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Ian Brown
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Countries using US #voting tech in elections (ALL of them) should think VERY carefully about moving (slowly & deliberately) to hand-marked paper ballots (even if scanned for provisional counts).

Our ~160pp guide to #cybersecurity for #elections: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10093271/

Wow! The end of #gdpr #adequacy for 🇺🇸 is nigh! h/t @douwekorff.bsky.social #Trump #RuleOfLaw #meltdown #ArrestingJudges #inadequacy https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/belgium-rules-sharing-americans-bank-data-violates-privacy-law

#Bluesky seems to be falling over again today, I imagine due to surging popularity. Needs redundant posting paths deployed ASAP pls @support.bsky.team

Wait! I thought that was the #DMA!! No, I mean the #GDPR!! 😂 #Apple #Intelligence #Siri https://apple.news/A-M1aQqLDQte0hZCjOSLBwA

So true! #ManKeeping #EmotionalLabour #MentalHealth #friendship #SocialIsolation https://apple.news/AfOer88ruSqmlCCDQpB1DRw

DOGE/Musk’s REAL plan?

“This, in essence, is the new Exit: Don't secede from the government — absorb the government, digest it, and excrete a new one.”

https://apple.news/AT6XmeWmNRAubctZ91by9Yg

“What was once a preference is quickly becoming a requirement — especially for non-US partners who want autonomy and flexibility in their procurement decisions and to maintain sovereignty of independent action,” Salzmann said. “Itar-free is no longer a ‘nice to have’. It’s increasingly becoming a competitive differentiator in today’s defence market.” https://apple.news/A3CBJvfh3T9irINWL8UmIew

#Trump’s team is now eating itself. He’s closer to the 25th amendment than I thought, thank FSM 🍿

Recently resigned senior official: SecDef “#Hegseth’s team has developed a habit of spreading flat-out, easily debunked falsehoods anonymously about their colleagues”

https://apple.news/AmpgNlw3XSP2ISsOOquxP1g