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I actually joined Mastodon in 11/22, but recently started a new account for privacy. I haven't yet figured out how to transfer my followers to this new account, but am working on it.
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The NY Times has a blockbuster story here: Epstein got valuable inside information from the first Trump administration and fed it to a wealthy foreign customer of his sex-trafficking racket.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/04/world/asia/epstein-india-ambani.html?unlocked_article_code=1.YVA.83Co.UxeBjXa6EFjs&smid=url-share

Anger towards big tech companies exists because these companies harvest and exploit peoples’ data. We should pass laws to stop that. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/dont-weaken-speech-protections-just-punish-meta
Weakening Speech Protections Will Punish All of Us—Not Just Meta

Recently, a California Superior Court jury found that Meta and YouTube harmed a user through some of the features they offered. And a New Mexico jury concluded that Meta deceived young users into thinking its platforms were safe from predation. It’s clear that many people are frustrated by big tech...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Mr. President, we have a caller on line one… he says he is calling from the year 2019 with a very important message.
Me everyday now that I have solar panels:

Hungary’s election next week is likely to be the country’s most consequential since the fall of communism — but it won’t be a fair contest.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has seen to that.

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-unfair-election-viktor-orban/

Hungary’s unfair election: Why Viktor Orbán is so hard to beat

The prime minister’s rivals say his total control over the state and the media allows him to influence elections in his favor.

POLITICO
Federal judge halts White House effort to collect university data on applicants’ race #TheGuardian https://twp.ai/E6HTw7
Federal judge halts White House effort to collect university data on applicants’ race

Trump ordered data collection after raising concern about race being used as factor in college admissions

The Guardian
Brett Kavanaugh Warns Government Will Work Around Any Line Drawn by SCOTUS
#Newsweek https://twp.ai/E6I9tN
Brett Kavanaugh warns government will work around any line drawn by SCOTUS

The justice made his comments during a hearing on the Trump administration's restrictions around asylum seekers.

Newsweek
Street Art by Nme – A Collection (8 photos): https://streetartutopia.com/2021/08/30/street-art-by-nme/
The war currently raging is between a fanatical religious dictatorial autocracy whose militaristic posture, nuclear ambitions and zeal for apocalyptic messaging threaten to destabilize the entire global order, and Iran.