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The Threat Beneath: Hidden In-Chip Operating Systems

Modern CPUs from Intel and AMD ship with undocumented, embedded operating systems (Intel ME, AMD PSP) that run below your OS

Nothing runs below PureOS by Purism which is private and secure the way an OS should be.

Learn more at Purism: https://puri.sm/posts/hidden-operating-systems-in-chips-vs-secure-auditable-oses-a-cybersecurity-comparison/

Hundreds of weight loss and diabetes jab users report pancreas problems - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/jun/26/weight-loss-diabetes-jab-users-report-pancreas-problems maybe #TINSTAAFL...

Trump’s FTC announces merger condition that prohibits advertising #boycotts - https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/trumps-ftc-announces-merger-condition-that-prohibits-advertising-boycotts/ " Merging firms agree to FTC demands in order to create world's largest ad agency. " more bullying #musk

All childhood vaccines in question after first meeting of #RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel - https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/06/all-childhood-vaccines-in-question-after-first-meeting-of-rfk-jr-s-vaccine-panel/ here come the iron lungs... #polio #antivaxxers

After a week, Trump Mobile drops claim that #Trump phone is “made in the USA” - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/06/after-a-week-trump-mobile-drops-claim-that-trump-phone-is-made-in-the-usa/ #awkward

It's kinda wild how many executives seem to be a worse choice than a person that does nothing when faced with any given decision

France's third-largest city is dropping Windows and MS Office in favour of Linux and Open Office.

https://digitrendz.blog/newswire/business/19813/lyon-drops-microsoft-office-to-boost-digital-sovereignty/

'Lyon isn’t navigating this change alone. The city will leverage Territoire Numérique Ouvert, an open and interoperable software suite developed in collaboration with SITIV (Intercommunal Union of Information Technologies for Cities) and the Lyon Metropolis. Already in use by thousands of employees across nine local governments, this platform demonstrates the scalability of decentralized solutions.'

Fire to the Prisons. Read like a prison abolitionist. All e-Books $1.99 thru 7/1 with code READ at pmpress.org.

On the horns of a nasty trilemma.

On this day in 1978, the rainbow flag first flew as a symbol of pride. It was raised at San Francisco Gay Freedom Day.

Taking a break from moving, unpacking, and spackling (oh my!) during a heat wave to draw a cartoon, and realized I forgot to post last week's. https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2025/06/23

I'm super happy to share, that the #Fairphone (Gen. 6) was just announced, and we've been able to already publish a lot of code for it!

* #postmarketOS support is submitted
* 59(!) patches were sent to bring up upstream #Linux on the SM7635 SoC and enable the device.
* The stock Android source code is public on code.fairphone.com

This has been a lot of work over the last couple of months so it's awesome to finally be able to share it!

Also, Drag n Drop and event controllers in general in GTK4 are so good. Really fantastic work. The toolkit just keeps getting better at making it easy to do hard things

#OnThisDay, 25 June 1678, Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia receives the Doctorate of Philosophy degree from the University of Padua. She's thought to be be first woman to receive a doctorate in the world.

https://carvehername.org.uk/elena-piscopia-first-woman-doctorate/

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #ItalianHistory #Histodons

Warning: this is in fact a sub-toot.

A viral article about « getting off US tech » that mentions email, office suites, music and video streaming services, search and maps… but NOT the publishing platform where the article was posted.

Spoiler alert: it was Substack - the ensh*tt*f*ed Nazi bar supported by A16Z that platforms and profits from far right content.

Substack alternatives: Ghost, Wordpress, BeeHiiv, Buttondown. I use Ghost & Wordpress and LOVE them

Related: https://news.elenarossini.com/this-is-what-resistance-to-the-digital-coup-looks-like/

The NHS can't make us better when big business is making profit by making us sick https://youtu.be/uQA3jkqOXNQ?si=HvvGjBNa1EBcf9wo From addictive foods to lifetime drugs, corporations are profiting from your ill-health, and the NHS is left to foot the bill. This is how neoliberalism is eating the state.

Very interesting to see that Zohran Mamdani has soundly beaten Mario Cuomo in the New York City mayoral primary. I note that Bernie Sanders endorsed Mamdani... wonder if it shows that the US is moving in a progressive direction?! Too much to hope for?

Somewhere Barbara Streisand can heave a huge sigh of relief. It will henceforth be known as "the Vance effect."

#JDVance #fascism #couchfucker

@dangillmor In case you hadn’t seen this…

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-democracy-report-1.7486317

Amazon bought Goodreads and turned it into a dumpster fire where "reviewers" trash books even before galleys and review copies are sent out. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/authors-hit-by-bad-reviews-on-goodreads-before-review-copies-are-even-circulated

It's a shame, because Goodreads was a valuable service for authors and readers back when...