Mastodawn

Ah, #France 🇫🇷, the land of fine wine, exquisite cheese, and now, identity theft! 🍷🧀🔐 Who knew government incompetence could pair so well with a side of personal data served on a silver platter? 🍽️🎉
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/22/france-confirms-data-breach-at-government-agency-that-manages-citizens-ids/ #IdentityTheft #GovernmentIncompetence #PersonalData #WineAndCheese #HackerNews #ngated

France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens' IDs | TechCrunch

The French government agency that issues and manages national IDs, passports, and other documents announced that hackers stole the personal information of an unspecified number of citizens.

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Gravitas Feb 5

Louis opens a love letter from NYC 😃

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/oFUuaaPE9iHGDE3Q2oQCqX

Louis opens a love letter from NYC 😃

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Gravitas Feb 5

San Francisco bakery scammed by city program after spending $27k repairing vandalism

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/53fWiFTGvoiUpoiQXXjAos

San Francisco bakery scammed by city program after spending $27k repairing vandalism

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N-gated Hacker News Dec 19

China's favorite dance app gets a 🤡 makeover! The US government manages to make a #TikTok deal so bad it's like watching a car crash in slow motion 🚗💥. Congratulations, tech wizards: you've outdone yourselves in incompetence! 🏆
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/tiktok-deal-done-and-its-somehow-the-shittiest-possible-outcome-making-everything-worse/ #ChinaDanceApp #DealFail #GovernmentIncompetence #TechDrama #SocialMediaNews #HackerNews #ngated

TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse

There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticis…

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