Mastodawn

KevansTech Jun 6, 2025

Laffy Jun 6, 2025

Keep ‘em coming

Bloomberg:

Harvard University won a temporary reprieve from #Trump’s ban on its international students entering the US, a legal setback for the administration in its high-profile fight with the school.

KevansTech May 15, 2025

Surf May 2, 2025

What do BTS, Queen, and the Grateful Dead have in common? They all have fan feeds on Surf! Check out The Set List in the Surf Shop to explore music feeds created by fans like @jglypt, @pixelcats and @Sjwillis.

Not on the waitlist yet? Sign up here, and if you're on the waitlist and still patiently awaiting your invitation, drop us a comment.

#SurfFeeds #SurfSocial #SocialMedia #OpenSocial #Music #Entertainment #OpenSocialWeb #Fediverse

https://waitlist.surf.social/

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KevansTech May 15, 2025

Chief Waffle May 12, 2025

Really interested in what #SurfSocial is doing in bringing the #FedieVerse together

https://youtu.be/Xwd14SCeTmg?si=dYh6G9ma_jzPLAE_

Between Two Orbs - Meet Surf, Flipboard's Solution for a Fractured Social Web

YouTube

KevansTech Feb 4, 2025

Electronic Frontier Foundation Feb 1, 2025

EFF thanks Craig Newmark Philanthropies for its continuing support through a new $100,000 grant. This award strengthens EFF’s ability to safeguard hard-fought victories, and continue to be the first call for anyone whose digital freedom or online safety is under attack. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/01/eff-receives-100k-grant-craig-newmark-philanthropies

EFF Receives $100k Grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies

EFF is grateful to Craig Newmark Philanthropies for its continuing support through a newly announced $100,000 grant to support our work in cybersecurity and trustworthy journalism. Over the coming year, we anticipate shocks and stresses to the digital landscape – not just threats to safety but also...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

KevansTech Feb 4, 2025

Electronic Frontier Foundation Feb 2, 2025

As the things we buy increasingly exist either in digital form or as devices with software, we also find ourselves subject to onerous licensing agreements and technological restrictions. If you buy something, you should be able to truly own it. https://www.eff.org/copyrightweek

Copyright Week 2025

Day 1: Copyright Policy Should Be Made in the Open With Input From EveryoneCopyright is not a niche concern. It affects everyone’s experience online, therefore laws and policy should be made in the open and with users’ concerns represented and taken into account.Learn More:EFF: It's Copyright Week...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

KevansTech Nov 4, 2024

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Laffy Nov 4, 2024

2/ Liz Cheney: "Women are gonna save the day in this election."

KevansTech Nov 4, 2024

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Laffy Oct 31, 2024

2/ More, original reference, via Klasfeld:

New Filing

#JackSmith urges Judge #Chutkan to reject #Trump’s challenge of his appointment as special counsel, noting #Cannon’s “unpersuasive out-of-circuit” opinion and Thomas’s concurrence aren’t binding on her.

But the DC Circuit is. 🔗 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.277.0.pdf

KevansTech Nov 4, 2024

Laffy Nov 4, 2024

Via Reuters: Lawyers for Elon #Musk admitted in court today that the winners of his $1 million-a-day #Trump giveaway to registered voters are not selected at random like a lottery but instead chosen based on who would be good spokespeople for his agenda.

KevansTech Nov 4, 2024

Tomi T Ahonen Nov 4, 2024

..but after 9 years of the shit which went for many weeks at a time at total bullshit overload, this does seem 'calm' and unreal. It will be far more so after the votes are counted and Trumps starts to recede into the dustbin of history (and of course prison, he is sentenced on 26 Nov)

KevansTech Aug 10, 2024

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