/talarico-christian-religion-texas-senate.html
A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people, including around 110 children, were killed, expert video analysis shows. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg548lyjnyo
Hey all, I'm posting a link to the petition I just signed. If you want to keep the ability to utilize 3rd party apps on Android devices this may help. Also check out the second link which contains a better description of the problem and other ways you can help.
https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage
#android #developers #aosp #grapheneos #fossapps #googleplay #fdroid #accrescent
Read below 👇 why you should start using LibreSpeed from now on for internet speed tests
"Speedtest and Downdetector were just sold to Accenture for $1.2 billion. (...) Ookla, the parent company of both tools, has been acquired by the global IT consulting giant Accenture (...).
The open source alternative: LibreSpeed. No tracking scripts, no GPS harvesting, no profile building, no ads and no data sold to anyone."
https://www.reddit.com/r/xprivo/comments/1rmalpy/news_librespeed_opensource_alternative_made_in/
@blogdiva It's not called Operation Epstein Fury for no reason.
Sorry, Epic Files... Um, Epic Furry? Epstein Furry? Something....
BREAKING: SCOTUS shadow docket decision rules in favor of forced outing of trans students, reinstating a lower court ruling against California's law prohibiting forced outing. Also references forcing teachers to misgender trans students. Horrific precedent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
RE: https://mstdn.social/@stux/116161864404462457
Got a couple of those today.
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BREAKING: A US court has just sided with fossil fuel pipeline giant Energy Transfer and ordered Greenpeace International and Greenpeace entities in the US to pay them US$ 345 million.
This is a billionaire-backed attack on the right to protest. A thread ⤵️🧵
Israel/Netanyahu must have some very incriminating evidence against Trump, a la Epstein, who was very chummy with the Israelis. What else would explain this level of being wagged by Israel at least twice?! Netanyahu says jump, Trump asks, 'How high?'!
Newsletter: Bitcoin is down 50%, several prominent industry figures have been uncovered in the Epstein files, Trump’s facing a probe into his family’s $500M deal with the UAE, and crypto super PACs spend their first $6 million in the midterms.
Goodreads... owned by Amazon....
I gave up on them a long while ago and only use Bookwyrm
Mayor Mamdani secures release of undergrad student at Columbia University who was detained by ICE this morning. The school said in a letter to the campus that the agents had conducted the operation under false pretenses, stating that they were searching for a “missing person.”
👏
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/nyregion/columbia-university-ice-student.html
#UsPol
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Mississippi beat school privatization — unanimously. Governor wanted it. Lobbyists wanted it. Trump pushed for it. Every single senator voted no. Then they gave teachers a $5K raise. Grassroots organizing did that.
https://jimhightower.substack.com/p/grassroots-activism-produces-a-mississippi
Danish Gov agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence
https://therecord.media/denmark-digital-agency-microsoft-digital-independence
#HackerNews #DanishGov #DigitalIndependence #MicrosoftAlternative #TechPolicy #OpenSource
How California Can Neuter “Citizens United” and Improve Democracy for Us All https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-california-can-neuter-citizens?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
RE: https://mastodon.social/@benroyce/116123176200242958
Most heros do not wear capes (or uniforms, for that matter)
