Notices by Dave Winer's linkblog in Masto (dave@social.masto.land)

The alarming rise of US officers hiding behind masks: ‘A police state.’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/25/immigration-officers-wearing-masks

American liberators of Nazi camps got ‘a lifelong vaccine against extremism’ − their wartime experiences are a warning for today.

https://theconversation.com/american-liberators-of-nazi-camps-got-a-lifelong-vaccine-against-extremism-their-wartime-experiences-are-a-warning-for-today-248813

Scientists once hoarded pre-nuclear steel, and now we’re hoarding pre-AI content.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/why-one-man-is-archiving-human-made-content-from-before-the-ai-explosion/

Sam Altman says Meta tried and failed to poach OpenAI's talent with $100M offers.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/17/sam-altman-says-meta-tried-and-failed-to-poach-openais-talent-with-100m-offers/

Don’t Put an Insurrectionist in Charge of the Insurrection Act.

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-insurrection-act

Elon Musk calls Trump’s budget bill a ‘disgusting abomination.’

https://www.theverge.com/elon-musk/679093/elon-musk-trump-budget-bill-abomination

Federal ICE agents grab a local gardener from his job site in Great Barrington.

https://theberkshireedge.com/stalked-and-abducted-federal-ice-agents-grab-a-local-gardener-from-his-job-site-in-great-barrington/

2016: I wonder what Twitter will look like ten years from now?

http://scripting.com/2016/09/22/tenYearsUsingTwitter.html

Universities band together, fight “unprecedented government overreach.”

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/200-university-presidents-reject-the-coercive-use-of-public-research-funding/

Wikipedia is giving AI developers its data to fend off bot scrapers. 1. I’d like to submit my blog archive in the same way. 2. Does Wikipedia think it owns the data it hosts, even though it’s all created by unpaid volunteers?

https://www.theverge.com/news/650467/wikipedia-kaggle-partnership-ai-dataset-machine-learning

The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X.

https://www.wired.com/story/social-security-administration-regional-office-elon-musk-x/

Carole Cadwalladr: This is what a digital coup looks like.

https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_this_is_what_a_digital_coup_looks_like

The SAVE Act Would Hurt Americans Who Actively Participate in Elections.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save-act-would-hurt-americans-who-actively-participate-elections

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow.

https://snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-lessons-read-by-john-lithgow?publication_id=310897&post_id=160132992&r=w33x&triedRedirect=true

Trump’s firings of military leaders pose a crucial question to service members of all ranks.

https://theconversation.com/trumps-firings-of-military-leaders-pose-a-crucial-question-to-service-members-of-all-ranks-247665

"I don't regret the vote": Why most Trump voters stand by him, even as he ruins their lives.

https://www.salon.com/2025/03/21/i-dont-regret-the-vote-why-most-stand-by-him-even-as-he-ruins-their-lives/

Trump kickstarts new House GOP effort to impeach a federal judge.

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/18/donald-trump-impeach-judge-house-republicans

Docs: A collaborative note taking, wiki and documentation platform that scales. Built with Django and React. Opensource alternative to Notion or Outline.

https://github.com/suitenumerique/docs

Trump admin makes Asheville remove ‘DEI’ language to access hurricane relief aid. Think where this could go. You want health care? Buy a Tesla first.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-makes-asheville-remove-192212840.html

Ghost is implementing ActivityPub. It seems to be taking a long time.

https://activitypub.ghost.org/actually-i-take-that-back/