Today is International Human Rights Day!
Today is International Human Rights Day!
In America in 2023, only 57% of homicides were "cleared". This is a shocking failure of justice.
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/194213/crime-clearance-rate-by-type-in-the-us/
I can't tell you what an incredible headline this is, given the decades(!) of pressure by the U.S. government advocating for technological backdoors, and all it had to take was China breaching some of America's biggest phone networks to get here.
"U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattack." — @kevincollier
Amid an unprecedented cyberattack on telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon, U.S. officials have recommended that Americans use encrypted messaging apps to ensure their communications stay hidden from foreign hackers.
Reviewing what's publicly announced so far regarding the "assassination attempt" that wasn't keeps leading me back to the same prospect:
The Republicans staged the whole thing.
Musk's mind control cannot be tolerated in a forum that is supposed to be for public free speech. I do not visit x.com.
The phrase "thoughtcrime" comes to mind.
If you think Republicans are "weird", Musk is saying you've committed a thoughtcrime and will be punished (on x.com presumably).
The phrase comes from the book "1984".
#thoughtcrime
#musk
#1984
You know one large gathering of people where guns are NOT allowed?
The NRA national convention.
I wonder why?
Erdogan regime tells Twitter to censor tweets in Turkey (almost certainly those opposing his reelection). Musk says "Hell yes!"
This comports with Twitter's new policy (since Musk took over) to say "Hell yes" to all censorship request from governments.
Mr. "Free Speech" indeed...
binance going with the classic "we were just moving fast and breaking things!" defense
via https://nytimes.com/2023/04/26/technology/binance-crypto-crackdown.html
It seems that 25% of Los Angeles Police Department vehicle pursuits result "in a collision that injured or killed innocent bystanders." That's quite a high Friendly Fire rate.