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Klaus-Gerd Giesen<p>Alarming Open Letter: "Community contributors to <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OrganicMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OrganicMaps</span></a> have expressed serious concerns about the project's <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> , <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> ,and the potential for <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/shareholder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shareholder</span></a> profit at the expense of the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> ."</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maps</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/OSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSM</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/routing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>routing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/hiking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiking</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/driving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>driving</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapping</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://openletter.earth/open-letter-to-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">openletter.earth/open-letter-t</span><span class="invisible">o-organic-maps-shareholders-a0bf770c</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/38969/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/38969/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> BeZero and Xpansiv Power Up Transparency in Carbon Credit Markets <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarbonCredits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonCredits</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarbonMarkets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonMarkets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CarbonRating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonRating</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cleantech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleantech</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EmissionReduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmissionReduction</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnvironmentalImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalImpact</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/esg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esg</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreenEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreenInvesting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenInvesting</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LowCarbonFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowCarbonFuture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Markets</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NetZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetZero</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> this week:</p><p>The debate over <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Religious" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religious</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ParentalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParentalRights</span></a> is back at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a>.
<br>Justices will consider whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchools</span></a> can stop parents removing students from lessons using <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a>+ themed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a>. The issue has divided a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Maryland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maryland</span></a> community.
<br>Justices will weigh the future of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PreventiveCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PreventiveCare</span></a> today.</p><p>And <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a> officers who joined the rally before the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a>, 2021, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>insurrection</span></a> asked justices for anonymity.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medicine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a></p>
Dissent Doe :cupofcoffee:<p>Rainbow District School Board still doesn't provide answers to reasonable questions about its cyberattack, claiming exemptions under relevant Ontatio municipal freedom of information law:</p><p><a href="https://www.sudbury.com/local-news/foi-reveals-ransom-demand-was-made-in-rainbow-board-cyber-incident-10547713" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sudbury.com/local-news/foi-rev</span><span class="invisible">eals-ransom-demand-was-made-in-rainbow-board-cyber-incident-10547713</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Edusec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Edusec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ransomware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/databreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>databreach</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FOI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOI</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"Attorneys suing the United States government over its use of vanishing Signal messages to coordinate military strikes last month in Yemen allege that new court filings by the government reveal a “calculated strategy” by Trump administration officials to evade transparency laws through the illegal destruction of government records.</p><p>US defense and intelligence agencies on Monday submitted supplemental declarations in court outlining their individual efforts to preserve the messages at the center of the “SignalGate” scandal. American Oversight, a watchdog organization whose attorneys are suing the government, claim the declarations reveal “troubling inconsistencies” in efforts by US officials to archive the material, with the Central Intelligence Agency in particular alleging that it had archived no messages of any substance.</p><p>“Using encrypted, disappearing messages on Signal for official government business violates the Federal Records Act and represents a calculated strategy to undermine transparency and accountability,” claims the group’s interim executive director, Chioma Chukwu."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/heres-what-happened-to-those-signalgate-messages/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/heres-what-hap</span><span class="invisible">pened-to-those-signalgate-messages/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/OpenGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Ahh, so that will be lying, banning some of the media from press conferences and blackmailing others. Great strategy, but I am sure Morgan McSweeney is already on to it.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/19/labour-mps-urge-starmer-to-get-out-there-with-trump-style-media-strategy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">apr/19/labour-mps-urge-starmer-to-get-out-there-with-trump-style-media-strategy</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UKPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/RFK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFK</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Gov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gov</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> </p><p>"Approximately 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy were released Friday... The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration posted roughly 229 files containing the pages to its public website. Many files related to the senator’s assassination had been previously released, but others had not been digitized and sat for decades in storage facilities maintained by the federal government."</p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/national-archives-releases-10000-pages-of-records-related-to-1968-assassination-of-robert-f-kennedy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/newshour/nation/nation</span><span class="invisible">al-archives-releases-10000-pages-of-records-related-to-1968-assassination-of-robert-f-kennedy</span></a></p>
W Daniel Cox III<p>Trust is everything.</p><p>Learn more at our LinkedIn page <a href="https://zurl.co/JjdRs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zurl.co/JjdRs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> or visit our website <a href="https://zurl.co/zEOxg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zurl.co/zEOxg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConsumerTrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConsumerTrust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Organic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Organic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Traceability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Traceability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FoodIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenParrot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenParrot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MomentOfChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MomentOfChoice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SustainabilityMadeSimple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SustainabilityMadeSimple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WDanielCoxIII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WDanielCoxIII</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2004370/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2004370/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Australia’s cyber sector grows amid increasing attack risks <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>(Australian) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CyberAttacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyberAttacks</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DataProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataProtection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DigitalTransformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalTransformation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GenderDiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenderDiversity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ransomware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ransomware</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a></p>
aqua<p>Se requieren más estudios para mejorar la interacción entre los responsables de políticas y la comunidad que representan. ¡La comunicación es clave! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pol%C3%ADtica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Política</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Comunidad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Comunidad</span></a> Follow us: <a href="https://aqua.vote" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">aqua.vote</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fair_world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fair_world</span></a></p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>Time to start tracking a new hashtag <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LawlessnessInAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawlessnessInAmerica</span></a></p><p>More on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Destruction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Destruction</span></a> <br>"Musk has reduced the claims abt what DOGE is saving fr $1-2tril to $150bil. NYT reports he’s still getting the numbers wrong thru things like accounting errors &amp; cancelling contracts tt don’t exist. What a fraud fr start to finish.. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Dept is fighting vigorously to shield DOGE fr hv'g to divulge tt info, despite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s repeated assurances abt <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a>"<br><a href="https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/more-on-doges-fraud-and-destruction.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nakedcapitalism.com/2025/04/mo</span><span class="invisible">re-on-doges-fraud-and-destruction.html</span></a></p>
Blain Smith<p>We've only been at <a href="https://apply.coop" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">apply.coop</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for 3 months or so. Sure we could have YOLOed some CRUD app into the wild based on some framework, but we wanted to take a different approach to our tech stack. We've made lots of progress and are happy with our choices.</p><p>Still priding ourselves of no JS and a single binary with all static assets embedded.</p><p><a href="https://codeberg.org/limeleaf/apply.coop/activity/quarterly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">codeberg.org/limeleaf/apply.co</span><span class="invisible">op/activity/quarterly</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/applycoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>applycoop</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/JobBoard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JobBoard</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Coop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coop</span></a></p>
Oakland Privacy<p>Nice CalMatters summary of the open meeting and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> battles in Sacramento this year. Too many pro-secrecy bills from Democratic reps. These should be opposed. <a href="https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/04/california-lawmakers-transparency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calmatters.org/politics/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/california-lawmakers-transparency/</span></a></p>
Tracy Rosenberg<p>Nice CalMatters summary of the open meeting and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> battles in Sacramento this year. Too many pro-secrecy bills from Democratic reps. These should be opposed. <a href="https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/04/california-lawmakers-transparency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">calmatters.org/politics/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">4/california-lawmakers-transparency/</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/20841/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/20841/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> EU botches entry exam, forcing thousands of wannabe-Eurocrats to resit – POLITICO <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Belgium</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BrusselsBubble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrusselsBubble</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/career" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>career</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a></p>
Fali Fuentes<p>Big news for your wallet and the planet! 📉💚 Companies might soon have to tell you when their products will... stop working. Would that change how you shop? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/companies-might-soon-have-to-tell-you-when-their-products-will-die/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/companies-migh</span><span class="invisible">t-soon-have-to-tell-you-when-their-products-will-die/</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@harrysintonen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>harrysintonen</span></a></span> as a matter of fact, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> outlawing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VotingMachines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VotingMachines</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ElectionIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionIntegrity</span></a> reasons alone, citing that every person eligible to vote must be able to verify the entire pricess without any assistance whatsoever!</p>
Kenneth M Sweeney<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transparency</span></a> and Accountability</p><p>Problems: Lack of oversight, government secrecy, poor ethics enforcement.</p><p>Reform Focus: Strengthen watchdog agencies, enforce transparency laws, empower whistleblowers, and limit executive privilege. 10)</p>
Rohini Lakshané<p>Based on some of my posts made in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Taipei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taipei</span></a> last month. </p><p>Trees are people to me. <a href="https://aarohini.medium.com/tree-data-in-taipei-9012a8cf53b9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aarohini.medium.com/tree-data-</span><span class="invisible">in-taipei-9012a8cf53b9</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opendata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opendata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/treecensus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>treecensus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/urbanplanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>urbanplanning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicparks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicparks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taiwan</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RepublicOfGeorgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicOfGeorgia</span></a>: First year of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a>’s ‘foreign agent’ law shows how <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/autocracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracies</span></a> are replicating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Russian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russian</span></a> model − and speeding up the time frame </p><p>Published: March 28, 2025 6:25am EDT</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a> is on the move worldwide and becoming more resilient.</p><p>"One of the driving forces behind this phenomenon is something scholars call '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AuthoritarianLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AuthoritarianLearning</span></a>,' a process by which autocratic leaders study each other and adapt tactics based on what appears to work, and how to proceed when they encounter <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a>.</p><p>"Take Georgia. The ruling Georgian Dream party has steered the Caucasus nation from a path toward democracy back to autocracy – and it has done so by learning from Russia. In particular, it adopted a '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeignAgent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAgent</span></a>' law in May 2024 – legislation that came straight from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a>’s playbook.</p><p>"Sold to the public as increasing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a>, the legislation has been utilized to persecute Georgia’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a> and arrest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dissidents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dissidents</span></a> with impunity.</p><p>"As researchers examining the structure and effects of autocratic regimes, we view Georgia’s first year of its foreign agent law as an example of how politicians are not only learning the tactics of Russian authoritarianism but improving on them in a shorter time frame."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/first-year-of-georgias-foreign-agent-law-shows-how-autocracies-are-replicating-russian-model-and-speeding-up-the-time-frame-250878" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/first-year</span><span class="invisible">-of-georgias-foreign-agent-law-shows-how-autocracies-are-replicating-russian-model-and-speeding-up-the-time-frame-250878</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RightToProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RightToProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiProtestLaws</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeorgianLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgianLaws</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RepublicOfGeorgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicOfGeorgia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GeorgianDream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgianDream</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtestSponsors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtestSponsors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExpandedPolicePowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExpandedPolicePowers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Autocracy</span></a></p>
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