Day archives: August 4th, 2024

The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans

ProPublica:  The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans  – As Donald Trump tried to disavow the politically toxic project, its director, Paul Dans, stepped down. But the plans and massive staffing database that he prepared — to replace thousands of members of the “deep state” with MAGA loyalists — remain…But then again, his resignation …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Long COVID: a clinical update

Available online 31 July 2024 – “Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple organ systems and lead to severe and protracted impairment of function as a result of organ damage. The burden of this disease, both …

Subjects: Health Care, Medicine

Climate Deniers of the 118th Congress

“The Center for American Progress has periodically analyzed statements by sitting members of Congress to determine whether they deny the existence of human-caused climate change. This analysis of the 118th U.S. Congress found that 123 elected officials are climate deniers—23 percent of 535 total members. These 100 representatives and 23 senators wield significant influence on …

Subjects: Climate Change, Congress, Economy, Education, Energy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Housing, Legal Research, Legislation

CrowdStrike, Antitrust, and the Digital Monoculture

EFF: “Last month’s unprecedented global IT failure should be a wakeup call. Decades of antitrust inaction have made many industries dangerously reliant on the same tools, making such crises inevitable. We must demand regulators break up the digital monocultures that are creating a less competitive, less safe, and less free digital world. The Federal Trade …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Internet, Legal Research, Marketing, Microsoft, Privacy

Apple says Safari protects your privacy. We fact-checked those claims.

Washington Post via Yahoo: “…Apple deserves credit for making many privacy protections automatic with Safari, which you probably use to browse the web if you have an iPhone, Mac computer or iPad. But Albert Fox Cahn, executive director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, said Safari is no better than the fourth-best web browser for …

Subjects: Internet, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 2, 2024

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 2, 2024 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Commerce, Internet, Legal Research, Privacy

Was The Internet designed to survive a nuclear attack?

Silicon Folklore – The History of the Narrative History of the Internet: “You’ve probably heard the story of how the Internet was designed to withstand a nuclear attack. It usually goes “DARPA was doing cold war planning and was eager for a distributed resilient command-and-control”… actually let’s hear Professor Rob Larson, author of Bit Tyrants: …

Subjects: Defense, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

DHS OIG – Secret Service’s Preparation for, and Response to, the Events of January 6, 2021

The Secret Service’s Preparation for, and Response to, the Events of January 6, 2021 – (REDACTED) – [August 2, 2024], “the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (DHS OIG) released a redacted version of the January 6th DHS OIG United States Secret Service report to the American public. This 82-page report details the …

Subjects: Defense, Government Documents, Legal Research

American Bar Association’s Task Force for American Democracy

“The American Bar Association’s Task Force for American Democracy released an analysis today outlining the critical role lawyers must play in restoring trust in our democracy by “upholding the rule of law, ensuring that laws are applied equally to all citizens and that government actions are subject to judicial review, leading to accountability, transparency and …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research