yourstruly 3 weeks ago

Section 230 protects you, and everybody, on internet platforms. Democrats siding with maga-heads on attacking it are helping the Trump regime take control of the web.

Teen Vogue

Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?

From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwritin...

yourstruly 3 weeks ago

10 tips to use #Signal more securely and effectively. It was posted just before the start of 2025, before we got to where we are now, with the hunch that we'd be where we are now.

Encrypted Rich text

CryptPad: end-to-end encrypted collaboration suite

yourstruly 3 weeks ago

"Courage without coordination cannot scale. The regime’s ability to shut down the internet, disrupt satellite communications, and sever links between cities and regions remains one of its most powerful tools." An excellent piece by Siamak Namazi, a former political prisoner in Iran.

Middle East Institute

Iran’s coming reckoning: Regime collapse is likely — democracy is not - Middle East Institute

yourstruly 3 weeks ago

This U.S. invented "Board of Peace is an attempt to displace the UN and make the White House the owner of a new kind of Security Council. It's dumb and transparent, but interesting to see who's signing on.

the Guardian

Trump’s board of peace is an imperial court completely unlike what was proposed

The US president’s global club was endorsed by the security council on a false prospectus and seems aimed at displacing the United Nations

yourstruly 3 weeks ago

"Nothing is working as it should. No one is speaking in sentences that add up to anything sensible."

Liberal Currents

You're Not Crazy. America Has Gone Mad

American politics has become so insane that being reasonable feels like a malady, and MAGA agrees.

yourstruly 0 months ago

Liberalism isn't what collapsed. It's still here and recognizable. It's conservatives, who haven't really been that for some time, that have mutated into far-right and fascist movements.

Liberal Currents

Liberalism Did Not Fail, Conservatism Did

We are moving from an ideologically multipolar world, to a bipolar one.

yourstruly 0 months ago

In a multi­polar world, everything is up for grabs

The Atlantic

America vs. the World

President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.

yourstruly 1 month ago

Deep substrate foliated Kvanefjeld and Tanbreez!

the Guardian

Greenland: new shipping routes, hidden minerals – and a frontline between the US and Russia?

Key maps show the growing strategic importance of Greenland as Arctic ice melts under global heating

yourstruly 1 month ago

"This is a simple story: People are risking their life to resist tyranny, engaging in a human struggle for basic rights. Its resonance, particularly for those on the left, should be self-evident."

The Atlantic

The Silence of the Left on Iran

As the Islamic Republic massacres protesters, exiles are dismayed by the lack of sympathy from the American left.

yourstruly 1 month ago

Iran is experiencing its longest, and most total, internet blackout

Client Challenge

yourstruly 1 month ago

“Prompt thieves in the AI art community” is the new "no honor among thieves."

Futurism

Furious AI Users Say Their Prompts Are Being Plagiarized

A self-described AI ambassador is in shambles after she says other AI prompters have been plagiarizing her instructions.

yourstruly 1 month ago

So much in common!

yourstruly 1 month ago

"Everyone wants a village, but no one wants to be a villager."

Everyone wants a village, but no one wants to be a villager.

There is a paradox quietly eating away at contemporary life, and you have likely felt it yourself.

yourstruly 1 month ago

“As national outlets have capitulated to recent government demands that they cover the current administration in a particular way, that contributes to a sense that certain media outlets aren’t actually acting as the representative of the people.” — Jeremy Caplan

the Guardian

How independent journalism is a form of resistance: ‘I’m not answering to anyone’

Trump’s attacks on mainstream media have opened a window for journalists who want to operate independently

yourstruly 1 month ago

Just sharing this one again for no reasons having to do with events in the world, just popped in my head somehow...

yourstruly 1 month ago

The world needs to make the US learn what 'no' means.

the Guardian

Greenlanders ‘don’t want to be Americans’, say political leaders amid Trump threats

Five parties issue joint statement after US president warns he would acquire the island ‘the nice way or the more difficult way’

yourstruly 1 month ago

The increasingly in-vogue concepts of internet sovereignty are a sign of the times we are in, and there are some good elements in some. They're a very poor substitute for the drive for internet freedom, though. In many ways it's an abandonment if not a retreat.

Tech Policy Press

Trump Ends America’s Leadership on Internet Freedom

By walking away, the US is dismantling the mechanism that once turned Western values into a lifeline for those behind a firewall, writes Konstantin...

yourstruly 1 month ago

“We know what the federal government says happened here. There was a time when we could take them at their word. That time is long past.”

the Guardian

US border patrol agents shoot two people in Portland

Police say pair are in hospital but condition not known, as mayor urges ICE to pause operations

yourstruly 1 month ago

Trump regime just ordered the the U.S. to withdraw from international agreements or work that “are contrary to the Interests of the United States.” Let’s look at what these include: climate / environment human rights / conflict prevention internet freedom / cyber security anti-corruption / legal

The White House

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the U...

yourstruly 1 month ago

"At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality."

404 Media

DHS Is Lying To You About ICE Shooting a Woman

At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cann...