#SouthKorea discloses #DataBreach impacting diplomats worldwide

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/south-korea-discloses-data-breach-impacting-diplomats-worldwide/

#privacy #cybersecurity #politics

Isn't #politics itself part of the same war on people inside any country?

Picture shows a line of people arm on arm towards the same main thing:

Spending for war. From politician on the left to the soldier on the right.

A domino chain of sorts.

Stuff like '#hospitals' and #healthcare are just different for-#profit machines that they don't care or pay properly for in #teaching or #care jobs (even in their own measure of paying for #work).

It's just about even-more #profit & #power right?

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Picture represents a line of people arm on arm towards the same main thing: spending for war. From politician at the left to the soldier on the right of picture. A domino or chain of sorts.

U.S. President Donald Trump has increasingly flashed frustration with the war in Iran, as the conflict that his team once predicted would end in a matter of weeks stretches into its fifth month and fighting intensifies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/25/world/politics/trump-iran-war-spirals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #middleeast #us #usmilitary #israel #donaldtrump #congress #republicans #democrats

You Opened a #CreditCard. #ICE Now Knows Where You Live

https://www.404media.co/you-opened-a-credit-card-ice-now-knows-where-you-live/

#privacy #politics #PersonalFinance

A quotation from Theodore Roosevelt

My duty was to stand with every one while he was right, and to stand against him when he went wrong; and this I have tried to do as regards individuals and as regards groups of individuals. When a business man or labor leader, politician or reformer, is right, I support him; when he goes wrong, I leave him.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)
Autobiography, ch. 5 “Applied Idealism” (1913)

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #theodoreroosevelt #teddyroosevelt #duty #integrity #loyalty #obligation #partisanship #political #politics #rightandwrong

Communities across Canada are getting frustrated with data centres — and for good reason!

I was on CBC’s Front Burner this morning to speak with Jayme Poisson about Canada’s hyperscale data centre boom and why Canadians are right to be concerned about it.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/canada-data-centre-boom-backlash-9.7281366

#tech #ai #datacenters #canada #cdnpoli #cdntech #generativeai #politics

States Want #ICE Agents to Show Their Faces. The #Trump Administration Is Blocking Them

https://www.wired.com/story/states-want-ice-agents-to-show-their-faces-the-trump-administration-is-blocking-them/

#privacy #politics

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#memes #politics #fun #meme #channel #decentralization #encryption #e2ee #ArcaneChat #DeltaChat

#France becomes first #EU country to ban #SocialMedia access for under-15s

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/21/france-ban-social-media-access-under-15s

#SocialMediaBan #privacy #politics #Europe #AgeVerification #cybersecurity

Japan's Defense Ministry is facing questions following news reports that a Ground Self-Defense Force intelligence unit compiled personal information on Japanese academics and nonprofit officials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/24/japan/politics/sdf-intelligence-gathering-experts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sdf #shinjirokoizumi #defenseministry

"The #eggs in question have the potential to be contaminated with #Salmonella enteritidis...

The salmonella scare comes after an explosive diarrhea outbreak ... On top of that, the New World #screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, has infested cattle in #Texas & spread to other states, causing an estimated $1 billion in damages.

The #Trump admn has cut a lot of the programs that prevented these types of outbreaks in the past"
https://newrepublic.com/post/213473/rfk-jr-salmonella-outbreak-eggs-recall

#DonaldTrump #DOGE #Politics #News #US #USA

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Photo and headline: Photo: Health Secretary RFK jr looking pretty ragged. Headline: RFK Jr. Now Faces Salmonella Outbreak (on Top of Explosive Diarrhea) More than 1.5 million eggs have been recalled across six states. Hafiz Rashid July 23, 2026 / 4:47 p.m. ET

People will say you have no expectation of privacy in public, and that is true, but it's not what we're actually talking about.

For the VAST majority of human history, we had no expectation of being *recorded*.

It's only the last few decades that that was even possible.

Our laws need to catch up.

#privacy #politics #data

Libraries are still essential in the digital age. Some librarians are even helping patrons ditch AI and get off Big Tech.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Hannah Cyrus and Alison Macrina to discuss how libraries address people’s concerns about tech.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/338_librarians_are_helping_the_public_ditch_ai_w_hannah_cyrus__alison_macrina

#tech #libraries #generativeai #library #education #politics

Last week: Students who have been taught that they must revere the barons of “free enterprise,” that inequality is not worth discussing, & that they should accept their circumstances will become a compliant workforce & a malleable voting base. https://www.texasobserver.org/sboe-bible-curriculum-requirements/

#Texas #education #religion #politics #USpol #news

@Earl
Today I have been talking to an environmentalist but he told me a statement "we can't stop this but just control its impacts) we were talking about #global warming but he told me that one tree in a home works and some veggies that's the way we can control its rapid growth. So I decided to spread this word also spread it to others #environment #ecology #photography #mastodon ##fediverse #politics

What Does #OliveGarden’s Never-Ending Pasta Have to Do With #Voting Rights?

https://www.404media.co/olive-garden-never-ending-pasta-id-save-act/

#privacy #politics

An Explosion of #Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/07/explosion-surveillance-towers-coming-us-borders-costing-over-1-billion

#border #DHS #privacy #politics

The (new) Govt. will reduce business rates by 20% for a wide range of hospitality businesses, but will also review rate relief received by businesses that 'do not make a positive contribution to local communities' - perhaps vaping shops, and one might hope, betting shops?

This would likely involve a shift from business rate relief based on size of business to one based on business focus... the Q. is how business lobbying (betting specially) will respond?

#politics
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/23/business-rates-to-be-cut-by-20-for-england-pubs-clubs-and-music-venues

I was distracted by the notion of colonialism today, so I took some notes. We tend to treat colonialism as pertaining to countries 'out there' – 'over there'. If we are victims of colonisation, the oppressor is 'out there' but looking in.

📝 https://substack.com/@brywillis634737/note/c-299870495?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=pvxh5

🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4mNHkZWfXKDyCC5Ljsj758?si=Yd41XyNVRbSUcwXmzP8oKA

#philosophy #politics #power #language #colonialism #control #foucault #mbembe #marx #heidegger #fanon #perspective #podcast #blog #substack #spotify #culture #empire #hegemony #essay

They are hiding mobile Flock Cameras now

Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1v3kjm2

#surveillance #politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #policestate #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #nokings #abolishice #privacy #flock #palantir #4thamendment #Chatrie_v_United_States

A quotation from Molly Ivins

Friends, soulwise, these are trying times. Now is the time for all good citizens to come to the aid of our country, and it won’t help if you all cower in places like Madison and the Upper West Side, having hot fantods over the approach of fascism. To the barricades, team. And for Lord’s sake, don’t leave your sense of humor behind.

Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (2005-03), “Use It or Lose It,” The Progressive, Vol. 69, No. 3

More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/85094/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #anxiety #barricades #citizenry #complaints #cowardice #cowing #difficulty #engagement #fantod #fascism #nation #patriotism #politicalaction #politicalmovement #politics #senseofhumor #trial

Featured story: What changed? How did Christianity become the political weapon we see today?

A new book from historian Joseph L. Locke investigates how "militant" Christian nationalism became the state religion. https://www.texasobserver.org/one-state-under-god-book-review/

#books #religion #Texas #politics #USpol #culture #history #bookstodon

In this follow-up to the Merits of Meritocracy, I delved a little deeper into Trump and Plato's Republic.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/07/22/the-merits-of-meritocracy/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
#philosophy #merit #business #linkedin #meritocracy #video #podcast #substack #politics #language #culture #dei #promotions #statistics #heuristics

I've been wittering on about the history and failings of Meritocracy, but I hadn't drafted a version for Substack.
👉 https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/the-merits-of-meritocracy

I've purposely left Trump, but clearly he's a central figure in this perspective. Very few situations merit meritocracy as a lens, but we seem to overextend it. It is certainly overrepresented in business.

#philosophy #merit #business #linkedin #meritocracy #video #podcast #substack #politics #language #culture #dei #promotions #statistics #heuristics

Much of the camp infrastructure we see today was es­tablished in the Obama years. In 2014, as more families fled violence and poverty and headed toward the United States, the Obama administration reverted to using detention as an attempted means of deterrence.
https://www.texasobserver.org/excerpt-how-to-close-a-camp/

#books #bookstodon #immigration #ICE #history #politics #USpol

New from Deliah Brown: As America marks its 250th year, the question remains: Are we committed to continuing to build a more inclusive democracy, or are we willing to accept the erosion of the protections previous generations fought so hard to secure? https://www.texasobserver.org/voting-rights-civil-rights-future/

#politics #USpol #democracy #history #racism

Perhaps to no-one's surprise the new Defence Secretary, Wes Streeting has repeated the Labour appeal to Military Keynesianism (albeit not termed as such) in his 'promise' that defence spending will rise (with the implied collusion of the ex-defence minister turned Chancellor John Healey).

If Andy Burnham is focussing on the cost-of-living crisis & also expecting to raise the defence budget something is going to give.... the benefits bill comes to mind!

#politics

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/22/increased-defence-spending-uk-economic-growth-wes-streeting-military-andy-burnham

We discuss electoral reform a lot on Mastodson (well, at least on my neighbourhood of the fediverse), so here is some new research on the results from different models of proportional representation.

There's lots of interest here, but perhaps the biggest issue is not so much what different systems might deliver, but rather how one might get from here to one of these other options (as well as which might be preferable; in itself an issue for argument)

#politics #voting
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2026/jul/22/how-britain-would-look-proportional-representation-local-mp

As France follows Australia in banning social media use for the under-15s the key will be the form & practice of the state-approved age-verification process mandated from January.

Here, the debate on such a social media ban (supported by Keir Starmer) has been the age-verification process' invasion of privacy & its data requirement(s).

The Q. is: can France find a way to meet such objections, or merely ride roughshod over them?

#SocialMedia #politics #privacy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq56l9p4y93o

"Paxton—who has been #Texas attorney general since 2015—has acquired 15 properties worth $9 million in states like Utah, Hawaii, Florida, and Oklahoma, all on a #government salary while in the midst of both a #Senate run and a divorce.

...Paxton, who has echoed #Trump ’s concern with voter #fraud, voted using an address he didn’t reside at in six elections in two years."
https://newrepublic.com/post/213343/ken-paxton-flees-press-conference-scandals-voter-fraud

#KenPaxton #Corruption #GOP #Republicans #Politics #USPol #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #Elections

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Headline: Ken Paxton Flees Press Conference When Asked About His Scandals The Texas attorney general (and Republican nominee for Senate) stormed out of the room when asked about his alleged voter fraud. Malcolm Ferguson July 21, 2026 / 3:48 p.m. ET

That girl who asked the question wasn't expecting an answer like this from Jeff Daniels

#thenewsroom #jeffdaniels #willmcavoy #america #debate #tv #interview #drama #aaronsorkin #politics #newsroom #journalist #journalism #usa #oliviamunn #dumbanddumber #USA

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@IsMitchMcConnellDeadYet/116960870698186198

Bare in mind, I am in a country where a man with a bin on his head might defeat a fascist who has been plaguing us for decades...but this is getting fucking ridiculous.

SHOW US THE CORPSE!

#Politics

New in #books: It starts with questioning the legitimacy of the camps. In this excerpt, John Washington explains how we got here ... and looks toward a future where we put an end to immigrant detention. https://www.texasobserver.org/excerpt-how-to-close-a-camp/

#books #bookstodon #ICE #immigration #HumanRights #history #politics #USpol @bookstodon

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