Auf Basis von geleakten Dokumenten haben wir mit #ReschkeFernsehen zu den Beratungsaufträgen der Bundesregierung recherchiert. Hunderte Millionen Euro geben die Bundesministerien jedes Jahr für Beratung aus – und es gibt nur wenige Kontrollmechanismen. Wir schaffen Transparenz und machen die „Beraterberichte” öffentlich. In einer Datenbank haben wir alle Beratungsaufträge von 2017 bis 2023 aufbereitet.

Die gesamte Recherche gibt es hier: fragdenstaat.de/beraterbericht…

Beraterberichte-Datenbank: Wie Berater*innen vom Staat Hunderte Millionen Euro kassieren

Verschleiern, Verschwenden, Klüngeln: Die Berater*innen-Deals der Bundesregierung haben schon für zahlreiche Skandale gesorgt. Es fehlt Kontrolle. Bis jetzt. Wir veröffentlichen erstmals die bislang geheimen Beraterberichte.

^FragDenStaat

Every single philanthropic institution needs to do this rather than retracting right now.

abcnews-go-com.cdn.ampproject.…

MacArthur Foundation to increase giving for two years in response to 'crisis'

The John D

^{THALIA BEATY Associated Press (ABC News)}

I will be speaking about the EU Cyber Resilience Act and Open Source at @foss_north in Gothenburg, April 14-15. Looking forward to meeting new and old friends!

foss-north.se/2025/schedule.ht…

@mozillaofficial decided to add "Terms of Use" to #Firefox.

If you just asked "WTF?", welcome to the club.

Of course, this doesn't make sense, it couldn't be just like that... so I went on and read the terms. The trick is specifically on this bit:

"These Terms only apply to the Executable Code version of Firefox, not the Firefox source code."

So sure, Firefox is still the Free Software codebase you were used to, only now if you want to use not the code but Mozilla's distributed binaries, you'll do so while also agreeing to some Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

The trick is, of course, to not use their binaries. In practice, things are a bit trickier. Ubuntu, for instance, was more than happy to ditch their self-compiled Firefox packages and use Mozilla-provided snaps instead.

But trickier or not... well, Mozilla has just made an unhappy user base unhappier - and I hope they reap what they are sowing.

@sarahjamielewis mastodon.social/@sarahjamielew…

Sarah Jamie Lewis

2025-02-26 21:24:23

General rule of thumb: Every time an organization updates their terms of service and/or privacy policy, it is never because they have your best interests at heart.

Specific thoughts on this latest Mozilla action (blog.mozilla.org/en/products/f…)

Setting aside the "worldwide license" bullshit, the privacy policy appears to have broadened both the classes of data Mozilla aims to collect, and the situations in which they collect them.

These are not the actions of an org that cares about your privacy.

Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

We’re introducing a Terms of Use for Firefox for the first time, along with an updated Privacy Notice. 

^{Kristina Bravo (The Mozilla Blog)}

I just signed up with @Tutanota to start migrating some of the things I still use Gmail for and saw this on the site which is really cool:

"We welcome people from abroad to apply with Tuta. If you are currently living outside of Germany and need to relocate to Hanover in order to join our team, we will help you with everything necessary. We also have experience with the blue card visa process to support you if you relocate from outside the EU."

tuta.com/jobs

#getfedihired

Join the Tuta team | Tuta

Become a freedom fighter! We bring online privacy and confidentiality to everyone. For a better web. One where privacy is the default.

^Tuta

Anyone using openHAB who could let us know whether "Home Automation Alarm Sender" is still working? apt.izzysoft.de/packages/net.k… was last updated 7 years ago, and is no longer maintained. If it's no longer working either, it should be removed from the #IzzyOnDroid repo.

Thanks for helping out!

France is about to pass the worst surveillance law in the EU.

Here's how you can stop them: 👉 tuta.com/blog/france-surveilla…

#backdoor #encryption #privacy #security

lool. Then there's articles like these. "Slack might be down, but remote workers are reveling in the massive outage with potential global workday freedom"
windowscentral.com/software-ap…

I'm not sure if it was workday freedom for me. I could still work in Google Workspace content, in our internal repos to create my branch and draft PR, and reply to an engineer about some questions he had on implementing a fix. All in all, not a day of freedom, but maybe one of lessened productivity ever so slightly.

"Is Slack down, or did I get fired?": Massive outage sparks global workday freedom for millions — reveling in serendipity, "touching grass"

Slack is facing a massive outage, crippling important services such as messaging and workflows.

^{Kevin Okemwa (Windows Central)}

The only friend who has managed to win the ‘pay the bill to treat everyone’ fight with my parents is my friend who grew up in Hong Kong. Very impressed!

wildgreatwall.com/why-chinese-…

sbs.com.au/voices/article/why-…

Why fighting over the bill is more than about money

I grew up knowing that generosity and hospitality in providing food or paying for meals was an honour, and also fun - you never knew who would outsmart who, and manage to pay before anyone else noticed!

^{SBS Voices}

zlib-rs is faster than C

trifectatech.org/blog/zlib-rs-…

Nice!

zlib-rs is faster than C - Trifecta Tech Foundation

^{trifectatech.org}

I am a candidate for the “Affiliate” seat in the 2025 #OpenSource Initiative (OSI) Board of Directors election.

I am running on a Shared Platform for OSI Reform with @richardfontana

You can read that shared platform here: codeberg.org/OSI-Reform-Platfo…

I will post news and updates about the campaign here and on this blog post (that will be updated regularly until the voting closes):
ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/02/28/…

platform

Shared Platform for OSI Reform, Board Elections, 2025

^Codeberg.org

La próxima vez que tengas que hacer un mapa para compartir, no pierdas el tiempo con google maps! usa #umap!

umap.openstreetmap.fr/es/

Toma como base las capas de #openstreetmap y te permite añadir diferentes capas geográficas.

Comparte pa'la gente que como yo, no sabían que esto existía.

Ever wonder why Americans spell "canceled" with one L but still spell "cancellation" with two? In this week's podcast, we explore how spelling rules, stress patterns, and historical quirks explain this inconsistency.

And then, @glennf looks at the history of "fine" print — from typesetting in smoky print shops to its modern use in hiding legal loopholes.

Read: grammar-girl.simplecast.com/ep…

Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/…

Watch: youtu.be/Ak2A_m4Z47o

#GrammarGirl

"Musk and Trump’s focus on fraud is nothing new. Fraud has always served as a powerful political trope, one that provides a rationale for cutting government. Accusations of fraud were used to discredit Black elected officials during Reconstruction. Ronald Reagan’s Welfare Queen was an especially effective trope directed against poverty-based policies."

~ Pamela Herd and Don Moynihan

#Musk #Trump #FederalGovernment #fraud #firings #workers #billionaires
/1

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/mus…

Musk’s Fraudulent Fraud Squad

A tired trope gets a new lease of life

^{Pamela Herd (Can We Still Govern?)}

🤔 If you wanted to contribute to an #OpenSource project working on various types of social goods, and contribution opportunities were curated through the global UN Volunteers* Programme, how likely would you be to pursue that option?

#boostsAppreciated

unv.org/become-online-voluntee…

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #volunteering

Become an Online Volunteer

Why volunteer online? Through Online Volunteering, you can contribute your skills and expertise towards achieving sustainable human development efforts of organizations around the world.

^www.unv.org

• Very likely (28%, 4 votes)
• Somewhat likely (57%, 8 votes)
• Somewhat unlikely (0%, 0 votes)
• Very unlikely (14%, 2 votes)

This week on Tony's Teaching Tips:

What Makes Designing Online Courses Different?

patreon.com/posts/what-makes-1…

Immigration officials say everyone living in the US illegally must register. What does that mean?
https://apnews.com/article/illegal-immigration-immigrant-registry-trump-homeland-security-942d770aa7a54a34bfed1e8d93d82510?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into U.S. News @u-s-news-AssociatedPress

Why immigration officials say those living in the US illegally must register

Immigration officials are saying that anyone living in the U.S. illegally will soon have to register with the federal government, and those who fail to do so could face fines, imprisonment or both.

^{Tim Sullivan (AP News)}

"What has happened at MSNBC in the last several days is such an orgy of bad faith and bad ideas that it may be an industry record. Joy Reid? Gone. Jonathan Capehart? Lost his show. Alex Wagner? Lost her show and demoted. Ayman Mohyeldin? Lost his show."

~ Charles Pierce

#MSNBC #MediaFailure #capitulation
/1

esquire.com/news-politics/poli…

What Is Happening at MSNBC Is Such an Orgy of Bad Faith and Bad Ideas That It May Be an Industry Record

NBC News and MSNBC are starting to look like Mississippi after the federal troops left in 1877.

^{Charles P. Pierce (Esquire)}

As one of the original March for Science organizers, I couldn't be more excited to support a new team that is organizing another day of mass mobilization in support of science at a time when we need it most.

scientificamerican.com/article…

‘Stand Up for Science’ Rallies Will Protest Trump Attacks on Research

Amid President Donald Trump’s attacks on government scientists and science funding, researchers are arranging rallies to “Stand Up for Science” in Washington, D.C., and nationwide on March 7

^{Meghan Bartels (Scientific American)}

Section 504 Under Attack: Gender Dysphoria and the Fight for Disability Rights

accessabilityofficer.com/blog/…