Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

"A #journalist’s right to obtain and publish stolen #documents is meaningless if they can’t “possess” them. It’s not the first time the government has come up with nonsensical ways to circumvent #Bartnicki" https://freedom.press/news/journalists-source-material-isnt-stolen-goods/

"Evidently, one out of every two Americans wishes they had fewer civil liberties,” said FIRE’s Chief Research Advisor Sean Stevens. “Many of them reject the right to assemble, to have a free press, and to petition the government". #FirstAmendment https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_1cd1e21c-54c8-11ef-9cf2-17f71ad65d17.html

"Evidently, one out of every two Americans wishes they had fewer civil liberties,” said FIRE’s Chief Research Advisor Sean Stevens. “Many of them reject the right to assemble, to have a free press, and to petition the government". #FirstAmendment https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_1cd1e21c-54c8-11ef-9cf2-17f71ad65d17.html

“It’s a blank check for abuse because it has a very broad scope for domestic and cross-border spying and surveillance and a lack of robust checks and balances,” EFF’s Katitza Rodriguez told @AP of the disastrous #UNCybercrimeTreaty. https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-cybercrime-computer-technology-39fe999d78f615912d0bdb2011290665

"The city’s practice is to arrive early in the morning with a backhoe to destroy encampment residents’ possessions, without first identifying in advance who is there, whether they have alternative #shelter to go to, what property they have, and where it will be stored.” #homeless #sweeps https://www.courthousenews.com/property-seizure-in-berkeley-homeless-sweep-ruled-unconstitutional/

"The city’s practice is to arrive early in the morning with a backhoe to destroy encampment residents’ possessions, without first identifying in advance who is there, whether they have alternative #shelter to go to, what property they have, and where it will be stored.” #homeless #sweeps https://www.courthousenews.com/property-seizure-in-berkeley-homeless-sweep-ruled-unconstitutional/

"Through an executive order, Abbott directed Texas #hospitals to compile data on inpatient discharges and emergency visits by #immigrants living in the U.S. without authorization". https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-gov-abbott-hospitals-patients-immigration-status-data/

A nation governed by the rule of law should not tolerate private control of that law—no exceptions. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/08/eff-tells-yet-another-court-ensure-everyone-has-access-law-and-reject-private

Psychiatrist thinks Americans are being 'blocked' from info on Trump’s 'dementia' https://www.rawstory.com/news/americans-blocked-trump-dementia/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"It is Kafkaesque cruelty to legally prohibit people from simply existing outside when the same government has not taken sufficient action to ensure they have somewhere to go. More practically, it’s also not going to work."

Sweeps are not just cruel, they're stupid

https://prospect.org/infrastructure/2024-08-02-gavin-newsom-homeless-sweeps/

@JamesGleick From a guy who teaches journalism at MIT:

https://balloon-juice.com/2024/08/09/the-new-york-times-is-an-arm-of-the-trump-campaign/

@pluralistic

I'm old enough to remember bitcoin's early days when there was hope it would be a non-fiat currency.

Then, I gradually saw how people wanted it less as an alternative fungible form of money, and more as a vehicle for a pyramid scheme.

I also didn't know just how much recklessness financial investors liked to get up to, that the SEC would infrequently put a stop to.

Nor did I have any idea of just how much electricity it would use up in pursuit of the scam.

Thanks to our supporters, EFF's been able to:
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America likes to project a badass strong man persona to the rest of the world but a solid one-third of the people living here are terrified of being in the same room as an unused, packaged tampon.

TV "news" that runs Trump press conferences live is doing pure propaganda for the liar-in-chief. The media know this, but they care much more about money than journalism, much less the democracy they are doing nothing to save.

@GottaLaff The helicopter story perfectly captures the essence of Donald Trump. It is self-aggrandizing (he's the hero in peril), demeaning to others, and simultaneously shows both his mendacity and senility.

Misremembering something and misrepresenting it at the same time is a neat trick.

Biden may be 81, but Trump has the emotional maturity of a 3-year-old, with the mental & physical well-being of a 95-year-old.

“It would be hard to find a sentence in what Donald Trump said today that did not include AT LEAST one lie,” #LawrenceODonnell said on his show. “Some of the networks tried to play catchup w/ #FactChecking after Donald #Trump finished speaking but, that of course, is way too late & utterly useless. No network even attempted to check every lie Donald Trump told.” [I gave up after the effort induced a migraine]

#FactCheck #TrumpLies #The4thEstate #ResponsibilityInJournalism #Journalism #press