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Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>How the Social Security Admn is dodging a federal court order<br><a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/p/how-the-social-security-administration" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">muskwatch.com/p/how-the-social</span><span class="invisible">-security-administration</span></a></p><p>"The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admn has installed a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> operative as the new Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> Admn (SSA) in an apparent effort to evade a federal court order blocking DOGE affiliates from accessing databases containing the sensitive personal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> of millions of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Judge Rips Elon Musk’s DOGE for Seizing Americans’ Personal Data</p><p>A federal judge has blocked DOGE from getting even more access to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a>’ sensitive personal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/193084/judge-blocks-elon-musk-doge-personal-data" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/193084/ju</span><span class="invisible">dge-blocks-elon-musk-doge-personal-data</span></a></p><p>"Judge Deborah Boardman... ruled that Elon Musk’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> has no legal right to the personal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> of American citizens held at the Dept of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a>, the Office of Personnel Management, and the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> Dept...</p><p>referred to the Privacy Act of 1974"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Buying the vote<br><a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/p/musks-political-muscle-faces-first" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">muskwatch.com/p/musks-politica</span><span class="invisible">l-muscle-faces-first</span></a></p><p>"In <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a>, an <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> -backed super PAC is offering registered <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>voters</span></a> $100 in exchange for their contact <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> and signatures on a petition...</p><p>So far, America PAC and Building America's Future, a Musk-backed nonprofit, have spent $20 million combined in support of Schimel.</p><p>...the PAC can use the program to hoover up contact information to email, call, or text voters before election day"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Conceivably, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Waltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waltz</span></a>, by coordinating a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> related action over <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, may have violated several provisions of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Espionage</span></a> Act, which governs the handling of “national defense” <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a>...</p><p>The Signal app is not approved by the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> for sharing classified information... they should go into a specially designed space known as a ... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCIF</span></a> —most Cabinet-level national-security officials have one installed in their home"<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/politics/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"I will not quote from this update, or from certain other subsequent texts. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> contained in them, if they had been read by an adversary of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, could conceivably have been used to harm American <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> personnel... the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Hegseth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hegseth</span></a> post contained operational details of forthcoming strikes on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a>, including information about targets, weapons the US would be deploying, and attack sequencing."<br><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theatlantic.com/politics/archi</span><span class="invisible">ve/2025/03/trump-administration-accidentally-texted-me-its-war-plans/682151/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Nils Wilcke<p>Soutien total à mon confrère Clement Lanot qui a été agressé par un policier hier lors de la manif du 22 mars alors qu'il faisait son métier. Le démenti du préfet de police Nunez est une honte et une violence institutionnel de plus. Quand je vous disais hier que la carte de presse n'empêche pas les violences. <a href="https://www.bfmtv.com/paris/paris-un-journaliste-frappe-a-la-tete-par-un-policier-lors-de-la-manifestation-contre-le-racisme_AD-202503220343.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bfmtv.com/paris/paris-un-journ</span><span class="invisible">aliste-frappe-a-la-tete-par-un-policier-lors-de-la-manifestation-contre-le-racisme_AD-202503220343.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politique</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Journalisme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalisme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Medias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medias</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BFM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BFM</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Police</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manifestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manifestation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/22Mars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>22Mars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ViolencesPolicieres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViolencesPolicieres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Presse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Presse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Information</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Elon Musk threatens Pentagon leakers after NYT report on secret China war briefing</p><p>“They will be found,” warns US President Donald Trump’s billionaire adviser as <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> lashes out at the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a>.<br><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-threatens-pentagon-leakers-new-york-times-briefing-china-war/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.eu/article/elon-musk-</span><span class="invisible">threatens-pentagon-leakers-new-york-times-briefing-china-war/</span></a></p><p>"Elon <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> has openly threatened <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> employees who may have leaked <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> that the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> billionaire was due to get a briefing on a potential American <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Judge Kicks DOGE Out of Social Security in Huge Blow to Elon Musk</p><p>Musk has been working to gut the Social Security Administration.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192997/judge-doge-social-security-elon-musk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192997/ju</span><span class="invisible">dge-doge-social-security-elon-musk</span></a></p><p>"The order, issued by District <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Judge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Judge</span></a> Ellen Lipton Hollander, prevents <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> from accessing personally identifiable <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a>, installing “any <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a>” on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a> systems or devices, and accessing or disclosing SSA computer <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>code</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resistance</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Prainbow (she/her) 🏔️Colorado<p>From Alt NPS (continued) Screenshots may expose screen resolution, open apps, or UI elements unique to your setup. Some files even include invisible tracking pixels or custom fonts as digital fingerprints. Always review &amp; sanitize everything before sharing. And to reporters—please be mindful of what you publish. Pay attention to even small details.<br>2/2 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhistleBlower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhistleBlower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Information</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AltNPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltNPS</span></a></p>
Prainbow (she/her) 🏔️Colorado<p>From Alt NPS <br>Reminder: If you’re sharing information, protect yourself. Documents &amp; communications often contain hidden watermarks, intentional typos, odd punctuation, inconsistent spacing, or stylized phrasing—all designed to uniquely identify the source. Metadata like timestamps, author names, device details, &amp; version history can quietly reveal your identity. <br>1/2<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpSec</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WhistleBlower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhistleBlower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Information</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AltNPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltNPS</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Keep, Measure, and Curate</p><p>If you’re not curating the wisdom, knowledge, information, and data sources, things will get sticky, messy, and ugly.</p><p><a href="http://inaniludibrio.com/2025/03/18/keep-measure-and-curate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaniludibrio.com/2025/03/18/k</span><span class="invisible">eep-measure-and-curate/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MakeInfohygieneGreat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeInfohygieneGreat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/infohygiene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infohygiene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DataGovernance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataGovernance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DataQuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataQuality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DataStewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataStewardship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> WH ofcls said that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> had “donated” the service &amp;…had been vetted by the WH Counsel’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> lawyer.<br>Fmr ofcls were unclear about how such a donation could work.<br>Clare Martorana, fmr chief <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> officer during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> admin, said typically people cannot simply give <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> to the govt.…The WH’s chief information officer would need to sign off on a new system to ensure it was properly secured, as would the chief information officer at GSA.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USgovernment</span></a> is one of the world’s biggest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a>, &amp; its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> on everything from carbon emissions to infant mortality is conducted on a scale that few private institutions can match. Kellam said that she’d participated in a small data-preservation effort during <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s first term, but had never seen anything like the frenzy that ignited in late Jan, when the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDC</span></a> began removing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a>…. (It’s since been restored by means of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TRO</span></a>.)</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalBookBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBookBurning</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Like the Encyclopedists of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IsaacAsimov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsaacAsimov</span></a>’s “Foundation”—who race to compile a collapsing empire’s accumulated knowledge—they’re assembling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> arks to ride out the chaos.</p><p>“This is how we know about our country,” Lynda Kellam, a social scientist &amp; data librarian, told me. “People who support the ‘drain the swamp’ mentality don’t seem to understand how much the government does.” Kellam… described the vulnerable data as “irreplaceable.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalBookBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBookBurning</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A recently leaked list of pages marked for deletion on military websites includes…the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnolaGay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnolaGay</span></a>, …the B-29 bomber that nuked Hiroshima.</p><p>Oblivion menaces every scrap of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> that doesn’t spark joy in the Oval Office. “It’s gone,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said of “wokeness,” during his address to Congress, in almost motherly tones. “And we feel so much better for it, don’t we? Don’t we feel better?” But on this front, at least, Trump is facing well-organized resistance.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalBookBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalBookBurning</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpPurge</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The Paris-based <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ReportersWithoutBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReportersWithoutBorders</span></a> also blasted the move, w/its director general, Thibaut Bruttin, saying that it "threatens press freedom worldwide &amp; negates 80 years of American history in supporting a free flow of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VOA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VoiceOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VoiceOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trumpaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trumpaganda</span></a></p>
EVSHIFT<p><a href="https://www.evshift.com/321428/audi-q6-information-everywhere/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">evshift.com/321428/audi-q6-inf</span><span class="invisible">ormation-everywhere/</span></a> Audi Q6: Information Everywhere <a href="https://channels.im/tags/audi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audi</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AudiOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AudiOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AudiUSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AudiUSA</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/automotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automotive</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/bmw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bmw</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ElectricCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricCars</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ElectricVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricVehicles</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/led" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>led</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/lexus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lexus</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/luxury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>luxury</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/LuxuryAutomotive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuxuryAutomotive</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/LuxuryVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LuxuryVehicles</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/mercedes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercedes</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/MercedesBenz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MercedesBenz</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/motorsport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motorsport</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/quattro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quattro</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Democrats Demand Answers on DOGE's Use of AI</p><p>Members of the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> Oversight Committee sent dozens of requests to federal agencies... about their use of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> software—&amp; how <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> could benefit.<br><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-federal-agencies-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/elon-musk-fede</span><span class="invisible">ral-agencies-ai/</span></a></p><p>“The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> people entrust the federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> with sensitive personal info... on the basis that this <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> will not be disclosed or improperly used... including through the use of an unapproved &amp; unaccountable 3rd-party AI <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>From US Rep Jamie Raskin (D-MD)<br><a href="https://jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy-act-requests/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy-a</span><span class="invisible">ct-requests/</span></a></p><p>"The US District Court for the District of Columbia has issued an injunction commanding <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> to comply with citizen requests under the Freedom of Information Act. This <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> encompasses the Federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> Act of 1974, which entitles any citizen to access personal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> held in any US <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> records system."</p><p>Privacy Act request form link:<br><a href="https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-raskin/images/Raskin_DOGE_Privacy_Request.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-</span><span class="invisible">raskin/images/Raskin_DOGE_Privacy_Request.pdf</span></a> </p><p>Fill it out. Send it in.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FOIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOIA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"I’d say it cost us at least a full day’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a>, if not more"<br><a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/i/158555627/id-say-it-cost-us-at-least-a-full-days-productivity-if-not-more" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">muskwatch.com/i/158555627/id-s</span><span class="invisible">ay-it-cost-us-at-least-a-full-days-productivity-if-not-more</span></a></p><p>"But in an update... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> removed wording describing responses as “explicitly voluntary.” The new PIA states, “The consequences for failure to provide the requested <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> will vary depending on the particular <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> at issue.” <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> has also said that federal employees who do not respond could lose their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/jobs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jobs</span></a>." </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>