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Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant


https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5752369

A whole industry of data brokers buys up vast quantities of electronic information from cell phone apps and web browsers and sells it to advertisers who use that data to target ads. The same industry also sells that data, including bulk cell phone location data, to police departments and federal government agencies in ways that can reveal intimate details about Americans without a warrant.\
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Now, privacy advocates say that the best chance for Congress to close the well-known loophole around the Fourth Amendment that allows for that sort of governmental snooping is coming up in just a few weeks.\
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That's when Congress is expected to take up reauthorization of what is known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire on April 20.


#privacy #security #surveillance #wyden #section-702 #gabbard #tulsi-gabbard #ron-wyden #congress #usa #human-rights #data-brokers #perverts #perversion #voyeurism #smartphones #smart-phones


#USA #war #machine
March 21, 2026. Saturday
Oh! Here we go! War-R-Us. The America people are being '"groomed", step by step. Meet the new war, just like all the other Middle East wars. Nothing meaningful will be accomplished. There will only be massive deaths, destruction and trillions of dollars spent. Everybody have eight more kids. We'll need replacements for the USA Industrial War Machine.
- US to deploy thousands of additional troops to the Middle East, officials say - Reuters News
https://www.reuters.com/world/us-deploy-thousands-additional-troops-middle-east-officials-say-2026-03-20/


Donald Trumps Deals: Wer muss dafür zahlen?


Die neuen Dealmaker - Über Wirtschaftskriege und Kriegswirtschaften

Mit Donald Trumps zweiter Amtszeit zerbricht die Nachkriegsordnung der Weltwirtschaft. Handelskriege, nationale Egoismen prägen Politik und Ökonomie.#Kriegswirtschaft #Wirtschaftskrieg #USA #DonaldTrump #Weltwirtschaft
Donald Trumps Deals: Wer muss dafür zahlen?



Seek&Find Agency Edition: These are pictures from inside the Lolitaexpress. Find the hidden recording devices for video and audio!


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"Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre has filed various lawsuits against the pedophile Epstein and his jailed madam Ghislaine Maxwell, claiming she was recruited as a 15-year-old 'sex slave' and forced to 'entertain' a string of VIPs on board the jet."

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#lolitaexpress #trumpepsteinfiles #epstein #news #usa #mossad #airplane


Yesterday I got my annual pass for the National Parks.

The person handed it to me to sign the back and I just put it in my wallet without looking at it.

It's when I took it out to enter the park that I felt like throwing up in the car.

It's just like the Kennedy center, the ballroom, the Nobel prize...

The guy plasters himself on everything he destroys.

Pathetic piece of shit.

#trump #usa #environment #nature #parks #nationalparks #vote

Picture of the front of the annual pass for the American National Park.
On the bottom left there's America 250 but more than half the front is with a picture with the portrait of Washington and a horrible picture of Trump looking ominous with dramatic light on his face wanting to look all tough.
Above there's the text America the beautiful. The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass.


Somewhere in the USA. High above the city, this abandoned penthouse cinema spans the top two floors of a narrow 10-storey building. This #ArtDeco era theatre started life as a vaudeville venue but appears to have fallen out of use when other theatres switched to movies.

In the early 1960s it came back into use, showing foreign and art-house films. Within a decade the cinema would close for good.

#USA #America #Abandoned #LostPlaces #Photography #Cinema #Theatre #Theater #Vaudeville #Showbiz

The image shows a theater interior, in a ruined state, featuring decaying architecture and tattered remnants. An abandoned theater shows rows of seats facing a stage covered in debris. The structure's age and disrepair is apparent throughout, with peeling paint and damaged architecture.
A wide view of a decaying, abandoned theater with rows of seats and a stage. The theater has large arched windows An abandoned theatre shows rows of empty seats, dilapidated curtains, and broken windows.


"The Education Department said Wednesday that it is partnering with conservative organizations to present educational programming."

"Several organizations commented on “restoring” or “bringing back” American values and patriotism, echoing rhetoric from Trump: “Turning Point USA is more resolved than ever to advance God-centered, virtuous education for students flourishing across our nation.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/education-department-partners-with-conservative-groups-for-civics-programming/ar-AA1MLK7T

#Education #racism #blackhistory #usa #women #conservative #religion #maga


"Another tough pill to swallow? Violence works. For them.
Fascists use violence while claiming to be victims.
They create chaos that “requires” their authoritarian solution. Then they purge anyone who opposes them.
Meanwhile, democrats keep insisting on following rules that fascists completely ignore. They file lawsuits. They write editorials. They vote on resolutions.
And fascists just laugh and keep consolidating power."

https://medium.com/@carmitage/i-researched-every-attempt-to-stop-fascism-in-history-the-success-rate-is-0-a665e2e048a2

#uspol #maga #fascism #usa


I need to wrap my head around the fact that private donors, sports' sponsors and students paying tens of thousands of dollars a year is not enough for universities to be financially sound.

I'd really like to see audits of these universities.
Somehow I don't think teachers' pay is the biggest expense.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/politics/universities-cut-deals-trump/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

#university #education #usa #uspol #budget #taxtherich #capitalism


"Ultimately, some brands may be forced to "redefine value beyond just ultra-low prices," the WSJ suggested."

When I see the absolute crap and mostly useless products Americans buy, especially with fast fashion, I tend to hope this move will put a dent in America hyper-consumerism culture.

But I also see how it will put some small business in deep trouble.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/trump-suspends-trade-loophole-for-cheap-online-retailers-globally/

#business #economy #trade #capitalism #consumerism #usa #fashion #china


And car makers know they're polluting the planet.
And health insurance know they're killing people.
And cigarette/pesticide/plastic/teflon companies know they're selling highly cancerous products...

The only "conspiracy" in this world is capitalism ready to kill people for money.

https://www.thetrace.org/2025/07/gun-rights-concealed-carry-fear-nssf/

#capitalism #gun #gunviolence #usa #uspol #lobby


For Trumpsters who think only fraudsters will loose healthcare.

"Because of a statutory requirement to automatically impose budget cuts when legislation increases the deficit, the Big Beautiful Bill would require automatic cuts across the board."

"Medicare is one of the programs that will face the axe, starting in the next fiscal year that begins in October."

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-03-republicans-cutting-medicare-not-only-medicaid/

#republican #trump #healthcare #usa #uspol #politics #health #economy


📣 The number of followers of German scientific institutions in the #Fediverse surpassed the 160k mark 💥 last weekend, see
👉 https://mastodon-listen.playground.54gradsoftware.de/?liste=institute-de

Yes, it's true: we shouldn't get caught up in this nonsensical discussion about #reach in the Fediverse.
On the other hand, it’s a great success 🏆 for initiatives such as #Unis4Mastodon, #Byebyeelon, #WissXit, #SaveSocial, @helloQuitX and others that more than 150 research institutions in Germany are contributing to the expansion of the Fediverse.

To our friends in the #USA, we say that we are alarmed at how the new #USpolicy is attacking #science. We are trying to build decentralized and independent #socialnetworks to make our research institutions and democracy resilient to attacks from #autocrats and #hostilitytoscience.
And we think this transformation should happen in other countries, too, to strengthen #democracy.

#SciComm #eXit


Isnt this illustration saying a lot....

I like how on https://tromnews.com/illustrations/ you can see this world represented with illustrations rather than words. And they say a lot.

#musk #trump #politics #usa #billionaires #news


DNA testing site 23andMe files for bankruptcy protection - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9q4r9xy9wro

Of course...a bullshit company, like most companies, providing nothing useful for the people and now even putting their personal information (and DNA) at risk. Because you know, other company may buy it and who knows what it does with the data. I have been saying that since the beginning when everyone was so excited about this useless company.

To read the DNA for useful purposes should be the job of entities that do not make a business out of it, but take care of people´s health. This nonsense of "see where you ancestors are from" "see if you are fucking irish or a goblin", is so useless even if accurate, which may not even be.

Anyway, another story of nonsense companies that make people give them their data to then fuck up this information for everyone.

#TradeRuinsEverything #capitalism #usa #profit #money


So remember folks, support huge EU corporations like this German one instead of US ones because our European Values™ are… oh…

“What Europe needs is something like DOGE.” – Tim Höttges, CEO, Deutsche Telekom AG (also, an asshole)

#EU #USA #fascism #corporatocracy #corporations #capitalism #EuroDOGE https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline/114109161159516607


For all the terrible things that are happening right now, you can be a force for positive change.

Here are a couple links to connect locally and nationally for political action:

https://naacp.org/take-action

https://www.mobilize.us

#uspol #usa #politics #BLM #action #activism

A cartoon featuring the Statue of Liberty and the figure of Justice, both standing side by side. The Statue of Liberty holds a tablet and a torch, while the figure of Justice is blindfolded and holds scales and a sword. Above them is a word bubble both saying “not resigning.”