As I have been concerned would occur, it is being reported that the Trump administration has put excellent longtime Voice of America reporter Steve Herman on extended absence -- I would assume for his excellent, unbiased reporting.
His personal account here on #Mastodon @w7voa is among the most informative and useful on the platform.
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All except one European nation, whose Prime Minister was 'too busy' to show support right now
#UKPOL #UKPolitics Starmer #Ukraine #Zelensky #Trump
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Tja, Firefox - nicht so ganz transparent, was die jetzt mit den Daten ihrer Nutzenden anfangen wollen.
Es gibt einige spannende Firefox Forks, die hohen Datenschutz versprechen, wie zB LibreWolf, ZenBrowser, Mullvad, Mercury und Tor.
Wer Firefox nicht mehr nutzen möchte, Google mit ihrem Chrome-Browser aber auch nicht so richtig vertraut, könnte zB UnGoogled Chromium nutzen, der alle Verbindungen zu Google kappt.
Eine weitere Alternative wäre zB Vivaldi, was zwar auch auf Chromium aufsetzt, aber wo es heißt: "Wir wollen eure Daten nicht, uns interessiert nicht, was ihr mit dem Browser macht."
Aktuell werden vollständig neue Rendering Engines und darauf aufsetzende Browser entwickelt, wie zB Verso, der auf eine in Rust geschriebene Engine namens Servo setzt:
github.com/versotile-org/verso
Oder Ladybird, der vollständig eigenständig und unabhängig von allen anderen Browser Engines entwickelt wird (Alpha für 2026 erwartet):
Brave ist auch sehr beliebt, aber der CEO tätigte vor Jahren eine LGBTTIQ*-feindliche Aussage, weswegen ich den Browser hier nicht empfehlen möchte.
Edit:
Gerade noch gefunden:
"Thorium - The Fastest Browser on Earth"
Macht auch einen sehr interessanten Eindruck, schlank, sicher, schnell:
video.fosswelt.org/watch?v=naDYUVFs1-8
"We're on the brink of another world browser war"
video.fosswelt.org/watch?v=p572p-irRaU
Fazit:
Die Browser-Landschaft ist in ziemlicher Bewegung und bietet viele Möglichkeiten, man muss sie nur auch nutzen ;)
#Firefox#Brwoser#LibreWolf#ZenBrowser#Mullvad#Mercury#Tor#UngoogledChromium#Verso#ladybird#Thorium
GitHub - versotile-org/verso: A web browser that plays old world blues to build new world hope
A web browser that plays old world blues to build new world hope - versotile-org/versoGitHub
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The question is, will your Prime membership tier include the "accurate" forecast?
How many ads will you have to watch to see that tornado warning?
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I got banned from Reddit! I think I got honey-potted into commenting on conservative subreddits and then had my words manipulated into rule breaking and apparently this is a thing! I feel so weird, I think this is part of the online war we're all experiencing.
The need to harm other humans is so full on. I definitely see how it's a function of child abuse. I'm trying to not let it affect me but it does trigger my abandonment stuff 💔 I'm trying to look at it from another perspective, it will give me an opportunity to read more. I've wanted to read more for so long and social media really does snatch up all those micro spaces of time to do things.
That site has been deteriorating fast, it's sad what is happening in online spaces. I'm really grateful for this place though 💕
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‘Desperation Is One Helluva Drug’: Black Republican Sparks Backlash After Offering to Birth Elon Musk̵ ...
A former Republican nominee for Congress in Maryland caused a furor online Tuesday when she offered to give the world's richest man his first mixed-raceChristian Boone (atlantablackstar)
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Joe Biden failed one significant moral test but that's not enough for me fo ignore all the good things his administration accomplished. But more than that, I miss the calm of a dedicated President, the desperation of news agencies to manufacture headlines because Joe was simply waking up and doing his job. The daily chaos of the Orange Stain stands in stark contrast to the steady, if imperfect, delivery of public service Biden provided.
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Vultures ready to eat from the problems of the people.
Disgusting.
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Wikifunctions - Wikipedia's newest sister project
Wikifunctions is a collaboratively maintained library of functions that anyone can use and contribute to. I will explain the ideas behind the project: coding in any language, how it can be used, where we are and where we are headed: the planned usage in Wikipedia and towards a multilingual Wikipedia, where everyone can contribute to the knowledge commons.
Where: Newspeak.House, London
When: 10 March @ 7pm.
Wikifunctions - Wikipedia's newest sister project
The Wikimedia Foundation has launched a new project, Wikifunctions, a collaboratively maintained library of functions that anyone can use and contribute to.lu.ma
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@helvick @HarriettMB The UK is a vassal state and that has been the goal of Brexit since the beginning.
I fear you are right. The “special relationship” the UK has with the USA appears to place us in a subservient role. I’ve been thinking that for many years - ever since I developed any political awareness. It was clear that Brexit was about weakening Britain’s ties with Europe and making us more vulnerable.
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As we watch billions and billions of dollars be stripped from the poor and most vulnerable among us and given to the wealthy and corporations, career service workers who kept this country afloat tossed out, racial, gender, and identity equity being discarded, and whatever this plan is, remember that it didn’t have to be this way and how many who were allegedly on our side helped make it this way.
‘Trump Gaza is finally here!’: US president promotes Gaza plan in AI video:
cnn.com/2025/02/26/world/trump…
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Gibt es per Lockpicking o.ä. eine Möglichkeit herauszufinden, wie der Schlüssel aussehen müsste, um anschließend die Schlüssel nachmachen zu können? Einige wenige der Schlösser sind gerade zumindest offen und wenn ein einzelnes davon zerstörungsbehaftet komplett zerlegt werden müsste, wäre das auch ok.
Eigentlich möchte ich die Schlösser schon behalten, da es in der Menge auch der komplette Ersatz etwas teuer wäre...
Kann mir da jemensch helfen, an eine Vorlage für einen Schlüssel zu kommen?
#lockpicking #lockpickers #locks #diy #ccc #making
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Remember when the Canadian government used to build social housing? We could fix this. We could get it back. We could enact terrible reprisals on the people who took the good things away, as a lesson to others.
ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/new…
The federal government used to build social housing. Then it stopped. How is that going? | RCI
Consecutive federal governments in the 1980s and 90s pulled back on funding new affordable housingRadio-Canada.ca
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Illuminant - A NNTP-based Fediverse Server
This is cool.
It is a Fediverse server you can use with a newsreader client like Thunderbird.
Demo: illuminant.asjo.org/
Profile: illuminant.asjo.org/user/asjo
Source: koldfront.dk/git/illuminant/
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710 #ClimateAction #NewYork #CongestionPricing #TrumpProtest
"New Yorkers Rally in Times Square to tell Trump Congestion Pricing is Staying Put!" [5:50 min]
by Streetfilms
youtube.com/watch?v=R-HtACNuv3…
Quote by Sf:
"Feb 23, 2025
On Saturday hundreds of angry New Yorkers came out to tell President Trump and his Transportation Secretary that Congestion Pricing is here and we cannot go back to the way before when the city was choked with traffic.
Since Congestion Pricing was implemented almost 2 months ago: the number of vehicles entering NYC has dropped, car commuting times in to the city are quicker, there are fewer automobile accidents, bus trip times have decreased, the number of people on mass transit has risen and the number of fatal crashes and injuries has nosedived.
And add to that that the city noise on the streets is more comfortable, Broadway tickets sales are up over 2024, the sense of safety and comfortability is noticeable, children are getting to school on time from their buses, crime is down in the subway and loads more great indicators.
Governor Kathy Hochul, MTA CEO Janno Liber, city elected officials and residents & advocacy groups are taking the Trump Administration to court as they believe the administration have no grounds to revoke the permission that gave to New York State to start the growing-more-popular program."
#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside #StopThePlunder
#ClimateBreakDown #StopRapingNature
New Yorkers Rally in Times Square to tell Trump Congestion Pricing is Staying Put!
On Saturday hundreds of angry New Yorkers came out to tell President Trump and his Transportation Secretary that Congestion Pricing is here and we cannot go ...YouTube
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The only person who is responsible for Russel Brand's brain melting is Russel Brand.
And it's looking like one hell of a puddle at this point.
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Utah close to fully banning fluoride in water, stripping cities' ability to decide
Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn’t allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mineral.
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Reminder: Ukraine aid’s best-kept secret: Most of the money stays in the U.S.A.
Ukraine Aid = US Jobs
The #Trump Admin Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets #FederalWorkers
A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpPurge #DOGE #Musk #USpol
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The Trump Administration Keeps Citing an Untrue Stat as It Targets Federal Workers
A “survey of our niche audience for our niche audience” was the source for the claim that only 6% of federal employees are working full time in their offices. The number isn’t true. Why do administration and elected officials keep relying on it?ProPublica
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Later in Dec, a TV report cited the editor’s note & labeled the 6% number as “false.” At about the same time, PolitiFact looked at #MikeJohnson’s claim that only 1% of #FederalWorkers show up to work each day & labeled it “pants on fire,” the fact-checking site’s lowest rating for a statement that is “not accurate & makes a ridiculous claim.”
That should have ended the conversation. But it didn’t.
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpPurge #Trump #Republicans #Musk #DOGE #USpol
On Jan. 20, #Trump’s first day in office, the White House issued a statement that obliquely referred to #Musk’s coming assault on #FederalAgencies. It said Trump was “planning for improved accountability of government bureaucrats. The American people deserve the highest-quality service from people who love our country. The President will also return federal workers to work, as only 6% of employees currently work in person.”
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Privacy is security.
Message scanning powers in the UK Online Safety Act will break end-to-end encryption – the firewall that protects us from predators and criminals.
Parents, children, domestic violence victims all at risk.
Forcing Apple to put a backdoor in its encrypted services shows that the government is prepared to play fast and loose with our security.
Save encryption #PracticeSafeText
#e2ee #encryption #privacy #security #OnlineSafetyAct #ukpolitics #ukpol
openrightsgroup.org/campaign/s…
Save Encryption
Message scanning breaks end-to-end encryption, which puts everyone’s privacy and security at risk.Open Rights Group
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You're plugged in and have heard comparisons of DOGE and Gamergate in passing.
I took a deeper dive — but still a short, breezy read — explaining how it goes much deeper than a comparison.
Gamergate was whiner boot camp. DOGE is the Loser Invasion.
salon.com/2025/02/24/what-elon…
Elon Musk's DOGE attack on federal workers is a continuation of Gamergate
Culture war for the stupid era kicked off with video gamers mad at ladies who have sexSalon.com
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Gaps in Detroit’s housing safety net exposed
It's been a challenging couple of weeks in Detroit following the tragic deaths of two children who appear to have frozen to death while unhoused and sheltering in a van.
bridgedetroit.com/gaps-in-detr…
Gaps in Detroit’s housing safety net exposed
It's been a challenging couple of weeks in Detroit following the tragic deaths of two children who appear to have frozen to death while unhoused and sheltering in a van.Nushrat Rahman (BridgeDetroit)
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Lessons for Ukraine
As representatives of the United States and Russia hold talks on the terms for peace between Ukraine and Russia without inviting Ukraine to participate as its own fate is decided, it is worth drawing parallels with the Irish settlement in 1921. #Ukraine
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I respect Governor of Maine (Janet T. Mills) for standing up against #Trump at his presser yesterday. He kept threatening to withhold all federal aid from the state if she violates his executive order banning transgender students from playing sports.
I personally would’ve been polite at first, but as #DictatorTrump ramped up his attacks, I would’ve lost it and told him to fuck off.
The only way to defeat bullies is to hit back hard. If you don’t, they see you as weak and will bully you more.
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Governor Mills’ Statement on Notice of Investigation From U.S. Department of Education | Office of Governor Janet T. Mills
Washington, D.C. – Governor Janet Mills released the following statement today in response to the U.S.www.maine.gov
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Dave Mac Farlane
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Good man does not deserve this.
Voice of America Journalists Face Investigations for Comments About Trump
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in reply to Lauren Weinstein • • •I 💯 knew this was coming. I'm a bit surprised it took this long.
That said, Steve Herman is an honest and ethical reporter. That's exactly why the Musk/Vance admin has a problem with him.
#VoA #VoiceOfAmerica #SteveHerman
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