Lunatech @Lunatech@qoto.org

Twitter under Elon Musk is yet to publish transparency reports detailing content removal demands from governments; its last report was published in July 2022 (Adam Rawnsley/Rolling Stone)

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-twitter-no-transparency-reports-government-data-1234684941/
http://www.techmeme.com/230223/p31#a230223p31

@jeffjarvis @parkermolloy And speaking of the unfathomable MSM complicity with evil, here's a very recent gem for our files:

https://twitter.com/waltb31/status/1628783420758192136

Meanwhile, in the #BadEconomy.

SNAP benefits will end in 32 states; food pantries aim to fill the gap; it may not be possible to meet the demand https://irjci.blogspot.com/2023/02/snap-benefits-will-end-in-32-states.html

This “Climate-Friendly” Fuel Comes With an Astronomical Cancer Risk
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The EPA recently gave a Chevron refinery the green light to create fuel from discarded plastics as part of a “climate-friendly” initiative to boost alternatives to petroleum.

But, according to agency records obtained by ProPublica and The Guardian, the production of one of the fuels could emit air pollution that is so toxic, 1 out of 4 people exposed to it over a lifetime could get cancer.

https://www.propublica.org/article/chevron-pascagoula-pollution-future-cancer-risk?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

What happens if teens get their news from TikTok? | Letter https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/feb/22/what-happens-if-teens-get-their-news-from-tiktok

It is bad, but it also assumes teens get news from anywhere at all. I regularly come across young folks with no clue about the world around them.

#reading #news #journalism #teens #InformationLiteracy

#Florida college students planning statewide walkout Thurs in protest of recent education-related efforts by #DeSantis, incl his policies targeting #LGBTQ+ & people of color.

"Stand for Freedom" is a statewide movement and walkout scheduled for noon. Participants are calling on DeSantis admin to restore #diversity, equity, and #inclusion initiatives in colleges & universities

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/2023/02/21/florida-college-students-plan-statewide-walk-out/69924041007/

I am in America this week. I can report that there is no shortage of lettuce, tomatoes, peppers or any other vegetable. Indeed, they also have some very nice oranges available at the store I visited. Britain didn't just shoot itself in the foot with Brexit, it blew both feet off with a howitzer. #politics #fbpe #ukpol #ukpolitics

Sen. Wyden: "Banning TikTok would be a godsend for sleazy rip-off data brokers. TikTok is one piece of the puzzle, but don’t miss the overall challenge—because until you reign in these data brokers … you’re going to have all kinds of people’s personal data in America still on its way to China and hostile powers"

https://www.wired.com/story/us-congress-tiktok-ban-privacy-law/

Taking out your phone and not remembering why is the new walking onto a room and not remembering why.

A new version of #RaspberryPi OS is out with new touchscreen driver + other tweaks https://www.omglinux.com/raspberry-pi-os-feb-update/ #linux #debian

Hackers use fake #ChatGPT apps to push Windows, Android #malware

(also redirect to #phishing sites)

Defend yourself:

- Be wary of downloading apps; not everything in the app store is safe
- Ensure correct domain in address bar

#cybersecurity #security

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-use-fake-chatgpt-apps-to-push-windows-android-malware/

Imagined Mac Mini Redesign Argues Apple Should Borrow From Mac Studio https://www.macrumors.com/2023/02/23/mac-mini-redesign-could-borrow-from-mac-studio/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Twitter appears to have stopped publishing transparency reports showing what takedown demands governments have issued and, importantly, which demands Twitter honored. This is a bad development for free speech and transparency — especially after the recent censorship demands India has been granted on Twitter. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/elon-musk-twitter-no-transparency-reports-government-data-1234684941/

Why are so many people seeing more engagement on Mastodon than Twitter?

To me, the answer is pretty simple: Twitter tries to aggregate as much attention as possible around stuff that goes mega-viral.

There are only so many minutes in the day. So for stuff to "blow up big" necessitates that most of the rest of the posts from people we might actually want to hear from must go unseen.

more from @heycaseywattsup

https://www.caseywatts.com/blog/welcome-to-mastodon/

Dole Food Company, one of the world' largest producers and distributors of fresh fruit and vegetables, has announced that it is dealing with a ransomware attack that impacted its operations.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fruit-giant-dole-suffers-ransomware-attack-impacting-operations/

@Str8nger @pivoinebleue
It's funny, no not actually, that Biden can go fly over to Europe to help save democracy from a brutal dictator that waged an inhumane escalation of his war crimes and even through in a twenty hour train trip through the war zone for the first time since Lincoln went to a battle in Maryland yet still Americans can apparently seriously accuse him of not doing enough during his administration.

No wonder we can't have anything good here in the USA.

After a new statewide policy removed books from school libraries, Governor Ron DeSantis called the video Brian Covey posted a “fake narrative.”
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epzjbn/florida-teacher-fired-for-viral-video-library-desantis
#BookBans #Censorship #RonDeSantis #Florida #Libraries #schoollibraries