Second Article in this week's Economist. The Economist is "Centre-Left" According to MBFC.

https://archive.ph/20260225073357/https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/02/19/dont-go-after-the-rich-to-fix-broken-budgets

Apparently poor people starving while rich people have 2 yachts is less morally wrong than 👻Taxing the Rich👻

I think anarchist.nexus has blocked my VPN IP.

Does this mean I need a new one or can I request it be unblocked?

cheers.

X's Algorithm Pushes Users to Lean More Conservative, Researchers Find

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43329654

This should come as no surprise to anyone, with Facebook, Instagram and YouTube being no better.

Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says

DHS is expanding its use of administrative subpoenas, which don’t come from judges.

Reddit, Meta, and Google voluntarily “complied with some of the requests” for identifying details of users critical of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent as part of a recent wave of administrative subpoenas the Department of Homeland Security has been distributing to Big Tech the past few months, according to an anonymously sourced New York Times report.

Is peertube.wtf not federating new videos?

I’ve noticed that all of the channels I follow have mysteriously not posted in two weeks when usually I get a dozen videos per week in my peertube subscription thing.

wondering if this is a coincidence or something is up with the server?

First time google's ever been honest

Dutch authorities allegedly seize VPN server without a warrant — company claims that law enforcement will return it after analyzing the device fully

The authorities apparently got tired of asking and just went in themselves.

Canada-based Windscribe, a VPN provider, just said that one of its European servers has been allegedly seized by Dutch authorities without a warrant. According to the company’s post on X, law enforcement said that they will return it to the service provider after they “fully analyze it.” It’s unclear why law enforcement impounded just a single rack from Windscribe’s cabinet, but the VPN provider said that it only uses RAM disk servers, meaning anyone who would look through the installed SSDs would only find a stock Ubuntu install on it, so the servers shouldn’t hold any trackable data.

SpaceX Eyes 1 Million Satellites for Orbital Data Center Push

In a late Friday FCC filing, the company mentions deploying a staggering ’one million satellites’ in orbits ranging from 500 kilometers to 2,000km.

Putting America Back on Track: The Case for Public Railroad Ownership — Railroad Workers United

Thought some of the narrative was a bit Capitalist brained but the video is still well worth a watch IMO.