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📡 24 hours of MIRE/C³; the latest stats (Runmode: Neutral 404, delay-only)

↗ 7,410 requests from 850 unique IPs
📦 Attacker bandwidth cost: 39.6MB
⏱ Attacker total delay: 10h 51m server time
🐢 Slowest response: 13.0s 😂

#MIREC3 #CyberSecurity #FightingBack

"Two police officers who defended the Capitol against a pro-Trump mob on #January6th 2021, sued the Trump administration on Wednesday to try to block the creation of a nearly $1.8 billion fund that they say will be used to reward the rioters and right-wing militia groups":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/politics/jan-6-officers-lawsuit-trump-fund.html
#justice #lawfare #FightingBack #politics
Jan. 6 Police Officers Sue to Block Trump’s Payout Fund

The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.

The New York Times
"In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation. Thousands of people rallied Saturday in the cradle of the modern Civil Rights Movement to mobilize a new voting rights era as conservative states dismantle congressional districts that helped secure Black political representation":
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/16/civil-rights-movement-groups-rally-voting-rights-supreme-court-alabama-00925388
#VotingRights #racism #FightingBack copy: @renewedresistance #politics
In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation

“We are not going down without a fight. We are not going down to Jim Crow maps,” said Shalela Dowdy, a plaintiff in the Alabama redistricting case.

Politico
"Virginia Democrats ask US Supreme Court to override state court's striking down redistricting plan. Virginia's highest court overturned the vote on new congressional map last week":
https://abcnews.com/Politics/virginia-democrats-us-supreme-court-override-state-courts/story?id=132858770
#FightingBack #fairness #VotingRights copy: @renewedresistance #politics
Virginia Democrats ask US Supreme Court to override state court on nixing redistricting plan

Virginia Democrats ask U.S. Supreme Court to override a decision by the state's highest court last week that struck down a voter-approved redistricting ballot measure.

ABC News
"ABC has accused the Federal Communications Commission of violating its free speech rights, potentially setting the stage for a protracted, high-stakes legal battle between the network and the Trump administration. ABC said in a filing with the agency that regulators had a chilling effect on free speech by trying to punish political content they disagreed with":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/business/media/abc-fcc-first-amendment-the-view.html
#FightingBack #FreeSpeech #CivilLiberties copy: @renewedresistance #politics #Disney
ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment

The network’s argument, made to the F.C.C., is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a television network toward the Trump administration.

The New York Times

I've narrated an excerpt from Chapter 14 of Human Software on YouTube. I'll be publishing five more excerpts over the next week, so be sure to subscribe to stay in the loop.

#bookstodon #datacenters #ai #fightingback #corporatelife

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNXHG75AVz0

Human Software - A Life in IT - Excerpt from Chapter 14 - The Conference Part 1

YouTube

Last chance 1-5pm if you’ve gathered signatures we need them. If you haven’t signed then it’s time to show up now. There are hours left till the deadline. Without your help it will be 6 more years of same. Actually it will probably get worse looking at how things are headed. #unbought #fightingback #newjersey #chrisfieldsforsenate Follow @chrisfields4nj for more.

Help this information get to more... https://instagr.am/p/DWMgGRJEWst/

voteinorout on Instagram: "Last chance 1-5pm if you’ve gathered signatures we need them. If you haven’t signed then it’s time to show up now. There are hours left till the deadline. Without your help it will be 6 more years of same. Actually it will probably get worse looking at how things are headed. #unbought #fightingback #newjersey #chrisfieldsforsenate Follow @chrisfields4nj for more. Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson"

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Also, if you are uncomfortable with the idea of armed resistance, I do really, truly understand. Where we are now, it seems very ill advised.

And yes, I have plugged this book like 3x already tonight.

But I ask of you - please read The Deacons for Defense. In grad school it opened a whole new aspect of fighting back for me.

It's a book worth your time.

#CivilRights #USPolitics #FightingBack

https://uncpress.org/9780807857021/the-deacons-for-defense/

The Deacons for Defense

In 1964 a small group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana, defied the nonviolence policy of the mainstream civil rights movement and formed an ar...

The University of North Carolina Press

In Episode 69, Bill and Jumelle watch as Boston Mayor Michelle Wu stands up to the Trump Administration.

Subscribe, download and listen today! https://linktr.ee/bwabits

#Boston #MichelleWu #Immigration #TrumpAdministration #FightingBack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxvM-iLO6gY