@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialRSF Press Freedom Index hits a 25-year low: over 50% of the world's countries fall into the "difficult" or "very serious" categories; Norway holds the top spot (Reporters Without Borders)
https://rsf.org/en/2026-rsf-index-press-freedom-25-year-low…
@servelan@newsie.socialSeein's how Elvis is dead, that is a true statement...
Trump: I Might Replace Freedom 250 Concert With Trump Rally Since I Get "Larger Audiences Than Elvis" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2026/05/trump-i-might-replace-freedom-250-concert-with-trump-rally-since-i-get-larger-audiences-than-elvis/
@memeorandum@universeodon.comOne birthday, two party planners: Freedom 250 vs. America250, explained (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-freedom-250-concert-america-250-difference-artists-cancel-rcna347573
http://www.memeorandum.com/260529/p126#a260529p126
@mia@hcommons.socialAudrey Tang @… on 'Software Freedom as Civic Care' and so much more - 'care ethics, democracy, local stewardship and self-governance' https://civic.ai/software-freedom-as-c
@cdarwin@c.imMore than half the performers slated for Trump's "Great American State Fair" concert series to be held this summer on the National Mall have pulled out,
citing the event’s political associations.
The latest act to drop out is Bret Michaels, the vocalist for hair-metal band Poison, citing threats and the event’s “divisive” response.
Michaels follows country singer-songwriter Martina McBride, who wrote Thursday on social media that she was
“presented with an op…
@janneke@todon.nlIt's so scary and painful to watch the speed and enthusiasm with which the bastion of software freedom that we built the past 40 years is being ripped apart by rust-infatuated drones doing Big Tech's biddings. Remove Copyleft protection at all cost so that we can steal all your work for our proprietary evils.
"So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause" -- Padmé Amidala
#FreeSoftware
@trochee@dair-community.socialTo me, Banks is the first prophet of Judith and Octavia's Jihad.
> One of the most important tasks in setting up and running a stable and internally content civilisation is finding an acceptable balance between the desire for freedom of choice in one's actions (and the freedom from mortal fear in one's life) and the need to feel that even in a society so self-correctingly Utopian one is still contributing something.
A Few Notes on the Culture, by Iain M Banks
@kctipton@mas.toLiving With the Freedom Caucus - Barn Raiser https://barnraisingmedia.com/living-with-the-freedom-caucus/ "...shows what happens when “limited government” advocates direct public policy."
@dderigo@hostux.social1/
A commentary [1] reminds how fast science and research may backslide when freedom backslides.
An idea so old: replacing "peer review with the judgment of nonexpert political appointees" towards "complete political control of science" [1]
This made me think again about liberty (John Stuart Mill: https://
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Pharoah Sanders:
🎵 you got to have freedom (Opolopo Tweak)
#PharoahSanders
https://markdeclivelowe.bandcamp.com/track/youve-got-to-have-freedom
https://open.spotify.com/track/1sxRufRKMer2iOqxUkdhN4
@kurtsh@mastodon.socialRepublicans are legally forcing University of Iowa students to take their conservative political indoctrination course in order to graduate.
☑️ #Iowa lawmakers move to mandate students take Center for Intellectual Freedom classes amid low enrollment
@fgraver@hcommons.socialThe role of literature as the key to personal freedom | Aeon Essays https://aeon.co/essays/the-role-of-literature-as-the-key-to-personal-freedom
@anildash@me.dmRE: https://social.freedom.press/@freedomofpress/116449031735670570
Tonight! Come join us! Will be a great conversation.
@yaya@jorts.horsedone a bit of sprucing to the football nook, finally put my scarves up and put up the new shirts I got specifically for decoration (bc they don't fit me lol)
I need to acquire a ladder or a tall friend to fill in the space higher up #fedifc
@cdarwin@c.imJournalists covering the U.S. and Israel’s war on Iran should be telling their audiences
not only what they know
but what they were prevented from finding out, and by whom.
That doesn’t just mean an occasional editorial bemoaning threats to press freedom.
Those are valuable, but on their own, they turn speech suppression into a side issue.
The reporting itself should include acknowledgment and explanation of how censorship impacts what the public sees and rea…
@pgogl@troet.cafeLibreOffice greift Google Docs und Microsoft 365 an
Die Document Foundation richtet LibreOffice neu aus. Kern bleibt die Desktop-Version, aber Apps für Webbrowser und Smartphones sollen kommen.
#libreoffice #onprem #freedom
@paul@social.van.buu.reAan de andere kant: ik heb gisteren wel zelf m'n glasvezel van @… aangesloten.
Hartelijkse toedels aan Odido/tmobile!
Hallootjes Freedom!
@aral@mastodon.ar.alKeir Starmer, prime muppet.
@servelan@newsie.socialFarewell to religious freedom, and Trump’s ballroom bribery balderdash
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/25/800027344/series/farewell-to-religious-freedom-and-trumps-ballroom-bribery-balderdash/
@hex@kolektiva.socialThere are all sorts of complex practices and laws around churches, because "religious freedom" is really a minefield. It's not that the state cares about the law, but that the narrative of the US is deeply intertwined with the narrative of "religious freedom" and "escaping religious persecution." (I probably don't need to tell anyone that the people "escaping religious persecution" were some of the absolute worst humans on the planet who were not being persecuted but wanted to be free to persecute others... but I digress.)
It is not aligning with the law that matters, nor any other sort of legal justification for their authority. Authority comes from a complex memetic fabric of woven ideas. This fabric can be attacked, these threads can be pulled out, and eventually the fabric unravels and the authority collapses.
When central authority collapses, dual power institutions pick up the pieces. They replace the faltering authority. Today, as the US government is frantically burning itself down, corporations and churches are the two most developed institutions prepared to fill that void,
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social“Next Saturday, March 28th, I will join millions of Americans taking part in No Kings protests throughout the country. I hope you will join in. Everything is at stake.”
https://snyder.substack.com/p/no-kings-freedom
@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #RoundMidnight
Ni Maxine:
🎵 Freedom
#NiMaxine
https://open.spotify.com/track/5ppqF9lMUGZRyR1oO4mcTN
Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like
- your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post
@memeorandum@universeodon.comGOP-led Florida House tanks AI, medical freedom proposals pushed by DeSantis (Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/florida-house-gop-ai-vaccines-special-session-00895379
http://www.memeorandum.com/260428/p103#a260428p103
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Freedom Fry:
🎵 Le Point Zéro
#NowPlaying #FreedomFry
https://freedomfry.bandcamp.com/track/le-point-z-ro
https://open.spotify.com/track/7M2Qx8EFzYmytCnR1IRLYu
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialInter American Press Association: press freedom in the Americas suffered a "dramatic deterioration" in 2025; the US has "restrictions" on freedom of speech (Astrid Sušrez/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/americas-pr
@jerome@jasette.facil.servicesIt's nuts to me that the only way we get news from Metrolinx plans are through leaks or freedom of information requests.
No timeline, not even clear goals of what they are buildling. We don't know shit. It's insane to run a transit system like that. No wonder everything is late, it seems they don't even know what they are buildling.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Shuggie Otis:
🎵 Freedom Flight
#ShuggieOtis
https://lamagienoire.bandcamp.com/track/freedom-flight-wings-rework
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialBerty - Unstoppable P2P Communication
#bookmarks
@marcel@waldvogel.familyPress freedom is further going down the drain in Trumpistan.
(Sorry, behind a paywall. But the first few sentences are the most important anyway.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/23/pentagon-press-annex-policy-defeat/
@Techpizzamondays@social.linux.pizza @servelan@newsie.socialOpinion | Haiti’s Original Sin? Freedom. - The New York Times
https://archive.ph/edv5s
@tiotasram@kolektiva.socialFinally finished Hardspace: Shipbreaker just now, and while it's a really great game, the ending is, as expected, disappointing. Not the gameplay part of it, that was great, but the failure to gesture towards anything beyond capitalism in these kinds of games/stories is especially galling when they set themselves up to tackle the issue head on. The high doses of rugged individualism in the ending cinematic are especially jarring. Like, isn't the whole point of the game that the workers deserve rights and freedom? But then you let us know that we specifically have earned our freedom through hard work... It can't be both.
Still a very good game overall, with a completely novel set of mechanics and overall world setup that doesn't center violent conflict as the main mechanic (even though violent conflict does play a part), which is a rarity these days.
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com@… For sure.
I largely love the freedom of working from home, but it feels like pulling teeth to get my coworkers to just like... chat about what they're up to.
Mine are always like "I'll show you the code when it's ready" and protective of anything WIP as if of fear of judgement.
I do miss that part of just like... being present w…
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.social"Much of the [French slavery] Code is based on the chilling bargain that slave-trading Catholic countries offered to African captives: They lost their freedom but gained eternal salvation through Christ. Louis felt this to be the keystone of his slave economy. In the English colonies — early Virginia, for example — captives were generally not baptized, because many Protestants believed that Christians could not legitimately be held in bondage."
@pavelasamsonov@mastodon.socialThe product delivery lifecycle is composed of service relationships. AI's main value proposition is freedom from relationships.
When designers champion AI tools, we are not making ourselves layoff-proof. We are reinforcing a system that frames us as unnecessary friction.
If we don't want to serve as janitors for vibe prototypes, We must invest in deliberately designing the service relationships that make up the PDLC.
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
A 3D mouse with 3D printed flexures and PCB coils.
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/31/3d-mouse-with-3d-printed-flexures-and-pcb-coils/
saved 2024-02-03
@jae@mastodon.me.ukYou espouse freedom, but you take away rights from those you disagree with. Freedom should be for ALL!
@grahamperrin@bsd.cafeRE: https://mastodon.social/@EuromaidanPress/116465381175654421
Push To Leave App – Support Ukraine through Consumer Freedom
@markhburton@mstdn.socialI just watched this remarkable film about 5 Sudanese refugees their stories, their hopes, their new lives, their oain and resilience.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002t657/storyville-khartoum
@brian_gettler@mas.toI heard a segment on one of the national broadcasters this morning in which the host spoke of vibe coding as a form of democratization. How impoverished can our collective imagination get? Like "freedom," "democracy" means so much more than what's on sale - genuine democracy can't be found in the capitalist economy like authentic freedom doesn't reside in commodity consumption.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA look at Lawyers for Reporters, a project of the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice, and how it helps news organizations like Deep South Today (Tandy Lau/Editor and Publisher)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/putting-the-free-in-pre…
@kctipton@mas.toFaculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/academic-freedom/2026/04/20/faculty-defect-texas-publics-citing-censorship
@rae@bne.socialCommemorating the Glorious 25th of May.
"Truth! Justice! Freedom. Reasonably-Priced Love! And a Hard-Boiled Egg!"
@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.orgLisa Schiff€
@lschiff.bsky.social€
· 3m
"The case for academic freedom and the independence of the university is far shakier today than it was even a decade ago..." Register for the 5/19 #DefendResearch webinar with Sara Rouhi and Brandon Turner
on this aspect of #censorship
@aredridel@kolektiva.socialPersonalization systems are actually the AI technology I have the most beef with: I don't think we've fully reckoned with the algorithmic manipulation of information they do. Suddenly the info sphere is not an object you can interrogate, but you become the object, and the infosphere around us is made into a mirror.
Weirdly, LLMs used well are actually _better_ about this because they're somewhat more able to be interrogated (though naive questioning is not probing so much why as one would hope). But the breadth of the corpus and the freedom we have to query within it are currently new capabilities. Not to say that some companies aren't well on their way to researching how to personalize that into a reflection again. Google must be stopped, and I trust OpenAI just as little. People's chats still end up adding quite a reflective lens on things, but the raw access is still there if we want to make use of it.
@annsev@troet.cafeHow true. It’s been common knowledge for a long time, but apparently not to everyone—and especially not to all politicians.
https://theconversation.com/to-win-freedom-from-trumps-america-europe-needs-to-overcome-its-…
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioWe don’t make space for flat-Earthers. We also do not make space for people who argue (explicitly or implicitly) that some of our students deserve to be murdered.
The reasons for those two things are not identical — the latter also has to do, for example, with the fact that education requires physical safety — but they rest on a shared principle: free speech means freedom to ignore speech, and freedom to choose which speech we amplify and how. Making such choices is, in fact, the •duty• of upholding free speech.
/end
@servelan@newsie.socialDon’t Count Democracy Out Just Yet
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/dont-count-democracy-out-just-yet-freedom-house-dissidents
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialI have substantial (and that is a euphemism) over claims that government act X (X is a placeholder variable) is invalid because it infringes on a person's "religious freedom" (presumably "free exercise").
I consider that a dangerous claim because there is no clear limit to much exemption may be given to such religious claims?
Suppose my religion is Thuggee, which involves the murder of innocents. Do our criminal laws infringe on the religious freedom to pr…
@dennisfaucher@infosec.exchangeBut, they sent special envoy Jared... 🙂
Trump shelved ‘Project Freedom’ after Saudis refused use of bases and airspace | Saudi Arabia | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/trump-project-freedom-saudi-arabia-strait…
@brichapman@mastodon.socialWhy do some societies protect individual rights but struggle to help people stay connected to each other?
This piece looks at what modern culture gets right about freedom and equality. And what it misses about belonging.
It asks: can we build systems that value both independence and real community?
What would that look like where you live?
@fgraver@hcommons.social2026 RSF Index: press freedom at a 25-year low | RSF https://rsf.org/en/2026-rsf-index-press-freedom-25-year-low
@bobmueller@mastodon.worldThis blows my mind. I can't believe an attorney came up with it and the priests were okay with using it as a defense.
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/catholic-priests-say-charging-them
@cdarwin@c.imDespite Hegseth’s claims of a new type of American strategy,
and his slap-down of the “foolish political leaders and foolish military leaders of the past”,
his promise of “the most lethal and precise air power campaign in history”
appears to be less an innovative approach to warfare than a recycled version of the same old thing.
In the 1991 Desert Storm attacks on Iraq, the 1999 air war against Serbia and the 2003 launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom,
there’s a cle…
@askesis@qoto.org‘Our consciousness is under siege’: Michael Pollan on #chatbots, #socialmedia and mental #freedom
In his new book, the celebrated author explains why we need ‘consciousness hygiene’ to defend ourselves from
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Richie Havens:
🎵 Freedom
#RichieHavens
https://howlerscoyotecafe.bandcamp.com/track/freedom-richie-havens
https://open.spotify.com/track/1lJBRKkB6eIL98dv1c1PCC
@jake4480@c.imI hate to link to Kokaku, but this story about how some Pokopia players are recreating the Kanto region from the original Pokémon Red and Blue games, such as streamer Quenca, is pretty impressive. They're using Pokopia’s “Palette Town” free creation area to do this: https://kotaku.com/pokem…
@adlerweb@social.adlerweb.infoWas gibt es zum runterfahren schöneres als ein paar Freedom-Unit-Verfechter zu ragebaiten… :D
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioRE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116408556882122186
Freedom!
@holger_moller@bildung.social
@privacity@social.linux.pizzaTutti i motivi per abbandonare #GitHub e quali sono le possibili alternative. Il post di @…
Sappiamo che non è un compito facile; GitHub è onnipresente. Grazie al suo marketing efficace, GitHub ha convinto gli sviluppatori di software li…
@cyrevolt@mastodon.socialFree speech is the power to criticize your government without fear of prosecution. It is a basic human right.
It is not about getting away with hurting your neighbor who never caused you any harm. Dignity is a human right.
That is also what "love your neighbor" is about.
It's just a sensible thing to do.
Do not tolerate hate speech.
There is no (need for a) "freedom to hate".
Be kind to one another. 🧡
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialThe greatest trick tech companies ever pulled was convincing people they were offering services for free.
They were never “free” since they were about lock-in, hurting competition, and shifting who was paying for things.
I see this as a challenge for the small web, as we need to convince people their freedom is worth paying for.
#smolWeb
@memeorandum@universeodon.comLefty love boat: Greta Thunberg's freedom flotilla rocked by sexual misconduct allegations (New York Post)
https://nypost.com/2026/04/18/world-news/greta-thunbergs-freedom-flotilla-rocked-by-sexual-misconduct-allegations/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260418/p48#a260418p48
@servelan@newsie.socialCourt battles over academic freedom in Florida and Indiana
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5792492-florida-indiana-academic-freedom-debate/
@cdarwin@c.imWe are calling on ICE to immediately release journalist Estefany Rodriguez, who has covered immigration, including ICE actions, for the local Spanish-language news site Nashville Noticias.
Read the letter we signed with 40 other press freedom groups:
https://www.…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialA coalition of 41 press freedom groups writes an open letter condemning the arrest of Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez by ICE and urging her release (Free Press Action Fund Feed)
https://www.freepress.net/news/coalition-4
@hex@kolektiva.socialWhy this is all relevant to the OP is that there is actually nothing preventing us from exploiting these same vulnerabilities (and doing so far more effectively). The (illusion of The) Satanic Temple has already given us some vision of what that could look like. We can imagine a religious institution that actually challenges power in the way TST claims to do. We could imagine an institution that is more radical. We could imagine an institution so dangerous it actually forces the state to choose between it's own survival and alienating liberals by (more) visibly clamping down on freedom of religion.
One could imagine an anarchist or solar punk religion that intentionally builds an alternative society within the shell of the old, one that recognizes the validity of other religious sects (like, for example, Quakers) who are doing similar things.
While there is a very interesting spiritual element to #CultPunk. I think there's also a very interesting set of radical opportunities that we have long since ignored....
@memeorandum@universeodon.comNYT publisher calls out news outlets for 'capitulation' to Trump administration (Gregory Svirnovskiy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/22/nyt-first-amendment-press-freedom-00934208
http://www.memeorandum.com/260522/p34#a260522p34
@servelan@newsie.socialJudges push back on ICE abuses, and freedom from religion prevails
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/3/21/2373949/-Judges-push-back-on-ICE-abuses-and-freedom-from-religion-prevails
@radioeinsmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Freedom Satellite:
🎵 Astro Black
#NowPlaying #FreedomSatellite
https://open.spotify.com/track/3FPKjKxdYR6o3d25QFsycf
@fgraver@hcommons.socialUS falls below Ukraine in press freedom as global autocracy takes hold - Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/us-falls-below-ukraine-in-press-freedom-as-global-autocracy-takes-hold/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialNYT publisher AG Sulzberger criticized President Trump's incursions on press freedom and chastised some news outlets for capitulating to the president (Gregory Svirnovskiy/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/22/nyt-first-amendment-press-fre…
@rasterweb@mastodon.socialWith a name like that, do we trust them or *not* trust them?
https://1984.hosting/
@cdarwin@c.imHarry Keyishian, one of five University of Buffalo faculty members who were dismissed in the early 1960s for refusing to sign a loyalty oath,
a vestige of anti-Communist witch hunts,
and whose legal challenge led to a Supreme Court decision that enshrined academic freedom with constitutional protection,
died on April 4 in Morristown, N.J. He was 93.
Professor Keyishian (pronounced kay-EE-shee-un) was in an early stage of his career when Buffalo hired him as an English…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Kassa Overall:
🎵 FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE
#KassaOverall
https://kassaoverall.bandcamp.com/track/freedom-jazz-dance
https://open.spotify.com/track/57WNlCxlDldnl8LWw6f0Rs
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialIn an amicus brief, 42 media outlets and advocates argue Trump's EO targeting some law firms restricts media access to pro bono and inexpensive legal counsel (The Intercept)
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/02/press-freedom-defense-fund-law-firms-am…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThis university's 'intellectual freedom' center creates the problem it claims to solve (Victor Ray/MS NOW)
https://www.ms.now/opinion/iowa-intellectual-freedom-christopher-rufo-republicans
http://www.memeorandum.com/260412/p14#a260412p14
@servelan@newsie.socialAbortion is a Religious Freedom: Opinion
https://rewirenewsgroup.com/2026/04/16/abortion-is-a-religious-freedom-opinion/
@ErikJonker@mastodon.socialTrump is desperately trying to get out of the mess he created himself. The 'Project Freedom' is already halted. I guess it is now even possible that Trump will fully pull back, let Iran open the strait of Hormuz and claim "victory" after a completely useless war...
#trump #projectfreedom
@cdarwin@c.imLast May, for unexplained reasons, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence took down its website.
Days later, the site was restored.
But a ton of material was missing, notably hundreds of intelligence-related documents released over the years in response to Freedom of Information Act requests.
Why?
I filed a FOIA request to find out.
This week, a year after I filed my request, and sued ODNI to compel the release of records,
the agency sent me m…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialKuwait arrested journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on March 3; many Gulf states are using anti-terror laws to restrict coverage of infrastructure attacks (Patrick Wintour/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr
@servelan@newsie.socialNorwegian journalist says Meta suspended her accounts after challenging Modi | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/norway-journalist-helle-lyng-india-modi-press-freedom-b2980851.html
@cdarwin@c.imTwo press freedom groups are warning that Larry Ellison may “implement the CBS playbook” at CNN by getting rid of all the anchors President Donald Trump doesn’t like.
In a letter sent Thursday to Paramount Skydance, Freedom of the Press Foundation and Reporters Without Borders demanded to see internal documents, alleging that there was “credible concern that Paramount leadership has offered, solicited, or effectuated a corrupt exchange: more favorable coverage of the Trump administrati…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
George Michael:
🎵 Freedom 90
#GeorgeMichael
https://djiam1.bandcamp.com/track/george-michael-freedom-90-djiam-regroove
https://open.spotify.com/track/1wZ7o1mZysv1l26ZWawVfW
@memeorandum@universeodon.comFreedom Caucus calls for full DHS funding in GOP-only bill, rejecting Trump-endorsed plan (Emily Brooks/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5819560-freedom-caucus-dhs-reconciliation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260407/p91#a260407p91
@servelan@newsie.socialCatholic priests say charging them with sexual abuse violates their religious freedom
https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/catholic-priests-say-charging-them
@memeorandum@universeodon.comScoop: Trump allies want D.C.'s July 4 fireworks to set world record (Cuneyt Dil/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2026/05/14/trump-dc-july-4-fireworks-guinness-world-record-freedom-250
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p132#a260514p132
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
C C Music Factory featuring Freedom Williams:
🎵 Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)
#C CMusicFactory #FreedomWilliams
https://artofficialrecords.bandcamp.com/track/gonna-make-you-sweat-everybody-dance-now-c-c-music-factory-ft-freedom-williams
https://open.spotify.com/track/7eheoW4hxrH51ww2QePVwF
@cdarwin@c.imTexas Tech Students held a mock funeral for academic freedom Thursday,
four weeks after the university system introduced policies that censor women’s and gender studies content
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/studen
@memeorandum@universeodon.comThe United States Proposes a UN Security Council Resolution to Defend Freedom of Navigation and Secure the Strait of Hormuz (Marco Rubio/United States Department of State)
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/05/the-united-states-proposes-a-un-security-council-resolution-to-defend-freedom-of-navigation-and-secure-the-strait-of-hormuz/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260505/p102#a260505p102
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialMore than 250 ex-broadcast journalists urge WHCA dinner organizers "to forcefully demonstrate opposition" to Trump's "efforts to trample freedom of the press" (Michael M. Grynbaum/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/busines
@cdarwin@c.imIn a federal appeals court, lawyers for Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, argued that military retirees were subject to freedom of speech restrictions because of their connection to the military,
-- and that if they didn’t like those restrictions, retirees could forfeit their pension and benefits.
Let that sink in.
The Trump administration expects the people who have put their lives on the line for America to cede one of their basic rights,
or forfeit the reti…
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Jurassic 5:
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@servelan@newsie.socialInteractive map tracks detention centers and provides resources
https://prismreports.org/2026/03/12/detention-centers-map-freedom-for-immigrants/
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialLetter: Freedom of the Press Foundation and RSF seek Paramount's records over reports the Ellisons allegedly agreed to compromise CNN to secure the WBD deal (Oliver Darcy/Status)
https://www.status.news/p/paramount-cnn-warner-bros-merger-ellison-trump
@memeorandum@universeodon.comHarry Keyishian, Lead Plaintiff in Academic Freedom Case, Dies at 93 (Richard Sandomir/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/us/harry-keyishian-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cVA.Ca5t._cCM3XETWCj6&smid=nytcore-ios-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260419/p50#a260419p50
@cdarwin@c.imLibrary workers can better align technology use and instruction in library settings with library values,
through championing the refusal of technologies that conflict with values like privacy and intellectual freedom.
Drawing on experiences with individual patron instruction, class design, and passive programming, the author shares practical steps for helping patrons to understand and fight back against exploitation by digital technologies.
Rejecting the myth that any te…
