For the first time in New York State history: a tax on pied-à-terres.

NYC Mayor Mamdani just negotiated a landmark agreement, any second home in NYC valued at $5M+ will now be taxed at a higher rate. This means money back to the people, not billionaires who treat the city like a luxury storage unit.

100 days in. That is all it took. And here’s how we must keep building.

https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/zohran-mamdani-is-winning-and-politicians-everywhere-should-take-notes/

Holy shit.

Hungary’s New Leader Reveals Viktor Orbán Was Paying CPAC

Magyar noted that his government will be investigating Orbán’s expenditures, and will no longer finance CPAC or other right-wing institutions abroad.

https://newrepublic.com/post/209035/hungary-prime-minister-victor-orban-paying-cpac

U.S. MEASLES CASES

2020: 13
2026: 1,912 (Jan–April)

Increase: 14,608%

MAHA is off to a productive start, I see.

Recently I read a post by some jackhole techbro who wants a default automatic feed algorithm here just like Big Social™.

Opening the door for AI bullshit is not even the worst part of this idea.

Folks, all of us here ARE the algorithm. Personal curation is a feature, not a bug.

We make Mastodon awesome by following people and boosting what we find meaningful, significant or just cool. That's how it works.

Let's keep making friends. Let's keep sharing. Let's keep Mastodon alive. Together. 💖

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@muntashir/116372607911622394

Google's assault on F-Droid has begun. They are permitting malicious actors to claim other people's apps and take them over. As we've warned, this is going to destroy F-Droid and independent app distribution around the world. Speak out and help stop them at https://keepandroidopen.org. #keepandroidOpen