Mastodawn

Ralph Katz Jun 1

Augie Ray Jun 1

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus.

Ralph Katz May 29

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson May 29

New pledge to the Amerikkkan flag just dropped

#USA #Flag #corruption #Amerikkka

Ralph Katz May 29

#nokings #democracy #corruption
https://theconversation.com/chilling-effects-of-trumps-war-on-free-speech-extend-far-beyond-campus-walls-and-thats-the-point-283113

Chilling effects of Trump’s war on free speech extend far beyond campus walls – and that’s the point

A persistent government strategy to sow fear through punitive measures has corroded freedom and democracy.

The Conversation

Ralph Katz May 28

ProPublica May 28

When the Pentagon announced a $620 million loan last year to a startup linked to Donald Trump Jr., defense officials and the company tried to tamp down suspicions of cronyism.

We found that the request came directly from the White House.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-vulcan-deal-white-house?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #WhiteHouse #Trump #Pentagon #Defense #Business #Ethics #Law #Government #DonaldTrumpJr

The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.

About three months before the Pentagon announced plans to lend money to Vulcan Elements, Trump Jr.’s venture capital firm took an undisclosed stake in the company.

ProPublica

Ralph Katz May 17

#nokings #corruption #insidertrading

#Trump Grifter Rules

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-stock-trades-palantir-nvidia-20260517.html

The E-Trade presidency: Trump trades stocks while America burns

The tangled web between Trump’s stock purchases, his policies, and blatant promotion is a new low for a corrupt regime.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Ralph Katz May 13

#ai #aiResearch check this out:

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tkvnioglsp5dw44mvxjwcmmz/post/3mlqtal2vj22n

Michelle Greene (@mgreenephd.bsky.social)

I'll start it off at the AI in Science workshop, offering some hot takes on whether AI is helpful to us as scientists. Should be a great convo. 2/

Bluesky Social

Ralph Katz May 13

Show thread

Michelle Greene May 13

I'll start it off at the AI in Science workshop, offering some hot takes on whether AI is helpful to us as scientists. Should be a great convo. 2/

Ralph Katz May 9

Miguel de Icaza ᯅ🍉May 9

“You opened this page. It already knows the following.”

https://sinceyouarrived.world/taken

taken.

A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.

Since You Arrived

Ralph Katz May 1

#ubuntu #ddos https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/update-concerning-ddos-attack-on-canonical-and-ubuntu/81482
Unreachable as of this post:

ping ppa.launchpadcontent.net
PING ppa.launchpadcontent.net (2620:2d:4000:1::81) 56 data bytes
^C
--- ppa.launchpadcontent.net ping statistics ---
12 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 11266ms

Update concerning DDOS attack on Canonical and Ubuntu

Canonical’s web infrastructure is under a sustained, cross-border attack and we are working to address it. We will provide more information in our official channels as soon as we are able to.

Ubuntu Community Hub