Lou Katz @lou@entropyservice.com

“The recruitment of Leonard Leo would cement ties between Opus Dei and the U.S. Supreme Court that had been developing for decades.” https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/opus-dei-leonard-leo-supreme-court-moneybags-kid-1235115538/

@lauren Ya know, if you could credibly show them a plan on how to run it at a profit I'm pretty sure there would be some big bucks in there for you. 👍 🏦

OK, so why did two - yes two - US Naval vessels launch "interceptors" against the Iranian missiles?

Why is the US participating and potentially dragging us (the US) into a war with Iran?

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/10/01/world/israel-lebanon-hezbollah

Donald Trump Lost Wisconsin by 20K Votes. Counties He Won Have Fewer Voters https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-wisconsin-visit-2024-election-comparison-2020-1962051?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Cyber Security Awareness month is a ploy by infosec to send you more spam on how to avoid spam.

#CyberSecurity #AwarenessMonth #TheMoreYouKnow

Police Stop More Black Drivers, While Speed Cameras Issue Unbiased Tickets https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/10/01/police-stop-more-black-drivers-while-speed-cameras-issue-unbiased-tickets/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Jimmy Carter makes history as he turns 100
https://www.axios.com/2024/10/01/jimmy-carter-100-birthday-president-record?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-AxiosNews

@dangillmor @pluralistic I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but get a Brother laser printer. B&W only. Toner cartridge lasts forever. Enshittification-free.

I saw a great comment on Reddit in response to "Why do some people prefer Unix to Linux": https://www.reddit.com/r/freebsd/comments/1fjtg9v/comment/lnqiylg/

#FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD

On top of all the cutting-edge #enshittification tactics @pluralistic lists here, HP also provides the hardware and data centres that power Israel's military and that allow it to enforce its apartheid state

https://pluralistic.net/2024/09/30/life-finds-a-way/#ink-stained-wretches

https://bdsmovement.net/boycott-hp

@marinheiro @dangillmor @pluralistic it is not a printer. It is an ink vending machine. The fact that it happens to produce printed output is a marketing mistake.

@dangillmor @pluralistic My HP inkjet wouldn’t print in black & white when the yellow cartridge go low—but the black cartridge had plenty! I’ll never buy another HP printer of any kind.

@dangillmor As someone who had to throw away a perfectly good printer because it suddenly decided that even HP ink was not really HP ink, I learnt this the hard way. Never again. @pluralistic

This meeting could have been an email. This email could have been a slack message. This slack message could have been an emoji. This emoji could have been a knowing look. This building could have been a grassy field, this job could have been a rounding error, this company could have been an abattoir. This economy could have been a rat in a cage pressing a button over and over.

A $621 million suit for ~$41,000 in "damages" for archiving thousands of musical recordings that would otherwise be lost to history.

This is nothing short of an effort to end the @internetarchive from major music labels and we should all be furious.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/internet-archive-major-label-music-lawsuit-1235105273/

If you haven’t already, I would recommend reading the book In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil.

“Looting rejects the legitimacy of ownership rights and property, the moral injunction to work for a living, and the “justice” of law and order. Looting reveals all these for what they are: not natural facts, but social constructs benefiting a few at the expense of the many, upheld by ideology, economy, and state violence.”

For a long time we’ve existed in this world where citizens commonly say “we just should just kill THEM all” and politicians are more decorous. Trump by contrast just says what your drunk uncle says.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/post/3l5d6f6ie3a2s

JD Vance literally voted AGAINST the bipartisan border bill

Because Donald Trump told him to

Trump killed the border bill because he wanted to campaign on the issue

TRUMP AND VANCE are why we don’t have a better immigration policy right now

PayPal is updating their Terms of Service to automatically give merchants access to your data starting in November and they've already opted you into it.

The EU has better privacy laws than North America, so if you're there you won't even have these settings.

OPT OUT BEFORE THEY START:

Go to Settings > Data & Privacy > PayPal Shopping and toggle it to off.

Continued…

#PayPal #Privacy #OptOut

After 2 women die in ‘ambush’ outside Hardin courthouse, what can Kentucky do better? https://www.rawstory.com/after-2-women-die-in-ambush-outside-hardin-courthouse-what-can-kentucky-do-better/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon