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OpenSecrets: crypto sector-backed super PACs have raised $102M so far, the third-most of 2024 election PACs, including $54M from companies like Coinbase (Rick Claypool/Public Citizen)
https://www.citizen.org/article/cryptobros-united-fairshak…

Cryptobros United: Crypto Super PACs Amass Over $100 Million for 2024 Elections - Public Citizen

"Wer den Onlinedienst einer europäischen Anbieterin nutzt, die zu einem amerikanischen Tech-Konzern gehört, darf – so das Bundesgericht – nicht darauf vertrauen, dass keine Daten in die USA gelangen können. Wer in Europa einen solchen «amerikanischen» Onlinedienst nutzt, muss sich vom Bundesgericht sogar einen «risikobehafteten Umgang mit […] Daten» vorwerfen lassen."
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💔 In Brazil, the intelligence services spied on over 300,000 citizens during the military dictatorship
https://globalvoices.org/2024/04/25/in-brazil-the-intelligence-services-spied-on-over-3000…

In Brazil, the intelligence services spied on over 300,000 citizens during the military dictatorship
SNI, the predecessor of the current Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) sought to continue illegal activities after the end of the military dictatorship, according to previously unpublished records

Even ignoring the super scary impact #ChatControl, and other attempts at destroying our digital privacy, will have, it also won't stop what they claim that they want to stop.
The people that this will mainly affect are normal innocent people, and a few of the dumber criminals.
People who care about their privacy will find ways around it, and some of those will sell these workar…

«Quantifying the self with others» looks at the particular #CitizenScience community that is #PersonalScience / #quantifiedself.
«This community cultivated useful conversations about personal health data, the sorts of participatory “reflection and dialogue” needed to achieve “a shared vision” for these technologies, through specific communication techniques that integrated personal and community goals or transcended them by marshalling an open science data imaginary.»
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517241247831

Petition: Bündnis warnt EU-Staaten nachdrücklich vor Annahme der Chatkontrolle
Die Global Encryption Coalition schlägt Alarm, weil die EU-Ratsspitze weiter verschlüsselte Messaging-Dienste scannen will. Die Nutzersicherheit sei gefährdet.

This is most curious: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/518586/hawkes-bay-fishing-crews-catching-masses-of-porcupinefish Had no idea we even had

Langsamfahrstellen: Münchner S-Bahn wird ausgebremst
Das Hochwasser hat auch der Bahn zugesetzt. Zahlreiche Strecken sind immer noch gesperrt, die Reparatur wird dauern. Hinzu kommt: Etliche Langsamfahrstellen beeinträchtigen den Verkehrsfluss – neuerdings sogar bei der S-Bahn.

Langsamfahrstellen: Münchner S-Bahn wird ausgebremst
Das Hochwasser hat auch der Bahn zugesetzt. Hinzu kommt: Langsamfahrstellen beeinträchtigen den Verkehrsfluss – neuerdings sogar bei der S-Bahn.

How did #life start on Earth?
We already know that some #RNA base molecules like #cytosine can form from essentially random acts, such as having the simple molecule