U.S. seeks to ramp up social media data collection. Here’s what to know about Homeland Security’s plans
Officials are proposing to collect social media handles from people who have already been vetted and in the U.S. legally.
…The decision shows that #Musk's Department of Government *Efficiency*, which is directing the cuts, is not making the government more effective, said Kathleen Clark, a professor of #ethics at WashU in St. Louis.
"It is becoming increasingly obvious that Musk’s & #DOGE’s mission has absolutely nothing to do with efficiency, & instead is aimed at enabling Musk to use - & abuse - #power within the federal government," she said.
Why MAGA Defends Everything Trump Does
The Psychology of Unquestioning Loyalty
https://therationalleague.substack.com/p/why-maga-defends-everything-trump
Trump’s FCC Starts Harassing Public Broadcasters With Bogus Investigations
US ditched signed “mineral deal” with Ukraine, instead sent new document extending ownership to roads, factories, ports, pipes and placing 4% year interest on already allocated to Ukraine valuables since 2022
McConnell warns of future headline: ‘Russia wins, America loses’
Madison Square Garden Bans Fan After Surveillance System IDs Him as a Critic of Its CEO
> The man created—but didn't wear—a shirt critical of James Dolan, the venue's CEO.
Canada Announces Bombshell Break With U.S. Over Trump
The new Canadian prime minister announced the two countries’ relationship is “over.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/193287/donald-trump-canada-prime-minister-break
Greenland visit cancelled after locals refuse to welcome Usha Vance
The US Second Lady had been due to spend several days in Greenland on a 'cultural visit.'
Sadopolitics: Why MAGA clings tighter to Trump the more his policies hurt them
Psychology helps to explain why Trump’s followers will not abandon him
Can France really lead ‘the little west’?
https://www.ft.com/content/f262979c-d96c-4418-b6ee-eebda82b1d86
Paywall Free: http://archive.today/HjHdn
there are lots of self-described anarchists who eat others, most infamously peter gelderloos who wrote a whole anti-vegan book.
dismissing animal rights as #ethics and #morals is a neat way of covering up what it means to be necrovore.
using the #meat slur about someone means: »i want you imprisoned and sent to the gas chamber because your life and autonomy doesn't matter as much as the taste pleasure i derive from chewing on your lifeless corpse«
#anarcarnists, enjoy eating the #anarchoprisoners you torture and rape in your #anarchoprisons before sending them in #anarchogaschambers. 
Here's 50 #Tasmanian businesses worth supporting - they care about the future of our planet. #endangered_species #ethics https://bam.org.au/
France prepares a fund to host American researchers threatened by Trump
How the Kremlin has targeted Signal app at heart of White House group chat leak
Paywall Free: http://archive.today/kTP2i
Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/25/nx-s1-5339801/pentagon-email-signal-vulnerability
Trump Admin Plans to Cut Team Responsible for Critical Atomic Measurement Data
https://www.wired.com/story/nist-doge-layoffs-atomic-spectroscopy/
As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-envoy-steve-witkoff-signal-text-group-chat-russia-putin/
Trump cancels NIH grants on equity research
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-trump-cancels-nih-grants-equity.html
Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction by Damien Keown, 2005
Damien Keown illustrates how Buddhism might approach a range of fascinating moral issues ranging from abortion and suicide to cloning.
