Steven Pyle

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Developer, SRE, pig (and bee) whisperer. Tech agnostic.
Likes are either bookmarks or well...likes.
Respect to the welcome my friends in the Mad River Valley gave to the Russian asset who came there to ski today. 1/3
Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration Over DOGE’s Unlawful Access to Americans’ Personal Information https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-sues-trump-administration-over-doge%E2%80%99s-unlawful-access
Attorney General Bonta Sues Trump Administration Over DOGE’s Unlawful Access to Americans’ Personal Information

DOGE access blatantly violates Americans’ right to privacy OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s decision to expand access to data maintained by the Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS). In today’s lawsuit, 19 attorneys general argue that this executive action has allowed people associated with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to access Americans’ personal and private information, including bank account and social security numbers.

State of California - Department of Justice - Office of the Attorney General

Local 87, the union representing 6,000 janitors in the private sector, said ICE agents went to multiple downtown San Francisco office buildings late Friday afternoon, but that building security kept them from entering, KTVU reports.

“Union president Olga Miranda said the janitors were relieved that someone spoke up for them.”

https://www.ktvu.com/news/ice-agents-downtown-san-francisco-blocked-building-security

ICE agents in downtown San Francisco blocked by building security

Local 87, the union representing 6,000 janitors in the private sector, said federal agents went to multiple downtown office buildings late Friday afternoon, but that building security kept them from entering.

KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco
We may not be the biggest by numbers yet, but Mastodon (and the fediverse) has proven itself to be an effective and reliable communications platform over the course of the last 8 years, and does not depend on venture capital to survive. The #fediverse is the future.
I would like to opt out of finding out, I was not doing any of the fucking around

imagine how much better literally everything would be if more people chose kindness at every opportunity

it’s the most punk thing there is in this world

there’s nothing stopping you

just choose to be kind

Mastodon is the world's biggest community of people who deeply love computers and also think that the world would probably be better off without computers

People can tell themselves whatever lie they want about not voting for Biden. It still amounts to a lack of maturity in thinking opting out sends a message, of empathy for those who will suffer under Trump, and of logic for the stakes in 2024.

Read about Project 2025 and decide if you want to vote to unleash that on the nation and world. Because not voting is still a vote--a vote that says the world can burn unless you get everything you want. Decide which side you're on. #VoteBlue

Jack Dorsey is furious that #Bluesky has attracted "very very common" people. He also doesn't like the idea of moderation tools facilitating the banning of racists.

All these tech billionaires are like a version of the movie Big, in which a pre-adolescent boy wakes up in the body of an aging Howard Hughes. Or Colonel Kurtz. Or a sardine.
#JackDorsey

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