#government
‘White Supremacists Are Hijacking City Council Meetings All Over America’
https://www.404media.co/white-supremacists-dominate-san-diego-city-council-meeting/
#Latvia's Finance Ministry plans to submit the draft state budget for 2024 to the #parliament on 3 November 2023. The new coalition #government's declaration pledges to carry out a "balanced social, environmental, and economic policy."
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-government-to-submit-2024-budget-to-parliament-in-november/
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #4243FD Tail: #VQBNZ Flt: #RJA955
Owner: #GovernmentofJordan
Aircraft: #Gulfstream G650 ER
2023/09/24 11:45:16
#GLF6 #Jordan #AbdullahII #Government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Jordan
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#PlaneAlert ICAO: #468111 Tail: #273 Flt: #HAF352B
Owner: #HellenicAirForce
Aircraft: #Dassault Falcon 7X
2023/09/24 11:06:32
#FA7X #Greece #KaterinaSakellaropoulou #Government https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece
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CM Bhagwat Mann hands over cheques worth Rs. 3 crore to families of cops martyred/died during call of duty.
https://aliyesha.com/sub/news/pb_cm_bhagwat_mann_offers_cheque_to_martyr_family_eng_news
#punjab #jalandhar #martyr #care #government #aap #bhagwantmann
We do not redirect you to a news web site filled with web tracker.
We are building our own content.
We are a young website we are dealing directly with professional #journalists
Please give us some time to mature and grow, please #support.
@Noupside @LaureM we need to revoke #section230. Dominion Voting sued Fox. Why not #facebook #meta #youtube? Why shouldn’t families of people who died from Covid after consuming disinformation not be able to sue? Or people denied #votingrights due to lies deliberately about fraud. #government
“Interviews with more than two dozen professors, #government officials, #physicians, nonprofits and research funders, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss their internal deliberations freely, describe an escalating campaign emerging as online #propaganda is rising.” #disinformation #journalism #socialmedia #elonmusk #research
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/23/online-misinformation-jim-jordan/
“ #Socialmedia platforms have pulled back on moderating content even as evidence mounts that Russia and China have intensified covert influence campaigns; next week, the #disinformation watchdog NewsGuard will release a study that found 12 major media accounts from #Russia, #China and Iran saw the number of likes and reposts on X nearly double after Musk removed labels calling them #government -affiliated.” #news #journalism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/23/online-misinformation-jim-jordan/
Local #Government and Social Care Ombudsman: Hundreds of rejected Freedom Pass applications to be reviewed by #London Borough of #Newham Council
More than 200 Newham residents are to have their rejected applications for Freedom Passes reviewed…
https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/news/2023/sep/hundreds-of-rejected-freedom-pass-applications-to-be-reviewed-by-lb-newham
#transport #urbanism #UK #England #disability #disabled #humanrights
#Australia abandons efforts to eradicate deadly #parasite #varroa #mite after 15 months
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-20/varroa-mite-eradication-efforts-abandoned-australia/102876418
>Resources will be reallocated to slowing the spread of the #pest
>Non-compliance from #beekeepers and illegal #hive movement was a major factor in the failed eradication effort
>#Government and #industry groups made the unanimous decision to move to a #management approach
#bees #bee #Conservation #Sustainability #EnvironmentalEthics #ethics
Bill C-18 Why News Media Bailouts is Not Exactly Going to “Save” Journalism
One of the responses to the dropping of news links is talk of massive bailouts. The sustainability of that is questionable.
The backfiring of Bill C-18 is happening. When the link tax bill passed, Meta followed through w
https://www.freezenet.ca/bill-c-18-why-news-media-bailouts-is-not-exactly-going-to-save-journalism/
#Copyright #bailout #BillC18 #Canada #government #Media #news #OnlineNewsAct
That ruling was narrower than a district court’s finding that also barred #government ofcls from working w/ #academic groups, including the #Stanford #Internet Observatory. But the #DOJ argues the injunction still contradicts certain First Amendment principles, including that the president is entitled to use his bully pulpit to persuade American companies “to act in ways that the President believes would advance the #PublicInterest.”
LThat ruling was narrower than a district court’s finding that also barred #government ofcls from working w/ #academic groups, including the #Stanford #Internet Observatory. But the #DOJ argues the injunction still contradicts certain First Amendment principles, including that the president is entitled to use his bully pulpit to persuade American companies “to act in ways that the President believes would advance the #PublicInterest.”
#Academics & #government #scientists say the campaign also is successfully throttling the years-long effort to #study #online #falsehoods, which grew after #Russian attempts to #interfere in the 2016 #election caught both #SocialMedia sites & politicians unawares.
Interviews w/ >2 dozen professors, government officials, #physicians, #nonprofits & #research funders… describe an escalating campaign emerging as #online #propaganda is rising.
#PlaneAlert ICAO: #030012 Tail: #OK1
Owner: #BotswanaDefenceForce
Aircraft: #Bombardier Global Express XRS
2023/09/23 19:15:27
#GLEX #BatswanaAirForceOne #Government #VIPFlightSquadron https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/OK1/548551
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Oh Schumer, you rise with wisdom and grace
To save us from this government disgrace.
You talk with mighty McConnell
In the hope that he'll follow
Our nation's will to avoid a shutdown chase.
#schumer #mcconnell #government #shutdown #ode #poetry
https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/22/politics/chuck-schumer-senate-government-funding-tv/index.html
Federal funds will be used to repair docks that will be transferred to private operator of cruise
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi Urrutia announced Thursday that work will begin to rebuild the Pan American Piers I and II on Isla Grande in the coming weeks through an investment of $7.5 million even though the facilities will be put under a private operator.
https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/federal-funds-will-be-used-to-repair-docks-that-will-be-transferred-to-private-operator-of-cruise
#USnews #PuertoRico #government #capitalism
I've liked the „Enemy of the State” movie so much, I've made some remixed fan art from the original pictures of it to showcase it, and maybe motivate you to watch it, because it's a very good movie.
#Privacy #Freedom #Intelligence #Cybersecurity #Movie #Government #Corruption #NSA #FBI #Infosec #Surveillance #OnlineSafetyBill
Councils are going bankrupt after the Tory government cut their funding | Vox Political
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/09/23/councils-are-going-bankrupt-after-the-tory-government-cut-their-funding/
#council #local #authority #bankrupt #cut #central #government #grant #Conservative #Tory #Tories
The Netherlands’ Mark Rutte: Time to say goodbye
The Netherlands' Mark Rutte: Time to say goodbye | Talk to Al Jazeera
Thaksin Shinawatra could become government advisor: Srettha #Advisor #Government #SretthaThavisin #ThaksinShinawatra https://www.thailandnews.co/2023/09/thaksin-shinawatra-could-become-government-advisor-srettha/
The switch to #ElectricVehicles is already well under way in the #UK. Research even suggests it may now be unstoppable – regardless of what the #government does.
#ClimateChange #RishiSunak #UKPolitics #EV
https://www.pmp-magazine.com/2023/09/22/why-delaying-the-ban-on-petrol-and-diesel-cars-wont-slow-uks-shift-to-electric-vehicles/
Funding a challenge
Partisan paths collide, crossroads
A bipartisan fix
#Republicans want to #defund ¾ of the federal #government, and use whatever is leftover to enforce #ChristianNationalist #oppression of #women, the #LGBTQ community, and the dismantling of #publiceducation. These people are overt enemies of the American #republic who seek the destruction of our #democracy.
Slashdot: White House Could Force Cloud Companies To Disclose AI Customers https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/09/22/2014249/white-house-could-force-cloud-companies-to-disclose-ai-customers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #Tech #slashdot #Technology #government
White House Could Force Cloud Companies To Disclose AI Customers - The White House is considering requiring cloud computing firms to report some info... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/09/22/2014249/white-house-could-force-cloud-companies-to-disclose-ai-customers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #government
Biden's New American Climate Corps Aims to Train Next Generation On Climate Action
The program promises to advance the country's environmental goals and equip participants for jobs in the growing sectors of clean energy and conservation.
#Government
https://cleanearth.io/news/bidens-new-american-climate-corps-aims-to-train-next-generation-on-climate-action/?feed_id=395&_unique_id=650db80441c94
Palestinians must not have veto over Arab-Israel deals, Netanyahu tells UN
New game: name all the ways the Tory government INTERFERES with your life | Vox Political
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/09/22/new-game-name-all-the-ways-the-tory-government-interferes-with-your-life/
#Rishi Sunak #government #stay out #interfere #anti #strike #protest #energy #pollution #
Kirk — who was visiting the #university for an #open #debate titled “#ProveMeWrong: The #Government is #Lying to You” — was greeted on #campus with signs which read, “#Facists [sic] #fuckoff!” “Charlie Kirk has a small face,” “#TransRights = #HumanRights,” and “Charlie K. is a #pissbaby.”
. @mattgaetz Admits #Republicans Want To Shut Down The #Government To Protect #Trump
https://www.politicususa.com/2023/09/21/matt-gaetz-shutdown-trump.html
#Latvia's #parliament has approved amendments to partially compensate #electricity distribution tariffs in 2023. The #government will cover 60% of the fixed part of electricity distribution tariffs from September 2023 until the end of the year, reducing electricity bills by an average of 18%.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-state-to-cover-60-of-electricity-distribution-fee/
Thai PM Srettha Thavisin Vows to Put an End to Recreational Use of Marijuana within Six Months #Cannabis #Government #Marijuana #SretthaThavisin https://www.thailandnews.co/2023/09/thai-pm-srettha-thavisin-vows-to-put-an-end-to-recreational-use-of-marijuana-within-six-months/
As it Stands: Govt Shutdown
Who's Behind The Deliberate Ploy To Hurt Americans
'Hurting the American people': Jeffries speaks out on GOP 'civil war'
UK deputy PM warns UN that AI regulation is falling behind advances https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2023/09/22/uk-deputy-pm-warns-un-ai-regulation-falling-behind-advances/ #uk #un #unga #ai #government #politics #regulation #legal #law #news #tech #technology
CORRUPTION TRACE
New UK ‘net zero’ minister Claire Coutinho linked to oil-funded think tank
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/policy-exchange-claire-coutinho-minister-net-zero-fossil-fuels/
Not just any oil-funded think tank, the Atlas network member think tank that helped write the legislation criminalizing protest as a direct response to increased climate protests.
#government #corruption #conflictofinterest #criticalposition #capturedbyperpetrators #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction
#USA: currently 5 representatives elected by a combined 830k people - less than one quarter of a percent of the US population - are holding the #Republican Party and the entire #USGovernment hostage. The #GOP not only can’t compromise with #Democrats - they can’t even come to agreements amongst themselves. That’s about the same number of people as the city of San Francisco. Can you imagine the outrage if San Francisco shut down the #government? #FreedomCaucus #GovernmentShutdown
🏙 City: Trento, Italy
🏛️ Attraction: Biblioteca dei Ragazzi
❓ Do you prefer guided or self-guided sightseeing tours?
➡ Discover a unique sightseeing experience in Trento: https://visitsights.com/sightseeing-tours/Italy/Trento?mtm_campaign=mastodon
#️⃣ #Travel #Historic #Monument #Amenity #Sightseeing #Trento #Government #Building #Library #Sights #Italy
© Credits: Wikimedia / Chryspa / CC BY-SA 4.0
The shorter version of this could be: given the #Republicans can't even manage to pass their own "messaging" bills (that would then get rejected by the Senate and White House), there's no way they're ever going to pass the spending bills necessary to keep government running. So be ready for the federal government to shut down on October 1st.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kevin-mccarthy-gaetz-federal-government-shutdown-rcna105788 #Republicans
#RepublicansInDisarray #USpol #government #shutdown
TRAGEDY STILL LINGERS OVER LAWRENCE. A Merrimack Valley Natural #Gas #Explosion Time Capsule: Putting the extensive damage done in focus five years after a preventable fatal disaster disrupted northeast #Massachusetts. https://horizonmass.news/2023/09/13/tragedy-still-lingers-over-lawrence/ #news #investigation #followup #government #utility
@cbcworld Yet another example that Danielle Smith is a raving incompetent dimwit. This time she's looting Albertans' pensions to turn the money over to her de facto employer, the fossil fuel industry. That's where this government will "invest" the cash. This is all about looting for industry, not providing a viable investment plan.
#UCP #FossilFuels #Alberta #Government #CPP #Pensions #Investment #corruption
Just found out that the outspokenly anti-abortion secretary of state of #Ohio Larose, colluding with the majority-Republican state Supreme Court, rewrote the citizen-lead #abortion amendment summary that will appear on the ballot in november.
This state's #government is a joke.
🏙 Town: Dusseldorf, Germany
🏛️ Sight: Mannesmann-Hochhaus
❓ Which local dish in this area offers the best culinary experience?
➡ Go on a sightseeing adventure in Dusseldorf: https://visitsights.com/sightseeing-tours/Germany/Dusseldorf?mtm_campaign=mastodon
#️⃣ #Dusseldorf #Travel #Building #Sights #Heritage #Sightseeing #Germany #Government
© Credits: Wikimedia / DerHexer / CC BY-SA 3.0
South Korea lawmakers vote to sack prime minister
I'm shocked, really, that #Miami #government is taking a positive lead on literally *anything*
https://prismreports.org/2023/09/20/miami-dade-first-county-wide-heat-standard/
📘 Recoding America - by Jennifer Pahlka.
“Why #Government Is Failing in the Digital Age and How We Can Do Better.”
The UK #Government 🔐 Cyber security strategy for 🏥 health and social care: 2023 to 2030.
“How the government will work with health and adult social care organisations and the supply chain to achieve cyber resilience across the sector no later than 2030.”
Are the #Repulican senior voters in #Florida happy that they won't be getting their social security checks because of their representatives!?
Matt #Gaetz: ‘We will have a #government #shutdown’ — or he’ll attempt to oust Kevin #McCarthy #WeakerOfTheHouse
>>Gaetz says a shutdown is now inevitable.
Israel-Saudi Arabia ‘normalisation’ deal in reach, Netanyahu tells Biden
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-create-revive/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Arts #Books #Writing #Government #PerformingArts #Universities #VisualArts
No need to wreck the planet with my business travel more than the absolute possible minimum.
Saving between 50% to 90% of emissions*, my longest-ever one-day train ride comes to an end: Berlin to Edinburgh, door-to-door, in slightly over 19 hours—just in time for the ‘#ServiceDesign in #Government’ conference.
🧵1/
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/trade-policy-decoded/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Business #Insights #Government #Universities #Trade #Policy
Six unforgettable UN General Assembly moments
Another #political #report from the country called #sweden. The #descent into full on #fascism is an agonizing and gut wrenching reality. A #gestapo inspired law that could force all citizens to report any suspected #illegal #migrants to #authorities is about to be approved by the #government. The conversation in media is not about the validity or moral wrongness of such a law instead it focuses on how it could be implemented. Big-ish #manifestations and #protests are happening, but nothing at the scale where #popularPower could challenge the government and stop them from doing this. Earlier this month a professor and his family publicly left the country becuase of the blatant #racism that is spewed in the news and in the media at large, sweden is #notSafe. As a very minor actor in social struggles, I feel like I stand on the sidelines robbed of all agency. I feel so horrible about everything. #fuckSweden #noBorder #depressing #fascism
New blog post.
Summary:
"Representative democracies" are only enough to score 10 out of 100 points towards being fully democratic, even if their systems were perfect.
Because most of the important decisions that affect our lives are made by bodies other than governments, which are far from democratic.
US-Iran prisoner swap ‘important first step’ but tensions remain: Analysts
Event: #AI is political...so what should(n't) a #Labour #government do on data & AI policy in first 100 days?
#Liverpool, Mon 9 Oct, 17:30 with @GavinFreeguard, @JeniT , Sasjkia Otto, Matthew Lawrence, Mary Towers, Shameem Ahmad and Tom Adeyoola.
Tickets here: https://eventbrite.com/e/what-labour-shouldntdo-on-data-and-ai-policy-in-the-first-100-days-tickets-705164113847
📨 Latest issue of my curated #cybersecurity and #infosec list of resources for week #37/2023 is out! It includes the following and much more:
➝ ☁️ 🔑 How #Google Authenticator made one company’s network #breach much, much worse
➝ 🇬🇧 🔓 30k primary pupils’ data may be at risk after #Capita cyber attack
➝ 🇬🇧 🔓 #Manchester Police officers' data exposed in #ransomware attack
➝ 🇺🇸 🎰 #Caesars Entertainment says customer data stolen in #cyberattack
➝ 🇺🇸 🎰 #MGM Resorts shuts down IT systems after cyberattack
➝ 🔓 #Rollbar discloses data breach after hackers stole access tokens
➝ 🇫🇷 🔓 #Airbus Launches Investigation After Hacker Leaks Data
➝ 🇮🇷 Microsoft: Iranian espionage campaign targeted satellite and defense sectors
➝ 💸 Hackers steal $53 million worth of #cryptocurrency from #CoinEx
➝ 🧨 After #Microsoft and X, Hackers Launch DDoS Attack on #Telegram
➝ 🇺🇸 ❌ #California passes first-in-the-nation data broker deletion tool
➝ 🇨🇴 💸 Several Colombian #government ministries hampered by ransomware attack
➝ 🇮🇪 💰 #TikTok slapped with $368 million fine over child privacy violations
➝ 📱 📡 #Apple and Google Are Introducing New Ways to Defeat Cell Site Simulators, But Is it Enough?
➝ 🇺🇸 🔐 Washington summit grapples with securing #opensource software
➝ 🇷🇺 👀 Hacking #Meduza: Pegasus #spyware used to target #Putin’s critic
➝ ⚖️ 💻 The International Criminal Court will now prosecute #cyberwar crimes
➝ 🇵🇱 👀 Polish Senate says use of government spyware is illegal in the country
➝ 🦠 #Rust-Written 3AM Ransomware: A Sneak Peek into a New #Malware Family
➝ 🇺🇸 🥸 US Agencies Publish Cybersecurity Report on #Deepfake Threats
➝ 🐧 🦠 Password-stealing Linux malware served for 3 years and no one noticed
➝ 🍏 🦠 #MetaStealer Malware Targets Apple #macOS in Recent Attacks
➝ 🇮🇷 🦠 Iranian hackers #backdoor 34 orgs with new Sponsor malware
➝ 🩹 ☁️ Researchers Detail 8 Vulnerabilities in #Azure HDInsight Analytics Service
➝ 🍏 🔓 Mullvad #VPN Warns of Critical Firewall Flaw in Apple's MacOS #Sonoma
➝ ☁️ 🔓 New #Kubernetes #Vulnerabilities Enable Remote Attacks on Windows Endpoints
➝ 🇺🇸 💦 CISA offers free security scans for public water utilities
➝ 🩹 #Mozilla Rushes to Patch WebP Critical Zero-Day Exploit in Firefox and Thunderbird
➝ 🩹 Google Patches #Chrome Zero-Day Reported by Apple, Spyware Hunters
➝ 🩹 Microsoft September 2023 Patch Tuesday fixes 2 zero-days, 59 flaws
📚 This week's recommended reading is: "Extreme Privacy: What It Takes to Disappear" by Michael Bazzell
Subscribe to the #infosecMASHUP newsletter to have it piping hot in your inbox every week-end ⬇️
https://infosec-mashup.santolaria.net/p/infosec-mashup-week-372023
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-grumpy-strategists/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #News #CurrentAffairs #Government #Commentary #Politics
US to conduct new interviews into the deadly 2021 bombing at Kabul airport
Even with #war and it's real and lingering threat of violence and death, the people of #Gorongosa #mountain in #Mozambique, with direct training and engagement from and by the #government, have preservered and are succeeding in #reforesting the mountain while also benefiting from new #CashCrops—particularly #coffee.
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once, literally, is our best hope of #ClimateChange mitigation.
Yes, #citizens can and should take #legal action and use every legal and #political tool available to force immediate #government action to mitigate #ClimateChange.
The Everything, Everywhere, All at Once strategy I'm espousing is quite literal. Nothing that can yield positive results can be ignored, it all helps.
US announces new Iran sanctions as prisoner swap looms
Should we memorialize environmental disasters?
@TheConversationUS reports: "Societies celebrate heroes and commemorate tragedies. But where in public memory is environmental harm?"
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/australian-citizenship/
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #Education #Culture #Identity #Government #Language #Learning #Diversity
"#Statism" is basically a measurement of how much #control you think a #government should have over its #people. If you love #rules and #regulations and forcing others to do certain things or not do certain things, you fall to the high end of this scale (rightward).
If you're a John #Varley-style #Heinleiner, and think everyone should be independent and only engage in entirely voluntary transactions, you fall to the low, leftward end of that scale.
4/x
#Kenyan #SupremeCourt #dismisses #challenge to #ruling that allowed #LGBTQ #group to #register as a #NGO with the #government.
The February ruling sparked heated #criticism from #Kenyans, #clerics and #politicians against the Supreme Court #judges and demanded it be #reversed.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Kenya #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
‘Shut it down’
Some #FloridaRepublicans also support demands from the #FarRight #HouseFreedomCaucus to attach other #conservative priorities to a short-term #funding bill to keep the #government running past Sept. 30.
In addition to “no blank check for #Ukraine,” the #FreedomCaucus is demanding more funding for #BorderSecurity, #cuts to the #DOJ & the #FBI, & an end to “#woke” policies at the #DOD.
#ForMeButNotForThee #TheRealWeaponizationOfGovernment #AbuseOfPower #PublicDisservice
Conflicts abound at an Ethics Board that relies on a political appointee for legal advice https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2023/09/13/conflicts-abound-at-an-ethics-board-that-relies-on-a-political-appointee-for-legal-advice/ #Government #Baltimore
US government says Google pays $10bn per year to maintain market dominance
#BBCNews - #UK #government to be reported to #UN over #strike law by #TUC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66720206
But there is a strict #prohibition on performing #political duties on #government time —or in a government-occupied building or room. It is not clear what steps #Trump is taking to ensure a wall of separation between official & #campaign business for #aides who are on his political #payroll.
…Several #Trump aides on the #payroll of his… #PAC, his 2024 presidential #campaign or both have worked at the post-presidential office since it opened 2 years ago, acc/to campaign #finance records & people familiar w/the office. Cheung did not respond to a follow-up email seeking details about the office & its operations, including whether aides on Trump’s #political payroll who have worked there are also paid by the #government or a private noncampaign entity.
❤️ Artist: #TVBOY in City: #Barcelona Parc de les Glòries, Spain 🇪🇸 2023 - Title: "Dios mío, Ayúdame a sobrevivir a este amor mortal" - ("My God, help me to survive this mortal love. / "Mein Gott, hilf mir, diese tödliche Liebe zu überleben") - #Art #Streetart #Mastoart #Pasteup #PedroSanchez #CarlesPuigdemont #Politic #Satire #Government #Catalunya
Hello World!
Do you know how dim the Finnish people are? (In addition to the current conservative-far right #government, that is)
Well, this dim.
The iconic and fragile #HavisAmanda -statue in the #Helsinki market square will look like this in the future, because the idiotic #IceHockey -fans can't stop climbing on it, when the national team wins something.
In case you don't know this #torille -phenomenon, here's some pics about it
Contact your federal and state representatives and tell them to stop using #Twitter or at least setup an alternative social media account on #Mastodon to better server their constituents.
U.S. Senate: https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
U.S. House of Representatives: https://www.house.gov/representatives
@topher wrote
"dumbfounded why governments still buy MS office"
Support. Government gets nervous about anything that lacks vendor/VAR support with a long track record and deep pockets.
Incumbent advantage: lots of their stuff integrates with MS Office, from simple macros to whole data systems. Nobody's sure how many things would break if they switched.
Retraining cost for 10,000s ++ of staff.
#HongKong (#HK) #court hands rare #victory to #advocates of #samesex #unions.
In a partial victory for Hong Kong’s #LGBTQ #community, the city’s top court on Tuesday #ordered the #government to give #samesex #couples some form of #legal #recognition.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Asia #HongKong #SameSexMarriage #MarriageEquality
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/09/05/hong-kong-court-same-sex-union/
The SARS-CoV-2 #virus #mutates much faster than our #science and #medical #infrastructure can adapt and respond, especially with the strong—and criminally negligent—#government resistance to adopting and maintaining serious, ongoing risk mitigation policies against the #disease.
The next #vaccine should be available soon, but may only be very effective for those like me who are 65+ and/or have #medical conditions
cc @clayrivers
This has previously been posted but I don't think it got a lot of traction. EVERYONE needs to read this!
https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981
#Republicans #rightwing #trump #government #takeover #conservatives #apnews
@weatherwest @xfinity no #x #Twitter richest man on earth takes an open platform and turns it into a far right media machine to promote his own interests, to weaken #democracy and #government so he can have more sway on taxation regulation and litigation through corruption. See now, that’s the story. #elonmusk #Twitter #x #siliconvalley
Surely your #federal #government has a responsibility and right to ensure that people can use interstate highways freely?
"While these restrictions appear to violate the US Constitution — which protects a person’s right to #travel — they are extremely difficult to challenge in court, said Mary Ziegler, a #law professor... who focuses on abortion. Because the laws can be enforced by any private citizen, #abortion rights groups have no clear #government official to sue in a case seeking to block the law."
#GiftArticle
https://wapo.st/3L6AGWn
#Women #Freedom #WomensRights #WomensFreedom #Misogyny #USPol #USA #News
Dutch government moves away from X (Twitter) and has launched their own Mastodon instance at https://social.overheid.nl #rijksoverheid #government
De al mooie lijst met NL overheidsorganisaties op Mastodon is alleen maar beter geworden. Raad van State, Rijksinspectie Digitale Infrastructuur, Rekenkamer, RIVM en Veiligheidsregio Brabant-Noord doen nu ook mee in de pilot, 14 organisaties nu. Volg ze, ze verdienen het!
https://social.overheid.nl/about
@raadvanstate
@rdi
@rekenkamer
@rivm
@vrbn
@avhuffelen
@minbzk
@belastingdienst
@dji
@knmi
@forumstandaardisatie
@rijkswaterstaat
@bij12
@RWSverkeersinfo
#overheid #government #mastodon
" Ziklag, a group devoted to expanding Christian influence over American culture and #government.
Membership in the organization... is restricted to people with a net worth of at least $25 million, according to a page on Ziklag’s website...
The group envisions schools that welcome prayer and “a conservative, biblical worldview in #science, humanities and the arts,” according to a Ziklag document"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/08/29/michael-farris-homeschoolers-parents-rights-ziklag/
An interesting new post on the 🏛 GOV.UK #Accessibility in #Government blog looking at ‘How organisations respond to accessibility monitoring’.
💬 “Receiving the report inspired us to learn more about accessibility and how we could improve the content we share with both our patients and our staff.”
https://accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2023/08/23/how-organisations-respond-to-accessibility-monitoring/
a belated #introduction
I'm a #SoftwareEngineer and Engineering Manager for over 20 years, and a #guitar player for longer than that. I've had a broad career across industries, working for #StartUps , #Banks, #Government, #Healthcare. When my 6 year old found out I did some work for #NASA, she asked "Did they pay you to work there, or did you pay them?"
I'm currently focused on helping to mitigate #ClimateChange, hence the server choice. I'm really enjoying the #Fediverse and #Mastodon.
On policy, the #government's #Data #Protection #Bill takes us backwards. We worked to influence it, with a 2nd Reading Briefing and a parliamentary event of key experts and Lord Tim Clement-Jones looking at the impact of data and #automated decision making on #work, #justice and #education. (5/8)
A palate cleanser for the start of the week from the late, great Octavia E. Butler…
"Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery."
#Cowardice #Fools #Government #Politics #Leadership #Lies #Politics #Wisdom #OctaviaButler #Quotes
Sure would be swell if #government could spin up some internal #Mastodon instances for alerts, weather notifications, public safety announcements, and public statements...
Just sayin...
@mimsical so #Twitter is nothing but, nothing but the plaything of man who’s thrown himself in with the far right alt news media revolution to lessen the power of democratic #government. Why? To mitigate its power of regulation, taxation and litigation. You’re fooling yourself if you think otherwise. #elonmusk #siliconvalley #democracy #journalism #journalists #tech