D K
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Cybersecurity & privacy. Based in Thailand. Anti-fascist. Anti-billionaire. Be nice to each other & help those in need. Build a better world.
Cybersecurity & privacy. Based in Thailand. Anti-fascist. Anti-billionaire. Be nice to each other & help those in need. Build a better world.
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Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Hong Kong's Democratic Party, beacon of liberty since 1994, dissolves amid Beijing's choking crackdown, arrests crushing 30 years of defiant voices. #HongKong
December 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Hong Kong's Democratic Party, beacon of liberty since 1994, dissolves amid Beijing's choking crackdown, arrests crushing 30 years of defiant voices. #HongKong
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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So let's review the rules of etiquette:
-It's okay to dislike a movie.
-Xenophobia is not okay.
-Harassing people because they like something you don't like (or vice versa) is not okay.
You're welcome 🫡
-It's okay to dislike a movie.
-Xenophobia is not okay.
-Harassing people because they like something you don't like (or vice versa) is not okay.
You're welcome 🫡
a man with a beard is wearing a black robe and giving a thumbs up .
ALT: a man with a beard is wearing a black robe and giving a thumbs up .
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
So let's review the rules of etiquette:
-It's okay to dislike a movie.
-Xenophobia is not okay.
-Harassing people because they like something you don't like (or vice versa) is not okay.
You're welcome 🫡
-It's okay to dislike a movie.
-Xenophobia is not okay.
-Harassing people because they like something you don't like (or vice versa) is not okay.
You're welcome 🫡
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Straight out of the worst dystopian scenarios.
The wealthiest individual in the world (and likely the one who causes the most harm, between DOGE and X) has succeeded in introducing his revisionist (denying the Holocaust) and anti-Semitic disinformation tool into (El Salvador) classrooms.
The wealthiest individual in the world (and likely the one who causes the most harm, between DOGE and X) has succeeded in introducing his revisionist (denying the Holocaust) and anti-Semitic disinformation tool into (El Salvador) classrooms.
December 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Straight out of the worst dystopian scenarios.
The wealthiest individual in the world (and likely the one who causes the most harm, between DOGE and X) has succeeded in introducing his revisionist (denying the Holocaust) and anti-Semitic disinformation tool into (El Salvador) classrooms.
The wealthiest individual in the world (and likely the one who causes the most harm, between DOGE and X) has succeeded in introducing his revisionist (denying the Holocaust) and anti-Semitic disinformation tool into (El Salvador) classrooms.
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I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
December 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I’ve heard from immigration attorneys that clients say ICE guards lay out the WRAP device (essentially a full-body straitjacket) on the tarmac as a threat — “do what we say or you’re getting the WRAP on the whole flight.”
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
And here’s proof, from Seattle livestream today via @lalabote.bsky.social.
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NIGERIA: 102 foreigners deported, incl. 50 Chinese nationals, convicted of ‘cyber-terrorism and internet fraud’. Deportees were among 792 suspected cybercriminals arrested in a single operation last December. trt.global/afrika-engli...
TRT Global - Nigeria deports 102 foreign scammers, mostly Chinese nationals
The deportees were among 792 suspected cybercriminals arrested in a single operation in Lagos.
trt.global
August 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
NIGERIA: 102 foreigners deported, incl. 50 Chinese nationals, convicted of ‘cyber-terrorism and internet fraud’. Deportees were among 792 suspected cybercriminals arrested in a single operation last December. trt.global/afrika-engli...
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Famed anti-racist expert Leonard Zeskind, who warned of fascism's rise, has died www.kcur.org/news/2025-04...
Famed anti-racist expert Leonard Zeskind, who warned of fascism's rise, has died
Zeskind began studying the white national movement more than 40 years ago and published his findings in his 2009 book, “Blood and Politics.” His work showed uncanny foresight into the rise in anti-imm...
www.kcur.org
April 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Famed anti-racist expert Leonard Zeskind, who warned of fascism's rise, has died www.kcur.org/news/2025-04...
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Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did J6
March 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did J6
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March 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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This child's death is on every Senator who voted to approve the appointment of an anti-vaxxer to run HHS. I just read that it appears that we're not going to have vaccines for flu and Covid next year. How many more deaths?
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
This child's death is on every Senator who voted to approve the appointment of an anti-vaxxer to run HHS. I just read that it appears that we're not going to have vaccines for flu and Covid next year. How many more deaths?
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House Republican leadership has advised caucus members to avoid in-person town halls, fearing that voter backlash may become viral if circulated online.
🐔 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
🐔 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
February 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
House Republican leadership has advised caucus members to avoid in-person town halls, fearing that voter backlash may become viral if circulated online.
🐔 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
🐔 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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We're at the scene in Goodfellas when Jimmy, Tommy, and Henry are planning the Lufthansa heist and the overnight security guard is in on it. Very easy to engage in wanton criminality when anyone who investigates you is bounced out and anyone else who might want to (DOJ) looks the other way 🙃
Just awful: One of the inspector generals that Trump fired was examining Elon Musk's failures to meet reporting protocol designed to safeguard national security as a major recipient of Pentagon contracts.
It's time to follow up on that. New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1913...
It's time to follow up on that. New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1913...
Did Trump Quietly Kill a Sensitive Pentagon Probe into Elon Musk?
The New York Times revealed last year that Musk and SpaceX failed to meet federal reporting requirements for Pentagon contractors. No one has asked: What’s going on with that today?
newrepublic.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
We're at the scene in Goodfellas when Jimmy, Tommy, and Henry are planning the Lufthansa heist and the overnight security guard is in on it. Very easy to engage in wanton criminality when anyone who investigates you is bounced out and anyone else who might want to (DOJ) looks the other way 🙃
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Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
February 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.
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It's sad that so many media outlets have fallen for all the distractions, from Greenland to Gaza to tariffs that keep getting delayed, when the real goal is Musk's dismantling of the government
The Philadelphia Inquirer gets it. Our latest editorial: www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
The Philadelphia Inquirer gets it. Our latest editorial: www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
Trump’s absurd proposals distract from his damaging actions | Editorial
Hullabaloo over Donald Trump's North American trade war feint and Gaza takeover drew attention away from the real dirty work: a purge of federal workers and Elon Musk's unchecked power.
www.inquirer.com
February 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It's sad that so many media outlets have fallen for all the distractions, from Greenland to Gaza to tariffs that keep getting delayed, when the real goal is Musk's dismantling of the government
The Philadelphia Inquirer gets it. Our latest editorial: www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
The Philadelphia Inquirer gets it. Our latest editorial: www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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Do not give away your power.
Lots of anticipatory obedience from scientific institutions including ones that are home to astronomers and physicists, like Brookhaven National Lab and Vera Rubin Observatory. 🧪 🔭 ⚛️ #giftlink
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/s...
A Sweeping Ban on D.E.I. Language Roils the Sciences (Gift Article)
President Trump’s executive order is altering scientific exploration across a broad swath of fields, even beyond government agencies, researchers say.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Do not give away your power.
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If it was ever anything else, the CDC is now a wholly political organization, dedicated to suppressing information that would harm the president, and manufacturing cause to harm his opponents.
public health factors nowhere into leadership's ambitions.
public health factors nowhere into leadership's ambitions.
Instead, health officials say CDC Director Monarez relayed orders by the Trump administration to come up with research to publish this week about the health risks from wildfires, days after President Trump criticized California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom's handling of fires in the state.
February 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If it was ever anything else, the CDC is now a wholly political organization, dedicated to suppressing information that would harm the president, and manufacturing cause to harm his opponents.
public health factors nowhere into leadership's ambitions.
public health factors nowhere into leadership's ambitions.
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If RFK Jr is confirmed as HHS secretary, expect these headlines to become even more frequent and tragic.
February 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
If RFK Jr is confirmed as HHS secretary, expect these headlines to become even more frequent and tragic.
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"Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis...cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trump’s executive orders" 🧪 #scicomm
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience
Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion
www.chemistryworld.com
February 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis...cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trump’s executive orders" 🧪 #scicomm
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...
www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...