The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 18 hours ago

India has ramped up efforts to police the internet by allowing officials to file takedown orders and to submit them directly to tech firms through a government website. X argues India's actions are illegal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/musk-modi-india-internet-censorship/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #x #socialmedia #censorship #internet #elonmusk #india #narendramodi
Marcus Regenberg | marreg
@marreg@digitalcourage.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Watching you – Die Welt von Palantir und Alex Karp

#hr · 89 Min

Erstmals schaut ein Dokumentarfilm auf den US-Milliardär Alex Karp und seine so mysteriöse wie abgeschottete Firma #Palantir. Neben #ElonMusk, seinem Mitgründer #PeterThiel und #SamAltman gilt der #CEO von Palantir als einer der bedeutendsten Digital Leader. Wie sie profitiert #AlexKarp von der Wahl #DonaldTrumps zum Präsidenten der #USA. Doch hierzulande ist er noch recht unbekannt – und das obwohl auch deutsche #Polizeibehörden mit der Palantir-Software “#Gotham” arbeiten: Das erfolgreiche und gleichzeitig umstrittene #Datenanalyse-Programm ist darauf spezialisiert, große Mengen an Daten zu bündeln und zu visualisieren, mit dem Ziel der #Informationsgewinnung und #Überwachung. “Gotham” kann über #digitale Datenanalysen weltweit #Profile einzelner #Menschen erstellen. Die Software unterstützt #Geheimdienste, #Militär und #Polizeibehörden bei der angeblichen Terrorbekämpfung.

→ https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/MDc1MzJkNzgtZGMxNC00YzBmLTg0OTAtOWZiYWY5NTk5Njll
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago
#Trump threatens to take over #WashingtonDC governance

Trump said on Tues the #FederalGovernment could take control of #Washington, #DC if the local govt "doesn't get its act together," with his comments coming in a social media post complaining about crime in the #US capital.

"The Law in DC must be changed to prosecute these 'minors' as adults, & lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14," Trump posted.

#law #democracy#Constitution#ArticleOne#HomeRuleAct
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-threatens-take-over-washington-dcs-governance-2025-08-05/
Nonilex
@Nonilex@masto.ai replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

"If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, & quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City," #Trump added.

Trump’s latest threat to take over #WashingtonDC came after he learned that #ElonMusk protégé & former #DOGE staffer known as #BigBalls was injured in an attempted carjacking Sunday morning in #DC.

#law #democracy#Constitution#ArticleOne#HomeRuleAct#DCstatehood

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-1/section-8/clause-17

https://dccouncil.gov/dc-home-rule/
Roni Laukkarinen
@rolle@mementomori.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

"So here's the catch. If you have the power of geoengineering to turn Mars into Earth, then you have the power of geoengineering to turn Earth back into Earth."
– Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and writer

Video clip of showing Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and writer speaking, transcript: Climate change will not make earth uninhabitable. Climate change will make earth a living hell. In fact, I live in New York city where in our harbor we have the statue of liberty and she is holding the declaration of independence in her left arm and her right arm has the torch. The melting ice on land? The ocean level will rise to reach her left elbow. So that takes out all of New York city and basically every other coastal that we've spent tousands of years building since the dawn of civilization. So life will be very very different. So the way I look at it there is people who want to colonize other planets, give us an escape route. We trashed earth, let's move elsewhere and hope we don't trash that. Well, there aren't many places to move. You'll vaporize on Venus, so you're not going to Venus. Mars rotates once every 24 hours. That's kind of interesting. It's tipped on its as earth is, which means it has seasons, it has polar ice caps the way we stil do at this moment, and there is evidence of running water on its surface. So there's a chance we could terraform Mars. My favourite word over the past few decades. You turn something that is not Earth to something that's like Earth. Then you just move there. So here's the catch. If you have the power of geoengineering, to turn Mars into Earth, then you have the power of geoengineering, to turn Earth back into Earth.
Video clip of showing Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and writer speaking, transcript: Climate change will not make earth uninhabitable. Climate change will make earth a living hell. In fact, I live in New York city where in our harbor we have the statue of liberty and she is holding the declaration of independence in her left arm and her right arm has the torch. The melting ice on land? The ocean level will rise to reach her left elbow. So that takes out all of New York city and basically every other coastal that we've spent tousands of years building since the dawn of civilization. So life will be very very different. So the way I look at it there is people who want to colonize other planets, give us an escape route. We trashed earth, let's move elsewhere and hope we don't trash that. Well, there aren't many places to move. You'll vaporize on Venus, so you're not going to Venus. Mars rotates once every 24 hours. That's kind of interesting. It's tipped on its as earth is, which means it has seasons, it has polar ice caps the way we stil do at this moment, and there is evidence of running water on its surface. So there's a chance we could terraform Mars. My favourite word over the past few decades. You turn something that is not Earth to something that's like Earth. Then you just move there. So here's the catch. If you have the power of geoengineering, to turn Mars into Earth, then you have the power of geoengineering, to turn Earth back into Earth.
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@_9CL7T9k8cjnD_@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago
@rolle Calling #ElonMusk
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦
@benroyce@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week
#JustinJones is a #Democrat who represents a state district in #Tennessee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Jones_(Tennessee_politician)

#Elon#Musk#ElonMusk announced a project

In Jones' district

A *state hosted* event on the project, not a private or business gathering, prevented Jones from entering the event

While letting in #MAGA#GOP#Republican politicians from districts in other parts of the state

https://www.wsmv.com/2025/07/29/rep-justin-jones-denied-entry-into-music-city-loop-announcement-event/

Justin Jones in a lobby unsuccessfully arguing to be let in to an official state function concerning his own state district and encountering partisan malice
Justin Jones in a lobby unsuccessfully arguing to be let in to an official state function concerning his own state district and encountering partisan malice
Ben Royce 🇺🇦
@benroyce@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week
#JustinJones is a #Democrat who represents a state district in #Tennessee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Jones_(Tennessee_politician)

#Elon#Musk#ElonMusk announced a project

In Jones' district

A *state hosted* event on the project, not a private or business gathering, prevented Jones from entering the event

While letting in #MAGA#GOP#Republican politicians from districts in other parts of the state

https://www.wsmv.com/2025/07/29/rep-justin-jones-denied-entry-into-music-city-loop-announcement-event/

Justin Jones in a lobby unsuccessfully arguing to be let in to an official state function concerning his own state district and encountering partisan malice
Justin Jones in a lobby unsuccessfully arguing to be let in to an official state function concerning his own state district and encountering partisan malice