Amazon is escalating its war on Fire TV apps used for piracy. Last year it started blocking sideloaded apps that had been blacklisted from launching. Now you can't even install those apps on Fire TV devices in the first place. https://www.aftvnews.com/fire-tvs-now-block-piracy-apps-on-installation-instead-of-at-launch/ #AmazonFireTV #FireOS #FireTV #Piracy #MediaStreamers

trying to get as much info as possible for this mildly niche and recent topic obsession of mine - pls give me any book recommendations for tech history during and post- eastern bloc.. ideally about diy tech, #piracy, folk culture, #self-hosting collectives and laws & regulations around technology use in countries that were aligned with the soviet union ??

WTF?

#Venezuela #oil proceeds are going into a private account in #Qatar that #US #Treasury cannot block. This can’t be legal.

Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.!'"

#geopolitics #law #criminal #Trump #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

WTF?

#Venezuela #oil proceeds are going into a private account in #Qatar that #US #Treasury cannot block. This can’t be legal.

Marco Rubio: "The oil proceeds are being deposited into an account that ultimately will become a US Treasury blocked account here in the US. We will say 'this is what this money can be spent on.' They will submit to us a budget request -- 'we want to use the money on these things.!'"

#geopolitics #law #criminal #Trump #sovereignty #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

trying to get as much info as possible for this mildly niche and recent topic obsession of mine - pls give me any book recommendations for tech history during and post- eastern bloc.. ideally about diy tech, #piracy, folk culture, #self-hosting collectives and laws & regulations around technology use in countries that were aligned with the soviet union ??

Online piracy and counterfeit products related to Japanese anime, games and other content caused an estimated damage of ¥10.4 trillion in 2025, an industry ministry survey showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/27/japan/crime-legal/digital-content-piracy-damages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #anime #videogames #piracy #copyrights

I made a short, visual summary inspired by this clip with Cory Doctorow, about how various groups have accused each other of "piracy" through the years @pluralistic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS0BcHTxHfk

#Piracy #sketchnotes #sketchnote #VisualThinking #Copyright #illustration

#US forces have boarded a #Russia-flagged US sanctioned #OilTanker linked to #Venezuela in the North #Atlantic after pursuing it for weeks.

The US had been pursuing the #oil tanker since last month after it tried to evade a US “ #blockade” around Venezuela.

#Trump #MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #criminal #law #Congress #WarPowers #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-tanker-77f2c1441dda8217b37f9e38c3ae9131?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-07-Breaking+News

#RT, the #Russia state-owned broadcaster, published images of a helicopter approaching the Russian-flagged #OilTanker being pursued by the #USCG & said it appeared US forces were attempting to board.

#China on Wednesday said that US claims on Venezuela’s #oil were “a classic act of bullying.” Mao Ning, a spox for China’s foreign ministry, said #Venezuela has “full & permanent #sovereignty over its #NaturalResources & all #economic activities.”

#Trump #MafiaState #geopolitics #law #piracy

Here is the unsealed 25 page #MaduroIndictment

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1422326/dl

#law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

Following the #Venezuela raid, #Trump has voiced threats toward #Colombia & #Mexico, while resurfacing his desire to control #Greenland

“Colombia is very sick too, run by a sick man who likes making cocaine & selling it to the United States, & he’s not going to be doing it very long,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One.

#imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #oil #sovereignty #WarCrimes #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/venezuela-trump-maduro-01-04-26?post-id=cmk0gm3dm00103b6qjg1wfaa3

Top #Republican lawmakers are firmly backing the #Trump admin’s arrest of Venezuela’s president & assertions of control over the South American nation’s #oil industry, but some #GOP senators are drawing the line on more attacks without the approval of #Congress.

#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #law #WarPowers #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw

As the #Trump admin asserts a #NewWorldOrder guided by #military #force & #economic #power — & Trump calls for a massive increase in military spending to confront these “dangerous times” — #US #allies are insisting that global stability depends on following #InternationalLaw.

#MafiaState #imperialism #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Maduro #abduction #Venezuela #oil #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy

These idiots have no idea what they’re doing

#Rubio says #US won’t govern #Venezuela but will press changes through #oil blockade

# #idiocracy #kakistocracy #geopolitics #law #Congress #WarPowers #criminal #Trump #Maduro #abduction #LandGrab #sovereignty #WarCrimes #ExtrajudicialKillings #theft #piracy #InternationalLaw
https://apnews.com/live/us-venezuela-trump-maduro-updates-01-04-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-01-04-Breaking+News

I made a short, visual summary inspired by this clip with Cory Doctorow, about how various groups have accused each other of "piracy" through the years @pluralistic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS0BcHTxHfk

#Piracy #sketchnotes #sketchnote #VisualThinking #Copyright #illustration

#RT, the #Russia state-owned broadcaster, published images of a helicopter approaching the Russian-flagged #OilTanker being pursued by the #USCG & said it appeared US forces were attempting to board.

#China on Wednesday said that US claims on Venezuela’s #oil were “a classic act of bullying.” Mao Ning, a spox for China’s foreign ministry, said #Venezuela has “full & permanent #sovereignty over its #NaturalResources & all #economic activities.”

#Trump #MafiaState #geopolitics #law #piracy