Ren Provo

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If US press wrote about the US the way they do the rest of the world

Seeing some pockets of restoration in Spain from today's historic power outage. #apagón #apagonespaña

Adamo Telecom and Euskaltel (Basque Country) appear to be slowly recovering, while many other providers are still completely down.

https://infosec.exchange/@dougmadory/114415643518837234

Doug Madory (@dougmadory@infosec.exchange)

Attached: 2 images Massive power outage in Spain/Portugal at 10:34 UTC (12:34pm local) leading to plummeting levels of internet traffic flowing to the countries. #apagao #apagonenespana #apagon

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#BBC Harvard rejects Trump administration's demands for change https://w.st/hNmvB5
Trump threatens Harvard's tax-exempt status after freezing $2bn funding - BBC News

Universities, as well as many charities and religious groups, are exempted from paying federal income taxes.

BBC News

US gov asks european suppliers to guarantee they don't do DEI.

Next: we ask US to guarantee they do fair pay, 5 weeks paid annual vacation and 1 year paid maternity leave.

This is economic nationalism as religion—ritualized suffering, blind loyalty, and faith in a strongman savior.

The numbers barely matter—ten percent, twenty-five, fifty. What matters is the theater: the countdown, the choreographed chaos, the flag-wrapped announcement.

One of the first things that I tell survivors of domestic abuse who are concerned about the safety of their devices to do is to check the security of their accounts. Techcrunch has a guide on how to do that.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/25/how-to-tell-if-your-online-accounts-have-been-hacked/?guccounter=1

How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked | TechCrunch

This is a guide on how to check whether someone compromised your online accounts.

TechCrunch
“They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.”
https://freedom.press/issues/wired-is-dropping-paywalls-for-foia-based-reporting-others-should-follow/
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

Freedom of the Press

48 years ago today
"White Riot" is a song by English punk rock band The Clash, released as the band's first single on this day in 1977 and also featured on their debut album.

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #whiteriot #history #punkrockhistory #otd