Paul Krugman:

"When officers of a company or people close to them exploit confidential information for personal financial gain, that’s (illegal) insider trading. But we have another word for situations in which people with access to confidential info regarding national security exploit that info for profit. That word is “treason.”

There’s a broader lesson here: You can’t trust a corrupt govt to protect national security. And our govt is now utterly corrupt."

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/treason-in-the-futures-markets?r=4bv4c
#UsPol

Germany’s new Deutschland-Stack mandates ODF and PDF/UA as the only document formats for public administrations, excluding proprietary formats like .doc, .xls, and .ppt 📄

It covers all government levels, requires compliance by 2028, and favors open-source solutions and European providers 🇩🇪

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/germany-digital-stack-mandate/

#TechNews #OpenSource #ODF #PDF #DigitalSovereignty #Germany #Deutschland #FOSS #Accessibility #Software #Government #Tech #Freedom #EU #Europe #LibreOffice #Linux #Office

You are being manipulated.

#Israel #IranWar #RussianWar #Despots #IsraelWar

the pressure from social media worked. In systemd, age verification has finally been reverted and removed for good. Linux is always for privacy conscious users, it isn't just another Microslop SlopOS https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179 thanks @reddy_1975 for the heads up!

EDIT: they rejected the PR. So keep fight on! systemd folks are cowards and enabling this mess.

450 FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260316-01.html

Nexi S.p.A. (“Nexi”) requested access to private data of FSFE supporters like the usernames and passwords. When FSFE denied such request they cancelled their account. WTF? Why payment processor needs supporters username/password. This is crazy demands.

The Epstein Class believes that providing citizens with enough money to live a decent life while not requiring them to work will spoil them and turn them into useless marshmallows with toxic ideas, anti-social behaviors, and will actively tear at the social fabric.

Many experiments in Universal Basic Income have proven this to NOT be the case.

However, empirically, it turns out that giving someone 50 billion dollars causes them to cease making useful contributions to society, turns them into useless marshmallows with toxic ideas, anti-social behaviors, and they actively tear at the social fabric.

La Organización Mundial de la Salud dice que la transparencia de precios refuerza la posición negociadora de los Estados.

@movimientosumar.es

¿Os atreveréis a votar a favor de la enmienda que permitirá el secreto PERMANENTE del precio real de cada nuevo medicamento que cubra la sanidad pública, tal y como denuncia y os ha hecho saber @civio ? Y lo pretendéis perpetrar justo cuando el Tribunal Supremo va a resolver si esos precios deben ser públicos.

https://civio.es/novedades/2026/03/18/psoe-y-sumar-quieren-blindar-legalmente-el-secreto-en-los-precios-de-los-medicamentos-colandolo-en-la-ley-de-discapacidad/?utm_source=Lista+General+de+Civio&utm_campaign=3cd511bd15-Enmiendas+Transparencia+Lobbies+2025_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-7513733fdd-127643493&mc_cid=3cd511bd15

Google's Developer Verification mandates real-identity registration for app developers starting September 2026 on certified Android devices 📱.

F-Droid, EFF, and FSF warn it threatens open-source repos, centralizes Google control, and endangers developer privacy 🔒.

@fdroid
@eff
@fsf

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/android-developer-verification/

#TechNews #Android #Google #Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #Developers #Security #Freedom #Sideloading #EFF #F-Droid #UserChoice #Regulation #DigitalRights