#Google is attempting to block the use of #sideloading and APK files to download apps outside of their play store by requiring developers to submit their IDs and addresses.

Help to stop them from #crippling #Android and #harming #freesoftware! Sign the petition:

https://www.change.org/p/stop-google-from-limiting-apk-file-usage

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Stop Google from limiting APK file usage

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Questions about The Dem. ‘90+% Capitalist’ Party States Leaders’ Lack of Using Their Forces to Protect Victims of The USA’s ‘2025-‘2028 President ‘Crazy Don’s & His Administration’s Federal Army (ICE & Etc.).

https://piefed.social/c/politics/p/1663689/questions-about-the-dem-90-capitalist-party-states-leaders-lack-of-using-their-forces-t

Questions about The Dem. ‘90+% Capitalist’ Party States Leaders’ Lack of Using Their Forces to Protect Victims of The USA’s ‘2025-‘2028 President ‘Crazy Don’s & His Administration’s Federal Army (ICE & Etc.).

The Dem. ‘90+% Capitalist’ Party States Leaders’ Lack of Calling-Out Their National Guards (Let Alone The Rest of The Forces They have Control Over…

Questions about The Dem. ‘90+% Capitalist’ Party States Leaders’ Lack of Using Their Forces to Protect Victims of The USA’s ‘2025-‘2028 President ‘Crazy Don’s & His Administration’s Federal Army (ICE & Etc.).

https://piefed.social/c/politics/p/1663678/questions-about-the-dem-90-capitalist-party-states-leaders-lack-of-using-their-forces-t

Questions about The Dem. ‘90+% Capitalist’ Party States Leaders’ Lack of Using Their Forces to Protect Victims of The USA’s ‘2025-‘2028 President ‘Crazy Don’s & His Administration’s Federal Army (ICE & Etc.).

The Dem. ‘90+% Capitalist’ Party States Leaders’ Lack of Calling-Out Their National Guards (Let Alone The Rest of The Forces They have Control Over…

Question about The Dem. ‘90+% Capitalist’ Party States Leaders’ Lack of Using Their Forces to Protect Victims of The USA’s ‘2025-‘2028 President ‘Crazy Don’s & His Administration’s Federal Army (ICE & Etc.).

https://piefed.social/c/politicaldiscussion/p/1663672/question-about-the-dem-90-capitalist-party-states-leaders-lack-of-using-their-forces-to

Question about The Dem. ‘90+% Capitalist’ Party States Leaders’ Lack of Using Their Forces to Protect Victims of The USA’s ‘2025-‘2028 President ‘Crazy Don’s & His Administration’s Federal Army (ICE & Etc.).

The Dem. ‘90+% Capitalist’ Party States Leaders’ Lack of Calling-Out Their National Guards (Let Alone The Rest of The Forces They have Control Over…

There’s an article in the #journal Nature with the headline “Put pressure on #publishers to follow best practice — #external #regulation is the answer.” I think that’s a grand idea for #reducing, as the author says, “#integrity issues that are #harming the #scientific #literature.” https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04099-w
Put pressure on publishers to follow best practice — external regulation is the answer

Journals that work hard to meet the needs of both authors and readers should be acknowledged publicly — encouraging others to follow suit.

Yeah, who needs #science so that we can learn how to stop #harming #Earth’s #environment? 😔 “The #Environmental #Protection #Agency said on Friday it was #dismantling its #scientific #research branch, expanding the #Trump administration’s efforts to shrink the agency.” https://wapo.st/3TQ7k2K (gift link)
EPA eliminates its scientific research arm

The move to dismantle the Office of Research and Development comes as Trump officials cut the agency’s total staff by 23 percent.

The Washington Post
WOTM: Harming Babies For Fun

YouTube
Judge denies creating “mass surveillance program” harming all ChatGPT users

OpenAI will fight order to keep all ChatGPT logs after users fail to sway court.

Ars Technica
#Military, #government you can trust and support of the people. These are the three essential factors required of a president to Go to #War. #Congress acts as the mouthpiece of the voters. #President keeping #secrets from #Democrats, Gang of Eight....Individual decision making on the part of #Trump not based on what military intelligence supports. #sleepercells #harming #americans #US #troops in the #MiddleEast 7 counties 30-40,000 troops and #civilians at risk Who is protecting #noncombatants

#USpol

A precognitive reply to #JDVance's intervention on behalf of #CoPresident #Elmo's free-speech "rights" as a non-citizen in foreign countries at the #MSC in #Munich on Feb. 14, 2025 from 2022:

Via #WaPo:

Opinion |
👉Elon #Musk is #Harming #FreeSpeech on #Twitter, not protecting it👈 - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/28/elon-musk-twitter-free-speech-trump/

Elon Musk is harming free expression on Twitter, not protecting it

Those who believe in free expression on Twitter should be fighting for clear and consistent policies along with transparent enforcement.

The Washington Post