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PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Genetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genetic</span></a> Database Shuts Down To Protect Users From 'Authoritarian Governments' - Slashdot <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dna</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/31/1926246/open-source-genetic-database-shuts-down-to-protect-users-from-authoritarian-governments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.slashdot.org/story/25/</span><span class="invisible">03/31/1926246/open-source-genetic-database-shuts-down-to-protect-users-from-authoritarian-governments?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ChrisHedges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChrisHedges</span></a> • Trump's War on Education<br>Read by <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/EuniceWong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuniceWong</span></a><br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/whitePatriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitePatriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Ethnonationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethnonationalism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Christofacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christofacism</span></a> <br><a href="https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/trumps-war-on-education-read-by-eunice" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">chrishedges.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mps-war-on-education-read-by-eunice</span></a></p>
Autiste à :ch_Vaud:🌊 #woke<p><a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/SecretPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretPolice</span></a> Are Stalking More and More Students </p><p>We are at that point when one can consider that travelling to the <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> if you're not <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/WASP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WASP</span></a> and wealthy, is highly dangerous. And also remaining in the US if you are only on <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>visa</span></a> or <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/greencard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greencard</span></a> also puts you at high risk of being simply disappeared on a pure whim, by zealote officers of a heavily <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racist</span></a>, <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/xenophobic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xenophobic</span></a> and <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> . The USA are not a <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> anymore. You can't trust it.</p><p> <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/trump-ice-secret-police-student-abduction/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">motherjones.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/trump-ice-secret-police-student-abduction/</span></a></p>
BerlinFokus<p>Yeah this kind of makes sense.</p><p><a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> is skipping now from training it's (anti woke) <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/XAi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XAi</span></a> model by real-life rightwing extremistst on <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> to training the latter by the former. So XAi owns Twitter now (and everybody in it).</p><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/638933/elon-musk-x-xai-acquisition" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/638933/elon-</span><span class="invisible">musk-x-xai-acquisition</span></a></p><p>Sales pitch could be to customize you own little <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> society with your own digital (social media) tools.<br>Lets say in for instance Turkmenistan or Argentine.</p><p>Business risk is to receive a bullet in your head by the <a href="https://berlin.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> before.</p>
Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺<p>"This isn’t just about free speech anymore — it’s about whether we’ll allow the government to normalize disappearing people for their political views. ... those who remain silent in the face of such clear <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> overreach are complicit." <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/27/trumps-secret-police-are-now-disappearing-students-for-their-op-eds/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/03/27/trumps</span><span class="invisible">-secret-police-are-now-disappearing-students-for-their-op-eds/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
Kevin LaRose, #SlavaUkraini<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@JonChevreau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>JonChevreau</span></a></span> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> is the modernday <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Gestapo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gestapo</span></a>, no question. Never in my wildest dreams did I think the country where I was born, grew up, and believed in its greatness, would become just another <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/shithole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shithole</span></a> police state with full-on censorship, roving goon squads scooping people of the street and disappearing them, and so many other horrors.</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Shakedown <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a>, Sabotage, Self-Enrichment: How to Talk About <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; Musk's Authoritarian Activities<br><a href="https://lucid.substack.com/p/shakedown-politics-sabotage-self" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lucid.substack.com/p/shakedown</span><span class="invisible">-politics-sabotage-self</span></a></p><p>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> are not merely creating another <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a> along the lines of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> or <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a>, with inspiration from South African <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/apartheid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apartheid</span></a> and the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/JimCrow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JimCrow</span></a> South. They are innovating the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> playbook with their power-sharing agreement and their chainsaw &amp; wrecking-ball tactics."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6wk4oI4wTY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=P6wk4oI4wT</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> </p><p>1 400+ Arrested in <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Turkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkiye</span></a> as <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogan</span></a> Jails <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Istanbul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Istanbul</span></a> Mayor &amp; Intensifies <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> Crackdown</p>
Heretical_i<p>"Meet the new <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> boss. Same as the old <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> boss."</p><p>"How DOGE isn't just tearing down institutions but also laying the groundwork for an experimental new kind of authoritarian rule."... a <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Libertarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libertarians</span></a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broligarchy</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/DarkEnlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DarkEnlightenment</span></a>: The <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/TechOligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechOligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Ideology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ideology</span></a> Driving <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>’s Destruction"</p><p><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/03/the-dark-enlightenment-the-tech-oligarch-ideology-driving-doges-destruction.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nakedcapitalism.com/2025/03/th</span><span class="invisible">e-dark-enlightenment-the-tech-oligarch-ideology-driving-doges-destruction.html</span></a> <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Libertarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libertarianism</span></a>= <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> pretending to have democratic goals, and many of you were indoctrinated to accept it via <a href="https://kafeneio.social/tags/HarryPotter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarryPotter</span></a> books/moovees</p>
Evan Genest<p>From German national radio:</p><p>"Nationwide anti-Erdoğan protests continue<br>The protests in Turkey continue. Across the country, tens of thousands demonstrated against the arrest of opposition politician İmamoğlu. The number of demonstrators was slightly smaller than at the weekend. There were numerous arrests."</p><p><a href="https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/tuerkei-proteste-gegen-erdogan-100.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">deutschlandfunk.de/tuerkei-pro</span><span class="invisible">teste-gegen-erdogan-100.html</span></a><br><a href="https://c.im/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ResistEverywhere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ResistEverywhere</span></a></p>
DB 🌱💦<p>Erdoğan: "I'm extending the ban on protests"</p><p>The people: "No"</p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Protests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Protests</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a></p>
Paul Giulan<p>The governments of <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>, <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Cyprus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyprus</span></a>, <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a>, <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>, and <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Singapore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Singapore</span></a> are likely customers of Israeli <a href="https://federate.social/tags/spyware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spyware</span></a> maker <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Paragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paragon</span></a> Solutions</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/researchers-name-several-countries-as-potential-paragon-spyware-customers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/rese</span><span class="invisible">archers-name-several-countries-as-potential-paragon-spyware-customers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/Toronto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toronto</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/AU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AU</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/CA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CA</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/CY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CY</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/DK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DK</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/IL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IL</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SG</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/VentureCapital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VentureCapital</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> targeting Jewish people in war on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FreeSpeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeech</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a> rights about <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a></p><p>Protesters cheered &amp; embraced 87yo <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/survivor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>survivor</span></a> Stephen <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kapos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kapos</span></a> arriving at <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> station</p><p>Police summoned him for questioning over a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/peaceful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peaceful</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/anti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anti</span></a>-genocide march</p><p>Police falsely claim forced its way through police lines. But video evidence shows he was invited through</p><p><a href="https://skwawkbox.org/2025/03/22/video-holocaust-survivor-stephen-kapos-cheered-as-arrives-for-police-interview-over-anti-genocide-protest/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">skwawkbox.org/2025/03/22/video</span><span class="invisible">-holocaust-survivor-stephen-kapos-cheered-as-arrives-for-police-interview-over-anti-genocide-protest/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a></p>
Mark<p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TrumpIsARussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsARussianAsset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>putin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/KGB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KGB</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/AmericanCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanCoup</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DictatorTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DictatorTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FarRight</span></a> </p><p>Definition of 'simping' from <a href="https://fluentslang.com/simping-meaning/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fluentslang.com/simping-meanin</span><span class="invisible">g/</span></a></p><p>The term simping is a slang term used to describe someone who obsesses over another person and goes to great lengths to please them, even if their feelings are not reciprocated.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> suggests sending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/citizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>citizens</span></a> to a prison in a foreign country known for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> violations without <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a>.</p><p>This is no longer a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> is an established <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Most of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> community, including the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSA</span></a>, agreed w/that assessment.</p><p>Only one agency, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KashPatel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KashPatel</span></a>], partly dissented. It maintained the gang has a connection to the admin of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venezuela</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> president, Nicolás <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maduro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maduro</span></a>, based on information the other agencies did not find credible.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> doubling (tripling? quadrupling?…) down on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illiberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illiberal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StochasticTerrorism</span></a> toward the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> even going after conservative <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> Chief Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnRoberts</span></a> (see pic).</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boasberg</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConstitutionalCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConstitutionalCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChecksAndBalances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChecksAndBalances</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JudicialBranch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JudicialBranch</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoEqualBranchesOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Still Mad About CD Prices<p>IDK if this helps a lot, but when the news says "X University" did something, it usually means the president did. Almost all US <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> are <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> hierarchies where exactly one person has ultimate power* over hiring/firing budgets, salaries, and policy, and that person was appointed by bodies higher up the hierarchy, not elected or meaningfully chosen by faculty, staff, or students. The president often delegates things to the provost(s), deans, directors, or VPs, but still ultimately has all responsibility for, and power over, their decisions.</p><p>The faculty tend to be a diverse bunch, but many are much more committed to basic values than the president. We just don't have any power, and we all too frequently fail to use our voice.</p><p><a href="https://danieldrezner.substack.com/p/guest-post-we-are-professors-at-columbia?r=1cf83x&amp;triedRedirect=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">danieldrezner.substack.com/p/g</span><span class="invisible">uest-post-we-are-professors-at-columbia?r=1cf83x&amp;triedRedirect=true</span></a></p><ul><li>There are some exceptions/nuances to this, like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/faculty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faculty</span></a> usually go through a long and complicated hiring process, though the president must approve their choices; and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/tenure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tenure</span></a> provides some job protection at some universities, though a determined president can usually find ways to get around this.</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/highered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highered</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/columbiauniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>columbiauniversity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/professor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>professor</span></a></p>
Jan Heisinen<p>It is so weird to watch how <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has more similar views to <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> president than to <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> leaders. <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> has left the liberal server and joined the <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> lobby, using a videogame metaphor. All of this happened in less than 100 days of <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> ’s ruling. What will the next years bring, then?</p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Future</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/BuycottUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuycottUSA</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/BoycottAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BoycottAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/BuyFromEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyFromEU</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/BuyFromEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BuyFromEurope</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/totalitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>totalitarian</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/liberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberalism</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>liberal</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/West" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>West</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ieji.de/tags/ViveLaEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViveLaEurope</span></a> <a href="https://ieji.de/tags/FedersliseEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FedersliseEurope</span></a></p>
Wen<p>As the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> sinks towards a dystopian swamp, I am reminded that we always mandated (did not just suggest) that people travelling to the US on occasional business took ‘clean' telephones and laptops with them, we actually retained a small recycled stock for that purpose. And that began more than 8 years ago. We do not do business that requires any travel to the USA any more. Isolation beckons for the USA.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/19/trump-musk-french-scientist-detained</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dictator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UsPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UsPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a></p>