We made a forum post at discuss.grapheneos.org/d/34369-orig... which contains an overview of the situation along with the unmodified answers we provided to WIRED's fact checker. You can see for yourself what we provided and that it wasn't anywhere close to adequately incorporated into the article.
Thom Tillis still refuses to blame Trump for anything: "The problem I have is that some US attorney or assistant US attorney with a dream thought it would be cute to bring Chair Powell under an investigation ... the boss said he didn't know anything about it"
idk how to articulate this but i don't really like that we live in a world where the only thing that benjamin netanyahu will condemn his soldiers doing is a destruction of a christian artefact
Some cultures have produced vital advances; others remain dysfunctional and regressive. All cultures are now equal. Criticism and value judgments are forbidden. Yet this new dogma glosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful. We must resist the shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism. We, in America and more broadly the West, have for the past half century resisted defining national cultures in the name of inclusivity. But inclusion into what?
The manifesto makes a straightforward case that government and Silicon Valley power must be fused in order to defend Western values - which are superior to others - with hard rather than soft power. For many, this sounds like techno-fascism.
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Gil Duran tweet: TLDR: Fascism in response to Palantir's long fascists screed on X.
"Your Account is Suspended" Message on X
The CEO of Palantir posted a fascist manifesto on X.
I pointed out that it was fascist—which resulted in a permanent suspension from X (my second time!).
So, when you hear the tweeters complaining that BlueSky is intolerant, remember why many of us came here in the first place.
the basic theory of DOGE was that if powerful people said it was fine it didn’t matter what the law said.
I think proving that theory wrong is worth significant effort
i’m such a stupid fucking mark for trying to “work” and “follow the law”
Steam Linux ARM64 beta on Switch
Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties
Murray: "We should be sending money to our schools, not buying more missiles that Trump can fire on schools in Iran. This budget would rob our families and burden our grandkids with mountains of new debt, and for what? So Trump has more bombs he can threaten to end civilizations with?"
“I don’t want to see the pope as a politician”
lady I got some news for you about how you get elected pope by a conclave of powerful men who all have strong opinions on how one of the oldest institutions in the world should be run
Arch Linux's Archinstall 4.2 Fixes Botched Disk Encryption Security - https://www.phoronix.com/news/Archinstall-4.2
everything old is new again
WATSON COLEMAN: What would you say to the mothers of the kids who died because of your dismantling of USAID? Harvard says there are more than 100,000 of them
VOUGHT: Harvard?
Oh sorry, so religion and politics should be separate? Is that what you're saying? bsky.app/profile/atru...
Another Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by President Trump will plead guilty in a separate case involving child exploitation of multiple victims, according to federal court records.
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This is a victory for the LGBTQ+ community and for our entire city. It’s a reminder that New Yorkers won’t let our history be rewritten.
Our administration will keep working to ensure LGBTQ+ New Yorkers can live safely and with dignity in our city.
This chart is stunning.
“Many of the adults whom we ultimately admire most were not easy teenagers,” Russell Shaw writes. He argues that kids with a flair for critical thinking and principled dissent should be championed.
In the middle of a war, Pete Hegseth is trying to censor a military newspaper.
We NEED clear, uncensored reporting right now.
This is a blatant attack on the First Amendment, and I’m fighting back.
DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DESIGNATE CASE AS RELATED AND TO TRANSFER Pursuant to Local Rules 7.1, 40.1(g), and 40.1(j), Harvard respectfully moves this Court to designate this case as related to President & Fellows of Harvard College v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, No. 25-cv-11048-ADB (D. Mass.) (“Harvard v. HHS”), and transfer it to Judge Allison D. Burroughs in accordance with that designation. Harvard submits this motion, and the accompanying memorandum in support of this motion, to ensure that the Court has an opportunity to consider this closely related action that the Government failed to bring to the Court’s attention despite multiple opportunities to do so, see Dkts. 1-3, 9, and despite the Government’s “continuing duty to inform this Court of related actions before any court,” Standing Order re: Notice of Related Actions In Cases Filed Before Stearns, D.J. (Apr. 16, 2014). Because Harvard’s prior Notice Concerning Related Case Submission, Dkt. 13, was filed nearly simultaneously with the Court’s Order noting its satisfaction with the Government’s submission regarding relatedness under Local Rule 40.1(g), Dkt. 10, the Court’s Order was issued without the benefit of the additional considerations in Harvard’s submission. Accordingly, Harvard brings this motion to ensure that the Court has had the opportunity to consider the key similarities between this case and Harvard v. HHS.
Harvard, however, argues that the case is related to Harvard v. HHS (the main case from last year about the terminated grants), and is now pushing for it to be transferred to Allison Burroughs, who handled the HHS case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Viktor Orban accomplished so much of what the Trump movement wants to accomplish here
he ruled for 16 years and rewrote the rules in his favor
and still, they threw him out
and you know what? they did it by voting
don’t let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter
Spent the weekend visiting my wife’s family. Whenever we go, I always spend one evening with her grandfather. Just me, him, and a bottle of red from his collection.
He’s 91 and the last time we did this he asked me if actix-web is a Rust web framework people are using in production or not.
Yesterday, Google chose to remove Doki Doki Literature Club from the Google Play Store. Their explanation is that the game’s content violates their Terms of Service in its depiction of sensitive themes. DDLC is widely celebrated for portraying mental health in a way that meaningfully connects deeply with players around the world, helping them feel heard, understood, and less alone on their journey. Managing to achieve that—making a truly meaningful difference by using the power of fiction to connect to others—is what I’m most grateful for. It inspires me every day to keep making cool new things, things that can really reach others, especially those in need of connection. DDLC is available on many different major platforms, including iOS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and more. We’re continuing to do everything we can to find a path forward for getting DDLC reinstated on the Google Play Store. Meanwhile, we’re also looking into potential options for alternate methods of distribution on Android devices. We worked hard to bring DDLC to Android, and we’ve gotten to see so much love and enthusiasm from passionate Android users over these past few months. Thank you so much to the community for continuing to express your love and support for DDLC through the years. We’ll keep you updated on the future of DDLC for Android. - Dan Salvato and the Serenity Forge Team
A statement regarding the removal of DDLC from the Google Play Store:
It’s Mag-yover.
Marathon? I’m sure every hour in JD’s presence must feel like an eternity - but come on, he just got there.
I don't think it's a "problem" that there are fewer teen pregnancies. I think fewer teen pregnancies is a good thing, actually,
Trump: “My Administration stands ready to use the full Economic Might of the United States to strengthen Hungary’s Economy, as we have done for our Great Allies in the past, if Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and the Hungarian People ever need it. We are excited to invest in the future Prosperity that will be generated by Orbán’s continued Leadership! President DONALD J. TRUMP”
Trump: “My Admin stands ready to use full Economic Might of US to strengthen Hungary’s Economy, as we have done for our Great Allies in the past, if PM Orbán and the Hungarian People ever need it. We are excited to invest in future Prosperity that will be generated by Orbán’s continued Leadership!”
interesting that when a movie with female protagonists does poorly the response is to cancel upcoming projects with female protagonists and when a movie with female protagonists is a huge hit the response is to cancel upcoming projects with female protagonists
