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Linux Is BestIf more people had some good sense, they would use country extension domain names. But everyone wants that cool domain, for example, random dot social, as opposed to random dot ch. Corporate America, governed under Us Law, is going to have a lot more oversight on the Internet, and many of you are not paying attention. <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Internet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Internet</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/WorldWideWeb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorldWideWeb</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Oversight" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/DomainName" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DomainName</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Domain" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Domain</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/DomainRegistration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DomainRegistration</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Register" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Register</a> <a href="https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/Website" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Website</a>

NonilexAmong other steps, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Columbia</a> said it would have 36 campus safety officers w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/arrest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arrest</a> powers, a shift w/enormous resonance at a university that has a long history of campus <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activism</a> & fraught ties w/law enforcement.Columbia also said it would adopt a formal definition of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antisemitism</a>, review its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/admissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#admissions</a> policies &, in a turn that was especially alarming to professors who cherish <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academic</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedom</a>, impose new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> of the university’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEastern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiddleEastern</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthAsian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SouthAsian</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AfricanStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfricanStudies</a> Dept.

NonilexSen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RogerWicker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RogerWicker</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> of MS & the chair of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senate</a> panel which has <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentagon</a>, says that he & his Democratic counterpart will request an expedited investigation by the Dept of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Defense</a> Office of Inspector General into the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Signal</a> group chat. Wicker & Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JackReed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JackReed</a>, Democrat of RI & the top Dem on the cmte, are also seeking to hold classified briefings on the matter.It’s unclear who will oversee the investigation because <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> fired the IG at the Pentagon.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexOh snap!The judge who the govt has argued can't be trusted w/sensitive information in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlienEnemiesAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlienEnemiesAct</a> case has been assigned to a case about top govt officials' appearing to share sensitive information on the commercial messaging application <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Signal</a>.US District Court Judge James <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boasberg</a> in the DC has been assigned to oversee the case of American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> against top ofcls involved in the Signal group chat about an attack on Yemen.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#idiocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a>

Kent Pitman<a href="https://universeodon.com/@TomWellborn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TomWellborn</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@0x0ddc0ffee" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@0x0ddc0ffee</a> "Transparency", which the unelected co-president often claims of DOGE, is not a descriptive term, but a fraudulently offered fig leaf intended to subtly dissuade their all-too-trusting followers not to look deeper.The kind of "inefficiency" they are really seeking to end is not the process inefficiency of these agencies, but the deliberative oversight by Congress that is its protection, and ours, against exactly this kind of smash and grab. Their hurry is to steal as much as possible as quickly as possible in an irrevocable way, hoping to leave a crippled system that can no longer function to come after them.Also, they rail against it "entitlement", but they are its poster children.They are two irony-fisted dictator wannabes.We must not let them succeed.<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/irony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#irony</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/entitlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entitlement</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/entitlements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#entitlements</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transparency</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FAA</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/inefficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#inefficiency</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmashAndGrab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmashAndGrab</a>

NonilexIf Congressional <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> were looking for a gotcha moment, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boston</a>’s Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichelleWu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MichelleWu</a> (D) didn’t give them one.Wu emerged from the marathon 6hr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#House</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oversight</a> Cmte hearing unscathed, & managed to land quite a few hits of her own under aggressive questioning.In her first time testifying before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MayorWu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MayorWu</a> stuck to her talking points, emphasized Boston’s strong public <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#safety</a> record & argued…that the city’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> policies boost <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicSafety</a>.<a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/05/metro/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-congress-testimony-live-updates/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/05/metro/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-congress-testimony-live-updates/</a>

NonilexWouldn’t it be great, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> offered, if he had <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#access</a> to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computers</a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalGovernment</a>?Just give him the passwords, he said jocularly, & he would make the govt fit & trim.What started as musings at a dinner party evolved into a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> takeover of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalBureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalBureaucracy</a>. It was driven with a frenetic focus by Musk, who channeled his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libertarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libertarian</a> impulses & resentment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulatory</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> of his vast <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> holdings into a singular position of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#influence</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️The federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> workers facing down DOGEWhat it's like to be a federal worker during the dark days of Elon Musk's DOGE campaign <a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-federal-tech-workers-facing-down" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-federal-tech-workers-facing-down</a>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> & <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> have infiltrated <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#government</a> agency after govt agency... a brazen, extralegal effort to hollow out the state...carried out with no congressional <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> and often in stark defiance of judicial orders. It’s been called a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coup</a>, or an <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autogolpe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autogolpe</a>, a coup from inside, or American <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#authoritarianism</a>"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

NonilexDuring <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s first term, the scope of the agency's work was significantly narrowed. But now, under acting Dir <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RussVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RussVought</a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Project2025</a>], nearly all of the bureau's work has been ordered to be stopped, w/Vought saying he will not be asking for ANY more funding for the agency."CFPB RIP," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> wrote on X last week with an emoji of a gravestone.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finance</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apps</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> has long faced opposition from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> & industries including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WallStreet</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SiliconValley</a>.Weeks after the bureau announced finalized rules for becoming a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalWallets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalWallets</a>, TechNet & NetChoice, 2 groups backed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a>, sued the CFPB, arguing that the agency does not have "free rein in choosing which nonbank entities to supervise."<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finance</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apps</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#X</a> announced it struck a deal w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Visa</a> to soon offer a mobile payments service, cementing the card giant as the first major partner in a feature called "<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/XMoneyAccount" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#XMoneyAccount</a>."This service would be directly regulated by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> under expanded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> powers it had finalized late last year allowing the agency to police things like <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> issues, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> & how disputed transactions are handled at mobile payment <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apps</a>….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finance</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> hopes to eradicate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CFPB</a> that would oversee <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulating</a> X <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> made a big leap late last month toward his long-shot goal of turning <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#X</a> into an "everything app," a service that could encompass a broad range of services, including the ability to transfer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#money</a>, similar to Venmo or PayPal.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#finance</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apps</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fraud</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/12/nx-s1-5293382/x-elon-musk-doge-cfpb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/02/12/nx-s1-5293382/x-elon-musk-doge-cfpb</a>

gentlegardenerBoost! Action time y’all <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/usda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usda</a> Everyone eats Some need <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/snap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snap</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wic</a> to do so Some <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/farm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farm</a> 1. Call your <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#congress</a> now, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/senators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#senators</a>, to unfreeze <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/usda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usda</a> 2. Call and visit your <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/farmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farmer</a>,Buy. 3. Join your local <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/farmbureau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farmbureau</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nationalfarmersunion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nationalfarmersunion</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/leagueofconservationvoters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leagueofconservationvoters</a> speak up! 4. Call your <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#state</a> rep: fund <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/emergencyfarmaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emergencyfarmaid</a> to make up for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/usda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usda</a> renege on legal contracts. 5. Call every member of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/houseAgcommittee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#houseAgcommittee</a>: exercise <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> now.From: <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@gentlegardener" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gentlegardener</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@gentlegardener/113990818201288456" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.scot/@gentlegardener/113990818201288456</a>

Nonilex“Most of the dynamics described in the IG report are happening to every other part of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAID</a>,” said Jeremy Konyndyk, a fmr USAID ofcl & the current president of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Refugees</a> International. “When they warned about the spoilage of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#food</a>, you could also apply that to the risk of spoilage of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medical</a> items & when they noted the lack of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> of US-purchased aid due to the withdrawal of officials on the ground, that applies across the board.”  <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexICYMI<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Time</a>’s cover shows <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#POTUS</a> sitting at the Resolute Desk.“No single private citizen, certainly not one whose wealth & web of businesses are directly subject to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> of federal authorities, has wielded such <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#power</a> over the machinery of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> govt. So far, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> appears accountable to no one but <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>, who handed his campaign benefactor a sweeping mandate to bring the govt in line w/his agenda.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#broligarchy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plutocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://time.com/7213409/elon-musk-us-government-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://time.com/7213409/elon-musk-us-government-trump/</a>

NonilexOver the past 24 hrs, ofcls ranging from billionaire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JDVance</a> have not only criticized a federal judge’s decision early Sat that blocks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> from accessing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Treasury</a> Dept records, but have also attacked the legitimacy of judicial <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a>, a fundamental pillar of American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#democracy</a>, which is based on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Idiocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#judiciary</a>

WenAnd with the main parties in hock to gambling companies, will anything happen? Like feck it will. Labour and the Tories will sell anyone and everything for power.<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/08/gambling-firms-secretly-shared-users-data-with-facebook-without-permission" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/08/gambling-firms-secretly-shared-users-data-with-facebook-without-permission</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gambling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/youAreForSale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#youAreForSale</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Failure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UkPolitics</a>

Nonilex"We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer & data systems," one of the ofcls said. "That is creating great concern. There is no <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a>. It creates real <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hacking</a> implications." Ofcls affected by the move can still log on & access functions such as email but can no longer see the massive datasets that cover every facet of the federal workforce.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OPM</a> & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> WH did not respond to requests for comment.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a>

NonilexThis has to be actionable.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> aides lock <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GovernmentWorkers</a> out of computer systems at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgency</a>Aides to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> charged have locked career <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilServants</a> at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OPM</a> out of computer systems that contain the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/personal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#personal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#data</a> of millions of federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#employees</a>…Since taking office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has embarked on a massive govt makeover, firing & sidelining hundreds of civil servants & installing more loyalists.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cybersecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NationalSecurity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-aides-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/</a>

NonilexJust days before the crash, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> enacted a sweeping shake-up of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> responsible for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aviation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a>, removing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TSA</a> admin, David Pekoske, & eliminating ALL members of a key aviation <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> advisory group. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FAA</a>, which regulates airlines & aircraft manufacturers & manages US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/airspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#airspace</a>, was also w/o leadership at the time of the crash, its top ofcl, Michael Whitaker, stepped down ahead of the new admin’s transition after clashing w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>.<a href="https://time.com/7211690/washington-dc-plane-crash-trump-aviation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://time.com/7211690/washington-dc-plane-crash-trump-aviation/</a>

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