The Mexican government wants to pass an indiscriminate, dangerously vague surveillance rule granting authorities real-time access to data digital platforms have in their systems. RD3mx and ARTICLE 19 México y Centroamérica urged Congress to reject the proposal.👇 🧵 https://articulo19.org/reforma-al-codigo-fiscal-pretende-acceso-permanente-a-datos-de-plataformas-digitales/
The National Security Agency ‘expedited’ a FOIA request — then took 1,827 days to process it.
The Defense Department ‘expedited’ another — it took 1,119 days.
The list goes on.
Now, Trump wants requesters to pay $50k if a court expedites a FOIA lawsuit?
No way.
https://freedom.press/the-classifieds/expedite-a-foia-lawsuit-trump-administration-wants-50k-first/
Years ago I said software development was the new shop class--something kids were taught in high school to secure a high-paying career, only to have the industry replace those jobs with automation.
The professor in this article has the right idea: you should be good at multiple things (and learning new things), because you can not predict where the industry will go. Many people will have to change careers multiple times in their life.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/leading-computer-science-professor-says-095502798.html
“I can’t think of anything more chilling to First Amendment activity, or more designed to prevent coverage of high-profile, newsworthy events, than to criminally charge reporters for being present on the scene.”
https://www.cjr.org/news/madeline-fening-lucas-griffith-cincinnati-citybeat-journalists-arrested.php
ICE is getting cozy while committing crimes. https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2025/09/29
Google deletes history: https://www.thebriefing.ie/google-just-erased-7-years-of-our-political-history/
At least eight ICE thugs chase down one guy who was just trying to deliver food in Chicago.
This is your tax dollars at work.
These bullies get six figure salaries to hunt down people in the streets.
To kidnap and disappear them.
It’s not about crime. It’s about power and fear.
That’s why there’s so many of them.
I’m glad this guy got away, but so many others don’t.
Many won’t survive.
IT'S FINALLY POSTED. If you've ever wondered
-what the Ballerina Farm dynasty is up to
-if their meat is worth the $11/lb+ pricetag
-how the trad hype stacks up against the real live Mormon women of the 1800s
I got you covered
Very good to see this! https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-european-military-just-ditched-microsoft-for-open-source-libreoffice-heres-why/ h/t to @DrCuriosity #EU #DigitalSovereignty Especially cool how they've been funding the dev community to add the features *they* want!
gonna be doing a bit of presenting / opening a discussion about @coopcloud at this one on the 10th of october in #Rotterdam: https://www.engagerotterdam.nl/en-us/programma/technologies-of-solidarity
The San Francisco Police Department is the latest California law enforcement agency to get caught sharing automated license plate reader data with out-of-state and federal agencies. EFF and the ACLU of Northern California are calling them out for this direct violation of California law. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/eff-aclu-sfpd-stop-illegally-sharing-data-ice-and-anti-abortion-states
I had a great time at #LinuxDayAT, a nice, well organized Linux Day with two talks (in German) on #LinuxMobile. It was nice to meet some #MobileLinux coconspirators again and get to know some new ones!
I also enjoyed @kuleszdl's talk a lot - I hope that it leads some people into our little #LinuxMobile rabbit hole ;-)
I took some more pictures on my Librem 5 - if there's interest I'll happily share some.
(Sidenote, regarding the journey: Getting to see Lake Constance is always a treat!)
What the ICE goons are wearing this fall. https://www.dailykos.com/story/2025/9/26/2345562/-Cartoon-ICE-mart-s-fall-fashions-and-accessories
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa