Notices by Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)

US dictatorship here we come...

https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/114638367042570572

@BLTpizza @lauren SCOTUS says it is legal now sadly.

@Sempf @zackwhittaker Yep, won't be surprised.

@gh0sti @zackwhittaker Yep, and sadly there's no way back.

We're totally fucked!

Get ready for the biggest US Social Security data breach in history...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-allows-musks-doge-broad-access-social-security-data-2025-06-06/

"Let’s call 14 June (June 14th) what it promises to be: the official, ceremonial birth of the US’s 21st-century fascist regime."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/30/trump-military-parade-fascism

When was the last time you got actually truly excited and stoked by a console launch?

For me it was the PlayStation 2 (PS2) in 2000. I remember the hype and it totally delivered in retrospect being that it was the last truly great console that you can just pick up and play.

#PS2 #games #videogames #consoles #history #retrogaming #retro

@fribbledom The PS2 Launch for me in 2000. It was the last GREAT console after all.

@Dero_10 Very cool looking lighthouse!

The #FCC could very well be the next federal agency to get effectively dismantled.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/two-fcc-commissioners-resign-trumps-chair-still-lacks-republican-majority/

@HopelessDemigod A fourth in the last 25 years if you count the post 9/11 ressession.

There's a reason why post-Boomer purchasing power has declined.

AI is already in use around Hollywood, and it's going to get real ugly. Stick to older movies and support places such as the Film Forum and the Film Foundation.

https://www.vulture.com/article/generative-ai-hollywood-movies-tv.html

Some great advice as it's needed now more than ever in these difficult times.

https://tech.lgbt/@emilyyoung/114615871217094939

I'm sure George Orwell is giving all the praise in the world upstairs right now as his predictions in 1984 are happening in real time.

https://newrepublic.com/post/195904/trump-palantir-data-americans

#privacy #security #humanrights #surveillance #dystopian #dystopia #nineteeneightyfour

Happy 20th to Tina Roth Eisenberg's Swissmiss blog, a design, creativity and more space on the internet that's still going strong.

https://www.swiss-miss.com/2025/05/20-years-of-this-online-garden.html

#blog #internet #anniversary

We're entering the golden age of getting scammed so much easier in another dark age for the consumer.

These pieces from the current issue of the American Prospect explains why and rightfully so.

https://prospect.org/topics/jun-2025-issue/

Great introduction piece as well ont he matter.

https://prospect.org/power/2025-05-27-golden-age-of-scams/

#scams #deregulation #consolidation #finance #consumers

@juliewebgirl Assuming if it's legal to do so as mask bans are spreading like wildfire over the past few weeks and months. :(

You should be absolutely terrified right now at the prospect of this possibly going into law.

It's US democracy's endgame basically.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/27/a-hidden-measure-in-the-republican-budget-bill-would-crown-trump-king

@feorlen Yup, I have been there more than once.

It took a week to fully migrate my stuff into a newer desktop six years ago.

Tonight's movie watch is very appropriate and it's also airing on TCM tonight if you want to check it out:

The Great Escape (1963)

#TCM #TCMParty #TheGreatEscape #film #films #movie #movies #4k #4kbluray