Dear politicians,

Our wish for #2026: Stop using 'child safety' as an excuse for mass censorship and surveillance.

No one believes you.

And using children is just... sickening.

Largest Oil Reserves in the world: Venezuela. https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/venezuelan-oil-industry-worlds-largest-reserves-decaying-infrastructure-2026-01-03/

Largest Oil Producer in *Africa: Nigeria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_extraction

Largest undeveloped rare* mineral deposits/fresh water supply outside China: Greenland. https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/greenlands-rich-largely-untapped-mineral-resources-2025-01-13/

One of the Largest Natural Gas Reserves: PALESTINE | GAZA MARINE FIELD. https://unctad.org/news/unrealized-potential-palestinian-oil-and-gas-reserves

With links to valid media outlets.
So you can finally stop pretending why things are happening.

Update Signal and pay attention when joining groups:
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-signal-qr-code-phishing-attack/

👉 No, Signal has not been compromised
👉 No, Signal encryption has not been broken
👉 No, there is no back-door in Signal

You should continue using Signal. The update is responding to a sophisticated, state-level attack targeting specific groups.

Unless you are a high-value target, you are almost certainly never going to see this in the wild.

If you know you are a high-value target, ask your support.

#InfoSec #Signal

Do you enjoy privacy rights?

Because deregulation is how you lose them. Oh and also basic safety, and human rights.

Just so you know: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-regulations-default-gone_n_67a12742e4b09a02376043c7

#Privacy #HumanRights #USpol

Privacy is intrinsically intertwined with politics. Each change in governance can have serious effects on privacy rights and privacy tools, for better or for worse. Let's examine with concrete examples how politics affect legislation that can have an immense impact on the privacy tools and features we use.

https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/02/03/the-future-of-privacy/

#Privacy #Politics #Surveillance #PrivacyGuides #Article

98GiB of CDC datasets have been uploaded to Internet Archive, before they were taken down from CDC's website to comply with Trump's executive order:
https://archive.org/details/20250128-cdc-datasets

This means that the @internetarchive will quickly become a target for the fascists currently running the US government.

Now would be a good time to start thinking how can we help protect it and help out.

Donating is the simplest thing we can do right this moment:
https://archive.org/donate

#CDC #InternetArchive