Republicans talk about the SAVE Act as if it just requires a photo ID.
The voter registration and proof of citizenship requirements are the real problem, as most state driver's licenses won't count as valid ID.
Having to register in person with an overpriced passport, which most people don't need, or a birth certificate in your current name, is designed to frustrate millions of Americans, especially married women who changed their names.
Trump is begging Republicans to pass it for a reason.
Cory Doctorow @pluralistic is able to pull an argument together in **such** clever ways. Here, he argues that AI-produced code is a *liability*, not an asset.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1000x-liability/#graceful-failure-modes
Petition in Germany to recognize unpaid contribution to free and open source software projects as 'society-beneficial volunteering' (ehrenamt)!
This will give volunteering for e.g. @postmarketOS , @freifunk , @kde , @nextcloud , @Mastodon and other libre projects the same legal status as taking care of an elderly family member or volunteering for a youth association, which provides tax benefits and relaxes requirements for receiving unemployment benefits.
Interested people may sign it using one of the two following links.
The petition in german language: https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/anerkennung-von-open-source-arbeit-als-ehrenamt-in-deutschland#petition-main
The petition in english language: https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/recognition-of-work-on-open-source-as-volunteering-in-germany
News article (German): https://www.heise.de/news/Petition-Open-Source-Arbeit-soll-als-Ehrenamt-gelten-11094436.html
News article (English): https://www.heise.de/en/news/Petition-Open-source-work-should-count-as-volunteer-activity-11095357.html
The petition is organized by @webvision.
If you're not a resident of Germany, go ahead and use this thread to organize similar initiatives in your country of residence.
#deutschland #foss #floss #volunteer #ehrenamt #freiwilligkeit #openSource #freeSoftware
Open-Source-Software bildet heute das Fundament großer Teile der digitalen Infrastruktur – in Verwaltung, Wirtschaft, Forschung und im täglichen Leben. Selbst im aktuellen Koalitionsvertrag der Bundesregierung wird Open-Source-Software als elementarer Baustein zur Erreichung digitaler Souveränität genannt. Bei vielen Bürgern ist leider kein Bewusstsein vorhanden, wo sie überall mit Open-Source-Software in Verbindung kommen. Egal ob es eine Website im Internet ist, der Ticket-Automat für die Bahn
When history forgot them, she wrote them back in 💛
Der ruhige und angenehm analytischer Text von @beritmiriam zum ordnet den Mord an Charlie Kirk vor der Internet- und Memekultur ein. Warum dies wichtig ist, zeigen die Linien, die man verfolgen muss, wenn man die vielen Symbole um und nach der Tat dekodieren möchte.
https://beritmiriam.substack.com/p/brainrot-morde-oder-wie-man-einen
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