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This is a hilarious commentary on the US/Israeli war with Iran:

"God is a comedian":

https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian

When lawmakers and advocacy groups frame queer existence itself as a threat to young people, age-verification laws become ideological enforcement instead of regulatory policy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/rep-finke-was-right-age-gating-isnt-about-kids-its-about-control

Congress had two years to negotiate real reforms to Section 702—it’s past time to get started. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/congress-dropping-ball-clean-extension-fisa

Goth squirrel of the day.

🔐 Introducing: Unified Attestation
An open-source project for verifying the integrity of Android apps—as an alternative to Google's Play Integrity.

The goal is to make apps such as banking and payment apps usable on independent Android systems without relying on Google services.

We invite developers, ROM projects, and app providers to get involved.

https://uattest.net/

#Volla #VollaOS #OpenSource #software #hardware #Privacy #Security #DeGoogle

ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #Government #USPolitics #Law #Finance #Data #Research

That's it!

#Antifa #Antifascism #Fascism

Age verification risks tying users’ “most sensitive and immutable data” — names, faces, birthdays, home addresses — to their online activity, EFF’s Molly Buckley told CNBC. “Age verification strikes at the foundation of the free and open internet.” https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/social-media-child-safety-internet-ai-surveillance.html

There's Hope That At Least Colorado's Age Attestation Bill Could Exclude Open-Source

Last week was a statement by System76 regarding recent age verification laws in California and Colorado among other US states that could have a profound impact on Linux distributions and other open-source software. The Colorado legislation is especially pressing to System76 considering that is where they are based. Fortunately, they aren't taking this lightly and there is some hope tha…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Colorado-Maybe-Exclude-OSS