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Tips for federal employees who need to become #whistleblowers. whisper.exposefacts.org/5-tips-for-s...

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Three Chinese warships sailing east of Sydney being monitored, ADF says www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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Questions are. still swirling around the rightwing government of Giorgia Meloni following the shocking revelations that an investigative reporter and activists in Italy were targeted with spyware that is supposed to be reserved for serious criminals. Latest here www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

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For years now, like every few months I have to write a variation on the same post about how Elon is not about free speech, and that he's deeply censorial. And days later I always see yet another media person or politician refer to what he's doing as "free speech absolutism." It's so stupid.

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Et tu, The Guardian???

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"We have a Constitutional crisis, period," says Tom Drake, another NSA whistleblower, one who was charged with five counts under the same Espionage Act that Elon Musk doesn't need to lose sleep over. "This is not reform, it is a coup cloaked in bureaucracy."

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I loathe Scott - who blocked me on Twitter long ago - but I must admit this is the most novel defense I’ve ever heard to explain away impenetrable software-intensive systems.

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They really get into how this AI stuff actually affects UK people. Worth a listen.

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(Please excuse my uncontrollable laughter.) www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...

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I didn’t listen to this yet but it’s gotta be good

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The policy lead for CDC's H5N1 response has abruptly resigned. Sources tell me CDC's response to the bird flu pandemic has been severely hobbled by the chaos of the past two weeks.

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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

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This is a great piece but, sorry, as much as I loathe Musk and his apartheid South African background, and hypocrisy over immigration, he’s not a ‘foreign billionaire.’ He’s a US citizen. Let’s not fall into the trap of demonizing naturalized Americans as foreign if they’re people we don’t like.

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New piece out! We explain why Fully Autonomous Agents Should Not be Developed, breaking “AI Agent” down into its components & examining through ethical values. With @evijit.io, @giadapistilli.com and @sashamtl.bsky.social huggingface.co/papers/2502....

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My team at @reutersinstitute.bsky.social is now working on a piece about this. If you or your newsrooms have been affected, we would love to talk to you

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"The cost of inaction is staggering," Drake says. "When institutions fail to hold power accountable, they set precedents that erode democracy itself. — Thomas Drake www.forever-wars.com/elon-musk-an...

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If you are confronted by ICE you have the right to remain silent, the right to legal representation, and the ability to refuse entry without a warrant. Definitely keep your documents on hand. US citizens are brought to detention centers with no way home. Problems of broken a system left unsolved.

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This weekend #PeteHegseth was confirmed as US Secretary of Defense. We have collected everything you never wanted to know about the man with the crusader tattoos and history of service in Guantanamo Bay: corruption-tracker.org/blog/pete-he...

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Australia’s media and marketing sector remains largely unaware of major privacy changes that took effect in December 2024, even as global evidence shows regulators can enforce new laws within days www.mediaweek.com.au/privacy-refo...

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The architect of Australia’s world-leading Huawei ban has warned against panic over the emergence of breakthrough AI platform DeepSeek, saying Chinese-made electric cars arguably pose a greater security worry www.afr.com/politics/fed...

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Consumer advocates are up in arms amidst allegations that telecommunications industry regulator the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is too “cozy” with Optus and Telstra, and “colluded” with the giant firms to minimise recent compliance fines ia.acs.org.au/article/2025...

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Everyone's like 'how arrogant' and yeah ok obviously but...Harvard accepted him. So, without commenting on anything else about the dude, IDK why you're going to drag a guy for calling an elite bluff...

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Sounds about right… en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperNo...

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In case you missed it, the Doomsday clock moved… thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo... It is now 89 seconds to midnight…

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If you voted for a billionaire you’re not on the side of the working class you dumb fuck.

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Thomas Drake: The Stasi vs. Modern Surveillance. Do we live in a Stasified Society?

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This is an amazing quote, from a Jan 6 prisoner who is refusing Trump’s pardon. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

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Panel "Disarming the #KillCloud" in cooperation with the BMBF project Swarm Technologies. Control and Autonomy in Complex Weapons Systems’, Paderborn University, examines the proliferation of #military #AI-driven assemblages: https://buff.ly/4iziQdO. #DNL34 @elkeschwarz.bsky.social

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Digital Media Artist allapopp and Poet_ess Dinara Rasuleva share their powerful perspectives on decolonising technology and reimagining futures in this thought-provoking interview by Walid El-Houri for Untold Mag: https://buff.ly/3BE8bxT #HackingAlienation #dnl33 #decolonization #migration

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End the year by reading our December #newsletter! It's been a tough year for everyone, but we've continued to expose systems of power and injustice, and we won't stop now that the need is even greater: https://buff.ly/41HgdAz. Our best wishes to you all for the year 2025. See you then!

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We are starting our journey on @bsky.app with an extract of our new short #documentary The Rise of Algorithmic Warfare. Here with @elkeschwarz.bsky.social #comingsoon thanks to @disruptionlab.bsky.social

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For today another video on Tech companies like Palantir and Microsoft are providing AI-powered tools in Ukraine. But is this about helping, or testing new tech in real-world combat? Erik Reichborn on how Ukraine is becoming a testbed for AI-driven warfare. #algorithm #warfare

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Watch Jesselyn Radack speaking about whistleblowers and the right for citizens to know the truth and make governments accountable: https://buff.ly/3PfyFJ4. #DNL34 #KillCloud @jesselynradack.bsky.social

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If this is what has become of the institutions of higher learning in the United States — who needs them? I’m disgusted.

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New filing: "WhatsApp Inc. v. NSO Group Technologies Limited (Pegasus spyware)" Doc #519: Order on Administrative Motion to File Under Seal AND Order on Discovery Letter Brief AND Order on Motion for Miscellaneous Relief Download PDF | View Full Case #CL16395340

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The IBM Roadrunner was the first supercomputer with more than one petaflop performance. First operational in 2008 it was built for Los Alamos at a cost of over $100 million. In May of 2025, NVIDIA will release DIGITS, a desktop super computer, rated at over one petaflop with a price of about $3000.

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If you're interested, you can find a summary of the latest research on wildfire and climate change in the US here: nca2023.globalchange.gov/chapter/2/

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If you were going to collect sensitive intel, a Canberra mum’s and bub’s group would be a useful haunt www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

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U.S. consumers have told us they want an internet that is fast, open, and fair. It's clear that Congress needs to heed their call, take up the charge for net neutrality + put open internet principles in federal law. https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/net_neutrality_repeal_journalism.php

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Outside the National Cathedral and the state funeral for President Jimmy Carter. Supporters gather to give thanks and wish President Carter’s family well.

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