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Linux Is Best<p><span>If more people had some good sense, they would use country extension domain names. <br><br>But everyone wants that cool domain, for example, random dot social, as opposed to random dot ch. <br><br>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.<br><br></span><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></p>
Nonilex<p>Among other steps, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Columbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Columbia</span></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">#<span>arrest</span></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">#<span>activism</span></a> &amp; 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">#<span>antisemitism</span></a>, review its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/admissions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>admissions</span></a> policies &amp;, 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">#<span>academic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a>, impose new <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> of the university’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MiddleEastern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEastern</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthAsian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAsian</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AfricanStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanStudies</span></a> Dept.</p>
Nonilex<p>Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RogerWicker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RogerWicker</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> of MS &amp; the chair of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> panel which has <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a>, says that he &amp; 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">#<span>Defense</span></a> Office of Inspector General into the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> group chat. Wicker &amp; Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JackReed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JackReed</span></a>, Democrat of RI &amp; the top Dem on the cmte, are also seeking to hold classified briefings on the matter.</p><p>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">#<span>Trump</span></a> fired the IG at the Pentagon.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Oh snap!</p><p>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">#<span>AlienEnemiesAct</span></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">#<span>Signal</span></a>.</p><p>US District Court Judge James <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Boasberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Boasberg</span></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">#<span>Oversight</span></a> against top ofcls involved in the Signal group chat about an attack on Yemen.</p><p><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/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</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/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a></p>
gentlegardener<p>Kick off Friday 7 march</p><p>Tell <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> to exercise their <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> and budget responsibility and restore all science and staff in every agency. </p><p>Pick your favorite agency, put it on a postcard - NIH or USDA. NOAA or CDC, EPA or vA, or tell them ALL! Send to relevant committee members R D and I and your MOC s. Let researchers know you have their backs (and field teams who put science to work)</p><p>Squawk now and louder during budget negotiations<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/standupforscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standupforscience</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Wouldn’t it be great, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> offered, if he had <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>access</span></a> to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a>?</p><p>Just give him the passwords, he said jocularly, &amp; he would make the govt fit &amp; trim.</p><p>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">#<span>radical</span></a> takeover of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalBureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalBureaucracy</span></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">#<span>libertarian</span></a> impulses &amp; resentment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulatory</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> of his vast <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> holdings into a singular position of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influence</span></a>.</p><p><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/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>The federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> workers facing down DOGE</p><p>What it's like to be a federal worker during the dark days of Elon Musk's DOGE campaign<br><a href="https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-federal-tech-workers-facing-down" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-fe</span><span class="invisible">deral-tech-workers-facing-down</span></a></p><p>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> have infiltrated <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> agency after govt agency... a brazen, extralegal effort to hollow out the state...</p><p>carried out with no congressional <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></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">#<span>coup</span></a>, or an <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/autogolpe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autogolpe</span></a>, a coup from inside, or American <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</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/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>
Nonilex<p>During <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></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">#<span>RussVought</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></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.</p><p>"CFPB RIP," <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> wrote on X last week with an emoji of a gravestone.</p><p><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/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</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/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> has long faced opposition from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> &amp; industries including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WallStreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WallStreet</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a>.</p><p>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">#<span>watchdog</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DigitalWallets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalWallets</span></a>, TechNet &amp; NetChoice, 2 groups backed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a>, sued the CFPB, arguing that the agency does not have "free rein in choosing which nonbank entities to supervise."</p><p><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/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</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/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</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/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> announced it struck a deal w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Visa</span></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">#<span>XMoneyAccount</span></a>."</p><p>This service would be directly regulated by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> under expanded <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></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">#<span>privacy</span></a> issues, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> &amp; how disputed transactions are handled at mobile payment <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a>….</p><p><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/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</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/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> hopes to eradicate <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CFPB</span></a> that would oversee <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulating</span></a> X </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></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">#<span>X</span></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">#<span>money</span></a>, similar to Venmo or PayPal.</p><p><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/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apps</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</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/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/broligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>broligarchy</span></a> <br><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"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/02/12/nx-s1-52933</span><span class="invisible">82/x-elon-musk-doge-cfpb</span></a></p>
gentlegardener<p>Boost! Action time y’all <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/usda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usda</span></a><br>Everyone eats <br>Some need <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/snap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snap</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/wic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wic</span></a> to do so<br>Some <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/farm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farm</span></a> <br>1. Call your <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>congress</span></a> now, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/senators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senators</span></a>, to unfreeze <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/usda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usda</span></a><br>2. Call and visit your <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/farmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmer</span></a>,Buy. <br>3. Join your local <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/farmbureau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farmbureau</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nationalfarmersunion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalfarmersunion</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/leagueofconservationvoters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leagueofconservationvoters</span></a> speak up!<br>4. Call your <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> rep: fund <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/emergencyfarmaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emergencyfarmaid</span></a> to make up for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/usda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usda</span></a> renege on legal contracts.<br>5. Call every member of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/houseAgcommittee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>houseAgcommittee</span></a>: exercise <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> now.</p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@gentlegardener" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gentlegardener</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@gentlegardener/113990818201288456" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.scot/@gentlegardener/</span><span class="invisible">113990818201288456</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Over the past 24 hrs, ofcls ranging from billionaire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></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">#<span>DOGE</span></a> from accessing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></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">#<span>oversight</span></a>, a fundamental pillar of American <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, which is based on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a>.</p><p><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/Idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Idiocracy</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/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a></p>
Wen<p>And 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.</p><p><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"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/society/2025/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/08/gambling-firms-secretly-shared-users-data-with-facebook-without-permission</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gambling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/youAreForSale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>youAreForSale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Failure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Failure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkPolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"We have no visibility into what they are doing with the computer &amp; 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">#<span>oversight</span></a>. It creates real <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacking</span></a> implications." Ofcls affected by the move can still log on &amp; access functions such as email but can no longer see the massive datasets that cover every facet of the federal workforce.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> WH did not respond to requests for comment.</p><p><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/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>This has to be actionable.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> aides lock <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GovernmentWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentWorkers</span></a> out of computer systems at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgency</span></a></p><p>Aides to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> charged have locked career <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilServants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilServants</span></a> at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPM</span></a> out of computer systems that contain the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/personal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> of millions of federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a>…</p><p>Since taking office, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has embarked on a massive govt makeover, firing &amp; sidelining hundreds of civil servants &amp; installing more loyalists.</p><p><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/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a> <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><br><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"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/musk-aide</span><span class="invisible">s-lock-government-workers-out-computer-systems-us-agency-sources-say-2025-01-31/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Just days before the crash, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> enacted a sweeping shake-up of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> responsible for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aviation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oversight</span></a>, removing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TSA</span></a> admin, David Pekoske, &amp; eliminating ALL members of a key aviation <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> advisory group. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAA</span></a>, which regulates airlines &amp; aircraft manufacturers &amp; manages US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/airspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>airspace</span></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">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://time.com/7211690/washington-dc-plane-crash-trump-aviation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/7211690/washington-dc</span><span class="invisible">-plane-crash-trump-aviation/</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>“Inspectors general say Trump's removals may be illegal since they fail to comply with the 2022 law requiring 30 days notice to Congress.</p><p>WH will likely argue this is unconstitutional, but this will be a fight.” <br>-K Cheney</p><p>The delay would allow time to explain to Americans the increased threat to <a href="https://toad.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>, amplify the Trump admin’s sinister plans to dismantle the US govt; peril to social safety net, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a>, <a href="https://toad.social/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a>…</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oversight</span></a><br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/25/donald-trump-inspectors-general-firing-00200611" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/01/25/d</span><span class="invisible">onald-trump-inspectors-general-firing-00200611</span></a></p>
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#ElonMusk, whose other major company #SpaceX has amassed billions in #FederalContracts, also could command #oversight of federal contracting in his role with #DOGE, which has outlined a goal to cut $2T in spending.

“If you have not just 1, but 2 companies potentially that have government contracts, & part of your agenda is to review contracting, that’s a #ConflictOfInterest,” said Deniece Peterson, snr dir of federal market analysis at #Deltek, which has insight into federal contracting.

#law
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#ElonMusk has been discussed as potentially becoming a “special government employee” within the #WhiteHouse — a position that would exempt him from certain reporting & disclosure requirements of other senior ofcls.

“He starts w/enormous #ConflictsOfInterest, & they need to be absolutely addressed in terms of #transparency & #accountability,” said Rep #GerryConnolly (VA), the top #Democrat on the powerful #House #Oversight Cmte.

#USpol#technocracy#Trump
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