Ricky de Laveaga

@rdela
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making movies with Laramie Dennis
Where in the Hell / @whereinthehell / https://whereinthemovie.com
Best Comedy Feature Poppy Jasper 2025

micro-studio: @famebot / https://famebot.com

rabble-rousing: @artact / https://artact.io

computing: @ricky

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Ricky de Laveaga1d ago
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… “Now, the #Hague found itself suddenly cut off from its U.S.-based email and cloud platforms. In short, the tech stack full of American companies has become a critical vulnerability that has now left the #ICC unable to carry out its work.”
https://www.thedissident.news/international-civil-societys-tech-stack-is-in-extreme-danger/
Cc @ttntm
International Civil Society's Tech Stack is in Extreme Danger

Many in the international community are not ready for the US to abuse its hegemonic power in ways that directly destroy the ability for international NGO's and even liberal democratic governments to function. The little known ability for President Trump to issue economic sanctions has been and can continue to

The Dissident
Ricky de Laveaga1d ago
Ricky de Laveaga1d ago
“#Microsoft recently closed the International Criminal Court’s accounts on its services, including the email account of the ICC’s chief prosecutor, due to U.S. sanctions. This move has completely paralyzed parts of the ICC’s work such as investigations into the genocide being committed by Israel in Gaza. …”
https://www.thedissident.news/international-civil-societys-tech-stack-is-in-extreme-danger/
https://hachyderm.io/@ttntm/114558650713352295
International Civil Society's Tech Stack is in Extreme Danger

Many in the international community are not ready for the US to abuse its hegemonic power in ways that directly destroy the ability for international NGO's and even liberal democratic governments to function. The little known ability for President Trump to issue economic sanctions has been and can continue to

The Dissident
Ricky de Laveaga1d ago
Cory Doctorow1d ago

Tfw you get the advance review copy of your next book and it's fucking GORGEOUS

https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/

Ricky de Laveaga1d ago
Show threadArtist Activist1d ago

More links in this @rdela post from 2023
https://rdela.com/defenestration-twitter/

#Musk #Trump #coup #DOGE #GCC #MBS #SaudiArabia #UAE #Quatar #Oman #Bahrain #Kuwait #USA #petrostate
@juddlegum

The Defenestration of Twitter

Poisoning political discourse for peanuts

Ricky de Laveaga
Ricky de Laveaga1d ago
Artist Activist1d ago
Great work from #CalebEcarma for #MuskWatch (& @juddlegum), but this is only the tip of the melting iceberg…
#Musk #Trump #coup #DOGE #GCC #MBS #SaudiArabia #UAE #Quatar #Oman #Bahrain #Kuwait #USA #petrostate
https://www.muskwatch.com/p/inside-the-musk-saudi-alliance
Inside the Musk-Saudi alliance

In August 2018, Elon Musk's excitable temperament led to a falling out with his wealthy investors in Riyadh.

Musk Watch
Ricky de Laveaga4d ago
earth.ninja4d ago

#USA Homeland Security Secretary Kristi NO-ma’am, “that’s incorrect.”

Hassan: “Let me stop you, ma’am. Habeas corpus, excuse me, that’s incorrect.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5309859-maggie-hassan-kristi-noem-habeas-corpus/

#ScottNeuman for #NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5405144/habeas-corpus-noem-dhs-senate
https://mastodon.social/@votedotninja/114541618377474081

Ricky de Laveaga4d ago
earth.ninjaMay 15

> The US has been pressuring countries in Africa to grant licenses to Musk’s Starlink.

> “If this was done by another country, we absolutely would call this corruption,” said a former Bush official. “Because it is corruption.”

Worse than corruption. Coercion.

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-musk-starlink-state-department-gambia-africa-pressure

The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.

The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers as part of a “maximum pressure” campaign.

ProPublica
Ricky de Laveaga4d ago
vote.ninjaMay 17
The #USA has forsaken gut instinct for butt instinct.
Ricky de Laveaga4d ago
Sean Casten4d ago
If you are a lawyer, a judge or just love a country based on equal protection under the law it’s time you’ve got to stand with LaMonica. A President who encourage his political supporters to attack the government is now using the government to attack his political opponents.
Ricky de Laveaga4d ago
CenDemTech5d ago
“The groups — CDT, Protect Democracy & EPIC — sent a letter to Conduent State & Local Solutions, Fidelity Information Services and Solutran, calling on the electronics benefits vendors to refuse the federal govt’s request for sensitive personal info of SNAP users….” https://statescoop.com/trump-snap-usda-data-concerns-cdt-2025/
Advocacy groups urge SNAP providers to protect user data from Trump administration

Advocacy groups are asking financial services providers to refuse the federal government’s request to share the sensitive personal information of SNAP users.

StateScoop