Mastodawn

A must read from @anandwrites. This line —
“The clubby deal-making and moral racketeering of the Epstein class is now the United States’ governing philosophy” — is spot on. How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/opinion/meaning-epstein-emails.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails

This power elite was already used to ignoring the powerless. Redeeming a disgraced sex offender was a logical next step.

The New York Times

Whoa, lots of BeeBot love so thank you! If you're using the app, make sure to ADD KEYWORDS. Keywords are what make it go from "it works" -> "it's pretty good".

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Matt DeSiena Oct 30

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Matt DeSiena Aug 2

Chris Trottier Aug 2

I just told @dansup, “I have a hard enough time making breakfast in the morning. How do you make so much stuff?”

And he basically told us, “Practice!”

Matt DeSiena Aug 2

Electronic Frontier Foundation Aug 2

Logging into a public website with valid credentials, even if you scrape the data once you’re logged in, is not computer hacking. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/07/ryanairs-cfaa-claim-against-bookingcom-has-nothing-do-actual-hacking

Ryanair’s CFAA Claim Against Booking.com Has Nothing To Do with Actual Hacking

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) is supposed to be about attacks on computer systems. It is not, as a federal district court suggested in Ryanair v. Booking.com, applicable when someone uses valid login credentials to access information to which those credentials provide access. Now that the...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Matt DeSiena Jun 21

ploum Jun 21

Did you know that there’s a premium version of Whatsapp which :

- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members

Best of all ? It is currently free to join!

Go now to your app store and install it before it is too late!

It is called "Signal"

https://ploum.net/2025-05-23-chats-digital-clutter.html

Reducing the digital clutter of chats

Reducing the digital clutter of chats par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

Matt DeSiena Jun 9

Chris Trottier Jun 9

When it comes to gaming, I like Microsoft.

They’re much better than Apple—who clearly don’t give a damn about gaming.

I mean, sure, you can game on a Mac. But just because you can doesn’t mean you should. And I say this as a happy MacBook owner.

In fact, the only reason I have any Windows device is for gaming.

“But why not get a Switch 2 or a PS5?”

Because I’m a PC gamer. Commander Keen is my Mario. Jazz Jackrabbit is my Sonic. And Doom is my Doom.

Matt DeSiena Jun 9

Anuj Ahooja Jun 9

Liquid Glass does look pretty, though, damn #WWDC25

Matt DeSiena Jun 9

Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊)Jun 9

I sure hope I'm not Charlie Brown when it comes to getting excited about the next wave of #Apple OS releases. #WWDC25

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