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“Healthcare provider” is such a bullshit euphemism. Health insurance companies aren’t the providers of care; they’re the obstacles, the parasitic middle-men leeching off the system to the point of widespread breakdown. Brian Thompson’s company didn’t provide shit except returns to investors.
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Question! Why should local governments use taxpayers’ money to buy proprietary, closed software from a single vendor? And what happens to citizens' data? A solution is to move to free and open source software like #Linux and #LibreOffice – which is exactly what Schleswig-Holstein is doing: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/04/04/german-state-moving-30000-pcs-to-libreoffice/ #foss #OpenSource #privacy
German state moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog

Following a successful pilot project, the northern German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein has decided to move from Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office to Linux and LibreOffice (and other free and open source software) on the 30,000 PCs used in the local government. As reported on the homepage of the Minister-President: Independent, sustainable, secure: Schleswig-Holstein will […]

The Document Foundation Blog

And for our Thanksgiving dinner, we are having homemade Chilean empanadas.

This is not at all unusual if you're Chilean. (My husband is from Chile and he's a good cook.)

Far right "groomer" rhetoric about queer folks and the left is projection and deflection, part one billion

https://www.inquirer.com/politics/philadelphia/moms-for-liberty-philadelphia-pastor-sex-offender-20231120.html

The ‘faith-based’ leader for Philly’s Moms for Liberty chapter is a registered sex offender

Phillip Fisher Jr., a pastor and Republican ward leader who coordinates faith-based outreach for Philadelphia’s Moms For Liberty chapter, pleaded guilty in 2012 to a charge of aggravated sexual abuse.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

🚨 Another EU mass surveillance attempt. Will kill privacy on web. Must not pass. 🚨

“[A]ll web browsers distributed in Europe will be required to trust the certificate authorities and cryptographic keys selected by EU governments.

These changes radically expand the capability of EU governments to surveil their citizens by ensuring cryptographic keys under government control can be used to intercept encrypted web traffic across the EU.”

https://last-chance-for-eidas.org

#eu #privacy #surveillance #eidas

Last Chance for eIDAS

13 days before the first eIDAS vote, still no public text

Starting next week, Youtube will begin playing five minute unskippable ads that are just a video of their CEO telling you why you're a bad person and that he hates you.
School Lunch Debt Cancellation Act from Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) would eliminate K-12 students’ “school meal debt”. https://govtrackinsider.com/school-lunch-debt-cancellation-act-would-eliminate-k-12-students-school-meal-debt-a29fe0a21fa7
I have no idea who originally made this graphic, but whoever you are, you are a genius.
"If you saw someone stealing food; no you didn't"
Poster spotted in Manchester, UK