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open source hack of minor notoriety. unapologetically queer. all opinions 💯 mine.
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Just to make it abundantly clear, they're using modern data analytic tools to track Americans by political affiliation and even autism diagnosis to first take away those people's rights (including autonomy and self-defense) and then take -them- away when it's cost and politically efficient.

OpenForum Europe is proposing an EU-wide Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF) to ensure the security and sustainability of critical open source components. 📊 Feasibility study out in June Read more: tinyurl.com/2m3bc4f3 #OpenSource #EUTech #DigitalSovereignty

The days of Google Docs are ending; we enter the age of Docs, made by France's Interministerial Directorate for Digital Affairs and Germany's Center for Digital Sovereignty of Public Administration. We need more governments to collaborate on public software projects to achieve digital sovereignty.

So they want to boost fertility rates - but cut funding for queer youth crisis care? It’s not hypocrisy, it’s hatred. To my 🏳️‍🌈 friends — remember, you are worthy of love. Reach out to your friends. Support each other. *we* keep us safe. 💗

Once you understand that their goal is to get women, LGBTQ folks and people of color out of public life, everything gets clearer. You should evaluate their *policy* proposals accordingly.

We cannot let the Wayback Machine get deep-sixed, as it may be the only place we can find some govt docs/sites that this regime alters or "disappears." NPR article: is.gd/BsVRpI Donate: archive.org/donate FAQ: help.archive.org/help/categor... (The Internet Archive is a US 501c3 non-profit org.)

we made a critical error allowing reactionaries to make-up concepts like “biological sex” and frame them as non-ideological when it’s the exact opposite: people who undergo HRT *are literally changing their biological sex.* this is not some philosophical distinction, it is actual biological reality.

The very existence of the Greater PNW Trans/Lesbian Polycule should be sufficient to invalidate this court's opinion ...

“Whenever people keep being given a platform to say they have no platform, or whenever people speak endlessly about being silenced, you not only have a performative contradiction; you are witnessing a mechanism of power.” You won’t be able to unsee this www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/anti...

waking up to sunday bells in an old european city is nice in a vibes way

Through the lens of my life in Technical Spaces, this entire article smacks of truth. Give it a read if you're invested in making Tech less dehumanizing.

So I guess the UK says 'be lesbian = do crime' now? cool.

i get messages sayin 'i want to be the next chuck tingle' and yes this is flattering but buckaroo it is not the question. the question is: 'how can you be the next YOU?' the truth is there is nobody better at proving love in YOUR UNIQUE WAY than YOU can. you hold such incredible power. use it

The very existence of the Greater PNW Trans/Lesbian Polycule should be sufficient to invalidate this court's opinion ...

My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more: www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

We've got Bill Kristol saying abolish ICE and standing up for trans people, David Brooks quoting the communist manifesto, and Sen. Van Hollen forcing a dictator to give proof of life of a hostage in a death camp. Meanwhile, Dems like Newsom are doing podcasts with fascists. Make it make sense.

"Not a single trans person was allowed to speak before the Court."

Excellent thread of advice on how to communicate “up”. Applies regardless of your current seniority/role/etc.

This is really cool! (*) (* if you're a nerd about open source software and public policy) interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/interoperabl...

Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program

As far as I'm aware, the first documented spike in data leaving an agency after DOGE infiltration. Extensive forensic evidence. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

Quite a foot-gun moment -- this program is essential to how the U.S. tracks the safety of digital systems it uses. Assuming this plays out... I hope the rest of the world can quickly agree upon an alternative authoritative source (there are already several).

Jon Stewart admits folks here were right & he wasn't: "I did not think he would get this authoritarian this fast. I really didn't. I'm sorry. Who could have known? Maybe if someone out there had yelled at me on Bluesky about this, I would have known. But no one did. Except every day. In all caps."

EU gives staff 'burner phones, laptops' for US visits

I just attended a conference in the US. We had one speaker detained and two others turned away at the border.

Calm down, folks, it was just an attempted assassination of a Jewish Democratic governor and his family on the first night of Passover, it’s not like somebody spray painted a dick on a Cybertruck.

State department staff told to report colleagues for ‘anti-Christian bias’

The cyber team inside DHS's Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans will be cut from 20-25 to 8 by June as part of DHS HQ's massive downsizing, per a person familiar with the matter.

Again: We are living through the stupidest dystopia.

I’m not making this up. As of June 1, you as an individual in the US receiving a package from China will be paying a $50 duty fee per package regardless of value, or 30% of the item’s value, whichever is greater. That $3 lip gloss or $5 computer part? It’s a $53 lip gloss or $55 part now Source:

So this is how they’re planning to onshore all those manufacturing jobs … :(

Are we witnessing the end of US global economic leadership as we know it or is this just a tactical setback in a much longer game? #auspol #USpolitics

Framework is going to stop selling some of its laptops in the U.S. due to tariffs. The company is one of the few that makes truly upgradeable and repairable laptops. Expect a lot, lot more of this www.404media.co/framework-st...

Discover Open Source Security: The Good, The Bad, The Vulnerable with panel @divyamohan.com, @suserancher.bsky.social , Nelson Batsford, @suserancher.bsky.social , Mike Bursell, Confidential Computing Consortium, @aeva.online , Independent. Watch the full video from SOOCon25: buff.ly/4ht27b3

💙 DC never disappoints. #handsoff

CISA is bracing for major staff cuts, possibly affecting a 1/3 of the headcount, two sources tell me. things could change, but the expectation is for employees to first receive a second "Fork in the Road" email soon. then, the agency might pursue RIFs at a later date. www.axios.com/2025/04/04/c...

I get asked a lot during talks at universities how to integrate LLMs into the classroom "ethically". And the more I think about it, the more I'm affirmed the answer is "don't". This piece by @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social and Christopher Nygren on AI provides some excellent arguments as to why.