Mastodawn

By October 2026, the DTCC will launch full commercial operation of its tokenized securities platform, covering 1.4 million US securities including Russell 1000 stocks, major ETFs, and US Treasury bills and bonds. The pilot begins in July 2026.

https://thomaster.substack.com/p/the-blockchain-backbone-how-wall

#DTCC #BLOCKCHAIN #FINANCE #CANTON #CRYPTO #REGULATION #STELLAR #DATA #ABUDHABI #G42 #ISRAEL

Thom Aster 8h ago

MoD wasted £1.6bn on cancelled projects. Home Office lost £290m on failed Rwanda scheme. | #UK #Corruption #Taxpayers #Accountability

Thom Aster 8h ago

[SCANDAL]
Being A Whistleblower: What’s Protected And What’s Unlawful

Jones also filed a whistleblower complaint , claiming she was fired in retaliation for refusing to s

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomspiggle/2020/12/22/being-a-whistleblower-whats-protected-and-whats-unlawful/

#FreeSpeech #Scandal #Breaking #Whistleblower

Being A Whistleblower: What’s Protected And What’s Unlawful

Where’s the line between a protected whistleblowing activity and unlawful behavior that could lead to civil or criminal liability?

Forbes

Thom Aster 11h ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation 11h ago

🦡 EFF's Privacy Badger:
- fights online surveillance
- is one of the top web extensions on Firefox
- appears in 30 languages
- looks slick on a sweatshirt
https://eff.org/spring

Thom Aster 11h ago

[DEATH]
Taking the Pulse: Are Western Democracies Failing Free Speech?

1000 B

Source: https://carnegieendowment.org/europe/strategic-europe/2026/06/taking-the-pulse-are-western-democracies-failing-free-speech

#Israel #Justice #Censorship #Truth

Taking the Pulse: Are Western Democracies Failing Free Speech?

The battle over free speech has taken center stage since U.S. Vice President JD Vance accused Europe of censorship. From travel bans to social media regulation, especially around the Israel-Palestine conflict, are liberal democratic governments weaponizing free speech?

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Thom Aster 12h ago

[BAN]
Tracing Digital Links Between Viory and Ruptly

While there have been previous reports on suspected links between the two outlets, our investigation

Source: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06/04/viory-ruptly-rt-russia-uae-propaganda-video-news/

#Ban #Breaking #FreeSpeech #Russia

Tracing Digital Links Between Viory and Ruptly - bellingcat

Bellingcat found mulitple links between the digital infrastructure of Viory and Ruptly news agency, a branch of Russia Today.

bellingcat

Thom Aster 13h ago

11 officers injured in Henry Nowak murder protests in the UK: police

Source: https://www.euronews.com/2026/06/03/protests-erupt-in-uk-over-murder-of-18-year-old-student-henry-nowak

Protests in UK over murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak

In a joint statement, a conglomerate of Sikh community groups condemned what it called a "moment of madness by an individual".

euronews

Thom Aster 15h ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation 15h ago

You asked, we listened: Privacy Badger now has merch! Support the team that maintains this cookie-destroying browser extension with EFF's new sleek and stylish crewneck: https://eff.org/spring

Thom Aster 15h ago

New investigation: The Georgia Guidestones called for 93% human population reduction in 1980. The same eugenics network — Pioneer Fund, now renamed Human Diversity Foundation — funded the people who just purged DEI from the entire federal government. This is the pipeline from the Guidestones to Trump's desk.

https://thomaster.substack.com/p/from-the-georgia-guidestones-to-trumps

The names include Christopher Rufo, Richard Hanania, and Andrew Conru. Read the full piece. Share it widely.

#Georgia #Iowa #Trump #Guidestones