Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

Law Dork - https://www.lawdork.com/p/washington-post-bombshell-washington - In a series of paragraphs that are up there as being among the most shocking I have read in my journalistic career, #WashingtonPost acknowledged on Saturday they hid #Alito article for 3 yrs and dropped it in the middle this holiday week, more than a week after NYT report, that they had known about the flag since at least January 20, 2021, and had not revealed knowledge of it until May 25, 2024. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/25/alito-flag-martha-ann-washington-post/?_pml=1 complicit #insurrection #democracy #MAGA

The thing about #China’s encirclement of #Taiwan is that I cant imagine it’s a good strategy to place your naval forces ringed around an island of anti-ship missiles, with half of those forces sandwiched between Taiwan and potential intervening allied forces.

Don’t threaten me with a good time, ya know?

#natsec

* progressive DAs have been recalled, and NYC has 1000s of more cops than it had before.

* Entire DEI programs have been shut down at major universities.

* The FBI basically rebooted COINTELPRO, labelling and surveilling young black people who participated in the BLM protests as "Black identity extremists."

* There has been no meaningful legislation passed to identify cops like Chauvin before they commit murder, and remove them from service. There's been no meaningful change in accountability

Pushing AI into otherwise stable or abandoned products is the jewel wasp version of brand necrophilia.

It boggles my mind that the Washington Post knew about the insurrectionist flag at the residence of a Supreme Court "Justice" at the time it was flown -- but didn't tell the public what it knew until years later, the NY Times did report it.

Journalistic malpractice is putting it mildly.

https://www.lawdork.com/p/washington-post-bombshell-washington

@lauren It was the first time I found myself sharing an opinion on someone with a libertarian tilt!

As San Francisco tech authoritarians line up behind Trump to create a "unified Reich," I talk to @parismarx about an influential tech figure's terrifying vision for the city...

A color-coded police state apartheid system where Blues (Democrats) are banished and persecuted. And they aren't just talking -- they are investing money and effort to make it happen.

👂⬇️
https://techwontsave.us/episode/221_techs_plan_to_ethnically_cleanse_san_francisco_w_gil_duran

Nature explains why it pub'd an article on an #AI tool to predict protein folding, without pub'ing the code. Its own policy requires #OpenData & #OpenCode, with some exceptions. It says this case fell into an exception.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01463-0

The tool was written by Google's DeepMind, and is not #OpenSource.

One part of Nature's explanation: "It’s important that journals engage with the private sector."

Another part: "The majority of global research is privately funded." #CitationNeeded

Nepo baby billionaire Timothy Mellon has given at least $25 million to elect RFK Jr.

He has also given at least $25 million to elect Trump.

The two campaigns are the same campaign — with the same donors and the same ultimate goal of putting Trump back in the White House.

Trump’s ‘unified Reich’ video was a message not a mistake | Margaret Sulivan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/23/trumps-unified-reich-video-was-a-message-not-a-mistake?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The Supreme Court Just Made It Easier for Republicans to Get Away With Racial Gerrymandering https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/05/the-supreme-court-just-made-it-easier-for-republicans-to-get-away-with-racial-gerrymandering/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

For the Women Who Accused the #Trump Campaign of Harassment, It’s Been More Harassment
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Trump is well known for publicly bullying his #political rivals, but the former president’s campaign has also used similar tactics to launch private, relentless attacks against some of its own workers.

#News #Politics #Law #DonaldTrump #Election #Government

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-campaign-harassment-bullying-lawsuits

MAGA IN TOP COURT 🚨

A flag carried by US Capitol rioters was displayed last year at Supreme Court Justice Alito's vacation home, The New York Times reported Wednesday, after revelations a similarly provocative flag was flown outside his residence.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump

https://www.yahoo.com/news/second-provocative-flag-flown-us-232438603.html

'Infinite stupidity': Fury as Trump brags Russia would free WSJ reporter if he's elected https://www.rawstory.com/evan-gershkovich-trump/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Scoop: I obtained the contract Samsung requires independent shops to sign to buy phone repair parts from them.

It requires:

- "Daily" dumps of customer data
- The "immediate destruction" of any phones a shop comes across that has third-party parts

https://www.404media.co/samsung-requires-independent-repair-shops-to-share-customer-data-snitch-on-people-who-use-aftermarket-parts-leaked-contract-shows/

In a perfect world, what is moral and what is legal would exactly align. We don’t live in a perfect world, and strong privacy protections are essential for human rights.

#crypto #cryptocurrency #privacy #TornadoCash #newsletter #CitationNeeded