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A bipartisan group of over 260 US state legislators sign a letter opposing a federal budget bill provision that bans states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years (Sophia Fox-Sowell/StateScoop)
https://statescoop.com/state-lawmakers-push-back-fe…

State lawmakers push back on federal proposal to limit AI regulation
More than 260 state legislators from all 50 states have signed a letter opposing a provision in the federal budget reconciliation bill that would limit state power in regulating AI.

“Legitimate interests is now our legal basis for using your information to improve Meta Products.”
Alright, Zuck. 😂
Here’s what's included:
https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?section_id=18.4-LegitimateInterestsWeRely

I'll test it on Apples.
I use the Orion browser on Apple computers. EFF's attempting to tell advertisers to USE EXPLICIT METHODS to control ads, and our privacy.
The Orion browser has its own "advanced" blockers.
But because it has Firefox extensions, it should "work" in Orion (the free browser by search engine company Kagi). Also, on iPads and iPhones, extensions work in Orion, but not Safari.
Privacy is a Human Right.

🎉 perfSONAR turns 20! 🎉
What started with a single line of code in 2001 has grown into a worldwide network performance monitoring infrastructure, spanning all 7 continents with:
✅ 20 years of continuous operation
✅ 6 leading R&E networks driving its development
✅ over 2,000 registered instances deployed across 1,000 organizations
Learn more about perfSONAR’s journey and impact over the past 20 years:

perfSONAR Celebrates 20 Years of Simplifying Global Research Collaboration Through Standardized Network Measurement and Testing | GÉANT CONNECT Online
April 2, 2025 — The global research and education (R&E) community is celebrating a major milestone in high-performance networking and collaboration: the 20th anniversary of perfSONAR. Since April 2005, this powerful, open-source toolkit has enabled researchers and network operators to measure and troubleshoot performance across diverse network environments. perfSONAR’s reach has extended to all seven

Kulturstaatsminister Weimers Pläne für eine Digitalabgabe sorgen für Diskussion. Der Bitkom prophezeit, dass die Abgabe einfach durch #Google, #Meta und Co über höhere Preise auf Verbraucher umgelegt wird , Weimer verweist auf positive österreichische Erfahrungen. Klar ist: Die Tech-Konzerne wehren sich…

Google, Meta und Co.: Kulturstaatsminister will Internetriesen zur Kasse bitten
Kulturstaatsminister Weimer plant eine Digitalabgabe. Künftig sollen Internetplattformen wie Google in Deutschland besteuert werden. Für das geplante Gesetz gibt es ein europäisches Vorbild.

"German lawyers who work with any of the nine U.S. law firms that made deals with the Trump administration could be in breach of the German legal professional code of conduct, the German Bar Association (DAV) has warned."
German Bar Association Warns That Working With Yellow-Bellied Firms Could Violate Professional Codes Of Conduct - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/06/german-bar-association-warns-that-working-with-yellow-bellied-firms-could-violate-professional-codes-of-conduct/

Richardson is a former Marine artillery officer... he has no prior experience in disaster response.
☑️ David Richardson: FEMA head told staff he was previously unaware US has a hurricane season | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/02/politics/da

FEMA head told staff he was previously unaware US has a hurricane season
Staff at the Federal Emergency Management Agency were caught off-guard and left bewildered when the disaster relief agency’s new acting head David Richardson told personnel that he was previously unaware that the United States has a hurricane season, which started Sunday.

Free Speech was good while it lasted.

Welp, got another device to get working under Linux. The new rudder pedals came in: Honeycomb Aeronautical Charlie Rudder Pedal. I can see inputs coming in from the device, the `/dev/hidraw` permissions are perfect, but outside of that there is nothing.
Verified the registry settings in MSFS 24 but MSFS also doesn't see the pedals unfortunately. Very frustrating.
#linux

Free Speech was good while it lasted.