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evacide<p>I did a lot of talks on student surveillance last year, including talks aimed at college administrations trying, to convince them that turning the campus into a surveillance state was not a good idea. I have not been invited to do a single talk on student surveillance in 2025 for some reason.</p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/universities-students-search-warrants.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/29/us/univ</span><span class="invisible">ersities-students-search-warrants.html</span></a></p>
Kevin Beaumont<p>United States Disappeared Tracker</p><p><a href="https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">public.tableau.com/app/profile</span><span class="invisible">/danielleharlow/viz/UnitedStatesDisappearedTracker/Map</span></a></p>
Dan Goodin<p>A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/XiaofengWang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XiaofengWang</span></a> Xiaofeng Wang</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/</span></a></p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>You read that right. 75% of scientists are considering leaving the US. Forgive me (not really) if I'm struggling to understand exactly how this is making the US anything other than diminished, stupid, and ill.</p><p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00938-y" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/d41586-025</span><span class="invisible">-00938-y</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NSF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NSF</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/NIH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NIH</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
Steve Herman<p>Here’s tonight’s 60 Minutes piece on the silencing of the Voice of America. <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/video/voice-of-america-sunday-on-60-minutes/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/video/voice-of-ame</span><span class="invisible">rica-sunday-on-60-minutes/</span></a></p>
Prof. Sam Lawler<p>The complete bliss of a new hay bale (they were actually making yummy noises while stuffing their faces into the bale to get the best parts, super cute)</p>
JA Westenberg<p>Trump doesn't comprehend soft power because it requires vision, patience, and an ounce of humility — qualities he neither possesses nor respects. And while he plays the strongman, the rest of the world sees what he is: a small man screaming at a mirror.</p><p><a href="https://www.theindex.media/donald-trump-is-too-weak-to-understand-soft-power/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theindex.media/donald-trump-is</span><span class="invisible">-too-weak-to-understand-soft-power/</span></a></p>
Ars Technica<p>Computer scientist goes silent after FBI raid and purging from University website<br />Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.<br /><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social</span></a></p>
Pottery by Osa<p>I live in a coastal town and draw tons of inspiration from water. We went for a swim today and I could feel the relieving effect the crisp water had on my body. Like everyone, I worry about plastic. There’s always some type of litter at the beach. In a few months, it will be hurricane season during which time we have to confront the raw power of nature and the consequences of living out of balance. I’m here for it all, good & bad, peaceful & terrifying. I’ve never felt so connected to a place.</p>
BrianKrebs<p>New, by me: How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack</p><p>In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had "brought free speech back to America." But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment rights of journalists, students, universities, government workers, lawyers and judges.</p><p>This story explores a slew of recent actions by the Trump administration that threaten to undermine all five pillars of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedoms concerning speech, religion, the media, the right to assembly, and the right to petition the government and seek redress for wrongs.</p><p><a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/ho</span><span class="invisible">w-each-pillar-of-the-1st-amendment-is-under-attack/</span></a></p>
John Overholt<p>I just cannot state strongly enough how profoundly this misunderstands what I want from a vacuum cleaner. <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/639078/samsung-bespoke-ai-jet-ultra-vacuum-text-messages" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/639078/samsu</span><span class="invisible">ng-bespoke-ai-jet-ultra-vacuum-text-messages</span></a></p>
Jonathan<p>Bernie Sanders @SenSanders • 2d<br /> We must demand that the extremely<br />wealthy pay their fair share. Period.</p><p>Elon Musk @elonmusk • 2d<br /> I keep forgetting that you're still alive</p><p>ChongsCalls @ChongsCalls<br /> The richest person in the world<br />shitting on the nicest person in the<br />world is capitalism summed up in two<br />tweets.</p>
George Takei :verified: 🏳️🌈🖖🏽<p>And yet Joe Rogan puts guests on who say "Vaccines aren't actually responsible for the reduction in infectious diseases.”</p>
Church of Jeff<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/joewos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">facebook.com/joewos</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Old Book Illustrations<p>Crown imperial.<br />Maurice Pillard Verneuil, from "La plante et ses applications ornementales" by Eugène Grasset, Paris: [ca. 1896] <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/crown-imperial/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">oldbookillustrations.com/illus</span><span class="invisible">trations/crown-imperial/</span></a></p>
Harold S<p>Proposed California ballot initiative ‘Luigi Mangione Act’ would make it harder for insurers to deny medical care | KTLA <br><a href="https://ktla.com/news/california/proposed-california-ballot-initiative-luigi-mangione-act-would-make-it-harder-for-insurers-to-deny-medical-care/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ktla.com/news/california/propo</span><span class="invisible">sed-california-ballot-initiative-luigi-mangione-act-would-make-it-harder-for-insurers-to-deny-medical-care/</span></a></p>
EXTREMEWEATHER.CLUB<p>Incredible structure near Öhringen, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Germany</span></a> by Unwetter-Freaks ⚡ More from Unwetter-Freaks: <a href="https://bit.ly/unwetterfreaks" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/unwetterfreaks</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Star Trek Minus Context<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StarTrek" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>StarTrek</span></a></p>
Nowhere Girl<p>I find it weird how many people refuse to believe we live in a racial and gender caste system whose wealthy white nobility control both major political parties. </p><p>White Americans are so heavily propagandized and so inclined to go along because they think they're proximal to power.</p>
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