BLOG: Trump gave the trumps up, UK supplied weapons, and Europe had no backbone. Israel got very busy implementing its final solution in Gaza - death by starvation. Precedents? The Holodomor, Biafra in Nigeria, and the Warsaw Ghetto. www.jandehn.com/post/israel-...

If you've ever posted your wallet address, or anything that might indicate you have a significant amount of cryptocurrency, I recommend going back and deleting it. Even if you're not a public figure, it's not difficult to find someone's home address. These kinds of attacks are becoming more common.

Here's a detailed breakdown of DRF's sessions at @rightscon.org to add to your calendars! 🗓

🌟 With workshops on #digitalsafety and panel discussions on #gendereddisinformation, we're proud to partner with CSOs around the world to raise our voices collectively for tech justice ✊🏽

#RightsCon2025

Followed by a conversation on (AI) technologies during war and military conflict and platform accountability:

✊ Marwa Fatafta (@marwasf.bsky.social)
✊ Maha Hussaini
✊ Htaike Htaike Aung
✊ Sadaf Khan

✨ The #RightsCon2025 Opening Ceremony ✨ will set the stage for critical discussions on the challenges to digital rights today. Let’s unite and spark conversation & action as civil society grapples with interconnected struggles in times of crisis. Join us in shaping a rights-respecting future!

Due to the current chaos in the US I’m no longer able to present at @rightscon.org and I strongly encourage YOU ALL to attend—remote is an option.

New: Last night, hundreds of CDC post-doc fellows were fired, including all in the group who call themselves the "disease detectors," and are the future of public health lab leaders. One senior official told me, "It is going to cripple public health for decades."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

New guidance has been shared with coalition members. If you’re outside the coalition, please download anything you might need. Terminations will escalate this coming week.

Elon Musk claims it’s a crime to publish the names of the young engineers who work for him who have access to government systems that they shouldn’t. Here they are:

Akash Bobba
Edward Coristine
Luke Farritor
Gautier Cole Killian
Gavin Kliger
Ethan Shaotran

Folks: I understand your fear and exasperation and why so many of you are demanding that Democrats "DO SOMETHING" to stop Trump. I want you to know this Democrat is doing everything he can of to meet this moment and make a difference. If you have better ideas, I'm all ears.

Gift: Top Security Officials at Aid Agency Put on Leave After Denying Access to Musk Team

NYT confirms CNN & AP and explains: DOGE "is not a dept but rather a task force that nevertheless has been granted unusual power."

I deleted Musk's photo leaving a bare URL:
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/u...

Any economics folks?

We have to set minimum wage regulations because some employers will take advantage of workers.

Why don’t we regulate minimum/maximum profits?
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Sell your Tesla. ❌

Sell your Cybertruck. ❌

Get off Twitter. ❌

Don’t sign up for Starlink. ❌

Bankrupt him. It will take while but it’s possible. ✊🏻

#resist

We're entering a dark period in US #accessibility.

The White House home page has a bunch of links with "aria-hidden" and "tabindex=-1".

This hides the links from assistive tech like screen readers & makes them unreachable with just a keyboard.

Critical #WCAG compliance errors! But who can sue?

Native *can* be faster than the web - but not by default.

The web can render a LOT of content and scroll through it effortlessly. By default. Native apps? Not so much.

birchtree.me/blog/web-tec...

New social media - I’m sure I’m doing this wrong. I guess I’ll see - I am a slow processor with big events so watercolors are a perfect companion. Here’s a page I finished while trying to make some sense of things. #vermontartist #watercolor #imaginaryfriends #drawing #art

Another great @sustainoss.bsky.social #Podcast this time with @brianmuenzenmeyer.com on Approachable Open Source podcast.sustainoss.org/262

Lots of nuggets for #OpenSource maitenance.

Worth checking out his book too:
approachableopensource.com

#FOSS #SustainOSS #FOSS

Streaming is easy... You get a lot of content with little effort.
But know that it also comes at a cost

People involved in creating that content are not always paid or paid less www.spotify-unwrapped.com

Streaming has a negative environmental impact
greenly.earth/en-us/blog/e...

#spotifyUnwrapped