That’s enough to not only swing elections but to overhaul the way we see our government, our society, and ourselves.
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Incarcerated individuals stopped demanding basic necessities like soap and toilet paper from the prison administration, and would get angry at anyone who did. “You are in prison,” they would tell the newly-labeled troublemaker, “not the Hilton Hotel.” (18/28)

Suddenly, President Obama had become the anti-Christ — the worst president in the history of this country. Fringe conspiracy theories like Michelle Obama being a biological man and the Affordable Care Act rationing out medical care became deeply held beliefs. (9/28)

A lesson on media consolidation and censorship from a Texas prison
When I heard the news that Paramount Skydance had won the bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery and its assets, like CNN and HBO, I cringed. I know how this movie ends. (1/28)

Dritter Versuch: Bundesregierung beschließt anlasslose Vorratsdatenspeicherung
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Rotlichtviertel Frankfurt am Main: Hier analysiert die Polizei jedes Gesicht
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Fachleute fordern: Bundesregierung muss KI auf Klima-Kurs bringen
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*The Digital Networks Act: A New Blueprint for Europe or a Threat to the Open Internet?*
@politics
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For decades, the internet has functioned on a simple and democratic principle: all data is equal. Whether the internet users are

For now, advocates are clear: the price for faster internet should not be our privacy, our wallet, or our freedom to browse an open web.
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Activists warn that this creates a massive privacy risk and provides the technical tools necessary for government surveillance or corporate data mining.
4. The Digital Omnibus Trap
One of the most criticized aspects of DNA is how it is passed on. (21/30)

While the goals of a better internet sound great, the methods proposed in the DNA have triggered a massive backlash from civil society groups and digital rights advocates. (11/30)

The Digital Networks Act: A New Blueprint for Europe or a Threat to the Open Internet?
For decades, the internet has functioned on a simple and democratic principle: all data is equal. (1/30)

Amnesty Report: „Bundesregierung bedient sich bewährter Instrumente autoritärer Politik“
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Nach Enthüllungen zur Überwachungsbrille: Meta kündigt Outsourcing-Firma, die entlässt daraufhin 1000 Menschen
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(Abstimmung über die Initiative „Für Ehe und Familie – gegen die Heiratsstrafe“ Urteil des BGer: 1C_315/2018).
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Auch die Einmischung von Ringier und TX Group mit massenhaft gratis Werbung fürs Pro-E-ID-Lager war sehr bedenklich, insbesondere da diese Zuwendungen (zu) spät gemeldet wurden. Dass Medien tendenziös berichten dürfen, ist aber legal und wohl im Sinne der Medienfreiheit. (6/9)

Uneingelöstes Versprechen auf digitale Souveränität: Europäischer Bezahldienst Wero nutzt Amazon-Server
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Weizenbaum Report 2026: Demokratie erfordert Trotz
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I am going to celebrate 4/20, because I have the freedom to choose to do so.
I am also Pro-Hibition.
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It resonated with a number of voters from both sides of the aisle.
If the two-party system is to ever be defeated, we need as many parties fighting for their causes and against the duopoly as possible. (62/70)

But if your response is “we must force its banning by the legislator’s pen and the threat of the barrel of a gun,” then you have come to the wrong conclusion.
Over 200 years removed from the temperance movement’s beginning and with the failures of outlawing alcohol now easily traceable, (52/70)

Stripped of all the things that made temperance a movement of self-determination, led by Wayne Wheeler, the Anti-Saloon League was a single-issue proto-lobbyist group, (42/70)

What the Pirate Party is, however, is a party that advocates for self-determination and free and open society. Pirates calling for the outlawing of alcohol would be beyond bizarre. Grog and rum are essentially inseparable images from the whole Pirate persona. (32/70)

Their work was focused on raising awareness on and seeking to eliminate the evils of alcohol consumption, largely stemming from “Dry” Protestant ethics, but come the 1884 elections, that would officially change. (24/70)

You, a believer in self-determination, can see that women’s self-determination was already at a limit, but now alcohol’s impact on the men in the United States is robbing women of their self-determination as well, further worsening the lives of wives/sisters/daughters, etc. (14/70)

Not that you change who you are, but you take control of who you are instead.
What if the suggestion is: you need to drink less, maybe even entirely?
In the 19th century, alcoholism was at an all-time high. U.S. citizens were drinking 5 to 7 gallons of pure alcohol per person per year. (4/70)

You and your campaign have our full endorsement.
Pete Karas, Victory is Arrrs.
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Automatisierte Datenanalyse in NRW: Palantir-Gesetz nicht verfassungskonform
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Polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik: Kriminalitätsrate sinkt um fast sechs Prozent
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If you wanted to know more about last night’s meeting, you can watch it back here.
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