Mastodawn

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a May 23 letter to release a previously approved $400 million aid package for #Ukraine that has been delayed for months.

https://kyivindependent.com/us-senators-press-hegseth-on-delayed-400-million-aid-package-for-ukraine/

US senators press Hegseth on delayed $400 million aid package for Ukraine

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in a May 23 letter to release a previously approved $400 million aid package for Ukraine that has been delayed for months.

The Kyiv Independent

GrumpyDad 🇺🇦🇵🇸1h ago

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Dave Rahardja 1h ago

Yeah, I really like this.

(Non-proprietorship) companies should have only two options during their existence: continue operating, or fail and liquidate. They may be broken up during their existence due to antitrust, but they should not be able to acquire or merge with others. If they want to use the capabilities of another company, they can write contracts and trade with them, not simply acquire them and monopolize their goods and services.

A web of small companies that depend on each other for their existence is better than a handful of huge companies that own everything.

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David August ❌👑3h ago

“Authoritarian systems do not require industrial crematoria. They build infrastructure, erase humanity, and condition populations to normalize accumulating bodies.”

https://wendy664.substack.com/p/ice-is-quietly-rolling-out-a-55-billion

#USpol #ice #cbp #HumanRights

ICE Is Quietly Rolling Out a $55 Billion Crematorium Network

Human life carries no weight in the architecture the president is building.

Glass Empires By W. A. Lawrence

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Zack Whittaker 6h ago

If someone wants to leak me a copy of this app (either .apk or .ipa), please reach out on Signal — my username is zackwhittaker.1337 — and I would be keen to run this app through Burp Suite to see how it works. Happy to grant anonymity.

https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/05/white-house-ordering-agencies-place-its-new-app-all-employees-government-phones/413738/

The White House is ordering agencies to place its new app on all employees’ government phones

The newly created, often overtly political app places the Trump administration into unprecedented and “dangerous” territory, IT experts say.

Government Executive

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Brian Jopek 3h ago

Good.
#USpol

“Parker said hate from Trump voters spurred him on even more.” - The Daily Beast

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/south-park-creators-reveal-new-escalation-in-war-on-trump/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAR-EX9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeiKVQTXkbJ0R-Y9pXABhbVvN9aYyi81P9Wjwn511K05kMaFhtQIsUhA8Q5mw_aem_YWdncwBywvlHnMX9TlLzAxJMafkv&brid=YWdncwGfbmuSomOj2dd6AMXkydt_

‘South Park’ Creators Reveal New Escalation in War on Trump

Matt Stone and Trey Parker say they are just getting started.

The Daily Beast

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Randahl Fink 3h ago

Stephen Colbert was fired by CBS to please Trump. This is a real post, posted by Trump on Truth Social five hours ago.

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Brian Jopek 3h ago

Quite the legacy Trump has created for himself, being a Nazi traitor that tear gassed children. - The Radical Centrist
#USpol

“There is no national standard governing the use of tear gas and pepper spray, leaving federal immigration officers with more latitude to deploy the weapons than some local police departments have.” - Pro Publica

https://www.propublica.org/article/charles-mauldin-selma-tear-gas?fbclid=IwZnRzaAR-DyBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeOnMP_jhMk54b4N_AyJVMJFZ1REo2yzcJHgilJzjpFy_rWKTEFdKIjS68zK0_aem_YWdncwCOSTCJxICKz77v3_bMX-ov&brid=YWdncwE_6LeXzgj7SqF2maOjcA4k

At 17, He Was Tear-Gassed at Selma. At 78, He’s Watching Kids Tear-Gassed During Trump’s Deportation Campaign.

At least 79 children have been harmed by tear gas or pepper spray during Trump’s deportation campaign. Charles Mauldin, a civil rights activist tear-gassed as a teenager at Selma, warns them to get mental health support.

ProPublica

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elle mundy 6h ago

weird how claude mythos is too dangerous to release to the public because [checks notes] it can find existing security holes, but not a word is said about how many security holes claude generates on the regular

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Jeff Sonstein 8h ago

yup

"Usenet is what the social internet looked like before the social internet had product managers tasked with growth and viral loops."

https://www.terrygodier.com/the-boring-internet

The Boring Internet

The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about what actually persists.

Terry Godier

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Lauren Weinstein 5h ago

Google Search has gone completely nuts, now helpfully promises to give wrong answers!

Hobbies	Collecting M4 nuts and bolts
Sleep/coffee ratio	1 mug/7h sleep
Favourite drink	Fermented grape juice
Location	Behind you!