Dan Gillmor

@dangillmor
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Dan Gillmor3h ago
All corruption, all the time in Trump world. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/world/europe/trump-greenland-operation-danish-media.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XFA.Qx3_.cTghBWH-JyPR&smid=nytcore-ios-share
They’ve Been Accused of Running a ‘Covert’ Operation in Greenland. It’s No Secret.

Members of President Trump’s circle, working in plain sight, have caught the eye of Denmark’s intelligence services for trying to make friends and cut deals on the Danish territory.

The New York Times
Dan Gillmor1d ago

All corruption, all the time in Trump world, Exhibit 64,330:

https://www.levernews.com/the-pentagons-ai-gatekeeper-holds-stock-in-anthropics-rival/?ref=lever-weekly-newsletter

The Pentagon’s AI Gatekeeper Holds Stock In Anthropic’s Rival

As the Pentagon moves to blacklist Anthropic for pushing AI safeguards, the official leading the charge holds millions in a competing firm.

The Lever
Dan Gillmor3d ago
Blocking earned military promotions, top Trump Pentagon apparatchik Hegseth flaunts the regime's racism and sexism, with no real pretense otherwise. https://www.npr.org/2026/03/27/nx-s1-5763863/hegseth-soldiers-promotions
Dan Gillmor3d ago
This California sheriff should be in jail, not running for governor. https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/03/chad-bianco-ballots-seized-riverside/
A California sheriff seized 600,000 ballots. The judge who approved it? One he endorsed.

Judge Jay Kiel approved warrants for California governor candidate Chad Bianco to seize 600,000 ballots. Bianco endorsed Kiel in 2022; Kiel praised the sheriff.

CalMatters
Dan Gillmor3d ago
Genuinely Gary 🌤️4d ago

Why mathematicians are boycotting their biggest conference: More than 1,500 mathematicians are demanding that their field’s most prestigious meeting be moved from the U.S.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-mathematicians-are-boycotting-their-biggest-conference/

(While unfortunate, this needs to happen. Everyone should move their meet-ups away from the US for now) #uspol

Why mathematicians are boycotting their biggest conference

More than 1,500 mathematicians are demanding that their field’s most prestigious meeting be moved from the U.S.

Scientific American
Dan Gillmor4d ago
It's FOSS4d ago

GrapheneOS says ❌ to age verification.

https://itsfoss.com/news/grapheneos-refuses-age-verification/

#grapheneos #ageverification #privacy

Android-Based GrapheneOS Refuses Age Verification, May Exit Regions That Enforce It

The privacy-focused Android fork would rather lose market access than collect user data at setup.

It's FOSS
Dan Gillmor4d ago
Fedica4d ago
Mastodon is making its decentralized social network easier to use with its latest revamp #News #Mastodon https://twp.ai/4ixa8v
Mastodon is making its decentralized social network easier to use with its latest revamp | TechCrunch

Mastodon is redesigning user profiles to simplify the experience and better appeal to mainstream users and organizations.

TechCrunch
Dan Gillmor4d ago

That supposed $1 billion Disney investment in "Open"AI was a mirage all along, as so many things related to the AI industry have come to be.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/openai-set-discontinue-sora-video-platform-app-wsj-reports-2026-03-24/

Dan Gillmor4d ago
Sam Litzinger4d ago

“Bigotry among young conservatives has Republicans on edge
Many Republicans dismiss such party members even as white supremacists like Nick Fuentes gain popularity, but there’s growing unease at their presence in the rank and file.”

Huh. It was my understanding that bigotry was a feature of today’s Republican party, not a problem for it…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/26/gop-feuntes-trump-antisemitism-nationalism/

Bigotry among young conservatives has Republicans on edge

Many Republicans dismiss such party members even as white supremacists like Nick Fuentes gain popularity, but there’s growing unease at their presence in the rank and file.

The Washington Post
Dan Gillmor4d ago

All corruption, all the time in Trump world. In any other time in American history, a president stealing super-sensitive documents on his way out of the White House -- almost certainly to profit from them -- would have gone to prison.

https://www.ms.now/news/trump-classified-documents-smith-investigation-business-motive

Trump appeared to have business motive for keeping classified documents, Jack Smith finds

The special counsel’s team found Donald Trump held onto documents so secret only six people could legally review them — and believed his reason for doing so was personal financial gain.

MS NOW