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LAW
I know things look bleak right now. That’s it. That’s all I got.
urges the Commission to produce a new report to adequately address the disenfranchisement of Native voters and include strategies for ensuring that Indigenous people are able to meaningfully engage in the American democratic process. A form to sign-on to the letter is available
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dc-statehood-vote-house-of-representatives-next-week/
Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau Seeks Comment on Effects of June 15, 2020 T-Mobile Outage on Public Safety Entities, Government Entities, and Consumers
Contact: James Wiley at (202) 418-1678, email: Ja*********@fc*.gov
Interested parties may file comments in response to this Public Notice on or before July 8, 2020.6 Comments may be filed using the Commission’s Electronic Comment Filing System (ECFS).
6/15/2020 My T-mobile phone stopped all incoming calls for hours. It totally messed up my doctor appointment, because they were calling me without getting through.
<they make you deaf> LRAD Sound Cannon – How Does LRAD Work | Sonic Weapon used in Protests lose your hearing forever.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a32892398/what-is-lrad-sonic-weapon-protests/
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https://appleinsider.com/articles/20/06/24/republican-bill-seeks-end-to-warrant-proof-encryption
The European Commission has warned the UK that it must abide by data-protection under any post-Brexit trade deal.
Appeals court orders judge to dismiss Flynn charges A federal appeals court has ordered a judge to grant the DOJ’s unusual (corrupt) move to drop the charges against Michael Flynn.
The CARES Act Sent You a $1,200 Check but Gave Millionaires and Billionaires Far More
https://www.propublica.org/article/the-cares-act-sent-you-a-1-200-check-but-gave-millionaires-and-billionaires-far-more
Why Did Jay Clayton Want the Job as Federal Prosecutor for Wall Street? House Subcommittee Will Get First Shot at Asking Him Tomorrow.
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/06/why-did-jay-clayton-want-the-job-as-federal-prosecutor-for-wall-street-house-committee-will-get-first-shot-at-asking-him-tomorrow/
Ron Jeremy: Adult star charged with rape and sexual assault
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53159576
Walmart removing Mississippi state flag from stores
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2020/06/23/walmart-removing-mississippi-state-flag/3244640001/
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman’s Ouster: The Untold Story
https://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/06/u-s-attorney-geoffrey-bermans-ouster-the-untold-story/
FINTECH Good News! PayPal / Venmo plans to roll out direct sales of cryptocurrency to its 325 million users.
paypal-venmo-to-roll-out-crypto-buying-and-selling
Modern Monetary Theory explained simply
EDUCATION
Russia-to-install-orwell-facial-recognition-tech-in-every-school
The University Is Like a CD in the Streaming Age – The Atlantic
Activist goes NEXT F<>KINGLEVEL, destroys school board member that defended Robert E Lee and then went online shopping during hearing about racism. He won the internet.
THE ARTS
Language: What does scenius mean? A new word to help you think.
https://www.definitions.net/definition/scenius
Film Explores an Indigenous People’s Struggle to Protect Their Environment
https://amp.rnz.co.nz/article/904a3ce7-2487-4f95-a04b-7d7d6e8c3ece
The National Endowment for the Arts is very pleased announce this year’s National Heritage Fellows!
John Morris https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/john-morris>, Old-Time Fiddler and Banjo Player from Ivydale, West Virginia
Morris is the living carrier of the old-time fiddle and banjo tradition particular to his rural home county and the surrounding area, infusing his playing with all the sounds of Clay County.
George Floyd’s importance in Houston’s music scene
https://www.npr.org/2020/06/10/874334270/houstons-hip-hop-scene-remembers-george-floyd
https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/george-floyd-houston-hip-hop-dj-screw.html
https://www.bet.com/music/2020/05/27/big-floyd-houston-rapper.html
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/houston-years-george-floyd-dj-screw/
TECH
Unboxing Edward Snowden’s Favorite Laptop
The Trump 2020 app is a voter surveillance tool of extraordinary power MIT Technology Review
We’re losing the war against surveillance capitalism because we let Big Tech frame the debate
What John Bolton had to say about cybersecurity policy in his book
We’ve Created a Public Archive of NYC’s Surveillance Footage
Do NOT Use Zoom
– Silicon Valley Can’t Be Neutral in the U.S.-China Cold War
– Zoom closed account of U.S.-based Chinese activist “to comply with local law” https://www.axios.com/zoom-closes-chinese-user-account-tiananmen-square-f218fed1-69af-4bdd-aac4-7eaf67f34084.html
– Zoom closed account of U.S.-based Chinese activist “to comply with local law”
– Eric Yuan’s background should be checked. He went to university in China. His family (parents..) must still live there. It is totally possible CCP give him instructions and pressure him to comply.
– Zoom client available for download on the Chinese website of what claims to be its authorized distributor: zoom dot com dot cn slash download. According to Indiana University’s IT folks, “it points to a Chinese server.”
China launches final satellite to complete rival to GPS
DELETE FACEBOOK ACCOUNT NOW
Facebook is peddling ‘an addictive drug called anger’ $$$$$$$$$
The $ervice has turned into a rage machine, so I wonder who who who who WHO can do something about it? Perhaps someone with full control of it? Perhaps the Susan Collins of the Internet?
Zuckerberg and Chan say they are ‘disgusted’ by Trump’s comment$
disgusted and disturbing are the attention getters that make them $$$$$
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/12/joanna-hoffman-facebook-is-peddling-an-addictive-drug-called-anger.html
Twitter has permanently banned @DDoSecrets in retaliation for #BlueLeaks, in addition to blocking anyone from tweeting *any* DDoSecrets URL and retroactively removing tweets that contain our URLs.
The FBI is reading your tweets, google will give them everything they have on you.
Twitter terminates DDoSecrets, falsely claims it may infect visitors
Permanent suspension comes for violations of rules against tweeting hacked materials. ~Dan Goodin
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/twitter-terminates-ddosecrets-and-falsely-claims-it-may-infect-visitors/
BlueLeaks: Data from 200 US police departments & fusion centers published online The data has been made available online on a searchable portal. According to the BlueLeaks portal, the leaked data contains more than one million files, such as scanned documents, videos, emails, audio files, and more. https://www.zdnet.com/article/blueleaks-data-from-200-us-police-departments-fusion-centers-published-online/
Black Lives Matter at Adafruit – Actions for Equality Really good page of resources https://www.adafruit.com/blacklivesmatter
Programming ‘language’: Brain scans reveal coding uses same regions as speech https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-06-language-brain-scans-reveal-coding.html
Apple Files Patent For Mixed Reality Headset That Projects Images On Your Eyeballs. It’s an old idea that people have been talking about for several years. One has to remember that following a pattern it’s not equivalent to inventing an idea.
https://vrscout.com/news/apple-patent-mr-headset-retina-projection/
Firefox to remove support for the FTP protocol [about time]
Why Are the NYPD ‘Hip-Hop Police’ Spying on Rappers?
https://www.complex.com/music/2020/06/nypd-hip-hop-police
Snapchat ex-employees say past editorial practices were racially biased
at all-hands, Snap CEO said he would not release diversity numbers so as not to reinforce the perception minority groups are underrepresented in tech (@paigeleskin / Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-evan-spiegel-employee-all-hands-meeting-diversity-report-2020-6
Mobile surveillance
ISMI-catchers, or international mobile subscriber identity-catchers, are able to mimic the qualities of a cellphone tower and, by this mechanism, record the SIM card identity, eavesdrop on calls, access text messages and capture location data…
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https://global.techradar.com/en-za/news/multiple-us-agencies-have-purchased-this-mysterious-mobile-eavesdropping-device
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls0SH9MZMCs