The decision further clears the way for #Trump to re-fire probationary employees. Those are typically #FederalWorkers in their 1st or 2nd year on the job, or who have been recently promoted.
In a 2-to-1 decision, the appeals court said the Trump admin was likely to succeed in showing that the lower court lacked #jurisdiction in the case brought by 19 states & DC. The court did not rule on whether the firings were #lawful.
“Donald #Trump’s susceptibility to flattery & #manipulation by Vladimir #Putin & #Xi Jinping, unusual affinity for other #authoritarian leaders, contempt for the norms of #decent, #ethical & #lawful behavior, & chaotic national security decision-making are #dangerous qualities,” the letter states.
“He is #unfit to serve again as President, or indeed in any office of public #trust.”
"#Officials Voted Down a Controversial #Georgia #Election #Rule, Saying It Violated the #Law. Then a Similar Version #Passed.
The #rule, pushed by prominent #electiondeniers, changed only slightly between its #rejection in May and #approval in August, and the changes made it even less #lawful, #experts say."
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Georgia #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-election-rule-violates-state-law-experts-say
In 2019, the Israeli army created a special unit to create targets with the help of generative AI. Its objective: volume, volume, volume.
The effects on civilians (harm, suffering, death) are not a priority: https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
#lawful #compliance #governance #anthropology #tech #techCulture #engineering #engineers #ethics @ethics #sociology @sociology #bias #AI #AITech #aiEthics #generativeAI #chatBots @ai @psychology @socialpsych #StochasticParrots @dataGovernance @data
![“This is a machine that, with the help of AI, processes a lot of data better and faster than any human, and translates it into targets for attack,” Kochavi went on. “The result was that in Operation Guardian of the Walls [in 2021], from the moment this machine was activated, it generated 100 new targets every day. You see, in the past there were times in Gaza when we would create 50 targets per year. And here the machine produced 100 targets in one day.”
“We prepare the targets automatically and work according to a checklist,” one of the sources who worked in the new Targets Administrative Division told +972 and Local Call. “It really is like a factory. We work quickly and there is no time to delve deep into the target. The view is that we are judged according to how many targets we manage to generate.”](https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/111/505/285/475/093/459/original/4559b97da5bf37fb.png "“This is a machine that, with the help of AI, processes a lot of data better and faster than any human, and translates it into targets for attack,” Kochavi went on. “The result was that in Operation Guardian of the Walls [in 2021], from the moment this machine was activated, it generated 100 new targets every day. You see, in the past there were times in Gaza when we would create 50 targets per year. And here the machine produced 100 targets in one day.”
“We prepare the targets automatically and work according to a checklist,” one of the sources who worked in the new Targets Administrative Division told +972 and Local Call. “It really is like a factory. We work quickly and there is no time to delve deep into the target. The view is that we are judged according to how many targets we manage to generate.”")
Yes, I use strong #encryption.
Why, no, I don't have anything to #hide.
I also #mail my #correspondence in #opaque #envelopes, rather than on the backs of #postcards.
No, I don't have anything to hide there, either.
#Normalize encryption.
There is no such thing as "#lawful #access". Encryption is #math. There is no math that the "good guys" can do but which cannot be done by the "bad guys".
Anyone who suggests different is #lying, to #spy on you.
#Fight them.
#Florida's New #AntiTrans #Rule #Threatens #Jobs of #College #Faculty For #Lawful #Bathroom #Use
The #BoardofEducation on #Wednesday after approved new #rules strictly #enforcing an #illegal and #unconstitutional state #law #segregating #publicrestroom #facilities by #gender.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Florida #HigherEducation #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.advocate.com/news/florida-bathroom-bill-colleges
#Meta is having a very bad year. The latest decision (issued by the #CJEU yesterday in Meta Platforms Inc, et al., v. Bundeskartellamt, C-C252/21) adds to their woes, but more importantly, I anticipate it will force us all to re-evaluate #processing, #lawful bases, special category data, and #inferences derived from that data.
In my article, I explore the case in detail, as well as some hypotheses on the impact of this decision broadly to #BigTech, with examples.
But I'm curious to hear your thoughts and observations. Am I being a Cassandra? Overly pessimistic? Completely overthinking this? What implications am I missing?
I'll note here (even though I didn't mention it in the article) that this may also portend the effective death of the One Stop Shop mechanism, which is already on shaky ground after the whole spat between the #DPC and other regulators. Who needs Ireland if competition authorities can also raise issues under the GDPR?
Substack: https://careylening.substack.com/p/metas-wakeup-call-and-big-techs-new
