George Mari @GeorgeMari@qoto.org

First month on record: fossil fuels drop below 50% of US power mix https://electrek.co/2025/04/04/first-month-on-record-fossil-fuels-drop-below-50-of-us-power-mix/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"Do Not Track was a request, while MyTerms is inherently a demand. Websites and services could, of course, simply refuse to show or provide content and data if a MyTerms agent is present, or they could ask or demand that people set the least restrictive terms."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/doc-searls-myterms-aims-to-offer-user-first-privacy-contracts-for-the-web/

So the Trump administration is continuing to say nothing to see here with the whole leaking of war plans to a journalist over Signal thing. No investigation, no inquiry. Case closed.

“This case has been closed here at the White House as far as we are concerned,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday. “There have been steps made to ensure that something like that can obviously never happen again, and we’re moving forward,” she said.

@mmasnick has a great response to this bullshit, as he skewers a number of big media outlets for reporting on the White House statement as just, welp, that's it.

"Let’s be clear: uncritically reporting the White House’s “nothing to see here” stance isn’t journalism — it’s stenography. The press secretary’s statement isn’t just meaningless, it’s an active attempt to sweep serious actual violations under the rug."

"This White House’s strategy is clear: lie, mislead, and deflect until the story dies. We’ve seen it with Bondi’s desperate “but her emails” deflection last week, and we’re seeing it again with this premature “case closed” declaration."

"But there are plenty of things in this story that require investigation:"

How did multiple senior officials decide it was totally acceptable to plan military operations over a consumer messaging app?
What other sensitive discussions have happened on unsecured channels such as Signal?
Have these conversations been recorded, as required under the Federal Records Act?
Have other illegal commercial chats been scrubbed to see how many outsiders were allowed in to them like Goldberg was?
How did they fuck up so badly to add an external person (incredibly, a reporter) to this illegal chat?
Who approved targeting civilian infrastructure, and what was their legal justification?
What “steps have been made” to prevent this from happening again, and why should we trust them?

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/01/sorry-you-dont-get-to-declare-case-closed-on-war-crime-planning-over-signal/

Computer scientist goes silent after FBI raid and purging from University website
Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.
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

TURKIYE PROTESTS

More than 2,000,000 against the Erdogan administration in Turkiye.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #EU #NATO #Turkiye #Breaking #breakingnews

Don't forget to boost posts so that others can see them.

This is important to keep Mastodon lively.
We are the algorithm here.

#Mastodon

I'm currently looking for PhD students in theoretical computer science, and we have a funding opportunity for a student in Inria Lille in France to work with myself and my collaborator Mikaël Monet. The proposed topic (quite flexible): https://a3nm.net/work/research/offers/phd_enumeration_changes.pdf. Applications are until April 23, to start in fall 2025.

I think the LINKS team in Inria Lille is a great place to do this kind of research -- in fact I recently joined it myself. :) Please apply or to forward to potential candidates!

GET ME HIRED

Hi, #seattle friends in #productmanagement or whatever hashtag makes sense.

I'm looking for a job (like many Seattleites lately). I'm not asking for a contract or money or anything like that, but if you can squeeze me into an interview related to writing, reading, and leading software endeavors, please do!

All the PMy stuff, all the soft skills, and a bunch of hard ones, mostly around React/TS/JS/Node, security, cloud, cloud security, and even some Rust!

www in profile.

Please read the first 20%, at least, of this essential book by Natalie Foster. It describes how we arrived at this place in the USA in a way that really opened my eyes. I will also gift you — yes, you, anyone reading this — a copy of the book in any (legal!) format or delivery method you prefer. Just ask. https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-guarantee-dispatches-from-the-front-lines-of-america-s-next-economy/20302377

HEY MASTODON: Today is the North American release date for When the Moon Hits Your Eye, my latest novel, and also I am on the road for a two-week US book tour! Please buy my book and/or come to see me on the road! All the details about both are at the link.

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/03/25/when-the-moon-hits-your-eye-is-out-today-and-also-hello-i-am-on-book-tour-please-come-see-me/

Meanwhile, Mike Waltz is going to be furious when he finds out what Mike Waltz did. https://x.com/michaelgwaltz/status/1668332264797896704

The Trump administration deletes evidence database documenting Putin's war crimes, including the abduction of thousands of Ukrainian children, thereby preventing the rescue of these most vulnerable victims of the war.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-ukraine-children-russia-war-kidnapping-evidence-b2717730.html

We are hiring PhD students in Computational Mathematics and Mathematics at Stockholm University:

https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:807359/where:4/
https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:803014/where:4/

**Application deadline: April 22**

Please help spread the word to students who are interested in doing a PhD on type theory, HoTT, computer formalization of CS and math, constructive mathematics, etc. Note that PhD students here are employed with a salary and that the position comes with benefits. There are also no tuition fees.

If you are a student interested in doing a PhD with me you are welcome to apply to both positions above, just make sure you apply to the one in Computational Mathematics as that is the division I formally belong to. Please also specify clearly that you want me as an advisor in your application (e.g. in your cover letter).

Please don't hesitate to contact me on anders.mortberg@math.su.se if you have any questions.

Profiles in Sycophancy, Chapter 8 (3-way tie). Congratulations to 2-time awardee Brandon Gill.

New Privacy Guides article 🔐✨
by me:

If you want to keep your password manager local-only, KeePassXC is a great solution!

It's free,
Open-source,
Easy to install and use,
Doesn't require an account,
Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows,
And the team is here! 👉@keepassxc

Here's how to set it up with a YubiKey: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/18/installing-keepassxc-and-yubikey/

#PrivacyGuides #KeePassXC #Privacy #Security #PasswordManager #Passwords #FOSS

Who here works at #cloudways? I have some issues to discuss.

Chuck Schumer just cancelled his planned book tour this week over "security concerns."

Here's the thing: A man who is too cowardly to face the American people is too cowardly to lead the American people.

Schumer should continue his cancellation strategy & resign his Senate leadership & retire.

A *gentle* reminder that, I have a funded #PhD position for UK students, available with myself and @bentnib

This project will be looking at developing new methods for asserting the resilience of existing communicating systems by developing new static analysis methods derived from advanced programming language research.

Deadline for getting in contact is: Thursday 20th March 2025

You will belong to @StrathCyber and @mspstrath, as well as gaining access to @spli

https://www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/postgraduateresearchphdopportunities/science/computerinformationsciences/towardstype-drivenassuranceofcommunicatingsystems/

#PL #Idris #TypeTheory #Security #Verification #FP