https://void.cat/d/KyV35j37n6zaujDL1sr1yH.webp 

 https://void.cat/d/K15PihaU9UFUHWhKupDDoN.webp 

 https://void.cat/d/5rPb9nSN4XNdKKVS97ou6f.webp 

 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/after-32-years-one-of-the-nets-oldest-software-archives-is-shutting-down/ 

 A 'banned bookshelf' at a Houston public high school flies below the radar 
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/29/1222539335/banned-books-high-school  

 #Utah would rather repeal #socialmedia age check law than defend it in court 
https://reason.com/2024/01/29/utah-would-rather-repeal-social-media-age-check-law-than-defend-it-in-court/  

 Imagine a future dictator using this to keep Americans from escaping 

https://void.cat/d/JJkjqsXvq6eGyfxeKnNRdh.webp 

 "In our society, we don’t rape people who rape. We don’t torture people who torture. That’s because we believe that the integrity of the law means we have to do better than the worst offenders in our society."

 - Bryan Stevenson
Equal Justice Initiative 

 "How to Stop Doomscrolling" from the podcast Science Weekly. 

https://share.harkaudio.com/GfJoLhHhzp6uXJaQ6 

 RIP 😿

https://void.cat/d/3j3PXa8W4jL1E1kB35M2d2.webp 

 Life in the compost heap of the industrialised mono-cult 
https://neuroclastic.com/life-in-the-compost-heap-of-the-industrialised-mono-cult/ 

 Scientists create ‘OpinionGPT’ to explore explicit human #bias — and the public can test it
https://cointelegraph.com/news/scientists-created-artificial-intelligence-opinion-gpt-explicit-human-bias-test

#artificialintelligence #ai  

 Breaking: #NSA style mass #surveillance in #Switzerland 

https://www.reddit.com/r/ProtonMail/comments/1930vnh/breaking_news_nsa_style_mass_surveillance/ 

 https://reason.com/2023/12/26/prediction-2024-will-see-deadly-political-violence-in-the-streets 

 2023 in two headlines

https://void.cat/d/3b3GG2DirDvbjdykLKSKBa.webp
https://void.cat/d/J2SWRJzfajN4yvPnX7GLzZ.webp 

 https://void.cat/d/Mr8vb9ipgCnDarFsPdAKt2.webp 

 https://void.cat/d/JtAnUFSqmmLXvYbFNLuQwP.webp 

 https://void.cat/d/KxYYFfRHXrGGYhsFXrA8yE.webp 

 https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20231220-01.en.html 

 Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications -
https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/ 

 The democratic power of the Risograph 
https://hyperallergic.com/856227/the-democratic-power-of-the-risograph/ 

 https://void.cat/d/68sDL7HZEw7MJVbgktcVtH.webp 

 Up to $1 billion stored in early Bitcoin wallets may be at risk due to "Randstorm" vulnerability
https://web3isgoinggreat.com/single/randstorm 

 https://baptistnews.com/article/the-fifth-freedom-freedom-from-hate/  

 beware 
https://boingboing.net/2023/11/12/court-rules-that-automakers-may-store-your-texts-and-calls-without-explicit-authorization.html  

 https://void.cat/d/T5umhZxAtBeGVf6YnUZ2pZ.webp 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lVM5zXKmFo  

 Just how dodgy are cheap USB chargers anyway? 
https://hackaday.com/2023/11/03/just-how-dodgy-are-cheap-usb-chargers-anyway/ 

 🐈 

 https://void.cat/d/MP5MWhsSJxxSKkjKRK9k4B.webp 

 So TSA is utterly useless, as I've long suspected. Someone at PDX will hopefully be fired over this. It's time to do away with this security theater that fails to keep a gun out of a carry-on.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/wa-state-senator-arrested-in-hong-kong  

 
Deconstructed: Hijacked Hope: Why a Decade of Mass Protest Backfired

Episode webpage: https://shows.acast.com/deconstructed/episodes/hijacked-hope-why-a-decade-of-mass-protest-backfired

Media file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/deconstructed/e/651f56c28e657c0011bbda74/media.mp3 

 Scientists Find an Awesome Practical Use For Ping Pong Balls
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-an-awesome-practical-use-for-ping-pong-balls 

 https://pinstr.app/p/npub1km3smk35n3w5v80sz22wpa74lljrsvhmwxl88wtjvukd0xepppnszuzy2e 

 good morning cats 

 
a win for privacy, data security, and free speech 
https://reason.com/2023/09/19/federal-judge-blocks-california-online-age-checking-law-as-unconstitutional/ 

 

https://image.nostr.build/57e80c17c6fb07df7b282a4f2f6bbb625c3aa10c9a96f7e69fde024e49adbb0c.jpg 

 The inanity of the SEC 'Stoner Cat' action
https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2023/09/14/the-inanity-of-the-sec-stoner-cat-action/ 

 

https://image.nostr.build/025d5f7466c5285fc2b055b79643b5afc2999ec83bba1492cc7e7c27471b9a1f.jpg 

 

https://image.nostr.build/fc0da8a5b421256765ec671159cefb22c7f8df9d17deb03173a66de414364d83.jpg 

 50 years ago today CIA overthrew Chile's Salvador Allende and instituted a reign of terror under Augusto Pinochet 

So much for spreading freedom 

Recordamos el día como hoy, hace 50 años, la CIA estadounidense derrocó la presidencia elegida popularmente de Salvador Allende en un golpe militar, en nombre de la "libertad", instauró un reinado de terror en Chile 

 Repeal USA PATRIOT Act

Repeal REAL ID Act

Abolish Homeland Security 

Prosecute Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney for war crimes  

 https://boingboing.net/2023/09/06/u-k-backs-off-plan-to-ban-end-to-end-encryption.html 

 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

https://boingboing.net/2023/09/06/dumpkin-spice-wet-wipes-will-make-your-butt-smell-like-a-pumpkin-spice-latte-if-thats-a-thing-you-want.html 

 Do not drive new cars 
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/09/connected-cars-are-a-privacy-nightmare-mozilla-foundation-says/