nixCraft đ§Sometimes you end up typing gail.com (typo) instead of gmail.com and you get this nice little website. Hah!
URL: https://gail.com/
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Ham Radio VillageThe Ham Radio Village is launching a t-shirt design contest with a $500 prize! We're looking for artists to help us find the Signal From the Static and have their art on this years HRV t-shirt. Rules at the link below: https://hamvillage.org/org/shirt-design-contest
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Electronic Frontiers Australia
Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2026 Withdrawn - Electronic Frontiers Australia
Written by John Pane, EFA Chair. Following some very spirited debate today in the Senate, EFA is quite happy to announce that the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill has been withdrawn. In respect of Senator Gallagherâs (LAB) comments in the Senate today that ââŚ.the intention of the bill was to modernise the FOI process, reduce [âŚ]
The demise of the Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2026 is confirmed - this is a great win for transparency and accountability.
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher officially dumped the bill in the Senate on 06 March 2026 , saying it was "clear the government didnât have enough support to pass the legislation in its current form".
The proposed changes to the 1982 FOI Act were introduced to parliament by Attorney-General Michelle Rowland in September last year, swiftly earning criticism from human rights and media freedom organisations (including EFA) for their expansion of request refusal powers for cabinet and government agencies, and the introduction of application and review fees.
EFA lodged a detailed submission opposing the Bill and we briefed key stakeholders in the Senate , sharing our concerns about how the bill, if passed, would have serious negative effects on government transparency and accountability.
At a time when this government has surrendered itself to Big Techâs âeverything AIâ siren song, Tranche II of the Privacy Act reform package lies gathering dust in a broom cupboard somewhere in Canberra and the Productivity Commission publicly calling for a weakening of privacy laws in Australia (because âproductivityâ, brilliant!!), this Governmentâs FOI Amendment Bill is the opposite of what we need. Australia needs more transparency and accountability from its elected officials and public servants, not less. Our citizens, whistleblowers and investigative journalists require greater privacy protections.
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Cory DoctorowToday's threads (a thread)
Inside: Blowtorching the frog; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/05/executive-dysfunction/
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Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didnât Want Palantir
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/palantir-sues-swiss-magazine-for-accurately-reporting-that-the-swiss-government-didnt-want-palantir/
Please note that Palantir would rather that you didn't share this story, it makes them look even more stupid if you do...
Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didnât Want Palantir
If you run a company whose entire value proposition is the ability to see patterns, predict outcomes, and connect dots that others miss, youâd think someone in the building might have flaggedâŚ
Ulrich O.RE: https://hachyderm.io/@soviut/116144223905120508
Gotta love this add. Am going to use it in class!
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Tom StepletonDo you have 5.25" and 8" floppy disks that are spare, low-quality, degrading, or just generally in bad shape?
I'd like to take my floppy disk data recovery game to the next level. I have equipment, but there's no substitute for experience. Therefore I'm looking for loose collections of old floppy disks to practice on. I'm especially interested in working with disks where the binder affixing the media to the donut is starting to fail.
I'm in London; will pay shipping; can pick up disks around here as well. Boosts are appreciated!
