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This can't possibly go wrong, can it... Someone seems to have taken things way too literal.
'He went on to say that Gaza could become “the Riviera of the Middle East” where “the world’s people” could live there, echoing the previous sentiments of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, who said Gaza had very valuable “waterfront property”.'
The entire archive of all CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 has been backed up on Internet Archive.
Incredible work everyone. Science will never be silenced!
The point about DEI is that it's *how* you hire the best. It's not a charitable endeavour, it's a tool to stop your workplaces being dominated by mediocre people from the same background who know how to game the system.
But as far I can see, nobody is even making that argument. The worst thing about attacking DEI seems to be that it's vulgar. God it's bleak
[I sent the following to my senators and representatives via https://resist.bot (and thanks for the prompting, @spaf)]
I am writing in concern over reports of Elon Musk and his accomplices exerting control over government information systems. At best, Mr Musk and his team are unauthorized personnel who apparently are installing new email systems and blocking authorized employees from accessing government information systems. At worst, they are saboteurs with agendas that conflict with our laws and institutions.
I have spent the bulk of my 40 year career in information systems protecting US users and networks from intrusions by hostile foreign attackers. I am a recognized expert in my field and have performed computer forensics and incident response work for a diverse set of organizations including the FBI, NASA, the FTC, DoD, Google, Microsoft, Cisco, eBay, and the University of Pennsylvania. I have held TS/SCI clearances with both DoD and DoJ.
So when I say that dropping new email servers into existing networks without proper planning and access control constitutes a clear and present danger to those networks and an enormous opportunity for our adversaries, I want you to understand that this comes from a place of hard-won and bitter understanding. Already there are confirmed reports of entire agencies receiving deluges of pornographic spam and other inappropriate material due to misconfigurations on these new email servers. But it is what other opportunistic nation states are doing out of sight that is more troubling.
I have worked on investigative teams that have led to decades of jail time for offenders who have gained unauthorized access to government information systems. Yet we have corroborated reports that Mr Musk’s team has not only accessed OPM systems without authorization, but actually locked out the authorized personnel. Need I remind you that these systems contain information about all government employees and contractors, including security clearance paperwork, personal financial information, and healthcare and insurance information?
Where is the immediate and aggressive emergency response to this dangerous and unauthorized activity into government information systems? The executive branch does not have the authority to permit any individual to conduct such operations. When Chinese government actors breached OPM in 2015, the reaction was swift and significant. This is as just as much of a hostile takeover, but the posture is one of blasé indifference.
This must not stand. Every hour this activity continues, more information may be captures and exfiltrated by Mr Musk’s agents. Every hour foreign adversaries may be establishing beachheads in government networks. Every hour the scope of potential compromise and the cost of fixing the damage grows exponentially.
The congress must resist the extreme actions of the executive and its minions. Without decisive and immediate pushback, we are lost.
“We prefer your extinction to the loss of our job.”
🚨 40+ civil society organisations, across the EU and the US, have an urgent message for the #EuropeanCommission and President Von der Leyen: Now is the time to stand up to bullying by #BigTech and its allies in the #Trump administration.
Europe must commit to strong enforcement of the #DSA, #DMA and other digital laws to protect people, our #democracy and #economy 💪🏾
Read our open letter ➡️ https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/EU-resist-Big-Tech-bullying-open-letter-Jan-2025.pdf
Lesley Carhart 
Rep. Shontel Brown
Dr. Lucky Tran 
CarpeDiemT3ch 
Mike Morris
Hal Pomeranz
Bread and Circuses
EDRi