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Byrnejmf

@Byrnejmf@canada.masto.host · 4 hours ago

#ChatGPT donating to #trump #MAGA $25 million! Maybe switch your #AI subscription

petersuber

@petersuber@fediscience.org · 13 hours ago

"Federal Data Is Disappearing."
https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/federal-data-is-disappearing

"Since retaking office, the Trump administration has transformed how the government collects data, cut access to previously-public data and stopped collecting some data altogether. This overhaul has left significant holes in data on everything from substance use to maternal mortality…Researchers estimate that well over 3,000 data sets have been removed from public access."

#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

NOTUS

Federal Data Is Disappearing

The Trump administration has disrupted data collection on everything from homeland security, maternal mortality, hunger, drug use, education, disaster preparation and the economy.

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petersuber

@petersuber@fediscience.org · yesterday

Happy first birthday, #DataRescueProject (@datarescueproject.org)!
https://www.datarescueproject.org/a-year-in-data-rescue/

"In a single year, we have rescued over 2500 datasets from over 90 government agencies. This work was supported by over 900 volunteers."

#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

petersuber

@petersuber@fediscience.org · yesterday

Happy first birthday, #DataRescueProject (@datarescueproject.org)!
https://www.datarescueproject.org/a-year-in-data-rescue/

"In a single year, we have rescued over 2500 datasets from over 90 government agencies. This work was supported by over 900 volunteers."

#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

petersuber

@petersuber@fediscience.org · 2 days ago

"Trump’s GOP Makeover is Almost Complete."
https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/trumps-gop-makeover-is-almost-complete

PS: One problem is that too few #Republicans in Congress have the courage to break with #Trump even when they despise him in private. But behind that lies a structural problem. Those who do break with Trump leave office.

#USPol #USPolitics

Graphic showing steady decline in the number of Republicans in Congress who have broken with Trump on a major vote.

Antonio Mazzeo

@antoniomazzeo@sociale.network · 2 days ago

#stopthegenocideingaza🇵🇸 #Trump autorizza forniture d’armi per 7 miliardi di dollari: destinazione #Israele
Affari d'oro per #Leonardo e aziende americane del settore. Bisogna proteggere Gaza, che sarà trasformata in un mega Resort-Casinò pluristellato per facoltosi turisti
Il ministero della Guerra USA ha approvato un piano di oltre 7 miliardi di dollari per il trasferimento ad Israele di elicotteri d’attacco, veicoli leggeri terrestri e componenti per elicotteri leggeri. https://www.africa-express.info/2026/02/04/trump-autorizza-forniture-darmi-per-7-miliardi-di-dollari-destinazione-israele/

Africa Express: notizie dal continente dimenticato

Trump autorizza forniture d'armi per 7 miliardi di dollari: destinazione Israele - Africa Express: notizie dal continente dimenticato

Dal Nostro Redattore Difesa Antonio Mazzeo 4 febbraio 2026 Nuove forniture di sistemi d’arma USA per i prossimi interventi bellici di Israele a Gaza e in Medio oriente. E qualche buon affare anche per il gruppo Leonardo SpA.. A fine gennaio, il ministero della Guerra degli Stati Uniti d’America ha approvato un piano di oltre […]

Script Kiddie

@scriptkiddie@anonsys.net · 2 days ago

Antonio Mazzeo

@antoniomazzeo@sociale.network · 3 days ago

#war #Trump contro il mondo, le crisi che ridisegnano il mondo
LEVANTE 03.02.2026 - Casa del Sole Tv
In questo approfondimento geopolitico esclusivo, analizziamo le crisi globali che stanno ridefinendo il mondo nel 2026. Sotto l'amministrazione Trump, gli USA lanciano operazioni audaci in Venezuela, sfidano la Cina sulle terre rare, pressano la Groenlandia e agitano l’Iran. È l'inizio di una nuova era di unilateralismo americano o il rischio di un conflitto mondiale?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZqdHR1dzVg

Prof. Sam Lawler

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

What the actual fuck. It's not April Fools Day, right? This is real?! Fuck you, SpaceX. Maybe this will help regulators realize how fucking shortsighted companies' plans in orbit are?

Surely the FCC won't rubber-stamp-approve this one??... ONE MILLION STARLINKS FUUUUCCCKKKKKK

https://au.pcmag.com/networking/115649/spacex-eyes-1-million-satellites-for-orbital-data-center-push

PCMag Australia

SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites For Orbital Data Center Push

Not just thousands. In an FCC filing, the company mentions deploying up to a staggering 'one million satellites' in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

Philip C James

@PhilipCJames@mas.to replied · 3 days ago

@sundogplanets

Hadn't you heard?

#Trump has renamed the #FCC the Feckless Clown Carr....

#KesslerCascade

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zephry

@zephry@mindly.social · 4 days ago

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-5696525/trump-nuclear-safety-regulations-environmental-review

The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review

The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law.

The exclusion announcement comes just days after NPR revealed officials at the Department of Energy had secretly rewritten environmental, safety and security rules to make it easier for the reactors to be built.

trump is a fool and a very dangerous one.

#trump #resist #nuclear #environment

zephry

@zephry@mindly.social · 4 days ago

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/02/nx-s1-5696525/trump-nuclear-safety-regulations-environmental-review

The Trump Administration exempts new nuclear reactors from environmental review

The Trump Administration has created an exclusion for new experimental reactors being built at sites around the U.S. from a major environmental law.

trump is a fool and a very dangerous one.

#trump #resist #nuclear #environment

Jeff Jarvis

@jeffjarvis@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Lesson from Minnesota, Denmark, and now perhaps Harvard: Stand up to the bully.
Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-harvard-payment.html?smid=tw-share

https://www.nytimes.com

Trump Drops Demand for Cash From Harvard After Stiff Resistance

Robert M

@rob11563@mastodon.coffee replied · 4 days ago

@jeffjarvis #Trump has always been a coward. Stand up to him and he'll back down. #uspolitics

**Photos show Donald Trump in military uniform, with athletic teams before dodging the Vietnam draft with ‘bull—t’ injury https://www.nydailynews.com/2015/07/21/photos-show-donald-trump-in-military-uniform-with-athletic-teams-before-dodging-the-vietnam-draft-with-bull-t-injury/ **

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@dalfen@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

The irony of this photo — A border patrol 'agent' hiding behind a face covering & hat while scanning a commuter's face on the road.

I am taking the time to post this entire article to highlight how #DHS / #ICE uses emerging, #privacy -breeching tech to identify & target regular people– potentially undocumented individuals AND #US citizens exercising their 1st Amendment right to express their grievances about such behavior as they observe & record it.

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Image: A Border Patrol Agent (face and hair totally covered) scanning the face of a driver in Minneapolis this month. Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu, via Getty Images

c/o:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — Image: A Border Patrol Agent (face and hair totally covered) scanning the face of a driver in Minneapolis this month. Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu, via Getty Images c/o: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

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@dalfen@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

#ICE ~"is using two facial recognition programs in #Minnesota...including one made by the tech company Clearview AI & a newer program, Mobile Fortify."

It is also "using cellphone & social media tools to monitor people's online activity & potentially hack into phones." 👀

"Agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government & commercial data to identify (people's) realtime locations..."

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#USA #DHS #trump #immigration #1A #privacy

4 media

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

In April, the Homeland Security Department awarded Palantir a nearly $30 million contract to build a system backed by artificial intelligence that would help find and track individuals for deportation. Palantir was due to deliver a prototype by Sept. 25, according to public tenders issued by the agency. The agency has started using the system, two current Homeland Security officials said.
A person familiar with Palantir said the company works with ICE on a database that integrates different information to help agents identify only noncitizens.
In September, the Homeland Security Department also spent nearly $10 million acquiring at least three social media monitoring tools and services that allow it to delve into people's cellphones, according to procurement records and public contracts for the project.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — In April, the Homeland Security Department awarded Palantir a nearly $30 million contract to build a system backed by artificial intelligence that would help find and track individuals for deportation. Palantir was due to deliver a prototype by Sept. 25, according to public tenders issued by the agency. The agency has started using the system, two current Homeland Security officials said. A person familiar with Palantir said the company works with ICE on a database that integrates different information to help agents identify only noncitizens. In September, the Homeland Security Department also spent nearly $10 million acquiring at least three social media monitoring tools and services that allow it to delve into people's cellphones, according to procurement records and public contracts for the project. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

One of the tools, which was built by Paragon, an Israeli technology company, lets people take control of phones or remotely hack into them to read messages or track locations. The others were built by Penlink, a Nebraska-based software company.
They use social media data scraped from the web and information from data brokers to help build dossiers of anyone with a social media account.
Some details of these tools were reported earlier by 404 Media. Paragon and Penlink did not respond to requests for comment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — One of the tools, which was built by Paragon, an Israeli technology company, lets people take control of phones or remotely hack into them to read messages or track locations. The others were built by Penlink, a Nebraska-based software company. They use social media data scraped from the web and information from data brokers to help build dossiers of anyone with a social media account. Some details of these tools were reported earlier by 404 Media. Paragon and Penlink did not respond to requests for comment. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

ICE's use of facial recognition software was documented in videos and photos from local activist groups in Minnesota this month and reviewed by The Times. Two photos captured fatigue-clad agents using cellphones to scan the faces of protesters in Minneapolis, while in one video, agents could be heard telling people that they were being recorded with facial recognition technology and that their faces would be added to a database.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — ICE's use of facial recognition software was documented in videos and photos from local activist groups in Minnesota this month and reviewed by The Times. Two photos captured fatigue-clad agents using cellphones to scan the faces of protesters in Minneapolis, while in one video, agents could be heard telling people that they were being recorded with facial recognition technology and that their faces would be added to a database. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

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@dalfen@mstdn.social · 4 days ago

"...at least seven American citizens (were) told by #ICE agents this month that they were being recorded with facial recognition technology in & around Minneapolis...None had given consent for their faces to be recorded.

"Facial recognition is just one technology tool that ICE has deployed...
The technologies are being used not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track citizens who have protested ICE's presence..."

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#USA #DHS #trump #immigration #Minnesota #1A #privacy

4 media

How ICE Already Knows
Who Minneapolis
Protesters Are
Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are Agents use facial recognition, social media monitoring and other tech tools not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track protesters, current and former officials said. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

On the morning of Jan. 10, Nicole Cleland was in her car trailing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent through Richfield, Minn., her hometown.
Suddenly, the agent turned into a series of one-way streets and stopped, getting out of his white Dodge Ram, said Ms. Cleland, who volunteers with a local watchdog group that observes the activity of immigration officers.
The agent then walked over to Ms.
Cleland's car and surprised her by addressing her as Nicole.
"He said he had facial recognition and that his body camera was on," said Ms.
Cleland, 56, who had not met the agent before.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — On the morning of Jan. 10, Nicole Cleland was in her car trailing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent through Richfield, Minn., her hometown. Suddenly, the agent turned into a series of one-way streets and stopped, getting out of his white Dodge Ram, said Ms. Cleland, who volunteers with a local watchdog group that observes the activity of immigration officers. The agent then walked over to Ms. Cleland's car and surprised her by addressing her as Nicole. "He said he had facial recognition and that his body camera was on," said Ms. Cleland, 56, who had not met the agent before. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

Ms. Cleland was one of at least seven American citizens told by ICE agents this month that they were being recorded with facial recognition technology in and around Minneapolis, according to local activists and videos posted to social media, which were verified by The New York Times. None had given consent for their faces to be recorded.
Facial recognition is just one technology tool that ICE has deployed in Minneapolis, where thousands of agents are conducting a crackdown.
The technologies are being used not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track citizens who have protested ICE's presence, said three current and former officials of the Department of Homeland Security who were not authorized to discuss confidential matters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — Ms. Cleland was one of at least seven American citizens told by ICE agents this month that they were being recorded with facial recognition technology in and around Minneapolis, according to local activists and videos posted to social media, which were verified by The New York Times. None had given consent for their faces to be recorded. Facial recognition is just one technology tool that ICE has deployed in Minneapolis, where thousands of agents are conducting a crackdown. The technologies are being used not only to identify undocumented immigrants but also to track citizens who have protested ICE's presence, said three current and former officials of the Department of Homeland Security who were not authorized to discuss confidential matters. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

ICE is using two facial recognition programs in Minnesota, they said, including one made by the tech company Clearview AI and a newer program, Mobile Fortify. The agency is also using cellphone and social media tools to monitor people's online activity and potentially hack into phones. And agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government and commercial data to identify realtime locations for individuals they are pursuing, the current and former officials said.
"The technologies are being deployed, or appear to be deployed, in a much more aggressive way than we have seen in the past," said Nathan Freed Wessler, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union, which has sued the Homeland Security Department over the immigration operation in Minneapolis. "The conglomeration of all these technologies together is giving the government unprecedented abilities."

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html

Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST — ICE is using two facial recognition programs in Minnesota, they said, including one made by the tech company Clearview AI and a newer program, Mobile Fortify. The agency is also using cellphone and social media tools to monitor people's online activity and potentially hack into phones. And agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government and commercial data to identify realtime locations for individuals they are pursuing, the current and former officials said. "The technologies are being deployed, or appear to be deployed, in a much more aggressive way than we have seen in the past," said Nathan Freed Wessler, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union, which has sued the Homeland Security Department over the immigration operation in Minneapolis. "The conglomeration of all these technologies together is giving the government unprecedented abilities." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html Accessed: 2 Feb 2026 at 1226 PST

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@dalfen@mstdn.social replied · 4 days ago

#ICE ~"is using two facial recognition programs in #Minnesota...including one made by the tech company Clearview AI & a newer program, Mobile Fortify."

It is also "using cellphone & social media tools to monitor people's online activity & potentially hack into phones." 👀

"Agents are tapping into a database, built by the data analytics company Palantir, that combines government & commercial data to identify (people's) realtime locations..."

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#USA #DHS #trump #immigration #1A #privacy