Understanding every one of Signal’s identifiers
We’ve heard some questions about the difference between Signal usernames, phone numbers, profile names, profiles, and nicknames. Let’s talk about it.Freedom of the Press
The devil is in the details.
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Reminds me of the outrage over a certain e-mail server...
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#politics #UnitedStates #dumbtatorship #news #ConfederacyOfDunces #NationalSecurity #war #Yemen #LockThemUp #LockThemUp
White House inadvertently texted top-secret Yemen war plans to journalist
In extraordinary blunder top Trump cabinet members added Atlantic editor to chat discussing strikes on HouthisPeter Beaumont (The Guardian)
It is useful to be able to summon wind when you need it - but as with all things, you should take care not to overdo it!
#MythologyMonday #Germany #folktale #folklore #magic
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24 March 1894 | A Polish Jew, Szmul Biedny, was born in Chęciny. He lived in France.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 7 April 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Compiegne.
No. 38247
He perished in the camp on 23 July 1942.
Churches and Sanctuary
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/24/nx-s1-5287017/churches-and-sanctuary?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into All Things Considered @all-things-considered-npr
“The only sure way to protect yourself is to not carry information with you"
*How long will that option be legal, one wonders
GIMP 3.0.2 released
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A micro-release! mostly bug fixes that emerged with so many people trying out GIMP 3.0 - a big thank you to all those who contributed, including by reporting problems.
#GIMP #Gimp3 #imageEditor
"Shocking recklessness" in leak of detailed Yemen bombing plan to journalist.
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Trump administration accidentally texted secret bombing plans to a reporter
“Shocking recklessness” in leak of detailed Yemen bombing plan to journalist.Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
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Genomic sequencing reveals previously unknown genes that make microbes resistant to drugs and hard to kill
Scientists have described antimicrobial resistance as an overlooked pandemic. Improving surveillance can help prevent deadly outbreaks.The Conversation
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd odditycentral.com/news/man-req…
Man Requires Medical Attention AFter Getting Girlfriend’s Hand Stuck in His Mouth
Doctors at a hospital in Jilin, China recently reported one of their most bizarre cases yet - a woman who had gotten her hand stuck in her boyfriend's mouthSpooky (Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities)
I've noticed something that I think is worth pointing out: pretty much ALL of the pushback I have gotten on LinkedIn over the past few months over stories critical of this administration has come from men in IT. Many of whom no doubt idolize Musk, who in their minds can walk on water.
Conversely, the response almost universally I've seen from female non/male people in IT and security professionals on LinkedIn has been a great deal more appropriate, i.e. horror, disgust and revulsion for the way this administration is treating federal employees, veterans, the courts, judges, lawyers, journalists, and important, long-standing U.S. policy interests.
I guess what I'm saying is nobody should expect the men in IT to lead the resistance. So many of them are like this guy: angry, aggressive, and really excited about the good old US of A going back to the 80s. Like the 1880s.
MOVED to: @Linux@mastodon.au likes this.
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)
Chris McGrath on Instagram: "Protests continued over the past two days after the Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, who was due to be selected as a presidential candidate for the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) during a primary election yesterd
2,265 likes, 57 comments - cmcgrath_photo on March 24, 2025: "Protests continued over the past two days after the Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, who was due to be selected as a presidential candidate for the opposition Republican People’s Party (…Instagram
NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
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It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research.
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#News #Climate #NIH #Health #ClimateChange #Research #Government #Trump #RFKJr
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#KochNetwork spent $78 million on buying this policy from Republicans.
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Who knows how much it spent buying corrupt Supreme Court Justices.
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The fossil fuel industry makes $3 billion a day in profit, enough to buy wars, famines, disastrous weather events, and catastrophic wildfires.
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‘Big oil’s negligence’: LA residents call on fossil fuel industry to pay for wildfire damages
Experts say climate crisis was likely responsible for a quarter of the dryness that fueled the fires’ rapid spreadDharna Noor (The Guardian)
OMG
🚨🚨#Trump's *#NationalSecurity* team accidentally included The Atlantic's Jeff Goldberg in a #Signal conversation about strikes on #Houthis, & they used the non-governmental platform to coordinate staffing among departments & the White House.🚨🚨
They absolutely broke several #laws in communicating classified detailed warplans over a nongovernmental app on their private phones.
I mean… talk about an #idiocracy & #kakistocracy.
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)
The White House has confirmed there was an ‘inadvertent’ leak involving top Trump officials
The Atlantic reported that its top editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally added to a group chat where #Trump’s *#NationalSecurity* team plotted attacking #Yemen.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #USpol #law #geopolitics
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#Trump openly admits he is uninformed about his administration’s planning for strikes on #Houthis. Apparently he doesn’t get looped-in on #US #WarPlans.
Trump asked about his Cabinet officials including #JeffreyGoldberg on a secret war plan #Signal exchange:
"I don’t know anything about it. I’m not a big fan of the Atlantic. …You’re telling me about it for the first time.”
#NationalSecurity #idiocracy #kakistocracy #USpol #law #geopolitics
Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested
No Other Land director Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank before being handed to Israeli military, witnesses sayLorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
Ever crafty Ukrainian drone operators no longer need Russians to be present at the time of delivery.
Here, the Ukrainian team discovers the hideout of RUSSIAN drone operators, subsequently placing a drone inside this hideout while their were away, then..
A Cassette Audio Control for the Web
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A Cassette Audio Control for the Web
Normally I see nothing wrong with skeuomorphism in computer interfaces but even I will admit this is deeply silly even by my standards. The project was born in the depths...sheep.horse
Signal's a great app to keep your communications secure, but make sure you know the identities of the users in your group chats.
Our SSD guide on how to use Signal includes guidance on managing your group chat preferences. ssd.eff.org/module/how-to-use-…
How to: Use Signal
Download location: Google Play Store, Apple App Store System requirements: Android 5 or later, iOS 13 or later Version used in this guide: Android: 7.0. iPhone: 7.ssd.eff.org
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The utter insanity of complaining posts on Brian Krebs' blog or Hacker News are too political while there are 100% political and massive cuts to cybersecurity programs, staffing, and budgets, complete reorganization and political destruction of threat intel sharing programs, and ongoing major exposures of confidential information and systems is beyond the pale. Absolute heads in the sand.
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Attached: 1 image I've noticed something that I think is worth pointing out: pretty much ALL of the pushback I have gotten on LinkedIn over the past few months over stories critical of this administration has come from men in IT.Infosec Exchange
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Elon Musk deadnames his 'killed' child — his trans daughter claps back
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Elon Musk deadnames 'killed' child—trans daughter claps back
Vivian Wilson referenced an iconic RuPaul's Drag Race moment to clap back at her father's wild accusations.Bernardo Sim (Out Magazine)
"Much of what the Trump administration has done during the lawless rampage that has been its first two months has felt haphazard, reckless, at times almost random in nature — all of which, of course, is by design. It’s become well understood in the years since the MAGA movement’s takeover of the Republican Party that the cruelty — and, often, the accompanying chaos — is the point."
~ Nicole Lafond
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #chaos #destruction #cruelty
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A Week Of Cracking Down On Education And Free Thought
Much of what the Trump administration has done during the lawless rampage that has been its first two months has felt haphazard, reckless…Nicole Lafond (TPM - Talking Points Memo)
"Sometimes, chaos is the point. Often, cruelty is the point. This week, casting a threatening pall over the country’s long tradition of scholarship and free thought appeared to be the point."
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #chaos #destruction #cruelty
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"That’s the point, really. The standardization of chaos. The steady insistence that no matter how outlandish, how dangerous, this tilt away from democracy gets, it’s actually nothing to get upset about. Attempt to remake the US government as quickly and radically as possible, because otherwise how will you know how far you can push it?"
~ Brian Barrett
#Musk #Trump #Republicans #chaos #destruction #cruelty
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"A Unicef spokesperson told Al Jazeera that at least 200 children had been killed in Gaza since Israel shattered the ceasefire. Friday was Mother’s Day in the Middle East, making this even more harrowing. Meanwhile, everyone in Gaza is traumatized."
~ Arwa Mahdawi
#Israel #Netanyahu #Trump #Gaza #Palestinians #children #ceasefire
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Arrested at gunpoint, charged as a felon: a midwife’s lot in anti-abortion Texas
The state with the most radical abortion law is seeking to make an example of Maria Margarita RojasArwa Mahdawi (The Guardian)
This is America.
From: @n0m0time
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nomotime (@n0m0time@masto.ai)
#WestVirginia Couple #Sentenced to 375 Years Collectively for Forcing Black Children to Work 'as #Slaves' Deputies broke into a shed on the property, where they found a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old locked inside a 20-by-14-foot room.Mastodon
In the countryside, there are rituals that have endured for hundreds of years, unchanged.
This elderly woman, her body bent by time and hard work, walks each day to meet her chickens - who roam freely across a vast open space.
She gathers a few branches and leaves, then returns to fetch the food she’ll give them, to complement what they’ve already foraged in nature.
The chickens, friendly and orderly, follow her all the while.
And watching them, I’m reminded of people who are no longer here - people who were part of my life for a long time, who lived those same rituals, even if hundreds of kilometers away.
Even as everything around us changes, there are places that never do.
#Photography #PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #MonochromeMonday #Countryside #Time
This article is interesting for many reasons. One of them is that high-level #Trump officials are using #Signal for govt business.
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Many questions:
* Are they doing this because it's more convenient than comparable govt tools? (Like Hillary's email server.) Or more secure? Both?
* Are there rules against this? (Like Hillary's email server.) Are these officials breaking the law?
* Does this mean Signal is safe from govt attempts to force open a backdoor?
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)
But her emails!
The editor in chief of the Atlantic got invited to a Signal text chain with a bunch of the incompetent cabinet members and got to learn all about the planning for the recent strike against Yemen. This is one of the craziest things I've ever read related to a government. What hashtag do you even use for this level of illegal incompetence? Gift article.
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.Jeffrey Goldberg (The Atlantic)
Mural: The Plotter That Draws On Walls
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Mural: The Plotter That Draws On Walls
Let’s say you’ve got a big bare wall in your home, and you want some art on it. You could hang a poster or a framed artwork, or you could learn to paint a mural yourself. Or, like [Nik…Hackaday
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