Seven Billion Reasons for #Facebook to Abandon its #FaceRecognition Plans

The New York Times reported that #Meta is considering adding face recognition technology to its #smartGlasses. According to an internal Meta document, the company may launch the product “during a dynamic #political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
#biometrics #identity #privacy

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/seven-billion-reasons-facebook-abandon-its-face-recognition-plans

Hi friends,

As many of you know, ICE is operating in ways that tear families apart, enter homes without warrants, and traumatize innocent people. This is not law enforcement — this is terror and an abuse of power.

I have seen firsthand what happens when the government sends children and families to camps — detention centers, “facilities,” whatever name they choose to soften the blow. I know what that kind of incarceration does to a child’s spirit, to a family’s sense of safety and belonging. I cannot stand by while our government once again enables agents to strip people of their dignity, their rights, and the fundamental freedoms every human being deserves.

That’s why I’m urging you, with all the gravity this moment demands, to add your name to a petition telling Congress: abolish ICE.

When enough of us raise our voices together, we remind our leaders — and ourselves — that compassion is our strength, not cruelty.

https://www.thepetitionsite.com/158/719/983/?TAP=2430&source_id=AbolishIce

@jbz
There was a time when computer game hardware makers knew their audience. 😉

(3/?)

@sberson
> if one posts a gallery of say holiday photos, instead of having to repost that every time you add a family member to a private social media instance

As I say, Matrix gives you the option to show full room history to new members (see ElementX for Android screenshot).

Friendica, Hubzilla, Streams, Forte, etc, could presumably do the same, and more easily. Since their group chats are centralised on the originating service. Unlike Matrix room, but like Lemmy communities.

Chocolate covered strawberries are a great #ValentinesDay treat. Let's give a cheer for workers like "Eva" who was laboring in Ventura County CA. She had to trudging through slippery muddy rows to bring this sweet fruit to our table. #WeFeedYou

@Alice Anatomically-correct heart calzone could be fun

Never trust someone who says they want to change the world.

The dead giveaway is the neutral “change” in place of the expected “improve.”

Never trust someone who says they want to change the world.

The dead giveaway is the neutral “change” in place of the expected “improve.”

POV: BLÅHAJ is out of stock

Hey… um…
😳 👉👈

We wanted to express our love for you and our tools.
So... we made some Valentine's day cards.

If you’re interested, you know where to find the tools.

My gift for all (cat) lovers!

Have a lovely weekend!

#valentinesday #valentine #love #art #romance #painting #cats #caturday #CatLovers #pets #cute #animals #kitten #AnimalArt #BlackCats #ArtForSale #giftideas #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #aquarelle #handmade #TraditionalArt #kunst #cat #artist #arte #InteriorDesign #kitty #kittens #katze #BuyIntoArt #CatsOfMastodon #MastoArt #FediArt #FediGiftShop #MastodonArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #catstodon #WhiskersWednesday #CatsOfFediverse

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116070756284944237

I have no regrets about getting this Voyager 1 tattoo five days ago.

(By Annie at Canberra Ink, if anyone is looking for a good artist who likes doing lil space adventures in colour - she also did my Pluto and Charon art).
#space #voyager1 #tattoo

@alilly 36-bit is not exotic! It allows you to store 6 characters, or a 10-digit signed integer, per word. It's the practical choice if your users are upgrading from a mechanical calculator.

At CES, Chinese brands showcased consumer-grade energy storage and solar technology far surpassing the US. American industry is shrinking due to policy rollbacks, while China dominates the global solar panel and LFP battery market through massive manufacturing and sustained investment, offering leading solutions for portable and off-grid power.

https://uk.pcmag.com/power-supplies/162522/i-came-to-ces-to-check-out-energy-and-solar-power-innovations-and-found-that-china-is-running-laps-a

#usa #china #technology #cleanenergy

#HappyValentinesDay

Feather folk are apparently like busses. You wait ages for one, and then three come along at once. Anyhow, this one is saying hello, as I say goodnight. Sleep well all 💤

#sillyScribbles #featherFolk

Office of Budget and Management Director Russell Vought killed USAID, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths,
and is now using the money he “saved” to bankroll his security detail.

A Reuters report Friday states that the Project 2025 architect who promised to put federal employees “in trauma”
is spending $15 million of former USAID funding
—money that would have gone toward fighting HIV, polio, malaria, and other diseases
—to pay his U.S. Marshal security through the end of the year.

One source told Reuters that Vought has more than a dozen U.S. marshals in his security detail.

While Vought allegedly faced a threat on his life last month,
the irony of the man who ripped disease-fighting funding away from some of the most at-risk people in the world only to use it to beef up his personal bodyguard staff is impossible to ignore.

This is yet another example of Trump officials’ questionable personal spending habits.
On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the Department of Homeland Security
is leasing a $70 million jet that Secretary Kristi Noem and her alleged boyfriend Corey Lewandowski use to travel in luxury.
And what’s up with that $400 million White House ballroom?
https://newrepublic.com/post/206559/russ-vought-usaid-funds-security