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TRT Global - Nigeria deports 102 foreign scammers, mostly Chinese nationals The deportees were among 792 suspected cybercriminals arrested in a single operation in Lagos.

NIGERIA: 102 foreigners deported, incl. 50 Chinese nationals, convicted of ‘cyber-terrorism and internet fraud’. Deportees were among 792 suspected cybercriminals arrested in a single operation last December. trt.global/afrika-engli...

With what has been happening, I'd say don't travel to the US unless you absolutely must. And if you must travel, don't bring a smartphone or laptop.
I'm not sure what would trigger CBP/TSA more: refusing to unlock a device, or not having any devices at all.

Famed anti-racist expert Leonard Zeskind, who warned of fascism's rise, has died Zeskind began studying the white national movement more than 40 years ago and published his findings in his 2009 book, “Blood and Politics.” His work showed uncanny foresight into the rise in anti-imm...

Famed anti-racist expert Leonard Zeskind, who warned of fascism's rise, has died www.kcur.org/news/2025-04...

Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"

I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what Trump did J6

@democrats.org

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This child's death is on every Senator who voted to approve the appointment of an anti-vaxxer to run HHS. I just read that it appears that we're not going to have vaccines for flu and Covid next year. How many more deaths?

House Republican leadership has advised caucus members to avoid in-person town halls, fearing that voter backlash may become viral if circulated online.

🐔 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

We're at the scene in Goodfellas when Jimmy, Tommy, and Henry are planning the Lufthansa heist and the overnight security guard is in on it. Very easy to engage in wanton criminality when anyone who investigates you is bounced out and anyone else who might want to (DOJ) looks the other way 🙃

“Torrenting from a corporate laptop doesn’t feel right”: Meta emails unsealed

A photo of Aaron Swartz (1986-2013) when he was 19.

Last month, Meta admitted to torrenting a controversial large dataset known as LibGen, which includes tens of millions of pirated books. But details around the torrenting were murky until yesterday, when Meta's unredacted emails were made public for the first time. The new evidence showed that Meta torrented "at least 81.7 terabytes of data across multiple shadow libraries through the site Anna’s Archive, including at least 35.7 terabytes of data from Z-Library and LibGen," the authors' court filing said. And "Meta also previously torrented 80.6 terabytes of data from LibGen."

Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models.

In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.

Trump’s absurd proposals distract from his damaging actions | Editorial Hullabaloo over Donald Trump's North American trade war feint and Gaza takeover drew attention away from the real dirty work: a purge of federal workers and Elon Musk's unchecked power.

It's sad that so many media outlets have fallen for all the distractions, from Greenland to Gaza to tariffs that keep getting delayed, when the real goal is Musk's dismantling of the government

The Philadelphia Inquirer gets it. Our latest editorial: www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

Do not give away your power.

If it was ever anything else, the CDC is now a wholly political organization, dedicated to suppressing information that would harm the president, and manufacturing cause to harm his opponents.

public health factors nowhere into leadership's ambitions.

Measles outbreak expands in West Texas around county with low vaccination rate

If RFK Jr is confirmed as HHS secretary, expect these headlines to become even more frequent and tragic.

Scientific institutions have a long history of anticipatory obedience Societies should learn from this and speak up to support inclusion

"Anyone who has studied science under the Nazis...cannot fail to be dismayed and alarmed at the parallels in the response so far of scientific institutions and academies to the purges and abuses of power following Trump’s executive orders" 🧪 #scicomm

www.chemistryworld.com/opinion/scie...

A black and white digital image featuring the Anonymous Guy Fawkes mask with the text: “Knowledge is free. We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.”

So-called #Anonymous accounts that sell knowledge under the name of our collective are deceiving and manipulating people.

Opinion | Trump’s Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans (Gift Article) Trump’s attacks on trans people are on the wrong side of history and humanity.

"The chaos of these past few weeks shouldn’t mask that in this period, Trump has also waged as direct a campaign against a single, vulnerable minority as we’ve seen in generations."

A NYT editorial headline with a black background and white text. The headline reads: 'Trump’s Shameful Campaign Against Transgender Americans,' published by 'The Editorial Board' under the 'Opinion' section. The publication date and time are February 9, 2025, at 6:00 a.m. ET."

Now the New York Times wants to act appalled at transphobia they helped normalize.

I am going to become the joker.

Trump is also going full South African apartheid, ranting and peddling right-wing conspiracies about the government seizing farms from "white people" and threatening to "act" but cutting all funding from the US.

The 'panic button' app they have has also been disabled as a result.

The U.S. is deliberately stranding American aid workers in war zones

Serious question.

I can see them possibly thinking digital surveillance along with Space X and its satellites could replace HUMINT, etc.

If you haven’t read the Palantir CEO’s letter to shareholders sections are in this thread and it’s ominous-sounding:
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That would fit.

And "targeting drug cartels": *laughs in Air America*

This is the end of America as we once knew it

a man and a woman are sitting at a desk in a lab with a refrigerator in the background Alt: Epic scene from NCIS where Tim and Abby type on the same keyboard at the same time

Every nation states security service trying to hack the baby Nazis laptops.

I'm seeing disturbing trends in my industry.

In the last week, both an Amazon Liquidator, & a PAWN SHOP, have both gone out of business, & put all their merchandise up for auction.

Folks, when even the bottom-feeders can't get fed, something is off.