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Chaos Communication Congress: Der 39C3 hat begonnen
Hamburg ist kurz vor Jahresende wieder der Nabel der Hacker-Welt. Der Chaos Computer Club lädt zum 39. Chaos Communication Congress. Tausende werden erwartet.
https://w…

The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country -- because it doesn’t like their speech.
This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you,
congratulations on your reading comprehension.
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s State Department declared the
“Announcement of Actions to Combat the Global Censorship-Industrial Complex,”
which will take
“decisive actio…

Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.

Sixty-five countries sign a UN cybercrime treaty to share data and extradite suspects, despite privacy and security concerns from tech companies and activists (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/cybe

UN cybercrime treaty signed in Hanoi despite security, privacy concerns
Countries meeting in Vietnam vow mutual help to collect data, extradite suspects

Wer mag, kann mir heute um 13:45 zuhören (nur auf dem Congress, wird nicht gestreamt oder aufgezeichnet): https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/event/detail/hakuna-data-eine-sehr-kurze-einfuhrung-in-kiswahil

[39c3] Hakuna Data: Eine (sehr kurze) Einführung in Kiswahili, lexikographische Daten auf Wikidata und Wikifunctions
Angenommen du reist nach Nairobi zu einer Wikimedia-Konferenz, lernst gerade so Touri-Phrasen wie "Hujambo" und "Asante", und plötzlich beginnst du dich für die Datenstruktur der Sprache zu interessieren. Das ist mir dieses Jahr passiert. Swahili ...

A look at Live Nation's Setlist.fm, a wiki-like site with 80M annual users that changed live music by letting users document songs that artists play at concerts (Marc Hogan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/arts/music/setlist-fm-website-con…

The Website Reshaping Live Music, One Set List at a Time
On Setlist.fm, users track what songs artists play at concerts (and more). The availability of so much data has changed the ways musicians and fans experience shows.

After a week of reprimands, some in Congress are having second thoughts
The recent onslaught of disciplinary actions has diminished their effect, said Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota),
who was removed from the Foreign Affairs Committee last Congress.
Republicans unsuccessfully attempted to censure Omar earlier this year for comments accusing conservatives of using Charlie Kirk’s death to advance their political goals and suggesting that Kirk did not support “civil debate.”

After a week of censures, some in Congress are having second thoughts
Censures were historically rare rebukes against lawmakers. But members of the House are increasingly using them in ways their peers say are political.

Musician Chuck Redd called off the annual Christmas Eve performances after the Kennedy Center board added Trump’s name to the performing arts center.
Kennedy Center's MAGA Chief Threatens Legal Action Against Redd Over Canceled Christmas Concert
https://www.nytimes.…

Kennedy Center Chief Threatens Legal Action Over Canceled Christmas Concert
The musician Chuck Redd called off the annual Christmas Eve performances after the Kennedy Center board added President Trump’s name to the performing arts center.

What began as a modest workplace amenity for public servants has metastasized into a taxpayer-funded citadel of privilege
— a Capitol Hill concierge service offering the kind of round-the-clock care and personalized access that, in the private sector, is the sort of luxury care only millionaires can afford.
All the while, the nation’s public health care system lists beneath it. 
When a lawmaker collapses, Washington treats it like a national emergency.
In 2012, Senator…

Congress Enjoys Ultra-Luxe Health Care as It Fights to Gut Yours
Congress has ensured its members receive ultra-luxe health care as Republican keep the government closed over stripping it from Americans.

We are grieving the loss of
#Kristina #Gjerde, who passed away yesterday, 26 December 2025, of cancer.
She was a lawyer — graceful, thoughtful, and elegantly articulate — who championed the Ocean, particularly the deep sea.
Read our full statement here:

We are grieving the loss of Kristina Gjerde, who passed away yesterday, 26 December 2025, of cancer. She was a lawyer — graceful, thoughtful, and elegantly articulate — who championed the Ocean… | Schmidt Ocean Institute
We are grieving the loss of Kristina Gjerde, who passed away yesterday, 26 December 2025, of cancer. She was a lawyer — graceful, thoughtful, and elegantly articulate — who championed the Ocean, particularly the deep sea. Her legacy is tremendous. She was co-founder of the Deep Ocean Stewardship Initiative, the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, and the High Seas Alliance. Along with many other colleagues around the world, she fought for the High Seas Treaty, also known as the Biodiversity B…