Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

A group of ordinary citizens plucked from the masses sat in judgment over one who had been and could yet again become the most powerful person on the planet and returned a conviction.

A momentous victory for the rule of law and the idea that all citizens are equal before the law.

#uspol #politics #uspolitics #law #trump

This felony conviction is the only thing Trump has actually earned in his entire life.

Justice Alito can apparently make decisions for every single woman in the country except his wife.

The U.S. Secret Service is now protecting a convicted felon. Another first!

Cue “rigged juror ballots” in 3… 2… 1…

One of the most fundamental yet little-known features of FreeBSD is its ability to be used in read-only mode very easily. By installing the system on a UFS file system, you just need to modify the fstab file, change "rw" to "ro," and reboot. On the next boot, the system will automatically create mount points in RAM for the main directories (/tmp, log, etc.), and it will run perfectly.

This was the main reason why, many years ago, I chose FreeBSD for almost all my embedded systems. Even today, on my Raspberry Pies, I keep the SD cards in read-only mode and use external storage in read-write mode. This ensures that, in case of an unexpected poweroff, the system will come back up, and there will be no wear on the memory card.

#FreeBSD #EmbeddedSystems #RaspberryPi #ReadOnly #SysAdmin #Tech #OpenSource

President Carter put his peanut farm in a blind trust before taking office, to avoid conflicts of interest.

https://newrepublic.com/post/182040/amy-coney-barrett-husband-new-client-fox-lawsuit

#DoorDash just started making everyone's accounts

*******and purchases public by default******

Opt out, not in. Likely because they company is run by sociopaths.

You might want to shut this off in your profile. If you know anyone who works in management at DoorDash, consider tossing them into your nearest black hole. #privacy

The Google Search API leak is almost certainly the real thing -- and it reveals new depths of dishonesty and contempt for Internet users' privacy. https://sparktoro.com/blog/an-anonymous-source-shared-thousands-of-leaked-google-search-api-documents-with-me-everyone-in-seo-should-see-them/

#PayPal is building an ad network based on your #Venmo data

Quoting: “If you’re someone who’s buying products on the web, we know who is buying the products where, and we can leverage the #data..."

They will collect this data by default - users will have to opt-out.

#privacy #privacymatters

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/28/24166381/paypal-building-ad-network-transaction-data

Why you should never fill in the backstory from @pluralistic The best case for me was when the Doctor Who writers finally succumbed to the temptation to show the Time Lords on Gallifrey, who turned out to be about as exciting as the UK House of Lords

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/27/cmon-do-it-again/

The US must recognize Palestine as a state. It’s time to look to the future, not the past https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/29/us-recognition-palestine-state?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

There are few professions I respect more than librarians. We need them.

What Nikki Haley did, signing artillery shells intended to blow up human beings, is akin to Noem shooting her dog and putting that in her book. These people are sociopaths.

I think the one reason why I’m voting enthusiastically for the fuckers facilitating genocide is this: the last fucker tried a coup and wants to get rid of any checks on his power.

I would like to be able to vote again in 2 years. Things can get worse, and they absolutely will get much worse for literally everyone under a Republican administration.

#uspol

WOW this is incredible & terrifying.

Israel spent over a decade spying on ICC prosecutors to "retroactively investigate incidents of interest to ICC to prove Israel’s legal system is accountable."

Meanwhile Israel has banned all journalists from Gaza and has killed 100+ journalists. This is totally what you do when you're not guilty of war crimes.

How much longer will the USA, UN, & the world enable this injustice?
https://www.972mag.com/icc-israel-surveillance-investigation/

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MATH FUN!

Because there are always pregnant people, the average number of skeletons in a body is greater than one

‘There’s a Dam Breaking’: Biden Officials Who Quit White House Over Gaza Say Dissent Over ‘Disastrous Policy’ Will Increase https://www.mediaite.com/politics/theres-a-dam-breaking-biden-officials-who-quit-white-house-over-gaza-say-dissent-over-disastrous-policy-will-increase/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon